“Mamma says gratitude helps us to see what is there instead of what isn't.”

“Mamma says we would be wise to remember that what goes around usually comes back around to us - the good or the bad - depending on which we dish out.”

“Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need to know.”

“When it comes to words Mamma says, "If they are not good, then maybe they should not be said.”

“Mamma says she is quite certain that "how old is too old?" is not a question known to the Lord.”

“... we did decide to trust Christ, but the reason we made that decision is that God had first made us spiritually alive. ... God comes to us when we're spiritually dead, when we don't even realize our condition, and gives us the spiritual ability to see our plight and to see the solution in Christ. God comes all the way, not partway, to meet us in our need. When we were dead, He made us alive in Christ. And the first act of that new life is to turn in faith to Jesus.”

“Lord, I am willing To receive what You give.To lack what You withhold.To relinquish what You take,To suffer what You inflict,To be what you require.”