Words to Change
Your World
* Here is a fascinating concept I am currently working on
in my own life from a book I highly recommend, The Art of Possibility by
Ben & Rosamund Zander… “on the whole, you are more
likely to extend your business and have a fulfilled life if you have the
attitude that there are always new customers out there waiting to be enrolled
rather than that money, customers, and ideas are in short supply. You are more likely to be successful;
overall, if you participate joyfully with projects and goals and do not think
your life depends on achieving the mark because then you will be better able to
connect to people all around you. On the whole, resources are likely to come to
you in greater abundance when you are generous and inclusive and engage people
in your passion for life. There aren't any guarantees, of course. When you are
oriented to abundance, you care less about being in control, and you take more
risks.”
Caron Loveless
“When you see a thankless
routine, God sees the fruit of your faithful life.”
Caron Loveless
“ A friend is devoted and dependable. Her
destiny is to divert you from defeat, and her devices for depression usually
involve the delicious. It’s a friend’s divine duty to drown your
disappointments and dispose of your dismay, and many times she does it in the
most delightful way!”
Caron
Loveless
“Friends possess remarkable keys. They open the locked
doors in our soul. They give us entrance to places we’d never dare go by
ourselves.”
Caron
Loveless
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Don’t be afraid to write on your hand if you think you might forget something.” Caron Loveless
“The greatest thing any person can do for another is to
confirm the deepest thing in him, in her---to take the time and have the
discernment to see what is most deeply there, most fully that person, and
confirm it by recognizing and encouraging it.” Martin Buber
“Friends create
breakthroughs. The best ones are agents of God. Like Him, they stand us in
front of the mirror and introduce us to ourselves.”
Caron Loveless
“Give people as many chances
as it takes to get it right—Jesus did.”
Caron
Loveless
"Once upon a time I tasted
your life; and to this day it feeds my soul.”
Caron Loveless
“ I may not leap tall buildings in a single bound, but
thanks to you, I am not afraid to try.”
Caron Loveless
“A woman is a thinker, a dreamer, a weaver
of tales, a poet, a prophet, and a princess. And because she was made in that
holiest of all images, the thoughts from her HEAD, the love from her HEART and
the work from her HANDS fall to us as faithful reflections of Perfection.”
Caron Loveless
You look inside and see the
unfinished project that is your life…but that is not what God sees. God sees
the untapped potential that trickles deep within you like a stream on the floor
of an ice-bound river. When you see yourself as insecure, God doesn’t. He sees
a sensitive woman with a rich capacity for empathy. And when you stare into the
mirror of imperfection…God sees the etchings of his artistry; designs he drew
so that you could be you.
Caron Loveless.
Remember no sin God himself
has chosen to forget. Satan records our wrongs, but the Savior erases the tape.”
Caron Loveless
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We wear hats on bad hair days, hide broken fingernails,
dump sour marriages and avoid hospital visits. It’s funny when you think about
it. We’re born into a cracked up, broken down world. You’d think we’d feel more
at home in it. Jesus did. Of all people, you’d think he’d have a problem with
anything less than perfection. But Jesus seemed attracted to it! In fact he
made it pretty clear he hadn’t come to visit the neatly put together types. The
sickly, unseemly ones drew his attention. Christ let everyone know how he felt
about blind eyes, deaf ears and broken hearts.”
Caron Loveless
"Yes, the Father
knows every unfaithful act, unthinkable deed, and unwholesome thought. He
despises sin. But he’s devoted to you. Look at his hands. You’ll find no stones
to throw or ax to grind only grace to give. No, you can’t undo what’s done, but
you can do this: From here on out, copy Jesus. Cast no stones. Condemn no
sinners. And clear your path of those who do. Then go and sin no more.”
Caron Loveless
“Receive
the wow of now. Open up. Welcome its presence. See what is there, all
the sweet, juicy, fresh possibilities.”
Caron Loveless
“We need to think
about the impact we have on people under and over us. Probably the greatest
gift God has given any of us is the ability to change lives by our actions or
what we say.”
Truett Cathy
“ You never know when a moment and a few sincere words
can have an impact on a life.”
Zig Ziglar
“What are you doing with your life that
matters? What are you doing that will last forever?”
(Question that led
Bill Hybels into full time ministry)
“Become a missionary of encouragement. Challenge the
darkness one soul at a time. Reject the mentality that says the needs in this
world, my town, or my family are insurmountable. As you go about your day,
focus on individuals. Use words to scatter hope!
Caron Loveless
“We wish to have you serve your generation and do good in
the world and be useful and may you behave as to gain the esteem of all
virtuous people…but especially that you may so live as to obtain the favor of
the Almighty God and his saving grace in this world and a saving interest in
the merits of Jesus Christ, without which no man can be happy.”
Noah
Webster’s parents (the day he
left for college)
“Just as Christ did with the
early disciples, he allows us to tag along behind him for a time, but sooner or
later he will ask us to declare our intentions. He knows we are fickle
followers, our right hands reaching for the Bread of Life while our left hands
grab for the cookie jar. And though Christ is infinitely patient, at some point
he will turn and ask us, “ What do you want?”
Caron Loveless
“How often have we kept silent when we could have spoken
for Christ? How many times have we let a great opportunity slide, not out of
fear or lack of love, but out of our own lack of faith that anything will
result from it?…When this happens, we must
shift the weight of our worry, placing the burden of success on God’s Word, not
on our experience or our neighbor’s receptivity. Yes, we are the messengers,
but the Word has a life of it’s own. And yes, we are the truth-takers, but the
Truth can take care of itself. How freeing for us when we recognize that the
unassisted Word of God is teeming with life.”
Caron
Loveless
“ Your words pack a lot of power, so pray about counsel
you give. Weigh what you say with Scripture. And as much as possible, base your
advice on the Bible. Save “corrective counsel” for situations in which you’ve
earned the right to speak or have a measure of authority. What you say does
make a difference. The advice you offer could affect someone’s marriage or
career. Start a trend. Agree to give a friend advice, but have him check with
God first.”
Caron Loveless
“ It is not the
price of the present but the heart of the giver that lingers the longest in our
memory. God loves a cheerful giver. So live to give with a jubilant heart and
your children will never forget you.”
Caron Loveless
“ As we let God tenderize
our hearts, we will move more often to a place of empathy for others. One sign
of compassion is tears, which are so highly prized in heaven that God himself
has kept each one of yours in a bottle.”
Caron
Loveless
“A child is formed in a womb
void of light. Then at the appointed time, when the mother can hardly go on,
labor suddenly starts and her baby is born. The birth of a baby brings hope. It
shows us that out of our innermost darkness life will come if only we’ll wait
for God’s timing.”
Caron Loveless
(In the valley) you won’t feel like singing. But sing
anyway. Sing victory songs. Sing Valley songs. Sing to pass the night that
drags like a wounded slug. Sing and then stop and listen. At first you might
think you hear echoes or maybe an old mountaineer, but then suddenly you will
recognize the sound. It is Heaven’s-Voice come to sing with you. Never mind
that you do not know his songs. He has your songbook memorized. And don’t be
ashamed of your singing. He sings to the tune of your heart.
Caron
Loveless