She worked the thread through the flowered cloth as if she were sewing the torn ends of her life together.

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; He saves those crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18

I have loved you with an everlasting love…I will build you up again, and you…will be rebuilt. JEREMIAH 31:3-4

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of defeat

This is not to say, there never comes a day I'll take my chances and start again. And when I look behind on all my younger times, I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong.

what we need from the Bible is not the fulfillment of our dream, but the swallowing up of our failed dream in the all-satisfying glory of Christ.

THOUGH YOU WALK IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE, I will revive you. So don't let problems intimidate you. Remember that I, the Mighty One, am in your midst, and I am greater than all the trouble in the world. My right hand will save you! Hold tightly to My hand and you can walk confidently through your toughest times.

The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. —PSALM 29:11

Do not be weighed down by the failures and disappointments of this day. Resolve to begin tomorrow anew, seeking to walk with Me.

Only God is able. It is faith in Him that we must rediscover. With this faith we can transform bleak and desolate valleys into sunlit paths of joy and bring new light into the dark caverns of pessimism.

Every morn is the world made new.

do love the west wind. It sings of hope and gladness, doesn't it?