Bette Dowdell God created Lucifer, now known as Satan, as one of the three top angels in Heaven. Lucifer had responsibility for the angels assigned to worship, while Michael leads the warrior angels who oppose evil and unrighteousness, and Gabriel guides the angels assigned to bring God’s messages to people. As… »»»

A man stops to ask directions, only to be told, “You can’t get there from here. If you were in Freeport, you could get there, but you can’t get there from here.”

So he asks how to get to Freeport. “See. That’s the hard part. You can’t get to Freeport.” »»»

It’s a much mourned fact of life that watching exercise videos doesn’t build muscles. It takes sweat and effort to build muscles. And so it is with emotional muscles. »»»

Cervantes said, “Faint heart ne’er won fair lady.” As a matter of fact, a faint heart never won much of anything. But put a little determination and will into that heart, and it can shoot the moon. »»»

Couch potatoes never know what muscles they could build if they spent their couch time at the gym. On the couch, even repetitive bench pressing of the biggest, baddest universal remote won’t build a noticeable muscle. And the same holds true for exercising our talents. »»»

And it’s not about becoming the world’s oldest living lemon-stand vendor »»»

The whole world’s in the label business. Every time we turn around, somebody’s jamming a label on us. Not those “Hi, My name is” stick-ums, Not any sort of tangible, visible label, in fact, but psychological Post-It® notes. »»»

You’re not perfect. I’m not perfect. Nobody’s perfect. Give it up. »»»

The magnificently sold idea of tolerance is, in fact, destroying our highest and best values in life. »»»

Job’s comforters always show up when your life’s in a shambles–and promptly make things worse–even as they’re persuaded they’re on the side of angels. »»»