stuff on my mind

1. from Donnie Hoover, my college pastor:
• "A True Leader models before men that which they desire of them".
2. The things that break God's heart ought to break ours:
• a neighbor's loneliness;
• a child who doesn't know what it is like to be a child;
• bitterness;
3. We are not trustworthy; God is. We do not need to spend our efforts and concern our lives with whether or not the person we are dealing with is trustworthy... because they are not. Do not rely on their trustworthiness, but rather on God's. By faith (and not by sight), He takes care of us.
4. We know grace because we have received it. Grace does not originate within ourselves, but is a learned behavior. The presence of God is found in the extension of grace to others. Forgiveness is the calling card of Jehovah God, and the mark of His children.