March 1, 2009

Surprised by Growth

"God never places us in any position in which we can not grow. We may fancy that He does. We may fear we are so impeded by fretting , petty cares that we are gaining nothing; but when we are not sending any branches upward, we may be sending roots downward. Perhaps in the time of our humiliation, when everything seems a failure, we are making the best kind of progress."
- Elizabeth Prentiss

"Christ values us by what we shall be, and by what we are elected unto. We call a little plant a tree, because it is growing up to be so."
- Richard Sibbes "The Bruised Reed"

2 comments:

Melissa Goins said...

SOOO good! Thank you for sharing!!!

Anonymous said...

Amanda,

I wanted to say I LOVED the video of Sydney and Noey with their microphones! And I loved seeing you and Miss Lizzy (she is adorable!)

It made me miss you guys so much. The kids are growing up so much!

I am thinking of you guys.

Much Love and Missing,
Courtney

P.s. What an encouraging post! That was really helpful for me this morning. Thanks!