God of Hope

From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance. (Psalm 50:2)

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. (Nelson Mandela, late president of South Africa)

Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important. (Charles E. Hummel, former college president)

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven… Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11)

Outer order contributes to inner calm. (Gretchen Rubin, American writer and speaker)

My children listen when your father corrects you. Pay attention and learn good judgment, for I am giving you good guidance. (Proverbs 4:1-2)

Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. (Genesis 1:14)

The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. (Proverbs 11:25)

God gives men wisdom as He gives them gold; his treasure house is not the mint, but the mine. (Arabian proverb)

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. (Psalm 34:18)

God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. (John 3:19)

“The fault,” dear Brutus, “is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar)