Scope for the Imagination
The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;
He will save,
He will rejoice over thee with joy;
He will rest in His love,
He will joy over thee with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
“I like good strong words that mean something…”
Louisa May Alcott
Praise be to the Lord, for He has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song, I praise Him.
Psalm 29:11
“What we do in life... echoes in eternity.”
From the movie Gladiator
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and they Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
Matthew 6:6
“Human beings do not live forever, Reuven. We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye if we measure our lives against eternity. So it may be asked what value is there to a human life. There is so much pain in the world. What does it mean to have to suffer so much if our lives are nothing more than the blink of an eye?
"I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Do you understand what I am saying? A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life.
"It is hard work to fill one's life with meaning. That I do not think you understand yet. A life filled with meaning is worthy of rest. I want to be worthy of rest when I am no longer here.”
Chaim Potok
"And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient."
2 Timothy 2:24
“We start learning the minute we're born, Laura. And if we're wise, we don't stop until the Lord calls us home.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
“Sometimes we don't do things we want to do so that others won't know we want to do them.”
From the movie The Village
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
John 1:29
“You want proof there's a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.”
Frank E. Peretti
"You make known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand."
Psalm 16:11
“People here worship the sun."
"Yes, but my people worship the God who made the sun.”
-Gilbert Morris
"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower."
Psalm 18:2
"The death of a single star outshines everything in the galaxy."
From the Movie I Still Believe
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."
1 John 4:4
"Memories are forever."
Lois Lowry
"I love the LORD because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live."
Psalm 116:1-2
“It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
L. M. Montgomery
Hebrews 4:12
"For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
"Do or do not. There is no try."
From the Movie The Empire Strikes Back
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"
Psalm 27:1
"Courage, dear heart."
C. S. Lewis
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3
“God doesn’t measure big the way people measure big. Jesus had just twelve followers.”
Karen Kingsbury
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience."
James 1:2-3
“Fireproof doesn’t mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it.”
From the Movie Fireproof
"The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer."
Psalm 6:9
"Read, read, read. That's all I can say."
Carolyn Keene
Revelation 22:13
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
"Not all who wander are lost."
J. R. R. Tolkein
"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."