July 10, 2008

behold the turtle

You can't spend a lifetime withdrawn

inside your own protective shell.

"Trust in the LORD and do good;

Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness."

- Psalm 37:3 NASB

"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity,

but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord..."

- 2 Timothy 1:7,8 NIV

"So do not throw away your confidence;

it will be richly rewarded.

You need to persevere

so that when you have done the will of God,

you will receive what he has promised.

For in just a very little while,

He who is coming will come and will not delay.

But my righteous one will live by faith.

And if he shrinks back,

I will not be pleased with him.

But we are not of those who shrink back

and are destroyed,

but of those who believe and are saved."

- Hebrews 10:35-39 NIV

"Behold the turtle.

He makes progress only

when he sticks his neck out."

- James Bryant Conant