Thoughts by Martin Luther

I was reading some great quotes by Martin Luther, and thought I would share some powerful ones:

Pray, and let God worry.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

There are so many other great quotes, I recommend you check out some of his writings!

So True.

Saw this quote in an article this week and it has stuck with me. I'm reading through the Bible in one year with NCC right now and it truly is coming to life for me!

When asked if he accepted the historical existence of Jesus, the famous scientist, Albert Einstein, once told George Sylvester Viereck in a 1929 interview: "Unquestionably. No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. How different, for instance, is the impression which we receive from an account of legendary heroes of antiquity like Theseus. Theseus and other heroes of his type lack the authentic vitality of Jesus."

St. Augustine was Smart (not the city)

St. Augustine of Hippo (AD354-430) was an amazing theologian and philosopher and I thought it was appropriate to share some of his quotes that have impacted me this Easter weekend. 

"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." 

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you." 

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

"And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here."

I love the last two quotes, I think they are so great for this Easter season. It's so easy to believe in what you see, but only when we step out in faith is when we can start to see what is unseen, through faith. Let's celebrate that Jesus is real, celebrate the love he showed for us by dying on the cross for us, let's celebrate that Jesus is the only God who raised from the dead! 

Happy Easter!

p.s. if you haven't seen my husband's blog about Easter (titled Let Me Be Transparent), I recommend you read it! 

Quotes of the Week

"It went under my Aiden." (in reference to the basketball rolling between his legs) - Aiden

"Where is my iPod?" -Our 2 yr old son looking around the house, though he doesn't have an iPod (he also had his toy dragon listening to this imaginary iPod today).

Joan of Arc

Here are some quotes from one powerful woman. Joan of Arc was a French peasant girl who saved the kingdom of France from English domination. 1412-1431

"I am not afraid...I was born to do this."

“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”

“Act, and God will act”

“I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.”

Feeling the Heat

Lately we are feeling the heat, financially, so I wanted to share a few fun quotes from financial guru Dave Ramsey. I hope these inspire you as I hope they will bring inspiration to me to budget better and get ahead of the game!


"For a period of time you can win financially and later buy whatever you want."

“This is not a game, ... Debt has become a part of who we are. It's become that spoiled child in the grocery store with their lip stuck out: 'I want it. I want it. I deserve it because I breathe air.' And, well, that's an uphill climb in our culture right now, to go against that and say, 'Hey, let's be grownups here. Let's be mature, learn to delay pleasure, save up and pay for things.'”

“The average millionaire can't tell you who got thrown off the island last night.”

“Once you agree, then pinky swear and spit-shake that you will both stick to the budget.”


Oh yeah, and we are now officially part of his junky car club with our "Red Leopard" (our '96 Pontiac w/ over 100,000 miles). :) I encourage you to join the club, you get a cool bumper sticker! haha.

GK Chesterton is brilliant

What- Amy is posting 2x's in one day?! wow! Must be something good, hopefully.

So if any of you know Pastor Chip Buhler you are familiar with the name GK Chesterton. He was a famous author in the late 1800s- early 1900s. He actually was a big influence on CS Lewis and many other well known authors.

Well, last night I was watching a show on CBS and they ended the show on a GK Chesterton quote which led me to then go and look up some of his quotes on the internet...I read so many that were so right on that I almost want to start a GK Chesterton weekly thought on this blog! haha. (Pastor Chip would be proud!)

Here are a few of my favorites:

"A true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."

"In the struggle for existence, it is only on those who hang on for ten minutes after all is hopeless, that hope begins to dawn."

"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."

"Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable."

And finally, the quote from TV last night:
"Fairy tales do not tell us that dragons exist. We already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell us dragons can be beaten."

Chew on that!