Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?

my love isn't a weapon, it's a lifeline, reach out and take hold, and don't let go!

Love one another, Jesus said. Sometimes it took a lifetime to learn how. Sometimes it took someone to hit rock bottom to make someone reach up and grasp hold and be lifted from the mire to stand on a firm foundation.

True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.

Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.

It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all and showing us over and over again the birth, life, death, and resurrection of his only begotten Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord. It was like a best-loved story being told day after day with each sunrise and sunset, year after year with the seasons, down through the ages since time began.

Love doesn't last." She didn't know how much showed her pale face. Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind.