Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.

[God] wants us to work with Him, honey. Not for Him.

I've seen spring come to the orchard every year as far back as I can remember and I've never grown tired of it. Oh, the wonder of it! The outrageous beauty! God didn't have to give us cherry blossoms you know. He didn't have to make apple trees and peach trees burst into flower and fragrance. But God just loves to splurge. He gives us all this magnificence and then, if that isn't enough, He provides fruit from such extravagance.

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

Shebna scraped the tablet clean and began drawing circles in the soft clay. "Suppose you had six figs and you ate two. How many would--" "Four." Hezekiah answered before Shebna finished, and the tutor's thick black eyebrows rose in surprise. "And suppose I had five figs. How many would we--" "Nine." "Have you done this before?" Hezekiah thought the question was ridiculous. "I've eaten figs lots of times.

That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.