Well, I was looking at my last few posts...

... and I realized I could sound rather depressed. Which, in fact, I am not. Merely very thoughtful. Hence, I thought I would post some funny quotes to cheer things up a bit. :D

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
--Hedy Lamarr

(okay, so this one's sort of an inside joke with myself and a few other people.)

How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.
--Emo Philips

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
--Samuel Goldwyn

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
--Elayne Boosler

I washed a sock. Then I put it in the dryer. When I took it out, it was gone.
--Rod Schmidt

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
--Mitch Hedberg

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."
-— Douglas Adams

Hmm... *tilts head to one side* Those are funny, but I still like the "somber" quotes better. Oh well. There you go. :D

Be Still My Soul

1. Be still, my soul; the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul; thy best, thy heavenly, Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

2. Be still, my soul; thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence, let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul; the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.

3. Be still, my soul, though dearest friends depart
And all is darkened in the vale of tears;
Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,
Who comes to soothe thy sorrows and thy fears.
Be still, my soul; thy Jesus can repay
From His own fulness all He takes away.

4. Be still, my soul; the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul; when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
--Catharina von Schlegel

Mercies in Disguise

We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching(s) of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise

-Laura Story

Silver

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. Proverbs 25.4

A Palace

"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself."
~ C.S. Lewis ~

Should I or Shouldn't I?

“Should I or shouldn’t I?” is often, ultimately, a question of obedience as well as knowledge and understanding. Very often when young people say they are having problems about guidance, what they are really faced with is a problem about obedience. The issue at stake is whether we will walk along the paths of righteousness in which God will lead us. Are we willing to go through valleys of deep darkness, so long as He is with us?

Sinclair B. Ferguson

Somebody Has to Die

When the will of God crosses the will of man, somebody has to die.

Addison Leitch

(I just died recently, hence this quote.)

Trusting and Delighting

“When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.” - Corrie Ten Boom

“A true love of God must begin with a delight in his holiness.” -Jonathan Edwards 

Turn Your Eyes...

So turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.