Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, blog, Facebook — anything that you read. More information is here.
Here are a few that caught my attention this week:
From Lisa‘s Twitter:
The consequences of confession are far less severe than the consequences of concealment. ~ Andy Stanley
That’s profound. It echoes Proverbs 28:13: “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”
From a friends’ Facebook:
Don’t ever let someone rob you of your joy because of their own issues and insecurities that they try to put on you.
From an e-mail devotional taken from Elisabeth Elliot‘s book Keep A Quiet Heart, the chapter “Interruptions, Delays, Inconveniences”:
There is nothing like the biographies of great Christians to give us perspective and help us to keep spiritual balance.
From Created For Work: Practical Insights For Young Men by Bob Schultz:
If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. ~ Joshua Reynolds
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Stray Thoughts 
The Andy Stanley quote was from the book “Enemies of the Heart.” I recommend it.
Your Elisabeth Elliot quote is particularly convicting to me because I’ve decided to read more biographies in the coming year, one a month if I can pull that off. If anyone has suggestions, I’m listening!
The last quote also speaks to me. A will to work can be more profitable than a boatload of talent but no steam to keep going. (I think I just made up my own new quote. ha.)
I listed a number of favorite biographies in this post:
https://barbarah.wordpress.com/2006/08/06/favorite-books-non-fiction/
Another that is not listed there is Bruchko by Bruce Olson.
Yea! Thanks, Barbara. I just copied the list and will add Bruchko.
After crosses and losses, men grow humbler an wiser.
Ben Franklin
The Reynolds quote is going to be my food for thought for the week. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
The Andy Stanley quote is so true–but so hard to remember in the midst of things. Confession brings immediate pain and long-lasting peace, concealment momentary relief and long-lasting discomfort–yet a moment’s relief seems so much more palatable in the moment.
You’re right — the Andy Stanley quote is profound. It’s giving me flashbacks to The Picture of Dorian Gray! Good words to keep the perspective in order.