The Week in Words

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.

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving weekend. Ours was wonderful, though we hate to see Jeremy leave again. But it’s not too long till he comes back for Christmas!

In the meantime, here are some thought-provoking quotes:

This was a comment on the post 5 Ways to Make More Time to Read:

Reading allows me to thrive. If I don’t, then I feel stagnant. ~ Michael D. Perkins

I feel exactly the same way.

Seen at Diane‘s:

“A surrendered mind is not one which is no longer in operation. It is, rather, a mind freed from rebellion and opposition. To be Christ’s captive is to be perfectly free.” ~ Elisabeth Elliot

From With the Word by Warren Wiersbe, p. 505:

“His promises are checks to be cashed, not mere mottoes to hang on the wall.” ~ Vance Havner

From Beyond Suffering: Discovering the Message of Job by Layton Talbert:

If he seems defiant, it is the daring act of faith. All Job has known about God he still believes. But God’s inexplicable ways have his mind perplexed to the breaking point. Job is in the right; but he does not know that God is watching with silent compassion and admiration until the test is fully done and it is time to state His approval publicly (emphasis mine). ~ Francis I. Anderson, Job: An Introduction and Commentary, p. 139.

Whatever is going on in our lives, we can trust that God is watching, aware, and caring.

You can share your family-friendly quotes in the comments below or write a post on your blog and then put the link to that post (not your general blog link) in Mr. Linky below.

I hope you’ll visit the other participants as well and glean some great thoughts to ponder. And don’t forget to leave a comment here, even if you don’t have any quotes to share.

5 thoughts on “The Week in Words”

senkyoushi on November 28, 2011 at 3:30 am said:

Thanks for the link to the post about finding time to read. Very helpful. I was just going to ask you how you found time to read so much.
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Lisa notes on November 28, 2011 at 8:42 am said:

I could have used the quote about reading in my own post. ha.

E.E. on freedom: it’s one of the many upside-down principles of Christianity–to be Christ’s slave is the way to be truly free.

Talbert’s quote is comforting. It reminds me that knowing that the Lord is always so near–even when we might not see signs of his presence or compassion in the moment–is a great gift to us as his believers.
bekahcubed on November 28, 2011 at 10:05 am said:

“To be Christ’s captive is to be perfectly free”

Wow. That’s profound. May I, every day, live as a perfectly free captive to Christ.
Sally on November 28, 2011 at 1:27 pm said:

Wow, this can’t be beat! “A surrendered mind is not one which is no longer in operation. It is, rather, a mind freed from rebellion and opposition. To be Christ’s captive is to be perfectly free.”

However, here’s another:
“No man is poor who had a godly mother.”
Lincoln