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Quotes for Life

"Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should....My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether be life or by death."~ The Apostle Paul: Eph 6:18-20; Phil 1:20

"Lord, I intend it to thy glory, and let no profane misinterpreter abuse it to thy diminution."
~John Donne

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."
~ John Adams

"You have enemies? Good. It means you've stood up for something."
~ Winston Churchill

"I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence."
~ Ben Jonson

"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."

~ George Washington

"Country music is about new love and it’s about old love. It’s about gettin’ drunk and gettin’ sober. It’s about leavin’ and it’s about comin’ home. It’s real music sung by real people for real people, the people that make up the backbone of this country. You can call us rednecks if you want. We’re not offended, ’cause we know what we’re all about. We get up and go to work, we get up and go to church, and we get up and go to war when necessary."

~ Jeff Foxworthy

"The most dangerous predator of liberals is the real world. They hide from it in college campuses."
~ www.imao.us

"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
~ President Theodore Roosevelt

"Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!"
~ Edna Ferber

"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in an argument."
~ Robert Frost

"I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it. You know who else was kind of "divisive" in terms of challenging the status quo and the powers-that-be of his day? Jesus Christ."
~Ann Coulter

"Feminism has nothing at all to do with being 'feminine.' Feminine means accentuating the womanly attributes that make women deliciously different from men. The feminine woman enjoys her right to be a woman. She has a positive outlook on life. She knows she is a person with her own identity and that she can seek fulfillment in the career of her choice, including that of traditional wife and mother."
~ Phyllis Schlafly

"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions."
~ G. K. Chesterson

"It isn't going to bed with a man that proves you're in love with him. It's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful, everyday world with him that counts."
~ Yours, Mine and Ours

"I owe nothing to women's lib."

~ Margaret Thatcher

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

~ Henry VI

"We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic."

~ Rush Limbaugh

"True religion and true philosophy must ultimately arrive at the same conclusion."

~S.S. Smith

"There's no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit."

~ Jack Dake

"If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with the ideals that I have."

~ Margaret Thatcher

"What I felt like saying was, 'I've produced my third child and my sixth book since I last saw you. Aren't either of these things more important, more interesting, than my size?' But no - my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book; finally, something to celebrate! Maybe this seems funny or trivial, but it's really not."
~ JK Rowling

"Dear Lord
Lest I continue
My complacent way
Help me to remember
Somehow out there
A man died for me today.
As long as there be war
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?"~Anon
"[Judgment] comes from four sources: God, nature, diligence and conversation. Serve the first, and the rest will serve you."
~ Ben Jonson

"I think political correctness is a wonderful fad. Probably not as spiritually uplifting as the hula-hoop, but undoubtedly better for the health."
~ Waiting for God

"Our God and soldier we alike adore. At the brink of danger, not before. After deliverance, both alike requited. Our God's forgotten and our soldiers slighted."
~ Oliver North

"The way to tell the professional writers from the amateur writers is that the amateurs only write when they feel like it."
~ Jerry Van Cook

"Remember that only in cheesy romance novels is the heroine guaranteed to find true love without the risk of vulnerability or pain."
~ Dear Prudence column

"We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue."
~ from "The Birth of a Nation"

"Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree besides the river of truth, and tell the whole world - No, you move."
~Captain America

"While God doesn’t promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity."
~ Tony Snow

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
~ John Stuart Mill

"I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there. In the fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there. In her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits, aflame with righteousness, did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
~ Alexis de Tocqueville

"I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny - a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons. Let them never be Stupid Girls."
~ J.K. Rowling

Wisdom from the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan:
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Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect, and our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.

Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism and hope. If you do, I am convinced that your contribution to this wonderful experiment we call America will be profound.

The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget...in the final analysis...that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers the best guarantee of peace for America in times of danger.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.

January 3, 2011

I can see Mexico from my house!

We have arrived in sunny (and cold!) El Paso. We won't have internet for a few days so I'm sending this from my phone. We made the trip down from OKC in ONE DAY. That was not the plan, but the last few hours of driving were through the desert and there were no hotels until we got to El Paso.

I don't have much to report but I wanted to share this with you. Yesterday evening we were driving and our fuel got low. No big deal, we thought. We're on the interstate, we're bound to come across a gas station sooner or later, right? Fast forward two hours and the gauge is on E and it says that the next gas station is in El Paso, still 40 miles away. So we start praying, and I remember the story of the Macabees and how God made their 1 day's worth of oil last for 8 days. So I start praying God will make our gas fumes last until we get to civilization (we were still in the middle of the desert, after dark) and get to a gas station, just like He made the oil last for 8 days instead of 1. And sure enough, even though we were on E the whole last hour or so, we made it to El Paso and a gas station. It was our own Hanukkah miracle!

I can't wait till we get settled and I can show you some pictures from the house and the holidays. SoldierMan loves the house, by the way. If you recall, he couldn't come with me to pick it out and so he saw it for the first time today, and he loves it. I'm so glad!

This is posted from my phone, so the usual disclaimers about spelling, grammar and composition apply. I'll see you soon!

19 comments:

hmbJanuary 3, 2011 at 8:40 AM
I'm glad you made it safely! Enjoy your new "hometown"!
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stefanieJanuary 3, 2011 at 9:16 AM
So glad you made it safely to El Paso. We have friends down there and are hoping to visit in the near future.

Sorry, I had been absent from blogging and commenting. But I am back and alive!
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CharityJanuary 3, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Thank goodness you made it there safely!!
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AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:01 AM
We stayed in El Paso for a night on our way cross coutry. I'm definitely looking forward to your adventures and hearing all about your new home. The craziest thing for this Virginia girl was that there were taco shops in the back of gas stations! Or at least the one we stopped at!

Thank heavens you made it there, what a true miracle!
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SarahJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:03 AM
God always provides!! That's seriously awesome. =)

I'm glad you made it safely (in one day, holy cow!) and that SoldierMan loves the house. Very nice.

I hope you get internet set up soon!
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Truly HisJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:51 AM
How awesome! Can't wait to read about your NEW journey!!! You guys will look back on this and have the best memories, I am sure! :) Blessings!
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Crazy Shenanigans-JMOJanuary 3, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Yay!! I'm glad to hear that you guys made it!
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SLMJanuary 3, 2011 at 11:40 AM
I'm so glad you made it!! (Although not sad that you're not right down the road anymore :-( ) And, truth be told, a tad bit jealous that you are living in the desert!! Can't wait for the pics!!!
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aeJanuary 3, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Glad you made it there safely!
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PaulaJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Yay! I'm glad you made it safely too, and without incident.
I can't wait to see the photos. Have fun getting settled in.
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ErinJanuary 3, 2011 at 5:02 PM
Glad to hear he loves the house you picked!
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Mr. Superman & Mrs. S.January 3, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Yay for miracles! Every time I drive through there its so bizarre to see the Mexican National flag flying.
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Jon and StephJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:38 PM
Thank God you made it and didn't get stranded in the middle of the desert! Whew!! Looking forward to seeing pictures of the new place all fixed up!
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KarrenJanuary 4, 2011 at 1:24 AM
Glad to hear y'all made it safely!
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The McGriff'sJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:30 AM
This title made me laugh! I remember saying the same thing when we lived in EP. And isn't that the most boring stretch of highway ever??? Glad you made it safely :-)
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tootieJanuary 4, 2011 at 1:46 PM
Glad it all worked out!

P.S. I love the blog title :)
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AbbeyGJanuary 5, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Yay for the amazing powers of prayer!!! So excited for you guys and I can't wait to see pics of the house! :)
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Mary AnneJanuary 6, 2011 at 12:20 PM
How exciting! Don't you love seeing those miracles in your life? Glad you got there without running out of fumes :) And it's always nice when your husband approves of the housing choice. That's a big deal! Have fun getting settled in.
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LeahJanuary 8, 2011 at 8:14 PM
Welcome to El Paso! I currently live here and just want you to know it may take getting used to, but its a great place! :) Just wanted to invite you to PWOC (Protestant Women of the Chapel) as well! Its a womens Bible study that meets every Wednesday at 930am! Email me and I can give you directions! Would love to see you there!!
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