God stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over the edge of them, and we are forced to use our wings to save ourselves from fatal falling. Read your trials in this light, and see if your wings are being developed.
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The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. An just so does our God to us.Hannah Whitall Smith
Decisions of our will are often directly opposed to the decisions of our emotions. If we are in the habit of considering our emotions as the test, we are apt to feel like hypocrites in declaring those things to be real which our will alone has decided.
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Good enough never is. You can't get to second base keeping one foot on first. Unless you're lead dog, the scenery never changes. Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd. You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. Kee.
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Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd.
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An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.
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