"Marriages crumble because one of the spouses assumes you are who you were 20 years ago. They are working diligently to give you what you used to need...never recognizing that you changed and that, as you changed, your needs changed, and your priorities changed, and what was important to you changed. But, if you don’t get updates on who I am now and where I am now, you can be working tirelessly to give me something that is no longer important to me...because I’m in a new season of life."-TDJ

"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together then it does to fall apart."

 

"The romanticizing of people and situations has left one too many pillows wet with tears. Do you know why? Because WE wanted our minds to ignore the truth."-Alvin Jacobs, Jr.

 

"Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."-Henri Frederic Amiel

"I will not fear because God is with me."-Joyce Meyer

"I don’t have time to be depressed for weeks about “nothing.” I don’t care who left me, I don’t care who forsook me, I don’t care who moved, I don’t care who quit. I will cry maybe for a day, but I'll get over it. If you can make it without me, I can make it without you."-TDJ

 

"When you are discouraged, remember that God won't give up on you. He promises to finish the work he has begun. When you feel incomplete, unfinished, or distressed by your shortcomings, remember God's promise and provision. Don't let your present condition rob you of the joy of knowing Christ or keep you from growing closer to him."

"Women —Beware: If a man has glaring character defects, it is likely that he is not teachable. Teachability is the number one character trait you should look for in a potential mate. I am not talking about normal struggles or mistakes, but habit pattern sins or dysfunctions that control their lives and that they are not open and contrite about. If a man is teachable, he will humbly listen to God and to his future wife when making decisions. He will be willing to work at his future marriage."-Julie Ferwerda

"Even the best spouses fail; God never will. Take time to talk — and listen — to Him concerning your future. Meditate on verses about His faithfulness. Discover that human standards of "worthiness" mean nothing to Him; His affection is unconditional. When we make this pivotal truth our own, we can develop a heavenly confidence that permeates all we do."-Carolyn MacInnes

"Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are."-H.G. Wells

Today, a very special young lady, that I know, posted this. I asked for her permission to re-post it, because it is so very powerful. She wrote, "It's amazing how I used to lay awake at night praying that I would get a role, or a callback, and now I lay awake at night praying just to get through it."-KC

"When you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be, you have to let go."

 

 

"Fall in love with someone who deserves your heart, not someone who plays with it."

"If you becoming increasingly dependent on any other than God to create a sense of wholeness in your life, then you are abusing your relationships. Clinging to people is far different from loving them. It is not so much a statement of your love for them as it is a crying out of your need for them."-TDJ