“Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshipping what’s right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze a new trail. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don’t try to be who you’re not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.”
-Mark Batterson
Every bit of that resonates with me.
Wow…that leaves me speechless.
By: Amy on August 29, 2007
at 2:33 am
i truly enjoy your posts.
ryc: thanks for your encouragement on my site. i need all the reminders i can get! :)
By: Joy Renée on August 29, 2007
at 3:00 am
wow. that is SO good…but that’s also a lot to try to remember to do and not to do. that’s one of those things that you work on one each day for a month and start all over again!
By: danielle on August 29, 2007
at 5:15 am
Wow, what an awesome quote! I particularly love: ‘Don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshipping what’s right with God.’ And: ‘Criticize by creating.’ That takes chewing on.
By: annie on August 29, 2007
at 7:28 am
I tried to pick a favorite line - I can’t; they are all very good. I like it.
By: @ngie on August 29, 2007
at 2:22 pm
“Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can.”
I liked that.
I love you.
By: Becca on August 29, 2007
at 10:37 pm
There is so much in here. It sounds wonderful, but to actually live it… that is the true challenge.
By: Natalie on August 30, 2007
at 12:37 pm
Wow, that is a great qoute. Challenging to this people pleaser!
By: Charlene on August 30, 2007
at 10:50 pm
just found you from Expectant and Beyond…. I will be back!
Love this quote from Mark…I need to print it out and post it all over my house!
By: Jane-Jane on September 3, 2007
at 5:45 am