Thoughts and Quotes of a Curious Mind

From the day you were born And took your first breath You opened your eyes and in came the light He was watching you But all of your life you couldn't shake the lies in your head Saying you're a mistake Oh but you were made By a God who knows your name He doesn't make mistakes You are wanted To every broken heart, He stands with open arms You are wanted To every searching soul, look to the rising sun If you're lonely, hurting, gone too far To the outcast you come as you are For you, you are wanted, you, you are wanted Let this be the day that joy takes the place Of all of the years that shame tried to steal away He is calling you Lift your eyes to see His face Come run into the arms of grace You, you have been marked You're set apart And He calls you His So you don't have to search Don't have to look for where you belong tands with open arms

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy. Joy has nothing to do with material things, or with a man's outward circumstance ... a man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched, and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy.     Author: William Barclay Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God.     Author: Sam Storms True joy comes only from God and He shares this joy with those who walk in fellowship with Him.     Author: Jerry Bridges