Shebna scraped the tablet clean and began drawing circles in the soft clay. "Suppose you had six figs and you ate two. How many would--" "Four." Hezekiah answered before Shebna finished, and the tutor's thick black eyebrows rose in surprise. "And suppose I had five figs. How many would we--" "Nine." "Have you done this before?" Hezekiah thought the question was ridiculous. "I've eaten figs lots of times.

Lynn Austin

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Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

Lynn Austin

heart people

Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.

Lynn Austin

fire wish complaining

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.' It's the rought waters that train us to e His disciples. He uses the turbulent times I our lives to prepare us for His purposes-if we'll let Him.

Lynn Austin

purpose sea water

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

Lynn Austin

smooth sailor sea

Belief in Yahweh doesn't come with your mind. It comes with your heart. When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry...

Lynn Austin

eye heart believe

No terrain is too bleak, no distance too far that it will stop God from rescuing His own.

Lynn Austin

terrain bleak distance

You know what I wish? I wish I could put time in a bottle and throw it into the ocean. Then I would have forever to spend with you. I wouldn’t need air to breathe or food to eat. Holding you in my arms would be all the food I would need. Having your love would be the only air I would need to breathe.

Lynn Austin

ocean air forever

So often I have felt alone in my journey, yet I've been afraid to let anyone see my fear and weakness.

Lynn Austin

my-journey weakness journey

I've seen spring come to the orchard every year as far back as I can remember and I've never grown tired of it. Oh, the wonder of it! The outrageous beauty! God didn't have to give us cherry blossoms you know. He didn't have to make apple trees and peach trees burst into flower and fragrance. But God just loves to splurge. He gives us all this magnificence and then, if that isn't enough, He provides fruit from such extravagance.

Lynn Austin

flower spring love

Besides re-arming myself with joy, I need to know the holes in my defenses, the places where I'm vulnerable and where the enemy has successfully attacked me before.

Lynn Austin

joy enemy needs

Scriptures were just words on a page and my prayers failed to lift.

Lynn Austin

scripture pages prayer

The land promised to Abraham and his descendants is once again theirs. God always keeps His promises. Even in times of cataclysmic upheaval and change, God's love and faithfulness are unchanging.

Lynn Austin

upheaval land promise

Depression, I've learned, is sometimes caused by anger that we keep locked up inside.

Lynn Austin

locked-up ive-learned sometimes

Don't be fooled by strength you can see," he said at last. "Yahweh often hides His power in the simple things, the weak things, and so His strength seems foolish in man's eyes.

Lynn Austin

eye simple men

Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.

Lynn Austin

littles today hands

Until Gettysburg," she continued, "I was working for the wrong reasons. At first it was to prove myself worthy in someone's eyes. Later it was out of guilt, trying to find atonement in God's eyes. But atonement is free, never earned. And I've learned that the only person I need to please with my life is God.

Lynn Austin

guilt eye trying

Bitterness is like a weed. Remember how hard it always was to pull out thistles once they root? Remember how deep those roots grow, and how if you just snapped off the end of it, the plant would grow right back? You have to dig down deep inside. Let God search your heart. Let Him show you what's there and help you root out all that bitterness. Then you can pray for forgiveness.

Lynn Austin

weed roots heart

That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.

Lynn Austin

too-much littles laughing

Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of good books waiting to be read, leaving little time for frivolity. My personal list of must-read books presents a daunting challenge; I can't even imagine the pressure our head librarian must be under.

Lynn Austin

numbers believe book

You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember the Lord doesn't give you strength. He is your strength.

Lynn Austin

praying remember giving