The Status Quotes
May 2010

Saturday,
May 1, 2010
"To stand on the Wind and run over the air,
Step out on nothing and find something there."

-N. Faith Seymour
Sunday,
May 2, 2010
"In prayer we breathe, on Scripture we feed;
In the Spirit we rest, through it all we are blessed;
Come what may, He rules the day."

-Joy Kazama-Christian

Monday,
May 3, 2010
"Hell? No way.
Heaven? Yahweh!"

-Gladys Noingham
Tuesday,
May 4, 2010
"To feed life-giving bread to the hungry,
Soil must be broken up,
Seeds must be buried,
Crops must be cut down;
Wheat must be ground,
Then sifted,
Dough must be pressed down,
Then put over fire;
And the finished loaf must be torn apart
And consumed."

-Al B. Given-Nadal
Wednesday,
May 5, 2010
"The power in giving praise to God comes from God:
Life's troubles decrescendo me to a diminished pianissimo chord,
And He crescendos to a fortissimo augmented."

-Melody Rider
Thursday,
May 6, 2010
"Wrappers, containers, shells and skin
May or may not tell a tale
Of good or bad contents contained within
So while veiled seek to unveil."

-Deidre Edur
Friday,
May 7, 2010
"Prayer works, but not if you quit!"

-Anh Mai Neece
Saturday,
May 8, 2010
"I'm just passing through Pane and Sufren, twin
Cities set between my hometown and me;
My Dad is keeping a place for me there,
Where with Him I'll stay forever rent-free."

-Hikipsmi Singh-Ng
Sunday,
May 9, 2010
"True faith is willing to give up hopes and dreams for the Greatest Good,
Even if that Greatest Good cannot be immediately seen."

-Hugh Dewey Lovemore
Monday,
May 10, 2010
"I don't know why, but I know Who;
When I see the red, I feel the blue."

-B. Lee Venningham
Tuesday,
May 11, 2010
"Steel that has been fired and formed
By the blows of the hammer while on the anvil
Is far more useful
Than iron that is yet to be touched."

-Ben N. D. Forge
Wednesday,
May 12, 2010
"Waiters are workers that serve others.
Good waiters get good tips;
Great workers get great tips.
Somehow, some way, we're all waiters;
Some great, some good, some not so much."

-Jaime Aihel-Pyu
Thursday,
May 13, 2010
"When you don't know what to pray for,
Be honest and say so, then brace yourself."

-Mayer Wilby Dunn
Friday,
May 14, 2010
"When one you trust asks you or tells you to do something,
Your response demonstrates your level of trust in them."

-Jess Dewitt
Saturday,
May 15, 2010
"Clouds are at first a mystery,
Then a sign of storms to come;
A promise of future harvest,
And a backdrop of celestial majesty;
A wonder to behold,
A miracle to consider,
And at last a royal conveyance."

-Q. Mulo Nimbus
Sunday,
May 16, 2010
"If demons are attacking your prayer life,
You're doing something right--keep it up!"

-Warren D. Evans
Monday,
May 17, 2010
"Waiting is the difference between
A cub and a lion,
A seed and a fruit,
A coalpiece and a diamond,
A caterpillar and a butterfly;

Likewise waiting is also the difference between
A shallow, fleeting infatuation
And a pure, true love."

-Pah-Phekizuga Dzutai Ming
Tuesday,
May 18, 2010
"Bread would not be without the grinding of grain,
Nor wine without squashing of grape;
Love would not be without milling of heart,
Nor life without labor of pain."

-Preston Avery Syde
Wednesday,
May 19, 2010
"Before righteous prayers are finished, it is finished."

-Hugh R. Luft
Thursday,
May 20, 2010
"I didn't get the point until I was painted into the corner!"

-Art B. Enmayde
Friday,
May 21, 2010
"Even the dim bulb is brilliant in pitch."

-Shaia Nahn
Saturday,
May 22, 2010
"Faith is seeing that the unseen God will do what He has said He will do."

-Emmatra Stenninham
Sunday,
May 23, 2010
"When we cease to strive in our own power,
He starts to move that very hour."

-Al Olwehsbe Needingham
Monday,
May 24, 2010
"When dancing a dance with the Almighty,
It is prudent to always let Him lead,
And to know the song, and to know the steps,
Else you find yourself with flat feet indeed!"

-Pah-Phekizuga Dzutai Ming
Tuesday,
May 25, 2010
"I wasn't ready for the mountaintop 'til I went through the valley,
Wasn't ready to take the hill 'til I crawled under barbed wire."

-Thoreau Lipri Paird
Wednesday,
May 26, 2010
"WAIT For It, WAIT For It
When I think of God the Father,
And Jesus Christ His Son,
I cannot but sing to Him as
Tribute for all that He has done."

-I. Will Preizim
Thursday,
May 27, 2010
"When I stop worrying about my situation,
And leave it in the LORD's hand,
He brings His gracious peace to me
And shows me where to stand."

-Hikipsgi Ving Toomey
Friday,
May 28, 2010
"In praying to God,
We all are likened to slabs of marble attending to The Great Sculptor,
At times presuming to instruct Him as to the proper placement of His chisel
And the appropriate angle of His mallet's attack."

-Awlyuk Angdu Izangon
Saturday,
May 29, 2010
"Like a beautiful rose springs forth from choice earth,
So also do true friends of God and His Christ spring forth from Him;
Both are known by the splendor they inevitably display."

-Nabayeni Adanem
Sunday,
May 30, 2010
"We lose our losses,
And sing to His glory;
We bear our crosses
And sing of His grace."

-N. Amayin Aki
Monday,
May 31, 2010
"A life spent splendidly on the self is dead and buried with the passing of the self;
A life invested in service to God and others lives resplendently beyond the self's passing."

-Jaime Aihel-Pyu

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