Our Wonder Room

I Want to See

“One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter — who was a child at the time — asked me, ‘Daddy, why are you writing so fast?’ And I replied, ‘Because I want to see how the story turns out!’” –Louis L’Amour, novelist (1908-1988) Reading this quote by L’Amour this morning reminded … Read more

Could You?

Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned? –Leonard Ravenhill One of the things these … Read more

Better

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. –Augustine of Hippo I chewed on this for just a little bit this morning. It is a nice follow up to what I had said yesterday, as it relates to our inability to foresee the possible harvest of … Read more

Great Is Your Reward

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. –Robert Louis Stevenson After reading these words from Stevenson this morning I could easily see them being words I’d want to put above my door so I would always see them. It is easy for me, in my narrow-minded view, … Read more