“This was the only shame he felt. And this shame was so great in him that he wondered if all his life thereafter would be long enough to wash it out of his brain and blood and the last pollution of its loathsome taint. And yet, he would have it thought that he was bitter.” -(Thomas Wolfe – You Can’t Go Home Again)
“Burn the ships. Cut the ties. Send the flame into the night. Say a prayer. Turn the tide. Dry your tears and wave goodbye. Step into a new day. We can rise up from the dust and walk away. We can dance upon a heartache, yeah, So light a torch, leave the port, burn the ship and don’t look back.” (Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Matt Hales, Seth Mosley of THE KING AND COUNTRY)
“When “my God is king” married “pleasure” he stepped outside of the limits God had placed upon him. He sought his own pleasure before he sought his own God. We read in the New Testament that such are lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. This is the spirit of the age and has been through the centuries. In the marriage of Elimelech to Naomi we have a picture of the fall of man.” – (Ray Stedman)
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” – (Psalms 37:3-5)
“A mother-in-law’s praise says more in a woman’s favor than anything else in the world.” – (Caroline Pafford Miller)