Lisa Barry » Quotes

Poem for a child’s first day of school

Lisa — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:04:31 +0000

Laurie Spartz posted this on my Facebook today and said…

Smiling to think of all the post 1st day conversations to be had later today! Just heard the school bus pick up our teeny tiny 5-yr-old neighbor, who was quite uncertain as of last night. Made me remember to dig up an old prayer I found about 5 yrs ago:

Dear God, please bless our little girl
She’s starting school today;
She’s half afraid, yet wants to go,
And yet she wants to stay.

Protect her, Lord, and keep her safe,
And still that trembling lip.
And shield her from all other eyes
In case a tear should slip.

And help her make new little friends;
Be brave throughout the day.
And have her teacher understand
Her gentle little ways.

Oh Lord, please bless our little girl
And calm those anxious fears;
She is so precious and so young
Just a few short tender years.

The powerful influence of those around you…

Lisa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:42:09 +0000

Here’s a quote I shared this morning that has implications for all of us. It’s by Jim Rohn…

“You must constantly ask yourself these questions:

Who am I around?
What are they doing to me?
What have they got me reading?
What have they got me saying?
Where do they have me going?
What do they have me thinking?
What do they have me becoming?

Then ask yourself the big question: “Is that okay?”

The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment

Lisa — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:58:55 +0000

The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn’t some broad, general outline–it’s a long walk with a real Person. Details count: passing thoughts, small sacrifices, a few encouraging words, little acts of kindness, brief victories over nagging sins.

Joni Eareckson Tada

A Verse for Parents with Struggling Kids

Lisa — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:42:51 +0000

Isaiah 65:23-24 (New Living Translation)

²³ They will not work in vain,
      and their children will not be doomed to misfortune.
   For they are people blessed by the Lord,
      and their children, too, will be blessed.
²⁴ I will answer them before they even call to me.
      While they are still talking about their needs,
      I will go ahead and answer their prayers!

Oh that God would make us dangerous!

Lisa — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:27:33 +0000

We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with. But we are “harmless,” and therefore unharmed. We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places. Meekness must be had for contact with men, but brass, outspoken boldness is required to take part in the comradeship of the Cross. We are “sideliners” — coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. The world cannot hate us, we are too much like its own. Oh that God would make us dangerous!

Jim Elliot

God never simply buries our dead and broken dreams…

Lisa — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:31:25 +0000

God never simply buries our dead and broken dreams because He’d be burying our hearts along with our dreams. One of two positive things will happen. Either the dream will become fertilizer for something even better, or the Lord will give me the gumption and oomph to bring my dream to fruition. I can’t lose either way!

Noni Joy Tari