“Maybe it wasn’t meant to be easy. The things that count don’t always come easy.”      –Elmer Kelton (Barbed Wire)

“Then He said to them all, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.'”      –Luke 9:23 (NKJV)

“I had shared more than a few campfires. We each knew what needed to be done and did our part without direction or complaint.”      –Lou Bradshaw (Rubio)

“What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.”
–1 Corinthians 3:5 (NIV)

“He did not realize it until he grew conscious of his alacrity, of his zest with the old camp tasks, in the pause to see and feel and hear and smell the forest which seemed now his alone.”      –Zane Grey (Nevada)

“I will remember the Lord’s works; yes, I will remember Your ancient wonders.”      –Psalm77:11 (HCSB)

“You feel the way you look, never allow citizens to see you with your shirt buttoned wrong or your shirttail hanging out. It is disrespectful and disgusting to see. Wash your hands and face, comb your hair, and always wear clean clothes.”
–W.L. Cox (Hunt–U.S. Marshal)

“He looked up, and he saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed to the ground. Then he said, ‘My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, please do not go on past your servant. Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree. I will bring a bit of bread so that you may strengthen yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. Later, you can continue on.’   ‘Yes,’ they replied, ‘do as you have said.'”
–Genesis 18:2-5 (HCSB)