Have a Little Faith: A True Story

by Mitch Albom

“When you come to the end, that’s where God begins.”

Louis Pasteur, the great scientist, tried to disprove a divine existence through facts and research; in the end, the grand design of man convinced him otherwise.

“My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of ‘I could have, I should have.’ We can sleep in a storm. “And when it’s time, our good-byes will be complete.”

He was never haunted by “Why am I here?” He knew why he was here, he said: to give to others, to celebrate God, and to enjoy and honor the world he was put in.

“Jesus!” “I call him the greatest recycler I know!…

Some of our greatest problems in ministering to people is that they knew us back before we came to the Lord—”

“No, I say. You knew me. You knew that person, but you don’t know the person that I’m trying to become.”