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“You need to see life from a different perspective in order to move forward. I believe this job may be exactly what you need to help you find your place in the world.”
I believe it’s important to remember the past as it truly was, not as we wish it to be.”
“I don’t like remembering the bad times, but the Lord has a way of using them to get you to where he wants you to go.”
“When you get to be my age, you try not to miss an opportunity to give thanks to the Lord for every little blessing. You never know when you’ll find yo’self face-to-face with him.”
When we’re set in our ways, nothin’ nobody says can make us change what we think or believe. It took something bigger than just preacher talk or words in a book. No, sir, I didn’t change my mind.”
“God showed me I was wrong.”
I understood what Mammy tried to teach me about God and his goodness in spite of us being slaves. I understood that the masters who beat me and sold me weren’t anything like God the Father. They was sinners, just like me. I understood that bad things are gonna happen in this world and that we’ll all walk through the valley of the shadow of death. But I needn’t live in fear anymore. The things I endured in my pitiful life as a slave didn’t mean God isn’t good or that he don’t love us.”
“‘But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you. Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.’”
Was that the key to surviving, no matter what life hands you? Find the good among the ashes?
“Hatred is a powerful thing. It can turn a person into something they ain’t. It don’t matter what color your skin is.”
“Maybe not, but that’s between her and her Maker. I won’t let hatred steal away the peace I have in my heart. You can’t let it steal yours either.”
