God gives us life and takes us away as He sees fit.

Johnny Cash (Musician, 1932 – 2003)

No matter how much you’ve sinned, no matter how much you’ve stumbled, no matter how much you fall, no matter how far you’ve got from God, don’t give up. You can still be redeemed. As someone says, keep the faith.

Johnny Cash (Musician, 1932 – 2003)

I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity.

Johnny Cash (Musician, 1932 – 2003)

Why me, Lord? What have I ever done to deserve even one of the blessings I’ve known? Why me, Lord? What did I ever do that was worth love from you and the kindness you’ve shown? Lord, help me, Jesus, I’ve wasted it so. Help me, Jesus. I know what I am. Now that I know that I’ve needed you so, help me, Jesus. My soul’s in your hand.

Johnny Cash (Musician, 1932 – 2003)

Jesus will not fail me, I shall not be moved.

Johnny Cash (Musician, 1932 – 2003)

Well, I take great comfort in the words of the apostle Paul who said, ‘What I will to do, that I do not practice. But what I hate, that I do.’ And he said, ‘It is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells within me. But who,’ he asks, ‘will deliver me from this body of death?’ And he answers for himself and for me, ‘Through Jesus Christ the Lord.’

Johnny Cash (Musician, 1932 – 2003)

Everything I have and everything I do is now given completely to Jesus Christ.

Johnny Cash (Musician, 1932 – 2003)

After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan’s temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he’ll have an incentive to leave you alone.

Ignatius of Loyola (Hermit, 1491 – 1556)

We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.

Ignatius of Loyola (Hermit, 1491 – 1556)

Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me. I surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace; with these I will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.

Ignatius of Loyola (Hermit, 1491 – 1556)