Sjoerd Buisman Quotes & Sayings

Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding and troubled road. Switchback after switchback. And the point of biblical stories like Joseph and Job and Esther and Ruth is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in all these strange turns. God is not just showing up after the trouble and cleaning it up. He is plotting the course and managing the troubles with far-reaching purposes for our good and for the glory of Jesus Christ. — John Piper

Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it. — James Surowiecki

But the colonel said and did nothing as the seconds splintered off the clock and fell like debris on the floor. — Jonathan Maberry

Going forward, my mind will be open to every solution - except one. We should not - we must not - and I will not - raise taxes. — Jim Doyle

Evil almost always starts with small cruelties. — Will Schwalbe