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“Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!
‘I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!� Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed. ‘The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh Jacob Marley! Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this.’�
“Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset.�
“And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us!”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“God has a passion for brand new beginnings.”
― Ngina Otiende, The Wedding Night: Embracing Sexual Intimacy as New Bride

“... something wholly new in religious thought. All other heavens have been gardens, dreamlands: passivities, more or less aimless. Even to the majority among ourselves, heaven is a siesta and not a city.
The heaven of Christianity is different from all other heavens, because the religion of Christianity is different from all other religions. Christianity is the religion of cities. It moves among real things. Its sphere is the street, the market-place, the working life of the world... Try to restore the natural force of the expression - suppose John to have lived today and to have said 'I saw a new London.”
― Henry Drummond, The City Without a Church

“God reshapes and repurposes. He brings change. That's God's job, and we just need to get out of the way and let Him do what He does. So why stifle our voices and withhold the truth of our broken pieces? He wants us to bring them to Him and speak them. He make all things new.”
― Sandi Patty, The Voice: Listening for God's Voice and Finding Your Own

“The new invitation is: “God loves this messed up world we live in. He sees the pain, and injustice, the broken-hearted, and he wants you to help transform the world. God is in the business of re-creation; of taking what’s broken and making it new (not just like new). Come help us change the world!”
― Curtis Ferrell, The Way to Discipleship: Thinking Well About the Kingdom of God