I guarantee that any man who does not have the fear of God will be a corrupt ruler: he will be crooked and dishonest. No man can exercise leadership over others unless he is conscious that he, himself, is ruled. No man can rule who is not ruled himself.

- Chuck Smith

Pain is your friend, your ally, it will tell you when you are seriously injured, it will keep you awake and angry, and remind you to finish the job and get the hell home. But you know the best thing about pain? It lets you know you're not dead yet!

O Lord, support us all the day long,
until the shadows lengthen,
the evening comes,
the busy world is hushed,
the fever of life is over,
and our work is done.

"The safest road to hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."
— C. S. Lewis, author

Hollywood is all about illusion and confusing that illusion with reality. Circuses and bread.

Ephesians 6:12 (King James Version) 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.