Maxwell
Maxwell
Grammy Award-nominated R&B artist whose albums Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite and BLACKsummers'night were both Platinum-certified.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth23 May 1973
CountryUnited States of America
giving discipleship determine
The dues of discipleship are high indeed, and how much we can take so often determines how much we can then give.
doe weakness strive
Our God does not indulge us, but He is merciful toward our weaknesses as He strives to tutor us.
home people ordinary
God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.
wise wall heart
I have on my office wall a wise and useful reminder by Anne Morrow Lindbergh concerning one of the realities of life. She wrote, "My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds." That's good counsel for us all, not as an excuse to forgo duty, but as a sage point about pace and the need for quality in relationships.
force gods-will facilitate
God will facilitate, but He will not force.
men differences giving
Brigham Young observed, "Man's machinery makes things alike" (JD 9:370), while God gives to seemingly like individuals pleasing differences. Secularism is no friend of righteous individuality.
change years grows
It is not the years but the changes that make us grow.
love appreciation children
A father who finds it difficult to express his love vocally for his children may need, at first, to be humbly obedient in holding family home evenings in order to help him to discover, or to increase, his appreciation for his children. Next can come to him the courage to say I love you to each one.
prayer amazed
As we come closer to Him, we not only "stand all amazed"-we even kneel all amazed!
giving-up mirrors priorities
Obviously, family values mirror our personal priorities. Given the gravity of current conditions, would parents be willing to give up just one outside thing, giving that time and talent instead to the family.
hammers anvils needs
Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping.
light flames pilots
The flame of family can warm us and at the same time be a perpetual pilot light to rekindle us.
democracy facts
There is no democracy of facts.
moving journey attention
When great individuals move so marvelously along the straight and narrow path, it is unseemly of us to call attention to the fact that one of their shoelaces is untied as they make the journey.