What do you write in a card?
It’s hard to find a card with a message that matches exactly what you want to say. I find it especially hard with birthday cards. It’s a little easier if you’re able to write your own message, although that means you have to come up with the message yourself.
One way to find messages for cards is to google “card quotes.” There are lots of websites that list quotes for different occasions, like thank you, sympathy, and Christmas. But I find I still have to wade through lots of quotes I don’t like.
I’m starting to collect quotes that I want to use in cards. I’d much rather have a collection to choose from than have to scramble to find one. Some will be for different occasions (wouldn’t it be great to have a list of sympathy card messages you like, so you can choose one that best fits the situation and the person?).
And some will be general quotes that I like. I’ll put it together with a photograph that I like, and send it whenever I want to communicate with someone. I was even thinking of having a “postcard with a quote of the month” that I send when I want to remind people they will be ushering or serving communion.
Twitter is a great resource for quotes. I follow a lot of Presbyterian pastors and other religious-type folks, so they’re always throwing out good quotes. I’ve started “favoriting” them, so I won’t lose them when I’m looking for a quote.
Here are some that I’ve collected so far:
- “If it weren’t for the last minute, a lot of things wouldn’t get done.” Michael S. Traylor
- “I believe in Christ as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” C. S. Lewis
- “Waiting is the primary lesson of Advent.” Paula Gooder
- “There is no proof for God; only witnesses.” Abraham Heschel
- “Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.” Harry Emerson Fosdick
- “You are hugged by the arms of the mystery of God.” Hildegard of Bingen
