Thought for the Day 11/12/2009

It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do,
no matter how hard it is,
than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.
James R. Miller

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,
and he said, "I called out of my distress to the LORD,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.
For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas..."
Jonah 2:1-3

Thought for the Day 11/11/2009

All good work is done the way ants do things,
little by little.
Lafcadio Hearn

Go to the ant....consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer,
and gather its foot at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8

Thought for the Day 11/10/2009

The beginning of sin is sweet;
its end is bitter.
Japenese proverb

Man is the only animals that blushes.
or needs to.
Mark Twain

For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23

Thought for the Day 11/9/2009

Before you taken anything away,
you must have something better to put in its place
Arthur Schopenhauer

Do not be conformed to this world, but be TRANSFORMED by the renewal of your mind,
that you may prove what is the will of God,
what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2

Thought for the Day 11/6/2009

You are glorious and more majestic
than the everlasting mountains. Psalm 76:4

Psalm 76 celebrates the justice and strength of God, who "breaks the pride of princes and the kings of the earth fear Him" (76:12). He is truly "glorious," "even more majestic than the everlasting mountains" (76:4). The word translated here as "glorious" means, literally, "lighted up" or "shining". God's glory glows even more stunningly than the mountains at sunset.

The mountains are not there simply to impres us with their own glory. Rather they point to the One who made them, whose magnificence exceeds them beyond all measure. No doubt, God has given us the wonders of the natural world to delight us. Yet these gifts also serve to remind us of the even greater wonder of the Creator.

Thought for the Day 11/4/2009

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator
for all I have not seen.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool.....
For all those things My hand has made,
and all those things exist," says the LORD.
"BUT on this one will I look:
on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
and who trembles at My word."
Isaiah 66:1-2

Thought for the Day 11/4/2009

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it;
but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
Madame De Stail

The goal of this command is love,
which comes from a pure heart and
a good conscience and a sincere faith
1 Timothy 1:5

Thought for the Day 11/3/2009

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults,
than by trying to correct theirs.
-Francois Fenelon

First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will
see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
Matthew 7:3-5