Spiritual Thoughts

  Y ou get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, BUT by building a fire within. ~ Bob Wilson T hey said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them, saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon."     ~ Luke 24:32-34

  N ever make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!" ~ T. D. Jakes  T hen they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses. He caused the storm to be still, so that the waves of the sea were hushed.    ~ Psalm 10 7:28-29

  B irds sing after a storm, why shouldn't we? ~ Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy  T he flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land    ~ Song of Solomon 2:12

  Friday Tale ~ Emergency Friendship System Test A Friend.... (A)ccepts you as you are (B)elieves in "you" (C)alls you just to say "HI" (D)oesn't give up ! ! on you (E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts) (F)orgives your mistakes (G)ives unconditionally H)elps you (I)nvites you over (J)ust "be" with you (K)eeps you close at heart (L)oves you for who you are (M)akes a difference in your life (N)ever Judges to condemn (O)ffer support (P)icks you up (Q)uiets your fears (R)aises your spirits (S)ays nice things about you (T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it (U)nderstands you (V)alues you (W)alks beside you (X)-plains thing you don't understand (Y)ells when you won't listen and (Z)aps you back to reality. ~ Unknown  G reater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.  ~ John 15:13

  T he mind is like the land, it gives you precisely what you give it. In other words, "You get what you think about most of the time." ~ Unknown  T he thoughts and purposes of the consistently righteous are honest and reliable, BUT the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous.  ~ Proverbs 12:5 (Amplified)

  Y ou can't do anything about the length of your life,  BUT you can do something about its width and depth. ~ Evan Esar  S o teach us to number our days, so that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.  ~ Psalm 90:12