Spiritual Thoughts

Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit. ~ Helena Rubinstein Continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort - for the sake of his good pleasure - is God. ~ Philippians 2:12-13 (NET

  I t is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. ~ Edmund Hillary B e strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. ~ Ephesians 6:10 

Thought for the Day 10/23/2026 Friday Tale ~ Shaped Like ? A man won a prize at the county fair for a full-grown pumpkin shaped like a small jar. How did he accomplish this? When the pumpkin stated to bloom he simply put the bloom into the glass jar and the pumpkin as it grew, filled up the jar. He then broke the jar, and the pumpkin had duplicated the size and shape of the jar. Many times we do the same to ourselves. We place ourselves in containers that limit our growth. The container will be just as large or small as we believe it to be. It is a matter of choice.  We can choose to continue to grow or we can choose to become ripe and rot. Many times the achievement of our potential is just a matter of a very slight edge, but we don’t realize it. For example, in baseball a player who has a 350 average earns at least 3-5 million dollars a year. But a 250 hitter may only earn $750,000 a year. Yet the difference is only one hit every 10 times at bat - a very slight edge. How many Sup...

  T he people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials, BUT the ones with the concern. ~ Max Lucado T he righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, the wicked does not understand such concern. ~ Proverbs 29:7

  M ake no judgments where you have no compassion. ~ Anne McCaffrey T hus says the LORD of hosts: "Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart." ~ Zechariah 7:9-10 (ESV)

  I f you woke up breathing, congratulations ! You have another opportunity. ~ Unknown S atisfy us in the morning with Your steadfast love, so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. ~ Psalm 90:14 (ESV)