Spiritual Thoughts

  W e do not need to proselytize either by our speech or by our writing.  We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study. ~ Unknown S how yourself in all respects to be a model of good works and in your teaching show integrity and dignity. ~ Titus 2:7-8 (ESV)

Friday Tale - The Splinter   O nce  there was a man who thought to cross America on foot. He bought a map of the USA and carefully plotted out his course. He would take the back roads and walk from morning till night, viewing the beautiful land all around him as he went, stopping at wayside inns and spending the night, rising the next morning to begin his journey again.   On the morning of the beginning of his journey, he walked outside on his porch and viewed the beautiful sunrise. As he headed back into his house, his foot caught on a loose board and a splinter wedged in the ball of his right foot. The man sat down and lifted his foot and yelled at the splinter, “Out! Get out of my foot! Out, I say!”   Rising, he went inside and finished preparing for his journey. Heavy socks and thick walking shoes were to be his protection against the hard earth. T-shirt and shorts would be his main clothing. A  backpack with a change of clothes and trail mix, a ma...

  I t is all right to have butterflies  in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation. ~ Robert Gilbert A nd now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all  boldness ...... and when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the holy spirit and continued to speak the word of God with  boldness. ~ Acts 4:29, 31

  W hat the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. ~ Richard Bach T herefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17

  H ow far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~ William Shakespeare N or do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others,  so that  they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:15-16

  I t is difficult to give away kindness. It keeps coming back to you. ~ Cort Flint S o may the LORD reward you with good for what you have done this day. And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. ~ 1 Samuel 24:19 - 20