Spiritual Thoughts

  A dvice from a pumpkin: Be well rounded Get plenty of sunshine. Give thanks for God's bounty. Have a thick skin. Keep growing. Be outstanding in your field. Think Big! ~ Ilan Samir I know the best we can do is to always enjoy life, because God's gift to us is the happiness get from our food and drink, and from the work we do. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 (CEV)

  W hen I say "Good Morning," I mean: G od O ffers us His O ustanding D evotion to M ake us O bedient and R eady for a N ew day with Him so I nspire others, please, and N ever forget G od loves you! ~ Maritta Terrell H e who overcomes, and he who keeps my deeds until the end, I will give him the morning star . ~ Revelation 2:26, 28 (NASB)

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