Spiritual Thoughts

  O ne thing you can give and still keep, is your word. ~ Howard Rasmussen  L et what you say be simply "yes" or "no"; anything more than this comes from evil. ~ Matthew 5:37

Friday Tale ~ Nothing Beats Family    I  stepped  into my hotel room to a pleasant surprise. Lots of room surrounded an inviting king-size bed, flanked by overstuffed armchairs that rested against sliding glass doors that opened onto a private patio. A small dining table sat next to a kitchenette with a separate sink, refrigerator and coffee machine. "Wow," I thought to myself. "Nice place."   I love hotels - from the Holiday Inn Express to the Ritz-Carlton and everything in between. I love to enter a clean room, hang my clothes and gaze out the window, walk out in the morning knowing that each afternoon when I return, someone else will have made the bed. I like in-room dining and the way they greet you so professionally. "Nice to have you with us again, Mr. Goldsborough." Very cool.   The problem is that unless Alison travels with me, I never sleep well in hotels. I miss my family. Even though Linus and Camille, at ages 4 and almost 2, find a way to inter...

  A dversity has the effect of elicting talents, which in propserous circumstances would have lain dormant. ~ Horace I n this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,  so that  the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the coming of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Peter 1:6-7

  W ise people are wise because they have come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. ~ William Saroyan M ake your ear attentive to wisdom, incline your heart to understanding. Then you will discern the fear of the LORD, and discover the knowledge of God. ~ Proverbs 2:2, 5

  N ever does a man portray his character more vividly than his proclaiming the character of another. ~ Winston Churchill T wo men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.' BUT  the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,  BUT  he who humbles himself will be exalted . ~ Luke 18:10-14

  L ife is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what is happening out there. It is how you take it that counts . ~ Denis Waitley D evote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it, with an attitude of thanksgiving. ~ Colossians 4:2