Spiritual Thoughts

  L ove is a choice - a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile. ~ Carter Heyward L ove is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous, love does not brag and is not arrogant. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:4

  B irds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? ~ Rose F. Kennedy M ake the most of your time, because the days are evil. Speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with heart to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:16, 19

  T he smallest actual good is better than the most magnificent promise of impossibilities. ~ Thomas B. Macaulay B ut love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He Himself is kind to the ungrateful and evil. ~ Luke 6:35

  T he people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials,  BUT the onces with the concern. ~ Max Lucado B ut a Samaritan,  who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.' ~ Luke 10:33

  Friday Tale ~ Despair to Hope W hen you find yourself cocooned in isolation and despair and cannot find your way out of the darkness, remember that this is similar to the place where caterpillars go to grow their wings. Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.    In Psalm 42 we find David questioning unhappiness in his life. He feels that God has "cast him off". God had brought him through so many tough times and has caused him to rejoice in the middle of many terrible tragedies, yet now, he's discouraged and depressed and is questioning the reasons for it.   David recognizes that the answer is, prayer (verse 3) and praise (verse 4). In verse 5 he responds back to his discouragement, "Why are thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?  HOPE IN GOD " (faith).   Are you feeling down and discouraged today? All it takes...

  T he best portion of a good man's life are  the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. ~ William Wordsworth S ow with a view to righteousness, , reap in accordance with  kindness , break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes to rain righteousness on you. ~ Hosea 10:22