Spiritual Thoughts

  I t is a glorious achievement to master one's own temper. ~ Anonymous   A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, BUT he who is slow to anger quiets contention. ~ Proverbs 15:18 (ESV)

Friday Tale ~ Tapestry of Life A s I faced my Maker at the last judgment, I knelt before the Lord along with all the other souls. Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt in many piles. An angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life. But as my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares were. They were filled with giant holes.   Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in everyday life. I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all. I glanced around me. Nobody else had such squares. Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries were filled with rich color and the bright hues of worldly fortune. I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened.   My Angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare, and empty, like binding air. Fina...

  T here is only one corner of the universe  you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. ~ Aldous Huxley  W e have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding so as to walk in a manner worth of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. ~ Colossians 1:9-10 (ESV)

  T he smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. ~ Ferdinand Duguet   F or truly I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward. ~ Mark 9:41 (ESV)

  T here are no short cuts to any place worth going. ~ Beverly Sills   S o we do not lose heart. though our outer self is wasting away,  our inner self is being renewed day by day. For the things that are seen are transient, BUT the things that are unseen are eternal. ~ 2 Corinthians 4:16, 18 (ESV)

  T he height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions. ~ William F. Scolavino  L et us all come foward and draw near with true hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction because of our faith, having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water. ~ Hebrews 10:22 (Amplified)