Spiritual Thoughts

  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

  T he greatest things ever done on earth have been done little by little. ~ Thomas Guthrie A nd Jesus said to him, "Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities!" ~ Luke 19:17

  O ut of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ~ H. Chapin I n this you greately rejoice, even thought now for a little while,  if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,   so that  the proof of your faith, .... tested by fire,  may be found to  result  in praise and glory and  honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Peter 1:6-7

  D eceision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made,  nothing happens. ~ Wilfred A. Peterson T he reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and  choice  part of knowledge. ~ Proverbs 1:7 (Amplified)

  Friday Tale ~ Look UP! THE BUZZARD     If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.    THE BAT      The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.    THE BUMBLEBEE      A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it die...