Spiritual Thoughts

  I t is not the difference between people that is the difficulty.  It is the indifference . ~ Unknown  I f a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? ~ James 2:15-16

  Friday Tale ~ Night Ordeal T here is a legend of the Cherokees' rite of passage. To become a man, the boy must go into the forest, where his father blindfolds him and leaves him alone for the entire night. He is told that he must sit there the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He must not cry out for help to anyone. But if he survives the night alone and unable to see, he will have become a man. He must promise that, after he has completed his ordeal, he will not tell the younger boys what he has gone through, because each one must come to manhood entirely on his own. During his ordeal, the boy is naturally terrified. He hears all sorts of noises around him. He can only imagine what wild beasts may be prowling about, or even if some person might be lurking to do him harm. He can feel the wind; he can hear strange rustlings nearby, but he must sit stoically, never removing the blindfold. It is the only way he can become a ...

  T he pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ~ Winston Churchill  T hat is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:10

  I f I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. ~ Isaac Newton  H e who gives attention to the word will find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. ~ Proverbs 16:20

  W isdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk . ~ Doug Larson  S o teach us to number our days, so that we may present to Y ou a heart of wisdom. ~ Psalm 90:12

  P atience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength . ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton  Y ou too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. ~ James 5:8