Spiritual Thoughts

Speak clearly, if you speak at all;  Carve every word, before you let it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. My mouth shall speak wisdom;  the meditation of my heart   shall be understanding. Psalm 49:3speak

He who asks is a fool for five minutes,   BUT he who does not ask, remains a fool forever. Chinese Proverb Ask and it shall be given to you;  See and you shall find;    Knock and it will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7

Discipline is not what you do TO yourself,  it's what you do FOR yourself. Lou Holtz And He humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know,..... that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone BUT man lives by ever word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Deuteronomy 8:3

Obstacles are those frightful things you see  when you take your eyes off your goal. -Henry Ford   Behold, now is the favorable time;  behold, now is the day of salvation.    We put no obstacle in anyone's way.   -2 Corinthians 6:2-3

Confess you were wrong yesterday;   it will show you are wise today. -Author Unknown  I acknowledged my sin to you, and  I did not cover my iniquity;  I said,   "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,"       and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.   -Psalms 32:5

When you blame others,  you give up your power to change. -Dr. Robert Anthony  We are ruined by our own stupidity,   though we blame the Lord. Don't blame God when you are tempted!  God cannot be tempted by evil, and    He doesn't use evil to tempt others.   -Proverbs 19:3 and James 1:13 (CEV)

No one can make us angry  People can say and do things to us,   BUT it is still up to us as individuals to do    what we want with our emotions      in response to those things. -Source Unknown  Without wood, the fire goes out.  Without a gossip, contention stops.  -Proverbs 26:20

You learn to speak by speaking,    to study by studying,   to run by running,    to work by working;      in just the same way,         you learn to love by loving. -Francis De Sales  Owe no one anything,   except to love each other,    for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. -Romans 13:8

What you are will show    in what you do. -Thomas A. Edison  I know your works, your love and faith and   service and patient endurance, and     that your latter works exceed the first.    -Revelation 2:19