Spiritual Thoughts

S atisfaction is not always the fulfillment   of what you want, it is the realization of how     blessed you are for what you have.  -Unknown      B lessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,  who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual    blessing in the heavenly places. -Ephesians 1:3   

E verything can be taken from a man but the last of   human freedoms - to choose one's attitude    in any given set of circumstances,     to choose one's own way.  -Viktor E. Frankl (Auschwitz survivor)     L ive as people who are free, not using your freedom   as a cover-up for evil, BUT living as servants of God. -1 Peter 2:16  

"Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty.  It is truth and beauty in human behavior."  -H. A. Overstreet   I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,  that you yourselves are full of goodness,   filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. Romans 15:14

In helping others, we shall help ourselves,  for whatever good we give out completes    the circle and comes back to us.  -Flora Edwards   So whatever you wish that others would do to you,                       do also to them .   -Matthew 7:12

L iving in the past is a dull and lonely business;  looking back strains the neck muscles,    causes you to bump into people      not going your way  -Edna Ferber  J esus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the  plow and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God.    Remember Lot's wife.  Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it,    BUT whoever loses his life will keep it .   -Luke 9:62; 17:32-33

He is the rock that I cling to,  My shelter in a storm. He can make the birds sing,  And shadows take bright form. Whenever I am lonely,  whenever I have fears, I call His name out softly,  And I know that HE hears.  -Unknown O n God rests my salvation and my glory;   my might rock, my refuge is God. Trust in Him at all times, O people;  pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.   -Psalm 62:7-8