Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Set Your Limits   F elicia Grimmenhag of Sweden doesn’t let anything get in her way — even a life-altering injury.   After surviving a serious car accident, Felicia had to adjust to getting around in a wheelchair. But it didn’t stop her from chasing her dream to become a champion horseback rider. Felicia focused all her energy on getting back on the horse — literally!   "The horses have meant a lot to me, both mentally and also physically. When I sit on the horse, I don’t feel like the disabled Felicia, I feel like the equestrian Felicia."   This year (2020), the 25-year-old won silver at the Swedish Championships, and next year, she hopes to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics!   She said, "What I have learned from all this is that you should dare to challenge yourself, and remember that it’s only you who sets your own limits."  ~ From Morning Smile by InspireMore   E veryone who competes in the games exercises self-contro...

  T he everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.  ~ Charles Kuralt   T he natives showed us extra- ordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and received us all. ~ Acts 28:2

 Thought for the Day 2/24/2021 One day in retrospect the  One say in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.  ~ S. Freud  We struggle and work hard,  because we have placed our  hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all, and especially of those who believe. ~ 1 Timothy 4:10

N ever look down on anybody unless you're helping them up .  ~ Jesse Jackson   I n everything I showed you that by working hard you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' ~ Acts 20:35

T he best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others .  ~ Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi   W hat you are doing is much more than a service that supplies God's people with what they need. It is something that will make many others thank God. ~ 2 Corinthians 9: 12 (CEV)

  Friday Tale - Blessing of Burdens   S adhu Sundar Singh, a Hindu convert to Christianity, became a missionary to his people in India. Late one afternoon Sadhu was traveling on foot through the Himalayas with a Buddhist monk. It was bitterly cold and the wind felt like sharp blades slicing into their skins. Night was fast approaching when the monk warned Sadhu that they were in danger of freezing to death if they did not reach the monastery before darkness fell.   Suddenly, on a narrow path above a steep precipice, they heard a cry for help. At the foot of the cliff lay a man, fallen and badly hurt. The monk looked at Sadhu and said, "Do not stop. God has brought this man to his fate. He must work it out for himself. Let us hurry on before we, too, perish."   But Sadhu replied, "God has sent me here to help my brother. I cannot abandon him."   The monk continued trudging off through the whirling snow, while the missionary clambered down the steep embank...

  L ife has no remote, so wake up and change it.  ~ Sushil Singh   BUT grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Peter 3:18

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. ~ Zig Ziglar Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, Christ. ~ Ephesians 4:15

 Thought for the Day 2/16/2021 Time passes quickly.  We cannot buy it. We can do nothing BUT make good use of it. ~ Unknown  Therefore, be careful how you walk,  not as unwise men BUT as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. ~ Ephesians 5:15-16

  T he best love is the one that makes you a better person, without changing you into someone other than yourself.  ~ Unknown   T hose who love Your law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble. ~ Psalm 119:165

  Friday Tale - May You   M ay God lift you up and heal and restore you fully.   May you see glimpses of His glory everywhere you turn.   May he show you wonders of His love that overwhelm you and make your knees weak.   May He put a new song in your heart and a new dream in your mind. May you walk forward unafraid and full of faith that your future will be far finer than your past. ~ Susie Larson (amended) M ay you be blessed of the LORD, Maker of heaven and earth. ~ Psalm 115:15

  A lways show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling empty places in someone's heart. ~ Mandy Hale   B ut the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. ~ Galatians 5:22-23

L ife is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. ~ Charles R. Swindoll   B e strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. ~ 1 Chronicles 28:20

  S uccess is not final; Failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill   B ut you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. ~ 2 Chronicles 15:7

  L earn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. ~ Unknown   I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait; and in His word do I hope. ~ Psalm 103:5

  Friday Tale - Two Wolves   O ne evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.   One is Evil . It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.   The other is Good . It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."   The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"   The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."  ~ Unknown   H e who is slow to anger has great understanding BUT he who is quick-tempered exalts folly. ~ Proverbs 14:9

  D o not do to others what would anger you, if done to you by others. ~ Isocrates   D o to others as you would have them do to you. ~ Luke 6:31

  K eep my anger from becoming meanness. Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity. Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking. Keep me fiercely kind. Remind me that all of this, every bit of it, is for love. ~ Unknown   H e that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city. ~ Proverbs 16:32

D o not be dismayed by the brokenness  of the world.  All things break. And all  things can be mended. Not with time,  as they say, BUT with intention. So GO. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. ~ L. R. Knost   Y ou are the light of the world....let your light shine before men in such a way that they may glorify your Father in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:14, 16

  If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow . ~ Chinese Proverb C ease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret - it leads only to evildoing. ~ Psalm 37:8