Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Who Am I?   I am your constant companion. I am your greatest asset or heaviest burden. I will push you up to success or down to disappointment. I am at your command. Half the things you do might just as well be turned over to me. For I can do them quickly, correctly, and profitably. I am easily managed; just be firm with me. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine, though I work with the precision of a machine and the intelligence of a person. You can run me for profit, or you can run me for ruin. Show me how you want it done. Educate me. Train me. Lead me. Reward me. And I will then…do it automatically. I am your servant. Who am I? I am a habit . ~ Unknown   H ow blessed are those who keep justice, who practice righteousness at all times! ~ Psalm 106:

T he giver of flowers is left with their sweet fragrance upon their hands. ~ Unknown   T he generous man will be prosperous, and he who waters will himself be watered. ~ Proverbs 11:25

  D o the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ~ Mark Twain   L earn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, help the fatherless, plead for the widow. ~ Isaiah 1:17 

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. ~ Charles Gordy   A joyful heart makes a cheerful face. ~ Proverbs 15:13 

T o handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt   Y ou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, BUT you shall love your neighbor as yourself. ~ Leviticus 19:18

  Friday Tale - Fragile: Handle with Care   T here was a man named Jose Estrada who drove to a popular trail where he liked to jog. Unknown to him, while Estrada was running, another man on the same trail collapsed and died of a heart attack. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where authorities found a car key in his pocket, but no identification. Assuming they'd find the name of the man in his automobile registration papers, they brought the key back to a parking lot near the jogging trail and tried it in the doors of every General Motors vehicle until they found a match.     Now, here's where the story gets strange. The key opened the door of Estrada's pickup truck. They found his papers and notified his wife of his untimely death. They asked her to come to the hospital and identify the body of her husband.     And here is where the story gets stranger still. Mrs. Estrada saw the body on the table with a tube snaking from...

S trive to be the person you needed when you were younger. ~ Laura Miranda   I n all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach. ~ Titus 2:7-8

  O nly put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~ Pablo Picasso   W e must work the works of Him who sent me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. ~ John 12:35

T he eyes are useless when the mind is blind. ~ Unknown   S o Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. ~ John 12:35

  T he best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.   S tand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. ~ Ephesians 6:14-15

Friday Tale - Judging Too Quickly T here was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things quickly. So he sent them each on a quest…, in turn…, to go look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.        The first son went in the Winter, the second in the Spring, the third in the Summer, and the youngest son in the Fall.        When they had all gone and come back, he called them together and asked each one to describe what they had seen.        The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.        The second son “no” it was covered with green buds and full of promise.        The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful. It was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.     ...

  B e an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already. ~ Dave Willis   BUT encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today." ~ Hebrews 3:13

T he capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice. ~ Brian Herbert   I love those who love me - Wisdom; and those who diligently seek me will find me. ~ Proverbs 8:17

A loving heart  heals hate. ~ Terri Guillements    BUT I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be the sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ~ Matthew 5:44-45

Inbox (34) Delete Archive Move to   Thought for the Day 7/12/2021 T he best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back. ~ Anonymous  BUT  if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink, for in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head. ~ Romans 12:20 NOTE! - while burning coals on your head does NOT sound very neighborly, in Bible times, if you gave your neighbor burning coals, he/she would put them on a pot, and carry the pot on their head, to take the coals home to start their own fire. So, heaping burning coals on a neighbor's head was  considered very kind!)