Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale ~ Who Moved? I was once told a story about a newlywed couple.    When they rode together in the car, the wife would sit so close to her husband that it looked like there was a two-headed driver in the seat.    Now, twenty-five years later, when they go out in the car, the wife sits way over on the other side.    One day she looked over longingly at her husband and said with a sigh, "Remember the days when we used to sit so close to each other we looked like a two-headed driver?"    The husband looked over at her and quietly said,           "Well, Honey, I wasn't the one who moved." ~ Unknown  C hrist has now reconciled you in his body through death, in order to present you before God holy and blameless and beyond reproach - IF indeed you continue in the firmly established and steadfast faith, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard. ~ Colossians 1:22...

  T o me, faith is not just a noun but also a verb. ~ Jimmy Carter  W hat use is it if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If 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?   Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. ~ James 2:14-17

  H ardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of the earth. ~ Zig Ziglar  A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands. ~ Proverbs 14:6 (Amplified)

  V ery few burdens are heavy  if everyone lifts. ~ Sy Wise  B ear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ . ~ Galatians 6:2

 If you do not take a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It is tough enough getting the boat to share with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his jacket on. Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established, Proverbs 16:3

  Friday Tale ~ Where God Ain't! H e wasjust a little lad, and on the week's first day.  He was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way.  He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar;  He found a fluffy milkweed pod, and blew out all the "filler."  A bird's nest in a tree o'er head so wisely placed on high,  Was just another wonder that caught his eager eye.    A neighbor watched his zigzag course,  and hailed him from the lawn;  Asked him where he'd been that day,  and what was going on.  "I've been to Bible school, " he said,  and turned a piece of sod.  He picked up a wiggly worm  and said, "I've learned a lot of God."    "M'm a very fine way," the neighbor said,  "for a boy to spend his time."   "If you'll tell me where God is,  I'll give you a brand-new dime."    Quick as a flash his answer came!  Nor were his accents faint.  "I'l...

  T hose who think it is permissible to tell "white lies" soon grow color-blind. ~ Awson O'Malley A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful. A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. ~ Proverbs 14:25, 5

  G od moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm. ~ William Cowper O LORD of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you? You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. ~ Psalm 89:8-9

  P ure gold does not fear the furnace. ~ Chinese Proverb I n this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while,  if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials so that the proof of your faith,  being more precious than gold  which is perishable, even though tested by fire , may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Peter 1:6-7

  K nowledge is like a garden - if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. ~ African Proverb T he reverence of the LORD is the beginning of knolwedge. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have good understanding. ~ Proverbs 1:7; Psalm 111:10

  Friday Tale - The Touch of the Master's Hand ‘T was battered and scarred, And the auctioneer thought it hardly worth his while To waste his time on the old violin, but he held it up with a smile. “What am I bid, good people,” he cried, “Who starts the bidding for me?” “One dollar, one dollar, Do I hear two?” “Two dollars, who makes it three?” “Three dollars once, three dollars twice, going for three,”   But, No, From the room far back a gray bearded man Came forward and picked up the bow, Then wiping the dust from the old violin And tightening up the strings, He played a melody, pure and sweet As sweet as caroling angel sings.   The music ceased and the auctioneer With a voice that was quiet and low, Said “What now am I bid for this old violin?” As he held it aloft with its’ bow. “One thousand, one thousand, Do I hear two?” “Two thousand, Who makes it three?” “Three thousand once, three thousand twice, Going and gone,” said he.   The audience cheered, But some of t...