Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale ~ What IF??? W hat if God couldn't take the time to bless us today because we couldn't take the time to thank Him yesterday?   What if God decided to stop leading us tomorrow because we didn't follow Him today?   What if we never saw another flower bloom because we grumbled when God sent the rain?   What if God didn't walk with us today because we failed to recognize it as His day?   What if God took away the Bible tomorrow because we would not read it today?   What if God took away His message because we failed to listen to His messenger?   What if God didn't send His only begotten Son because He wanted us to prepare to pay the price of sin?   What if God stopped loving and caring for us because we failed to love and care for others?   What if God would not hear us today because we would not listen to Him yesterday?   What if God answered our prayers the way we answered His call to service?   What if God met our needs...

  A bility is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determins what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ~ Lee Holz BUT as you excel in everything - in faith, in speech, in knwledge, in all earnestness, and in the love inspired in you - see that you excel in this gracious work also. ~ 2 Corinthians 8:7 NASB

   I t's not what you gather, BUT what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived. ~ Helen Walton  L ight is sown like seed for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart. ~ Psalm 97.11

  T o me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakable perfect miracle. ~ Unknown  F rom the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised. ~ Psalm 113:3

  I t is not the difference between people that is the difficulty.  It is the indifference . ~ Unknown  I f 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? ~ James 2:15-16

  Friday Tale ~ Night Ordeal T here is a legend of the Cherokees' rite of passage. To become a man, the boy must go into the forest, where his father blindfolds him and leaves him alone for the entire night. He is told that he must sit there the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He must not cry out for help to anyone. But if he survives the night alone and unable to see, he will have become a man. He must promise that, after he has completed his ordeal, he will not tell the younger boys what he has gone through, because each one must come to manhood entirely on his own. During his ordeal, the boy is naturally terrified. He hears all sorts of noises around him. He can only imagine what wild beasts may be prowling about, or even if some person might be lurking to do him harm. He can feel the wind; he can hear strange rustlings nearby, but he must sit stoically, never removing the blindfold. It is the only way he can become a ...

  T he pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ~ Winston Churchill  T hat is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:10

  I f I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. ~ Isaac Newton  H e who gives attention to the word will find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. ~ Proverbs 16:20

  W isdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk . ~ Doug Larson  S o teach us to number our days, so that we may present to Y ou a heart of wisdom. ~ Psalm 90:12

  P atience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength . ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton  Y ou too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. ~ James 5:8

  Friday Tale ~ The 23rd Panel T he PHONE is my shepherd. My spiritual growth shall want. It maketh me to sit down and do nothing for His name's sake, because it requireth all my spare time. It keepeth me from doing my duty as a servant of Jesus Christ, because it presenteth so many good shows that I must see. It restoreth my knowledge of the things of the world, and keepeth me from the study of God's word.  It leadeth me in the paths of failing to attend the ecclesial activities, and doing no work in God's vineyard. Yea, though I live to be a hundred, I shall keep on viewing my PHONE as long as it will work, for it is my closest companion. Its sound and its picture, they comfort me. It presenteth entertainment before me, and keepeth me from doing important things with my family.  It fills my head with ideas which differ from those set forth in the Word of God. Surely, no good thing will come of my life, because my PHONE offereth me no time to do the will of God; thus I w...