Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - The Bus Driver   I'm off  the bus, walking near the entrance to the city, which is backed up with traffic. A bus is standing still at an intersection. A younger woman is helping an older woman cross the street. The older woman has a walking stick. The younger woman is carrying a package for her.     The bus driver opens his door. "I'm off duty," he says to the two women. "Can I take you somewhere?"    The older woman has a great retort: "Even I, with my stick, can get to where I have to go faster by walking than by going with you in this traffic."    Driver: "But you remind me of my mother, of blessed memory. She passed away last year. The traffic will clear up. If you don't mind, I'll be happy to take...

K ites rise highest against the wind,              not with it. ~ Winston Churchill B efore I was afflicted I w ent astray, BUT now I keep your word. ~ Psalm 119:67

P raise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; B lame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they both at times are necessary. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe T he afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever! ~ Psalm 22:26

F ailures are like skinned knees,          painful but superficial. -H. Ross Perot B efore I was afflicted I went astray:            but now have I kept Thy word.  -Psalm 119:67

E xperience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.  ~Vernon L B efore I was afflicted I went astray,      but now I keep your word. It is good for me that I was tested,        that I might learn Your words. Psalm 119:67,71