Spiritual Thoughts

T he most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched,  they must be felt with the heart.  ~ Helen Keller   P ut on then compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. ~ Colossians 3:12-13

  Friday Tale - Homeless Movies   T here is a good movie playing down-town. How about let's taking in a movie tonight?" asked my wife. "I guess so." I told her.  I really did not like going to the movie theater. It was located right on the edge of a very seedy part of town. When we arrived we parked the car and started the block or so walk to the Florida Theater.   "Can you spare a dollar?" or "Can you spare some change" asked almost every person that we passed. Most people coming to this part of town to the movies had already learned that it was best not to speak and to just keep on walking. As we rounded the last corner I saw a gentleman sitting on the sidewalk, his back to the building. Next to him was a large duffle bag.   He was very unclean and unshaven. Around his eyes were very dark circles. It appeared as though he had not washed his face for quite a long time. His clothes were old and worn and there was very little doubt that the...

W hen you see something beautiful in someone,      tell them. It may take seconds to say, but for them,      it could last a lifetime. ~Unknown K indness is reward -- but if you are cruel - you   hurt yourself.  Meanness gets you nowhere,     BUT goodness is rewarded.   ~Proverbs 11:17-18 CEV

M ay your life be as beautiful as a summer day     with just enough clouds   to make you appreciate the sunshine. . -Unknown S hower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds    rain down righteousness; let the earth open,       that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;         let the earth cause them both to sprout;           I the LORD have created it. -Isaiah 45:8 (ESV)