Spiritual Thoughts

  W ith gratitude, all life appears as a blessing;  without gratitude, all of life is perceived as a burden. ~ Jonathan L. Huie   A s you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, abounding in thanksgiving. ~ Colossians 2:6-7

  M ay a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through. ~ Irish Blessing   T he LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; The LORD life up His countenance on you and give you peace. ~ Numbers 6:27-28

  Friday Tale - May You Have....   M ay your joys be as bright as the morning, And your sorrows merely be shadows  that fade in the sunlight of love. May you have enough happiness to  keep you sweet. Enough trials to keep you strong. Enough sorrow to keep you human. Enough hope to keep you happy. Enough failure to keep you humble. Enough success to keep you eager. Enough friends to give you comfort. Enough faith and courage in yourself to banish sadness. Enough wealth to meet your needs. And one thing more: Enough determination to make each day a more wonderful day than the one before. ~ an Irish Blessing   W e count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and merciful. ~ James 5:11 

N o one is in control of your happiness  BUT you; therefore, you have the power  to change anything about yourself or  your life that you want to change. ~ Barbara de Angelis   I call heaven and earth to witness today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. SO choose life in order that you might live, you and your descendants.  ~ Deuteronomy 30:19

M ay you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door. ~ Irish Blessing L et Your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to Your servant. ~ Psalm 119:76

Friday Tale: The Blessing of Burdens Sadhu Sundar Singh, a Hindu convert to Christianity, became a missionary to his people in India. Late one afternoon Sadhu was traveling on foot through the Himalayas with a Buddhist monk. It was bitterly cold and the wind felt like sharp blades slicing into their skins. Night was fast approaching when the monk warned Sadhu that they were in danger of freezing to death if they did not reach the monastery before darkness fell. Suddenly, on a narrow path above a steep precipice, they heard a cry for help. At the foot of the cliff lay a man, fallen and badly hurt. The monk looked at Sadhu and said, "Do not stop. God has brought this man to his fate. He must work it out for himself. Let us hurry on before we, too, perish." But Sadhu replied, "God has sent me here to help my brother. I cannot abandon him." The monk continued trudging off through the whirling snow, while the missionary clambered down ...

T he sages do not consider that     making no mistakes is a blessing.       They believe, rather, that the           great virtue of man lies in his ability                 to correct his mistakes and                     continually make a new man of himself. . -Wang Yang-Ming B e renewed in the spirit of your minds,    and put on the new man, created after the        likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. -Ephesians 4:23-24 (ESV)