Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale ~ Not Frozen by Fear On  a summer morning as he was fixing his breakfast, Ray Blankenship looked out his window to see a young girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Ohio home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with a roar underneath the road and then emptied into the main culvert.   Ray dashed from his home and raced along the ditch, trying to get ahead of the flailing child. Finally, he hurled himself into the deep, churning water. When he surfaced, he was able to grab the girl’s arm.   The two tumbled end over end and then, within about three feet of the yawing culvert, Ray’s free hand felt something protruding from the bank. He clung to it desperately, the tremendous force of the water threatening to sweep him and the child away.    By the time fire department’s rescue team arrived, Blankenship had amazingly pulled the girl to safety. Both were treated for shock. In that heroic mo...

  B e the kind of person who is not afraid to ask someone if they are okay twice if the say they are BUT look like they are not.   Be the kind of person who smiles at people even if they don't smile back.   Be the kind of person you wished for when no one was there for you.   Be the kind of person who is brave enough to stan alone in a crowd for what is right.   Be that person because people like that are rarer than the rarest jewels and gold.  ~ Nikita Gill   B e kind to one another, tender-hearted,  forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. ~ Ephesians 4:32

T he willingness to show up changes us. It makes us a little braver each time.  ~ Brene Brown   F inally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might . ~ Ephesians 6:10

I count him braver who overcomes his desires      than him who conquers his enemies;              for the hardest victory is over self.  -Aristotle W hoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,            and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.  -Proverbs 16:32 (ESV)