Spiritual Thoughts

W hen the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~ Unknown   BUT speaking the truth in Love, we are to grow up in all aspects into him who is the head, Christ. ~ Ephesians 4:15

  Friday Tale - Cooperation   C ooperation, like love and friendship, is something you get by giving.     There are many travelers on the road that leads to happiness. You will need their cooperation, and they will need yours.     And there will be other generations after ours. Their lot in life will depend largely on the inheritance we leave to them. We must become bridge-builders, not only for the present generation but for generations yet unborn.   An old man, travelling a lonely highway, Came at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, For the sullen stream had no fears for him. But he turned when he reached the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. "Old man," cried a fellow pilgrim near, "You are wasting your strength with building here. Your journey will end with the ending day, And you never again will pass this way. "You have crossed the chasm deep and ...

  Friday Tale - The Master Carpenter   Two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.   Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding, and it grew into a major difference. Finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence. One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter’s toolbox.   "I'm looking for a few days’ work", he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there. Could I help you?"   "Yes", said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us....

Y ou build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, BUT you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or your time, or any of your space. ~ Johnny Cash T herefore, encourage one another and build up one another, just as you are also doing. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:11 

T he secret of change is to focus all of your energy NOT on fighting the old, BUT on building the new. ~ Dan Millman B UT you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. ~ Jude verses 20-21

T he secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, BUT on building the new. ~ Socrates  S ince all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness.... BUT according to His promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. ~ 2 Peter 3:11, 13

I n this world, some people will always throw stones in your path. It depends on you what you make from these stones..... a wall or a bridge!!! ~ Unknown T herefore encourage one another and BUILD one another up, just as you are doing. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:11

I never remember feeling tired by work,    though idleness exhausts me completely. -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  So we built the wall.     And all the wall was joined together ....          for the people had a mind to work. -Nehemiah 4:6