Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Jump Out!   O ne day an army general was visiting a military base where paratroopers were training on jumping out of airplanes.     During a conversation, the general asked this question to a group getting ready to go up in the air: “How do you like jumping out of planes?”    The first paratrooper responded, “I love it, sir.”     He then asked the next. “It’s a fantastic experience, sir!” exclaimed the soldier. “I couldn’t imagine not doing it.”    “How do you like it?” the general asked the third one.    “I’m scared to death, sir, and don’t much like it,” he honestly said.    “Then why do you do it?” the general queried.     “This group has a passion for jumping, sir, they’re excited about it, and I like being around people who enjoy what they do! The worst bankrupt in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm....

W hatever you have been called to do for God, do it with enthusiasm. It is a privilege to serve in God's kingdom. It should never be considered a duty. ~ Kerry F or a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. ~ Psalm 84:10

I t's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. A lways make us eager to give and help us to be faithful to you, just as our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob faithfully worshipped you. ~ 1 Chronicles 29:18 

S uccess consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ~ Winston Churchill E nthusiasm without knowledge is not good; impatience will get you into trouble. ~ Philippians 1:18, 20