Spiritual Thoughts

Y ear's end is neither an end nor a beginning, BUT a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.  ~ Hal Borland   T he respectful fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One  is understanding. ~ Proverbs 9:10

I trust that every experience  holds a valuable lesson for   me to learn and grow from .  ~ Unknown   I t is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn Your words. ~ Psalm 119:71

  E xperience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. We all mess up from time to time, BUT we can extract valuable wisdom from those mistakes, grow and learn. ~ Oscar Wilde B e on your guard BUT grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Peter 3:18

  E xperience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. ~ Aldous Huxley N o temptation has overtaken you BUT such as is common to human experience; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, BUT with the temptation will provide the way of escape also; so that you will be able to endure it. ~ 1 Corinthians 10:13 (Amplified)

  D o you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. ~ Pete Seger   D o not reject or take lightly the discipline of the LORD, learn from your mistakes and the testing that comes from His correction through discipline; nor despise His rebuke. For those whom the LORD loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. ~ 1 Timothy 1:5

  L ife is to live, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt   T hese things I have spoken to you so that my joy may be in your, and that your joy may be made full. ~ John 15:11

G etting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. ~ C. S. Lewis L ook to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. ~ Hebrews 12:2

T here's only one thing more painful than     learning from experience and that       is not learning from experience. -From "the Best of Bits and Pieces" I f we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and  salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for   your comfort, which you experience when     you patiently endure the same       sufferings that we suffer.    -2 Corinthians 1:6

Never regret.  If it's good, it's wonderful.    If it's bad, it's experience. -Victoria Holt  For Godly grief produces a repentance that leads   to salvation without regret,     whereas worldly grief produces death.   -2 Corinthians 7:10 

We all learn by experience, but    some of us have to go to summer school.  - Peter de Vries Like newborn infants, long for the    pure spiritual milk, that by it you may        grow into salvation - if indeed you            have tasted that the Lord is good.  - 1 Peter 2:2-3

Never regret.    If it's good, it's wonderful.       If it's bad, it's experience. -Victoria Holt For godly grief produces a repentance      that leads to salvation,          and brings no regret,              but worldly grief produces death. - 2 Corinthians 7:10