Spiritual Thoughts

  Y ou get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, BUT by building a fire within. ~ Bob Wilson T hey said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them, saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon."     ~ Luke 24:32-34

  P ure gold does not fear the furnace. ~ Chinese Proverb I n this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while,  if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials so that the proof of your faith,  being more precious than gold  which is perishable, even though tested by fire , may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Peter 1:6-7

  Friday Tale - When Your Hut is on Fire   T he  only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island.      He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming      Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.      One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived “home” to find his little hut in flames with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost.      He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger.      He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?"      Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island. It had come to rescue him!  ...

W hen tempted to fight fire with fire,      remember that the Fire Department usually              uses water. -Unknown A soft answer turns away wrath,    but a harsh word stirs up anger. -Proverbs 15:1