Spiritual Thoughts

  O ne can choose to back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be over come again and again. ~ Abraham Maslow   S ow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until He comes and showers His righteousness on you. ~ Hosea 10: 12

D id I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world, and the life to come. ~ Henri Nouwen BUT the fruit of the spirit is love, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, against such things there is no law. ~ Galatians 5:22-23

W hy not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? ~ Frank Scully B lessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.   ~Psalms 128:1-2 

The wishbone will never replace the backbone.   ~Will Henry   From the fruit of his mouth a man          is satisfied with good, and  the work of a man's hand comes back to him. Proverbs 12:14

A s the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without learning can never produce good fruit. ~Seneca F or the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, BUT later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. ~Hebrews 12:11