Spiritual Thoughts

  A  journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~ Chinese Proverb L et me hear in the morning of Your steadfast love, for in You I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to You I lift up my life. ~ Psalm 143:8

  Friday Tale - Train of Life   A t birth, we board the train and meet our parents, and we believe they will always travel by our side.                 As time goes by, other people will board the train, and they will be significant, i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of your life.                 However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone.                 Others will step down over time and leave a permanent vacuum.                 Some, however, will go so unnoticed that we don't realize they've vacated their seats.          ...

I am learning to trust the journey even when I do not understand it .  ~ Mila   I know, LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you have tested me in faithfulness. ~ Psalm 119:75

  Friday Tale - Our Train Ride   A t birth, we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel by our side.     However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone.     As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant, i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of our lives. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others go so unnoticed that we don't realize they vacated their seats.     This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells.     Happiness consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves.     The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down.     So, we must li...

  Friday Tale - The Journey is too Short   A n elderly woman got on a bus and sat down. At the next stop, a strong, grumpy young woman climbed up and sat down beside the old woman, hitting her with her numerous bags.     When she saw that the elderly woman remained silent, the young woman asked her why she had not complained when she hit her with her bags?     The elderly woman replied with a Smile: "There is no need to be rude or discuss something so insignificant, as my trip next to you is so short , because I am going to get off at the next stop."      This answer deserves to be written in gold letters: "There is no need to discuss something so insignificant, because our journey together is too short."     Each of us must understand that our time in this world is so short, that darkening it with useless arguments, jealousy, not forgiving others, discontentment and bad attitudes ...

I am learning to trust the journey even when I do not understand it. ~ Mila  D on't be angry because of those who do evil, do not be jealous because of wrong-doers.... Commit your way to the LORD, TRUST HIM, and He will act.  ~ Psalm 37:1, 5

Friday Tale: E ach of us are on a journey. A journey through life. This life is a wilderness, through which we all must travel. On the other side of the wilderness there are two cities, a city of joy and eternal happiness, and a city of endless death. Through this wilderness there is the one path we need to take through Christ. There are many crossroads which can lead us closer to one of those cities.    Are you willing to face this wilderness alone? Are you willing to take a chance on your own knowledge at each crossroad?    We do not know when but, eventually, each of us will reach the other side of the wilderness. Look to your fellow walkers for help, but especially to our God.    This verse promises us that we can trust God to guide us down this path of life. While we are on that path, we are promised fullness of joy. At the end of the path, when we reach the right hand of God, we are promised eternal happiness.  ...

O n any journey, we must find out where   we are before we can plan the first step. -Kathy Boevnik L et the wise hear and increase in learning, and   the one who understands obtain guidance...  - Proverbs 1:5

B ig journeys begin with small steps.   -Unknown By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to  a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, NOT knowing where he was going.  For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations,   whose designer and builder is God. -Hebrews 11: 8,  10

F or a small reward,        a man will hurry away on a long journey, while for eternal life,       many will hardly take a single step. -Thomas a Kempis A rise, shine for your light has come,   and the glory of the LORD has risen on your. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the rightness of your rising. -Isaiah 60:1,3

T o be without dreams is to be without hope; to be without hope is to be without purpose. Do not run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been, but also where you are going. Life is not a race, it is a journey to be savored each step of the way. -Unknown   I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope.     - Psalm 130:5