Spiritual Thoughts

Friday Tale ~ Tapestry of Life A s I faced my Maker at the last judgment, I knelt before the Lord along with all the other souls. Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt in many piles. An angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life. But as my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares were. They were filled with giant holes.   Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in everyday life. I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all. I glanced around me. Nobody else had such squares. Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries were filled with rich color and the bright hues of worldly fortune. I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened.   My Angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare, and empty, like binding air. Fina...

L eave people to their opinions and judgments.  They cannot harm you, it is their understanding     that is faulty, not yours. ~Leon Brown H appy are those who reject the advice of evil people,  who do not follow the example of sinners or join   those who have no use for God.    Instead, they find joy in obeying the law of the Lord,     and they study it day and night.  ~Psalm 1:1 - 2

Distrust your judgment the moment     you can discern the shadow           of a personal motive in it. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Now these things took place as examples for us,      that we might not desire evil as they did. 1 Corinthians 10:6