Spiritual Thoughts

Light tomorrow with today!  ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning     People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket BUT on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.   In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.  ~ Matthew 5:15-16

  B eauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart . ~ Khalil Gibran F or you were formerly darknesss BUT now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light for the fruit of the Light  consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth. ~ Ephesians 5:8-9

  H ow far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~ William Shakespeare N or do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others,  so that  they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:15-16

  D arkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. L ove does not rejoice in evil, BUT  rejoices with the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:6-7

  S ometimes our light goes out  BUT  is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. ~ Albert Schweitzer For you were formerly darkness,  BUT  now   you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light . ~ Ephesians 5:8

  T here is always going to be bad stuff out there. BUT here is the amazing thing - light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, BUT you cannot stick the dark into the light. ~ Judi Picoult F or at one time you were darkness, BUT now are you light in the Lord Walk as children of light, for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true. ~ Ephesians 5:8-9

A fter winter comes summer. After night comes the dawn And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies. ~ Samuel Rutherford T herefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and     the morning star rises in your hearts. ~ 2 Peter 1:19

  If  the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it . ~ Lucy Larcom If  you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. ~ Isaiah 58:10

  I t is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.  ~ Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt   F or it is You who light my lamp; The LORD my God lightens my darkness. ~ Psalm 18:28

A ll the darkness of the world cannot   extinguish the light of a single candle, yet one candle can illuminate all the darkness.  ~ Jewish Hanukah Prayer   F or it is You who light my lamp;   the LORD my God  lightens my darkness. ~ Psalm 18:28

L earn from yesterday, live for today.  ~ Albert Einstein   W alk as children of Light trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:8, 10

I will my light of love and hope into the darkness of negativity. ~ Jonathan L. Huie   BUT since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the HOPE of salvation. For God has destined us for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9

H ope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ~ Desmond Tutu   I wait for the LORD, my life waits, and I wait for His word. My life waits in hope for the Lord. ~ Psalm 130:5-6

Y our attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, love, and faith, and your picture begins to lighten up. ~ Allen Klein (slightly amended)   T hen Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world, he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, BUT will have the Light of Life." ~ John 7:12

A ll the darkness of the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle, yet one candle can illuminate all the darkness. ~ Jewish proverb   L et your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:16

T rust in the Light. Observe that when a light is brought to a dark place, the darkness disappears. Open yourself to the Light! Hold back nothing, Trust in the Light. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   T he LORD is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strong hold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid? ~ Psalm 27:1

A s we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher   BUT since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For did place us to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:8

I t takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich   F or you were once darkness, BUT now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light - for the fruit of the light consists of all goodness, righteousness and truth. ~ Ephesians 5:8-9

  T o see a candle's light, one must take it into a dark place. ~ Ursula Le Guin F or You, LORD, make my lamp shine; my God enlightens my darkness. With Your help, I will run through an army, with help from my God I leap over walls. ~ Psalm 18:29

  W herever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo   T he unfolding of Your words gives light, it gives understanding to the simple. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light. ~ Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 6:23