Spiritual Thoughts

  M an does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith, hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat. ~ E. Merrill Root T rust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. ~ Psalm 37:3, 5

  L ive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~ Mahatma Gandhi T he instructions of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean,  enduring forever. ~ Psalm 19:8-9

  Friday Tale - Live Your Life Like: {1}    Once all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered,   BUT only one boy came with an umbrella.  That's FAITH.   {2}     When you throw babies in the air,          they laugh because they know you will catch them.  That's TRUST.   {3}    Every night we go to bed without any assurance of being alive the next morning, but still we set the alarms to wake up.  That's HOPE.   {4}    We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future.  That's CONFIDENCE.   {5}    We see the world suffering, but still we get married and have children.  That's LOVE.   {6}    On an old man’s shirt was written a sentence:          '...

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

L earn from yesterday, live for today, Hope for tomorrow.  ~ Albert Einstein   B e strong and   let your heart take courage, all you who Hope in the LORD. ~ Psalm 31:24

I t is not how long you live, BUT how you live that matters most. ~ Jill Whitman   W hatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. ~ Colossians 3:23-24

  T here are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live. ~ John Adams   BUT the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. ~ James 3:17-18

  T he very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance BUT live right in it, under its roof. ~ Barbara Kingsolver   T his I recall to my mind, therefore I have HOPE. The LORD's loving-kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  "The LORD is my portion," says my life, "Therefore I have hope in Him." ~ Lamentations 3:21-24

G race is not just a little prayer you say before receiving a meal. It is a way to live. ~ Jackie Windspear   T herefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this  grace  in which we stand, and we exult in hope of the glory of God. ~ Romans 5:1-2

  D on't be afraid of death, be afraid of the un-lived life. ~ from the movie "Tuck Everlasting"   I will not die, BUT live, and tell of the works of the LORD. ~ Psalm 118:17

  Friday Tale - Too Busy To Die   H enry P. Crowell was a powerful industrialist on the eastern seaboard of our nation quite a few years ago. At the age of fifty he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In those days there was no treatment available. The doctors told him he was facing a long and lingering death. He had read about the West—the plains and mountains. He decided he would gather up all he had and take a slow train westward. If he was to die he would die out there on the western prairie surrounded by the mountains.     But he never made it all the way to the mountains.  As they were passing through one small town the train stopped to take on provisions. Getting out to stretch his legs, he found a town in despair. There was only one industry, a large mill. It had been mismanaged and was going out of business.     The whole town was going to be wiped out. There was no ot...

M ay you live every day of your life. ~ Jonathan Swift E very day I will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. ~ Psalm 145:2

M ay you live every day of your life . ~ Jonathan Swift    I n the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:14

I f people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently. ~ Bill Watterson  W hen I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him? ~ Psalms 8:3-4

T ry and live your life the way you   wish other people would live theirs. ~Raymond Burr H e has told you, O man, what is good;  and what does the Lord require of you   BUT to do justice, and to love kindness,    and to walk humbly with your God?   ~Micah 6:8

You have only one life to live,   and this is no dress rehearsal! -Anonymous Thus says the Lord: "Stand by the roads, and look,  and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is,   and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. -Jeremiah 6:16