Spiritual Thoughts

  T here are two days about which nobody should ever worry, and these are yesterday and tomorrow. ~ Robert J. Burdette But  the LORD's loving-kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:23-24

  M ercy is like money - your deposits determine  your withdrawals. ~ Unknown B lessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. ~ Matthew 5:7

  Y ou do not need to wallow in guilt. Wallow in the mercy of God. ~ John Vianney   BUT because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved. ~ Ephesians 2:4-5

O n the whole, my impression is that MERCY bears richer fruits than any other attribute. ~ Abraham Lincoln   S urely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. ~ Psalm 23:6 

  T emper justice with mercy. ~ John Milton   B lessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. ~ Matthew 5:7

  Y ou can cultivate mercy when you extend compassion and kindness to yourself and to other people. ~ Bree Miller   H e has told you what is good: And what does the LORD require of you BUT to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? ~ Micah 6:8

S acrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to grow through. ~ Mitch Albom (amended)  T herefore, I urge you,... in view of God's mercy, to offer yourselves as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.....  ~ Romans 12:1

A s we live, so we learn. ~ Yiddish Proverb G o and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.'  ~ Matthew 9:13

F aithfulness to the past can   be a kind of death above ground.  -Jessamyn West But God, being rich in mercy, because   of the great love with which He loved us,    even when we were dead in our trespasses,      made us alive together with Christ-       -by grace you have been saved.....  -Ephesians 2:4-5 

C hristmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.      To cherish peace and good will,          to be plenteous in mercy,             is to have the real spirit of Christmas. -Calvin Coolidge G reat peace have those who love your law;       nothing can make them stumble.  - Psalm 119:165

W e are made of the dust, the dirt, the clay; W e are formed by the water, the word, the way. W e can have the faith, the hope, the love; W e can achieve the peace, the trust from above. -Inga von Gadenstedt, 1999   T he steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;     H is mercies never come to an end;  they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul,      "therefore I will hope in him." The LORD is good to those who wait for him,       to the soul who seeks him. -Lamentations 3:22-25