Spiritual Thoughts

T here is a sacredness in tears. They are not the sign of weakness, BUT of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of over-whelming grief.... and unspeakable love. ~ Washington Irving   Y ou have taken account of my wanderings. You have put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? ~ Psalm 56:8

O f ten the clouds of sorrow reveal the sunshine of His face. ~ Hilys Jasper  A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will take it to heart.  ~ Ecclesiastes 7:1-2

S omehow, not only for Christmas        but all the long year through, The joy you give to others       is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing       the poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing        returns to you glad. ~John Greenleaf Whittier  Y ou have turned my mourning into joyful dancing...  You have taken away my clothes of mourning,    and clothed me with joy.   ~Psalm 30:11