Spiritual Thoughts

E verything that happens to you is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose. ~ Wayne Dyer   B lessed is the one who trusts in the LORD and whose trust is the LORD. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the   heat comes, BUT its leaves will be  green, and it will not be anxious in  a year of drought, nor cease to yield fruit. ~ Jeremiah 17:7-8

L ooking back, my life so far seems like one long obstacle course, with me as its chief obstacle. ~ Jack Paar W retched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?  Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.  ~ Romans 7:24-25

Obstacles are those frightful things you see  when you take your eyes off your goal. -Henry Ford   Behold, now is the favorable time;  behold, now is the day of salvation.    We put no obstacle in anyone's way.   -2 Corinthians 6:2-3

What is the difference between    an obstacle and an opportunity ? Our attitude toward it.    Every opportunity has a difficulty, and       every difficulty has an opportunity.  -J. Sidlow Baxter  God, create a pure heart in me, and   renew a right attitude within me.    Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,        and let a willing attitude control me.  -Psalms 51:10, 12  

What is the difference between  an obstacle and an opportunity?      Our attitude toward it.          Every opportunity has a difficulty,          and every difficulty has an opportunity. -J. Sidlow Baxter Make good use of every opportunity           you have, because these are evil days. - Ephesians 5:16 (GNB)