Spiritual Thoughts

  If  your mind goes blank, don't forget to turn off the sound. ~ Cybersalt H e who guards his mouth and his tongue, guards his life from troubles. ~ Proverbs 21:23

L earn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.  ~ Pythagoras (6th cent. B.C.)   T he LORD is good to those   who wait for Him, to the life who sees Him. It is good that one should  wait quietly for the   salvation of the LORD. ~ Lamentations 3:25-26 (ESV)

  Friday Tale - A Gentle Whisper   "A still small voice" (AV, RSV), "a gentle breeze" (LXX). 1 Kings 19:12   T he judgments of God (strong wind, earthquake, fire) are actually manifestations of His mercy. They are the prelude, and preparation, for the still small voice calling the nation to repent.   Elijah is being shown that the LORD God -- or Yahweh -- is, of course, the God of the strong wind, the earthquake, fire -- all these were presumed by the pagans to be manifestations of the great "god" Baal, but this was utterly false!   But not only was Yahweh the true and only God of these great and frightening aspects of nature, in contrast to Baal. He was, ESPECIALLY, the God who revealed Himself through the quiet, still, small, and gentle voice speaking to the individual conscience.   An old preacher spoke something in reply to a question from a young man, something so hushed it could not be discerned. The young man stepped across the room. ...

G od's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamor. Stand still and listen. ~ Charles Stanley W hen you are in distress and all these things happen to you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. ~ Deuteronomy 4:30

  I f we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. ~ John Bunyan   L et the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body, and be thankful. ~ Colossians 3:15

If we have not quiet in our minds,   outward comfort will do more for us      than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. -Paul Bunyan Why are you cast down, O my soul,    and why are you in turmoil within me? HOPE in God, for I shall again praise Him    my salvation and my God. -Psalm 42:5-6

Speak little; do much.     Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin Franklin To do righteousness and justice is       more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Whoever keeps his mouth and     his tongue keeps himself out of trouble Proverbs 21:3,23