Spiritual Thoughts

  S ometimes life touches one person with a bouquet and another with a thorn bush, BUT the first may find a wasp in the flowers, and the second may discover roses among the thorns. ~ Unknown   T hey strengthened the disciples, encouraging them to continue in he faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the Kingdom of God." ~ Acts 14:22

T he gem cannot be polished without friction,       nor man perfected without trials.  Chinese Proverb More than that, we rejoice in our tribulations,    knowing that tribulation produces endurance,              and endurance produces character,                   and character produces hope...  Romans 5:3-4

A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life.      It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world              is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl. ~ Stephan Hoeller We have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the real power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed…. 2 Corinthians 4:7-8