Spiritual Thoughts

  D o not anticipate trouble, or  worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. ~ Benjamin Franklin BUT  the worries of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful. Cast all your anxiety on God,  because He cares for you. ~ Mark 4:19 & 1 Peter 5:7

  Friday Tale - When Your Hut is on Fire...   T he  only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island.          He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him.          Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.          Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect h imself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.          One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his  little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky.          He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost.          He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger.          He crie...

  T rouble is only opportunity in work clothes. ~ Henry J. Kaiser   B lessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who comforts and encourages us in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage those who are in any kind of trouble. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

  T he past is a place of reference,  not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning,  not a place of living. The future is where we're going. ~ Roy T. Bennett   F or our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, BUT on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, BUT what is unseen is eternal. ~ 2 Corinthians 4:18

  T he problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise, and thinking that having problems is a problem. ~ Theodore Isaac Rubin   T hough I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; Your right hand will save me. The LORD will accomplish what concerns me. ~ Psalm 138:7-8

What molting time is to the birds,  so adversity or misfortune is to us humans.  ~ Vincent van Gogh When things are going well for you,  be glad, and when trouble comes,  just remember: God sends both happiness  and trouble; you never know what  is going to happen next.  ~ Ecclesiastes 7:14 (GNB)

I 'm thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn't have stumbled across my strengths. ~ Anonymous  C all upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. ~ Psalm 50:15

E very day this week will be bits from Cowboy's Guide to Life : ·      The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm. The colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller. ·      If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'. ·      The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with looks at you in the mirror every mornin'. ·      Don't worry about bitin' off more 'n you can chew; your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think. ~ Bob Hardison B etter is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble with it. ~ Proverbs 15:16 

In trouble to be troubled,    is to have your trouble doubled.  - Daniel Defoe Do not be anxious about anything, BUT     in everything by prayer and supplication        with thanksgiving, let your requests            be known to God.  -Philippians 4:6