Spiritual Thoughts

Light tomorrow with today!  ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning     People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket BUT on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.   In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.  ~ Matthew 5:15-16

  W e are supposed to forgive everyone, everyone includes ourselves. ~ Denis Waitley B e kind to one another, compassionate,  forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you . ~ Ephesians 4:32

  C ommitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment and convert it into an opportunity to alter your destiny. ~ Denis Waitley C ommit your work to the LORD and your plans will be established. ~ Proverbs 16:3

  Friday Tale - Running in the Rain A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day. The little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said. "What?" Mom asked. "Let 's run through the rain!" She repeated. "No...

  F aith is the hostess that will not entertain doubt . ~ Jenna Wright N ow faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. ~ Hebrews 11:1

  I t does not take much to lift one's spirits:  simple pleasures abound everywhere.  All we need to do is prepare the mind, look, then enjoy . ~ Brian Luke Seaward H e sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.  He casts forth His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold?   He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.   He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.   Praise the LORD! ~ Psalm 147:15-20

  E very day we are given small opportunities to bring someone joy that can make a huge difference in a life . ~ Delilah (radio host) H ow lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace and  brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation! ~ Isaiah 52:7

 The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever. ~ Louis L'Amour   Now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light  trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:8, 10

  Friday Tale ~ Rich I once asked my Aunt, Dora Jane, who raised me as if she were my mother where we stood on the spectrum between rich and poor. I said, "I know we live well and have money, but we don't have millions of dollars.  What does that make us?"  She responded by saying, "I beg your pardon!  We are rich, we have always been rich and we will always be rich!"  I responded, "But Auntie, we don't have money like the Getty's."  She interrupted me and said as she pointed to her heart, and then to her head, "Rich is in here and up here. You will always be rich in heart and mind. If you have a lot of money that makes you wealthy. If you have no money, that makes you broke.  You see, richness is a state of mind; not how much money you have. It does not matter how much you have that counts in life. It's what you do with what you have than counts. And so long as you remember that you will always be rich."   ~ Jake Ehrlich III L is...

  T here are no shortcuts to any place worth going . ~ Beverly Sills  A ll these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.  But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. ~ Hebrews 11:13, 14, 16

  A ny person of angering you  becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him .  Epictetus H e who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,  and he who rules his spirit,  than he who captures a city. ~ Proverbs 16:32

  Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or achitecture or anything elese, is always a portrait of himself. ~ Samuel Butler In all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified. ~ Titus 2:7

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Friday Tale ~ The Oak Tree A mighty wind blew night and day. It stole the oak tree’s leaves away, Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark Until the oak was tired and stark. But still the oak tree held its ground While other trees fell all around. The weary wind gave up and spoke “How can you still be standing Oak?” The oak tree said, “I know that you Can break each branch of mine in two, Carry every leaf away, Shake my limbs, and make me sway. But I have roots stretched in the earth, Growing stronger since my birth. You’ll never touch them, for you see They are the deepest part of me. Until today, I wasn’t sure Of just much I could endure. But now I’ve found, with thanks to you, I’m stronger than I ever knew. ~ John Ryder That the Father would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened.... in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, and that you, being rooted and grounded in love.... to know the love of Christ ~ Ephesians 5:10-...

Words should be weighed and not counted. ~ Yiddish proverb The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, BUT the mouth of the upright will deliver them. A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words. ~ Proverbs 12:6, 14

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, BUT in avoiding unrighteousness, for that runs faster than death. ~ Socrates Try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, BUT instead expose them. ~ Ephesians 5:10-11

If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view. ~ Bits & Pieces Many people shall come and say: "come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, so that He may teach us His ways and so that we may walk in His paths." ~ Isaiah 2:3

No medicine is more valuable, none more efficacious, none better suited to the cure of all our temporal ills than a friend to whom we may turn for consolation in time of trouble, and with whom we may share our happiness in time of joy. ~ Ailred of Rivaulx For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend, so that he does not forsake the respect of the Almighty. ~ Job 6:14

Thought for the Day 8/7/2026 Friday Tale - God Will Not Ask Me God is not going to ask me how much I made. He will ask me how much I gave. God will not ask me about the size of my house. He will ask me did I invite Him in. God will not ask me about the elegance of the neighborhood. He will ask me how I treated my neighbor. God will not ask me what kind of car I drove. He will ask me did I give those with no car a ride. God will not ask me about the beauty of my wife. He will ask me did I treat her with love. God will not ask me about the style of my clothes. He will ask me did I help clothe others. God will not ask me the size of my bank account. He will ask me how much is in my heavenly account. God will not ask me how many children I fathered. He will ask me if I was a good father to my children. God will not ask me did I achieve fame. He will ask me about my reputation. God will not ask me if I traveled the world. He will ask me did I improve the world. God will not ask me about the...