| September 30, 2005 |
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God! |
| September 29, 2005 |
Wealth, after
all, is a relative thing;
One who has little and wants less
Is richer than one who has much and wants more.
-Charles Caleb Colton [adapted] |
| September 28, 2005 |
Friends are
God's way of taking care of us. |
| September 27, 2005 |
Change the
changeable;
Accept the unchangeable;
And remove yourself from the unacceptable.
-Denis Waitley |
| September 26, 2005 |
Whatever is
your best time in the day,
Give that to communion with God.
-Hudson Taylor |
| September 25, 2005 |
Christianity is
not, at its best, an individual effort.
It is better compared to a team sport.
-Frank Logue |
| September 24, 2005 |
Reflect on your
present blessings,
Of which everyone has many;
Not on your past misfortunes,
Of which all of us have some.
-Charles Dickens [adapted] |
| September 23, 2005 |
In searching
for God,
Our part consists almost solely in letting God grasp us.
-Rainer Maria Rilke [adapted] |
| September 22, 2005 |
The only
difference between a stumbling block and stepping stones
Is the way you use them. |
| September 21, 2005 |
God is not a
cosmic bellboy
For whom we can press a button to get things done.
-Harry Emerson Fosdick
|
| September 20, 2005 |
Many of the
suspicions we have of others
Are formed in the knowledge we have of ourselves. |
| September 19, 2005 |
Love is more
than a feeling;
For the Christian it is a commandment. |
| September 18, 2005 |
The human spirit fails unless the Holy Spirit fills. |
| September 17, 2005 |
The art of
living lies less in eliminating our troubles
Than in growing with them.
-Bernard M. Baruch |
| September 16, 2005 |
A truly happy
person is one who can enjoy the scenery along one of life's detours. |
| September 15, 2005 |
God understands
our prayers
Even when we can't find the words to say them.
|
| September 14, 2005 |
God does not
comfort us to make us comfortable,
But to make us comforters.
-John Henry Jowett
|
| September 13, 2005 |
The measure of
love
Is to love without measure.
-St. Francis of Assisi
|
| September 12, 2005 |
Those who
cannot forgive others
Break the bridge over which they themselves must pass
If they would ever reach heaven.
-Lord Herbert [adapted] |
| September 11, 2005 |
Faith is courage;
It is creative while despair is always destructive.
-David S. Muzzey
|
| September 10, 2005 |
People see God every day,
They just don't recognize him.
-Pearl Bailey
|
| September 9, 2005 |
Any fool can count the seeds in an apple.
Only God can count all the apples in one seed.
-Robert H. Schuller
|
| September 8, 2005 |
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny
Compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
| September 7, 2005 |
We're not sure how gravity works,
But God knows, and that's the important thing.
|
| September 6, 2005 |
Be like the bird that, pausing on her flight a while on boughs too slight,
Feels them give way beneath her,
And yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
-Victor Hugo
|
| September 5, 2005 |
Making a living
is important,
But making a life is even more important. |
| September 4, 2005 |
One who has
faith has ...
An inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness,
And assuring trust that all will come out well -
Even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
-B.C. Forbes [adapted] |
| September 3, 2005 |
Forgiveness
does not change the past,
But it does enlarge the future.
-Paul Boese |
| September 2, 2005 |
Share the cup
of life when it is full,
And it will never be empty. |
| September 1, 2005 |
Some people
wish to serve God,
But only in an advisory capacity. |
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