Spiritual Thoughts

 If you do not take a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It is tough enough getting the boat to share with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his jacket on. Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established, Proverbs 16:3

  Friday Tale ~ Where God Ain't! H e wasjust a little lad, and on the week's first day.  He was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way.  He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar;  He found a fluffy milkweed pod, and blew out all the "filler."  A bird's nest in a tree o'er head so wisely placed on high,  Was just another wonder that caught his eager eye.    A neighbor watched his zigzag course,  and hailed him from the lawn;  Asked him where he'd been that day,  and what was going on.  "I've been to Bible school, " he said,  and turned a piece of sod.  He picked up a wiggly worm  and said, "I've learned a lot of God."    "M'm a very fine way," the neighbor said,  "for a boy to spend his time."   "If you'll tell me where God is,  I'll give you a brand-new dime."    Quick as a flash his answer came!  Nor were his accents faint.  "I'l...

  T hose who think it is permissible to tell "white lies" soon grow color-blind. ~ Awson O'Malley A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful. A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. ~ Proverbs 14:25, 5

  G od moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm. ~ William Cowper O LORD of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you? You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. ~ Psalm 89:8-9

  P ure gold does not fear the furnace. ~ Chinese Proverb I n this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while,  if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials so that the proof of your faith,  being more precious than gold  which is perishable, even though tested by fire , may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Peter 1:6-7

  K nowledge is like a garden - if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. ~ African Proverb T he reverence of the LORD is the beginning of knolwedge. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have good understanding. ~ Proverbs 1:7; Psalm 111:10