Helping Others

Be sure to use the abilities God has given you . ... throw yourself into your tasks. ... God will bless you and use you to help others. (1 Timothy 4:14-16 (TLB)) 7 August 2012

Water Of Life

Photo: Neptune Plaza at The Library of Congress

Father, show me how to cherish, protect and preserve the world on which You've lavished the water of life. (Elizabeth Sherrill, Daily Guideposts - 2010, 29 July) 6 August 2012

Mind In A Rut

I am ill because my mind is in a rut and refuses to leave. 

(Karen Giordino in Touchstones, 28 July) 

5 August

Grin And Bear It

I pray that nothing will be too hard for me to bear.

(Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 29 July)

4 August 2012

Believe

Those who believe that their life has not begun with their birth and will not end with death find it much easier to live a good life than those who do not understand or believe this. (Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar Of Wisdom, 18 July) 3 August 2012

The Big Question

Since death is certain, the big question is, "How shall we live?"

(after Touchstones, 15 July)

2 August 2012

Privacy

Seek time for privacy even from friends and loved ones, and do not dwell on the comforts of this world. (Thomas 'A Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 3, Chapter 53, p. 149) 1 August 2012