Sacrifice

Sacrifice is the very essence of religion; it is the keystone of happy home life, the basis of true friendship, the foundation of peaceful community living, of sound relations among people and nations. Without sacrifice there is no true worship of God.
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand A Little Taller, 19 February)
8 January 2015

Birds

The bird has an honor that man does not have.
Man lives in the traps of his fabricated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.
(Kahlil Gibran, Spiritual Sayings, p. 49-50)
7 January 2015

God Help Me

God, help me to let go of the bad feelings of the day.

Help me to feel grateful for today, no matter how it has been.

(Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 18 February)

6 January 2015

I Ask

U.S. Grant statue

Smithsonian Castle

Washington Monument

December 2014

I ask especially for freedom from self-will, rationalization, and wishful thinking. I pray for the guidance of correct thought and positive action.
(The Twelve Steps For Christians, p. 186)
5 January 2014

Health And Fitness

U.S. Botanical Gardens

Washington, DC

Health and fitness are better than any gold, and a robust body than countless riches.
(Sirach 30:15) in Three Minutes A Day by The Christophers, 6 March)
4 January 2015

Complexities

U.S. Botanical Gardens

December 2014

Year by year the complexities of this spinning world grow more bewildering and so each year we need all the more to seek peace and comfort in the joyful simplicities.
(Peace Flowing Like A Gentle River, 3 January)
3 January 2015

Things That Have Never Been

Still round the corner there may wait, a new road, or a secret gate.

(J.R.R. Tolkien)

And now let us welcome the New Year

Full of things that have never been.

(Rainer Maria Rilke)

1 January 2015