Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry;
while on others Thou art calling;
do not pass me by.
(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 26 January)
31 January 2016
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Praying Correctly
The one who prays correctly never doubts that the prayer will be answered, even if the very thing for which one prays is not given. For we are to lay our need before God in prayer but not prescribe to God a measure, manner, time, or place. We must leave that to God, for He may wish to give it to us in another, perhaps better, way than we think is best. Frequently we do not know what to pray as St. Paul says in Romans 8, and we know that God's ways are above all that we can ever understand.
(Martin Luther, Table Talk, in Flowers Along the Path, Esther Carls Dodgen, p. 278)
30 January 2016
Friday, January 29, 2016
Joy
(after Daily Guideposts - 2015, 19 January, Carla Hendricks)
29 January 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Something Happened
One of the experiences of prayer is that it seems that nothing happens. But when you start with it and look back over a long period of prayer, you suddenly realize that something has happened. What is most close, most intimate, most present, often cannot be experienced directly but only with a certain distance. When I think that I am only distracted, just wasting my time, something is happening too immediate for knowing, understanding, and experiencing. Only in retrospect do I realize that something very important has taken place.
(Henri J. Nouwen, The Genesee Diary, found in Flowers Along The Path by Esther Carls Dodgen, , p. 276)
26 January 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
Thinking Straight
Teach me to think straight, and not to take offense at criticism which is meant as loving guidance.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 20 August)
25 January 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Troubles
Anyone who is having troubles should pray.
(James 5:13)
(Max Lucado, Grace For The Moment, Vol. II, 26 August)
24 January 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Begin the Day
Photo by: Mr. Dickie
Frostburg, MD
Begin the Day with God
Every morning, lean thine arms awhile
Upon the window-sill of Heaven,
And gaze upon the Lord …
Then with that vision in thy heart,
Turn strong to meet the day.
(Author unknown,
in Flowers Along The Path
by Esther Carls Dodgen,p. 272)
23 January 2016
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