Bless God

If you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it.
(Henry Ward Beecher in Whispers Of Blessing, Day 36)
30 April 2014

Burdens

Any concern that is too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

(Corrie  ten Boom in 100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p. 19)
29 April 2014

Higher Power

The basic spiritual principle introduced in Step Two [of the Twelve Steps] suggests that there is a Power greater than ... [ourselves] that provides hope for sanity ...
(Hope For Today, 1 February)
28 April 2014

Wholesome Thinking

I will pray today and every day, for healthful, wholesome thinking, so that I may not generate trouble for myself.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 21 February)
27 April 2014

Who's In Charge?

Thank God I am not dependent on my own resources alone. Having tried to bring order and meaning into my life without God's help, I will now step aside and let Him take over.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 2 February)
26 April 2014

Make The Most Of It

Lord remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered and that my life is flowing away.
Teach me to make the most of my time, so that I may grow in wisdom.
(after, The One Year Book Of Bible Readings, 25 November)
25 April 2014

Escape

Do you expect to escape what no one has ever avoided? What saint was there in the world without crosses and afflictions?
(Thomas 'a Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 2, Chapter 12)
24 April 2014