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japan+pagoda+christmas+lantern+jesus Time is eternal Every moment comes pregnant with a divine purpose, time being so precious that God deals it out only seond by second. Once it leaves your hands and your power to do with it as you please, it plunges into eternity, to remain forever what...

If you know the difference between good advice and bad advice, chances are you don't need advice.

"I'd rather be useful than ornamental." It was in a magazine that my family is subscribed to. When I googled it may have said it was in a book by Yasmin Crowther.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson Read more at: brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/robertloui1

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, but check for Greek soldiers elsewhere

I mentioned a poem often quoted by Hilda Spalding. The poem is entitled, “Three Gates.” “Three Gates” If you are tempted to reveal A tale to you someone has told About another, make it pass, Before you speak, three gates of gold. These narrow gates: First, "Is it true?" Then, "Is it...

do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you...

Sow a seed, and you will reap a habit; sow a habit, and you will reap a character, sow a character, and you will reap a destiny." Charles H. Deems

Toil Away by John Jay Chapman Toil away and set the stone That shall stand when you are gone. Ask not that another see The meaning of your masonry. Grind the gem and dig the well, For what? for whom? — I cannot tell. The stone may mark a boundary line, The well may flow, the gem may...

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns...

1 Peter 4:12 and 13 says: Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as though some strange thing happened to you, but rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suffering that when His glory shall be revealed you may be glad with exceeding joy."

Noble Nobleness Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Douglas MacArthur The real problem is not why...

I am a disciple of Jesus Christ I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The die has been cast, I’ve stepped over the line; the decision has been made; I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I will not look back, let up, slow down, back away or be still. My past is...

Full Text 1 Can a little child like me Thank the Father fittingly? Yes, O yes! be good and true, Patient, kind in all you do; Love the Lord, and do your part; Learn to say with all your heart, Refrain: Father, we thank thee! Father, we thank thee! Father in heaven, we thank thee! 2...

The blog works again. Terrific! now I can share all the cool things I find, again.:clap:

But what shall I say or do? If I enter into details, the treatise will grow to inordinate length, for everything is in such dire confusion one does not know where to begin, whither to go on, or where to leave off. I know that no state is well governed by means of laws. If the magistrate be...

I got this in on of my newsletters from Kirk Cameron. by Carl "In January, 2010 I flew into Minneapolis to speak in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Fergus Falls is a long drive from Minneapolis and, to make matters worse, I was making this trip right after a significant snowstorm! I know what...

Two Kinds of Security LIKE the spurious "economic freedom," and with more justice, economic security is often represented as an indispensable condition of real liberty. In a sense this is both true and important. Independence of mind or strength of character is rarely found among those who...

Why the Worst Get on Top NO DOUBT an American or English "fascist" system would greatly differ from the Italian or German models; no doubt, if the transition were effected without violence, we might expect to get a better type of leader. Yet this does not mean that our fascist system would in...

The Great Utopia THERE CAN BE no doubt that most of those in the democracies who demand a central direction of all economic activity still believe that socialism and individual freedom can be combined. Yet socialism was early recognized by many thinkers as the gravest threat to freedom. It...