The happiness of life … is made up of minute fractions – the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a gentle word, a heartfelt compliment. – Coleridge This nugget from Coleridge strikes home. How often does a child need just a moment of our attention? How often have…
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Peaceable Fruit
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless afterward it yieldeth a peaceable fruit unto them which are exercised thereby…. – Hebrews 12:51. I had trouble with this passage at first, but then I realized it was describing for many a typical day. Consider the particular annoyance that befell…
God Quiets Me
I came across a quotation that included the phrase — “God quiets me.” It is one of those nuggets I run across from time to time. No matter what my latest anxiety is – worries about money, worries about health, worries about things out of my control – I say the mantra, God Quiets Me,…
Contentment
Be content with such things as ye have. – Hebrews 13:5 I have learned in whatever state I am, therein be content – Phil. 4:2 No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear But, grateful take the good I find, The best of now and here. – J. G. Whittier…
Dwell In A Secret Place
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. – Psalms 91:1 We are promised that if we dwell in “the secret place of the Most High” no evil shall befall us. Doesn’t sound true or realistic does it? We know bad things…