Committing Mistakes
“One who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.” – attributed to Confucius
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Understanding Yourself
“Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you.” – C. S. Lewis
Continue reading →We are Far Too Easily Pleased
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant … Continue reading →
I’m Going to Have a Wife
At Sunday school they were teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Little Tommy, a child in the kindergarten class, seemed especially intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam’s ribs. Later in … Continue reading →
Holding On and Letting Go
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
Continue reading →Choosing to Do What’s Right
“There is always some peace in having submitted to the right. Don’t spoil it by worrying about the results, if you can help it. It is not your business to succeed (no one can be sure of that) but to … Continue reading →
How Much We Give
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Theresa
Continue reading →Purity of Heart
“If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.” – Elisabeth Elliot
Continue reading →Neglecting God in Prayer
“Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.” – William Wilberforce
Continue reading →Communicating with God in Prayer
“If we grow wiser and more learned in our intercourse with wise and learned persons, how much more will we gain in our inner life by communicating with God in prayer.” – Huldrych Zwingli
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