Monday Quote

The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Tenzin Gyatso

Sunday Scripture

Ephesians 3:17-21 
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of [...]

Monday Quote

Many people have too much will power. It’s won’t power they lack.      – John Shedd

Thoughts on Service

From Rick Warren:  You are going to give your life for something. What will it be—a career, a sport, a hobby, fame, wealth? None of these will have lasting significance. Service is the pathway to real significance. It is through ministry that we discover the meaning of our lives. The Bible says, “Each of us [...]

Email From a Friend, Poem from A Warrior

Email From a Friend
Helen, every time I get tired or need to do something that requires effort that I don’t want to give, I think about my mom.  She has arthritis so bad that at times when she lifts her spoon up to put a bite of food in her mouth she gets stabbing, unbearable [...]

Monday Quote

Attitude is the mind’s paint brush. It can color any situation.

Sunday Scripture

It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others. Ephesians 2:10

What We Wish We Did On Summer Vacay

Monday Quote on Tuesday

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
- William Butler Yeats
 
 
 
Photo courtesy of K.Ortiz

Sunday Scripture

  My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
  Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake,
  I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions,in difficulties.  For when I am weak, [...]

1/10 Of A Long Shot

From Notes I Took At A Conference~~~
If a rocket were launched to the moon and it left Cape Kennedy only 1/10 of a degree off course, it would miss the moon by tens of thousands of miles. 
Can the decisions we make today, if they are not what God wants, also miss the mark of His [...]

Monday Quote

{God} wants you to sense His presence, but He’s more concerned that you trust Him than that you feel Him. Faith, not feelings, pleases God.
Rick Warren

Sunday Scripture

Our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him

2 Corinthians 3:18

Perks of being over 50

* No one expects you to run–anywhere.
* People call at 9 PM and ask, “Did I wake you????”