Words to Live By

Timeless Truth

? ? ?I will make you a blessing to others.??Genesis 12:2?NLT

Thoughtful Wisdom?

? ? ?"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

? ? ?If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain,?

? ? ?Or help one fainting robin unto his nest again,

? ? ?I shall not live in vain.

? ? ?They might not need me; but they might.

? ? ?I'll let my head be just in sight;

? ? ?A smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity."

? ? ?- Emily Dickinson?

? ? ?"I have wept in the night for the shortness of sight

? ? ?That to somebody's need made me blind;

? ? ?But I never have yet felt a tinge of regret

? ? ?For being a little too kind."

? ? ?- Anonymous

? ? ?"Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

? ? ?- Socrates

? ? ?"I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple,

? ? ?But God declared: 'Go down again--I dwell among the people.'"

? ? ?- John Henry Newman?

Treasured Gifts

? ? ?Thank God for the loving example of Christ who "went around doing good" (Acts 10:38) and for His forgiveness when you are content merely going around.?

Today's Affirmation?

? ? ?I will endeavor to have the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5), not trying?to make something of myself, but committing myself to tasks and interests outside myself.

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Pastor (retired) Johnny R. Almond?

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