From the time an infant tries to get his toes in his mouth, life is a continual struggle to make both ends meet. (May 3 entry in Heart to Heart daily flip calendar)
Today’s Thought
Balanced Perspectives
Mercy and truth are met together:
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
–Psalm 85:10
Rising Sun, Painting
Oh Father, as You are using the rising sun right now to paint those clouds so beautifully, even (more) so, please use Your risen Son to paint beauty into my life and onto my clouds, to the praise of Your glory.
Permissible vs Perfect
It is not OK to settle for
the permissible
when there is
a more perfect way
available to you.
—Andrée Seu
the permissible
when there is
a more perfect way
available to you.
—Andrée Seu
Opinions Facing Facts
Sometimes opinions
don’t change as well
as the facts.
don’t change as well
as the facts.
I just read that quote, written at the bottom of my secretary’s notes of our 7-11-11 School Board meeting. I don’t remember which of my fellow Board members said it. (I’m finally getting around to writing up the formal minutes for that meeting!)
A Millstone for Unforgiveness?
It is very sobering indeed to consider that if I do not forgive a person who is mean to me and then sincerely apologizes seven times a day—and if this is my usual spiritually sloppy and self-satisfied habit—then it would be better for me if a millstone were hung around my neck and I were cast into the sea.
Do read the rest of Andrée Seu’s piece over at World magazine: New thoughts on not offending.
Need God to Explain It?
“I don’t need explanations from God.”
— Eric Liddell
— Eric Liddell