“Life is made
up of marble and mud.”
---Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), American author
He gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he
sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
---Matthew 5:45
August 2, 2007
“The marvelous
richness of human experience would lose something of
rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The
hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no
dark valleys to traverse.”
---Helen Keller (1880-1968), deafblind American author,
activist, and lecturer
Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be
afraid, for you are close beside me.
---Psalm 23:4
August 3, 2007
God promises to
get us safely to shore, our destination. He never promised
us a calm sea.
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about
our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were
guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them
walked through the sea on dry ground.
---I Corinthians 10:1
August 4, 2007
“A person who
has not done one half his day’s work by ten o’ clock, runs a
chance of leaving the other half undone.”
---Emily Bronte (1818-1848), English writer
Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food
at the harvest.
---Proverbs 20:4
August 5, 2007
“Everyone must
row with the oars they have.”
---English proverb
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his
special favor on me---and not without results. For I have
worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not
I but God who was working through me by his grace.
---I Corinthians 15:10
August 6, 2007
“Behold the
turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”
---James Bryant Conant (1893-1978), Educator and Diplomat
For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it
all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ.
---Philippians 3:8
August 7, 2007
“Every artist
was first an amateur.”
---Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American essayist, poet
Do you see truly competent workers? They will serve kings
rather than working for ordinary people.
---Proverbs 22:29
August 8, 2007
“If the things
we believe in are different than the things we do, there can
be no true happiness.”
---Dana Telford
How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in
obeying his commands.
---Psalm 112:1
August 9, 2007
“The road of
success is like running up an escalator going down, you need
to keep running, if you walk, you stand still, if you stop
you are going down!”
---Anneloes Zuiderveen, business consultant, speaker
Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
---Hebrews 12:1
August 10, 2007
“God is not
loved without our being rewarded for it, but He must be
loved without concern for reward.”
---Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Monastic reformer,
mystic, theologian
(17) The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will
not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. (19)Then you
will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit.
---Psalm 51:17, 19
August 11, 2007
“I learned that
if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is,
you can make it.”
---Gale Sayers, running back for the Chicago Bears from
1965-1971 and member of the Pro Football hall of Fame
(9) So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that
the power of Christ can work through me. (10) That’s why I
take pleasure in my weaknesses and in the insults,
hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for
Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
---II Corinthians 12:9-10
August 12, 2007
“Tell me what a
man’s prayers are, and I will soon tell you the state of his
soul.”
---John Charles Ryle (1816-1900), Anglican bishop of
Liverpool
When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I
mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.
---Nehemiah 1:4
August 13, 2007
“Baseball is a
lot like life. The line drives are caught. The squibbers go
for base hits. It’s an unfair game.”
---Rod Kanehl, New York Mets infielder, 1962-1964
In this life, good people are often treated as though they
were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though
they were good. This is so meaningless!
---Ecclesiastes 8:14
August 14, 2007
“It is far
better to walk by the spiritual counsel of a humble and
unschooled person with a holy and upright conscience than by
that of a well-read but proud scholar with great knowledge.”
---Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), mystic, member of the
Dominican Third Order
(1) When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a
whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal. (2)
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has told
me to go to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the
Lord lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you!”
So they went down together to Bethel.
---II Kings 2:1-2
August 15, 2007
“The road to
Easy Street goes through the sewer.”
---John Madden, football coach, sports commentator
A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases
fantasies has no sense.
---Proverbs 12:11
August 16, 2007
“All men
naturally desire knowledge; but what good is knowledge
without the fear of God? Surely a humble peasant who fears
God is better than a proud philosopher who, neglecting his
own soul, occupies himself in studying the course of the
stars.”
----Thomas a Kempis (c.1380-1471), German mystic, author of
The Imitation of Christ
Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
---Proverbs 9:10
August 17, 2007
“I’ve developed
a new philosophy---I only dread one day at a time.”
---Charles M. Schultz (1922-2000), cartoonist, creator of
Peanuts comic strip
Don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own
worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
---Matthew 6:34
August 18, 2007
“Don’t be
afraid to be unique or speak your mind, because that’s what
makes you different from everyone else.”
---Dave Thomas, Wendy’s founder
By the grace of God I am what I am…
---I Corinthians 15:10
August 19, 2007
“No pressure,
no diamonds.
---Mary Case
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh
for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory…
---II Corinthians 4:17
August 20, 2007
“It is good to
have money and the things that money can buy; but it’s good,
too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you
haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.”
---George Horace Lorimer (1867-1937), Editor, quoted in Bits
and Pieces, September 2005
(19)Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat
them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and
steal. (20) Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and
rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
---Matthew 6:19-20
August 21, 2007
“A good back
makes his own holes. Anybody can run where the holes are.”
---Joe Don Looney (1942-1988), running back for the
University of Oklahoma (briefly) and four NFL teams
You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from
slipping.
---Psalm 18:36
August 22, 2007
“The chains of
habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to
be broken.”
---Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English literary figure
Then she cried out, “Sampson! The Philistines have come to
capture you!”
When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake
myself free.” But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.
---Judges 16:20
August 23, 2007
“It’s easy to
love your children when they please you; the test of a
parent’s love is when they disappoint you.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son.
---Luke 15:20
August 24, 2007
“If my mother
put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn’t
the same as the one I was wearing, I’d run over her if she
was in my way. And I love my mother.”
---Bo Jackson, former professional American football and
baseball player
Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools…
---I Corinthians 4:10
August 25, 2007
“Sin has the
devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for
its wages.”
---Thomas Watson, (death 1689 or 1690), Puritan minister
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is
eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
---Romans 6:23
August 26, 2007
“The person who
makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal
steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
---Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959), American movie producer
(25) Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies
before you.
(26) Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the
safe path.
(27) Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following
evil.
---Proverbs 4:25-27
August 27, 2007
“Let him that
would move the world first move himself.”
---Socrates (c.470 B.C.-399 B.C.), ancient Greek philosopher
It was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the
Macedonian believers to begin giving.
---II Corinthians 9:2
August 28, 2007
“The line
separating good and evil passes not through states, nor
between political parties either---but right through every
human heart.”
---Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
---Psalm 51:10
August 29, 2007
“Sincerity is
not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must
be right; he’s so sincere. Because, it is possible to be
sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and
sincerity by sincerity.”
---Jim Rohn, speaker, author
Thy Word is truth.
---John 17:17
August 30, 2007
“But for one
man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will
stand adversity.”
---Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist and
historian
Where your treasure is, there is where your heart will be
also.
---Luke 12:34
August 31, 2007
“To err is
human, to forgive, divine.”
---Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another…
---Ephesians 4:32
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