dW 10.30.08

 

scripture

 

Galatians 5:22-26

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

 

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What is not of the Spirit? English and Espanol

 

story

 

"We had a thing at church the other night and Dr. Norman Wright posed this question for each of us to ask ourselves at the end of each day: How was it living with (working with, being around) me today?  He said if we get really brave we can actually ask our spouses this out loud! People laughed.  So the next morning as we're waking up Kenny says to me, "So, how is it living with me?"  I responded, "So far so good, but the day is still young!"  Anyway, it's a nice barometer of how we're treating others and the vibes we're giving out and if we've been interacting with each other in a Godly way."

- Email from a friend

dW 10.28.08

 

scripture

 

Job 1:20-21

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."

 

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quote

 

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

dW 10.27.08

 

scripture

 

Psalm 39:4-7

Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it. But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

 

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quote

 

For weeks after my last operation [for cancer]- frail and without energy, sleeping ten hours- I looked in my house at all the books I had not read and wept for my inability to read them.  Or I looked at great books I had read too quickly in my avidity- telling myself I would return to them later.  There is never a later, but for most of my life I have believed in later.

Donald Hall