May 2012
32 posts
500px: *St. Paul's Church* →
I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the...
– George F. Burns
As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.
– Unknown
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...
– Andre Gide
Do not fear risk. All exploration, all growth is calculated. Without challenge...
– Unknown
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for...
– Abraham Lincoln
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content...
– Abraham Lincoln
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A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
– William Shedd
The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it...
– Unknown
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simplyorthodox asked: Hi :) Thanks for your comment! May you have a blessed Sunday tomorrow! Greetings from Greece.
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A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
– Unknown
Developing Spiritual Muscles →
Great post by Ron Edmondson. And yes I prefer running over other exercises!
God has ways of developing our spiritual muscles. As with any muscle-building, it’s often a difficult journey to get the desired results. Sure, God builds us through prayer, Bible study and His presence in our life, but my faith building has not always been that pleasant of an experience.
Tests, Temptations and Trials...
Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good...
– General George S. Patton
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
– Chinese Proverb (Author Unknown)
Conquer temptations
simplyorthodox:
Conquer temptations by the patience and prayer. If you oppose them without these, you will fall all the more severely.
- St. Mark the Ascetic, Homilies
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in...
– King David (Psalm 145:18-19)
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the...
– Aesop
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Nothing reverses your salvation.
– Pastor Chris Whitman
We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power.
– R.A. Torrey (via classyliving)
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” -Winston Churchill