Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now.
The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on, all speak loudly about what you believe. The beauty of t...
The failure to cultivate the power of peaceful concentration is the greatest single cause of mental breakdown, the great physician William Osler told the students of Yale . . .
Señor Jaime, said little Moquetin, a bright-eyed imp of six, why is it that your face is always red? Jim countered, Why is it that your face is always brown? Because it is much prettier that way, was...
Faith is a decision.It is not a deduction from the facts around us. We would not look at the world of today and logically conclude that God loves us. It doesn't always look as though He does.Faith is...
Eve's daughters are as flowers and none can ever say they are through unfolding. And what man can predict the consummate end of such a life when its ultimate center is Sharon's Rose?
But, in the words of a Portuguese proverb, God writes straight with crooked lines, and He is far more interested in getting us where He wants us to be than we are in getting there. He does not discuss...
Amy rang the bell when morning to gather the servants for prayers. The cook's small boy, pointing to the bell, said, It's a god.'I looked at the thing, it had a scratched face on the handle, and the f...
All the Scriptural metaphors about the death of the seed that falls into the ground, about losing one’s life, about becoming the least in the kingdom, about the world’s passing away—all these go on to...
Discipline is the wholehearted yes to the call of God. When I know myself called, summoned, addressed, taken possession of, known, acted upon, I have heard the Master. I put myself gladly, fully, and...
The spirit is liquid and easily flows and surges, sinking and boiling with the currents of circumstances. Bringing every thought into the obedience of Christ is no easy-chair job.
How long Lord must I wait?Nevermind child, trust me.
Do the next thing. I don’t know any simpler formula for peace, for relief from stress and anxiety than that very practical, very down-to-earth word of wisdom. Do the next thing. That has gotten me thr...