We have no control over the circumstances into which we are born. Some are born poor, some rich, some plain, some gifted. There are two things we are given equally—time and will. It’s how we use these gifts that determine the eventual value of our lives.
Communication can be overrated.Once words leave the mouth,they can never be retrieved.To express negative feelings that have not yetbeen taken to the Lord for His working,is to expose the mess Satan is trying to make inone’s life as though it were an accomplished feat.
To the discerning listener, one who speaks badly of others is the one who looks small.Feeding a relationship with unkind words about another is like drinking poisoned tea together.Kind words endear a speaker to a listener.
Taking personal offense from the words or actions of others is like eating poison offered from their hands.Sluff the hurt away with a kind thought or word. Choose to live a lovely life.
It’s easy to recognize the faults of others, but fixing one's own is the work of a lifetime.Oddly, the things we most dislike about others, are the things we fear may reside in us.
When some great sorrow, like a tsunami wave, roars over your heart with peace-destroying power, hold fast to the reality that this, too, shall pass. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5
Where the misdirected actions of others affect our own lives, we have to quietly shift gears, alter our plans, forgive, love and patiently wait for God to bring good out of the circumstances.
Food for the body becomes nourishment for the heart when enjoyed in an atmosphere of pleasant conversation and noisy love.
We don’t know what motivates people to do the things they do. We just have to bear with them and understand that people have to live out their own lives. Our job is to fulfill God's purpose for every relationship we have.
An extremity of circumstances is God’s opportunity to prove Himself faithful.