04 December 2017

The Truth about the Umbrella


The rain it raineth on the just
 And also on the unjust fella;
 But chiefly on the just, because
 The unjust hath the just’s umbrella."

Judge Charles Bowen
(1835 – 1894)

23 September 2017

Prayer Always Helps


“I have found prayer always helps; provided I am honest with God for help in the right way – not to get out of the mess I don’t like, but to be given help and strength to go through with it.  My greatest insights about myself have come when I have prayed. I have been impressed by the immense patience God seems to show.  I may desert Him for years, but whenever I turn back, He always seems to be there, waiting.  I think prayer is a question of leaving oneself open to any answer that may come – very often unexpected and not what one wanted, and yet it always leaves me with awe, reverence and gladness that I have made the effort.  This seems to be a point: we have to make the initial effort.  We are then met more than half way, but He never intrudes on us.  He waits for us to approach Him.”

Alister Hardy (1896-1985)
Page 77 from The Spiritual Nature of Man

05 September 2017

God


“God is not known, he is not understood, he is used.”

 James H. Leuba
(1868-1946)

17 June 2017

Companion of Wisdom


Patience is the companion of wisdom.”

Saint Augustine
(354-430)

03 June 2017

Always Present


“Bidden or unbidden, God is present.”

 Desiderius Erasmus
(1466-1536)

Shall be Well


“All manner of thing shall be well.”

Julian of Norwich
(1342-1416)

I Know


“I don’t believe, I know.”

 Carl Jung
(1875-1961)

04 April 2017

Peace Within


“Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.”

 Buddha

01 March 2017

Look for What Is


“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.”

 Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)