Precept and Practice – JUNE 5 – Messengers from God
Every waving field of corn, the sweet-scented hay of the meadow, every leaf on the bough and every bird among the leaves, is a messenger direct from God.
Every waving field of corn, the sweet-scented hay of the meadow, every leaf on the bough and every bird among the leaves, is a messenger direct from God.
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you.
Let a man be what he will, it is the mind and heart that make a man poor or rich, miserable or happy; for these are always stronger than fortune.
Our heart makes our world for us, and if the heart be without hope and cheer, the world is always dark. We find in life just what we have the capacity to find.
Lord, since all is well with Thee It cannot well be ill with me.
Love will bloom and will defeat hate whenever we choose to stand taller, care deeper, live kinder, love louder.
He believed that religion meant the abundant life, the full life, not a cramped and contracted one, and in the completest way, he practised this faith.
It is not only our right, it is our duty to enjoy and be happy. Pleasure does us good if gratefully and lovingly accepted
A deep unquenchable spirit of joy is at once the truest evidence that we believe in the beneficence of the Father, and that we have penetrated deep enough into life’s mystery to see how best, most economically, most courageously and helpfully to take it.
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