Precept and Practice – JUNE 10 – Misfortunes
There will always be minor cares and troubles for those who are at leisure to attend to them….
Precept and Practice – JUNE 9 – Melancholy
It is usually not so much the greatness of our trouble, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 8 – Brooding
Pessimism never conquered life, and never ennobled a character.
Terabithia or Bust! – A Sermon
God is a God of love and welcome and we need to set aside the lies about condemnation which our early faith may have taught us
Precept and Practice – JUNE 7 – A Happy Disposition
It does no good to brood over our troubles; it does not help matters out a bit. Be on the look-out for bright rays, and you will certainly find them.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 6 – Cheerfulness
Good temper is like a sunny day; it sheds its brightness upon everything.
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.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 4 – The Sweetest Things of Life
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.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 3 – Happiness
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.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 2 – Disposition
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.
