“The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.”
― Desiderius Erasmus
I am ready to go to the heights God has called me too. Are you ready?
It is God who arms me with strength
and keeps my way secure.
33He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
he causes me to stand on the heights.Psalm 18:32, 33
37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. “John 7:37-39
“A lot of people are empty but they are not thirsty. Emptiness drives us to complain. Thirstiness drives us to drink.”
Dr. J. David Arnett
So let me ask which are you?
The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings,
the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more
we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.
– Ezra Taft Benson
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Men sometimes speak as if humility and meekness would rob us of that which is noble and bold and manlike. Oh, that all would believe that this is the nobility of the kingdom of heaven, that this is the royal spirit that the King of heaven displayed, that this is Godlike, to humble oneself, to become the servant of all!” Andrew Murray, Humility pg 26
Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds the creature abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless. He that humbleth himself-that must be our one care-shall be exalted; that is God’s care. By His mighty power and in His great love He will do it.” Andrew Murray, Humility pg 25
The paper quilt project. led by artists from Special Touch, C.cada and Cornerstone Prayer Shawl ministry.
“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, –will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, –or to diminish something of their pains.”
― Jeremy Bentham
I am so happy my friends from C.cada chose to come with me and help with the Special Touch REACH NE event last Saturday.
“We shall find perfect rest in the one thing He offers us: meekness and lowliness. Humility is to be a salvation.” Andrew Murray, Humility pg. 22
“In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.”
― Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Today I am privileged to be the worship leader and preacher at Special Touch REACH New England’s Disability Awareness Day!
Pray with me that God would pour His love out on souls today!
“Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price.”
― Orson Scott Card, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
The above quote pretty closely echoes one of my favorite Scripture verses from Hebrews chapter 12
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” ESV
Every worthwhile endeavor has a price tag attached to it. Even VBS (Vacation bible School) which would seem to be all fun and games comes at a cost to the people who would see young lives changed. There is the giving of time, talent and treasure to every Kingdom event in which we involve ourselves. I am no longer surprised by this nor am I disappointed because I remember something else God said in MA 19:29
“everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold3 and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” ESV
As I come upon a very busy weekend of ministry I am happy because I am being allowed to invest in something that will outlast the sun; That is souls brought into the kingdom of God!
Lillie-Put 