[Faith-talk] Wisdom Gems and Pearls for Tuesday, August 30, 2016

[Paul Smith]

Hello and greetings to you all on a Tuesday.  Hope your day is going 
well, by God's matchless grace and His providential care.

Here are today's two quotes for your consideration, pondering and reflection.

We need not fear the troubles around us as long as the eye of the Lord 
is on us.

Jesus is your most trusted friend.

And there you have the wisdom gems and pearls for today.  Before I 
close, my heart is heavy over something that I read on the AP news wire 
about an hour ago.  Sometime Monday morning the Good Shepherd 
Presbyterian Church in the Overbrook community of West Philadelphia, 
PA, sustained a fire.  The report said that this is a church that is 
several centuries old, and is a brick-and-limestone structure.  It just 
pains me when I hear or read of a fire destroying a church, especially 
one that has served a particular community for as long as this one has. 
Anyway I know that I'll get over it.  I have a reason why the building 
was set on fire, but I'll keep it to myself because, after all, I could 
be wrong.

And that will do it for today.  Until tomorrow when, Lord willing more 
quotes will be posted, I am your obedient servant of the One who lived 
an earthly existence, died to pay for your sins and mine, and now lives 
forever to bring us His salvation and peace, Oil of Gladness.