[Faith-talk] Quotes for Monday, July 11, 2016

[Paul Smith]

Hello and good Monday to all of you as this message is being written, 
although if we have any members here from New Zealand, in a little over 
an hour it will be Tuesday in your country.  At any rate I hope that 
your day will go well, by God's matchless grace and His providential care.

Here are three quotes for your consideration, pondering and reflection.

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take 
nothing personally.  Don Miguel Ruiz

To be kind is more important than to be right.  Many times, what people 
need is not a brilliant mind that speaks, but a special heart that 
listens.  author unknown (quote compiler's comment:  Also, many times 
our opinion of a given situation is engendered by what we hear or read 
via the media, whether that be radio, TV, newspapers or magazines who 
want to foist on us that "my" opinion of a given story is the right 
one; never mind the absolute truth.  That's why I personally don't 
trust that many journalists when they report the news because what they 
write or say is editorialized by the firm that employs them.  Am I the 
only one here to have this opinion)?

Under the protecting shadow of God's wing, the little shadows of life 
lose their terror.

And that will do for today, but don't forget that later on in this 
space will be a short discussion on the Book of Joel in the Baffling 
Bible Questions Answered column.  Until then or tomorrow morning when 
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.