Psa 40.10
“I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation…”
Begin to commit a verse here & there (or a cluster of vv) to memory, including reference. Repeat them as you work, use them in prayer, & God may well begin to bring them back to you when you preach. – 8/19/19
“…We may in general prolong our days by choosing wisdom
& shorten them by choosing folly.”
– John Fletcher, /Works II/
What makes home schooling better? The parent/teacher? The curriculum? The texts? The atmosphere? The “field trips”? In some homes the schooling is better for one or more of the above reasons. But in 1000’s of homes the uppermost reason for superior learning is love.
No one loves a child like a parent does. – 8/19/19
“…Janus of the fatalists who wears two faces
an angel’s face & a devil’s face…full of duplicity.”
– John Fletcher, /Works II/
Have you ever
Have you ever been made to wonder
When you hear majestic thunder,
The size and the color
Of God’s celestial drum?
Or when you see the whirl
Of a humming bird (boy, girl?)
What exactly does a hummingbird hum?
What is the true color
Of a woodpecker’s collar,
As he rat-a-tat tats his way through wood?
Or why we systematically,
Dislike the bumble bee,
Forgetting his pollination is all good.
Is the bark that you see
On yonder stately tree,
Gray, grayish or an odd brown?
And after the new rain
Does Mr. tree seem vain
That his bark, now wet, is toned down?
When a native or foreign goose
Is running on the ground loose
Has such a waddle to his walk,
But when he bye-n-bye
Takes to his “native” sky
We stare, or really do we gawk ?
– eab, Aug. 2010
“Every great spiritual movement begins with the ‘downs-and-outs’
& ends with the ‘ups-and-ins.’ ”
– A L Vess
2Ti 4.2
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering & doctrine.”
It seems there is “no end” of preachers whose “preaching” strikes someone’s fancy (Evangelical, Tongues, Baptist, Holiness, etc). But men who live as high or higher than they preach, are in limited supply. Oh, my holiness Brother (young enough to be my grandson/son, or my peer, or the few who are older) let us be on that list. – 8/19/19
“In their corrupt heathen religion they spake in tongues & were now trying
to bring the same heathen practice over into their Christian Church.”
– A L Vess
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