STUDY POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DECISIONS BEFORE YOU MAKE THEM

 

"And the practicalities, the nuts and bolts. Ideas often look brilliant until you get down to detail and the snags reveal themselves."

Alexander Fullerton. Johnson's Bird, 1989. p 275

THE DOCTOR AND THE THORN-CROWNED CHRIST

 

THE DOCTOR AND THE THORN-CROWNED CHRIST

The Doctor spoke to Christ.

“Yes, You healed the sick, didn’t You? . . .

“You never wanted to be accepted or be a social success. If I remember right, the poor and the sick came to You in droves, and You never turned them away because they had no money. You never had a fine house or servants, or good clothing. That didn’t matter. You were a doctor. I suppose You still are.

“That awful thing on Your Head --------------- Do you know something?  Every real doctor wears it around his heart.”

The Man Who Listens. Taylor Caldwell. 1961. Collins: St James’ Place London.

Pages 204 – 205

ON EARTH YOUR DEAR BODY HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO PAIN AND CHANGE

On earth your dear body has been subjected to pain and change, but then so are all bodies. Humans are meant to change, from the smallness of the infant, through puberty until mid-age. Then the changes of old age come, during which people learn humility due to failing powers, and acceptance that youthful strength has changed. Life is a passage: a transition, if you will, from the earthly to the eternal.

You are part of that heavenly transition during which an earthly human becomes ready for the wonder of the heavenly realm.

During your metamorphosis your cocoon, your earthly wrapping, has been changed. Do not despair. Life is a journey, not the final destination. And God is at the helm of your life-boat. Trust in Him, and you will never founder.

HARASSMENT BY EVIL

 

“So don’t cry and curse your fate when evils great and small target you for harassment or attempt to harm you and make your life more difficult. It’s an honor, a distinction, and a testimony that you have been effective in your service of the Creator of the Good, the Beautiful, and the True. Even if history doesn’t remember that, one can reasonably hope that God will.” – Vox Day

HEIR OF GOD

 

"Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Jesus Christ."

                                                Galatians 4:7

CALL OF GOD

"My child, I do not need you to be perfect; I just need you, and I will make you perfect for the task."

                              Lauren Jacobs, "Yehudit, Chosen by God". Page 108

GRIEF IS THE PRICE

 

"Grief is the price we pay for love." 

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

From article by Ntai Norman Mampane, "Queen Mother remembered as unifier, transformer of Tisane people." Sowetan 25 February 2022. Page 23

With thanks to Sowetan

DO THE BEST YOU KNOW

 

"Do the best you know until you know better. When you know better, do better."

Maya Angelou

HOPE - LUCILLA ANDREWS

"Hope is a candle that cannot burn out because it is lit by the Hand of God."

Lucilla Andrews, 1964

BELL OF HOPE

 

The Silverchalice of love

      brims over and a drop

            tinkles over the brim to shudder

                 a tinkling bell of hope on

                       the tabletop of my life.

The Cup is my Lord

       - the chalice is love -

            - and the movement of the drop is

                    our love together -

                         for all centuries

                             for all time.

The body will die

       crumble to ashes and dust

The voice will go and

           melt into silence

The gifts, the talents

          will no longer earthly endure

       But our spirits, Lord

             will dance for ever and ever

                  No death can touch us

                       No bitterness twist us

                           No hatred distort us

                                No lies part us.

You are mine

     and I am yours.

How to explain this wondrous love

How to explain this mightyburst of bliss

      that flows between us?

No words are needed to express it, says the Lord.

     Just be.

         Just feel.

             Just trust.

                 Just love.

                     Just be faithful.

                         Just unite.

And the drop gathers momentum, and

      falling over the edge of the tabletop

         dies in a splash of shattering on the floor

And lies shimmering with thousands of crystalrainbowprisms

            shining with new life

                 in the beauty and love of

                    The Mighty Son

Catherine Nicolette Whittle

TRADITIONAL PRAYER

 

Almighty God,

we thank you for the gift of Your Holy Word.

May it be a lantern to our feet,

a light to our paths,

and a strength to our lives.

Take us and use us

to love and serve all humankind

in the power of the Holy Spirit

and in the Name of Your Son,

Jesus Christ our Lord.

Author unknown

Paraphrased from "A book of Prayers", Edited by C.P. Taylor. Flame Tree Publishing: United Kingdom. 2010