Mount Rushmore National Monument is located in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The sculptured figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln stand watch.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
To flourish and grow, a person must be completely dependent on Christ for spiritual nutrition. That involves drawing near to Him each morning through His Word and prayer and receiving His Grace all day long.
From Isaiah 55:6-7: “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that He may have mercy on them, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
The best mirror is an old friend.
Purity is not innocence, it is much more. Purity is the outcome of sustained spiritual journey with God. We have to grow in purity.
From Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
From Colossians 3:12: “As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.”
What greater joy could we have than to see our sons and daughters walking with Jesus, not just in the early years but even after they grow up and leave home?
From Matthew 4:19-22: “And He said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. As He went from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and He called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.”
The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one’s prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.
I am dumbfounded that there hasn’t been a crackdown with the libel and slander laws on some of these would-be writers and reporters on the Internet.
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchor for the CBS Evening News (1962-1981). His closing words at the end of each newscast read as “And that’s the way it is.” The news stories he covered made up a litany of American history’s most significant moments in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often cited as “the most trusted man in America” during his time as news anchor.
Grace is positive and unconditional acceptance in spite of the other person. Grace is a demonstration of love that is undeserved, unearned, and unpayable.
From Micah 6:8: “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.
From Romans 5:3-5: “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
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