Thoughts are the avenue of meditation. Under the direction of the holy spirit they are the open door to inspiration and blessing.’ John Baer, Beside Still Waters

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

But all trials bring their compensations.

Chapter IV The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

…whenever you face trials of many kinds, …know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance..

The trying of our faith is meant to produce patience.

Dennis Martin – Unionville, MO Beside Still Waters

Too many are too lazy to wait, and others are in too much of a hurry.

Beatrice V. Pannabecker, August 1936

Spiritled Woman Devotional p. 273

One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts – just mere thoughts – are as powerful as electric batteries – as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison.

The Secret Garden, In the Garden, page 216, Frances Hodgkin Burnett

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

The Secret Garden, “It’s mother!”, page 210, Frances Hodgkin Burnett.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

MCMS 2021 yearbook counselor quote

Lord, make me an instument of your peace:
where there is hatred let me sow love;
where there is injusry, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.

Lord , may I not so much seek
to be consoled as to console’
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

Because it is in giving that we receive,
in pardoning that we are pardoned.

St. Francis of Assisi
p. 8 Mother Teresa, In My Own Words (Memorial 1910-1997)

The Present

Yesterday’s potential is past. Tomorrow’s promise is not yet ours.Today is the day of opportunity.

Beside the still waters