Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Forgiveness does not need to know who was right or wrong. It is more important to figure out what was wrong than to figure out who was wrong. Forgiveness in troubled times brings comfort.

Denver Yoder, Somerset, OH
Beside the still waters, vol 29, issue 6

Never criticize a problem unless you are willing to serve as a solution to the problem.

John Diller, Sparta, TN
Beside the Still Waters, Vol. 29, Issue 6

Let us therefore follow after things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as pretext to evil.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like the wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:8

’Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the general flame of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Even a small star shines in the darkness.
Danish Proverb