Words for the Soul...page 4
I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun at noonday--not because I can see it, but by it I can see everything else.
Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come
If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist
liking you back.
Forget each kindness that you do,
Remember every promise made,
Be hopeful and forgiving.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that
when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Growing Good Corn
The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. "How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.
"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."
He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must help their neighbors to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help
others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
In times of stress, our impatience surfaces. We may say things we don't really mean or intend to say all out of proportion to reality. Or we may become sullen, communicating through emotion and attitude, rather than words, eloquent messages of criticism, judgment and rejection. We then harvest hurt feelings and strained relationships. Patience is the practical expression of faith, hope, wisdom and love. It is a very active emotion. It is not indifference, sullen endurance or resignation. Patience is emotional diligence. It accepts the reality of step-by-step processes and natural growth cycles. Life provide abundant chances to practice patience to stretch the emotional fiber from waiting for a late person or plane to listening quietly to your child's feelings and experiences when other things are pressing. Patience also communicates worth and says, 'I'll go at your speed; I'mhappy to wait for you; you're worth it.'
Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else."
Don't worry if your job is small, and your rewards are few.
None of us is called on to forgive so generously, but each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy.
The responsibilities of motherhood can seem overwhelming. It is important to remember that the Lord does not expect mothers to be perfect or to achieve an unrealistic ideal standard of homemaking. Yet He does expect them to recognize and honor their divine role and to humbly do their best.
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves.
Doubt limits you from what is already yours, but faith unlocks the door
allowing you to walk in and receive it..
Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.
Anyone who angers you, conquers you.
Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you
back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart
but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.
Don't worry that children never listen to you. Worry that they are
always watching you.
The most important of all the commandments in the gospel to you and to
me is that particular commandment which for this moment requires in each
of us the greatest soul-searching to obey.
The most important opinion you have is the one you have of yourself, and the most significant things you say all day are those things you say to yourself."Author Unknown
Corinthians 13 for Moms
I can read bedtime stories till the cow jumps over the moon and sing "Ten Little Monkeys" until I want to call the doctor--but if I don't have love, I'm as annoying as a ringing phone.
I can chase a naked toddler through the house while cooking dinner and listening to voice mail, I can fix the best cookies and Kool-Aid in the neighborhood, and I can tell a sick child's temperature with one touch of my finger, but if I don't have love, I am nothing.
Love is patient while watching and praying by the front window when it's 30 minutes past curfew.
Love is kind when my teen says, "I hate you!"
It does not envy the neighbors' swimming pool or their brand-new minivan, but trusts the Lord to provide every need.
Love does not brag when other parents share their disappointments and insecurities, and love rejoices when other families succeed.
It doesn't boast, even when I've multi-tasked all day long and my husband can't do more than one thing at a time.
Love is not rude when my spouse innocently asks, "What have you done today?"
It does not immediately seek after glory when we see talent in our children, but encourages them to get training and make wise choices.
It is not easily angered, even when my 15-year-old acts like the world revolves around her.
It does not delight in evil (is not self-righteous) when I remind my 17-year-old that he's going 83 in a 55-mph zone, but rejoices in the truth.
Love does not give up hope.
It always protects our children's self-esteem and spirit, even while doling out discipline.
It always trusts God to protect our children when we cannot. It always perseveres, through blue nail polish, burps and other bodily functions, rolled eyes and crossed arms, messy rooms and sleep overs.
Love never fails.
But where there are memories of thousands of diaper changes and painful labors or C-sections, they will fade away.
Where there is talking back, it will (eventually) cease.
Where there is a teenager who thinks she knows everything, there will one day be an adult who knows you did your best.
For we know we fail our children, and we pray they don't end up in therapy, but when we get to heaven, our imperfect parenting will disappear.
When we were children, we needed a parent to love and protect us. Now that we're parents ourselves, we have a heavenly Father who adores, shelters us and holds us when we need to cry.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
C.S. Lewis
Jeffrey R. Holland
unknown
As soon as you have done it.
Forget the praise that falls to you,
The moment you have won it.
Forget the slander that you hear,
Before you can repeat it.
Forget each slight, each spite, each sneer,
Whenever you may meet it.
And keep it to the letter.
Remember those who lend you aid,
And be a grateful debtor.
Remember all the happiness
That comes your way in living.
Forget each worry and distress,
Remember good, remember truth,
Remember heaven is above you.
And you will find, through age and youth,
That many will come to love you..
Author Unknown
Cherokee Expression
Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.
James Bender, author "How to Talk Well"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stephen R. Covey
Author unknown
Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you!"
Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon B. Hinckley
Confucius
Jeannette Tyson Gregory
Maurice Setter
Author Unknown
Confucius
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Fulghum
Harold B. Lee