Friday, September 25, 2009
QUIET CONFIDENCE
One of the marks of spiritual maturity is the quiet confidence that God is in control - without the need to understand why He does what He does. - Anonymous
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
FINDING YOU OWN FULFILLMENT
Serving the world with love and cooperation, you will find your own true Self. As you help those in need, selfishness will fall away, and without even noticing you will find your own fulfillment. - Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
GOD WITH US
God walks with us. He scoops us up in His arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid the awesome recognition that yes, even now, He is there. - Gloria Gaither (Spend some time today simply being present to God, open to God's presence to you.)
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
SEEKING HAPPINESS
The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy. - H.H. the Dalai Lama
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Friday, September 18, 2009
A PLIANT WILL
What God asks is a will which will no longer be divided between Him and any creature, a will pliant in His hands, which neither desires anything nor refuses anything, which wants without reservation everything which He wants, and which never, under any pretext, wants anything which He does not want....
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
THE HARDEST VICTORY
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over the self. - Aristotle
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
DEAD AND BROKEN DREAMS?
God never simply buries our dead and broken dreams because He'd be burying our hearts along with our dreams. One of two positive things will happen. Either the dream will become fertilizer for something even better, or the Lord will give me the gumption and oomph to bring my dream to fruition. I...
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Monday, September 14, 2009
THAT RECOGNIZABE, BUT UNDEFINABLE PRESENCE OF GOD
If we can, by God's grace, turn ourselves entirely to Him, and put aside everything else in order to speak with Him and worship Him, this does not mean that we can always imagine Him or feel His presence. Neither imagination nor feeling are required for a full conversion of our whole being to God....
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
BEING YOURSELF
When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. - Shakti Gawain
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
A CALM VOICE and a GENTLE REASSURANCE
Angels Unawares (Based on true events shared by “Paul”, a Pastor here in Windsor.) A few years ago on a night in mid winter when we were having one of the worst blizzards this city has ever seen, Paul and his wife got the phone call shortly after supper. Their oldest daughter had been hospitalized...
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