Longfellow - Past and Present

Trust no Future, however pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act,— act in the living Present!

Heart within, and God overhead.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

The Lord Has Compassion

The Lord is good to all;

    he has compassion on all he has made.

~Psalm 145:9

 

Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul,

and sings the tune without the words,

and never stops at all.

~Emily Dickinson

 

The Port of Heaven

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, 

as in what direction we are moving: 

To reach the port of heaven, 

we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - 

but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

Draw Near

Draw near to God and 

He will draw near to you. 

~James 4:8

 

Give Thanks

In everything give thanks: 

for this is the will of God

in Christ Jesus concerning you.

~1 Thessalonians 5:18

                          

                                                                                                                          

Hebrews 4

But Jesus the Son of God is our great High Priest 

who has gone to heaven itself to help us;

 therefore let us never stop trusting him. 

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses

 since he had the same temptations we do,

 though he never once gave way to them and sinned. 

So let us come boldly to the very throne of God 

and stay there to receive his mercy 

and to find grace to help us in our times of need. 

~Hebrews 4:14-16

 

Break Forth

BREAK FORTH OF BEAUTEOUS HEAVENLY LIGHT

by

Johann Von Rist

Break forth, O beauteous heav'nly light,

and usher in the morning.

O shepherds, shrink not with affright,

but hear the angel's warning:

this child, now weak in infancy,

our confidence and joy shall be,

the pow'r of Satan breaking,

our peace eternal making.

Break forth, O beauteous heav'nly light,

to herald our salvation.

He stoops to earth, the God of might,

our hope and expectation.

He comes in human flesh to dwell,

our God with us, Immanuel,

the night of darkness ending,

our fallen race befriending

 

Psalm 145:3

Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; 

His greatness no one can fathom. 

~Psalm 145:3

 

Full Sail

 God is so good that He only awaits our desire to overwhelm 

with this gift which is Himself. If we feed ourselves with 

Jesus Christ and His Word, we shall be like a vessel in full sail with a fair wind.

 ~Francois Fenelon

 

Well Done

Well done is better than well said. 

~Benjamin Franklin

 

Give Thanks!

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God

 in Christ Jesus concerning you.

 ~1 Thessalonians 5:18

 

New Creation

If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come;

 the old has gone, the new is here! 

~2 Corinthians 5:17