What is a Recipe for a Calm Heart?

dark blue storm clouds fade into lighter bright sunlit clouds that fade into the deep blue ocean waves which then fade into a quiet sunset reflecting beach Abide in me; o'ershadow by Thy love Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin; Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine. Harriet Beecher STOWE

Abide in me; o’ershadow by Thy love

Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin;

Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire,

And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

My mind was ruffled with small cares to-day, And I said pettish words, and did not keep Long-suffering patience well, and now how deep My trouble for this sin! in vain I weep For foolish words I never can unsay. H. S. SUTTON moon over mountains and forest in a pink sunset

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Do You Think Before You Speak?

ByMary February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

This quote reminded me of the day a teacher took a paper heart and violently crumpled into a tight wad in front of her class. Then she opened it back up and tried to smooth it out, but of course the wrinkles were still in the paper. She said, “You can never take back the…

dog leans on the back of the couch like the world's most interesting man and say I don't always leave hair on your clothes but when I do it's right before church

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Happy National Dog Day!

ByMary August 26, 2024August 27, 2024

Happy National Dog Day If dogs love us so completely and unconditionally, just imagine how much more Jesus, who died for us, love us completely and unconditionally!!

Hurt not your conscience with any known sin. S. RUTHERFORD One fall red colored tree stands out surrounded by green evergreen trees

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How to Protect Your Conscience

ByMary April 3, 2025March 30, 2025

Hurt not your conscience with any known sin. S. RUTHERFORD

If, in our blindness, not knowing what to ask, we pray for things which would turn in our hands to sorrow and death, will not our Father, out of His very love, deny us? How awful would be our lot, if our wishes should straightway pass into realities; if we were endowed with a power to bring about all that we desire; if the inclinations of our will were followed by fulfilment of our hasty wishes, and sudden longings were always granted. One day we shall bless Him, not more for what He has granted than for what He has denied. H. E. MANNING. Sunrays shine brightly through the trees in a pine forest

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Do You Really Want It All?

ByMary February 23, 2025February 21, 2025

I think of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, “I want it NOW!” How many times did I pray for something never realizing how truly awful for me it would have been to have received it!? Mercifully, our Lord knows what it best for us, because He holds the plans for our…