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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

God does not reserve such a lofty vocation, as that of contemplation, to certain souls only; on the contrary, He is willing that all should embrace it. But He finds few who permit such divine things in them. Most shrink from the labor instead of submitting, as they must, with endless patience.

John of the Cross

This Day's Verse

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.”

Luke 17:5-6
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

A man’s most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions.

Thomas Brooks

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

Let grace be the beginning, grace the consummation, grace the crown.

Bede

This Day's Verse

Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not ignore my cry for help! Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down.

Psalm 55:1-3
The New Living Translation

This Day's Smile

The most comprehensive formula for human culture which I know was given by the old peasant who, on his death bed, obtained from his son this one promise: to sit every day for half an hour alone in the best room.

Johannes Anker Larsen

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Albert Pine

This Day's Verse

“Is not My word like a fire” says the LORD, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”

Jeremiah 23:29
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

An old Danish peasant on his death bed asked of his son only one promise: that he should sit alone for a half-hour each day in the best room in the house. The son did this and became a model for the whole district.

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