Thoughts of the day.
August 25th, 2006 by RespiteMatch.comTo view this message as a picture and music presentation, click on the link below http://greatday.com/v.html?1435h05HY6qb
THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Friday, August 25, 2006
Longing for goodness
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You’ve made mistakes and yet you are able to recognize those mistakes for what they are, and to learn from them. There are times when you stumble, and wander away from the path, yet you’re always able to get up and find your way back.
There is within you the longing for truth, for goodness, for excellence, substance, and integrity. Though your actions sometimes contradict and compromise that longing, it never goes away.
The very best of who you are is always somewhere within you.
Choose often to connect with it, and to let it resonate throughout the details of your life.
As each moment unfolds, remember the good and valuable things of which you are capable. Pay attention to that longing for goodness, and follow where it leads.
Hold in your heart those times when you’ve experienced how beautiful and blessed life can be. Treasure and strengthen the part of you that draws pure joy from those moments.
You have known the goodness of life and you know that it is as close to you as you wish to make it. Choose to keep it ever close by.
Ralph Marston
Quick Thought:
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds…” Hebrews 1:1-2 (NKJ)
Mark 14:66-72
“And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came, and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You, too, were with Jesus the Nazarene.” But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.”
“And he (Peter) went out onto the porch. And the maid saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!” But again he was denying it.”
“And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.” But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”
“And immediately a cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a cock crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.” Mark 14:66-72 (NAS)
John 10:11-16
“I (Jesus) am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.”
“He who is a hireling, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees, and the wolf snatches them, and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling, and is not concerned about the sheep.”
“I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.”
“And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear My voice; and they shall become one flock with one shepherd.” John 10:11-16 (NAS)
Today’s Suggested Bible Reading
Read the Bible in a Year:
New Testament — Romans 15:22 - 15:33.
Old Testament — Psalms 73-74.
