Some Wise Words

As January Draws to a Close, Here Are Some Wise Words for Your Cogitation …

God gives wherever He finds empty hands. –  Augustine

Sin has turned the world from a paradise into a thicket; there is no getting through without being scratched.  – T Boston

God loves us; not because we are loveable but because He is love; not because he needs to receive but because He delights to give. – C S Lewis

We Christians are miserable indeed if we grow old in making no improvement. –  John Calvin

A glimpse of the next three feet of road is more important than a view of the horizon. – C S Lewis

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. – Eric Hoffer

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. – Anon

Many who are climbing the ladder of success have their ladders leaning against the wrong walls. –  Erwin Lutzer

Time is nothing to God. – Oswald Chambers

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. –  James Allen

Trials are the resistances God gives us to strengthen our spiritual muscles. – G Seevers

Peace is not the absence of conflict from life, but the ability to cope with it.  – Sun Dial

We know not what the future holds, but we do know who holds the future. – Willis J Ray

The fruit of the Spirit is not push, drive, climb, grasp and trample… Life is more than a climb to the top of the heap.  –  Richard J Foster

St. Augustine Portrait – Sandro Botticelli (Public Domain)

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