Christian Qoutes and Teachings

\"If we only have the will to walk, then God is
pleased with our stumbles.\"
C.S. Lewis

\"It is only the fear of God that can
deliver us from the fear of man.\"
John Witherspoon

\"Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to
labor and to wait.\"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

\"Our suffering is not worthy the name of
suffering. When I consider my crosses,
tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself
almost to death, thinking what are they in
comparison of the sufferings of my blessed
Savior Christ Jesus.\"
Martin Luther

\"God gives every bird its food, but he does not
throw it into the nest.\"
Josiah Gilbert Holland

\"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is
dressed in overalls and looks like work.\"
Thomas Edison

“Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.”
-St. John of the Cross

\"Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.\"
C.S. Lewis

\"I do not want merely to possess a faith, I want a faith that possesses me.\"
Charles Kingsley

Luke 8:4-15 (Mark 4:3-9; Matthew 13:3-9)
4 And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: 5 \"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold.\" As he said this, he called out, \"He who has ears to hear, let him hear.\" 9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, \"To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Matthew 13:31-35 (Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18 f.)
31 Another parable he put before them, saying, \"The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.\" 33 He told them another parable. \"The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.\" 34 All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: \"I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.\"

Luke 12:13-21
13 One of the multitude said to him, \"Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.\" 14 But he said to him, \"Man, who made me a judge or divider over you?\" 15 And he said to them, \"Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.\" 16 And he told them a parable, saying, \"The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; 17 and he thought to himself, `What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' 18 And he said, `I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' 20 But God said to him, `Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.\"

Joshua 1:9

Be strong and of a good courage.
be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed
for the Lord thy God is with thee
withersoever thou goest.

Something I just wanted to share with you. I told Perris about this several days ago and have been quiet in my time, in prayer and meditation.

Last week, the 5th of the month my family and I went through the loss of two of our wolves to age related issues. I had them since they were born and for me much like other children. I miss them dearly, but that wasn't the only issue.

Later that evening, one of our Wolves was seriosly wounded in a fence fight. Somehow his foot and then leg was pulled into the fence and his leg was seriously injured. Because he was an abused cub when I got him back at 5 months he is very timid and vocal to those he does not know. He doesn't trust easy, so it was an impossibilty to get him into the Vet's for treatment without the risk of more injuries, or having to put him down. So the only choice was to watch him carefully in the next few days in order to make that judgement call.

Yesterday evening I spent some time looking at him and felt an amazement to see the swelling down, the wound clean and what presents itself as slowly healing. There are moments when the wonders of the Creator of the Force, in my way of belief, that just made me smile and Thankful.

Just wanted to share that small insight with you...

OH THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!! I have been thinking about you and your wolves since you told me about what happened and i'm overjoyed to hear that they are all doing well now.

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what a ship is for.”
- Thomas Aquinas

\"You wonder why people choose fields away from the States when young people at home are drifting because no one wants to take time to listen to their problems. Ill tell you why I left. Because those Stateside young people have every opportunity to study, hear, and understand the Word of God in their own language, and these Indians have no opportunity whatsoever. I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man. When there is that much ignorance over here and so much knowledge and opportunity over there, I have no question in my mind why God sent me here. Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it---while these never heard of such a thing as writing.\"
-Jim Elliot, Marytr - Ecudor 1950's

\"What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?\"
-Jim Elliot, Marytr - Ecudor 1950's

\"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.\"
-Jim Elliot, Marytr - Ecudor 1950's

\"Lord, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a mile-post on a single road, but make me a fork that men must turn one way or another in facing Christ in me.\"
-Jim Elliot, Marytr - Ecudor 1950's

\"Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.\"
-CS Lewis

\"If we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.\"
-Charles Spurgeon

\"I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.\"
-Hudson Taylor

\"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.\"
-Corrie Ten Boom, suffered in the Nazi COncentration Camps for aiding Jews.

\"'Not called!' did you say? 'Not heard the call,' I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters, and servants and masters not to come there. And then look Christ in the face, whose mercy you have professed to obey, and tell him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish his mercy to the world.\"
-William Booth

I wanted to put this in here, it seems the best place for it at the moment anyways. When I was a Christian a while ago, this little song always made me feel warm inside. In a way it still does, but just for different reasons. Anyways, hope you enjoy.

Sanctuary

Lord prepare me, to be a Sactuary
Pure and Holy, Tried and True
With Thanksgiving, I'll be a Living
Santuary, for You.

DK

“Where is my faith? Even deep down there is nothing but emptiness and darkness. If there be a God — please forgive me.”
-Mother Teresa

\"From the Anglo-Saxon Dream of the Rood, through Dante's Divine Comedy to T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets - the Christian story is the shaping spirit of this culture, and therefore my life.\"