Sabbath Keeping

 ~ Samuel Shepherd ~

"To keep God's door 

I am not fit.

I would not ask for more

Than this - To stand or sit

Upon the threshold of God's House...

To wait and watch 

The gladness on the face of those 

That are within:

Sometimes to catch

A glimpse or trace of those

I love the best, and know

That all I failed to do,

Has not sufficed To bar them from the Tree

Of Life, the Paradise of God,

The Face of Christ"

~ John W. Taylor ~

A vexation arises, and our expressions of impatience hinder others from taking it patiently. Disappointment, ailment, or even weather depresses us; and our look or tone of depression hinders others from maintaining a cheerful and thankful spirit. We say an unkind thing and another is hindered in learning the holy lesson of charity that thinketh no evil. We say a provoking thing, and our sister or brother is hindered in that day's effort to be meek. How sadly, too, we may hinder without word or act! For wrong feeling is more infectious than wrong doing; especially the various phases of ill temper - gloominess, touchiness, discontent, irritability - do we not know how catching these are!
~ F. R. Havergal ~

"Therefore let us stop passing judgement on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way." ~ Romans 14:13 ~

Prayer Keeping - Roy ~ Tonya ~ Dave ~

Soli Deo Gloria,
Sandra