Memorable
When I was a kid, I'd be reading along and would stop to jot down memorable lines on 3x5 index cards. Once I was done I'd stick 'em in a file box and forget about 'em for a few weeks or months.
I ended up with a collection of quotes from a diverse group; Billy Graham, Louis L'Amour, Lee Iacocca, Thoreau, and Dostoevsky just to name a few. You, my lucky reader, get to read over my shoulder without rummaging through my personal time capsule of a desk drawer. Some are funny. Some are reflective. Some might even make you seriously wonder about the sanity of this author.
I've shared just a couple here for you to enjoy on your Friday. If you've got your own short list of inspirational scripture or memorable quoatables ... I'd enjoy reading lines you've collected.
"A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is braver for 10 minutes longer." R. Waldo Emerson
"Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone around you and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one." Rick Pitino in Success is A Choice
"The Almighty does nothing without reason, though the frail mind of man cannot explain the reason." Augustine of Hippo
"It is not what happens to you that determines how far you go in life; it is what you do with what happens to you." Unattributed
"The irony -- and the tragedy -- of our society is that it appears that one doesn't have to risk anymore. Without too much effort, in our society you can live an entire lifetime without getting really hungry, really thirsty, really cold, really hot, or really challenged. And the sad part is that all too often -- usually when it is too late -- we discover that we haven't lived our lives to the fullest." Tim Hansel in What Kids Need Most In a Dad
"He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8
posted by Eric @ 11:38 PM
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I have had a passage on my mind the past few days, from Hebrews chapter 5:
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. ...
With the main thought being: 'How long should it take...'? How long should it take for a Christian to be able to pray on his own; to get answers to his own prayers; to hear the still small voice of the Lord; to be able to lead others to Christ; to pray for a healing; to no longer be shaken by hearing an Atheist, or someone opposed to your beliefs; to overcome strong temptation, to be able to teach others; to be able to forsake all to follow Him - even if it means family or job; to be a martyr?
How long should it take? Certainly it differs with everyone and we should make no rules, but Paul here was lamenting the fact that 'For by this time you ought to be teachers...' which indicates that he considered his readers to have been Christians sufficiently long enough to get at least to that point. So I ask myself: How long should it take for me? Where am I on my path of growth? Certainly I have reached many of the steps above, but what is next? Where will I be next year at this time, and will I still be growing? What is the path of growth? There are lots of steps I haven't mentioned, and probably haven't thought of. How similar is the path for others?
So I thought I would throw this out to the group for comment.
Gregg (in Washington)
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