It is Thanksgiving week in the United States. A time of gratitude. Gratitude: noun: a joyful thankfulness, a desire and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness; a sentiment of kindness or goodwill toward a benefactor. For the Christian, gratitude...
Your words were found, and I ate them. And Your words became a joy to me and the happiness of my heart. For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of All. Jeremiah 15:16 NLV As Jeremiah meant these words, they signified that certain messages came to him from God,...
Perfect friendships are those between people who have a mutual love for something that not only brings them together but elevates their behavior to virtue. Alike in virtue; for each alike wishes well to each other… they are good in themselves. Aristotle (384 BC...
“In a perfect friendship…each member of the circle feels, in his secret heart, humbled before the rest. Sometimes he wonders what he is doing there among his betters. Especially when the whole group is together; each bringing out all that is best, wisest, or...
Joy is the serious business of Heaven. Joy is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God. Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be alright, and the...