Mayb2day

HAPPY EASTER!

^‘Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, …’

1 Peter 1:3

This poem was found on the body of an unknown soldier of the Confederate Army,
Killed at the battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War:

I asked for strength, that I might achieve,
He made me weak that I might learn
humbly to obey…
I asked for health, that I might do greater things,
I was given infirmity, that I might do
better things …
I asked for riches, that I might be happy,
I was given poverty, that I might be wise …
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men,
I was given weakness that I might feel
the need of God …
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life,
I was given life, that I may enjoy all things …
I got nothing that I asked for, but everything that I had hoped for,
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered,
I am among all men, most richly blessed.

‘Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.’

Oscar Wilde

‘It may be a dull and unpromising day, but don’t forget that the sun is still shining above the clouds.’

Tony Miles

‘You cannot do great things. You can only do small things with great love.’

Mother Teresa

“Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest”

(Ashleigh Brilliant, English author and cartoonist. b.1933)

As St. John of the Cross said:

“Mission is putting love where love is not.”

‘Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.’

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

‘Beware of despairing about yourself; you are commanded to put your trust in God and not in yourself.’

Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

‘I never will understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.’

Mother Teresa

‘Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.’

Mother Teresa

‘Satan trembles when he sees
 The weakest saint upon his knees’

William Cowper (1731 – 1800)

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”

St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)

‘We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again, go to work – and then we retire. And what do they give us? A clock.’

Dave Allen

I recently turned on the radio half way through an interview and overheard someone say the following:

‘The trouble is that most Christians are Bible worshippers, rather than Jesus worshippers.  We need to remember that the Bible is the menu, but Jesus is the meal.’

Source unknown – if known please advise