November 12, 2005

  • While searching for a particular photo at the original Ivy Vine, I happened across these quotes, which surely bear repeating:

    It seems as if God gathered into His storehouse, from each of
    our lives, fruit in which He delights. And the daily cross-bearings and
    self-denials, the bright word spoken when head and heart are weary, the
    meek endurance of misunderstanding, the steady going on in one unbroken
    round, with a patient cheerfulness that knows nothing of "moods,"--all
    these are garnered there, and add to our riches towards Him.
    --H. BOWMAN

    It is a great matter to learn to look upon troubles and trials not
    as simply evils. How can that be evil which God sends? And those who
    can repress complaints, murmurs, and peevish bemoaning--better still,
    the vexed feelings which beset us when those around inflict petty
    annoyances and slights on us--will really find that their little daily
    worries are turning into blessings.
    --H. L. Sidney LEAR