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Conquer anger with lack of anger; bad, with good; stinginess, with generosity; a liar, with truth. -Dhammapada, 17, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he took to wife Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord responded to his…

Luke 12: 22-31 22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have…

A little girl became restless as the preacher’s sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, “Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?”

[22] And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. [23] The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. [24] Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap;…

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Adapted from ‘The Journey: How to Live By Faith in an Uncertain World’ by Billy Graham (W Publishing Group, 2006). Used by Permission. There is a final truth we need to understand about life’s journey: Not only has God put us on our journey . . . not only does He want to join us…

A man cannot say to the Angel of Death, “Wait till I make up my accounts.” –Ecclesiastes Rabbah 8 As cited in “Jewish Wisdom” by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.

To that which your heart clings is your god. –Martin Luther

Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. –William Saroyan

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