March 1Jesus failed. Yes, in the eyes of the world He was a real loser. He died a criminal's death because He was a rabble-rouser and wine-bibber and glutton and friend of sinners. To the Self-Righteous Ones, being a friend of sinners was the last straw. We say to ourselves that had we lived in Jesus' time there's no way we would have treated Him like that. We get indignant when we think of the horde who yelled, "Crucify Him!" Really, what would we have done? We would have done the same thing we're doing today to Him, for every time we gossip or get angry or commit any sin, we nail Him to the cross again.March 2Abraham Lincoln enjoyed telling the story of a man lost in the dark and dense forest. The thunder crashed all around him and every few seconds a flash of lightening would momentarily brighten his way. Disturbed over the only occasional streaks of lightening and the ever-increasing intensity of the thunder, the man finally raised his eyes to heaven and prayed briefly but to the point, "If it's all the same with You, O Lord, give us a little more light and a little less noise." "But whoever listens to Me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm" (Proverbs 1:33).March 3Two psychiatrists passed each other on the street, and one said to the other, "Nice to see you." The second doctor walked on by and after a few seconds stopped and mumbled to himself, "Now I wonder what he meant by that?" Isn't it reassuring to know that we don't have to worry about what God means when He speaks to us through His Word? He is integrity as well as love, and this gives us stability. Lesser gods have played with our emotions and dreams, but our God is the same, yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8), and His Word is His covenant with us. His words are true and shall never pass away. Thank You, Father!March 4"I know only one infallible way of preventing the common from becoming commonplace, of preventing the small from becoming trivial, of preventing the familiar from becoming contemptible, and it is to link it all to Jesus Christ, and to say, `For Thy sake, and unto Thee, I do this'; then, not only will the rough places become plain, and the crooked things straight, and not only will the mountains be brought low, but the valleys of the commonplace will be exalted" (Alexander Maclaren). True nobility is royalty of mind and heart, not aristocracy by race, religion or color. Jesus, humble of heart, was a Nobleman through and through.March 5Sage advice comes to us from the ancient Orient. It suggests that before we allow anything to pass our lips, it must be made to pass through three gates: 1) Is it true? 2) Is it necessary? and 3) Is it kind? There are red-flag words and phrases that cripple family relationships in particular. These are, among many, "You never..." and "You always..." When we least need it, this is when we slap each other with the always and the nevers, the you-shoulds and I-woulds: the negatives that kill respect, both ours and theirs. Rather than retaliate in kind, let us be kind instead. The rewards are heavenly, both here and hereafter.March 6"My cup overflows" (Psalm 23:5c). If we were to say--and feel--this every morning as we kneel by our bed to ask God for His blessings for our day, then we could not possibly complain. Our cup overflows with all kinds of goodness: the beauty of the sunrise, the promises in His Word which cannot be broken, our families and friends who we love and who love us, enough to eat, clothes, a bed, a toothbrush, hot water, eyes to see, ears to hear, homes, birds, trees, a job that we enjoy if we are that fortunate and, in the evening, the sunset and evening star. Indeed, our cup of plenty overflows; does our cup of gratitude overflow, also?March 7Some of the most astute and most practical advice is in God's Word. In 1 Thessalonians 4:11 we are told, "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business..." If folks would follow this sane recommendation, about half the world's ills would disappear. We have enough interests in our own busy life and we don't need to poke into another's affairs. Usually busybodies are busy mouths, and busy mouths break hearts and lives. The Word even tells us about these: "...They go from house to house...gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention" (1 Timothy 5:13). Begone, Satan!March 8"As they...discussed these things with each other, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them" (Luke 24:15). In this final and grand chapter of Luke is given to us perhaps the first fulfillment of comforting promises, "Where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them" (Matthew 18:20). A pastor once noted that only one of the two was named, and he suggested that the reader take his or her own place there beside Jesus and Cleopas. As that beautiful hymn says, "And He walks with Me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share...none other has known."March 9There were some in Lincoln's cabinet who took him to task for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" someone asked. "You know they are traitors. You should try to ruin them." The large-hearted Lincoln replied, "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make them my friends? And a friend is never a traitor." Jesus doesn't want us to have any enemies. In His stirring Sermon on the Mount He commands that we love our enemies; that we even go so far as to pray for those who malign us. In Romans 12:21 we are even exhorted to give food and drink to our enemy. We are to overcome evil with good, not revenge.March 10"If you fall down in the land of peace, how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?" (Jeremiah 12:5b NAS). It is in the quiet that we gather our forces for conflict. We don't know what a day may bring. We may be asked this very day to drink the "wine of astonishment..." (Psalm 60:3,KJV). It is the habitual living for Christ that prepares us for that "brief moment" when He seems to forsake us. But "with deep compassion I will bring you back" (Isaiah 54:7). If we have been faithful in lesser strifes then we will be upheld in the greater ones. We know of His faithfulness and love from the past, so surely He will not withhold them in a greater need.March 11An impoverished Scotch lady told a friend how proud she was of her son who had joined the U.S. Navy and decided, after the war, to stay in America. He became successful and rich in his adopted homeland. The curious friend asked why the son didn't send her any money. She replied, "He writes me every month and sends beautiful pictures." "May I see those pictures?" the friend asked. The lady pulled from her Bible the pictures her son had been so faithfully sending. "Why, those are American bank notes! You are set for the rest of your life!" Our treasure, too, is in God's Word, and we are set for eternity.March 12It is not the quantity of life but its quality that finally matters. A young person dies and out of the ashes of that sorrow springs a well of good that cannot be praised or appraised here on this earth. It is God who has measured the breadth and length and depth and height of this precious life so dear to God as well as to those of us who have been touched and blessed by the person's life of love and devotion. We thank and honor Him for the loan of our darling who has given our own life a dimension we would not have had otherwise. Let us grasp our Father's hand as He guides us through the valley of grief and on to the mountain-top of joy.March 13There's an amusing bumper sticker that says, "I'm spending my children's inheritance." Proverbs 13:22 tells us, "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children." Earthly inheritances have broken up many families, so perhaps it's not such a terrible thing to spend the children's legacy. We and our children should be dwelling on what we have, not on what we don't have. It would be far better to thank God for what we already possess; to think more about, and prepare for, "an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven..." for us (1 Peter 1:4).March 14The book of Daniel is scattered through with bright gems. In chapter nine Daniel pleads for the Lord to hear his prayer that he might interpret the vision. He presents his supplications: "We do not make requests of You because we are righteous, but because of Your great mercy (Daniel 9:18c). In verses 22 and 23 the Lord answers: "Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding...I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed." O you of faith, I want you to know because you already know Me and love Me. I will give you a vision of My truth so you will be able to discern My heart and mind and become one with Me.March 15An anecdote tells about the man who came to the Louvre and began to inspect the art galleries. He said to the guide, "I don't see why people are so excited about these paintings. I can't see anything extraordinary to rave about." "Monsieur," the surprised guide exclaimed, "these paintings are no longer on trial. Distinguished critics have already expressed great admiration and approval. It is you who are on trial, to determine if you are wise enough to appreciate what you see." It is a fact that Jesus lived and died, and facts won't change, whether we accept Him or not. We are on trial.March 16Hope is born from despair. The Biblical concept of hope is trust and refuge in God as well as expectation and desire. It is in the Acts and the Epistles where this gift of the Holy Spirit abounds. "Christ Jesus, who is our hope" (1 Timothy 1:1b) is our Surety of a better covenant (Hebrews 7:22). Our hope becomes our opportunity to make this present world a finer place, if only to let others know that goodness and justice do exist. C.S. Lewis advises us to "Aim at Heaven and you will get earth `thrown in': aim at earth and you will get neither" (Christian Behavior).March 17Henry Ward Beecher shares this inspiring thought: "There are many fruits that never turn sweet until frost has lain upon them; there are many nuts that never fall from the bough of the tree of life till the frost has opened and ripened them; and there are many elements of life that never grow sweet and beautiful till sorrow touches them." How we dread trials. But "Trials make more room for consolation. Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation" (Charles Spurgeon). Remember, He is our only true Consolation.March 18"Then he waited for the harvest, but the grapes that grew were wild and sour and not at all the sweet ones he expected" (Isaiah 5:2c TLB). Wild and worthless grapes seem to proliferate on their own. They are offensive to God, mischievous to others, and ruinous to ourselves. The wild grapes of intemperance, seeking of constant pleasures, sensuality, infidelity, lying and stealing, have brought us a bumper crop of fruitless vines ready for the burning. How tragic! God never meant for our vineyards to be unproductive or poisonous. Surely the Divine Husbandman has a right to expect fruit in His loved and well-cultivated vineyard.March 19"No chance hath brought this ill to me;/'Tis God's own hand, so let it be,/He seeth what I cannot see./There is a need-be for each pain,/And He one day will make it plain/That earthly loss is heavenly gain./Like as a piece of tapestry/Viewed from the back appears to be/Naught but threads tangled hopelessly; But in the front a picture fair/Rewards the worker for his care,/Proving his skill and patience rare./Thou art the Workman, I the frame./Lord, for the glory of Thy Name,/Perfect Thine image on the same" (Anonymous).March 20"Love is careful of little things, of circumstances and measures, and of little accidents; not allowing to itself any infirmity which it strives not to master, aiming at what it cannot yet reach, desiring to be of an angelic purity, and of a perfect innocence, and a seraphical fervor, and fears every image of offense; is as much afflicted at an idle word as some at an act of adultery, and will not allow to itself so much anger as will disturb a child, nor endure the impurity of a dream. And this is the curiosity and niceness of divine love: this is the fear of God, and is the daughter and production of love" (Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living).March 21Feel like a failure? Then consider the following facts: Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet and Isadora Duncan never finished grade school; Mary Baker Eddy, George Gershwin, Will Rogers, both Wright brothers and Peter Jennings never finished high school; Bruce Jenner, Hans Christian Anderson, Nelson Rockefeller, Woodrow Wilson and Leonardo da Vinci had learning problems. Robert Louis Stevenson was afflicted with tuberculosis and Franklin D. Roosevelt contracted polio before he became president. And let's remember that Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times while he was hitting those 714 runs.March 22Elbert Hubbard, a successful man, described a successful person as one who tries, not cries; who works, not dodges; who shoulders responsibilities, not evades them; who gets under the burden instead of standing off, looking on, and giving advice. The following is a ladder of success: 0%-I won't; 10%-I can't; 20%-I don't know how; 30%-I wish I could; 40%-What is it?; 50%-I think I might; 60%-I might; 70%-I think I can; 80%-I can; 90%-I will; 100%-I did. Someone commented that success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. We moan that we have no talent and opportunities when it is perseverance and concentration we need.March 23Jesus told Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch" (Luke 5:4). Simon told Him they had toiled all night and had gotten nothing for their labor, but in swift compliance they let the nets down again. There are several important lessons in this scripture, but for now let's just put out into the deeps of our lives. Jesus didn't say how far Simon was to let down his net, and He doesn't tell us how deep we are to reach into the reservoir of His promises in the greatness of our need. We toil to catch our happiness when our Savior asks only that we let down the net and leave the rest--and our rest--to Him.March 24How sneaky we are. "Word has it..." Whose word? Those who heard it second-hand or fifth-hand? Those whose hearts are soft with sympathy or hard with hate? Words can be little worms that bore, or wafts that gently refresh the heart destituted and disintegrated by the ills that afflict all mankind. Hearsay can be horrorsay by the time it makes the rounds. Small talk can degenerate into a big scandal that has no foundation, and certainly no justification. If a word is the echo of our heart, then let us be ever so careful. Let us daily read God's Word that our words may reflect His thoughts of love and faith and hope.March 25Our God would have us hot or cold but not indifferent. A position of ease can be more deadly than opposition. "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!" (Revelation 3:15). We know in our own relationships that it is the frost of indifference that finally kills love; so it is with our Redeemer who wants our devotion--for our good, not His. Are we warm or cold to those who long for a good word or work from us? Do we reach into the depths of our hearts in prayer for others as we pray for ourselves? Do we care deeply about their burdens?March 26"I settled with myself that I would consider myself justified in living till I was thirty for science and art, in order to devote myself from that time forward to the direct service of humanity...What would be the character of the activities thus planned for the future was not yet clear to me. I left it to circumstances to guide me. One thing only was certain, that it must be directly human service, however inconspicuous the sphere of it" (Albert Schweitzer, Out of My Life and Thought). Once we settle it in heart and mind that we belong to God, only then can we dedicate our energies and time to Him and His.March 27Is Christian joy finally the realization that, when all else is taken from us, we still have the lovely Christ? Is it knowing in complete faith that out of the thorns of life will grow the roses of love; out of the grave will arise our beloved dead; from the cross will come the crown; from the trials will come the victories; from the seemingly dead acorns will grow the mighty oaks? Is this finally what joy is: simply believing? Happiness and unhappiness cannot coexist, but joy and sorrow do. "...Who for the joy set before Him endured the cross..." (Hebrews 12:2). What a spiritual anomaly this is. But our Friend Jesus had a more exalted view.March 28In his essay titled "Self-Reliance" Ralph Waldo Emerson states: "At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say--`Come out unto us.'" The world is knocking with clutter of mind and body. Trivial Pursuit is the name of today's game. We must decide for ourselves what is important, and then shut the door to the rubbish. "Discretion will guard [us]" (Proverbs 2:11) so we may divide the wheat from the chaff and the essential from the ever-increasing non-essentials.March 29After World War I a cartoonist pictured world leaders seated at a council, each with his portfolio laid out on the table. With them sat Christ, His portfolio on the table with the rest. Portfolio also means the position and duties of diplomat or minister of state. How tragic that our world leaders don't share Christ's portfolio. We've been forewarned that nations will be destroyed because they will not recognize a Power superior to themselves. The image in Daniel 2 is explained as the consummation of all earthly kingdoms; then God's kingdom is to be set forever. Christ will yet be the Portfolio of the nations.March 30"And the Lord God [calls] to [us]...`Where are you?'" (Genesis 3:9). Where are we in our lives? "Why do you go around so much changing your way?" He asks (Jeremiah 2:36). "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you shall find rest for your souls" (Jeremiah 6:16 NAS). The serpent convinced Eve that if she ate the forbidden fruit she would know good and evil. Up to then Adam and Eve knew only good; they disobeyed and then they knew evil. Only in that respect was the serpent, that liar, right. Are we on God's path, narrow but perfect and excellent?March 31It's so easy to take life easy. After all, we can say that we didn't ask for life. But we have it, and with it immense possibilities as well as responsibilities and commitments. "What can I do? I can talk out when others are silent. I can say man when others say money. I can stay up when others are asleep. I can keep working when others have stopped to play. I can give life big meanings when others give life little meanings. I can say love when others say hate. I can say every man when others say one man. What can I do? I can give myself to life when other men refuse themselves to life" (Horace Traubel). [EXTRACT] March 1Jesus not. Yes, in the eyes of the world was a real loser. He died like a criminal because he was a demagogue and a drunkard and a glutton and a friend of sinners. For the self-righteous beings, being a friend of sinners was the last straw. We tell ourselves that if we had lived in Jesus' time there is no way they treated him well. We are outraged when we think of the crowd shouted, "Crucify him!" Really, what have we done? We would have done the same thing we are doing today for him, because every time I gossip or angry or commit any sin, we nail him to the cross again.March 2Abraham Lincoln enjoyed telling the story of a man lost in the darkness and the forest denser. The thunder crashed around every few seconds and momentarily lightning illuminate his path. Disturbed by the occasional streaks of lighting and the increasing intensity of the thunder, the man finally looked up to heaven and prayed briefly, but to the point: "If everything is like unto thee, O Lord, give us a little a bit more light and less noise. "" But whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of evil "(Proverbs 1:33). March psychiatrists 3two crossed the street and one said to another: "I'm glad to see you." The second doctor walked by and after a few seconds he stopped and murmured to himself: "Now I wonder what he meant by that? " Is not it reassuring to know that does not have to worry about what God means when He speaks through His Word? He is the integrity and love, and this gives us stability. Lesser gods have played with our emotions and dreams, but our God is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8), and his word is his covenant with us. His words are true and never will. Thank you, Father! March 4 "only know a foolproof method for preventing the common increasing frequency, to prevent trivial becomes small, the prevention of family becomes negligible, and linking it all to Jesus Christ, and say, 'Because of you, and you, I can do this', then not only the rough places become clear and straight things crooked, and not only humiliated the mountains and the valleys of the commonplace is exalted "(Alexander Maclaren). The true nobility is the royalty of the mind and heart, not the aristocracy of race, religion or color. Jesus, humble of heart, was a noble and advice through through.March 5Sage comes from ancient East. It is suggested that before allowing anything to pass our lips, should be passing through three gates: 1) Is it true? 2) Is it necessary? and 3) is a species? There are red flag words and phrases that cripple the family relationships in particular. These are, among others: "Never ..." and "You always ..." When you least need it, this is when slap each other with long Nevers, who, duties and woulds-: the negatives killing respect, both our own and yours well. to pay the same, we will be good instead of the reward is in heaven, here and hereafter.March 6 "My cup overflows" (Psalm 23:5 c) If we were to say -.. and feeling - all this morning as we knelt on the bed to ask God for his blessings for today, then I could not complain Our cup overflows with all kinds of goodness. the beauty of the sunrise, the promises of His Word, which can not be broken, our families and friends we love and who love us enough to eat, clothes, a bed, a toothbrush, hot water, eyes to see, ears to hear, houses, birds, trees, a job we like, if you are so fortunate and, in the evening, the star sun and afternoon In fact, our cup overflows abundance. not our cup overflow with gratitude, too? March 7Some beating councils and more practical is the Word of God. In Thessalonians 4:11 tells us: "Get your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to his own business ..." If people follow this recommendation healthy, about half of the world's ills would disappear. We have enough interest in our own busy life and need not delve into other issues. Usually busy mouth-intrusive, and mouth busy breaking hearts and lives. The Word tells us that even in this: "... They go from house to house ... gossips and busybodies, talking about inappropriate things to talk about" (1 Timothy 5:13). Begone, Satan! March 8 "... As they questioned among themselves, Jesus himself drew near and went with them" (Luke 24:15). In this final chapter of Luke and large has given us perhaps the first fulfillment of the promises of comfort: "Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them" (Matthew 18:20). A pastor once said that only one of them was identified, and suggested that the reader will hold its own there, next to Jesus and Cleopas. As the beautiful hymn: "And He walks with me, and he speaks with me and tells me I'm yours, and shared pleasure ... nothing is known." 9There March were some in the cabinet of Lincoln that took him to task for his attitude towards his enemies. "Why try to make friends of them?" Someone asked. "You know they are traitors. You should try and ruin." The big-hearted Lincoln replied: "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends? And a friend is not a traitor." Jesus does not want to have enemies. In his stirring sermon on the mount, commands us to love our enemies, who even go so far as to pray for those who malign us. In Romans 12:21 that are even encouraged to eat and drink to our enemy. We must overcome evil with good revenge, no. March 10: "If you fall in the land of peace, how will you do in the swelling of Jordan?" (Jeremiah 12:5 b NAS). It is in silence that we gather our forces to the conflict. We do not know what a day may bring. You may ask us this very day, to drink the "wine of surprise ..." (Psalm 60:3, NIV). It is the normal life of Christ, which prepares us for "small moment" when it appears that leave us. However, "with deep compassion that takes you back" (Isaiah 54:7). If we are faithful in strife then remained lower in the elderly. We know your loyalty and love of the past, so surely He will not hold a lady 11 years old Scotch need.March poorest told a friend who was very proud of her son, who had joined the U.S. Navy . and decided, after the war, to remain in the United States. He became successful and rich in their adopted country. The curious friend asked why the child has not sent money. She said: "He writes every month and send beautiful images." "I can see those pictures?" the friend asked. The lady drew from the Bible, the images that his son had been so faithfully shipping. "Why, those are the U.S. bank notes! You are set for the rest of your life! "Our treasure, is also in the Word of God, and are prepared to eternity.March 12It is not the quantity but the quality of life that ultimately matters. A person dies young and sad ashes of a spring of good that can not be praised or appreciated here on this earth. It is God who has measured the width, length and depth and height of this precious life so dear to God, and for those of us who have been touched and blessed for the life of the person of love and devotion. We thank and honor for the loan of our loved one who has given our life a dimension that would not otherwise. seize the hand of our Father, as He leads us to through the valley of pain and on top of the mountain of joy. From March 13There is a sticker that says fun, "I will spend the inheritance of my children." Proverbs 13:22 says: "A good man leaves an inheritance the children of their children. "Earthly inheritance have broken many families, so maybe not such a terrible thing to pass the legacy of children. We and our children should consider what we have, not what we have. It would be much better thank God for what we already have, to think and prepare for "an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade - kept in heaven ..." for us (1 Peter 1:4). March 14 The Book of Daniel is dispersed Through sparkling gems. In Daniel chapter nine is declared that the Lord heard his prayer so that he could interpret the vision. presents his prayers: "We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but for his great mercy (Daniel 9: 18 c) In verses 22 and 23, the Lord answers. "Daniel, I have now come to give you knowledge and understanding ... I'm here to tell you, for you are greatly appreciated." man of faith, I want you to know, because know me and love me. I will give an overview of my truth, so you will be able to discern my heart and mind and become a 15year Me.March anecdote tells about the man who came to the Louvre and began to inspect the galleries. He told the guide, "I do not see why people are so excited about these paintings. I can not see anything special to write home about." "Sir," exclaimed the guide surprised, "these works are no longer on trial. Distinguished Critics have expressed great admiration and approval. It is you who are on trial, to determine if you are wise enough to appreciate what he sees. "The fact that Jesus lived and died, and the facts will not change if we accept it or not. We are in the trial. March 16Hope born of desperation. The biblical concept of hope is trust in God and shelter, as well as the expectation and desire. It is in the Acts and the Epistles, where the gift of the Holy Spirit abounds. "Christ Jesus, who is our hope" (1 Timothy 1:1 b) is our guarantee of a better covenant (Hebrews 7:22). Our hope becomes our opportunity to make this world a better place, if only to let others know that goodness and justice do not exist. CS Lewis advises: "Aim at heaven and earth 'get shot': aim at earth and you get neither." (Christian Conduct) March Ward Beecher 17Henry share this inspirational thought: "There are many fruits that never turn sweet until frost has slept on them, there are many nuts that never fall from the branch of the tree of life until the frost has opened and mature them, and there are many elements of life that never grow sweet and beautiful until the pain touches them. "The way the trials fear. However, "Tests of more space for comfort. Hearts can only be made great by great problems. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and more room for comfort "(Charles Spurgeon). Remember, He is our only true Consolation.March 18" Then he waited for the harvest, but the grapes were growing wild, wild grapes and acid value and not waiting all sweets "(Isaiah 5:02 c TLB). seem to proliferate by themselves. They are an offense to God, mischievous to others, and ruinous to ourselves. Grapes wild intemperance, seeking constant pleasure, sensuality, infidelity, lying and stealing, we have brought a good crop of fruitless vine ready for burning. How tragic! God never intended for our vineyards be unproductive or poisonous. Surely the Divine Labrador has the right to expect fruit in his beloved and well-cultivated vineyard.March 19 "in no way brought this evil to me, / 'Tis God's hand, so be it, / He see what you can not see. / It is necessary, that for every pain, / And one day I will show / That earthly loss is heavenly gain. / As a piece of upholstery / Seen from the back seems to be / nothing more than hopelessly tangled threads, but in front a fair picture / reward the worker for his attention, / Showing their skill and rare patience. / You are the worker, the frame. / Lord to the glory of thy name, / Your perfect picture on it. "(Anonymous) March 20" Love is wary of the little things, circumstances and actions, and small accidents that do not allow same disease that does not try to dominate, with a view to what is still can not reach, with the desire to be of angelic purity, and perfect innocence and seraphic fervor, and fears of each image in the infringement ; is most affected in an idle word that some in the act of adultery, and not allow himself to anger as well as molesting a child, and endure the impurity of a dream. And this is curiosity and friendliness of divine love.? this is the fear of God, and is the daughter and production of Love "(Jeremy Taylor, a holy life) 21Feel March as a failure and then consider the following facts: Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Claude Monet and Isadora Duncan never finished grade school, Mary Baker Eddy, George Gershwin, Will Rogers, the two brothers Wright and Peter Jennings never completed high school, Bruce Jenner, Hans Christian Anderson, Nelson Rockefeller, Woodrow Wilson and Leonardo da Vinci had a learning disability Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis. and Franklin D. Roosevelt contracted polio before becoming president, and remember that Babe Ruth struck out 1.330 times while hitting the 714 runs. March 22Elbert Hubbard, a successful man, described as a successful person who tries not to mourn., That works, no dodging, no responsibilities to shoulder, evade, to stand under the load in place of being outside, watching, and give advice The following is a ladder of success. 0%-no, 10%, I can not, 20%-do not know how, 30%-I wish I could, 40%, what is? 50%, I think I could, 60%, which could, 70%-I think I can, 80%-can, 90%-I, 100%, I did. Someone commented that the success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. We regret that we have the talent and opportunity that is perseverance and concentration need.March 23 Jesus said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch" (Luke 5:4). Simon said I had worked all night and had gotten nothing for their work, but in the fast implementation of new networks permit. There are several important lessons in this writing, but for now let's put the depths of our lives. Jesus did not say to what extent Simon was commissioned to cast the net, and he does not tell us how we are to reach deep into the tank of his promises in the greatness of our need. We strive to make our joy when our Savior asks only that we drop the network and leave the rest - and our break - to him. March 24How are astute. "The word is ..." Whose word? Those who heard second-hand or fifth-hand? Those whose hearts are soft with sympathy or problems with the hate? The words may be small worms that had, or gusts gently cool the heart removed and disintegrated by the ills that afflict mankind. Rumors can be horrorsay for the time makes the rounds. A small talk can degenerate into a scandal that has no basis, and certainly not justification. If a word is the echo of our hearts, then we must be ever so careful. Let's read the Word of God daily that our words can reflect your thoughts of love and faith and hope.March 25Our God wants us to hot or cold, but not indifferent. A position of comfort may be more deadly than the opposition. "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!" (Revelation 3:15). We know that in our own relationships, which is the cold indifference that ultimately kills love, so does our Redeemer, who wants our devotion - for our His good, no. Are we hot or cold for those who crave a good word or work for us? Getting into the depths of our hearts in prayer for others when we pray for ourselves? Do we care deeply about their charges? March 26, "I decided to myself that I consider myself justified in life until I was thirty and science and art, in order to devote from that time, the direct service of humanity .. . What is the nature of the activities planned for the future was still unclear to me. I went to the circumstances that lead me. Only one thing was sure, to be directly human services, however, little visible of the sphere "(Albert Schweitzer, my life and thought). Once seated in the hearts and minds that we belong to God, only then we can devote our energies and time to him and his. 27Is March Christian joy, finally, the recognition that, when everything else has been taken from us, we still have precious Christ? You know full faith of the thorns of life grow the roses of love, the grave will come our dead, will cross the crown, and the trials are the victories of the dead acorns apparently oaks grow strong? Is this latter that the joy is just believe? Happiness and unhappiness can not coexist, but the joy and sadness. "... Who for the joy set before him endured the cross ..." (Hebrews 12:2). What is a spiritual anomaly this is. But our friend Jesus had a more exalted view.March 28En his essay "Self-Reliance" Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "Sometimes the world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles friend, client, child, disease., fear, want, charity, all hits at once to your closet door and say -. 'Come to us "" The world is hitting the disorder of the mind and body. Trivial Pursuit is the name of the game today. We have to decide for ourselves what is important, then closed the door to the trash. "Discretion guard [us]" (Proverbs 2:11) so we can divide the wheat from the chaff and the bulk of the growing World War essentials.March not 29After a photo caricaturist world leaders sitting in a board, each with its portfolio put on the table. With them sat Christ, his briefcase on the table with the rest. Portfolio also means that the position and functions of diplomatic or Minister of State. How tragic that our world leaders do not share the portfolio of Christ. We have been warned that the nations will be destroyed because it will not recognize a power greater than themselves. The image of Daniel 2 is explained as the fulfillment of all the kingdoms of the earth, then the kingdom of God will be established forever. Christ, however, will be the portfolio of the nations. March 30 "And the Lord God [calls] to [us ]...` Where are you? '" (Genesis 3:9). Where we are in our lives? "Why are you so change your ways?" He asks (Jer. 2:36). "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the old paths, where the good way, and walk in it, and find rest for your souls" (Jeremiah 6:16 NAS). The serpent convinced Eve ate the forbidden fruit if you know good and evil. Until then Adam and Eve knew only good, but they disobeyed and tasted bad. Only in this direction was the snake, a liar, right. Are we in the way of God, perfect and narrow but excellent? March 31It is so easy to take life easier. After all, we can say that we did not ask for life. But we have, and with it the immense possibilities, and the responsibilities and commitments. "What I can do? I can talk when others are silent. I can say that man when others say the money. I can stay up when others sleep. I can keep working when others have stopped playing. I can give life big meanings when others give life little meanings. What I can say love when others say hate. I can say to every man when others say a man. What I can do? I can give to life than other men refuse to life "(Horace Traubel).
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