Quotes for pondering:
Oh, the temptations that men of discontented spirits are subject to! The Devil loves to fish in troubled waters.
Jeremiah Burroughs
The optimist sees the opportunity in every danger;
the pessimist sees the danger in every opportunity.
Winston Churchill
If a man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him;
for you are worse than he thinks you to be.
Charles Spurgeon
To forgive is to set a prisoner free
and to discover the prisoner was you.
Corrie Ten Boom
You don’t have to give up your intellect to trust the Bible.
You have to give up your pride.
R.C. Sproul
“Books are people,” smiled Miss Marks, “In every book worth reading, the author is there to meet you, to establish contact with you. He takes you into his confidence and reveals his thoughts to you.”
D.E. Stevenson, The Four Graces page 10
Read that last quote and then consider how the Bible fits the description…

I’ll be throwing this post into troubled waters in the morning.