"Though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed." Psalm 92:7

"There once was an oyster whose story I tell,
Who found that sand had got under his shell;
Just one little grain, but it gave him much pain,
For oysters have feelings although they're so plain.
Now, did he berate the working of Fate,
Which had led him to such a deplorable state?
Did he curse out the government, call for an election?
No; as he lay on the shelf, he said to himself:
'If I cannot remove it, I'll try to improve it.'
So the years rolled by as the years always do,
And he came to his ultimate destiny- stew.
And this small grain of sand which had bothered him so,
Was a beautiful pearl, all richly aglow.
Now this tale has a moral- for it isn't grand
What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand?
What couldn't we do if we'd only begin
With all of the things that get under our skin?"
~James S. Hewett

"Give it to God." ~Elizabeth Elliot

Both taken from today's chapter in Coffee Break with God.

"Ernest Hemingway eventually retold one of Park's stories.  Park was lost and alone in the African desert and had resigned himself to die.  Then he saw it: a beautiful moss-flower.  The plant was only as big as one of his fingers, but he was overcome with admiration for its symmetry.

"Encountering this wonder in the middle of his crisis, he reflected, 'Can the Being who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and suffering of creatures formed after His own image?' he asked. 'Surely not.'"

~Coffee Break with God

"Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds." Psalm 72:18