"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

"Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks." Proverbs 30:27

"Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.  Do not add to His words, or He will rebuke you and prove you a liar." Proverbs 30:5-6

I feel like people who try to make things out of God's word that isn't there, like Harold Camping, missed this memo.

"Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe." Proverbs 29:25

"As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man." Proverbs 27:19

"A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day; restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand." Proverbs 27:15-16

While playing catch phrase:

Belinda - "Where we put dead people"
Matt - "Jail?"

Murder mystery dinner tonight!!

"For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn His wrath away from him." Proverbs 24:16-18

"Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.  There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 23:17-18

"Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared." Proverbs 22:24-25

"Hmmm.  And we always thought that men were just lazy and insensitive to our needs.  What a relief to know it's only brain damage!" ~Brenda Stoeker

Quoted out of context from Every Heart Restored.

Platitude: the attitude of a platypus

"If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered." Proverbs 21:13

"Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife." Proverbs 21:9

"Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife." Proverbs 21:19

Something tells me I shouldn't be a quarrelsome wife...

I like the sun and sounds of birds chirping in the morning.

"Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel." Proverbs 20:17

Bam!