There Is No Joy In Life Like

Jesus Used The Carefree Attitude Of The Birds To Underscore The Fact That Worrying Is Unnatural. I Am Learning In My Own Life, Day By Day, To Keep My Mind Centered On Christ.

I Feel Sorry For The Man Who Has Never Known The Bracing Thrill Of Taking A Stand And Sticking To It Fearlessly. Moral Courage Has Rewards That Timidity Can Never Imagine. Like A Shot Of Adrenaline, It Floods The Spirit With Vitality.

"what Is The Greatest Surprise You Have Found About Life?" A University Student Asked Me Several Years Ago. "the Brevity Of It," I Replied Without Hesitation. Time Moves So Quickly, And No Matter Who We Are Or What We Have Done, The Time Will Come When Our Lives Will Be Over. As Jesus Said, "as Long As It Is Day, We Must Do The Work Of Him Who Sent Me. Night Is Coming, When No One Can Work" (john 9:4).

What Makes Us Christians Shrug Our Shoulders When We Ought To Be Flexing Our Muscles? What Makes Us Apathetic In A Day When There Are Loads To Lift, A World To Be Won And Captives To Be Set Free? Why Are So Many Bored When The Times Demand Action?

The Thought Of The Future Life With Its Prerogatives And Joys Helps To Make The Trials Of The Present Seem Light And Transient.