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Take up thy cross, the Saviour said, If thou wouldst My disciple be; Deny thyself, the world forsake, And humbly follow after Me. Take up thy cross; let not its weight Fill thy weak soul with vain alarm; His strength shall bear thy spirit up, And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm. Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, Nor let thy foolish pride rebel; The Lord for thee the cross endured To save thy soul from death and hell. Take up thy cross, then, in His strength, And calmly every danger brave; ‘Twill guide thee to a...

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite — telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind...

I dreamed I had an INTERVIEW WITH GOD. “So, you would like to interview me?” GOD asked. “If you have time,” I said. GOD smile. “My time is eternity… what questions do you have in mind for me?” “What surprises you the most about humankind?” GOD answered… “That they get bored with childhood, that they rush to grow up, and then long to be children again.” “That they lose their health to make money… and then lose their money to restore their health.” “That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither...

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3 year old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling. They found out that the new baby was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his little sister in Mommy’s tummy. He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her. The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen. In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes, very three, every minute....

If age doth speak of wisdom learned, And battles won, and sorrows earned, Then youth doth boast of hopes to come, Of strength to waste, and wisdom shunned. But if youth could seek instead the wise, and see life through more vintage eyes And turn to God while still they sow The seeds of harvest they’ve yet to know, They might then be blessed to reap A bounty they’ll delight to keep, And share with those who come behind A harvest of a richer kind.