Category: Words of Wisdom

“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.” – Henry Ward Beecher

We don’t need to impress anyone when we pray.

We can pray simply and sincerely, like children usually do.

Pray from the heart. Pray with trust. Pray knowing that your Heavenly Father is listening to you, loving you, and is even more desirous than you are to grant you your prayer, provided that it would be best for you.

The Prayer of a Child

The prayer of a child
is often answered.

It is answered
because it is pure.

It is answered
because it has no fear.

It does not think about the past,
it does not worry about the future.

It is not ashamed to express the truth,
it is not ashamed to express how it feels.

The prayer of a child
goes right up to heaven,
unto the ears of God
who hears it,
because it wants to be heard.

The prayer of a child
is answered
even before it has been uttered.

It was answered
when the child started to pray
with her heart.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength… – Psalm 8:2, WEBBE

Said the Robin to the Sparrow:
“I should really like to know
Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so?”

Said the Sparrow to the Robin:
“Friend, I think that it must be
That they have no Heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me.”
– Elizabeth Cheney

You can’t control everything. Try as you might, plan as you might, you’d still encounter things that never even crossed your mind.

So don’t waste time fretting. Quite often, the things we feared don’t happen at all. On the other hand, things happen that we never even feared.

Why waste your strength for what you could never even predict? Conserve your powers so you may have the ability to deal with what you will truly face.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:6-7 (WEB)

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting. – Kahlil Gibran

…we too often focus only on the negative aspect of life, on what is bad. If we were more willing to see the good and the beautiful things that surround us, we would be able to change our families. From there, we would change our next-door neighbors and then others who live in our neighbourhood or city. We would be able to bring peace and love to our world which hungers so much for these things. – Mother Teresa

We live to seek what’s beautiful, and once we find it, our desire is to keep it, to preserve it forever if we could.

That’s why we take so many photographs. That is why we paint and do sculptures and so many works of art.

We want to capture that moment of beauty where we transcend the mundane and leap at once from time to eternity. We want to enter into that magical realm where we become free at last, where we not only touch the beautiful, but where we become one with it, and in finding the beautiful, we also find ourselves.

Leisure (By: William Henry Davies)

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things. – Philippians 4:8 (WEB)