Spiritual snacks

If you desire to profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faithfulness:  don’t desire the status of learning.

God speaks to us in various ways, regardless of who we are. (CIoC) A Rainbow song I'm reminded today of Hagar a famous mother in the Jewish, Muslim and Christian traditions. (Genesis 16:7-14) and how God knows each one of us personally. Psalm 139:7-10, Zephaniah 3:17  SA2--Value(s) not Violence

We should rather search after profit in the scriptures than after subtle arguments. (CIoC)

Truth, not eloquence, is to be sought for in the Holy Scripture. (CIoC) El Shaddai

The humbler a person is in oneself, and the more subject to God, the wiser and more peaceful one can be in all things. (CIoC)

A good life makes a person wise according to God, and gives experiences in many things. (Contemporary Imitation of Christ - CIoC)

Consult with the person who is wise and of sound judgement, and seek to be instructed by one better than yourself, rather than follow your own inventions. SA2 version of Imitation of Christ quote.

Badlands, Ontario We must not trust every saying or suggestion but carefully and patiently ponder things according to the will of God. (CIoC) “We often rather believe and speak well of others than evil”  (A William Booth conversion) Yet alas: such is our weakness; we often rather believe and speak evil of others than good. (CIoC)