[garjog]

Here is a favorite quote from a sermon by MLK:

"I would urge you to give priority to the search for God. Allow his Spirit to permeate your being. To meet the difficulties and challenges of life you will need him. Before the ship of your life reaches its last harbor, there will be long, drawn-out storms, howling and jostling winds, and temptations seas that make the heart stand still. If you do not have a deep and patient faith in God, you will be powerless to face the delays, disappointments, and vicissitudes that inevitably come. Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrises into darkest nights. Without him, life is a meaningless drama in which the decisive scenes are missing. But with him, we are able to rise from tension-packed valleys to the sublime heights of inner peace, and find radiant stars of hope against the nocturnal bosom of life's most depressing nights. "Thou hast created us for thyself, and our heart cannot be quieted till it find repose in thee".
Strength to Love, by Martin Luther King, Jr.

[goldstategop]

That speaks to me. In my personal experience, I could nothing without God's help and He has given me the strength to achieve everything I have. I am nothing without Him and throughout my life and to its very end, I will take my refuge in Him. With my trusting faith, the difficulties and challenges of life are easier to bear. God brings hope to my day and shows me the star at night to guide me on my journey through this life.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ThePythonicCow]

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks! That's just what I NEEDED to read today. God was working through you to get to me today. :)