you can relax and gather peace
as you think on whatsoever things are true,
honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report,
of virtue and of praise.
(Philippians 4:8-9)
(Photo by Sis. Loanne Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
"I have seen enough of the surface of our globe to satisfy me,
that when finished,
it will make a sufficiently splendid and magnificent inheritance . . .
substitute righteousness for sin
and perfect what remains unfinished in its wastes and barrens,
and no better heaven need be sought than our earth,
when the Lord is there."
-Bro. John Thomas
(Thanks to Sis. Lois Newton, Stirling Ecclesia, Western Australia,
for this lovely quote from Bro. Thomas.)
(Photo by Sis. Loanne Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!
therefore the children of men
put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;
and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
For with thee is the fountain of life:
in thy light shall we see light.
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee;
and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psa. 36:7-10
(Photo by Sis. Loanne Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
"The comparison of this spoken word of God
to seed is a very happy comparison.
Viewing the mind of man as soil,
there is a strict analogy between the one and the other.
...soil—the very best—
has no power to yield garden flowers without seed...
The seed in the parable is “good seed,”
because it represents good ideas—
ideas that have come from God—
“the seed is the word of God” (Luke 8:11).
Admitted to the mind and nourished,
the good seed will bring forth good fruit."
Bro. Robert Roberts, Nazareth Re-visited
(Photo by Sis. Loanne Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
We never tire of the fresh air and the beautiful light,
or grow weary of the blue sky or face of nature.
Wholesome food is always acceptable to a healthy palate.
There is something in the adaptations of things
that makes these things perennial in their power to satisfy.
So it is with the things of the Spirit of God
to the new man formed within us by the Truth.
They are always fresh and sweet to the taste.
They are always beautiful and holy and strengthening.
They will never grow stale or pall upon the spirits.
They are adapted to the highest desires.
They alone can supply the demand of our ultimate aspirations.
Bro. Robert Roberts, Seasons of Comfort
(Thanks to Sis. Karen Pillion, Tyler-Longview Ecclesia, Texas,
for this lovely quote from Bro. Roberts)
(Photo by Sis. Loanne Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock;
he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Job 28:9-10
(Photo by Sis. Loanne Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens;
and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains;
Psa. 36:5-6
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Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving;
sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
who prepareth rain for the earth,
who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Psa. 147:7-8
(Photo by Bro. Nathan Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
He giveth snow like wool:
he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels:
who can stand before his cold?
Psa. 147:15-17
(Photo by Bro. Nathan Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth,
and even for evermore.
Psalm 121
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The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Their line is gone out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
Psalm 19:1-3
(Photo by Bro. Nathan Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds,
the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Job 37:14-16
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The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth;
by understanding hath he established the heavens.
By his knowledge the depths are broken up,
and the clouds drop down the dew.
Prov. 3:19-20
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"The stream would lose its song if the rocks were all removed."
(From The Logos Good Company Diary, January 2003)
(Photo by Bro. Nathan Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and meted out heaven with the span,
and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him,
and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge,
and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket,
and are counted as the small dust of the balance:
behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Isaiah 40:12-15
(Reprinted from Christadelphian Daily Readings Web Site by the kind permission of the author,
Bro. Robert Prins, Pakuranga Ecclesia, Auckland, New Zealand.)
(Photo by Bro. Nathan Clements, White Salmon Ecclesia, Washington, USA)
