Penny J. Johnson's Blog, page 87
September 18, 2015
The Ravine
“Hide thyself by the brook Cherith.” ~ 1 Kings 17:3 When I read these words this week, I felt as though I had opened my Bible, closed my eyes, and placed my finger on a random spot on the page. I thought about spots I have landed in life that seem random. Yet, I soon…
September 17, 2015
See God in Everything
If I see God in everything, He will calm and color everything I see! ~Hannah Whitall Smith
September 15, 2015
Simplicity: Keeping It Simple…Sort Of
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. ~Archimedes That is one of, if not the only, theorems I retained from my tenth-grade geometry class. Perhaps it is because I see the point. I applied it today…well, my Google maps application applied it…when it identified my fastest route based on the distance between…
September 14, 2015
“You may others from sadness to gladness beguile, If you ...
“You may others from sadness to gladness beguile, If you carry your cross with a smile.”
If you have any trial which seems intolerable, pray,–pray...
If you have any trial which seems intolerable, pray,–pray that it be relieved or changed. There is no harm in that. We may pray for anything, not wrong in itself, with perfect freedom, if we do not pray selfishly….But the answer to the prayer may be, as it was to Paul, not the removal of…
You will find it less easy to uproot faults, than to chok...
You will find it less easy to uproot faults, than to choke them by gaining virtues. Do not think of your faults; still less of others’ faults; in every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong: honor that; rejoice in it; and, as you can, try to imitate it; and…
September 13, 2015
Becoming
“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the…
Fall Face-lift
As each deciduous leaf prepares to reveal its glowing visage before dancing on the crisp breeze, my blog page receives a fall face-lift.
