Thought for the Day

Here's an interesting quote from a book I've been reading lately. What do you think?

' All the evils of the world come not because our desires for happiness are too strong, but because they are so weak that we settle for fleeting pleasures that do not satisy our deepest soul, but in the end destroy them. The root of all evil is that we are the kind of people who settle for the love of money instead of the love of God. '

Desiring God, by John Piper

Thought for the Day

'What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.'
Henry Ward Beecher

Wisdom Wednesday

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
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Wisdom Wednesday

'The truly happy people are those who have a source of happiness too deep to be seriously disturbed by ordinary troubles'
Marion K Rich

have I mentioned how tired I am lately? 3 weeks into language learning and the brain is struggling. Went out to a village this afternoon- awesome experience. The meeting was cancelled cos everyone was at a funeral- so we went to the home of the deceased and sat and commiserated for a while. So many beautiful, happy children and quirky grandmothers. Spent a lot of time watching what to do, trying to say the correct greetings at the right time and just soaking it all in. I'll be cheauffering (sp?) 3 guys out to villages in my car all day tomorrow- 6am to 6pm, so pray for safety on the roads and energy in the heat. my language helper is coming too, so hopefully it won't all be completely puzzling. I told her about my 2 visitors last night and her first reaction was 'thieves!' interesting.
I'll try and get some good shots tomorrow of village life to post for you to see... technology!

I can't believe Heath Ledger is dead.

Insight...

Life is not as idle ore,
But iron dug from central gloom,
And heated hot with burning fears,
And dip't in baths of hissing tears,
And battered with the shocks of doom
To shape and use.

Tennyson

that reminds me.. I have some 'African Mining' photos to show my enviro friends out there... maybe next post!

Wisdom Wednesday

Some Yawo proverbs for you to ponder:

'To cry for rain is to cry for mud'

'Baboons don't laugh at each other's tails'

Can you guess the meaning of this one?-

'Two buttocks cannot avoid hitting each other'

Wisdom Wednesday

Courage doesn't drive out fear, it merely manages it.
It is only love, the perfect love of God that drives out fear.

1John 4:18a There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out all fear.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient and kind, it does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.