"For us let it be enough to know ourselves to be in the place where God wants us, and carry on our work, even though it be no more than the work of an ant, infinitesimally small, and with unforeseeable results."
-- Abbé Monchanin

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who place darkness as light and light as darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and shrewd in their own sight!


Is. 5:20-21 Berkeley Version



Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe betide those who call evil good
and good evil,
who make karkness light and light
darkness,
who make biter sweet and sweet
bitter.
Woe betide those who are wise in
their own sight
and prudent in their own esteem.


Is. 5:20-21 Revised English Bible



Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Ah, you who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
Ah, you who are wise in your own eyes,
and shrewd in your own sight!


Is. 5:20-21 New Revised Standard Version



Monday, March 28, 2011

Quote for the Day


Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.
-- T. S. Eliot


Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.


Is. 5:20-21 New International Version



Friday, March 25, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe to him who builds his
palace on injustice,
his chambers upon fraud,
who forces other men to work
for nothing,
holding back their wages,


Jer. 22:13 Moffatt Translation



Thursday, March 24, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe betide him who builds his palace by unfairness and his roof chambers by injustice; who forces his neighbor to work for nothing and does not give him his wages;

Jer. 22:13
Berkeley Version


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe betide him who builds his
palace on unfairness
and completes its roof-chambers with
injustice,
compelling his countrymen to work
without payment,
giving them no wage for their
labour!


Jer, 22:13 Revised English Bible



Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice;
who makes his neighbors work for nothing,
and does not give them their wages;


Jer. 22:13 New Revised Standard Version



Monday, March 21, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his countrymen work for nothing,
not paying them for their labor.


Jer. 22:13 New International Version



Friday, March 18, 2011

Hot Springs Village Mountain Mist


Click on photo above to see the mountain mist near Hot Springs Village, AR.



Scripture Passage for the Day


And I will give them a new nature and put a new spirit into them, I will remove their hard nature and give them a nature that can be touched, that they may live by my laws and observe and obey my orders; so they shall be my own people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 11:19-20 Moffatt Translation



Thursday, March 17, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


I will give them one heart and put a new spirit in them; I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh; so that they may follow My statutes and keep My ordinances and obey them; then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 11:19-20 Berkeley Version



Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


I shall give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit in them; I shall remove the heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh, so that they will conform to my statutes and keep my laws. They will be my people, and I shall be their God.

Ezek. 11:19-20 Revised English Bible



Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them; I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may follow my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 11:19-20 New Revised Standard Version



Monday, March 14, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 11:19-20 New International Version



Friday, March 11, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a prompt witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud widows and orphans and labourers of their wages, against those who wrong a foreigner, having no fear of me, the Lord of hosts declares.

Mal. 3:5 Moffatt Translation



Thursday, March 10, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the false swearers and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the foreigner, and do not revere Me, says the LORD of hosts.

Mal. 3:5 Berkeley Version



Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


I shall appear before you in court, quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, against those who cheat the hired labourer of his wages, who wrong the widow and the fatherless, who thrust the alien aside and do not fear me, says the LORD of Hosts.

Mal. 3:5 Revised English Bible



Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 3:5 New Revised Standard Version



Monday, March 07, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


“So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.

Mal. 3:5 New International Version



Friday, March 04, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


But the Eternal is within his sacred temple;
hush, all men, he is here!


Hab. 2:20 Moffatt Translation



Thursday, March 03, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


The LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Hab. 2:20 Berkeley Version



Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


The LORD is in his holy temple;
let all the earth be silent in his presence.


Hab. 2:20 Revised English Bible



Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Scripture Passage for the Day


But the Lord is in his holy temple;
let all the earth keep silence before him!


Hab 2:20 New Revised Standard Version