7 Degrees of Grace7 Degrees of GraceHi! This is my collection of inspirational and spiritual writings. The aim of these pages is to motivate us on our journey of spiritual discovery and revelation. It is my hope that you come away feeling enlightened and inspired by it. Articles
A Faithful Dog
2007-07-27 08:14:00 A faithful dog will play with you And laugh with you - or cry - He’ll gladly starve to stay with you Nor ever reason why, And when you’re feeling out of sorts Somehow he’ll understand He’ll watch you with his shining eyes And try to lick your hand. His blind, implicit faith in you Is matched by his great love - The kind that ... More About: Christianity , Inspirational , Life , God , Love
A Dog Named Lucky
2007-07-24 08:14:00 Mary and her husband Jim had a dog, named Lucky. Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his fancy. Inevitably someone would forget and something would come up ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Love , Pets , Animal
Where Do You Run?
2007-07-21 08:14:00 My friend tells the story of something that happened while his dad was deer hunting in the wilds of Oregon. Cradling his rifle in the crook of his arms, his dad was following an old logging road nearly overgrown by the encroaching forest. It was early evening, and he was just thinking about returning to camp ... More About: Where
The Butterfly Lesson
2007-07-19 08:14:00 A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Inspirational , Life , God
No Hands But Your Hands
2007-07-17 08:14:00 Larry Gilbert tells of a little church yard in France where a beautiful statue of Jesus with outstretched arms once stood. During World War II, a beautiful statue of Jesus was badly damaged by the bombing in France. When the fighting had passed the village, the villagers gathered up the pieces of the broken statue, which had ... More About: Hands
A Spider?s Web
2007-07-14 08:14:00 Robert the Bruce, a young soldier, found himself in a terrible battle during the Scottish Reformation around 1300. The enemy was soundly defeating this young man’s army. He and his comrades found themselves hastily retreating from the battlefield in defeat, running away in fear of their lives. The enemy gave chase. This young man ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Inspirational , Life , God
To Somebody You May Be The World
2007-07-12 08:14:00 A Christian woman worked at an asylum and she believed that every one of God’s creatures needed love, concern, and care. She knew of a girl called Little Annie. Annie was confined in a cell in the basement and was seen as a hopeless case. For months the Christian woman tried to talk with Little ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Friends , World , Love
The Cracked Pot
2007-07-10 08:14:00 A water bearer in India had two large pots; one hung on each end of a pole, which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from ... More About: Cracked
The Flames Of Love
2007-07-07 08:14:00 “We’ll tell somebody that we love them and in the same breath, we’ll talk about how much we love a new car, or a certain pair of pants. I mean, I love my wife, and I also love tacos?” Do you think the word “love” loses its meaning when we use it for so many things? Does ... More About: Love , Ames , Lame , Flame
Make A Difference
2007-07-05 08:14:00 As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Friends , Love , Friendship
In The Valleys
2007-07-03 08:14:00 Sometimes life seems hard to bear, Full of sorrow, trouble and woe It’s then I have to remember That it’s in the valleys I grow. If I always stayed on the mountain top And never experienced pain, I would never appreciate God’s love And would be living in vain. I have so much to learn And my growth is very slow, Sometimes I need the ... More About: The V , Valley
Let?s Run Through The Rain
2007-07-01 08:14:00 A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6-years-old, this beautiful red-haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down ... More About: Rain
Rich Man, Poor Man
2007-06-30 08:14:00 One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Rich , Pets , Animal
Rainbow Bridge (All Pets Go To Heaven)
2007-06-28 08:14:00 Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbo w Bridge . When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and ... More About: Pets , Heaven
Planting Day
2007-06-27 08:14:00 When I was little, I often helped my mother plant our family’s garden. As soon as the chilly winds of Chicago winter gave way to spring, Mom would be outside with a spade, seed packets, gardening gloves, and a secret smile that had been hibernating all winter. That smile never seemed to shine as bright ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Love , Inspiration , Anti
The Meaning Of Life
2007-06-24 08:14:00 A story is told by Robert Fulghum, a Unitarian minister, about a seminar he once attended in Greece. On the last day of the conference, the discussion leader walked over to the bright light of an open window and looked out. Then he asked if there were any questions. Fulghum laughingly asked him what was the ... More About: Life , Meaning , Meaning of life
The Little Girl And The Piano
2007-06-21 08:14:00 A little girl wanted to become a great pianist, but all she could play on the piano was the simple little tune, “Chopsticks”. No matter how hard she tried, that was the best she could do. Her parents decided after some time to arrange for a great maestro to teach her to play properly. Of ... More About: Religion , Inspirational , Life , God , Love
Two Stories
2007-06-19 08:14:00 STORY NUMBER ONE World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Poetry , Love , Stories
A Real Leader
2007-06-17 08:14:00 Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes. One day he decided to get the sweetest mango available, from the very top of the tree. Mangoes which are exposed to the sun the most are the sweetest. So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Inspiration , Educational , Real
Promise Yourself
2007-06-14 08:14:00 To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only of the best, to work only ... More About: Religion , Inspirational , Life , Faith , Inspiration
Risk Of Listening
2007-06-10 08:14:00 People have an uncanny faculty of hearing but not really listening. Words go in one ear and out the other, especially when they present a challenge. Because of pride or stubbornness or for some other reason, people refuse to really listen to each other. Disputes go unresolved, misunderstandings deepen, chances for peace and happiness and love ... More About: Life , Educational , Risk , Listening
Maximize Opportunities
2007-06-07 08:14:00 Halfway through a banquet address, Woody Hayes, former coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, took off on the evils of the forward pass. He explained the horror of the trajectory of the ball between the passer and the receiver. If it’s perfect, the result is a completion. If not, two of three possible effects of ... More About: Inspirational , Life , God , Faith , Inspiration
Self-Preservation
2007-06-05 08:14:00 Many things have been done - or words were said That pierced the heart - like a bullet of lead And though the event came - and soon was gone The sting of it all - lingered on and on. Dwelling on the past - though time has marched on Will make us miserable - no mood for a song, Because ... More About: Preservation , Reserva
Giving From The Heart
2007-06-03 08:14:00 When I was a teenager, probably about 13, my mother taught me a very valuable lesson I’ve never forgotten. We were grocery shopping in a small store one day when I noticed a family come into the store. It looked like a mother, her daughter, and her granddaughter. They were clean but dressed in worn ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Love , Inspiration , Heart
A Wolf Story
2007-06-01 08:14:00 With all her big brothers and sisters off to school, our ranch became a lonely place for our three-year-old daughter, Becky. She longed for playmates. Cattle and horses were too big to cuddle and farm machinery dangerous for a child so small. We promised to buy her a puppy but in the meantime, “Pretend” puppies ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Friends , Love , Story
Permission To Cry
2007-05-31 08:14:00 Alone in the wheel of light at the dining room table, surrounded by an otherwise darkened house, I sat in tears. Finally, I?d succeeded in getting both kids to bed. A relatively new single parent, I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children. I got them both washed, accompanied by shrieks ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Love , Inspiration , Sion
Lessons I Have Learnt
2007-05-28 17:12:00 When a man surveys his past from middle age he must surely ask himself what those bygone years have taught him. If I have learned anything in the swift unrolling of the web of time, it is the virtue of tolerance, of moderation in thought and deed, of forbearance toward one’s fellowmen. I have come also ... More About: Learn , Less , Sons , Lesson , Lessons
An Act Of Kindness
2007-05-27 08:14:00 President Abraham Lincoln often visited hospitals to talk with wounded soldiers during the Civil War. Once, doctors pointed out a young soldier who was near death and Lincoln went over to his bedside.”Is there anything I can do for you?” asked the President. The soldier obviously didn’t recognize Lincoln, and with some effort he was ... More About: Inspirational , Friends , Love , Friendship , Inspiration
About True Love
2007-05-24 08:14:00 A young woman who fancied herself a poetess, and who had her own ideas about love, once came with her poems to the editorial office of a New York magazine. The editor asked her what she wanted. She told him that she had some poems that she would like to have published in his magazine. ... More About: Love , True , True Love
Friends?
More articles from this author:2007-05-21 08:14:00 Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear. Don’t cry over anyone who won’t cry over you. Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget. You can only go as far as you push. Actions speak louder than words. The hardest thing to do is watch the one you ... More About: Inspirational , Life , Friends , God , Love 1, 2, 3 |
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