There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter. Certain hingepoints in the history of each human. Some seconds are so decisive they shrink the soul, while others are spent, so as to stretch the soul.

Even if work were not an economic necessity, it is a spiritual necessity.

We may never become accustomed to untrue and unjust criticism of us but we ought not to be immobilized by it.

In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all.

We can tell much by what we have already willing discarded along the pathway of discipleship. It is the only pathway where littering is permissible, even encouraged. In the early stages, the debris left behind includes the grosser sins of commission. Later debris differs; things begin to be discarded which have caused the misuse or underuse of our time and talent.

Therefore, as we strive to become as the Father is and as Jesus is, we are to become more gracious and merciful, more kind and considerate. Even more, we are to do this in a world which does little to encourage such qualities of character.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.