March 2005

Week One

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."
~ Henry van Dyke

Week Two

The Loom of Time

~ Author Unknown

Man's life is laid in the loom of time
To a pattern he does not see,
While the weavers work and the shuttles fly
Till the dawn of eternity.

Some shuttles are filled with silver threads
And some with threads of gold,
While often but the darker hues
Are all that they may hold.

But the weaver watches with skillful eye
Each shuttle fly to and fro
And sees the pattern so deftly wrought
As the loom moves sure and slow.

God surely planned the pattern
Each thread, the dark and fair,
Is chosen by His master skill
And placed in the web with care.

He only knows its beauty
And guides the shuttle which hold
The threads so unattractive
As well as the threads of gold.

Not till each loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God reveal the pattern
And explain the reason why.

The dark threads were so needful
In the weaver's skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
For the pattern which He planned.

Week Three

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."
~ William James

Week Four

"It isn't the hours you spend at the table, it's the seconds."
~ Author Unknown

Week Five

"Happiness is good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to help make others happy."
~ Author Unknown

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