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A mother is the truest friend we have
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. –Washington Irving All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. -Abraham Lincoln My…
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Where is Contentment to be Found?
Written by Jimmie Burroughs One of the most elusive things in the world is contentment, where is contentment to be found? The Apostle Paul tells us: (Philippians 4) 11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me. Paul is saying that he is content when in prosperity or when in need. More…