The animal, as it dies in physical agony, is comforted by the Saviour.

The animal, as it dies in physical agony, is comforted by the Saviour. Let there be no misunderstanding on this subject. Every pang endured throughout creation is borne in three parts by God, and so, it should not be an effort for us to understand that the tiniest animal killed—in play, or intentionally—by a larger one, is soothed and comforted by Him who is the King of kings and the Lord of all.

A young lady holding a pug dog | François Boucher (1703–1770) | Art Gallery of New South Wales

No sparrow falls to the ground without the knowledge of its Creator.

We are told in our Bible that no sparrow falls to the ground without the knowledge of its Creator (Matt. 10:29), but we are not told in the same definite way that not one bird or animal or even the tiniest insect that suffers, needlessly or necessarily, is not soothed and comforted by God.

A female house sparrow (Passer domesticus), in Bairnsdale, Victoria | Fir0002/Flagstaffotos | Creative Commons Non-commercial licence

Don't let the shadows make barriers by putting anything in between.

Don't let the shadows make barriers by putting anything in between.

The Antelope Canyon in Arizona | Lucas Löffler

Oh, that I might be better!

Oh, that I might be better! Just because there is in our hearts and minds this spiritual longing, so God can lift us up, can establish us in security forever.

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Hold on tight to the anchorage of Christ.

Hold on tight to the anchorage of Christ.

Blood and Iron | Charles Ernest Butler | Imperial War Museums

Search within for spiritual courage.

Be brave. Search within for spiritual courage. Try and demonstrate Christ in your daily life—be thoughtful, be kind and know that, in so doing, the happiness you pass on to others will echo back to the soul within because there is unity with the Spirit and the harmony, which is of God alone.

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Why are we here?

We are here to grow—to grow in the likeness of God our Father.

Ascent of the Blessed | Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1450 –1516) | Doge's Palace

Power and to perfection is the ultimate end of all.

Power—and to perfection—that is the ultimate end of all, and will be worked out down to the tiniest fraction—worked out because God is God and Lord of all—the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.

The Creation of Adam | Michelangelo (1475–1564)

God is God and Lord of all—never forget that.

God is God and Lord of all—never forget that.

Findhorn war memorial | Charles Clegg | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

In the Silence, the Voice of the Spirit is heard.

In the Silence, the Voice of the Spirit is heard. In the Silence, I heard the voice of the One who never forsakes even those who are on the outposts of spiritual life—who never forsakes and never lets go, and He, gathering up my physical distress, turned it into so rich a blessing that I was prepared—in some measure—for all the love, the beauty, and the brightness that is everywhere on this side.

Try and take to yourselves—you who are out on this big journey of exploration into the spiritual while yet bound by the physical—take comfort from my own experience, and know that you too, in God's good time, will emerge from the coldness, the isolation, and the mental separation from the world at large—and find yourselves in a realm where the most perfect companionship and understanding prevail. And in that hour of revelation, you will look back with amazement to think that the body or the darts of the world could ever have touched you at all to give you pain—could ever have acted as a barrier between you and Love.

The spirit of Captain R. F. Scott

Saint Anne | Stanisław Lorentz, Tadeusz Dobrzeniecki, Krystyna Kęplicz, Monika Krajewska (1990) | National Museum in Warsaw, Arkady

The means of bringing more to ourselves.

God's ways are marvellous indeed. He gives first to us that we may help another, and then duplicates and triplicates His gift by making that passing on to another the means of bringing more to ourselves.

The spirit of Captain R. F. Scott

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God is there to hold you lest you fall.

Raise your eyes to the crest of the hill—keep them from the valley beneath and be certain that, as you climb, renewed strength and additional help will be available every inch of the way—and God is there to hold you lest you fall.

The Guardian of Paradise, Franz Stuck (1863–1928) | The Yorck Project (2002)

There is proof positive that faith is made into fact.

Let this thought go very deep—there is proof positive that faith—in the end—is made into certainty and into fact.

A man praying at a Japanese Shintō shrine | Kalandrakas (カランドラカス), Kanagawa, Japan | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

By God's grace, that which is missing shall be made good.

We cannot work against the physical, but by God's grace, that which is missing shall be made good.

A little angel (1902) | Fitz W. GuerinUnited States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division

The Love of the Greater Self Within

Those who suffer—and some suffer greatly—know that in God's sight, such afflictions of the body are counted as gifts direct to Him because of the love of the greater self within—that all-seeing, all-wise self—which is able to look beyond the present and to see in the great Hereafter what it has brought in the way of holiness.

Titanic Memorial, Belfast | Yamen Bousrih | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

How does God protect us?

 How does God protect us?

He protects us far, far more comprehensively than we could imagine protection could be.

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The Cross is a triumph over sorrow.

The Cross, not as a sign of sorrow, but of triumph over sorrow. 

Pain, not as a symbol of the body, but of the spirit within—the spirit, which seeing all, understands all and takes on all for its at-one-ment with the God who made it.

Weed out weak thoughts and actions from your daily life.

When we think weak thoughts—and how much more so when we allow ourselves to do weak actions—even when we think weak thoughts, we are sending out weakness which may attach itself to those who are not yet strong enough to fight against it.

No one can say—This only concerns me because it is not a fact. Try by prayer, by watchfulness, and by self-discipline, to weed out these things from your daily life—to leave a clear field so that the spirit can stretch itself and grow.

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I did it myself!

Spiritual growth is a very delicate thing. In our world, we are used to the cruder side. It is not easy for us to understand the extreme fineness of everything that appertains to the spirit because we have no parallel at all. The growth of the spirit is a very delicate thing, inasmuch as the trivial can retard that growth, as well as the dynamic forces of evil, which are thrown against it. And we are here to grow—to grow in the likeness of God our Father. We are here to make the most of the opportunity provided by Love. We are here to guard the treasure within because hereafter any neglect will cause us anguish because the cry is always the same—I did it myself!

Truly, suicide is not a solution; as the author of this image asserts suicide is not a solution, speak up and seek help | Health and Wellness in Africa (Nigeria) to stop the stigmatization against mental illness | Author Damilareadeyemi from Wikimedia Commons | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

We can find our key to many great spiritual truths in Nature.

In Nature, we can find our key to many great spiritual truths if only we seek for it with the mind of the spirit, and not with the mind of the body.

The original Blue Horse by Franz Marc transformed as a photo mosaic. Created with a custom programme that selected 300 .jpg images from Wikimedia Commons (2003-2020) | User F7a8 from Wikimedia Commons | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International