Sunday, October 12, 2008

Sunday Encouragement

Old First Church Old Bennington VT



"What people need is Jesus Christ, not the Christian religion. Religion is just another futile attempt to reach God by trying to be good. Jesus Christ is the life of God in us, and no human can ever achieve it without Him. This is how ordinary men live extraordinary lives." Jim May


5 comments:

Shell in your Pocket said...

How beautiful...I love churches...especially white ones!
-Sandy Toes

ellen said...

I love the church pictures you always have. Makes me want to drive around and look for them!

Jules from "The Roost" said...

AMEN & AMEN! Love the picture too :)

Glitter & Bliss said...

I love this picture! Reminds me of New England. :)

Denise said...

AMEN! the life of God in us. i hope people see that in me. not that i am a "religious person."

~ Humility ~

Humility is perpetual quietness of heart.
It is to have no trouble.
It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore,
To wonder at nothing that is done to me,
to feel nothing done against me.
It is to be at rest when nobody praises me,
And when I am blamed or despised;
it is to have a blessed home in myself
where I can go in and shut the door
and kneel to my Father
in secret and be at peace,
as in a deep sea of calmness, when all
around and about is trouble.