May 11

Thou shalt rejoice in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee. — Deut 26:11

And methought that beauty and terror are only one, not two; And the world has room for love, and death, and thunder and dew; And all the sinews of hell slumber in the summer air; And the face of God is a rock, but the face of the rock is fair. Beneficent streams of tears flow at the finger of pain; And out of the cloud that smites, beneficent rivers of rain.
— Robert Louis Stevenson.

It is more shameful to be distrustful of our friends than to be deceived by them.
— La Rochefoucauld.

Prayer

Lord God, may I comprehend the sacredness of friendship. I thank thee for my friends, and for all the beautiful influences which they bring to my life. May I never hold friendship without the sincerity to return it. Correct my faults, and cause me to learn the secret of cheerful endurance, that I may be steadfast. Amen.