Beloved, while it's important not to neglect external duties, which have their value, we must ensure that we also enjoy a living, personal relationship with Jesus. Make sure that sitting at the Savior's feet is not neglected, even if it’s for the sake of serving Him. The first priority for our spiritual

health, for His glory, and for our usefulness is to keep ourselves in constant communion with the Lord Jesus and to maintain the vital spirituality of our faith above everything else in the world.

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life.

Some people have a tendency to create their own misery; they have a knack for imagining everything that is dark, depressing, and wretched. Even if they were placed in the most beautiful paradise, with clear skies, where birds sing sweetly, and the earth

is full of color and fragrance, they wouldn’t be content until they had imagined for themselves a river of despair flowing through a valley filled with graves and shrouded in eternal darkness.