“Not till I was shut up to prayer and to the study of God's word by the loss of earthly joys sickness destroying the flavor of them all did I begin to penetrate the mystery that is learned under the cross. And wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ, and to know that I love Him this is all.” KnowsJoySufferingChristPrayerLossSimpleStudyMysteryCrossesSicknessDestroyingShut UpFlavorPenetrateWondrousI Love Him Book:Stepping Heavenward. By the author of 'The flower of the family'. Source: Stepping Heavenward. By the author of 'The flower of the family'.
“Here is a little mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God, and the body in which it dwells is worth all it will cost, since it is abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to your mothers heart, welcome to her time, her strength, her health, to her most tender cares, to her life-long prayers! Oh how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blest!” HeartMayLittlesLongTwoSoulBodyCareMotherPrayerRichFeetBabyCostKissingMouthsTrainWelcomeLong LifeNurseryAbodeTenants Author:Elizabeth Prentiss
“If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry ... and if the instant you feel yourself growing nervous and ... out of breath, you would stop and take a breath, you would find this simple common-sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish.” IfsFeelsMindWorkPrayerSimpleCommonGrowingTearsBreathsAccomplishCommon SenseNervousInstantMake Up Your Mind Author:Elizabeth Prentiss
