Your Daily Reprieve

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday  April  29, 2014 From Stuart , Florida The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air. ~ Henri F. Amiel I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit. It helps to keep a woman young. ~ Helena Rubinstein God has done some mighty fine work with what the world thought was very indifferent material. St. Paul and St. Augustine were two examples of men that God chose that no personnel officer in the world today would have given the OK. AA is full of similar examples where God had chosen the godless and made him His instrument for the performance of good work. The tremendous energy, zeal, initiative, enthusiasm and ambition that were factors in our becoming alcoholics, now diverted to better use, make us well qualified to serve in God’s cause...

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday April  28, 2014 From Stuart , Florida "Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off. " ~Anonymous Why is the world? Why are we here? What is the purpose? Why must we live and suffer and die? Without God there would be no answer. We do not know the great extent of God’s purpose, but we do know that we as individuals, each and every one, must somehow fit into that purpose. We can only know God as He has revealed Himself to us. We know His principle attribute is goodness. Therefore His purpose must be good and we can best serve that purpose by aspiring to the highest standard of goodness that we can conceive. ~The Eye Opener "Pray not because you need something but because you have a lot to thank God for." ~Anonymous "If I want to be of some use to someone (my family, my employer...