Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.
Interpretation
Anything that brings us to prayer is a blessing, as it deepens our connection with the divine.
This quote suggests that experiences or situations that compel us to pray and reflect are invaluable gifts. In moments of gratitude or hardship, the act of turning to prayer invites a deeper awareness of our blessings and challenges, reinforcing a spiritual connection that enhances our lives.
In practice
In a speech about the power of gratitude, one could quote, 'Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.' to emphasize the importance of spiritual reflection.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one step to reach out to people, when you meet with others and share their thoughts and sufferings, infinite compassion and wisdom well up within your heart. Your life is transformed.
To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.
No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.
Individuals who were submerged in reality, merely feeling their needs, emerge from reality and perceive the causes of their needs.
Silence is a source of great strength.
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