The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.
Interpretation
The morning is a sacred time to dedicate to spiritual reflection and gratitude.
This quote emphasizes the importance of beginning each day with a moment of reverence and gratitude towards a higher power. By dedicating the first fresh hour of the morning to the Lord, one acknowledges the divine mercy that illuminates and enriches life, symbolized by 'golden light'. This practice can set a positive tone for the rest of the day.
In practice
During a morning motivational session, referencing the quote can inspire attendees to start their day with intention.
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.
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
It's not my victory, it's yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the system can work for all minorities if we fight. We've given them hope.
I've been blessed with talents to play this game and been put on a stage to impact a lot of people. I don't want to take that for granted.
Be strong and of good courage. You are truly royal spirit daughters of Almighty God. You are princesses, destined to become queens. Your own wondrous story has already begun. Your "once upon a time" is now.
I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.
I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.
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