Quote of the Day

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
—James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)

 Verse of the Day 

Listen, son of mine. . . listen carefully. Keep these thoughts ever in mind; let them penetrate deep within your heart, for they will mean real life for you and radiant health. Above all else, guard your affections. 
—Proverbs 4:20-23

And then. . . 

My father was not only my best friend, but also my hero. I watched him live his faith. Many of the lessons he taught were brief glimpses of what made him real. 

During a difficult period in my teenage years, I needed some things from the upstairs bathroom. I thought everyone was asleep and as I slipped through the hallway passed my parents bedroom, I saw my dad on his knees praying. I knew he was praying for me and he never knew that I saw him.

The day before my wedding (31 years ago), we were driving together. There was a comment on the radio about husbands who had extra-marital affairs. I asked him how I could be sure that it would never happen in my marriage. He said, "Just don't look." We talked about never allowing ourselves to be put in a position of possible compromise. Just looking already "hurts your wife."

As I've traveled on business trips alone, I've thought about those words often. I've never eaten at the hotel bar or gone to the happy hour alone. 

—Paul

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