TRUST

HINTS ON HOW TO BE A FRIEND

helping a friend

Hints on How to Be a Friend ============================ 1. Be Trustworthy. When a friend tells you a secret, keep it. Don’t repeat it to others. Trust is a vital part of friendship. Loss of trust can destroy a friendship. 2. Be sensitive. Be aware of a friend’s needs. Try to know when your friend needs to be with you and when your friend wants to be alone. Respect his or her wish for privacy and need for personal space. 3. Be dependable. If you make a promise read more

FAITH

faith

I will not doubt, though all my ships at sea Come drifting home with broken masts and sails: I shall believe the hand which never fails, From seeming evil worketh good to me; And, though I weep because those sails are battered, Still will I cry, while my best hopes lie shattered “I TRUST IN THEE”   I will not doubt, though all my prayers return Unanswered from the still, white realm above: I shall believe it is an all-wise love Which has refused those things for which I yearn. And read more

DO YOU TRUST GOD?

Blondin--Niagra falls, 1859

“There are always uncertainties ahead, but there is always one certainty–God’s will is good.” -Vernon Paterson  // // Pastor Nataniel Bronner once told a story about the first man who was able to walk across Niagra falls and he stretched a rope all the way across.  He is called the great Blondin. He said, “Blondin walked across Niagara falls and there was this crowd of people all around, waiting to see this daring man walk across Niagara falls.“Blondin walked across Niagara falls, read more