And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,
And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and whips every son whom he receives.
Wang Zhi “The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains” is a well-known ancient Chinese fable about an old man who was determined to dig away the two mountains in front of his house despite the impossibility of the task. Today, I’d like to tell a modern version ...
So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine.
And said, Truly I say to you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
