Prayers and Thoughts

for Reflection

Lenton Devotional

2008

February 7

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

Thomas Henry Huxley

Throw away all ambition beyond that of doing the day’s work well.  The travelers on the road to success live in the present, heedless of taking thought for the morrow.  Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.

William Osler

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
Jonas Salk

We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

Dear Lord, Thank you for the promise of Your word. Help me to focus on this day and to live it well ignoring the problems that creep in by sidestepping them and finding another way forward.  May I always forge ahead never looking back.  Help me to make each day new.  May I always solve a problem by believing that it can be done, if I only attempt it one step at a time. Help me to always find new dreams to be accomplished. Amen.