Leaves of Life - June 9

JUNE NINTH

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many; not upon your past misfortunes, of which all have some.

—Charles Dickens.

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there,
Which, sought through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home! home! sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home!
—John Howard Payne.
 
For thou shalt forget thy misery;
Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away.
—Job 11. 16.
 
Lord God, my soul fills with gratitude for the blessings which I have received and enjoyed. Help me to conform to thy will concerning my duties. May I not try to resist thy providence. I pray that thou wilt bless my daily life, and make my home a place to dispense kindness and cheerfulness. Amen.
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