Thanks for all

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.
-CS Lewis-

Psalm 34:11 - 22

Psa 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psa 34:12 Who is the man who desires life And loves length of days that he may see good?

Psa 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

Psa 34:14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

Psa 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry.

Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Psa 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD hears And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Psa 34:18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Psa 34:20 He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken.

Psa 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Psa 34:22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

The path to peace

The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to
God is filled with His own Peace; and inasmuch as we are prone
to grow like that to which we are closely united, the closer
we draw to our God, so much the stronger and more steadfast
and more tranquil shall we become.
- Jean N. Grou (1731-1803) -