Today's Thought Gem—August

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The happy and effective

person is motivated by

the love of right doing

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Friends,

Now one full year of Thought Gems is in place for constant inspiration any time you like for any specific day of the year.

The next stage of development I suggest, is to invite you to add your own Thought Gem based on the concept expressed in the particular daily thought gem. Today, 1 August is “Overthrow error and overcome evil by the love of the living truth do good for evil” a suggested match would be:

In all your relations with men do good for evil  

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Vern wrote: Today, 2 August is “If the faith of the Most High has entered your heart you shall abide free from fear all the days of your life” a suggested match would be:

The weary soul of the wandering mortal

finds eternal rest in the arms

of the Most High;

the wise man hungers

for the divine embrace;

the earth child longs for the security

of the arms of the Universal Father  

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Vern wrote: Today, 3 August is “Fret not yourself because of the prosperity of the ungodly fear not those who plot evil let the soul turn away from sin put your whole trust in the God of salvation” a suggested match would be:

 The Lord knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;

the knowledge of the Supreme is understanding.

Says the Almighty God: ‘Walk before me and be perfect.’

Forget not that pride goes before destruction

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

He who rules his own spirit is mightier than he who takes a city 

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Vern wrote:  Today, 4 August is “Make no apology for evil make no excuse for sin by making amends for past sins you acquire strength to resist future tendencies thereto” a suggested match would be:

The fool has said in his heart,

‘Evil shall not overtake me’;

but safety is found only when

the soul craves reproof and

the mind seeks wisdom

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Vern wrote:  Today, 5 August is “No man can rob you of the liberty of your own mind” a suggested match would be:

When the faith of your religion

has emancipated your heart,

when the mind, like a mountain,

is settled and immovable,

then shall the peace of the soul

flow tranquilly like a river of waters

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Vern wrote:  Today, 6 August is “Attainment of immortal wisdom eludes those who persist in being slothful, indolent, feeble, idle, shameless and selfish” a suggested match would be:

Remember, every act shall receive its reward.

Evil results in sorrow and sin ends in pain.

Joy and happiness are the outcome of a good life

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Vern wrote:  Today, 7 August is “He is the greatest of warriors who overcomes and subdues himself” a suggested match would be:

He alone is a

superior person who

esteems virtue and is

observant of his duty

 

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Vern wrote: Today, 8 August is “Contentment is the greatest wealth” a suggested match would be:

Pay good for evil;

overcome evil

with the good

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Vern wrote:Today, 9 August is “Let not anger and hate master you speak harshly of no one” a suggested match would be:

A righteous soul is more to be desired

than the sovereignty of all the earth.

Immortality is the goal of sincerity;

death, the end of thoughtless living

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Vern wrote:  Today, 10 August is “Pride obscures God if you would obtain heavenly help put away your pride” a suggested match would be:

…every hair of pride

shuts off saving light,

as it were, by a great cloud

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Vern wrote:  Today, 11 August is “If you are not right on the inside it’s useless to pray for that which is on the outside” a suggested match would be:

If any creature will worship me,

I will hear his prayer and

grant the desire of his heart

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Vern wrote:  Today, 12 August is “True goodness is like water blesses everything and harms nothing” a suggested match would be:

…like water, true goodness

seeks the lowest places,

even those levels which others avoid,

and that is because it is akin to the Supreme

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Vern wrote:  Today, 13 August is “A wise person regards all parts from the point of view of the whole” a suggested match would be:

Do good

without thought

of benefit

to the self

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Vern wrote:  Today, 14 August is “Relate yourself to every man as if you were in his place” a suggested match would be:

Those who aspire to greatness

must learn to humble themselves

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