Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.
Interpretation
Anything that brings us to prayer is a blessing, as it deepens our connection with the divine.
This quote suggests that experiences or situations that compel us to pray and reflect are invaluable gifts. In moments of gratitude or hardship, the act of turning to prayer invites a deeper awareness of our blessings and challenges, reinforcing a spiritual connection that enhances our lives.
In practice
In a speech about the power of gratitude, one could quote, 'Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.' to emphasize the importance of spiritual reflection.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.
may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not hear them men are old may my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple and even if it's sunday may i be wrong for whenever men are right they are not young and may myself do nothing usefully and love yourself so more than truly there's never been quite such a fool who could fail pulling all the sky over him with one smile
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.
I think teaching a man to hate himself is much more criminal than teaching a man to hate someone else.
You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind.
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