May GOD Give You Grace Always To Be A Blessing Wherever You Go.

The sweet and quiet influence of your life!

(J.R. Miller, "Intimate Letters on Personal Problems" 1914)

"GOD did not call us to be 

impure, but to live a holy life." 

1 Thessalonians 4:7 

I know Christians who are not brilliant,
who never do any great things--
but whose lives are so true, so
consistent, so Christlike, that
wherever they go, they carry
in their very presence a bit
of heavenly sunshine.

Concerning one of these,
a friend said a few years ago,
standing by the coffin of the young
woman who had been called home,
"Wherever she went, flowers grew
in her pathway, and the air was
always sweeter when she
entered the room."

This is true of certain lives,
even apart from what they do.
Of course, it is the godly life
and character, which makes
the pleasant face, and which
gives to the presence its
strange power.

May GOD give you grace always
to be a blessing wherever you go,
not only in the things you do 
and the things you say--
but still more in the sweet and 
quiet influence of your life.

"Your beauty should not come 
from outward adornment, such 
as braided hair and the wearing 
of gold jewelry and fine clothes. 
Instead, it should be that of your 
inner self,the unfading beauty of a 
gentle and quiet spirit, which is 
of great worth in GOD'S sight!" 
1 Peter 3:3-4

"Set an example for the believers 
in speech, in life, in love, in faith 
and in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12

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