more from the desert

 A hermit said to a brother, "Do not measure yourself against your brother, saying that you are more serious or more chaste or more understanding than he is. But be obedient to the grace of God, in the spirit of poverty, and in love unfeigned. The efforts of a man swollen with vanity are futile. It is written, 'Let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall' (I Corinthians 10:12); 'let your speech be seasoned with salt' (Colossians 4:6) and so you will be dependent on Christ."

from Saint Augustine

God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand, you have failed.

Oh boy and girl...........

I can't get past Abraham Lincoln's quotation

A Lincoln Quotation

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
            - Abraham Lincoln

A Bit of Wisdom from the Dessert

A hermit said, "When you flee from the company of other people, or when you despise the world and worldlings, take care to do so as if it were you who was being idiotic."