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Words Worth Remembering

5/11/2020

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It is Not Easy

To apologise for a wrong,
To begin all over again,
To forgive and forget,
To control a bad temper,
To keep a high standard,
To remember that the sun will shine:
But it is worth while.

John Wesley's Rule

Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.

The Mission by Patience Strong

Christ came not to relieve us of every heavy load,
But to make us stronger to take the uphill road.
He came, not to protect us beneath His sheltered wings,
But to give us courage to fight evil things. 
He came to wage a battle; the right against the wrong ...
​Not to make life easy - but to make men strong.

George Dana Boardman says...

Sow an act, reap a habit,
Sow a habit, reap a character,
​Sow a character, reap a destiny!

John Boyle O'Reilly muses...

What is the real good?
I asked in a musing mood.

Order, said the Law Court;
Knowledge, said the school;
Truth, said the wise man;
Pleasure, said the fool;
Love, said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page;
Freedom, said the dreamer;
Home; said the sage;
Fame; said the soldier;
Equity, the seer;
Spake my heart full sadly:
The answer is not here.

Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard:
Each heart holds the secret;
Kindness is the word.
​
"'Tis not the dying for a faith that is so difficult ... 'tis the living up to it that is difficult."
William Makepeace Thackeray

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”
Elbert Hubbard

"What seems to me to grow fairer as life goes by is the love and grace and tenderness of it; not it's wit and cleverness and grandeur of knowledge (grand as knowledge is) but just the laughter of little children and the friendship of friends; the cosy talk by the fireside; the sight of flowers and the sound of music."
​John Richard Green
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    Rev'd Martin Wheadon
    I have been ordained as a minister since 2001, working on my own and within a team. I was the minister at Gants Hill URC until 30th September 2021. I also have 34 years of banking behind me, during which I enjoyed developing teams and working to deadlines. Pastoral care, preaching, being alongside people and journeying with members of congregations on their spiritual journeys are my delights. 

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