Reflection of the Day - 10/29/2008

We must not despise even the
slightest appearance of spiritual life,
for it may grow.
D. Elton Trueblood, Ph.D., The Trustworthiness of Religious Experience (Friends United Press), Section 3: Removal of Specific Objections

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Further Thoughts For Reflection:

There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down,

it will sprout again, and

its new shoots will not fail.

Its roots may grow old in the ground

and its stump die in the soil,

yet at the scent of water it will bud

and put forth shoots like a plant. [Job 14:7-9]

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Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die,

it remains but a single seed. [John 12:24]

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Many have found that,

by following out the hints of their imperfect faith,

the hints grow stronger,

just as the eye becomes clearer

by the use of the microscope. [D. Elton Trueblood]