Clairest Of Them.....All (thoughts of a lighthouse )

Standing for what you believe in, Regardless of the odds against you, and the pressure that tears at your resistance, means courage Keeping a smile on your face, When inside you feel like dying, For the sake of supporting others, means strength Stopping at nothing, And doing what's in your heart, You know is right, means determination Doing more than is expected, To make another's life a little more bearable, Without uttering a single complaint, means compassion Helping a friend in need, No matter the time or effort, To the best of your ability, means loyalty Giving more than you have, and expecting nothing But nothing in return, means selflessness Holding your head high, And being the best you know you can be When life seems to fall apart at your feet, Facing each difficulty with the confidence That time will bring you better tomorrows, And never giving up, means confidence.

Have you ever wondered why you do what you do? One former Navy pilot tells how he was living a wilderlife than he knew he should live. He decided hisproblem was that he was being led astray by hisfriends in flight training. So he arranged to finish his work in the program early and be transferred to another field nearby. Yet, it wasn't long, he said, before he was back inthe same old bars, with the same girls, just with different friends. One night out-on-the-town hewondered, "Why do I do this?" And he realized, "Because I like to." Before a person becomes a Christian-I mean a realChristian, not just someone who says he is-his"want-to" is broken. He is not interested in God. He is bored by church and by reading his Bible. He cannot"make" himself "want to" do right and he cannot "make" himself "want not" to do wrong. When a person is born again, God repairs his "want-to." Eventhough he still feels the pu...