Heart Strings
Heart Strings
Character Vs. talent
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
• It is better to sing plainly with an humble, broken heart than to sing beautifully while lifted up in pride.
• It is better to speak the truth without applause than to receive standing ovations just tickling men's ears.
• It is better to make less money working honorably with God's priorities first than to work in questionable occupations or skipping godly priorities or compromising your testimony to make a fatter pay check.
• It is better to lose a game playing fairly than to win it by cheating.
• It is better to eat beans working hard than to eat filet mignon drawing welfare.
• It is better to make D's in school from your memory than to make the honor roll from a cheat sheet.
• It is better to be disciplined than talented, on time than more rested or better dressed, and beautiful inside than more stylish outside.
• It is better to be pure than to date around a lot.
• It is better to be right than popular.
• It is better to walk alone than to have the wrong friends.
• It is better to stick it out where God put you than to quit and get relief.
• It is better to stay with a bad marriage, trying to make it work, than to divorce in hopes of a better situation for yourself while damaging your kids.
• It is better for a woman to be virtuous than beautiful.
• It is better to be a godly father than a successful business man.
• It is better for children to be righteous and ignorant than immoral and highly educated. While we strive to do a good job in all areas, the heart should always take precedence over the mind. A bad attitude leads to bad character.
• It is better to be faithful than flashy and to spend 10 minutes with God a day than one hour once a week.
• It is better to teach children obedience than to make stimulating their creativity the highest priority.
• It is better to tell your children "NO" and regret it than to say "Yes" and regret it.
• It is better to shame myself by confessing my faults than to hide my sins living a lie.
• It is better to serve others than to rule over them.
• It is better to be available in the moment of need than better prepared.
• It is better to try, depending on God for strength, than to refuse until you are self-confident.
• It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
A man who runs on feelings is mastered by his passions. A man who lives by character trains his passions to his duties.