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There, but for the grace of God, go I…

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I’ve looked for the source on this for years. Finally, I found this reference and have posted it below. ~Steve

“On seeing several criminals being led to the scaffold in the 16th century, English Protestant martyr John Bradford remarked, ‘There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.’ His words, without his name, are still very common ones today for expressing one’s blessings compared to the fate of another. Bradford was later burned at the stake as a heretic.” From the “Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson, Facts on File, New York, 1997.

Real Temptation…

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May I ask some personal questions?

Have you ever mistakenly elevated your physical needs and desires above your relationship with God?

Your sex life? Your friendships? Your finances? It would be very easy to believe the devil when he tempts us to consider these things more important than our walk with God. It would be easy to turn worthless stones into bread without regard for what it would do to our relationships with God.

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Happiness Quotient <> Bank Balance

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I found these laying around in a file on my PC.

Where is happiness found? John Rockefeller, a Christian millionaire said, “I have made many millions, but they brought me no happiness. I would barter them all for the days I sat on an office stool in Cleveland and counted myself rich on three dollars a week.”

W.H. Vanderbilt said, “The care of 200 million dollars is too great a load for any brain or back to bear. It is enough to kill anyone. There is no pleasure in it.”

John Jacob Astor left five million, but had been a martyr to dyspepsia and melancholy. He said, “I am the most miserable man on earth.”

Henry Ford, the automobile king, said, “Work is the only pleasure. It is only work that keeps me alive and makes life worth living. I was happier when doing a mechanic’s job.”

Andrew Carnegie, the multi-millionaire, said, “Millionaires seldom smile.”

A. Naismith as quoted by Paul Lee Tan #3546

Regarding the title of this post, “<>” means “does not equal.”