Recently I quoted from Augustine on humility, the
following rounds the thought out nicely.

"Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten."
Missionary Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf

"For those who would learn God's ways, humility is the first thing,
humility is the second, and humility is the third."      Augustine

Ah, but it's well-nigh impossible for this one. 

"The Almighty Maker of all mankind
Has granted him wondrously once more to be
What before he was, with feathers appareled
Though fire clasp him close in its grip.

So each blessed soul through somber death
After his life-days of sore distress
Gains life everlasting, knowing God's grace
In bliss never-ending; and ever thereafter
Resides in glory as reward for his works.
The traits of this bird clearly betoken
Christ's chosen thanes, how on earth they thrill
By the Father's grace with a gleaming joy
In this perilous time, and attain thereafter
Bliss on high in the heavenly home."

The Phoenix from An Anthology of Old English Poetry

From Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered
Writings by Laura Ingalls Wilder:

As New Year after New Year comes, these waves upon
the river of life bear us farther along toward the
ocean of Eternity, either protesting the inevitable
and looking longingly back toward years that are
gone or with calmness and faith facing the future
serene in the knowledge that the power behind life's
currents is strong and good.

And thinking of these things, I have concluded that
whether it is sad to grow old depends on how we face
it, whether we are looking forward with confidence
or backward with regret.

Psalm 119:16
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make
you fishers of men." Mark 4;19

Luke 10:2
The harvest truly is great,
but the laborers are few;
therefore pray he Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest.

Sunday Thoughts

I Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
a holy nation,
His own special people,
that you may proclaim the praise of Him
who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light,

Psalm 104:19
He appointed the moon for seasons;
The sun knows its going down.