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   "What does it mean to take up your cross? It means the willing acceptance,   
   at the hand of Providence, of every means of healing, bitter though it may   
   be, that is offered. Do great catastrophes fall on you? Be obedient to   
   God’s will, as Noah was. Is sacrifice demanded of you? Give yourself into   
   God’s hands with the same faith as Abraham had when he went to sacrifice   
   his son. Is your property ruined? Do your children die suddenly? Suffer it   
   all with patience, cleaving to God in your heart, as Job did. Do your   
   friends forsake you, and you find yourself surrounded by enemies? Bear it   
   all without grumbling, and with faith that God’s help is at hand, as the   
   apostles did."   
      
   St. Nikolai Velimirovich, Orthodox Homilies for Sundays and Feast Days.   
      
   "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he   
   will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap   
   corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap   
   everlasting life."  Galatians 6:7-8   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)