At the beach.

What a blessing it was today to read two quotes by leaders in the devotional treasury UNTO THE HILLS by Billy Graham, – November 10 –  one by Benjamin Franklin and the second by Abraham Lincoln.

“I HAVE LIVED, SIR, A LONG TIME, AND THE LONGER I LIVE THE MORE CONVINCING PROOFS I SEE OF THIS TRUTH: THAT GOD GOVERNS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN. AND IF A SPARROW CANNOT FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT HIS NOTICE, IT IS PROBABLE THAT AN EMPIRE CANNOT RISE WITHOUT HIS AID.” – Benjamin Franklin addressing the chairman of the Constitutional Convention, meeting at Philadelphia in 1787.

“I HAVE BEEN DRIVEN MANY TIMES TO MY KNEES BY THE OVERWHELMING CONVICTION THAT I HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. MY OWN WISDOM, AND THAT OF ALL ABOUT ME, SEEMED INSUFFICIENT FOR THE DAY.” – Abraham Lincoln.

Billy Graham says,”Would that our leadership were as humble today!”

The Bible says, “SINCE THEY HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD, WHAT KIND OF WISDOM DO THEY HAVE?”