CQOD is the “Christian Quote of the Day,” an email I receive each morning with quotes from Christian writers ancient and contemporary, well know and obscure. (You can also find their Facebook page as well as their web site.) Recently one quote caught my attention and gave me pause for thought. I offer it now in the hopes that the quote for the day can bring forth in you a thought for living.
“Thank You for home (although we hold the deed),
Our acre, trees, and flowers (ours by choice),
Our faithful dog and cat (though it’s agreed
No one can own the latter), each good book
(A gift, or purchased), all else we foresaw
That we should cherish, and have made to look
Ours by possession (nine points of the law).”
With what presumption have we called them ours,
And even felt unselfish when we shared them–
When, if the truth be known, they have been Yours
From the beginning, Lord! You have prepared them
For us to borrow, using as our own:
So thank You, Father, for this generous loan.
… Elaine V. Emans
The Apprentice Priest 