I went to a lovely church last week: Ranger SDA church. There were at least as many children as adults, actually maybe more!

I got my inheritance from my grandmother today. "My son, hear the instruction of your father and do not forsake the law of your mother. For they will be a graceful ornament on your head and chains about your neck." She is leaving me all of her EGW gems. Here's the one she wants me to refer to daily. It's so good, I thought I'd post it for everyone to see.

It is not our privilege to measure the actions of others or to criticize their failings. God has not made us the bearers of others' sins. It is with our own selves we have to do. The more thorough the work of repentance and reform in our own lives, the less we shall see to criticize in others. We do wrong when we measure ourselves by the defects we see in others. God does not do so. He understands the circumstances of every life, and He measures the human being by the advantages that each one has had for perfecting a Christian character. He takes into consideration the opportunities the human agent has had for obtaining a knowledge of God and His truth. He who has a true estimation of the law of God will not compare his character with the character of others. He will judge his life by the holy law of God... The growing is a continuous work." SDG 331--from YIFeb. 11, 1908.

Rachel