BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 28TH , 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Always you can go higher, for within yourself you are greater than you think

TODAY’S QUOTE

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralf Emerson

HAPPY SUNDAY!

Day 3 of my 4 day weekend!

Today I head down to the ‘campsite’ to visit. I’m off to church first and then will leave from there. One of my dulcimer buddies will be going with me . It’ll be nice to have some company on the hour and a half drive to and from.

I’ll have lots of pictures to post tomorrow.

Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.

Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the selfless acts

they perform for us in our time of need.

I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior

May God Bless You !!

Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !

TODAY IS…KITE FLYING DAY

It's hard to guess who flew the first kites. But, we can date kites as far back as 3000 years ago in China - they were made from bamboo and silk and were first used by the military. Over the centuries, kites have been reproduced around the world for many different reasons. They took on mystical and religious meaning in most of Asia and were used in scientific experiments in the US (remember Ben Franklin). Most of all, they have provided endless hours of outdoor fun.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Butterfly Day.

Today is National Hamburger Day

970 BC: Solomon was born in Israel. He purposely became Israel’s best educated, richest, wisest king. He had more fun, more women, and achieved more good than any king in history. But he decided it was all vain, and that man’s whole duty in life was to honor and obey God.

1954: President Dwight Eisenhower signed a law that added the words "under God" to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance

1982 The legendary train, Orient Express, made popular through Agatha Christie’s thrilling mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express, was reborn. The 26-hour train trip resumed across the European continent after a long respite

(It's always been my dream to travel on the Orient Express)

TODAY’S SMILE

A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE

Pythagorean theorem: 24 words

The Lord’s Prayer: 66 words

Archimedes’ Principle: 67 words

The 10 Commandments: 179 words

The Gettysburg Address: 286 words

The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words

The US Government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words

and a little story for you today....

God and the Spider

During the War, a US marine was separated from his unit. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades Alone in the hills, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.

Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed

As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen." After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one.."

Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave. As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.

Ha, he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."

As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on.

Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while. "Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."

We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways. As the great leader, Nehemiah, reminded the people of Israel when they faced the task of rebuilding Jerusalem,

In God we will have success!

Nehemiah 2:20

TODAY’S WORD

travesty \TRAV-uh-stee\ noun

1 : a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter 2 : a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation

"Travesty," can also be a verb meaning "to make a travesty of" or "to parody "

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused.

1 Timothy 4:4

Have you ever wondered why God made a particular creature, like mosquitos or snakes? I’ve often wondered about earthworms. Why did God form such creepy crawlers?

Actually, worms have an indispensable function to fulfill. In an average acre of ground there are countless earthworms continually breaking up the soil. Their silent and invisible activity is absolutely essential—no worms, no vegetation.

Not only in nature but also in our lives there are invisible forces at work. There is the silent and unseen work of prayer by those who are concerned about our well-being. There is the work of our own spiritual discipline, as we pray and meditate on God’s Word. And there is the vital work of the Holy Spirit, breaking up the clogged soil of our souls and producing in us the Christlike fruit of “love, joy, peace, longsuffering . .

God has ordained unseen influences that bear fruit. Whether it’s the lowly earthworm or the crown of God’s creation—the human race—there is so much more at work than meets the eye.

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful,

The Lord God made them all.

Alexander

From Our Daily Bread

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

If you see a spider at noon, it is bringing you good news

24 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER !

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

I Love You All !!!