BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 6TH, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 6TH, 2007

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The only difference between stumbling blocks and steppingstones is the way in which we use them.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Focus on your principles and not the success of the outcome.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Common-looking people are the best in the world; that is the reason the lord makes so many of them.

Abraham Lincoln

HAPPY FINALLY FRIDAY

After a day of wind and snow yesterday, I’m ready to stay indoors today. It was so cold that I hated to go out. I thought about going to the Holy Thursday Services at church last night, but that was as far as it went. Once in I just wanted to stay warm .

All our early Spring Blooms are frozen for sure.

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

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.

25 WORDS

God, I thank You for today, for the ways You will bless me, and for the ways that I will serve others in Your name

TODAY IS…FRESH TOMATO DAY

Tomatoes were grown by the Aztecs and Incas as early as 700 A.D. Seeds were taken back to Europe by explorers in the 1500's. They were called “Love Apples” in France, but were ignored in England as a food (they thought tomatoes were poisonous). Early colonists in the U.S. had the same idea. In 1812, Creoles in New Orleans started making tomato-based gumbos. By 1850, the tomato was being planted in home gardens all over America.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Think About Spring Cleaning Day. Don’t actually do it, just think about it.

Today is Good Friday, the oldest Christian celebration, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus.

Today is Barney Day. "Barney & Friends" Baby Bop,and B.J. premiered on PBS on this date in 1992.

1931: A little cream-filled sponge cake called the Hostess Twinkie went on sale in the U.S. They were created in order to use shortcake baking pans when strawberries were not in season.

1938: Roy Plunkett invented Teflon.

1954: Swanson & Sons introduced a revolutionary American food product—the TV dinner.

TODAY’S SMILE

Bill Goes to Church (Author Unknown)

There was a man named Bill who had never gone to church in his life. No matter how much he was encouraged or coaxed, he couldn't be persuaded to go to church, even on Easter or Christmas. He would say, "When it freezes in June, then I will go to church."

One year there was an unusually cold spring, and it remained cold all the way into the month of June! One day, in early June, the temperature dipped to freezing for several nights. Everyone remembered Bill's statement and wondered if this cold spell would finally get him to come to the church.

Well, yes! It certainly did! On that Sunday, Bill made his first appearance in the church building - while the organ played softly, and six men carried him in. Yes, he made it, but instead of sitting in a pew, he was lying in a casket.

Just as an infant requires food, fresh air, exercise, and the help of others in the physical realm, we need Bible study, praying, service and witnessing, and fellowship in a good church, from the spiritual realm.

A follower of Christ who neglects any of these four cannot expect to grow in his spiritual life. So, I hope you're not being like ol' Bill. Go to church and enjoy the view from the pew!

"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another."

Hebrews 10:25

TODAY’S WORD

macerate

(transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun) [MAS-ah-rayt']

transitive verb 1. to soften by soaking in liquid: "Jesse listened to his sister rant gloomily, as his cereal macerated in milk."

2. to separate into constituent elements by soaking in liquid

3. to make lean, especially by fasting or starvation; emaciate intransitive verb

4. to become soft or separated into constituent elements by soaking; 'the grapes were left to macerate' noun

5. something prepared or produced by soaking in a liquid

additional noun forms: maceration, macerator, macerater

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.

1 Peter 1.21

Christ can help us. Christ can enter our lives and transform us into people who can accomplish more good things than we ever dreamed possible. All we have to do is trust him.

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