BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 23RD, 2007

TODAY'S THOUGHT

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.

Andrew Carnegie

TODAY’S ACTION

Don’t be overwhelmed by the enormity of your goals. Each day and every step brings you closer to blooming

TODAY’S QUOTE

If you judge people, you have no time to love them

Mother Teresa

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

OVER THE HUMP DAY!

Finally, it got warm here. That is good news. However the weather doesn’t look real great for the Memorial Day weekend. Saturday and Sunday both have a chance of scattered showers. Hopefully the showers will scatter to places where people are not camping or barbequing out doors.

It should be a busy day at work as it’s payroll day and everyone else will be out of the office for most of the day. I’ll be doing my laundry after work this evening. My days are not real exciting, but they are busy.

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…BODY PAINTING DAY

Body painting is a decorative art that has been practiced down through the ages - starting with the Egyptian Pharoes who used henna to color the skin for cosmetic purposes. Today, this body art is practised all over the world. In India, it is used as part of traditional wedding ceremonies to draw designs on the bride. In Europe and America it has become an alternative to tattooing since it lasts for only 2-4 weeks instead of being permanent.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is World Turtle Day, a time to celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their habitats

Today is Shavuot, the Jewish Feast of Weeks, celebrating God's giving The Law to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Today is National Taffy Day.

1827 - The first nursery school in the United States was established in New York City. The school was developed “to relieve parents of the laboring classes from the care of their children ... offering the children protection from weather, from idleness and contamination of evil example.”

1877: Grace Ingalls was born in Burr Oak, Iowa. Six months later, the Ingalls family returned to Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Grace’s sister, Laura, made the Ingalls famous with her "Little House" book series.

1940: Frank Sinatra, The Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford, and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra recorded the classic, "I’ll Never Smile Again" for Victor Records.

1996: The Walt Disney Company announced that for the next ten years the more than 18,700 McDonalds restaurants would promote Disney movies, parks, and videos in 93 countries

TODAY’S SMILE

One quarter while teaching an adult Sunday school class, Sam decided it was time to be up-to-date and innovative. He needed to try something new for his class. Sam found an overhead projector and, after deciding that was the greatest gadget he needed, tried to teach himself how to use it. Then Sam wrote an outline on an overhead transparency to display for the class.

When Sunday morning came, Sam had the projector all set up. At the right moment in the lesson, he flipped on the overhead. The beautiful outline flashed on the wall for all to see.

To emphasize a significant spiritual truth in the message, Sam grabbed one of the special markers, walked over and started writing in bold letters on the outline. The class burst out laughing.

"Why are they laughing?" Sam thought to himself. "This is the crucial point!" Then it hit him. He was writing on the wall.

It seems he'd been a little unclear on the overhead concept. The class wouldn't let him forget it. In fact, for many weeks they wouldn't allow him to remove his brilliant insight from the wall.

What does God's writing mean to you?

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.

But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord.

And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. -John 8:3

TODAY’S WORD

com·mis·er·ate verb

commiserated, com·mis·er·at·ing, com·mis·er·ates.

1. To feel or express sorrow or pity for; sympathize with.

--intr. To feel or express sympathy: commiserated over their failure.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Do not worry.

Matthew 6:25

When something concerns us, what’s our perspective? It’s not what we see but how we see it that reveals our attitude. If we look at life through the lens of our powerful and good God, we’ll trust Him instead of fearfully worrying.

When our perspective is right, we can see God and His faithful provision

Worry is a burden that God never meant for us to bear

Our Daily Bread http://www.rbc.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

For better absorption of iron, eat spinach with orange slices.

29 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER !

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

Psalm 37:4

May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it!

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

MY HOMEPAGE