BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13TH, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 13TH, 2007

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

TODAY’S ACTION

Let go of old wounds and enjoy today

TODAY’S QUOTE

Blessed is the man who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Over the Hump Day!

It’s payroll day at work today, so it will be a busy one. We are having a spell of beautiful sunny days here. I only wish I had more time to be outdoors. By the time I’m home in the evening and do a few needed things around the house I don’t get much fresh air and sunshine, but it is nice to look out the window and see it anyway.

The computer at work still has a few minor bugs to be worked out. Some of my data bases just won’t transfer right. Hopefully my #2 boss will get it figured out, so I don’t have to recreate them all. Nothing major, just a pain in the neck.

Our Sweet Peas are now blooming and I have a few little tiny rose buds coming out on the bush by the back door that my dear friend from Florida gave me a few years ago. It’s the only rose bush that has ever grown for me and it is just beautiful. Thank you once more my dear friend.

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…SEWING MACHINE DAY !

An expert tailor could sew 30 stitches a minute by hand. The first sewing machine, produced in 1830 in Lyon, France, could sew 200 stitches a minute. That machine only created a single thread stitch, but was still very impressive. The double-thread lock stitch was invented in Boston by both Isaac Singer and Elias Howe in the late 1840s. But, Singer made a better machine. It had a straight needle that moved up and down, a lever to hold fabic in place and was operated by a foot treadle. These first Singer's sold for $100 in 1849

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Open a Window Day, to let in the sounds and smells of spring before it's too late.

Today is Creating with Your Heart Day, a way to honor the values in your heart with action.

Today is National Lobster Day

Today is Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, honoring those who are dangerous in the kitchen.

Today is Roller Coaster Day, marking the operation of history's first roller coaster on this date in 1884 at Brooklyn's Coney Island in New York. Builder LaMarcus Thompson called his coaster the "Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway." The 5-cent, 6-mile-an-hour ride was a sensation

Today is Leisurely Stroll Appreciation Day.

Today is Google Old Friends and See Who You Can Find Day

1789 - Mrs. Alexander Hamilton served a new dessert treat for General George Washington. The highlight of the dinner party was ice cream!

1898: The Yukon Territory was organized in Canada; Dawson was named its capital.

1980: The Broadway musical Grease closed after 3,883 performances.

1991: An Atlanta firm paid $2.4-million for an original copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in New York. A flea market buff had found the document stuffed in the frame of a $4.00 painting.

TODAY’S SMILE

I received this in an e-mail yesterday and thought it was worth passing on.

Most of you know John Wayne and Dr Robert Schuller. You may not know what happened to him before he died. This is that story!

Dr. Robert Schuller's teenage daughter, Cindy, was in a motorcycle accident and had to have her leg amputated. John Wayne was a big fan of Robert Schuller. He heard Dr. Schuller say on one of his programs that his daughter had been in an accident and had to have her leg amputated.

John Wayne wrote a note to her saying: Dear Cindy: Sorry to hear about your accident. Hope you will be all right. Signed, John Wayne The note was delivered to her and she decided she wanted to write John Wayne a note in reply.

She wrote: Dear Mr. Wayne:

I got your note. Thanks for writing to me. I like you very much. I am going to be all right because Jesus is going to help me. Mr. Wayne, do you know Jesus? I sure hope you know Jesus, Mr. Wayne, because I cannot imagine Heaven being complete without John Wayne being there. I hope, if you don't know Jesus, that you will give your heart to Jesus right now. See you in Heaven. And she signed her name.

She had just put that letter in an envelope, sealed it, and written across the front of it "John Wayne" when a visitor came into her room to see her. He said to her: What are you doing?

She said: I just wrote a letter to John Wayne, but I don't know how to get it to him. He said: That's funny, I am going to have dinner with John Wayne tonight at the Newport Club down at Newport Beach. Give it to me and I will give it to him. She gave him the letter and he put it in his coat pocket.

There were twelve of them that night sitting around the table for dinner. They were laughing and cutting up and the guy happened to reach in his pocket and felt that letter and remembered.

John Wayne was seated at the end of the table and the guy took the letter out and said: Hey, Duke, I was in Schuller's daughter's room today and she wrote you a letter and wanted me to give it to you. Here it is.

They passed it down to John Wayne and he opened it. They kept on laughing and cutting up and someone happened to look down at John Wayne. He was crying.

One of them said: Hey, Duke, what is the matter? He said (and can't you hear him saying it), " I want to read you this letter." He read the letter. Then he began to weep.

He folded it, put it in his pocket, and he pointed to the man who delivered it to him and said: "You go tell that little girl that right now, in this restaurant, right here, John Wayne gives his heart to Jesus Christ and I will see her in heaven."

Three weeks later John Wayne died. You never know how your witness to another will effect their eternity!

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

One more…

Notice! Take lettuce from the top of the stack,

or heads will roll!

TODAY’S WORD

fulminate \FUL-muh-nayt\, intransitive verb:

1. To issue or utter verbal attacks or censures authoritatively or menacingly. 2. To explode; to detonate.

transitive verb: 1. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures. 2. To cause to explode.

He lets others fulminate on his behalf while he maintains his gentlemanly demeanor.

Fulminate comes from Latin fulminare, "to strike with lightning," from fulmen, fulmin-, "a thunderbolt."

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

TODAY’S REFLECTION

If God be for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:31

You may feel all alone and afraid. But God wants to help you, when you trust and believe. "For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." (II Chronicles 16:9).

Is your heart fully committed, or do you try to go it alone? Prayerful living makes it easy for you to stand against many, for as you talk with the Lord, thanking him, praising him and sharing your challenges with him, you will realize that Christ's promise is true: "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matthew 28:20).

You're never alone!

http://www.dailyguideposts.com

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Healing to the heart and good for assisting deep thoughts, rose quartz has been called "the friendship stone."

8 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

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