ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
OCTOBER 19TH, 2OO7
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Norman Vincent Peale
TODAY’S ACTION
Listen to your inner voice and focus on your purpose
TODAY’S QUOTE
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
George Santayana
HAPPY FINALLY FRIDAY !!
I guess you could say I’ve been waiting for this day all week long. There is nothing really special coming up this weekend, but I’ve got many things to do at home, so yes, I’m looking forward to the weekend.
The car will go back to the service department on Saturday as it is making another noise that wasn’t there before it was fixed last week and I go to get my eyes checked too as I’m seeing a need for new ones .
It’s always something and when you work full time there is never enough time to do the things you need to do or that you want to do. It will be a long day as I’ll start work at 7 as usual this morning and then work til 5 this evening. One boss is on vacation and the other is leaving for a long weekend trip.
On the ‘bright side’ I heard from DD last evening and she loves her new job !
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
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…EAT PASTA DAY
Mama Mia!
It was the Chinese who invented pasta about 3000 B.C. How many kinds? There are at least 23 different shapes - the most popular is spaghetti followed by lasagne, macaroni and cheese, fettuccine, linguine, elbows, pasta salad and angel hair.
All you want to know about pasta...
THE NATIONAL PASTA ASSOCIATION
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is Make A Scarecrow Day
Today is National Seafood Bisque Day
1937 - A staple at checkout racks in supermarkets everywhere, Woman’s Day, was first published. It was a magazine designed expressly for the A&P store chain. After 20 years, A&P (the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) sold Woman’s Day to Fawcett Publications.
1959 - Twelve-year-old Patty Duke made her first Broadway appearance -- in The Miracle Worker. The play would last for 700 performances and become a classic motion picture, launching Patty to fame and fortune
TODAY’S SMILE
Paul Harvey tells the following story:
It was a terrible winter in Chicago. Many of the rooftops were overloaded with snow. Robert McGrath watched his wife go out into the backyard garage to fetch some boxes. Seconds later he heard a crash. Looking out, he saw that the roof of the garage had caved in. Without even stopping for his hat or coat, Mr. McGrath ran from the house, grabbed a snow shovel and called out for his neighbors to come and help. Yelling and digging with his sweat freezing on his face, frantically throwing snow and pulling away boards, he dug at the rubble until he was nearly exhausted. Then, finally, he heard his wife's voice. Minutes later, he saw her hand. He kept working until his wife was safely in his arms and asked if she was all right. She was.
Now for the rest of the story:
It seems that a neighbor witnessed the whole event and told everyone later what really happened. Apparently Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door, and left through another! She was safely back in the house when she looked out and saw what had happened. There, by the collapsed garage was her husband – furiously digging and shouting orders and throwing lumber as he desperately tried to rescue her. He was the picture of love poured out! In that moment, she decided that she could not let that loving man down. So, she put on her coat, went out into the garage by way of the back door and crawled under some boards. Then, she let her husband Bob find her.
Paul Harvey finishes the story by saying that sometimes, the most loving thing you can do is to let someone else be your hero!
TODAY’S WORD
abscond \ab-SKOND\, intransitive verb:
To depart secretly; to steal away and hide oneself used especially of persons who withdraw to avoid arrest or prosecution.
Abscond comes from Latin abscondere, "to conceal," from ab-, abs-, "away" + condere, "to put, to place
TODAY’S REFLECTION
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33
Jesus speaks in no uncertain terms of the foolishness of worry. He ends by saying, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself."
We call ourselves Christians, yet we do not hear what Christ is saying to us. If we could only get it through our heads that God cares about each one of us individually and has promised through Christ to take care of our needs
There is one thing of which we can be certain. Pain and suffering during our lifetime are inevitable. But we can choose whether or not we're going to allow them to make us miserable. We can wallow in our pain and suffering, concentrating on how wretched we feel, or we can go to God in prayer, trusting that he cares, and go forward with hope.
From Daily Guideposts
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Twilight looming indicates rain.
64 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !
Sunrise 7:00 A.M. Sunset 5:58 P.M
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 !!!
MA
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