BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 16TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Anxiety is the great modern plague. But faith can cure it.

Smiley Blanton

TODAY’S ACTION

Practice calm. Deliberately build quiet times into your days

TODAY’S QUOTE

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Watterson Lowe

HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!

OVER THE HUMP DAY!

BRRRCHILL !

It is very cold here and time once again to get my winter silks on! When they say the wind chill is 18 or lower outside I always put them on.

I’m up and ready for a new day and very thankful for my nice warm home. I know there are people that have to work out in this cold, so I won’t be complaining. There are even people living out in the cold and for those I’ll be saying a little prayer today for sure.

I cannot begin to be thankful enough it seems. I really do have a lot of blessings in my life and when I try to count them, the list seems endless. It is definitely better to count your blessings and forget the bad stuff (like snow and cold).

Tomorrow evening is the only night I’ll have to leave the house after getting home from work this week and that is for the weekly Bible study.

I talked to 2 of my sons yesterday evening and both are doing well. DS#6 is happily training his new puppy (the vet seems to think she’s a mix of Springer Spaniel and Pointer) and he is keeping busy with his new home and of course his job too.

And DS#2 is going to be starting his new assignment soon and has gotten pretty well settled into his new home. I’m just glad he’s back in the states again, even though I have yet to see him. Lots of new things going on for both of them.

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

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Father in your house there is room enough for everyone. We pray for those who live crowded into shanties with paper thin walls, corrugated iron roofs, no clean water, no electricity, no hope. We pray for families who are squeezed into one inadequate room; refugees in tents, cold in winter, hot in summer; young people in night shelters, lonely and apprehensive.

We pray for people who sleep rough in all weather. Father, this was not your intention. It is we who allow this to happen to your people. It is we who must arm ourselves with your courage, love and compassion, so that we can build the Kingdom of hope where people can live in dignity, comfort and security.

In your holy name Amen

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

TO REMEMBER…

I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well.

TODAY IS…WIND A CLOCK DAY

Clocks are instruments that measure and show time. We have used the sun, water, candles, sand, pendulums, weights, springs, electric currents, tuning forks, quartz crystals, and atomic power to tell time. To find out how clocks work click here: http://www.britannica.com/clockworks/main.html

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Religious Freedom Day and,

it’s National Fig Newton Day

1939: The comic strip Superman made its debut

1964 - Hello Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City. Carol Channing starred in the role of Mrs. Dolly Levi. The musical was an adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play, The Matchmaker.

1973: "Bonanza," a top western TV show, aired its final episode after 14 seasons on NBC. It starred Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts, and Victor Sen Yung

History never looks like history when you are living through it.

John W. Gardner

TODAY’S SMILE

The class of noisy boys in a German primary school was being punished by their teacher. They were assigned the problem of adding together all the numbers from 1 to 100. The boys settled down, scribbling busily on their slates - all but one.

This boy looked off into space for a few moments, then wrote something on his slate and turned it in. His was the only right answer. When the amazed teacher asked how he did it, the boy replied, "I thought there might be some short cut, and I found one:

100 plus I is 101; 99 plus 2 is 101; 98 plus 3 is 101, and, if I continued the series all the way to 51 plus 50, I have 101 50 times, which is 5,050."

After this episode, the young scholar received special tutoring from his teacher. The boy was Karl Friedrich Gauss, the great mathematician of the 19th century.

Source: Bits & Pieces

History is a kind of introduction to more interesting people than we can possibly meet in our restricted lives; let us not neglect the opportunity.

Dexter Perkins

TODAY’S WORD

inculcate \in-KUHL-kayt; IN-kuhl-kayt\, transitive verb:

To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction.

Inculcate is from Latin inculcare, "to tread upon, to force upon," from in-, "in, on" + calcare, "to trample," from calx, calc-, "heel

TODAY’S REFLECTION

The psalmist wrote, Your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.

Psalm 26:3

GRACE is a gift we receive from God, not according to our merits but according to our needs. Our Lord knows when and where we need help - and gives it.

…I have noticed an elderly couple walking with slow, even steps. The wife is plump and has grey hair; the husband is getting bald and is about a head taller than she. What caught my attention is how they walk, his arm around her shoulders. He leans on her rather than a cane to keep his steps stable. While walking he gestures with his free hand, apparently entertaining his wife. I watch the couple and reflect on their long relationship as a picture of the enduring grace of God.

What I see is these two carrying each other in poor health and supporting each other with their love. God's grace is like that.

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TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Order plant seeds early to get the selection you want

64 DAYS UNTIL SPRING !

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

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’