ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
February 20th, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
I have had prayers answered--most strangely so sometimes--but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.
Lewis Carroll
TODAY’S ACTION
Let go of your anger and frustration. Trust that things will be fine
TODAY’S QUOTE
Laughter is like changing a baby's diaper. It doesn't permanently solve any problems, but it makes thing more acceptable for awhile.
Barbara Johnson
HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!
OVER THE HUMP DAY!
More snow and more cold are headed our way today. Another day of layers on to keep warm too!
I had a really nice dinner out with DD and her hubby last night. The little restaurant just down the street from them had a special deal where they donated 5% of our tab to our church school. So we helped the school and also enjoyed a delicious meal. Our church bulletin had a special coupon in it to take so they would get the credit for it.
I found some decorative things for my camper when I went out at lunch yesterday. I decided that I’d go with the ‘beach’ theme there as it will hopefully be my ‘trip to the beach’ for a long while. I got some shell wind chimes and paper plates napkins and glasses with the beach theme on them too. I even found a sign that says ‘WELOME TO PARADISE’ .
I’ve got several boxes already prepared to take camping. Besides the necessities I now have my decorative items and my new ‘beach’ clothes I got when we went shopping on Sunday.
Can you tell I am ready for the camping season to begin?
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
TO REMEMBER…
I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well.
TODAY IS…GUM DROP DAY
Gum drops are one of those old fashioned candies everyone still loves. They were probably first made in Germany as a jellied candy. Sugar cooked at a low temperature plus gelatin kept it soft. Molding it into the familiar drop shape gave it its name. They were the early version of the Gummie candies so popular today.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
A total eclipse of the moon will occur this evening, beginning at 7:34 pm EST, reaching midpoint at 10:00 p.m. Visible in the Americas, the central Pacific, Europe, and Asia
Today is Toothpick Day. The toothpick was patented on this date in 1872
1940: MGM released the movie cartoon "Puss Gets the Boot," the first starring Tom and Jerry, though Tom was called Jasper. Jasper and Jerry were nominated for an Academy Award, but lost. Eventually, Tom and Jerry won seven Oscars for their creators Hanna and Barbera
1962: Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule
TODAY’S SMILE
After tucking in his six-year-old son Chris one night, Robert O'Brien tapped his son's chest and asked, "Do you know what you have in there?" Chris looked puzzled and responded, "My guts?" "No, you have a piece of God," his father replied.
After a brief silence Chris responded, "God is in my guts?" "No," said his Dad, "we have a piece of God inside of us; it is God's gift to each of us."
Chris smiled, tapped his Dad's chest, and asked whether his Dad had a piece of God in his guts. They laughed and together they began to ask this same question about the rest of the family. "Does Mommy have a piece of God?"
"Yes," they answered, laughing. "Does Matt have a piece of God?" they asked about his older brother.
"Yes."
O'Brien knew that Chris attended a day care center with a little girl named Mary who was so spoiled she made the people around her miserable.
He said, "You know, even Mary has a piece of God." Chris looked stunned, and then he said emphatically, "No, not Mary."
When his father insisted Chris said, "Daddy, I have been with her more than you. She doesn't have a piece of God.
O'Brien told his son that God never missed anyone; everyone has a piece of God inside. Chris pondered this a while, and then said, "Well, her piece must be all covered up with junk!"
TODAY’S WORD
abominate \uh-BOM-uh-nayt\, transitive verb:
To hate in the highest degree; to detest intensely; to loathe; to abhor
Abominate comes from Latin abominari, "to deprecate as a bad omen, to hate, to detest," from ab- + omen, "an omen
TODAY’S REFLECTION
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Have you ever noticed how the seasons of the year mirror the seasons of life? In spring we see beautiful buds and blossoms on plants and trees. The blossoms on many of these plants and trees are so beautiful, and they are the promise of beautiful flowers and ripe fruit during the summer.
In the same way, babies are so beautiful and are the springtime promises of the ripened fruit of adulthood in the summers of our lives. Then in some parts of the world comes autumn, the most spectacular season of all. Jack Frost hits the trees and they turn red, coral, gold and maroon before the winds blow them to the ground.
For many of us, the autumn September Song of life is a colorful time of enjoyment. Then comes winter, when in many places all looks dead. Those trees and plants may look dead, but they are not, for by Easter time, they are beginning to bud.
How wonderful that we know that Christ's Easter promises us eternal life! Oh, my friend, don't waste these seasons in anxiety, anger, loneliness or fear. Enjoy your childhood of spring and fruitfulness of summer. Don't let your September Song turn into a dirge of complaints and sourness.
When you stay close to the Lord through prayer, Bible study and fellowship with other believers, you can experience "the joy of the Lord" in all the seasons of your life.
That is my hope for you!
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
The resolved mind has no cares
29 DAYS UNTIL SPRING !
FEBRUARY 20TH, FULL SNOW MOON
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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