BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 30TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MARCH 30TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.

C. Neil Strait

TODAY’S ACTION

Remember that remarkable achievements begin as thoughts

TODAY’S QUOTE

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors . . . but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

Author Unknown

HAPPY SUNDAY !!

Today is my R & R day once again and I’m thankful for it for sure. Yesterday I really got a lot done so today is down time for me. There are few towels to fold left in the dryer from yesterday, but that will be the extent of my work today.

As always I’m off to church a little later this morning and then I think I must dosome shopping as the cupboards are bare and I’ve eaten all my Easter left overs.

Yesterday I made do with some cereal and a turkey sandwich…maybe today I’ll actually cook something for the week ahead. We’ll see…

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.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL !

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…FROZEN FOOD DAY People have been freezing food in artic regions since pre-historic times - and weren't they smart! We now know that freezing is safer than any other form of food preservation since bacteria can't grow on frozen food. This industry grew rapidly during the 20th century because it saved people time (and storage space) in their kitchens. An added benefit is that frozen food loses less flavor and vitamins than other methods during processing

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Check For Change in Every Coin Return You Pass Day

Today is National Badminton Day

Today is National Hot Dog Day

Today is Take A Walk in the Park Day

At the canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) in 2000, Pope John Paul II designated the Second Sunday of Easter to be Divine Mercy Sunday. The Polish nun began the spiritual movement of Divine Mercy. The essence of St. Faustina's mission was to proclaim God's mercy toward every human being

Holy Humor Month begins today, to recognize the healing power of Christian joy, humor, and celebration, and to celebrate today as Holy Humor Sunday, the Sunday after Easter

1858 - Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania patented the writing device we call the pencil. Yes, it did have an attached eraser as well

1867 - Alaska was purchased from Russia for two-cents an acre

1964 - “This ... is ... ‘Jeopardy’!” One of television’s best known game shows, Jeopardy, developed by Merv Griffin, aired on NBC-TV for the first time on this day

1974: John Denver reached the top of the music charts with, "Sunshine on My Shoulders," his first number one song. 1993: In "Peanuts," Charlie Brown hit his first home run

TODAY’S SMILE

What Dogs Do for Us

Catch Frisbees

Keep a night alone from being truly lonely

Get us outside on beautiful fall days, rainy days and snowy winter days

Listen to our singing

Treat us like celebrities when we come home

Warm up our beds on cold nights

Make our hearts more vigorous

Alert us to the arrival of mail

Help us live a little longer

Make us smile

Agree with everything we say

Warm our knees with their chins

Provide a use for old tennis balls

Signal when a thunderstorm is coming

Pull sleds Help lower our blood pressure

Test how fast we can run

Keep the squirrels from overtaking our yards

Teach us the meaning of unconditional love.

Published in Ann Landers Newspaper column

TODAY’S WORD

excrescence \ik-SKRESS-uhn(t)s\, noun:

1. Something (especially something abnormal) growing out from something else. 2.

A disfiguring or unwanted mark, part, or addition

Excrescence is from Latin excrescentia, "excrescences," from excrescere, "to grow out," from ex-, "out" + crescere, to grow

TODAY’S REFLECTION

The LORD loves you.

Deuteronomy 7:8

God loves you simply because he has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don’t feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you, and ignore you, but God will love you.

Always.

No matter what.

This is his sentiment: “I’ll call the nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved” (Rom. 9:25 MSG).

This is his promise: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself” (Jer. 31:3 NLT).

Do you know what else that means? You have a deep aquifer of love from which to draw. When you find it hard to love, then you need a drink!

Drink deeply! Drink daily!

1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment, Volume 2

By Max Lucado