ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MARCH 18TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
I do not understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are, but does not leave us where it found us.
Anne Lamott
TODAY’S ACTION
Be thankful for all you are learning, and grateful to all those who are teaching you.
TODAY’S QUOTE
There is a choice you have to make, in everything you do. And you must always keep in mind, the choice you make, makes you.
Author Unknown
HAPPY TUESDAY !!
It was a very quiet day at work yesterday. I cannot imagine how long the next 2 weeks are going to be. I have work to do, but without anyone around it makes for a long day…I left at 4:30 with no lunch hour . That’s a 9 and ½ hour day for me.
After work I did make it to the post office and sent the out of town babes their Easter stuff from me. It’s nothing very special but just something to let them know I’m thinking of them. This ‘long distance’ grand’ma’ helps to keep the post office in business for sure.
Today I think I’ll go out at lunch time and get gas for the car..The sign said our gas is now 3.36 a gallon…I hope it didn’t go up any more today. I used to drive a van and was glad to get my car so I’d have higher gas mileage. Now I’m paying the same as I was then for a fill up only I’m getting halfthe gas. Thankfully I no longer have the van.
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…I CAN CROCHET DAY
The origin of crochet is up for grabs. China? Turkey? North Africa? The word "crochet" comes from the French work croc (meaning hook), but there is no record of this needlework before the 1800s. Written instructions were being published in the 1840s, but most patterns were handed down through family and friends. Girls were taught to crochet holding the hook like a pencil because it was considered graceful. They know today that holding the hook in the palm of your hand cuts down on carpal tunnel problems
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day
Today is Awkward Moments Day, a time to celebrate the humor of life's uncomfortable situations
Today is National Biodiesel Day
1813 - David Melville of Newport, Rhode Island patented the gas streetlight. He celebrated by having the new lights installed in front of his house!
1850: Henry Wells and William Fargo formed America’s first stagecoach freight line. They called it the American Express, but later changed the name to Wells-Fargo.
1931: Electric razors were first manufactured by the Schick Corporation in Stanford, Connecticut
1961: Poppin’ Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy was born
TODAY’S SMILE
Older Than Dirt
"Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?" "We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow." "C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?" "It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it."
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card.
In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died. My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow).
We didn't have a television in our house until I was 11, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of course, black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was green, like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny day. Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture look larger.
I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called "pizza pie." When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had.
We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our family was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine." I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line. Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.
All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day.
Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies. Touching someone else's tongue with yours was called French kissing and they didn't do that in movies. I don't know what they did in French movies. French movies were dirty and we weren't allowed to see them.
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
TODAY’S WORD
indolent \IN-duh-luhnt\, adjective:
1. Avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive. 2. Conducive to or encouraging laziness or inactivity. 3. Causing little or no pain. 4. Slow to heal, develop, or grow
Indolent is from Latin in-, "not" + dolens, "hurting, suffering pain," from dolere, to suffer pain.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
God’s peace…will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus
Philippians 4:7
The worrisome heart pays a high price for doing so. Worry come from the Greek word that means “to divide the mind.” Anxiety splits us right down the middle, creating a double-minded thinker. Rather than take away tomorrow’s trouble, worry voids today’s strength. Perception is divided, wasting your energy. Who can afford to lose power? But how can we stop doing so?
Paul offers a two-pronged answer: God’s part and our part. Our part includes prayer and gratitude. “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done” (Phil. 4:6 ). God’s part? “If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand” Phil. 4:7
1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment,
Volume 3 BY MAX LUCADO
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
John Millington Synge
2 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 !!!
MA
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