BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MARCH 25TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

There is no greater invitation to love than loving first.

St. Augustine

TODAY’S ACTION

Allow yourself to be loved and to love all that you meet

TODAY’S QUOTE

If Easter is about the cross why all the chocolate eggs? Because no matter how broken or hard boiled you are, once you taste the true meaning of the cross, life is a whole lot sweeter'

Intercom magazine

HAPPY TUESDAY !!

A little wintry mix will be starting our day and then rain they say. The good thing is that it will be a little warmer. I got a lot done at work yesterday, but by the time I got home I was very tired and managed to get to bed early. I guess I was still catching up on the sleep I didn’t get Saturday night.

It is not completely dark here til 8:30 now and that helps. At least I don’t feel like going to bed at 6:30 any longer. I got a real treat as DD and DSIL stopped by Monday evening with some beans and rice and meat pies that he makes so I’ll be having that for lunch today. I’m not sure if they are Puerto Rican or Mexican but they sure are good.

I also heard from DS#6 and they managed to remove the wallpaper in their dining room and were on their way to look at paint. They are having a work at home vacation this week.

Take good care all !

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!

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…PECAN DAY

Commemorating this date in 1775 when George Washington planted pecan trees at Mount Vernon. A gift from Thomas Jefferson, some of the trees still survive today

Happy Pecan Day !

Why don’t you go pecan someone your own size?

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Diabetes Alert Day, a day to realize the risks of diabetes

Today is National Lobster Newburg Day

Today is Old New Year's Day, the beginning of the new year in Britain and the U.S. Colonies until 1751, when both adopted the Gregorian Calendar and the new year began on January 1st

1634: English colonists sent by Lord Baltimore founded Maryland.

1954 - Radio Corporation of America (RCA) began commercial production of TV sets that were equipped to receive programs in living color. To buy one of those huge sets, television buyers spent $1,000 -- and more

TODAY’S SMILE

This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.

He immediately phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all."

Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

TODAY’S WORD

plethora \PLETH-uh-ruh\, noun:

1. An abnormal bodily condition characterized by an excessive amount of blood in the system.

2. Excess; superabundance.

Plethora comes from the Greek plethora, "a fullness," from plethein, to be full

TODAY’S REFLECTION

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised.”

Matthew 28:5-6a

Every time that we hear that there is an angel in a scripture verse, we can be guaranteed of one thing: fear will ensue. This was certainly the case for the women who went to the tomb of Jesus on that first Easter morning. They were afraid, not only of being in the presence of something not quite human but also at where the body of their friend, family member, and master could possibly be.

The ground they were standing upon must have felt no more secure than a rapidly evaporating sand. And yet it is with this backdrop that we hear those familiar angelic words, "Do not be afraid".

Fear is one of those emotions that will drive us to think, do, and say things that, in our right mind, we never would… I hope that, as you hear the words of that angelic messenger, that you might be able to understand that God's messengers are not just of the angelic variety.

In fact, God is speaking through people like your spouse, your family, your friends, and co-workers. Each one of these voices is imploring us to know that we should not be afraid; that we can rest secure in the knowledge that in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have become heirs of the kingdom that Jesus proclaimed.

…please remember that you are not alone, and that in God, there is nothing that should cause you fear, for even the bondage of death has been broken.

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TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

To avoid bad luck, never carry a hoe into your house

87 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER !

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’