BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 4th, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 4TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Benjamin Franklin

TODAY’S ACTION

Show what you are made of and lead by example.

HAPPY FRIDAY !!

This is the end of a busy week and Friday’s are always good days for me. I’m getting my hair cut after work today and then home to relax a bit.

There are a few hot spots that need some cleaning up at home this weekend and I’m planning to get them done as after this weekend I’m hoping my weekends will be spent at the campground.

If the weather turns bad and we don’t go, it will just mean I’ve some extra time to do things here. One way or the other weekends are always busy. I’d just prefer the other…

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…LIBRARY BOOK DAY

Lending libraries have been part of culture down through the ages. But, do you know the name of the longest book ever published? It's "The Yongle Dadian." - a 10,000 volume encyclopedia written by 5,000 scholars over a period of 5 years during the Ming Dynasty in China. Somehow, I don't think too many people have checked that out

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Cordon Bleu Day.

Today is Vitamin-C Day, marking this date in 1932 when C.C. King first isolated the vitamin at the University of Pittsburgh. Take some vitamin C today and feel better fast!

1581 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted

1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated

1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800

TODAY’S SMILE

Holy Humor!! – Church Signs

1. "If you can't sleep, don't count sheep. Talk to the Shepherd."

2. "No God - No Peace? Know God - Know Peace."

3. "Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!"

4. "Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin-Robbins."

5. "Searching for a new look? Have your faith lifted here!"

6. An ad for one Church has a picture of two hands holding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that reads: "For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets."

7. When the restaurant next to another Church put out a sign with big red letters that said, "Open Sundays," the church reciprocated with its own message: "We are open on Sundays, too."

8. "People are like tea bags – you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are."

9. "Fight truth decay - study the Bible daily."

10. "How will you spend eternity - Smoking or Non-smoking?"

11. "Dusty Bibles lead to Dirty Lives"

12. "Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours are long and the pay is low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world."

13. "It is unlikely there'll be a reduction in the wages of sin."

14. "Do not wait for the hearse to take you to church."

15. "If you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns."

16. "If you don't like the way you were born, try being born again."

17. "Looking at the way some people live, they ought to obtain eternal fire insurance soon."

18. "This is a ch_ _ ch. What is missing?" (U R)

19. "In the dark? Follow the Son."

20. "Running low on faith? Step in for a fill-up."

TODAY’S WORD

taciturn \TAS-uh-turn\, adjective:

Habitually silent; not inclined to talk

Taciturn comes from Latin taciturnus, from tacere, to be silent

TODAY’S REFLECTION

A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.

Proverbs 16:9

We carefully make schedules so we can be where we think we should be. But we always need to keep in mind the words of Solomon, "A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps" (Prov. 16:9).

Do we turn detours into guided tours of what He wants to do through us? If we're doing God's will, we'll be in the right place. Then, wherever we are, we can point people to Him. Unexpected changes are opportunities in disguise

Our Daily Bread http://www.rbc.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Wish on a spring frog for good luck

77 DAYS TIL 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 !!!

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