ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
APRIL 14TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.
Mother Teresa
TODAY’S ACTION
Live with the thought of being in God's care
TODAY’S QUOTE
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
Old Proverb
HAPPY MONDAY !!
Yes, I finally got out to the camper this past weekend and that is why I didn’t send out a weekend newsletter. If you want to see more pictures of our campsite go to my journal page ‘Good Morning Sunshine’. You can always find the link at the bottom of this newsletter.
It was a great weekend and except for a mouse who had decided to have a winter vacation in my camper everything went just fine.
Today I’m off to work as usual but it will be a short week. I have Friday off as a vacation day and will have 3 lovely days again at the camper. So there will not be a morning newsletter on Friday, Saturday or Sunday next weekend.
I do hope it warms up a bit. 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 yourloving 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…FORTUNE COOKIE DAY
Fortune cookies, like chop suey, are a U.S. invention. They come from Los Angeles where a baker named David Jung started making cookies with thin slips of paper inside sometime around 1920. Jung founded the Hong Kong Noodle Company, which produced more than 3,000 cookies an hour during the 1920s.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National Pecan Day.
Today is National Go Fishing Day
Today is Spring Hula Hooping Day, a day to continue spring cleaning by throwing away your old hula hoop, but not without trying it out again one more time.
1775: The first organization for the abolishment of slavery was organized by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush
1902 - J.C. (James Cash) Penney opened his first store -- in Kemmerer Wyoming. In partnership with Thomas M. Callahan and William Guy Johnson, Penney named the store Golden Rule. The dry goods and clothing store had a first-year profit of $8,514.36 on sales of $28,898.11.
1955: Imperial Records released Fats Domino's Ain't That A Shame
1958: Laurie London’s He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands knocked off Perry Como’s Catch A Falling Star as America’s #1 pop song
1983: The first cordless telephone, capable of operating up to 600 feet from its base, was introduced by Fidelity and British Telecom
AND JUST FOR TODAY SOME INCOME TAX TRIVIA
When the federal income tax was signed into law in 1913, a senator speaking in opposition to the bill stated: "If we allow this 1 percent foot-in-the-door, at some future date it might rise to 5 percent."
TODAY’S SMILE
THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH
Author Unknown
There once was a king who had more money than he knew what to do with. He owned all of the land as far as the eye could see, several castles, and he ruled his land with an iron fist. But no matter how much he had, he never seemed to have enough and was a very miserable man.
One day he told his servant, "I want you to go out and scour the land, from one horizon to the other, and find the happiest man on earth, and bring me his shirt. Once I have the shirt of the happiest man, I will be able to be happy myself. And I don't want you to return without that shirt or you will be beheaded."
The servant set out about his mission and was gone for many moons. The king was getting impatient as he waited and waited. Finally, after many months of searching, the servant returned, on hands and knees, crawling before the king. T
he king noticed the servants hands were empty and became very angry. He told the servant that he had one minute before he was to be beheaded and he had better explain why he had disobeyed his orders.
With tears in his eyes, the servant looked to the king and said "Master, I did as you said, I searched from horizon to horizon looking for the happiest man on earth, and I finally found him." So the kings asks, "Why didn't you bring me the shirt of this man?"
The servant replied, "Master, the happiest man on earth did not own a shirt."
To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich. Mark Twain
TODAY’S WORD
abulia \uh-BOO-lee-uh; uh-BYOO-\, noun:
Loss or impairment of the ability to act or to make decisions
Abulia derives from Greek a-, "without" + boule, "will." The adjective form is abulic
TODAY’S REFLECTION
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalm 34:3
A couple who have been married for 60 years, and more . . . were still very much in love. First off, think about that, being married to the same person for 60 years.
Our society has become so disposable that if we get even the least bit bored, let alone disinterested, we throw it away. There are way too many of us who treat relationships in the same way. It’s because of this fact that I asked them, “How have you done it? How have you been able to make it through all that life has thrown at you and not only be together but be in love?”
Their answer was eye-opening. They said one word: prayer. The look that I gave them must have shown complete confusion because they quickly continued. “Every night before we go to sleep, we pray. Every morning before we get out of bed, we pray. We offer prayers of thanksgiving, confession, joy, and concern. Whatever we happen to be facing, we offer it up to God. It has given us the energy to keep going in those days that were difficult, and the footing to know that we are not alone as we take the next step.”
As I’ve thought about their reason for success, . . . I was struck by how prayer is an energy source that not only keeps them focused on God, but plugs them into the Almighty in such a way that no matter what the day may hold, they know that they are held in the energizing palm of the Almighty.
Prayer has that kind of power. How do I know? Because a couple who has been married for 60 years told me so. That’s how. Tap into the the power of prayer for your relationship. You won’t be disappointed!
Prayerful Living at http://www.ourprayer.org
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson
67 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 !!!
MA
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