BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 11TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

You can read all the manuals on prayer and listen to other people pray, but until you begin to pray yourself you will never understand prayer. It's like riding a bicycle or swimming: You learn by doing.

Evangelist Luis Palau

TODAY’S ACTION

If you want to grow closer in your relationship with God, talk to Him. Share your desires and needs and entrust them to Him. Then keep your eyes open and notice how He moves in your life to answer your prayers to His glory and for your best interests

TODAY’S QUOTE

The philosophy of mine earth can be summed up as this:

Sunshine creates happiness, and I create myself. Nights are long and life is predominantly good. Wind is refreshing. Tea is wisdom. Do the best you can, and be good to yourself so that you can above all be good to others.

Jessi Lane Adams

HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!

OVER THE HUMP DAY !

For the most part Tuesday was a cloudy and sleepy kind of day for me. Monday night we had thunderstorms and our electricity went off for awhile. Knowing that I’d have to reset my alarm clock I choose to lay down on the couch in the front room because when the lights came back on I’d wake up. Well, I woke up at 12:00 then at 2:00, then reset the alarm and went to bed. Last night I went to bed early to try and catch up on the rest I missed out on.

I have to make sure all is done around the house tonight because after work tomorrow I leave for the camper. Friday is a vacation day for me.It’ll be a nice long 3 day weekend at the camper. The weather will be beautiful till Friday and then there is a chance of a shower or two on Saturday and then back to sunny on Sunday.

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…KING KAMEHAMEHA DAY

King Kamehameha I was Hawaii's first king. He unified the islands in 1810, then ruled in peace until his death in 1819. Admired for his physical strength, brilliant mind and compassion, islanders believed he possessed mana, the spiritual power from the gods. Hawaii was a monarchy until 1893 when it became a US territory. Today, the birthday of King Kamehameha the Great is celebrated each year as a state holiday to honor Hawaiian history.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Feed the Ducks Day

Today is National German Chocolate Cake Day

1927 - Charles A. Lindbergh was presented the first Distinguished Flying Cross

1982: Director Steven Spielberg introduced his classic science-fiction film, E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial

1993 - U.S. audiences rumbled to theatres for a first look at Jurassic Park. The Steven Spielberg-directed dinosaur blockbuster billed a gigantic $47.06 million -- just for openers

2002: American Idol premiered on the Fox Network. The talent show was based on a similar British program

TODAY’S SMILE

As a new school Principal, Mr. Mitchell was checking over his school on the first day. Passing the stockroom, he was startled to see the door wide open and teachers bustling in and out, carrying off books and supplies in preparation for the arrival of students the next day.

The school where he had been a Principal the previous year had used a check-out system only slightly less elaborate than that at Fort Knox. Cautiously, he asked the school's long time Custodian, "Do you think it's wise to keep the stock room unlocked and to let the teachers take things without requisitions?"

The Custodian looked at him gravely. "We trust them with the children, don't we?"

One More…

A new report suggests that being overweight is not as harmful as is commonly believed, and actually confers some surprising benefits.

Being five to ten pounds overweight could protect people from ailments ranging from tuberculosis to Alzheimer's disease, research indicates.

Those carrying 15 to 25 extra pounds are better able to recover from adverse conditions such as emphysema, pneumonia, and various injuries and infections, states the report. T

hirty to forty pounds of flab could help fend off breast, kidney, pancreatic, prostate, and colon cancer. And an extra fifty pounds on the scale may improve eyesight, reverse baldness, cure the common cold, and reduce global warming.

In general, the report concludes, overweight people are happier, more successful in business, smarter, and friendlier. The study was funded by a research grant from McDonald's, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, Domino's Pizza, Starbucks, Haagen Dazs, Sara Lee, and Krispy Kreme

TODAY’S WORD

surfeit \SUR-fit\, noun:

1. An excessive amount or supply.

2. Overindulgence, as in food or drink.

3. Disgust caused by overindulgence or excess. transitive

verb:

1. To feed or supply to excess.

Surfeit is from Old French, from the past participle of surfaire, "to overdo," from sur-, "over" (from Latin super) + faire, "to do" from Latin facere

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

Comedian Henny Youngman used to say, “I’ve got two wonderful children—and two out of five isn’t bad.”

When children reach adulthood, most parents have an opinion about how their offspring have “turned out.” Some are proud of everything their kids have done, while other parents express misgivings or disappointment about the choices their children have made.

How can we continue a positive parenting role after the birds have left our nest? In 1 Corinthians 13, often called “the love chapter” of the Bible, Paul writes that the greatest gifts of speaking, understanding, and sacrificial service are worthless without love (vv.1-3).

Love itself is the foundation of winsome behavior, and its influence never ends. “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails” (vv.4-8).

When our children no longer seek our advice, they still value our love. In every stage of parenting, it’s not only what we say but what we do that counts.

A parent’s love never ends

OUR DAILY BREAD http://www.rbc.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

On St. Barnabas’s day (June 11), the Sun comes to stay

9 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 !!!

MY HOMEPAGE

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