ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
JULY 1ST, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Voltaire
TODAY’S ACTION
Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share, and sought advantage over no one.
Robert Brault
TODAY’S QUOTE
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin
HAPPY TUESDAY !!
Here we are with a new month ahead of us. July usually brings us lots of sunshine, so I’m hoping the usual happens. Yesterday it barely made it to 65 degrees and rained most of the day.
Work was busy as expected and will continue that way the rest of my work week which will be shortened by 2 days as I’m off Thursday and Friday. It shouldn’t be a problem as that is what it really takes to get my job done. Thursday and Friday have been slow days for quite awhile now.
I hope to get the laundry done before returning to the camper Wednesday evening. Other than that I have to take the things to make my deviled eggs and potato salad and the rest should be covered by what ever anyone else brings to eat. I truly don’t cook much as you all know by now.
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…POPEYE’S BIRTHDAY
Popeye first appeared in 1929, as part of the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip. He jumped to the movie screen in 1933 as an extra in a Betty Boop cartoon titled "Popeye the Sailor". He sang "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", had his first fight with Bluto over Olive Oyl and said his first words - "Well, blow me down". The spinach growers credit Popeye with increasing spinach consumption by 33% and saving the spinach industry in the 1930s!
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is Second Half of the New Year Day, a checkpoint for those who made New Year's resolutions
Today is National Ginger Snap Day
Today is Build a Scarecrow Day
Today is International Joke Day
July is National Hot Dog Month, National Grilling Month, National Ice Cream Month, Family Reunion Month, National Baked Bean Month, National Blueberries Month, Women's Motorcycle Month, Make a Difference to Children Month, and National Purposeful Parenting Month.
The July birthstone is Ruby and the July flower is Larkspur
1910: Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker opened a machine shop in downtown Baltimore,making milk bottle cap machines. Six years later they hit it big with the first portable electric drill
1916: Coca-Cola adopted its distinctive contoured bottle to set itself apart from competitors
1963: The U.S. Postal Service introduced the 5-digit zip code
1980: McGruff, the crime-fighting dog, debuted as an advertising symbol to take a bite out of crime
1984: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" became the first PG-13 rated movie
TODAY’S SMILE
There's a story told about an elderly lady in Arkansas. The state voted to increase welfare payments to indigents. Hoping for a tear-jerker story, a television interviewer went into the back hills where many welfare recipients lived.
The old woman he chose to interview lived in a one-room shack: draughty in winter; stifling in summer. Her bed was a few rough planks nailed together, with a pine-needle mattress. A couple thin blankets, and a fireplace, did little to protect her from the cold. Her furniture, a table and two chairs, were fashioned from the same rough wood as her bed.
Some shelves held a few cans of food from the general store, a three mile walk down the road. Several jars of preserves and a few squash completed her larder. She had no fridge or freezer. The fireplace provided heat for cooking. With no phone or television her only connection with the outside world was an old radio that pulled in two or three local stations on a good day.
The old woman had one convenience, running water. A crystal clear stream gurgled a short distance behind her home. A small garden near her back door provided fresh vegetables during the summer, and some squash and turnips for the winter. A tidy flower garden brightened the front of her house.
The television crew arrived and set up their big expensive cameras. Their mobile station broadcast pictures of the woman and the place she called home. Eventually the interviewer asked the old woman, "If the government gave you $200 more each month, what would you do with it?"
Without hesitation the woman replied, "I'd give it to the poor."
TODAY’S WORD
indigent \IN-dih-juhnt\, adjective:
Extremely poor; not having the necessities of life, such as food, clothing and shelter.
Indigent derives from Latin indigens, indigent-, present participle of indigere, to need
TODAY’S REFLECTION
The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.
Jeremiah 18:4
Jeremiah describes God as a potter who sees endless possibilities for God's creations. Even when we would give up on ourselves as misshapen or ruined, God whispers, "I am not through with you yet."
When we submit ourselves to God's touch and allow our lives to be shaped by love, God can make something beautiful out of each of us God never, never, never gives up on any of us
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
As the dog days commence, so they end. Dog Days is the name for the most sultry period of summer, from about July 3 to Aug. 11
83 DAYS UNTIL FALL !
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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