ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Anonymous
TODAY’S ACTION
Display an unselfish heart
TODAY’S QUOTE
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh
HAPPY MONDAY !!
BACK TO WORK !
Is it just me or are the weekends going by faster ? It seemed like I just arrived at the camper and then it was time to leave for home again. Maybe it is just that I don’t want to see the summer end.
This week the weather is going up and down like a roller coaster. Today we’ll get up to 80 degrees while tomorrow our high will be 70. We do have some showers coming in Tuesday and that is why the temp is dropping they say.
On the calendar this week besides work is my Thursday evening Bible Study, so it looks like I’ll have a few evenings to get something done around home. I’m hoping to get started on my fall decorating. It’s time to put away summer and get out some of the colorful fall things to brighten up this old house. The days of sunshine will be fewer and the nights longer.
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…LEFT RIGHT DAY
There are two spots on Earth where there is only one direction to go. Do you know where? At the North Pole you can only go South, no matter which way you turn. And at the South Pole you can only go North. But put me in a car at either spot and I would still find a way to make a wrong turn
TODAY’S TRIVIA
1636 Harvard College (later University) was founded by the Massachusetts Puritans at New Towne. It was the first institution of higher learning established in North America, and was originally founded to train future ministers
1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people You can fool all the people part of the time and part of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time
1892 - The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America was written by a former Baptist preacher, Francis Bellamy. It only took Mr. Bellamy three hours to write the original 23 words in honor of the 400th anniversary of Columbus discovering America
1930 1st appearance of the comic strip "Blondie"
1952 Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man & the Sea" published
1966 "Star Trek" premiers on NBC-TV
1990 Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, NYC
TODAY’S SMILE
ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. "He's a fine looking boy," the man said. "That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater."
Then, looking at his watch, he called to his son. "What do you say we go, Todd?" Todd pleaded, "Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes." The man nodded and Todd continued to swing to his heart's content. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son. "Time to go now?" Again Todd pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes." The man smiled and said, "O.K."
"My, you certainly are a patient father," the woman responded. The man smiled and then said, "My older son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I 'd give anything for just five more minutes with him.
I've vowed not to make the same mistake with Todd. He thinks he has five more minutes to swing. The truth is, I get Five more minutes to watch him play."
The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no tickertape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. It's overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt.
Leo Buscaglia
TODAY’S LINK
A VERY FUNNY LINK http://pages.suddenlink.net/baraboo57/checkingonu.html
TODAY’S WORD
plaintive \PLAYN-tiv\, adjective:
Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad
Plaintive derives from Old French plainte, "complaint," from Latin planctus, past participle of plangere, "to strike (one's breast), to lament
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Then he called his disciples and said to them, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.”
Mark 12:43
The widow's offering in our scripture reading today said that she believed in the work of God. The work of the temple was important to her and she wanted to support it. Doubtless, it was with pleasure that she dropped in her coins for she knew she was part of something bigger than herself…
There is a certain dignity about being able to give to something you believe in. It says that we are not simply takers but we are givers. We are all born with this need to give There was a reason that the widow spent her last few coins on the work of God rather than on herself. Perhaps she had discovered that valuable secret of her need to give, and she found peace in her giving. I hope each one of us will also find that peace http://www.devotions.net
TODAY’S ADVICE FROMTHE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
September dries up wells or breaks down bridges
14 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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