ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
The other day I read of human life described as a spider web: 'If you touch it anywhere, you set the whole thing trembling - The life that I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place and time my touch will be felt. Our lives are linked. No man, no woman, is an island.'
The gift of friendship with others is contagious
TODAY’S ACTION
Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.
Henry Van Dyke
TODAY’S QUOTE
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Woodrow Wilson
HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!
OVER THE HUMP DAY
It was a little chilly yesterday but not bad once the sun came out. Morning rain gave way to mostly sunny skies. Today will be still in the 60’s. By tomorrow it will warm back up in the high 70’s they say and rain is in the forecast for the entire weekend.
I am not a happy camper when it is raining. We’ll be hoping the chance of rain disappears by then.
Now I’ve given you the weather report and these days there just isn’t much else to talk about. All is quiet around here. I’m doing the usual laundry and house blessing after work.
There is just not much new here to tell you about. Ordinary days are wonderful though, I won’t complain.
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…BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY
The Battle of Britain was the biggest Air Battle ever fought in the history of warfare. From July through November of 1940, the Royal Air Force fought against the German Luftwaffe. These determined flyers kept Britain from being invaded. They also gave Hitler's Germany its first major defeat of WW2. They later became immortalised as "Churchill's Few" or "Dowdings Chicks" and continue to be celebrated today
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is Gunsmoke Day, marking the TV debut of Marshall Matt Dillon, Chester Goode, Doc, and Miss Kitty on CBS. James Arness starred for 20 years. In 1964 Festus Haggen replaced Chester
Today is Gentle Ben Day, marking the premier of a TV show on this date in 1967 about a boy and his bear
1935 - “I’m Popeye the sailor man...” toot! toot! Popeye was heard for the first time on NBC radio. The show was based on the Elzie Crisler Segar comic strip, which featured Popeye, Olive Oyl, Brutas, Wimpy and Sweepea. Now, eat your spinach in celebration!
1953: The Swanson company sold its first frozen "TV dinner
1955: Bert Parks hosted The Miss America Pageant for the first time and sang "There She Is, Miss America" to Sharon Kay Ritchie. Parks hosted the pageant for 25 years
TODAY’S SMILE
An Interview With God
Author Unknown
I dreamed I had an interview with GOD:
"So, you would like to interview me?" GOD asked.
"If you have time," I said. GOD smiled. "My time is eternity... what questions do you have in mind for me?"
"What surprises you the most about humankind?"
GOD answered... "That they get bored with childhood, that they rush to grow up, and then long to be children again."
"That they lose their health to make money... and then lose their money to restore their health."
"That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future."
"That they live as if they would never die, and die as though they had never lived."
God's hand took mine... and we were silent for a while. And then I asked, "As a parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your children to learn?"
God replied, "To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves be loved."
"To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others."
"To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness."
"To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love, and it can take many years to heal them."
"To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least."
"To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings."
"To learn that two people can look at the same thing, and see it differently."
"To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves."
"Thank you for your time," I said humbly. "Is there anything else you would like your children to know?"
GOD smiled, and said... "Just know that I am here."
"Always."
TODAY’S WORD
regale \rih-GAY(uh)L\, transitive verb:
1. To entertain with something that delights.
2. To entertain sumptuously with fine food and drink. intransitive
verb: 1. To feast.
noun: 1. A sumptuous feast.
2. A choice food; a delicacy.
3. Refreshment.
Regale comes from French régaler, "to entertain." It is related to gallant
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Your Father knows what you need before you ask.
Matthew 6:8
VERY often we find we have so many things to pray for that we don't know how or where to begin. Our prayers can be jumbled and muddled as we pour out our needs to God. We feel confused and mixed up as we try in earnest to convey all we think God needs to know.
But we need not fear. God who knows each one of us intimately knows our needs before we even speak. God also knows our fears, our sins, and our feelings of inadequacy and insecurity. God knows every detail of your life and mine.
As Jesus talked to the woman at the well, she told him some personal facts. But Jesus already knew them! When Jesus walked along the road in Jericho, he already knew Zacchaeus was in the tree; in fact, he knew all about Zacchaeus too. God knows about us as well.
Even before we were born, God knew us. From the moment of our conception God has watched us. When we are in turmoil over how and what to pray, we can offer God simple words and our heart's yearnings. Our powerful and amazing God already knows the facts.
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
A growing Moon and a flowing tide are lucky times to marry
12 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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