tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35843717930579669222024-02-18T18:31:09.892-08:00BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOLthis journal was on aol and was imported over to blogger and will continue on bloggerI'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comBlogger1004125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-31710252884847657982008-10-14T04:16:00.001-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.278-07:00HERE IS THE NEW JOURNAL LINK - ON THE BRIGHT SIDE<br /><a href="http://goodmorningsmiles.blogspot.com/">http://goodmorningsmiles.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Hope to see you there!<br />maI'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-36747836064969205652008-10-06T04:37:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.279-07:00THIS WILL BE CONTINUED ON NEW BLOGGER ACCOUNT<p>HERE IS THE NEW JOURNAL LINK - ON THE BRIGHT SIDE</p><p><a href="http://goodmorningsmiles.blogspot.com/">http://goodmorningsmiles.blogspot.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>Hope to see you there!</p><p>ma</p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-56939677778903221352008-09-30T04:49:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.279-07:00FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRO6E3rbeek/SPMurpGP6aI/AAAAAAAAW1M/7A5mfgIZmWs/s1600-R/pic%3Fid%3Dab90xqHkdG8FeB1Nmi-K9iIAB*6WAk5Y3HMh%26size%3Dm" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Miracles are of all sizes. And if you start believing in little miracles, you can work up to the bigger ones. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Norman Vincent Peale</span></em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Live with hope in your heart </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society are created, strengthened, and maintained. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Winston Churchill </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">HAPPY TUESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">This is the last day of September and tomorrow we welcome a new month. I’ve been fortunate in that it has been fairly warm here up until now. But the new month is bringing us some much cooler temps it seems. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">A few nights this week we are supposed to go down to 45. I may just have to turn the furnace on. I don’t want to, but 45 is pretty cold. The sad thing is that once the furnace is on, it won’t be turned off until sometime in late April or early May. (if we are lucky, that is) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Gas here was the lowest it has been in a while. I managed to pay 3.66 Monday. I keep hearing about the southern states having gas shortages, but here there hasn’t been any. That is something to be thankful for! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Just One Minute </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">When you are depressed, angry, sad, disillusioned, grieving, joyful, tempted, estranged, or in any other state of mind and heart, include God for just a minute. When you include God for just a minute, that minute is a little window into the infinite love God has for you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">When you include God for just a minute, that minute becomes the door through which Christ will walk to sit down next to you so He can give you peace, joy, comfort, and the incredible power of His uplifting love. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><em>Author unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"> <em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">GOD BLESS YOU ALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY IS…CHEWING GUM DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Modern chewing gum was invented when "chicle" was brought to the U.S. (Chicle is latex sap - much like rubber). In 1870, the first flavored gum, Black Jack, was manufactured. Wrigley was selling Spearmint and Juicy Fruit by 1893. Chiclets and gumballs came in the early 1900s - and Walter Diemer invented Dubble Bubble bubble gum in 1928. The best news is that after WWII, chemists learned how to make artificial gum bases to use instead of chicle </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, observed both today and tomorrow. According to Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah is a time of judgment and remembrance, on which God reviews and judges a person's deeds in the last year. Rosh Hashanah starts 163 days after the first day of Passover. In most Jewish communities Rosh Hashanah lasts for two days but in some communities only the first day is observed </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Today is National Chewing Gum Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Today is National Lemon Ice Cream and Cake Appreciation Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">1960: The last Howdy Doody show was televised. Clarabell the Clown spoke for the first time ever and said, "Goodbye, kids </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">1960: The first prime-time cartoon for adults, The Flintstones, premiered on ABC-TV. Alan Reed was the voice of Fred Flintstone </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Deep Thoughts </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">When I was young we used to go "skinny dipping", now I just "chunky dunk". </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">The early bird still has to eat worms. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">The worst thing about accidents in the kitchen is eating them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">verbiage </span></strong>\VUR-bee-ij\, noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">1. An overabundance of words; wordiness. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">2. Manner or style of expression; diction </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><em>Verbiage</em> comes from French, ultimately from Latin verbum, word </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S REFLECTION</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"> <em><strong>Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><em><strong>Philippians 4:8 </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Through the all-knowing spirit of God within me, I have the wisdom and freedom to make my own choices. Spirit inspires me and encourages me to seek healthy outlets for my emotions and activities. During prayer and meditation, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">I tap into an inner reservoir of divine intelligence and make a choice or come to a decision about the direction I am to take. I move forward with courage and optimism. I am free to live a life of abundance, free to explore new paths, and free to become all that I can be. Unlimited possibilities await me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">I live a life of wholeness as I soar with the freedom of Spirit. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><em>Daily Word</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Polish pewter with a cabbage leaf </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong>82 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !</strong></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"> I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">MY HOMEPAGE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"> I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">http://www.bigmarainey.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"></span> </p><div id="metrics" contenteditable="false" style="DISPLAY: none; FILTER: alpha(opacity=0)"><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload_1" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload_1</a></div>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-63854005887258673282008-09-29T04:22:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.279-07:00FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>St. Thomas Aquinas </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Focus on your goals and chase away excuses </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I even have a secret ingredient that I'll share with you. One that you can't get off the shelf. When a loved one praises my meal, my answer is always, "Ahh, it's my secret ingredient... LOVE” </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Louis Parrish </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">HAPPY </span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MONDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">BACK TO WORK ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Going back to work this morning is not so bad as I had my full quota of R&R this past weekend. I really do feel refreshed, renewed and relaxed after the nice weekend at the camper. Of course, I also got to church on Sunday morning which always gives me what I need to make it through another week. With the good Lord’s help, it’ll be a great week ahead. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">We’ll be saying good bye to September and welcoming in October this week. It is so hard to believe another month has passed by so quickly. We keep loosing hours of daylight and the night is growing longer and longer as each day passes. I am being reminded to appreciate the sun while it is shinning as soon we’ll be making our own sunshine the best we can. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">November and December aren’t bad months but come January I’ll be counting down the days til camping season comes again. The 3 months of winter that seem the longest are January February and March. This will be the time that I get whatis needed done in doors at home as after April comes, I’ll be back to the campground every weekend. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">There is nothing much on my calendar after work this week except for the fact that Friday is a vacation day and I’ll be heading to the camper once more after work on Thursday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>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 ! </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY IS…ANSWERING MACHING DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">According to a marketing research company, over 2/3 of American homes now have answering machines. Since this is their day, don't be surprised if you hear this message... "After working 24/7, I am taking the day off. I have made a deal with the refrigerator to take your calls and stick your messages on its side with one of those little magnets. Be back tomorrow. Love, Your Answering Machine" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Today is Make a List of the <strong>Top Ten Happiest</strong> Days in Your Life Day. Jot down details (while you can still remember). Do it, it'll be fun </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Today is <strong>Gene Autry</strong> Day, marking his birth in Tioga, Texas, on this date in 1907. He made 94 feature films, 91 TV shows, and 635 recordings. He wrote "Riders in the Sky," "The Last Roundup," and "Back in the Saddle Again." His biggest hit was "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Today is <strong>Quick Draw</strong> Day, always on the birthday of Quick Draw McGraw, the cartoon horse who got elected sheriff in 1959. His deputy, a Mexican burro named Baba Looey, was much smarter than Quick Draw, but never let the sheriff know it</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> 1950: Bell Laboratories introduced the first telephone answering machine </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1960 - My Three Sons was welcomed into U.S. homes on ABC-TV. Fred MacMurray, who was a movie actor, had a difficult time making the adjustment to the small screen. But adjust he did, and My Three Sons endured so well that CBS bought the successful hit for somewhere between seven and ten million dollars in 1965</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> 1963: The TV comedy "My Favorite Martian" premiered on CBS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1996 - The Nintendo 64 video game system known as the first ‘true’ 64-bit system, hit North American shelves. That first day, Nintendo sold 500,000 systems, with the Mario64 game selling the same with it. Needless to say, Nintendo’s system was a big success </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S SMILE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> <em>Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Joseph Addison</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">BLACK AND WHITE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">You could hardly see for all the snow, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> Pull a chair up to the TV set,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> "Good night David, Good night Chet" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Dependin' on the channel you tuned</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> You got Rob and Laura or Ward and June </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">It felt so good, felt so right </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Life looked better in black and white </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I Love Lucy, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">The Real McCoys</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys Rawhide, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Gunsmoke, Wagon Train Superman, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Lois Lane Father Knows Best, Patty Duke Rin </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Tin Tin and Lassie too Donna Reed on Thursday night </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Life looked better in black and white </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I wanna go back to black and white</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> Everything always turned out right </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Simple people, simple lives </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Good guys always won the fights </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Now nothin's the way it seems </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">In living color or on the screen </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I wanna go back to black and white </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">In God they trusted, in bed they slept</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> A promise made was a promise kept </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">T</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">hey never cussed or broke their vows </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">They'd never make the network now </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">But if I could I'd rather be, in a TV town in 63 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">It felt so good, felt so right </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Life looked better in black and white </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">CHORUS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I'd trade all the channels on the satellite, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">If I could just turn back the clock tonight</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> To when everybody knew wrong from right, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">life was better in <strong>black and white</strong>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">DOGS</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> Dogs lick you because they love you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> Cats lick you because you had chicken for dinner </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">The reason a dog has so many friends</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Anonymous </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. - Ann Landers </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">panache </span></strong>\puh-NASH; -NAHSH\, noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1. Dash or flamboyance in manner or style. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">2. A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Panache</em> is from the French, from Medieval French pennache, from Italian pinnacchio, feather, from Late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of penna, feather. It is related to pen, a writing instrument, originally a feather or quill used for writing </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><em>Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><em>John 1: 47-51 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Dear Lord, the mind boggles and one feels so small and insignificant and frightened of joining you in heaven where the angels are ascending and descending and millions mill about worshipping you. Will we get lost in the crowd? But we know that we are not insignificant. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">We know because we believe that you love each of us personally and individually. After all, you did not become an angel but a fully human being, born in the ordinary human way and brought up and taught by loving and sensible parents. Thank you, Lord. With your help we will struggle on to be fully human, loving and compassionate, just like you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> <em>Daily Prayer Online</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">When the well's dry, we know the worth of water </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Ben Franklin</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#666666;">83 DAYS UNTIL WINTER ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em> Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-16670749729488162092008-09-26T05:10:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.279-07:00FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2w5upv0s_et9QCZAavHpwGnbs3Xt6hwHbQzPZqsa6h2hE4YjhtVycobhyphenhyphenukp4J3RN_6I7PIuFxY3l5Flm4g9_c4T3ypgLc1a3lGuXij4qCK0oBHJH_u07qmAoFcHlKjAWhn1pIi4-xk/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=ab90xqHkdG8FeB1Nmi-K9iIABxhMYN9u-KLE&size=m" />TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Marianne Williamson</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Forgive yourself when you fail </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Robert J. Hastings</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">HAPPY FINALLY FRIDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The weekend has finally come and I can once again go camping! The power is restored and thanks to DD and her hubby most of the mess from last weeks storm is all cleaned up too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I’m ready for a couple of days of relaxation for sure. It was good that I got a lot done here at home last weekend, but this weekend will be better for me for sure. At the end of a long work week, the one thing I don’t want to do is work some more. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I really am getting used to this lifestyle and hate to think what will happen when the end of October comes. I’m just so thankful I’ve been so blessed by being able to have this summer at the campground. It’s by far the best I’ve had in a long long time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>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</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">GOD BLESS YOU! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY IS…ACORN SQUASH DAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> Now, who thought of the name "squash"? It sounds like what happens when you step on a bug. But, even with that name, acorn squash is a delicious, sweet vegetable. It's also called winter squash - not because it grows in the winter, but because it lasts all winter if it's stored in a cool, dry place. This is because the skin is so much thicker than a summer squash like zucchini </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">STUFFED ACORN SQUASH</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> 2 acorn squash (1 to 1 1/2 lbs each) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1 large, tart red apple, diced </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">2 tablespoons chopped nuts </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">2 tablespoons packed brown sugar </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> 1. Heat over to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">2. Cut each squash in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds and fibers. Place the squash with the cut side up in an ungreased pan. Bake for 30 minutes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">3. In a small mixing bowl, combine the apple, nuts, brown sugar and melted butter. Spoon this mixture into the squash halves. 4. Return the squash to the over and continue baking for 30 minutes longer - or until the squash is tender</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> TODAY’S TRIVIA</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> Today is "Brady Bunch" Day, marking the show’s TV debut on this date in 1969 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Gilligan's Day. "Gilligan's Island" premiered on this date in 1964. The series starred Bob Denver </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Shamu was born this day in 1985 in Orlando, Florida. She was the first killer whale to be born in captivity and survive. Her place of birth was Sea World. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1774 Birth of pioneer environmentalist Jonathan Chapman (Johnny Appleseed). Distributing apple seeds and religious tracts from the Alleghenies to the Ohio Valley</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1892 - The ‘March King’ was introduced to the general public. John Philip Sousa and his band played the Liberty Bell March in Plainfield, New Jersey </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce 1956: It was Elvis Presley Day in his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1962: "The Beverly Hillbillies" debuted on CBS-TV, starring Buddy Ebsen </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">THE BLUE ROSE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Why do I always have to be the one that starts to do laundry and there's no detergent? I guess it was time for me to do my 'Dollar Store' run, which included light bulbs, paper towels, trash bags and Clorox. So off I go. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I scurried around the store, gathered up my goodies, and headed for the checkout counter only to be blocked in the narrow aisle by a young man that appeared to be about sixteen-years- old. I wasn't in a hurry, so I patiently waited for the boy to realize that I was there.. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">This was when he waved his hands excitedly in the air and declared in a loud voice, 'Mommy, I'm over here.' It was obvious now, he was mentally challenged, and Also startled as he turned and saw me standing so Close to him, waiting to squeeze by. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">His eyes Widened and surprise exploded on his face as I said, 'Hey Buddy, what's your name?' 'My name is Denny and I'm shopping with my mother,' he responded proudly. 'Wow,' I said, 'that's a cool name; I wish my name was Denny, but my name is Hal.' 'Hal like Halloween?' he asked. 'Yes,' I answered.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> 'How old are you Denny? 'How old am I now Mommy?' he asked his mother as she slowly came over from the next aisle. 'You're fifteen-years-old Denny; now be a good boy and let the man pass by.' I acknowledged her and continued to talk to Denny for several more minutes about summer, bicycles and school.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> I watched his brown eyes dance with excitement because he was the center of someone's attention. He then abruptly turned and headed toward the toy section. Denny's mom had a puzzled look on her face and thanked me for taking the time to talk with her son. She told me that most people wouldn't even look at him, much less talk to him... </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I told her that it was my pleasure and then I said something I have no idea where it came from, other than by the prompting of the Holy Spirit. I told her that there are plenty of red, yellow and pink roses in God's garden, however, 'Blue Roses' are very rare and should be appreciated for their beauty and distinctiveness. You see, Denny is a 'Blue Rose' and if someone doesn't stop and smell that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness, then they've missed a blessing from God. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">She was silent for a second, then with a tear in her eye she asked, 'Who are you?' Without thinking I said, 'Oh, I'm probably just a 'daffodil or maybe even a dandelion,' but I sure love living in God's garden.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em> Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">YOU ARE UNIQUE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">When will we teach our children in school what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are marvel. You are unique. In all of the world there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed there has never been another child like you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">And look at your body - what a wonder it is! Your legs, your arms, your cunning fingers, the way you move! You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you a marvel? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Pablo Casals</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">edify</span></strong> \ED-uh-fy\, transitive verb: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. --edifying, adjective Edify is from Old French edifier, from Latin edifico, edificare, to build </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every thing under the heavens. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them; a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Ecclesiastes 3:1-11</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The book of Ecclesiastes sings a reminder that there is a time for everything both positive and negative, both joyful and sad. There is a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to weep and a time to laugh. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">We are reminded by the gospel that, even as the disciples recognised the presence of the Messiah, Jesus was firm with them that they must allow first for the time of great suffering which Jesus was to endure. We can all want to rush ahead into the joy of what is to come, to jump over times of hardship and pain when we experience them, without awareness of God’s grace in all things and in all seasons </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A near neighbor is better than a far-dwelling kinsman </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#666666;">86 DAYS UNTIL WINTER ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">P</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">salm 37:4 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I Love You All !!! Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">http://www.bigmarainey.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span> </p><div id="metrics" contenteditable="false" style="DISPLAY: none; FILTER: alpha(opacity=0)"><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload_1" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload_1</a></div>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-31712168846260461672008-09-25T04:27:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.280-07:00FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>ON THE </strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span><strong> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJRYDk_zr942RkR4WVgBOlzRKzcKgmiFek1lfIeMNYEdQekkUSgaMriGcmf3lSrBGsHZHo17gGjrrkEbkdv30VD7xWkwiWsVTcnt0vy6Ad5z_DLf_KtCCCMQ_faxxnPBRpQrl06VI7dc/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=ab90xqHkdG8FeB1Nmi-K9iIAB4TvPRiQ1Hjv&size=m" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Anonymous </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today, increase your degree of caring </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Gertrude Stein</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAPPY THURSDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Wednesday, HUMP day, came and went and now we are on the downhill slide into the weekend. Our weather continues to be beautiful, but I did see on the long range forecast that Friday evening and Saturday morning now have a slight chance for rain. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">This evening is my Thursday night Bible study. I always try to go when I can as I figure I’m never too old to learn something new. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I found the beagle a new toy to play with as he’s not had one in awhile and he loves playing with it. It has a squeaker inside and hasn’t managed to tear it out yet so it’ll be fun for him for awhile yet. It is fun for me too, just watching him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY IS…COMIC BOOK DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The first comic strip, The Yellow Kid, ran in Sunday newspapers on February 16, 1896. In March 1897, several comic strips were made into a Sunday Journal and and sold for 5 cents. From this humble beginning, comic books were born. During the next 30 years, people became loyal fans of characters such as Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Mutt & Jeff, Buster Brown and Krazy Kat. They have lost some fans to tv, but are still popular today. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is National Crabmeat Newberg Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is Gomer Pyle Day, marking the CBS-TV debut of "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C" on this date in 1964. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Happy Birthday to the woman who can spin circles around just about any other interviewer on television, Barbara Walters, born this day in 1931 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and became the first known European to see the Pacific Ocean </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1890 - A U.S. National Park was established in Central California. It was called Sequoia National Park after the giant redwood trees that grow there </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1954: In his only appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, Elvis sang "Blue Moon of Kentucky." Talent coordinator John Denny told him to go back totruck driving </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2003: The U.S. House gave the Federal Trade Commission explicit authority to create a national do not call directory </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Ten Commandments of Human Relations </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. Speak to people. There is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. Smile at people. It takes 72 muscles to frown, only 14 to smile. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">3. Call people by name. It is music to anyone’s ears to hear the sound of his or her name. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">4. Be friendly and helpful. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">5. Be cordial. Speak and act as if everything you do is genuinely a pleasure. If it isn’t, learn to make it so. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">6. Be genuinely interested in people. You can like almost anyone, if you try. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">7. Be generous with praise, cautious with criticism. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">8. Be considerate of the feelings of others. There are usually three sides to a controversy -- yours, the other fellow’s, and the correct one. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">9. Be alert to serve. What counts most in life is what you do for others. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">10. Live with a good sense of humor, a generous dose of patience, and a dash of humility appropriate to being human. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Made in God’s image, all of us have something to be valued! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S WORD</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"> numismatics</span></strong> \noo-miz-MAT-iks; -mis-; nyoo-\, noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Numismatics</em> ultimately derives from the Greek nomos, a custom or convention, which has the derivative nomisma, anything sanctioned by custom, especially the current State coin. It can also refer to the study and collection of medals </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SCAM ALERT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">On AOL yesterday we were warned about the top ten scams going around the Internet. This one particularly caught my eye as it was about my Internet provider. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">If you're a customer of Time Warner (which is the parent company of AOL and Switched.com), outages might not be your only problem. Clients in San Antonio, Texas, all of whom used the Road Runner Internet service, recently received e-mails sent with the company's name and logo asking them to provide account information or they would lose service. Time Warner says that people receiving these messages should delete them and contact the company</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> NEVER PROVIDE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION on the Internet. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">There were warnings about the FBI, face book, Halloween card e-mails, and charities too. Please DO NOT OPEN any emails if you are not familiar with the sender. The trouble in many cases like the one with Road Runner, they appear to be real but are not. Best advice I can give you is don't open anything other that the emails that you are assured of being real. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun? </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Ecclesiastes 1:2</em></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">All is vanity! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today’s reading from Ecclesiastes brings home to us what we owe to the Incarnation: it is a view of the world without Christ. The world cannot satisfy even the successful. The value of everything apart from God is limited, and we reach those limits inevitably and have nowhere to go. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The reading expresses the narrowness of vision, the disappointed hopes, and the weariness of lives that ignore God. The Incarnation makes the mood of Ecclesiastes inexcusable for Christians. Once Jesus took human nature he gave an infinitely great value to human activities like the work he did for years in Nazareth. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">When he rose after Calvary he made failure in any enterprise undertaken for him impossible. Following the incarnate Word may mean hardship and disappointments: it can’t mean frustration, because we follow Christ into the glory of the risen life </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Daily Prayer Online</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Necessity never made a good bargain </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Ben Franklin</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">87 DAYS UNTIL WINTER ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">http://www.bigmarainey.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </p><div id="metrics" contenteditable="false" style="DISPLAY: none; FILTER: alpha(opacity=0)"><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload_1" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload_1</a></div>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-45108128400907970972008-09-24T04:30:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.280-07:00FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Leo Buscaglia</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Celebrate each season, for you, too, are transformed with the turns of the earth </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Arthur Dobrin</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Forever is composed of nows.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> <em>Emily Dickinson</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">HAPPY WEDNESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">OVER THE HUMP DAY! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">It seems the good Lord is letting us enjoy summer a few days longer this year. Autumn has arrived but our days have been sunny and warm. Thankfully I’m still able to sit out for awhile on the patio before dark and enjoy the chorus. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">All has been very quiet here, but I’m not complaining as ordinary days are wonderful. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">For food in a world where many walk in hunger,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> For faith in a world where many walk in fear, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">For friends in a world where many walk alone, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">We give you humble thanks, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">O Lord. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Amen </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic SansMS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>Pray for the Coming Debates</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">The first debate between Senator McCain and Senator Obama is set for Friday, September 26 at the University of Mississippi at Oxford. Senator Biden and Governor Palin will square off on Thursday, October 2 at Washington University in St. Louis, MO </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours? </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>The Bible, I Kings 3:3</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>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</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">GOD BLESS YOU! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY IS…LITTLE LEAGUE DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Honors the lessons taught in Little League, such as... </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1. Life is not fair </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">2. You don't always win </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">3. Umpires can make bad calls </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">4. Your parents embarrass you </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">5. Sometimes you sit on the bench </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">6. Heros still have to carry out the trash </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Bullwinkle's Birthday - The Bullwinkle and Rocky Show premiered on this day in 1961 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Miss Piggy Day - On the birthday of Jim Hensen, celebrate all his creations -- Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and Gonzo. Jim Hensen was born this day in 1936 in Greenville, Mississippi </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Today is Share a Banana Split with Someone You Love Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">National Bluebird of Happiness Day - Sing out about the joys of life </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1493: Columbus leaves on his second voyage to the New World </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1789: Congress passed the First Judiciary Act, which provided for an Attorney General and a Supreme Court </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1968: CBS premiered the television news magazine "60 Minutes </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">998: Elvis Presley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TEN TOP THINGS THAT MAKE A REAL MAN: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">10. Comes home directly from work knowing his "real" job is about to start. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">9. Is not afraid to get down on hands and knees and play "horsie". </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">8. Kisses his children and shows them a man can be gentle. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">7. Kisses his wife in front of his children so the children can be secure in the knowledge of a united home. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">6. Hugs his family and says "I love you." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">5. Is not afraid to cry. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">4. Goes with his family to church. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">3. Values the advice of his wife. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">2. Starts each day with a "quiet time", talking to the Lord. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">And the number one thing: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1. Prays </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S LINK </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> <a href="http://www.anthology-email.net/rain/rain.htm">http://www.anthology-email.net/rain/rain.htm</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>scion</strong></span> \SY-uhn\, noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1. A detached shoot or twig of a plant used for grafting. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">2. Hence, a descendant; an heir </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Scion</em> derives from Old French cion, of Germanic origin </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Trust found only in the Lord's Refuge </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><em>It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><em>Psalm 118:8-9</em></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">When difficulties arise, we usually seek advice from anyone who will listen to us. At times we may regret opening our heart to a certain person. We are deeply disappointed that only after everything else fails we turn to the Lord and ask him to help us to decide and discern. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Then we realize that we should have gone to him first. St. Paul reminds us: "Praised be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation! He comforts us in all our afflictions and thus enables us to comfort those who are in trouble, with the same consolation we have received from him. (2 Cor 1:3-4)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em> Rejoice in Me by Msgr. David E. Rosage</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Habits are first cobwebs and then cables</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong> 88 DAYS UNTIL FALL !</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-12593453279590510022008-09-23T04:33:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.280-07:00FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2008</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do the listening.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Larry King</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>John Wesley</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Mary Kay Ash</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">HAPPY TUESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Here we are again, sipping the good coffee and trying to wake up. It is supposed to be another warm sunny day here. I’ve gotten some of my fall clothing out, but most of it is too warm for me to wear today. The mornings are chilly though in the 50’s so you need an extra layer then.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> I wanted to paint the signs I had for the fall festival over the weekend and couldn’t find them then. At work yesterday, I remembered I’d stuck them in the attic. So last evening I managed to get a base coat on them…maybe this evening I can do more. We still have several weeks til they will be needed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I have tonight and tomorrow evening to get things together for the camper too. It seems I’m always busy doing some thing. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way</strong> ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:ComicSans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>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</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">GOD BLESS YOU ALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY IS…PIANO PLAYERS DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence, Italy sometime around 1700 - and was originally called a "harpsichord that plays soft and loud." It was a keyboard instrument that produced a stronger sound than the clavichord and allowed for more artistic expression than the harpsichord or the organ. Today we celebrate the most popular instrument in the whole world - plus more than 20 million people who are pianists. This includes all of us who can only play chopsticks! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Energize Day, a day to set aside time for yourself </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is National Chocolate Day and National Good Neighbor Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is National Puffy Pancakes </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today Today is Piano Players Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Neptune Day, marking discovery of the planet on this date in 1846. Neptune is four times larger than Earth and takes 164.8 Earth years to revolve once around the sun </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition returned to St. Louis after two years in the American West </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1964: In the first New York performance of Fiddler on the Roof, Zero Mostel sang If I Were a Rich Man </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1969: Marcus Welby M.D. debuted on ABC-TV. It starred Robert Young, James Brolin, and Elena Verdugo </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1986: Congress designated the rose as America’s national flower </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Everything I Need To Know I Learned From the Bible </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Happiness makes you smile; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A kind answer soothes angry feelings; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A true friend will keep a secret; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">You will say the wrong thing if you talk too much; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't tell you neighbor to come back tomorrow, if you can help today; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Everyone likes to brag about getting a bargain;</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Wise friends make you wise; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">It's better to be honest and poor than to be dishonest and rich; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Telling lies will get you in trouble; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't give up; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Make your parents proud, especially your mother; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Watching what you say can save you a lot of trouble; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Respect and obey the Lord;</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> Don't tell everything you know; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Go looking for trouble, and you will find it; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Teach your children right from wrong, and when they are grown they will still do right; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Not getting what you want can make you feel sick; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The hungrier you are, the harder you work; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't try to get even; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">All wisdom comes from the Lord, and so do common sense and understanding; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">It's a dangerous thing to guarantee payment for someone's debts; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't say, 'I didn't know it!' </span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">God can read your mind; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't argue just to be arguing; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Obey the teaching of your parents; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Know where you are headed, and you will stay on solid ground; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't ever think that you are wise enough; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Share your plans with the Lord, and you will succeed. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Soren Kierkegaard</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MAY YOU HAVE . . . </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough happiness to keep you sweet </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough trials to keep you strong </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough sorrow to keep you human </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough hope to keep you happy </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough failure to keep you humble </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough success to keep you eager </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough friends to give you comfort </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough wealth to meet your needs</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough enthusiasm to look forward </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough faith to banish depression </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Enough determination to make each day better than yesterday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>undulate</strong></span> \UN-juh-layt; UN-dyuh-\, intransitive: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To move in, or have, waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air <em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Undulate</em> derives from Latin undulare, from undula, a little wave, from unda, a wave </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em><strong>The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em><strong>Luke 8: 19-21</strong></em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Here it seems Jesus calls us to be his family. When he gathered the apostles to travel the roads of Galilee, Judea and Samaria they shared all the highs and lows of family life. As our relationship with Jesus deepens, we come to relate to him as a brother, as well as a teacher and savior, so we feel a sense of being part of his family. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">As this feeling continues, we want to follow the traditions and values of it; thus ‘doing the will of the Father’ becomes a way of life for us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>ONLINE PRAYER DAILY DEVOTION</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The higher the clouds, the finer the weather. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">88 DAYS UNTIL WINTER ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Psalm 37:4</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MA MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-60984277391294781162008-09-22T05:00:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.280-07:00FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>ON THE<span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;"> BRIGHT </span>SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Joy is prayer—Joy is strength—Joy is love— </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Mother Teresa</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Remember that remarkable achievements begin as thoughts </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">T</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">ODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I sometimes forget that life is fragile. The fact that I have more time to dream my dreams and take my ease is no reason at all to disregard the moment I’m in by preferring to be somewhere else. I have to remind myself that wherever I am. . . fast lane or slow lane, in traffic or out of traffic, racing or resting . . . God is there. He is in me, abiding in me, thus making it possible for me to be all there, myself. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Luci Swindoll </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAPPY MONDAY !!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> Happy Fall ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A new day and a new week are ahead and we’ll be hoping it will be a great one! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The good news is that the power is back on at the camper and I can now go camping next weekend. Right now the 7 day forecast is showing nothing but sunshine and temps in the low to upper 70’s during the day and in the 50’s at night. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">DD called last evening to say they got all the debris cleaned up around our campsites on Saturday. ((((BIG HUGS TO YOU GUYS)))). They had a lot of work to do as there were branches and limbs all over the place. We were all very fortunate that there was no damage to the campers. She said that her hubby checked out my battery too and it is working. One of the wires had come loose and that’s why it couldn’t work when the power went out. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">On my calendar for after work this week it looks pretty quiet except for my Thursday evening Bible Study and leaving for the camper after work on Friday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>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</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">25 WORDS</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> 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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY IS…IT’S FALL DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">We celebrate the fall season with... </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. Fall Equinox </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. Falling Leaves </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">3. Falling Temperatures 4. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Falling Football Players </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Happy Fall! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Fall begins. The autumnal equinox is defined as the point at which the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator from north to south. The celestial equator is the circle in the celestial sphere halfway between the celestial poles. It can be thought of as the plane of Earth's equator projected out onto the sphere. Another definition of fall is nights of below-freezing temperatures combined with days of temperatures below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The word equinox means "equal night"; night and day are the same length of time. The spring equinox is in late March. In addition to the equal hours of daylight and darkness, the equinoxes are times when the Sun's apparent motion undergoes the most rapid change. Around the time of the equinoxes, variations in the position on the horizon where the Sun rises and sets can be noticed from one day to the next by alert observers. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Autumn begins today at 11:44 a.m. in the Northern Hemisphere; Spring begins in the Southern Hemisphere </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is Family Day, a day to eat dinner with your children </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is Ice Cream Cone Day, marking Italo Marchiony's invention of the cone, first made of paper then pastry, for his push cart ice cream business in New York City. He filed to patent the cone mold on this date in 1903 and received the patent in December. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Fantasies Are Fabulous Day - This is the birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, use this day to create and celebrate fantasies </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">You Light Up My Life Day - Celebrated on the birthday of singer Debbie Boone, who sang the hit song "You Light Up My Life." Light up someone's life, do something special for them. Debbie was born on this day in 1956, in Hackensack, New Jersey </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1973 - Henry Kissinger took the oath as U.S. Secretary of State. This was the first time a naturalized citizen had held this office. Only in America... </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1980: Laura Ingalls got married on Little House on the Prairie </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get A Transfer</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> By<em> Author Unknown </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">If you are on the Gloomy Line, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">If you're inclined to fret and pine,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get off the track of doubt and gloom, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get on the Sunshine Track -there's room-</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">If you're on the Worry Train, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">You must not stay there and complain, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The Cheerful Cars are passing through,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> And there's lots of room for you- </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get a transfer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> If you're on the Grouchy Track,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Just take a Happy Special back, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Jump on the train and pull the rope, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">That lands you at the station of Hope- </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get a transfer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Get a Transfer is a funny poem, however one that is full of wisdom. It will make you smile, but also should remind you that if you find yourself in one of the verses it is time to take action and change your situation. Remember the line, "get a transfer". </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Having enthusiasm in performing any task gives you an abundance of energy. Showing enthusiasm also motivates others around you. An acronym for enthusiasm </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">E nergy </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">N imble </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">T enacious </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">H appy </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">U nbeatable </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">S elf-confidence </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I nexhaustible </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A chievable </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">S uccess </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">M otivated </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Put lots of enthusiasm in all you do! Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Henry Chester</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S LINK </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">YOUR MOMENT TO FULFILL</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> <a href="http://greatday.com/cgi-bin/jsenter.pl?1928p06FM9bm">http://greatday.com/cgi-bin/jsenter.pl?1928p06FM9bm</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">beneficence </span></strong>\buh-NEFF-i-suhns\, noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. A charitable gift or act. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Beneficence</em> is from Latin beneficentia, from beneficus, kind, generous, obliging, from bene, well (from bonus, good) + facere, to do. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">One who, or that which, is characterized by beneficence is <em>beneficent</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em><strong>Wait for the Lord and keep his way. </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em><strong>Psalm 37:34 </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Learning when to listen and when to act, leaving room for the Holy Spirit to move in our life, is something that we learn through an active relationship with God. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The key is to cultivate openness with God that makes our whole heart available to God. And if we are patient, God's work will be completed in us, at the appointed time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">When we stop and listen, God will show us the way </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.upperroom.org/">http://www.upperroom.org</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Asters, September's flowers, were once burned to ward off serpents </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">IT IS FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#336666;"><em>Psalm 37:4</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY HOMEPAGE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY JOURNALS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-62976777043481618852008-09-18T04:55:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.281-07:00FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">ON THE BRIGHT SIDE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2008 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Eleanor Roosevelt</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Lose yourself in something that you believe in </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A careless word may kindle strife. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A cruel word may wreck a life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> A timely word may level stress. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A loving word may heal and bless </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAPPY THURSDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">As it was a clear morning on Wednesday I got to see that full waning moon on my way to work. It was really bright and that along with the sun beginning to rise made it seem almost daylight outside. That was a first in quite a few days now. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The shingles were all replaced when I got home from work yesterday. They did a good job and were really nice to come right away. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is my last day of work this week. I will call the campground tomorrow morning and check on the electricity, if it is on I’ll go to the camper. If it is off I’ll stay home. I don’t know whether or not any of my camping babes will be there or not. They were waiting to see what happens too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY IS…MUSHROOM PICKING DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Mushrooms are a fungi (ick) that are related to molds and yeasts. There are tens of thousands of different species, but only a few hundred we can eat. All the rest are toxic. Not all mushrooms grow in dark, damp places -some need sunlight - and some even glow in the dark! Be careful what you pick to throw in the stew pot (or just get them at the grocery store like us). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BAKED MUSHROOMS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 pound fresh mushrooms, quartered </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 onion, diced 1 clove garlic, chopped </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 green bell pepper, diced </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1/4 tsp. seasoning salt </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 dash pepper </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2 tablespoons water </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">4 tablespoons melted butter </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. In a 1 quart casserole dish combine mushrooms, onion, garlic, green pepper, Italian seasoning, seasoning salt, pepper and parsley. Pour water and butter over mixture and cover. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">3. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is Times Day. The New York Times was first published on this date in 1851 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is Make A Corncob Rocket Day. Find a cob, break it in half, and stick two chicken feathers in the soft stuff in the middle of the broken end. Each feather should curve out away from the other. Now, throw it as high as you can. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1927: The Columbia Broadcasting System, a network created by 26-year-old William Paley, began programming with 16 stations. Paley was president or board chairman of CBS for 55 years </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1955 - What had been The Toast of the Town on CBS Television (since 1948) became The Ed Sullivan Show. This “rilly big shew” remained a mainstay of Sunday night television until June 6, 1971. Sullivan was a newspaper columnist/critic before and during the early years of this pioneering TV show </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1965: The first episode of I Dream of Jeannie aired on NBC-TV. The series ran through September 1, 1970 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1977 - The Voyager I spacecraft (launched on Sep 5, 1977 from cape Canaveral, FL) snapped the first photograph showing the earth and moon together. (Voyager I is further away from Earth than any other man-made object.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SMILE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> LIVING IN OHIO... </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">After more than two decades of living in Ohio, I know how to be an Ohioan. While I was learning, written guidelines would have been helpful. So I've written some to assist others. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. Know the state casserole. The state casserole consists of canned green beans, Campbell's cream of mushroom soup and dried onions. You can safely take this casserole to any social event and know that you will be accepted. In fact, Neil Armstrong almost took this casserole to the moon in case he encountered alien life there. NASA nixed the plan out of concern that the casserole would overburden the Apollo rocket at liftoff. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. Get used to food festivals. The Ohio General Assembly, in an effort to grow bigger offensive linemen, passed legislation years ago requiring every incorporated community to have at least one festival per year dedicated to a high-fat food. Thus, Sugarcreek honors Swiss cheese, Bucyrus has a bratwurst celebration and Gahanna, seeking an edge over other towns, has recently introduced the Triglyceride and Low-density Lipoprotein Festival. It is your duty as an Ohioan to attend these festivals and at least buy an elephant ear. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">3. Know the geography. Of Florida, I mean. I've run into Ohioans who couldn't tell you where Toledo is but they know the exact distance from Fort Myers to Bonita Springs. That's because all Ohioans go to Florida in the winter. Or plan to when they retire. Or are related to retired Ohioans who have a place in Sarasota. We consider Florida to be the Lower Peninsula of Ohio. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">4. Speaking of Ohio weather . . . Wear layers or die. The thing to remember about Ohio seasons is that they can occur at anytime. We have springlike days in January and wintry weekends in October. April is capable of providing a sampling of all four seasons in a single 24-hour period. For these reasons, Ohio is the Layering Capital of the World. Even layering, however, can pose danger. Golfers have been known to dress for hypothermia and end up dead of heat stroke because they couldn't strip off their layers of plaid fast enough on a changeable spring morning.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> 5. Don't take Ohio place names literally. Upper Sandusky is below regular Sandusky. Circleville is square. East Liverpool has no counterpart to the west. Also, if a town has the same name as a foreign capital..... Lima or Berlin, for example...... you must not pronounce it that way lest you come under suspicion as a spy. Hence, it's not LEE-ma as in Peru, but LYE-ma as in bean.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> 6. Become mulch literate. Ohioans love mulch and appreciate its subtle differences. Learn the difference between hardwood, cypress and pine bark at a minimum. Researchers think the state affinity for mulch derives from its relatively flat terrain. People have a subconscious need for topography, and when it can't be supplied naturally, they are more likely to make little mulch hillocks in their front yards. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">7. Be knowledgeable about sports. In order to talk sports with obsessive fans in Ohio, you have to be knowledgeable on three levels - professional, college and high school. The truly expert Ohio sports fan knows not only the name of the hotshot quarterback at Abercrombie and Fitch High School, but also what colleges he's interested in, how much he bench-presses, who he took to the prom and what he got on his biology quiz last week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">8. About trends . . . Remember that Ohioans are never the first to embrace trends. When we do embrace them, we do so with a Midwestern pragmatism. For example, if you see an Ohioan with a nose ring, there's a good chance he's had it undercoated to guard against rust. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">9. How to sell things . . . The best way to sell something in Ohio is to attach the term "Amish" to it. The product need not be genuinely Amish. This would explain the existence of Amish moo shu pork.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> I hope you found this guide to be useful. If it offends you, please let me know. I will bring a green-bean casserole to your house to make amends. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Those who laugh ... last!</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>vociferous</strong></span> \voh-SIF-uhr-uhs\, adjective: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Vociferous</em> derives from Latin vociferari, "to shout, to cry out" from vox, "voice" + ferre, to carry </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man was a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,that she is a sinner.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. “Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He said to him, “You have judged rightly.” </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss ,but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little. ”He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Luke 7: 36-50 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A sinner receives forgiveness following her courageous and humble act, attending Jesus’ feet with perfume and tears at a Pharisee’s dinner. It’s comforting, since she was considered a sinful person, out of place there. Yet Jesus bestowed on her his greatest attention and forgiveness. We relate to this familiar principle; sinning and receiving forgiveness is a major part of our understanding of Christianity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">T</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">he actions of the woman showed her sorrow and desire to be close to Jesus. By comparison, Simon the Pharisee demonstrated nothing out of the ordinary in his treatment of Jesus. Let us pray that we don’t become like Simon, complacent in expressing love, and may we perceive God and others in their correct light. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Online Prayer – Reflection for the Daily Gospel</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Check chimneys and have them cleaned before starting autumn's first fire </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>4 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">Psalm 37:4</span></em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I Love You All !!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MA</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> MY HOMEPAGE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BRIGHTSIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a></span></p><p> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-2556394658625509972008-09-17T04:38:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.281-07:00FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Abraham Lincoln was once talking with a woman about how the North must treat the South. She disagreed with him, and said that she felt that we must destroy our enemies. Lincoln replied, "What, madam? Do I not destroy them when I make them my friends?</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Babs Hoffman</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAPPY WEDNESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DDIL#4 (16TH – OPPS!) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR ‘LITTLE RAY’ OF SUNSHINE’ BOY (17TH) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May the dear Lord bless you both always ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I forgot to get in the birthday greeting yesterday for DDIL#4 and feel so bad so it’s a belated one today. Our ‘Little Ray’ is actually celebrating his birthday today so I got that one right. DS#4 got back home Tuesday in time to celebrate the birthdays. I told him that I’m bad and it will probably get worse not better from here on out. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The sun came back out yesterday and although they said it was only a high of 68 degrees it felt warmer than that. I wore long pants to work for the first time in a long while and felt way too warm in them. Today is supposed to be a beautiful sunny 77 degrees, I’ll be back to wearing my lightweight summer clothing for sure. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I called the roofer to come to repair our missing shingles and he’ll be out today or tomorrow to replace them. He said he has a gauge that measures the wind and it said we had 90 miles an hour winds. That is pretty darn close to having a hurricane right here in Ohio. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Work was uneventful for the most part and today will be even quieter as the work load is dwindling down for the week. Tomorrow is the last day of the work week and that is a very good thing. Friday is a vacation day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I still don’t know about the power at the camper, DS#1 says the electric company is saying only 80% of the people will have power restored by Friday evening. That area was hit really hard. He and his family went to the campground Tuesday and he said it looked like a tornado had gone through with leaves and branches every where. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">All of the perishable food I had in the fridge had to be thrown out. I had propane in the tank for the fridge, but my battery was dead. No one told me to check the battery. Thankfully our campers were not damaged. I may or may not be camping this weekend. Probably not. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">DS#5 says the Apple Festival will be going on this weekend so if worse comes to worse I can always go to that. He’ll be there doing his caricature sketches. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">DDIL</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">#6’s Mom has requested continued prayers for her uncle. They have been trying to slowly bring him out of the induced coma and get him breathing on his own again. Still having many difficulties and a long way to go. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>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</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY IS…CONSTITUTION DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1787 Constitution Facts: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The average age of the signers was 44. Benjamin Franklin, 81, was the oldest. Jonathan Dayton, 26, was the youngest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">t took 100 working days to compose. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Jacob Shallus was paid $30 to write it out. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The 4 pages measure 29 7/8"x24 7/16". It has 1,458 words. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The U.S. Constitution -- ratified on this date -- contained the following code under Article 6, Section 3: 'No religious tests shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is M*A*S*H Day, marking the TV shows premier on this date in 1972. It lasted 11 years </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is Citizenship Day, begun in 1787, and the beginning of Constitution Week </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Today is National Apple Dumpling Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Jewish Yom Kippur-Day of Atonement </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1776 Along the western coast of North America, a party of 247 Spanish colonists consecrated their newly-founded mission, known as San Francisco </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1787 - The Constitution of the United States of America was signed by delegates from twelve states at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, PA. The U.S. Constitution is the world’s oldest working Constitution </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1920 - The National Football League was formed -- in Canton, Ohio. Canton is now the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A young private sought permission from his Commanding Officer to leave camp the following weekend. "You see," he explained, "my wife`s expecting." "Oh..." said the Officer, "I understand. Go ahead and tell your wife that I wish her luck." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The following week the same soldier was back again with the same explanation: "My wife's expecting." The Officer looked surprised. "Still expecting?" he said, "Well, well, my boy, you must be pretty bothered. Of course you can have the weekend off." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">When the same soldier appeared again the third week, however, the Officer lost his temper. "Don't tell me your wife is still expecting!" he bellowed. "Yes sir!" said the soldier resolutely, "She’s still expecting." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">"What on earth is she expecting?" cried the Officer. "Me," said the soldier simply. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">ONE MORE… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A youngster asked his father, "Dad, do all fairy tales start with, ‘Once upon a time?’ The father replied, "No, son, some of them start with, ‘When I am elected…’" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">disconcert </span></strong>\dis-kuhn-SURT\, transitive verb:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> 1. To disturb the composure of. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. To throw into disorder or confusion; as, "the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Disconcert</em> is derived from Old French desconcerter, from des-, "dis-" + concerter, from Old Italian concertare, to act together, to agree </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>By the power at work within us God is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine.</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em> Ephesians 3:20</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> …I wondered how many times I have made a decision based on what I could see without asking God to reveal the bigger picture. I thought of the times God seemed not to answer a prayer or to be responding differently than seemed logical to me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">God sees the whole picture, and acts in my life based on a higher view than mine. I have learned not to make decisions on my limited view but to trust God, who looks beyond what we can see. When we ask, God will give us the wisdom we need </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>The Upper Room Daily Devotional </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Wisdom is off times nearer when we stoop than when we soar </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">5 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Psalm 37:4</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MA MY HOMEPAGE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-10233417865444973882008-09-16T04:26:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.281-07:00FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>ON THE </strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span><strong> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Flatter me, and I may not believe you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> Criticize me, and I may not like you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> Encourage me, and I will not forget you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>By William Arthur Ward</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Pray for someone that you don't know </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S QUOTE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> I believe humans get a lot done, not because we're smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Flash Rosenberg</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">HAPPY TUESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">As it was still daylight when I got home from work yesterday, I was able to see that we lost a few shingles on the driveway side of the house from the storm that came through on Sunday evening. We have replaced so many shingles over the years all of our shingles should be like brand new. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Many people in our area were with out power and some won’t have it back on again for a few days. That would be very difficult to say the least. I can only imagine what it must be like for all those in Texas. Please join me in praying for all of them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">DS#1 called to say that a huge tree took out the power at the campground so DDIL #1 may make a run to get our food out of the freezers there. They may not have power restored there for awhile so I may or may not be camping this weekend. I may have to do something else with my vacation day on Friday. We’ll see… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">DS#3 says he was told to stay home and work Monday as his place of business didn’t have power and DS#6 called to say they had some rain and that was it for them. DS#4 leaves Ohio tomorrow and goes home. It hasn’t been very pleasant weather for him during his stay. He says he is going to be doing a lot more traveling for work so we’ll be praying for his safe travels. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">GOD BLESS YOU! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY IS…EL GRITO DAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> The celebration begins at 11PM on the 15th and continues through the 16th. "El Grito" (Cry For Freedom) are the words Father Hidalgo said on the night that Mexico began its rebellion and gained independence from Spain in 1810. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY MEXICO! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Today is Cherokee Strip Day in Oklahoma, marking the great run for Oklahoma land on this date in 1893. Those who cheated and left the day before were called Sooners </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Today is Stop the World Day, a day to pause, calm down, be nice, and plant a seed </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Wile E. Coyote and The Roadrunner debuted in movie theaters on this date in 1949 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Today is National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1908 - General Motors was founded on this day. The man responsible for the beginning of the huge auto-manufacturing company (maker of Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet) was William Crapo ‘Billy’ Durant </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1953: The Robe, the first movie filmed in the widescreen process CinemaScope, had its premiered at the Roxy Theater in New York </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1955: American children were introduced to Play-Doh </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1988: Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy became the first a cappella record to reach #1 on U.S. rock music charts </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I Am a 'Kept' Woman? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">You see, there were a few times when I thought I would lose my mind, But GOD kept me sane. (Is. 26:3) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">There were times when I thought I could go no longer, But the LORD kept me moving. (Gen 28:15) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">At times, I've wanted to lash out at those whom I felt had done me wrong, But the LORD kept my mouth shut. (Psa. 13) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Sometimes, I think the money just isn't enough, But GOD has helped me to keep the lights on, the water on, the car paid, the house paid, etc.., (Matt. 6:25 -34) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">When I thought I would fall, HE kept me up. When I thought I was weak, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">HE kept me strong! (I Pet. 5:7, Matt. 11:28-30) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I could go on and on and on, but I'm sure you hear me! I'm blessed to be 'kept.' </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Are you...or do you know a 'kept' woman ? If so pass it on to her to let them know they are 'Kept' </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I'm Kept by the Love and Grace of God! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S LINK FEEL A TOUCH OF AUTUMN </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.inspiringthots.net/movie/touch-autumn.php">http://www.inspiringthots.net/movie/touch-autumn.php</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">s</span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">uf</span>fuse</span> </strong>\suh-FYOOZ\, transitive verb: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">To spread through or over in the manner of fluid or light; to flush </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Suffuse</em> comes from the past participle of Latin suffundere, "to overspread; to suffuse," from sub-, "under" + fundere, to pour </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Jesus taught, "In gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest." </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Matthew 13:29-30</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Christians are called to be different from non-believers. As followers of Christ we are meant to talk differently and behave differently. However, we must not judge, criticize, and condemn others; God is at work in their lives, too, and we cannot know what they may grow to be. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Let us obey and trust that God will bring about a good harvest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Weed pulling is God's job, not ours </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>The Upper Room Daily Devotional</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">A round-topped cloud with flattened base, carries rainfall in its face </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>6 DAYS UNTIL FALL !</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Be Blessed !!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a></span></p><p> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-91271848184347555762008-09-15T05:54:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.281-07:00FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRO6E3rbeek/SPMusgdfWyI/AAAAAAAAW1k/5innBggJ6iM/s1600-R/pic%3Fid%3Dab90xqHkdG8FeB1Nmi-K9iIAB0hhgvYVkrgc%26size%3Dm" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><em>Laura Ingalls Wilder</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Be bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><em>Ruth Boorstin</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">We may miss a great deal of joy because we expect it to be unusual, dramatic and spectacular. We are waiting for lights to flash and bells to ring. But the truth is that joy is here, right now, waiting for us to notice it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><em>Veronica Ray</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">HAPPY MONDAY ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">I hope you all made it through the heavy winds we had yesterday with not too much damage. My house moaned a groaned a bit with all the wind, but all seems to be ok. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">DS#1 said his neighbors were loosing shingles and he lost some flashing from his house and was without power for some time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Today should be much cooler. The weather man says high in the 60’s and a little more rain. That is not a great way to start the week, but we just have to be thankful because as we all know it could be worse. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">The weather channel had to be one of the most watched channels over the weekend as every one was concerned about what was happening with the hurricane. It’s hard to believe we actually felt some of the wind from it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"> On the calendar this week I will have my monthly dulcimer get together with my friends on Tuesday and then I’ll have Friday off as a vacation day. If the weather is nice I’ll leave for the camper Thursday after work, if not, I’ll wait and go on Friday morning. Other than that it looks to be a quiet week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong>Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way</strong> ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">GOD BLESS YOU ! 2</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">5 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY IS… CHICKEN LOVERS DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Chickens are descended from the wild red jungle fowl of India. They have been domesticated for at least 4,000 years. But, it wasn't until the 1800's that they became a mass-producted commodity for our dining room tables. In honor of Chicken Day... chickens want you to EAT MORE BEEF! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">The <strong>Harvest Moon</strong> is the full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest chores </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">1620 Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">1904 Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">1949 The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">1965 "Lost in Space" premiers </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">1982 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S SMILE AN ARTISTIC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">PERSONALITY TEST (Just for fun.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">On a blank piece of paper draw a pig. It spoils it if you scroll all the way down before sketching. You must not scroll down until you draw your picture. no cheating, now. you will find this more interesting if you draw your picture first! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">So, on a blank piece of paper draw a pig. Then scroll down and read the interpretation of your pig!! C'mon, Draw your pig first! And don't look at the next part until you are done! It won't be fun if you look first. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">The pig serves as a useful test of the personality traits of the drawer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">If the pig is drawn: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TOWARD THE TOP of the paper, you are positive and optimistic. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TOWARD THE MIDDLE, you are a realist. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TOWARD THE BOTTOM, you are pessimistic, and have a tendency to behave negatively. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">FACING LEFT, you believe in tradition, are friendly, and remember dates (birthdays, etc.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">FACING RIGHT, you are innovative and active, but don't have a strong sense of family, nor do you remember dates. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">FACING FRONT (looking at you), you are direct, enjoy playing devil's advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">With MANY DETAILS, you are analytical, cautious, and distrustful. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">With FEW DETAILS, you are emotional and naive, you care little for details and are a risk taker. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">With LESS THAN 4 LEGS SHOWING, you are insecure or are living through a period of major change. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">With 4 LEGS SHOWING, you are secure, stubborn, and stick to your ideals. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">The SIZE OF THE EARS indicates how good a listener you are. The bigger the better. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">evanescent</span></strong> \ev-uh-NES-unt\, adjective:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"> Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; fleeting </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><em>Evanescent</em> is from Latin evanescere, "to vanish," from e-, "from, out of" + vanescere, "to disappear," from vanus, "empty </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong><em>Moses said to the Lord, "Now show me your glory." </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><strong><em>Exodus 33:18</em></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Moses was a brave leader, a committed follower of God, but he was weary. Although he knew that God was with him, he needed reassurance. We have likely been through periods in our lives when we believed God was there, but we needed reassurance because our experience didn't make us sure of God's presence. In disappointment, grief, or anxiety about a decision to be made, we long to see God. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Like Moses, we can ask, pouring out our need to see and to know God's presence in our lives. Moses models for us boldness in unashamed, honest prayer. God heard Moses and responded, and God will do the same for us. Reassurance may come through the love of a friend, the beauty of the natural world, a song on the radio, or an unexpected call that encourages us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Experience is what you get when you expected something else </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><span style="color:#993300;">7 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">http://www.bigmarainey.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"><a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#339999;"></span> </p><div id="metrics" contenteditable="false" style="DISPLAY: none; FILTER: alpha(opacity=0)"><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload_1" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload_1</a></div>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-85225993035804350462008-09-12T04:29:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.282-07:00FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2008</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> Love is not rude. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>I Corinthians 13:5 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. If you love each thing you will perceive the mystery of God in all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Feodor Dostoevsky</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Find the good . It's all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you'll start believing in it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Jesse Owens</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAPPY FRIDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">It was a long work week and my Friday looks like a long day as there is little to do in the office. I twiddled my thumbs more than once yesterday. I’m thinking its going to be a very long winter at this rate. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I have a visitor coming in today that will be going camping with me. DS#4 had to come up for work so he’s going with me for the weekend as he has Saturday and Sunday free. If I remember right it rained when they came up for vacation and that’s what it’s supposed to do this weekend. I have my raincoat and boots at the camper so I’m prepared, hopefully that will scare the rain away. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">DD and her hubby are traveling this weekend to go to his family reunion so I’ll be praying for a safe trip for them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Take good care all ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Pray for those in the path of Hurricane Ike as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico following a devastating impact on Cuba and Turks and Caicos where it left more than 170 dead. Pray for the people of those nations as they recover and rebuild, and pray for those left homeless </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> <em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">GOD BLESS YOU! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TO REMEMBER… I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY IS…CHOCOLATE MILK SHAKE DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Okay, In a blender, add: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 cup ice cold milk </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">4 scoops vanilla ice cream </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">4 tbsp. chocolate syrup </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 tbsp. vanilla extract </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Blend, pour into a glass and drink. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Then walk for 2 hours to keep the 490 calories from ending up on your hips. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Birthday of the Great Seal of the United States - The Great Seal was first used on this day in 1782 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1954 - Lassie was seen on CBS-TV for the first time. Despite being called “girl” by Jeff Miller, who starred as Tommy, and Jan Clayton, who starred as Jeff's mom, Ellen, Lassie was, in reality, a male dog. In fact, there were more than a half-dozen Lassie dogs doing stunts. Lassie ran on CBS for exactly 17 years. The last show aired on September 12, 1971 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1959: "Bonanza" premieres on NBC and ran through </span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1973 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1991: The space shuttle Discovery blasted off on a mission to deploy an observatory designed to study the Earth's ozone layer </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The two-year-old patient's complaint was a common summer difficulty. He had a cherry pit stuffed up his nostril. The mother explained that she had already tried tweezers in an attempt to remove the pit but only succeeded in pushing it farther up her son's nose. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I realized our emergency equipment was unsuitable for a comfortable removal of the object. But I'd been taught early on in medical school that a paper clip bent in a particular position, and then curved slightly, could be looped behind a pit to extract it from the nose. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Finding a large clip, I bent it accordingly and managed to extract the object. The mother looked at me and smiled. That's why I came to the hospital--access to high-tech equipment </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S LINK </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">THE 7-UPS FOR FALL </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.members.shaw.ca/nanafaith/7ups-for-fall.html">http://www.members.shaw.ca/nanafaith/7ups-for-fall.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">torrid</span></strong> \TOR-uhd\, adjective: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching; as, "torrid heat."</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. Characterized by intense emotion; as, "a torrid love affair." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">3. Emotionally charged and vigorously energetic;as, a torrid dance </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Torrid </em>derives from Latin torridus, parched, burnt, dry, from torreo, torrere, to burn, parch, dry up with heat or thirst. The noun form of the word is torridness or torridity </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em> You Philippians indeed know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you alone. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Philippians 4:15 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">What makes a saint a saint. Paul thought the people in the Philippian church were saints, because they were giving people. Paul says, in our scripture reading today, "You Philippians indeed know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you alone." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">One of the important trade marks of a saint is one who gives. Are we always good givers? Most of the time we are good givers. Jesus once said, "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" We know how to give good things to our children, so we should also be good gives of all that God has entrusted us with. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">How do we view ourselves? Can we believe that God created us to be saints, but because of our humanness occasionally sin? Paul knew the people in the early church were not perfect, but he still referred to them as saints. Paul says, "Greet every saint in Christ Jesus." What you do doesn't determine who you are; who you are determines what you do. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.devotions.net/devotions">http://www.devotions.net/devotions</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> A growing Moon and a flowing tide are lucky times to marry </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>10 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><span style="color:#336666;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><span style="color:#336666;"><em> Psalm 37:4</em></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY HOMEPAGE I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-88136943055125731132008-09-11T04:44:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.282-07:00FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUMCRWZ2RIvUh-k4JdglyLpHo9aRMuW3Iun4ayNEYO4W1mbreAGfQX9QPmcGWA81rRYd8d-UjEZac90XUlq8ETlVTrPga-fUFm9NwI99_a25D-Fy4lMrjjvxKb5JWCwaNOzUJb6mPmjI/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=ab90xqHkdG8FeB1Nmi-K9iIABy6TPPRRMLlf&size=m" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Marian Wright Edelman</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Be bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em> Ruth Boorstin</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Unknown </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">HAPPY THURSDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">And HAPPY ANIVERSARY TO DS#1 AND HIS WIFE! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">May the dear Lord bless you both today and always ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">In my trivia for today it says it is DO IMPORTANT THINGS DAY. On the anniversary of the worst terror attack of our time I hope you all do just that. Things like smiling, laughter, hugs, kisses are just a few important things we shouldn’t forget to do. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">We do not know what tomorrow could bring so today we do the important things just to make sure they get done. It is good to be aware of our surroundings and it’s good to have just enough fear to be on the lookout, but we cannot be worrying our selves over what could happen…Living one day at a time is the best way I’ve found. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Prayer in Remembrance of 911 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">God of the ages, before your eyes all empires rise and fall yet you are changeless. Be near us in this age of terror and in these moments of remembrance. Uphold those who work and watch and wait and weep and love. By your Spirit give rise in us to broad sympathy for all the peoples of your earth. Strengthen us to comfort those who mourn and work in large ways and small for those things that make for peace. Bless the people and leaders of this nation and all nations so that warfare, like slavery before it, may become only a historic memory. We pray in the strong name of the Prince of Peace. Amen </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">GOD BLESS YOU !</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> 25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY IS… Patriot Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">On September 11, 2001 two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3000 people died and the skyline of New York was changed forever in the most deadly terrorist attack on United States soil. On the same date in 2002 and every year since then, the American president has proclaimed a day of remembrance. Many Americans refer to Patriot Day as 9/11 or September 11. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">IMPORTANT THINGS DAY – On September 11th spend some time doing the things that matter the most. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">American Short Story Day - Celebrated on the birthday of O. Henry. He was born, William Sydney Porter, this day in 1862 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">No News is Good News Day - Don't read any news today </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">1847 - Stephen Foster performed his Oh! Susanna for the very first time. The performance, for a crowd at the Eagle Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, earned Foster a bottle of whiskey </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">1970 - “Would you believe?” The last of the Get Smart series on CBS-TV was aired. The show, featuring dimwitted, secret agent Maxwell Smart, played by Don Adams, and his sidekick, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon), aired on NBC in 1965 before moving to CBS. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">1974: "Little House On The Prairie" starring Michael Landon made its television debut. The show also starred Melissa Gilbert </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are we able to go on a nice vacation, or when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with...and remember that time waits for no one. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">So, stop waiting . . .</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> . . . until your car or home is paid off</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> . . . until you get a new car or home </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until your kids leave the house </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until you go back to school </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until you finish school </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until you lose 10 lbs</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . . until you gain 10 lbs</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . . until you get married </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until you get a divorce</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> . . . until you have kids </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until you retire </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until summer </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until spring </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until winter</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> . . . until fall </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">. . . until you die</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> There is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So, work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S WORD</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong> moil</strong> </span>\MOYL\, intransitive verb: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">2. To churn or swirl about continuously. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">1. Toil; hard work; drudgery. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">2. Confusion; turmoil. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Moil </em>comes from Middle English moillen, "to soak, to wet," hence "to soil, to soil one's hands, to work very hard," from Old French moillier, "to soften, especially by making wet," ultimately from Latin mollis, soft </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em><strong>The Lord himself will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forget you. Don't be afraid and don't worry.</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><strong><em>Deuteronomy 31:8</em> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">If we can come to grips with the reality that we are secure in Christ ... we'll realize that nothing of a temporal nature will ever meet this very real need for security. There's no reason to "do" or to "acquire" for the sake of security, because the need has already been met. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">What I would call the "temporal toys" will never satisfy anyway. Knowing we're secure can also solve the problem of discontent by freeing us to choose to be content. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Ron Blue Taming the Money Monster </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Experience is what you get when you expected something else</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> 11 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">http://www.bigmarainey.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"></span> </p><div id="metrics" contenteditable="false" style="DISPLAY: none; FILTER: alpha(opacity=0)"><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload_1" target="_blank" rel="tag">aoljpictureUpload_1</a></div>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-66967261416155940182008-09-10T04:48:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.282-07:00FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT </span>SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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.' </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">The gift of friendship with others is contagious </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Henry Van Dyke</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Woodrow Wilson</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">HAPPY WEDNESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">OVER THE HUMP DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I am not a happy camper when it is raining. We’ll be hoping the chance of rain disappears by then. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">There is just not much new here to tell you about. Ordinary days are wonderful though, I won’t complain. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY IS…BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Today is Gentle Ben Day, marking the premier of a TV show on this date in 1967 about a boy and his bear </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">1953: The Swanson company sold its first frozen "TV dinner </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">An Interview With God </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Author Unknown </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I dreamed I had an interview with GOD:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> "So, you would like to interview me?" GOD asked. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"If you have time," I said. GOD smiled. "My time is eternity... what questions do you have in mind for me?" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"What surprises you the most about humankind?" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">GOD answered... "That they get bored with childhood, that they rush to grow up, and then long to be children again."</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> "That they lose their health to make money... and then lose their money to restore their health." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"That they live as if they would never die, and die as though they had never lived." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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?" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">God replied, "To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves be loved." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"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." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply do not yet know how to express or show their feelings."</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> "To learn that two people can look at the same thing, and see it differently." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"Thank you for your time," I said humbly. "Is there anything else you would like your children to know?" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">GOD smiled, and said... "Just know that I am here." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">"Always." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">regale</span> \rih-GAY(uh)L\, transitive verb: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">1. To entertain with something that delights. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">2. To entertain sumptuously with fine food and drink. intransitive </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">verb: 1. To feast. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">noun: 1. A sumptuous feast. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">2. A choice food; a delicacy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">3. Refreshment. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Regal</em>e comes from French régaler, "to entertain." It is related to gallant </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em><strong>Your Father knows what you need before you ask. </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em><strong>Matthew 6:8 </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> A growing Moon and a flowing tide are lucky times to marry </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">12 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-60937399648827171202008-09-09T04:21:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.282-07:00FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The only way to live happily with people is to overlook their faults and admire their virtues. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Elizabeth Lawrence</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Write your plans in pencil... and then give God the eraser </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAPPY TUESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">We’ll have some rain today and the high temp of the day is supposed to be 68 degrees. Many in the south are still suffering from very high temperatures, but not us here in Northern Ohio. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Monday started off a little rough as my boss didn’t turn in over half of the employee’s payroll time cards until after 10:00. I began to get a little worried as it all takes time and I do have a time schedule to keep, but it all turned out just fine. I don’t know why I let things like that bother me. It must be because I’m a creature of habit and when things don’t go they way they usually do, it throws me for a loop. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I did hear from DS#6 on Monday evening and they are planning on joining us at the campground the weekend of the Fall Festival. That should be fun for them. They’ll stay in my camper as I have lots of room and also a furnace. It may be a little chilly by then. They usually camp in their tent. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please pray for God's protectionof our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. </em></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">GOD BLESS YOU ALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TO REMEMBER…</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY IS…TEDDY BEAR DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The "Teddy" bear is named after U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt. The inventor of this lovable toy was from Germany - Margarete Steiff. As a young girl, Margarete was stricken with polio. She spent her life in a wheelchair and enjoyed making toys for the neighborhood children. They were so popular, she eventually started a toy factory. Her stuffed bears had no name until a cartoon appeared in newspapers with Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear on a hunting trip in 1902 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1836 - Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1850 - When California became the 31st of the United States of America on this day, cries of “there’s gold in them thar hills” had already been heard for two years. So, it’s no surprise that the nickname for the most populous state is the Golden State, and that the golden poppy (orange-yellowish in color) is the state flower. The state bird of California is the California valley quail. No, it is not golden in color, but is grayish-brown with black, white and chestnut markings. Sacramento, centrally located but far from being the largest city in the state, is the state capital </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1926 - The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was organized as a broadcasting service of the Radio Corporation of America </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1956 - On this Sunday night, 54,000,000 viewers (82.6 percent of the U.S. television audience) turned their TV dials to CBS to see and hear 21-year-old singer Elvis ‘The Pelvis’ Presley. Elvis sang Don’t Be Cruel and Ready Teddy </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A couple were vacationing in Yosemite. The wife expressed her concern about camping because of bears and said she would feel more comfortable in a motel. The husband said that he'd like to camp and to calm her concerns, they'd talk to the park ranger to see what the likelihood of a bear encounter would be. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The ranger told them, "Well, we haven't seen any grizzlies in this area so far this year, or black bears, for that matter." The wife shrieked, "There's TWO types of bears out here? How can you tell the difference? Which one is more dangerous?" The ranger replied, "Well, that's easy, see, if the bear chases you up the tree and it comes up after you, it's a BLACK bear. If it SHAKES the tree until you fall out, it's a grizzly." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The motel room was quite nice </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">One more… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The Monday Afternoon Club, an organization of wealthy city women, met and decided that this month's outing was to be at a dairy farm. Most of them had lived in the city all their lives, and had never seen such a thing. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The day came, and the ladies filed into the rented bus, which whisked them off to their destination. On the way, they watched out the windows as the city squalor turned into lovely, unpolluted countryside. After they arrived, they were greeted by the farmer who invited them to look him up should they have any questions. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Myrtle, after looking about, and being amazed by what she saw, stepped into a building and viewed something she thought was quite remarkable. She saw the farmer walk by and hailed him - he sauntered in. "Sir," she inquired, "Why doesn't this cow have any horns?" The farmer cocked his head for a moment, then began in a patient tone: "Well, ma'am, cattle can do a powerful lot of damage with horns. Sometimes we keep' em trimmed down with a hacksaw. Other times we can fix up the young 'uns by puttin' a couple drops of acid where their horns would grow in, and that stops 'em cold. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Still, there are some breeds of cattle that never grow horns. But the reason this cow don't have no horns, ma'am, is 'cause it's a horse </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">cosmopolite</span></strong> \koz-MOP-uh-lyt\, noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2. (Ecology) An organism found in most parts of the world </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Cosmopolite</em> comes from Greek kosmopolites, from kosmos, "world" + polites, "citizen," from polis, city </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Each one’s praise will come from God. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>1 Corinthians 4:5 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Everybody loves to hear a compliment now and then; that is, if it’s genuine. It makes us feel good about ourselves to have the approval or admiration of others—for a few minutes at least. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The apostle Paul, though, looked at what others thought of him or even what he thought of himself as “a very small thing” (1 Cor. 4:3). He said, “He who judges me is the Lord” (v.4). He knew that one day our hearts will be revealed, and “then each one’s praise will come from God” (v.5). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Could there be any greater compliment than this from our heavenly Father when we meet Him: “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matt. 25:23)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> <a href="http://www.rbc.org/">http://www.rbc.org</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Girls who tuck a daisy under their pillows at night will dream of a true love </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">13 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-65330349815148639672008-09-08T04:57:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.283-07:00FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Anonymous </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Display an unselfish heart </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Thich Nhat Hanh</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">HAPPY MONDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">BACK TO WORK ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> 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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TO REMEMBER… I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY IS…LEFT RIGHT DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">930 1st appearance of the comic strip "Blondie" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1952 Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man & the Sea" published</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> 1966 "Star Trek" premiers on NBC-TV </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">1990 Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, NYC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">"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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>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</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Leo Buscaglia</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S LINK </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">A VERY FUNNY LINK <a href="http://pages.suddenlink.net/baraboo57/checkingonu.html">http://pages.suddenlink.net/baraboo57/checkingonu.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S WORD</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"> p<strong>laintive</strong></span> \PLAYN-tiv\, adjective: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><em>Plaintive </em>derives from Old French plainte, "complaint," from Latin planctus, past participle of plangere, "to strike (one's breast), to lament </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><em>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.” </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><strong><em>Mark 12:43</em></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">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 <a href="http://www.devotions.net/">http://www.devotions.net</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROMTHE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> September dries up wells or breaks down bridges </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">14 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#993300;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a></span></p><p> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-85531002178417133312008-09-05T04:52:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.283-07:00FOR F R I D A Y, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Mahatma Gandhi</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Thoreau </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Countess of Blessington</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">HAPPY FRIDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">This short work week is just about over and I’ll head for the campground once more right after work today. The beagle loves to go and he’ll be waiting for me to pick him up and hit the road. Riding in the car is one of his favorite things. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I have been counting down the weeks and there are just 8 weekends of camping left. My poor house will be glad when I’m once again home on weekends, but it’ll be a major adjustment for me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">At the end of October I’ll start counting the weeks until the next camping season begins.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> I do hope your weekend will be a good one. We do have to take advantage of the nice weather while we still have it. The good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise; I’ll see you all on Monday morning with my newsletter. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I received a prayer request from DDIL#6’s Mom asking for prayers for her uncle who had surgery and was out of intensive care and now they are taking him back. Please pray for healing and a speedy recovery for him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>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.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY IS…CHEEZE PIZZA DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Cheese Pizza Day is a day to chow down with one of America's favorite meals. Pizza is a favorite of young and old. Originating from Italian cuisine, it's a staple in the American diet. For many American families "Pizza night" is a Friday or Saturday routine. It's also popular at parties. You can have Cheese Pizza anyway you want. There's thin or thick crust. Extra cheese is the "norm" for many cheese pizza lovers. To celebrate Cheese Pizza Day, just order a cheese pizza. Or, make a homemade cheese pizza. If you decide you just have to add other toppings, its okay. We won't tell.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> Have a happy Cheese Pizza Day! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Today is Be Late For Something Day, sponsored by the Procrastinators' Club of America </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Today is Jury Rights Day, marking the day in 1670 when William Penn's jurors refused to convict him of preaching an illegal religion (Quakerism) to an unlawful assembly, his congregation. The action provided the bases for the U.S. Constitution's first amendment rights of freedom of speech, religion, and peaceable assembly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"> 1836: Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">1882: 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New York City </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">1935: A new star emerged with release of the Hollywood western "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," the first of 93 feature films starring Gene Autry. He also made 91 TV episodes and wrote hundreds of songs </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Common advice from knowledgeable horse trainers includes the adage, ‘When the horse dies, dismount.' </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Seems simple enough. Yet, . . . we don't always follow that advice. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Instead we often choose from an array of other alternatives which include: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">buying a stronger whip; trying a new bit or bridle; switching riders; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">moving the horse to a new location; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">riding the horse for longer periods of time; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">saying things like, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">‘This is the way we've always ridden this horse;' </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">appointing a committee to study the horse; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">arranging to visit other sites where they ride dead horses more efficiently;</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">increasing the standards for riding a dead horse; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">creating a test for measuring our riding ability; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">comparing how we're riding now with how we rode 10 or 20 years ago; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">complaining about the state of horses these days; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">coming up with new styles of riding; </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">blaming the horse's parents (the problem is often in the breeding); </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">and tightening the cinch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:#333399;"><em>From: A handout provided by the Minnesota School Public Relations Association from April 1999. </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">immolate</span></strong> \IM-uh-layt\, transitive verb: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a sacrificial victim. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">2. To kill or destroy, often by fire </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Immolate</em> comes from the past participle of Latin immolare, "to sacrifice; originally, to sprinkle a victim with sacrificial meal," from in- + mola, "grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong><em>The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><strong><em>John 1:5 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Until recent times, the night has been viewed as somewhat hostile. Why? The absence of light. Walking in the dark is a fearful experience. At night thieves and murderers ply their trade. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">At night the drug dealers and the merchants in human flesh do their thing. "Early to bed and early to rise..." is the ancient wisdom. Now days we are surrounded by artificial light In the centuries in which the Bible was written, people knew the meaning of darkness. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Thus when Biblical writers proclaimed that the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light, they were speaking of something vivid, dramatic, hopeful It isn't easy to live in darkness, and it isn't easy to live without Christ. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><a href="http://www.devotions.net/devotions">http://www.devotions.net/devotions</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Procrastination is the thief of time </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663300;">17 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><em>Psalm 37:4</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-64592630301093391152008-09-04T04:46:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.283-07:00FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2008 </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Some people are working backstage, some are playing in the orchestra, some are on-stage singing, some are in the audience as critics and some are there to applaud. Know who and where you are. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Renew yourself with quiet time </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Leo Buscaglia</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">HAPPY THURSDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">How nice it is that this work week is flying by. Our temps rose up to the 90’s yesterday. Not like fall at all. Tomorrow may bring some rain and then it will cool down a little into the low 80’s and upper 70’s. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Wednesday went by nice and fast even though I didn’t get out at lunch time. The boss was out at meetings until the afternoon. I had plenty to do and it does make the day go by faster. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I have my Bible Study this evening. We are doing a study on St. Paul from the book of Thessalonians. I did try to read through it last evening. It’s nice to refresh your self a little. Hopefully I’ll be able to add something to the discussion. It always seems that a couple of people monopolize the time set aside for that. We’ll see… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">DDIL #6 has requested prayers for her BIL and his family as one of his grandparents passed away and he has a long trip to go to the funeral. Please keep him and his family in your prayers as they go through this sorrowful time. May our dear Lord comfort them and bless them with safe journeys. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>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</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY IS…NATION NEWS PAPER CARRIER DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Today is the anniversary of the first "newscarrier" being hired - 10 year old Barney Flaherty in 1833. There was only one job requirement. He had to prove he could throw a newspaper into the bushes. Newspaper carriers everywhere have been following his example ever since </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Today is Edsel Day, commemorating September 4, 1957, when Ford Motor Company introduced its infamous $350-million disaster car, the 1958 Edsel. It was the first car with a wrap-around windshield, electric door locks, cruise control, and four headlights </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">It's Peter Rabbit's Birthday, born on this date in 1893. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Today is Beetle Bailey's Birthday. He first appeared on this date in 1950. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Today is National Macadamia Nut Day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Today is National <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;">Bright</span> Idea Day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">This is the birthday of one of the most written-about, talked-about, joked-about cities in the world, Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES was born on this day in 1781 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1882 - Thomas Edison displayed the first practical electrical lighting system. The Pearl Street electric power station, Edison’'s steam powered plant, began operating and successfully turned on the lights in a one square mile area of New York City </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1888: Kodak patented the world's first roll-film camera </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1964: "Gilligans Island" premiered on CBS-TV. The cast was stranded for three full seasons and 98 episodes. Bob Denver was Gilligan, Alan Hale Jr. played the Skipper. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">2002: Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the Fox TV series </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Make merry! Though the day be gray </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Forget the clouds and let's be gay! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">How short the days we linger here: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">A birth, a breath, and then--the bier! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Make merry, you and I, for when </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We part we may not meet again! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">What tonic is there in a frown? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">You may go up and I go down, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Or I go up and you--who knows </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The way that either of us goes? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Make merry! Here's a laugh, </span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">for when </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We part we may not meet again! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Make merry! What of frets and fears?</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> There is no happiness in tears. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">You tremble at the cloud and lo! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">'Tis gone--and so 'tis with our woe,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> Full half of it but fancied ills. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Make merry! 'Tis the gloom that kills. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Make merry! There is sunshine yet, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The gloom that promised, let's forget, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The quip and jest are on the wing, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Why sorrow when we ought to sing? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Refill the cup of joy, for then </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We part and may not meet again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">A smile, a jest, a joke--alas! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We come, we wonder, and we pass. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The shadow falls; so long we rest </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">In graves, where is no quip or jest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Good day! Good cheer! Good-bye! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">For then We part and may not meet again! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>James W. Foley</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>glower</strong></span> \GLAU-uhr\, intransitive verb: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1. To look or stare angrily or with a scowl.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> noun: 1. An angry or scowling look or stare. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Glower</em> is from Middle English gloren, perhaps ultimately of Scandinavian origin. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong><em>Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong><em>I</em></strong></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong><em>saiah 55:1 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Isaiah reminds us that we also thirst spiritually. Our deep needs and complete inability to meet them on our own constantly drive us toward relationship with God. Like parched athletes beset by trials, we steal wistful glances at the eternal life God has promised. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">When I honestly face the disappointments of life, I become free to accept God's offer of grace. God quenches my thirst God offers soul refreshment to a thirsty world <a href="http://www.upperroom.org/">http://www.upperroom.org</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">For a headache, soak your feet in hot water to drain the blood from your head </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>18 DAYS UNTIL FALL !</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">MY HOMEPAGE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-12649004563628187452008-09-03T05:23:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.283-07:00FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Without the rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Ralph Waldo Emerson</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Recall the people who have profoundly influenced your life </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Laziness is nothing more than resting before you get tired. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Jules Renard</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">HAPPY WEDNESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">OVER THE HUMP DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Once again it’s time to get up early, sip the good coffee and get off to work. Even though I had a 4 day weekend, I’m still not really ready for it. I think I could take a couple of years off and still not get bored. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">It was a blessing to know that DS#2 made it through the hurricane safe and sound. Now it looks like I’ll be praying for DS#4 and family as another hurricane comes to the U.S. They are not close to the shore but they could have other side effects from it. Hopefully they’ll get the much needed rain and not much else. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">May the good Lord calm the storms and make this a short hurricane season. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">T</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">his work week will be a short one. The only thing on the calendar for this week after work is Thursday night Bible study and then I’m off to the camper again after work on Friday. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY IS…LOST DAYS DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">When England dropped the Julian Calendar to use the Gregorian Calendar, they had to lose 10 days to make the shift. These 10 days were September 3rd thru Septmeber 14th. People rioted in the streets. They thought the government stole 11 days of their lives and wanted them back. Not to worry... </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">THEY'RE BACK </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Search for Tomorrow Day, marking the soap opera’s TV debut on this date in 1951. During 35 years the cast included Don Knotts, Susan Sarandon, and Kevin Kline </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Uncle Sam's birthday. Uncle Sam's image was first used on this day in 1813 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Barclay's birthday. Barclay, the dog -- from Sesame Street. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is National Welsh Rarebit Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1783 - The Revolutionary War ended on this day. A treaty was signed by Great Britain and the United States in Paris, France. The treaty bears the signatures of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay </span></p><p><span style="font-family:ComicSans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1954: The 2,956th and final episode of "The Lone Ranger" aired on radio after the masked man and his faithful companion Tonto led the fight for law and order in the early West for 21 years </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">976: The U.S. spacecraft Viking-2 landed on Mars at Utopia </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1984 - Jerry Lewis smashed all previous records for charity fund-raising. A total of $32,074,566 was pledged on the annual Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The “Good” Old Days </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Comments You Don’t Hear Much Of Anymore . . . </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Be sure and refill the ice trays, we are going to have company after while. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter in the mail today. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Quit slamming that screen door! Be sure to pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like it might shower – and bring in the clothes on the line, too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> Wash your feet before you go to bed, they are nasty from playing barefooted outside all day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Why can't you remember to roll up your pants legs? Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is nothing left to put a patch on. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Hang up your Sunday School clothes, you know you need to pass them down to your brother in good condition. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the new bottle. I need it for baking and Pa's coffee. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you won't have to pay a deposit on another one. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to make it fall if you don't quit! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need to get a few things from him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I will need you to help push it off. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">comestible \kuh-MES-tuh-buhl\, adjective: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1. Suitable to be eaten; edible. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1. Something suitable to be eaten; food </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Comestible</em> comes from Late Latin comestibilis, from comestus, from comesus, past participle of comedere, "to eat up, to consume," from com-, intensive prefix + edere, to eat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong><em>After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. And demons also came out from many, shouting, “You are the Son of God.” But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Christ. At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to prevent him from leaving them. But he said to them, “To the other towns also I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.” And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judah Luke 4:38-44 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>It was a very busy day in Our Lord’s life. After curing the sick and preaching in the synagogue at Capernaum he went to Peter’s house where he cured Peter’s mother-in-law. The good lady then gave him and the apostles a meal. There followed more cures of the sick. At daylight, Jesus went off to pray. When they found him, the apostles wanted him to stay there but he went on to other towns. He knew he did not have much time in his earthly mission.</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Do I try to do as much good as I can in my life now? Of course, I can’t work miracles, but I can use my gifts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Dear Lord, teach me to be generous. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Online Prayer</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Soften butter quickly by grating it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><span style="color:#990000;">19 DAYS UNTIL FALL </span>! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-1010332413618279692008-08-29T04:55:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.284-07:00FOR FRIDAY - AUGUST 29, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>AUGUST 29TH,2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>St. Francis de Sales</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Roy Goodman</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Chili Davis</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAPPY FRIDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DS#1 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May the dear Lord bless you today and always! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Yesterday was a very gloomy ole day. It drizzled rain off and on and was on the chilly side. Today is supposed to be warmer, but still a chance of rain. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">This weekend however is supposed to be beautiful. I’ll be going to the campground after work today and will not return until sometime Tuesday afternoon. I have Tuesday as a vacation day. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The babes have planned a luau theme for the weekend. It’s our last hurrah to summer and a welcome to fall I guess. DS#5 and his wife will be joining us camping for the weekend. I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and safe travels. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please join me in praying for those in danger of the tropical storm that could become a hurricane. Hopefully it will not strengthen and become a threat. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I’ll be back with the newsletter on Wednesday morning ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>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. </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">GOD BLESS YOU! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">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</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY IS…LEMON JUICE DAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> Lemons originated in Southeast Asia and spread westward to India and the Mediterranean . Columbus brought the first seeds to the New World in 1493. Nobody knows when they got to the US , but lemons were growing in Florida in 1579. Of all the citrus fruits, lemons are the most detoxifying </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">LEMON SALAD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2 cups crushed pineapple, drained (save juice) </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 pkg lemon jello </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 tablespoon (1 envelope) gelatin </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">2 tablespoons cold water juice of </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 lemon </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1/4 cup chopped pimento</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> 1/2 cup chopped nuts </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 stalk celery, diced </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">24 miniature marshmellows </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1 pkg Dream Whip </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">6 oz. cream cheese </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1. In a large mixing bowl, soften the gelatin in 2 tablespoons of cold water. 2. Add enough water to the pineapple juice to make 2 cups of liquid. Heat to boiling in a saucepan. Dump the package of jellow in the bowl with the gelatin. Pour the boiling liquid over both and stir until dissolved. Stir in the lemon juice and chill until partially set. 3. In a separate bowl, mix the pineapple with the cream cheese, pimento, nuts and celery. Add this to the partially set jello mixture. Add the marshmallows. Whip the Dream Whip and fold in last. Spoon into a large dish and chill for 12 hours before serving. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">According to Hoyle Day - Edmond Hoyle's "Short Treatise" on the game of Whist was published on this day in 1742 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">More Herbs, Less Salt Day - For better health, cut down on salt and flavor with herbs </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">1964 - Roy Orbison’s Oh, Pretty Woman was released. It hit number one (for 3 weeks) on September 26th and became the biggest of his career. <em>Oh, Pretty Woman</em> was Orbison’s second #1 hit. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Andy wants a job as a signalman on the railways. He is told to meet the inspector at the signal box. The inspector puts this question to him: "What would you do if you realised that 2 trains were heading for each other on the same track?" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Andy says, "I would switch the points for one of the trains." "What if the lever broke?" asked the inspector. "Then I'd dash down out of the signal box," said Andy, "and I'd use the manual lever over there." "What if that had been struck by lightning?" "Then," Andy continues, "I'd run back into the signal box and phone the next signal box." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">"What if the phone was engaged?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> "Well in that case," persevered Andy, "I'd rush down out of the box and use the public emergency phone at the level crossing up there." "What if that was vandalised?" "Oh well then I'd run into the village and get my uncle Silas." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">This puzzles the inspector, so he asks, "Why would you do that?" Came the answer, "Because he's never seen a train crash." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">One More… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A little girl came home late for supper. Her mother made the expected irate parent's demand to know where she had been. The little girl replied that she had stopped to help Janie, whose bicycle was broken in a fall. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">"But you don't know anything about fixing bicycles," her mother responded. "I know that," the girl said. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">"I just stopped to help her cry." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Not many of us know anything about fixing bicycles, either. And when our friends have fallen and broken, not their bicycles but their lives, NONE of us knows how to fix that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">We simply cannot "fix" someone else's life, even though that's what we would like most to do. But like the little girl, we can stop to help them cry. That is the best we can do. And that is a lot! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">mé·lange</span></strong> noun </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">A mixture: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">French, from Old French meslance, from mesler, to mix </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong><em>Mark 12:10 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">In years gone by horse shoe nails were common and important. Today horses have no input in our public transport system. It was so different years ago and horse shoe nails could often be found at the side of the road. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Benjamin Franklin in one of his poems wrote: “For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">One nail here made all the difference. So often each day it’s the humble one that can make all the difference. It could be a simple smile, a word of thanks, a little gift, a text, a phone call, a hug, a get well wish, a prayer and so on. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">On its own it may look insignificant but it often will turn out to be the most important of all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.todayismygifttoyou/">http://www.todayismygifttoyou</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>24 DAYS TIL FALL !</strong> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;"> T</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">o see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#660000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a></span></p><p> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-81776603582045588232008-08-28T04:51:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.284-07:00FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">ON THE BRIGHT SIDE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">AUGUST 28TH, 2008 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">A friend knows the song of my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><em>Anonymous </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Keep company with people who inspire you </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><em>Jim Rohn</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">HAPPY THURSDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Believe it or not we did get a little rain. They said it was the remnants of tropical storm Fay. I see another storm is headed toward the gulf. I’ll be praying that the storm calms and doesn’t become the hurricane it could be. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Wednesday was a long day. I stayed up late Tuesday evening watching Hilary on the TV. I wanted to watch Bill too, but just couldn’t do 2 late nights in a row. Hopefully today will be a little better. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">I will be getting a hair cut after work then when I get home I’m supposed to take the beagle for his annual booster shots. Thankfully the vet has some evening hours. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Take good care all ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><em>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. </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY IS… TALL BUILDING DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Throughout history, people built "up" - the ancient pyramids, the cathedrals of Europe and countless towers. Today, we build skyscrapers because they put lots of real estate in a small ground area. So, what's the tallest builing? The Petronas Towers in Malaysia win at 1,483 ft each. But, the top part of this structure is only decorative. Many people vote for the Sears Tower in Chicago because it has the highest occupied floor (1,431 ft) and the highest traditional roof (1,454 ft.). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY IS EAT CRACKERS OVER THE KEYBOARD DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Live it up -- Be Happy! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Saint Augustine of Hippo Feast Day - Patron saint of printers, theologians and brewers </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">1774: Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was born in New York City </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">1963 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “<em><strong>I Have a Dream”</strong></em> speech in the shadows of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington , DC . Some 250,000 people witnessed one of the most stirring speeches of the century </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">On the 6th day, God created men & women. On the 7th day, He rested. Not so much to recuperate, but rather to prepare himself for the work He was going to do the next day. For it was on the 8th day that God created the teacher. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">The teacher, though taken from among men and women had several significant modifications. In general, God made the teacher more durable than other men and women. The teacher was made to arise at a very early hour and to go to bed no earlier than 11:30 PM. With no rest in between. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">The teacher had to be able to withstand being locked up in an air-tight room with 35 little monsters on a rainy Monday. And the teacher had to be able to correct 103 term papers over Easter vacation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Yes, God made the teacher tough - but gentle too. The teacher was equipped with soft hands to wipe away the tears of the neglected and lonely student... of the 16 year old girl who was not asked to the prom. And into the teacher God poured a generous amount of patience. Patience when a student asks to repeat the directions the teacher has just repeated for someone else. Patience when the kids forget their lunch money for the 4th day in a row. Patience when 1/3 of the class fails the test. Patience when the text books haven't arrived yet, and the semester starts tomorrow. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">And God gave the teacher a heart slightly bigger than the average human heart. For the teacher's heart had to be big enough to love the kid who screams, "I hate this class - it's boring!" and to love the kid who runs out of the class at the end of the period without so much as a good bye or a thank you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">And lastly, God gave the teacher an abundant supply of hope. For God knew that the teacher would always be hoping. Hoping that the students would one day learn to spell... Hoping not to have lunchroom duty... hoping that Friday would come... hoping for a free day... hoping for deliverance. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">When God finished creating the teacher, He stepped back and admired the work of His hands. And God saw that the teacher was good. Very Good. And God smiled, for when He looked at the teacher, He saw into the future. He knew that the future is in the hands of the teachers. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">And because God loves teachers so much, on the 9th day God created.... "SNOW DAYS" </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY’S LINK </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">ONE DAY AT A TIME <a href="http://wandascountryhome.com/onedayatatime/">http://wandascountryhome.com/onedayatatime/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">naif</span></strong> \nah-EEF; ny-\, adjective: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">1. Naive. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">1. A naive or inexperienced person </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><em>Naif </em>comes from French, from Old French naif, "naive, natural, just born," from Latin nativus, "native, rustic," literally "born, inborn, natural," from Latin nativus, "inborn, produced by birth," from natus, past participle of nasci, to be born</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"> TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><strong><em>Jesus made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><strong><em>Philippians 2:7 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">According to Jesus, it’s what God thinks of us that matters, not what others think. Jesus instructed us to pray in a closed room, where no one could see us, rather than in a public place where we might get credit for being spiritual (Matt. 6:6). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">In other words, live for God and not others. Do we clamor for attention and achievement? Jesus invites us to let go of that competitive struggle, to trust that God’s opinion of us is the only one that ultimately counts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><a href="http://www.rbc.org/">http://www.rbc.org</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">T</span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">ODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><em>Mother Teresa</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">25 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><em>Psalm 37:4 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">MY JOURNALS</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"> <a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: </span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"><a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#6666ff;"></span> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-79219722723813545132008-08-27T09:06:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.284-07:00FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>AUGUST 27TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Winston Churchill</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Encourage the hearts of people around you simply by being there </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">W. H. Auden </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">HAPPY WEDNESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">OVER THE HUMP DAY ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We go over the Hump to the down hill slide into the weekend. Usually my week ends on a pretty quiet level, but this Friday I’ll be doing the Payroll for Monday. Yikes, 2 payrolls in one week! Since Monday is a holiday and since our guys like to be paid on time, I will be doing payroll again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">We do have a chance for rain today. Hopefully it will come our way otherwise I’ll be watering again. The good news is that the weekend forecast shows mostly sunny though Monday! We had so much rain the beginning of the camping season that this is a welcome relief. I may even get a chance to renew my sun tan again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>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. </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY IS…BANANA LOVERS DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Banana plants are grown in just about every tropical place - and make up the 4th largest fruit crop in the world. A plant needs 10 - 15 months of frost-free conditions to produce a flower stalk. Most varieties will stop growing when the temperature drops below 60° F of above 100°. High in potassium, bananas are easy to eat and are a great additional to any meal </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Born in Albania on this day in 1910 was the girl who grew up to be <strong>Mother Teresa of Calcutta</strong>, who worked with the poorest of the poor in India. The Catholic nun founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, which cared for the destitute in Calcutta. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and died in Calcutta in 1997. Her birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>A journalist once asked Mother Teresa why she bothered working with the poor in Calcutta, because it was all just a drop in the ocean - there being millions of poor people in India. Mother Teresa said in reply that she was not concerned with a big way of doing things - she was concerned with individuals: “This person”, she pointed to someone, “thinks it makes all the difference!” </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>Saint Monica</strong> Feast Day - The mother of Saint Augustine, she is patron saint of married women and mothers, especially difficult children. Saint Monica was born to a Christian family in Tagaste, Africa in 332 AD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1650: 1st English expedition to cross the Alleghenies leaves Ft. Henry, Va. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs published his first magazine story about an abandoned English boy raised by African apes. Tarzan, "King of the Jungle," became one of the 20th centuries’ best-known fictional characters </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1921 - J.E. Clair, who owned the Acme Packing Company, bought a pro football franchise for Green Bay, WI. Cheeseheads could have been their name, but he decided to pay tribute to those who packed the meat at his processing plant. Hence the name: the Green Bay Packers </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">1985: The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a seven-day mission that included the launch of three satellites, and the retrieval, repair and redeployment of another </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S SMILE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> One was an optimistic soul;</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> But the other took the gloomy view, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">"I shall drown," he cried, "and so will you." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">So with a last despairing cry, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">He closed his eyes and said, "Goodbye." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">But the frog, with a merry grin, </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Said, "I can't get out, but I won't give in! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I'll swim around till my strength is spent. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">For having tried, I'll die content." </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Bravely he swam until it would seem </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">His struggles began to churn the cream. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">On the top of the butter at last he stopped </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">And out of the bowl he happily hopped </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S LINK O.W.L.S. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">(OLDER WISER LAUGHING SOULS)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> <a href="http://members.shaw.ca/va7ana/owls.htm">http://members.shaw.ca/va7ana/owls.htm</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>peregrination </strong></span>\pehr-uh-gruh-NAY-shun\, noun: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">A traveling from place to place; a wandering </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Peregrination</em> comes from Latin peregrinatio, from peregrinari, "to stay or travel in foreign countries," from peregre, "in a foreign country, abroad," from per, "through" + ager, land </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em><strong>By this all will know that you are My disciples, </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em><strong>if you have love for one another. </strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em><strong>John 13:35</strong></em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">As we seek to live for our King, the Lord Jesus Christ, we should also show our colors of allegiance and appreciation for all He has done for us. But how? What are the “colors” that declare to the world that we serve the King of kings and Lord of lords? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The night before His crucifixion, King Jesus told us what our “colors” should be when He said, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). His disciple John echoed this when he wrote, “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” (1 John 4:11). </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">When we display Christ’s love for our fellow believers, it is more than just kindness or care. It is one of the most tangible ways we can show our love and devotion for the Savior. As we interact with fellow Christ-followers, let’s be sure to show our colors. That will honor our King before a watching world </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Our love for God shows in our love for others </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Our Daily Bread <a href="http://www.rbc.org/">http://www.rbc.org</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"> Evening red and morning gray help the traveler on his way </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#663333;"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">26 DAYS UNTIL FALL !</span> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Psalm 37:4 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">MY HOMEPAGE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#990000;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a> </span></p><p> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584371793057966922.post-61402127348148225142008-08-26T04:20:00.000-07:002008-10-22T16:55:01.284-07:00FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2008<p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>ON THE <span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">BRIGHT</span> SIDE </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>AUGUST 26TH, 2008</strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY'S THOUGHT </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A man is what he thinks about all day long. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Ralph Waldo Emerson</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S ACTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Establish habits of faith that will hold you firm in unsteady times </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S QUOTE </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The best cure for insomnia is a Monday morning. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Author Unknown</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">HAPPY TUESDAY !! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I made it through another Monday. Now the rest of the week will be easy. Going to work yesterday I noticed more traffic on the road. Must be because so many schools started this week. The weather here is beautiful and in the mid – 70’s during the day and mid 50’s at night. DS#4 called to say that in the middle of September he’ll be coming our way for business and he hopes to be able to spend the weekend at the campground with us. It will just be him as it’s a business trip. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Our Sunshine Boy starts Kindergarten today too. DS#4 says he’s feeling pretty old now. Ha ha! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">That’s the news from home as I know it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S PRAYERS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>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. </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">GOD BLESS YOU ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">25 WORDS </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">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 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TO REMEMBER… </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY IS…HORSESHOE DAY </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Horseshoes were invented by the Greeks and discovered by Western culture in the 4th century. Beyond their intended use, they became a universal symbol for good luck - a superstition that lasted well into the 1800s. The most popular practice was nailing a horseshoe over the front door of a house - pointed upward so the luck wouldn't fall out. Even Lord Nelson nailed a horseshoe on the mast of his command ship before the Battle of Trafalgar. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S TRIVIA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Women's Equality Day, marking approval on August 26, 1920, of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. In Massachusetts it's Susan B. Anthony Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is National Dog Day, a day to appreciate humankind's most popular pet as loving and loyal companions, pets who treat us better than we treat each other </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is Make Your Own Luck Day, a day to take affirmative action to improve your life </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Today is National Cherry Popsicle Day </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1498 - The master artist, Michelangelo, was commissioned to make the Pieta. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1842 - The U.S. Congress established the fiscal year, which begins on July 1st </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1873 - The first public school kindergarten in the U.S. was authorized by the school board of St. Louis, MO </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1957: Ford produced the first of 110,847 Edsel automobiles. Named for Edsel Bryant Ford, the model never really caught on </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1968: Jeannie C. Riley was awarded a gold record for "Harper Valley PTA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1991: A Gallup Poll revealed that ice-cream lovers take more baths and are less likely to be nervous than people who seldom eat ice cream. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">1996: The electronics giant Philips unveiled a new television, the FlatTV, which could be hung on a wall as if it were a painting </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S SMILE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> Advice From The Wise Man</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Meanness don't jes' happen overnight. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">You cannot unsay a cruel word. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Every path has a few puddles. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The best sermons are lived, not preached. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Always drink upstream from the herd. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S LINK </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>YOUR FIRST CUP OF COFFEE</strong> <a href="http://www.members.shaw.ca/grandmafaiths/first-cup-of-coffee.htm">http://www.members.shaw.ca/grandmafaiths/first-cup-of-coffee.htm</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S WORD </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">berate</span></strong> \bih-RAYT\, transitive verb: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To scold severely or angrily </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Berate</em> is from be-, "thoroughly" + rate, "to scold, to chide," from Middle English raten </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S REFLECTION </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong><em>We are his workmanship. </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong><em>Ephesians 2:10 </em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Scripture calls the church a poem. “We are His workmanship” (Eph. 2:10). Workmanship descends from the Greek word poeo or poetry. We are God’s poetry! What Longfellow did with pen and paper, our Maker does with us. We express his creativity best. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">You aren’t God’s poetry. I’m not God’s poetry. We are God’s poetry. Poetry demands variety. “God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all” (I Cor. 12:6 Phillips). God uses all types to type his message. Logical thinkers. Emotional worshipers. Dynamic leaders. Docile followers. The visionaries who lead, the studious who ponder, the generous who pay the bills…</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Alone, we are meaningless symbols on a page. But collectively, we inspire. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment, Volume 2 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>By Max Lucado</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To dream of a plow indicates a new project </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">27 DAYS UNTIL FALL ! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Psalm 37:4</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">I Love You All !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Be Blessed !!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MA </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MY HOMEPAGE</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"> I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’ <a href="http://www.bigmarainey.com/">www.bigmarainey.com</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">MY JOURNALS <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/GoodMorningSunshine/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><a href="http://onyama.blogspot.com/">http://onyama.blogspot.com/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">To see archived ‘On the Bright Side’ Newsletters click on the link below: <a href="http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/">http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;color:#336666;">BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6 <a href="http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html">http://www.littlerainey.com/index.html</a></span></p><p> </p>I'm mostly known as 'MA'http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com0