For Monday, October 27, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
OCTOBER 27TH, 2008


TODAY'S THOUGHT

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it.

Autograph your work with excellence.

Anonymous


TODAY’S ACTION

Take notice of the changes that are blooming around you


TODAY’S QUOTE

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can;
and I mean to keep doing so until the end.

Abraham Lincoln

HAPPY MONDAY !!

BACK TO WORK

I did get the car unloaded and a few things put away yesterday. It was a quiet day and I pretty much took it easy.

DS#2 called to say he was in an airport waiting for his plane to depart. He is off to a week long school again. He seems to be traveling a lot. I’ll be praying for a safe trip for him.

The week ahead looks uneventful. After work in the evenings I should be able to get a few things accomplished here as the only thing that is on the calendar is Thursday evening Bible Study and Saturday morning I go to get my flu shot.

It will be the usual Monday at work for me doing payroll. My busiest day of the week and it has to be on Monday morning. Guess I’d better have another cup of that good coffee.

Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !

TODAY’S PRAYERS

Please pray for God's protection of
our troops and HIS wisdom for their
commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in
your loving hands.
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need. I ask this in the
name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

GOD BLESS YOU!



25 WORDS

God, I thank You for today, for the ways You will bless me,
and for the ways that I will serve others in Your name


TO REMEMBER…

I am in the hands of God,
and in God’s time all things will be made well.


TODAY IS…JACK –O- LANTERN DAY

The Jack-o-lantern custom comes from Irish folklore. The story tells of a man named Jack who carried an ember in a hollowed out turnip to light his way. So, early Jack-o-lanterns were all made out of turnips. When the Irish came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips - and easier to carve. Before flashlights were invented, carved pumpkins with candles inside became part of the Halloween tradition.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Potato Day

Today is Navy Day, observed since 1922 on the birth date of Theodore Roosevelt

Give Wildlife a Brake! Week begins today. As you drive, watch out for deer and other large animals along roadsides

1941: In the Great Doughnut Debate, judges ruled that 15-year-old Hanson Gregory of Clam Cove, Maine, had invented the doughnut hole in 1847 when he punched the centers out of his mother's fried cakes because, "the centers were never cooked done anyway

1954: Walt Disney's first television program, titled "Disneyland" after his soon-to-be completed theme park, premiered on ABC

1973: The first edition of the New International Version of the Bible was published. Over 100-million copies have been sold worldwide

TODAY’S SMILE

There once was an oyster, whose story I tell;

Who found that some sand, had gotten into his shell.

It was only a grain, but it gave him great pain;

For oysters have feelings, although they are plain.

Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fate,

That had brought him to such a deplorable state?

"No," he said to himself,

"Since I cannot remove it,I'll lie in my shell,

and think how to improve it."

The years rolled around, as the years always do,

And he came to his ultimate Destiny...stew.

Now the small grain of sand that had bothered him so,

Was a beautiful pearl all richly aglow.

This tale has a moral, for isn't it grand,

What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand?

Think... What could WE do, If we'd only begin,

With some of the things that get under OUR skin?

Author Unknown


TODAY’S WORD

genuflect \JEN-yuh-flekt\, intransitive verb:

1. To bend the knee or touch one knee to the ground, as in worship.2. To be servilely respectful or obedient; to grovel

Genuflect is from Late Latin genuflectere, from Latin genu, "knee" + flectere, to bend

TODAY’S REFLECTION

So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lion's den. The king said to Daniel, 'May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!'

Daniel 6:16

No question, Daniel got a rough deal. He was set up by jealous lesser men who wanted him out of the way. It seemed like they succeeded except for one thing they overlooked: Daniel's trust in God.The interesting thing, however, about Daniel being thrown into the den of lions is that God didn't deliver him out of the den before Daniel found deliverance in it.

Imagine if Daniel had fought against being thrown into the den (which he would have been justified in doing) and gone into the den fighting against it every inch of the way, chances are the lions would have torn him to shreds before he hit the bottom. But Daniel didn't. He accepted his lot and trusted his life to God who shut the lion's mouths.On more than one occasion

I have asked God that if I am not going to be delivered out of my "lion's den" (naming the frustrating situation I'm in), would he please deliver me in it.Sometimes, like Daniel, God has a lesson for us to learn in our present difficult situation and before he delivers us out of it, like Daniel, we need to find deliverance in it.

Source: Daily Encounter

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

55 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !

Delight yourself in the Lord

and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

May there be a miracle in YOUR life today
and may you have the EYES to SEE it!

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

MA


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