ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
DECEMBER 2ND, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
TODAY’S ACTION
Cherish your purpose in life
TODAY’S QUOTE
A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
Unknown
IT’S TUESDAY !!
Wet rainy/snowy days are expected this week. For awhile we’re fluctuating around freezing during the day but toward the end of the week it sounds as though it may get even colder and send some accumulating snow our way. We usually get snow in December but not when we want it and that is when Christmas comes.
DS#2 stopped by my house after work yesterday to say good bye as he was headed home. I should hear from him today as he usually lets me know when he’s arrived safely.
No matter how old my babes get, it is still good to hear from them.
It’s funny that every day they all come and go without me being aware of it at all, but when they come home I like to know they’ve arrived back to their homes safely.
I haven’t had the opportunity to talk with DS#3 but he did e-mail that they’d put their tree up on Sunday. That is a good thing. Christmas lights always lend a cheery glow. I’ve spent many evenings in years past just sitting and enjoying the Christmas tree lights. Course I’ve got to have my Christmas music playing too.
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love.
Come, Lord Jesus, come
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 ALL !
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… PLAY BASKETBALL DAY
James Naismith, working as a physical ed teacher at the YMCA, wanted to create a game that could be played indoors during winter months. He nailed up two peach baskets at opposite ends of the gym and gave the students a soccer ball - thus the game of basketball was invented in 1891
EACH DAY OF DECEMBER
Dec. 2 - Personalized Advent Calendar:
Put your own messages behind the windows of store-bought Advent calendars. These messages might say, "I love you," give locations of secret hidden treats, or name a favor that the receiver may claim that day.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National
Fritters Day
Today is
Special Education Day, celebrating the first U.S. special education law, signed by President Gerald Ford on this date in 1975
Today is Safety
Razor Day. King Gillette patented the first razor with disposable blades on this date in 1901
Today is
Abolition of Slavery Day, sponsored worldwide by the UN
1949: Gene Autry hit the charts with
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The song had evolved from a 1939 Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog featuring a red-nosed reindeer
1969: On NBC’s
I Dream of Jeannie, genie Jeannie married her master, Capt. Tony Nelson. Barbara Eden played Jeannie, Larry Hagman was Capt. Nelson. The show ran six years
TODAY’S SMILE
There was once a small boy who banged a drum all day and loved every moment of it. He would not be quiet, no matter what anyone else said or did. Various attempts were made to do something about the child.
One person told the boy that he would, if he continued to make so much noise, perforate his eardrums. This reasoning was too advanced for the child, who was neither a scientist nor a scholar. A second person told him that drum beating was a sacred activity and should be carried out only on special occasions.
The third person offered the neighbors plugs for their ears; a fourth gave the boy a book; a fifth gave the neighbors books that described a method of controlling anger through biofeedback; a sixth person gave the boy meditation exercises to make him placid and docile. None of these attempts worked.
Eventually, a wise person came along with an effective motivation. He looked at the situation, handed the child a hammer and chisel, and asked, "I wonder what is INSIDE the drum?"
No more problem
TODAY’S WORD
valediction \val-uh-DIK-shuhn\, noun:
the action of bidding farewell; a farewell
by 1614, from Latin valedicere "bid farewell," from vale, imperative form of valere "be well" + dicere, to say
TODAY’S LINK
ADVENT CALENDAR
http://www.our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/MerryChristmas/advent/1.html
TODAY’S REFLECTION
You say “I can’t figure things out.”
God says: I will direct your steps.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Yesterday marked World Aids Awareness Day. One may say such a day doesn’t mean much because it doesn’t have any connection with our own lives. Yet AIDS has killed 20 million in the past 20 years and an estimated 33 million live with HIV today. It makes it one of the most destructive diseases in recorded history. It has ravaged many parts of Africa. AIDS not only leads to poverty but is also caused by poverty. Prevention through education is a key to tackling the huge problem of HIV.
Jesus also refused to walk away from leprosy which was also a dreaded disease in his time. He always had compassion on those who were stigmatised and who were outcasts. Yesterday governments across the world pledged to step up the fight against HIV. Such promises are easy to make. Our prayer today is that such promises will become a reality
TODAY IS MY GIFT TO YOU
http://www.todayismygifttoyou.ie/
ADVENT THOUGHT
Although Jesus’ coming as Messiah was first to the nation of Israel, he is given for all of us, all nations, all people. Death, war and violence will not exist in the Kingdom. What will it be like to live in a world with no wars, where everyone gets along
Put your watch on a different hand or change the position
of your clock to remind you that time has a new meaning
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Advent/
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Expect a storm when ropes are hard to untwist
19 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !
23 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
AND 138 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS
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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