ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
DECEMBER 26th, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Hark! The herald angels sing,
Glory to the newborn king!
Charles Wesley
TODAY’S ACTION
Sing aloud the melody in your heart
TODAY’S QUOTE
Christmas, children, is not a date.
It is a state of mind.
Mary Ellen Chase
IT’S FRIDAY !!
Now that Christmas Day is over we should remember the days between Christmas and Epiphany are still very special days to celebrate. So I’m sharing a little info with you that I found out about today…
St. Stephen's Day immediately follows Christmas, and the Church rejoices in this first testimony by blood to the fact of the Incarnation. Children love the Gospel story about St. Stephen, who for love of God was stoned to death while praying for his enemies. It is also becoming a practice on St. Stephen's Day to pray particularly for our enemies, and it is appropriate to remember the persecuted Church throughout the world and all the people who, like Stephen, are being afflicted for their faith.
There is the story of Good King Wenceslaus who "looked out on the Feast of Stephen" and who enjoyed eating his minced meat pie after sharing his meal with a poor peasant family
Good King Wenceslaus looked out on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel.
We hope to keep Christmas alive in our hearts every day of the year.
Loving, sharing, caring and celebrating are what is important in life !
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
We give you thanks, Lord, for you are rich in mercy,
--for the great love with which you have loved us.
You are acting always in the world by the power of your Spirit,
--making all things new.Open our eyes today,
and those of our brothers and sisters
--that we may see your wonders
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’S TRIVIA
Boxing Day is celebrated in England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other former British commonwealth countries. It is a legal holiday in these countries. This is also St. Stephans Day, where Boxing Day gets some of it's roots. On St. Stephans' Day, churches opened their collection boxes to the poor.
Boxing Day was an expression of appreciation and thanks, much like Christmas tips are today.
The roots of the holiday goes back to the Middle Ages . On this day, members of the merchant class would take boxes, fill them with food and fruits, and give them to servants, tradespeople and the less fortunate. In the case of servants, they would work on Christmas Day, so it was only fitting that immediately after Christmas, they would be given a day off to celebrate. Usually celebrated the day after Christmas, some would celebrate the following Monday when Christmas fell on a Friday or Saturday.
Today, the giving of boxes includes filling boxes with food and clothing for the needy and performing volunteer work. Monetary gifts to charity are also common.
Today is National Whiners' Day, a day dedicated to people who return Christmas gifts
Today is Second Day of Christmas, observed as a holiday in many countries
Today is National Candy Cane Day
1492: 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
1799: Former President George Washington was eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen
1865 - James H. Mason of Franklin, MA patented the coffee percolator that makes coffee good to the last drop!
TODAY’S SMILE
After Christmas vacation, a teacher asked her small pupils to write an account of how they spent their holidays.
One youngster wrote about a visit to his grandparents in a life-care community for retired folks:"We always spend Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa," he said. "They used to live here in a big red house, but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida. They live in a place with a lot of retarded people. They live in tin huts.
They ride big three wheel tricycles. They go to a big building they call a wrecked hall but it is fixed now. They play games there and do exercises, but they don't do them very good. There is a swimming pool and they go to it and just stand there in the water with their hats on. I guess they don't know how to swim.
"My grandma used to bake cookies and stuff. But I guess she forgot how. Nobody cooks - they all go out to fast food restaurants. As you come into the park, there is a doll house with a man sitting in it. He watches all day, so they can't get out without him seeing them.
They wear badges with their names on them. I guess they don't know who they are."My Grandpa and Grandma worked hard all their lives and earned their retardment.
I wish they would move back home but I guess the man in the doll house won't let them out."
TODAY’S LINK
The following web site has a beautiful inspirational presentation. It is also available for downloading as a screen saver.http://www.worldtradehope.com/hopetwo.html
TODAY’S WORD
oblique \oh-BLEEK\, adjective, noun:1. something oblique, such as a line or figure
adverb:1. in military use, by turning 45 degrees
adjective:1. not straight up and down or across; slanting
noun:1. a muscle attached at an oblique angle to the structure that it controls
adjective:1. having unequal sides; situated obliquely instead of transverse or longitudinal2. not straightforward; indirect
from Middle French oblique, from Latin obliquus "slanting, sidelong, indirect," from ob "against" + root of licinus "bent upward," from Proto Indo-European base lei -to bend, be movable
TODAY’S REFLECTION
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart
Luke 2:19
Surely Mary meditated on the honor God gave her, as well as what must have seemed the overwhelming responsibility that now was hers. The only way she could assimilate it was to fix her thoughts on her Son. Here was a mystery filled with grace and grief, this Infant who was the "revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past" (Romans 16:25).Hebrews 3:1 counsels us to "...Fix [our] thoughts on Jesus..." Meditation gives us God's perspective on His promises and our problems.
Pat Nordman – Daily Miscellany
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
If at Christmas ice hangs on the willow, clover may be cut at Easter
84 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 98 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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