ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
DECEMBER 27th, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold,
everything is softer and more beautiful
Norman Vincent Peale
TODAY’S ACTION
Make someone's day . Tell them how much you appreciate them
TODAY’S QUOTE
Whatever you are filled with, spills over when you are bumped.
An old Indian proverb
IT’S SATURDAY !!
It was a very quiet day at my house Friday I really slept in and then did some laundry but that’s about all. Today will be a little busier because I’m going with DS#6 and his wife to visit with DS#3 and family. We’ll probably go out to dinner with them and then come home.
It is supposed to be unusually warm with rain they say. Being in the 60’s at the end of December is rare indeed. But it won’t last long at all and we’ll be back to winter weather next week.
I really am enjoying my Christmas break from work. One more day tomorrow and then it’ll be back to work Monday but only for 3 days. Maybe by the time New Years Day comes I’ll be feeling like my old self once more. 4 day weekends are wonderful!
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
Lord, help me to start each day by listing a few of the wonderful blessings
You've provided that make me happy
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’S TRIVIA
Make Cut Out Snowflake Day is here and now.
Here's a day to show your crafty skills, as you make paper snowflakes. Making cut out snowflakes is a great project for kids. However, you don't have to be a kid, to have fun making paper snowflakes. It's a skill that is practiced by many people.
They say no two snowflakes are alike. It shouldn't come as a surprise, that there are seemingly countless different snowflake designs. Templates abound, from fast and easy patterns, to intricate time consuming designs to challenge the most practiced "snowflaker".
So, if you like snow...bring it on! Bring out the paper and scissors, and cut out some paper snowflakes on this very special Make Cut Out Snowflake Day.
Today is Watch the Children Day, and learn again how to enjoy life
Today is Modern Medicine Day, marking the birth of Louis Pasteur, the father of modern medicine, at Dole, France, on December 27, 1822. Pasteur developed modern inoculation methods and the pasteurization process
Today is National Fruitcake Day
Today is the Feast Day of Saint John the Apostle, son of Salome and Zebedee
The Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) musical, Show Boat, opened on this day in 1927 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City
1903 - The barbershop quartet favorite, Sweet Adeline, was sung for the first time -- in New York City. The song was composed by Henry Armstrong with the words of Richard Gerard. Now female barbershop quartets call themselves Sweet Adelines
1932: Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City
1947 - “Hey kids... What time is it? It’s Howdy Doody time!” Buffalo Bob (Smith), Clarabelle the Clown (Bob Keeshan), Judy Canova and a host of others joined Howdy Doody on NBC-TV. The show stayed on the air for 13 years
1951 - A Crosley automobile, with a steering wheel on the right side, became the first such vehicle placed in service for mail delivery -- in Cincinnati, Ohio
1971 - Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy and Woodstock of Charles Schulz’ famous Peanuts comic strip made the cover of Newsweek magazine this day
TODAY’S SMILE
MARTHA STEWART DOESN'T LIVE HERE!
I'm creative, You can't expect me to be neat too!
I clean house every other day.... Today is the other day!
If you write in the dust, please don't date it!
Kitchen closed this chick has had it!
I would cook dinner but I can't find the can opener!
Ring Bell for Maid Service . . .
My house was clean last week, too bad you missed it!
I came, I saw, I decided to order take out.
If you don't like my standards of cooking...
lower your standards.
Apology . . . Although you'll find our house a mess,
Come in, sit down, converse.
It doesn't always look like this:
Some days it's even worse.
TODAY’S LINK
A BLESSING FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR
http://www.mamarocks.com/new_year_blessing.htm
TODAY’S WORD
paltry \PAWL-tree\, adjective:
1. almost worthless; trifling2. of no worth; contemptible, despicable
probably associated with dialectic palt, pelt "trash," cognate with Middle Low German and East Frisian palte "rag," and Middle Dutch palt, broken or torn fragment.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene ran and went to Simon Peterand to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they put him. ”So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed
John 20: 1-8
The tomb is empty and the Lord is nowhere to be seen. We wait in the emptiness. We are running with the disciples and come to the tomb. We see the linen wrappings that once covered his precious, bloodied body. Where is he? This is the moment of suspense and nothingness; the moment between his death and confirmation of his resurrection. What do we do in this pocket of time?
We often spend time in spaces of emptiness and anticipation: thinking about loved ones who have gone, and about wonderful times that are now part of history. Where do they all go, and where is Jesus in our empty times, our tomb times? What is to come?
They are all waiting for us, and we will see them again.No one or nothing that existed and ended in love is ever lost. The risen Christ is no longer bloodied and beaten. He wants us to leap into the next moment in time, trusting in him, because he is already there
Online Prayer – Reflection of the Daily Gospel
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
A green Christmas, a white Easter
83 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 97 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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