For Valentines Day, Saturday, February 14th, 2009

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
FEBRUARY 14TH, 2009


TODAY'S THOUGHT

Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart

Author Unknown


TODAY’S ACTION

Whoever loves much, does much.

Thomas a Kemper


TODAY’S QUOTE
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

Victor Hugo

IT’S SATURDAY !!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!

Today DD and I are off to do our President’s Sales shopping at the Outlet Mall. We’ve done this for many years now and always find some good buys. Of course I always love spending the day with my daughter.

It’s supposed to be in the mid 30’s and snow today. Other years we’ve been blessed with a warmer and sunny day, but we’ll just make our own sunshine and hope it’s not too cold.


Hearts and flowers to you all on this Valentine’s Day!

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


TODAY’S PRAYERS

May the Divine love of God heal and restore us.

May we be alive, alert, and enthusiastic about life.
Amen


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.

May 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

Today is Valentine’s Day and National Have A Heart Day. One promotes romance, the other promotes eating your vegetables

Today is the Feast Day of St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers. Father Valentine was beheaded in Rome on this date in 269. The first valentine card was probably sent by the Duke of Orleans while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1415


Today is National Cream Filled Chocolates Day

Ferris Wheel Day - Celebrated on the birthday of the inventor of the Ferris Wheel, George Washington Ferris, born on this day in 1859

1859 - Oregon, the 33rd state, entered the United States of America this day. Official Oregon state symbols are state bird: western meadowlark; state flower: Oregon grape; state insect: swallowtail butterfly

1886: The West Coast citrus industry was born. The first trainload of oranges left Los Angeles for eastern markets

1912 - Arizona the 48th state entered the United States of America this day. The state bird: the cactus wren; the state flower: the saguaro cactus’ flower, the state reptile: Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake; state fossil: petrified wood; state gem: turquoise, the capital city is Phoenix.

1918 - The motion picture, Tarzan of the Apes, was released.

1962: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducted a televised tour of the White House. It was the first public peek into the Presidential back rooms and bedrooms and drew a record audience of 80 million

TODAY’S SMILE

Sometimes Christ's love for us is veiled behind what can seem to be pitiless and unduly harsh:

Years ago, in the days before stage coaches had been superseded by railways, a mother and her infant were the only passengers in a coach in western Montana during a bitter winter. The woman had not provided against such intense cold, and although she could protect her baby, her own life became endangered.

The driver quickened the pace of his team, hoping to reach warmth and refuge before her condition became serious, but the fatal drowsiness stole over her, and when no answers to his inquiries were returned, he stopped and got down from his box. The woman's head was swaying from side to side. He took the baby from her and bestowed it as comfortably as he could in a furry bundle under the shelter of the seat; then, seizing the mother roughly by the arm, he dragged her upon the frozen ground.

His violence partly awakened her; but when he banged the door and sprang on his box and drove on, leaving her in the road, she came fully to her senses and began to scream as she ran madly after him, calling, "My baby, oh, my baby." The horror of her loss and the violence of the exercise to which she was forced saved her. When her blood was in healthy circulation, the driver pulled up his horses, and allowed her to resume her place with her unharmed child.
Methodist Recorder

TODAY’S WORD

expurgate \EK-sper-geyt\, verb:

to remove objectionable words or passages from a document

from Latin expurgat-, from expurgare, from ex- + purgare, to make clean




TODAY’S REFLECTION

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips, nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Titus 2:3- 4
After helping my three-year-old son, Isaac, dry off after a bath, I wrapped him in a towel and put him on my lap for a hug. I said, "Isaac, you're getting so big! What are we going to do when you're too big to fit on my lap anymore?" He replied, "Then I'm going to hold you, Mom."

Debra Power, California. Today's Christian Woman

TODAY’S ADVICE

Candles will last a lot longer if placed in the freezer for at least 3 hours prior to burning

34 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 48 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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