ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MAY 28TH, 2009
TODAY'S THOUGHT
There are so many men who can figure costs, and so few who can measure values
Author Unknown
JUST FOR TODAY
We all need to look for the silver linings in our day-to-day lives
Just for today: I will not only accept a kindness with gratitude, but also to give back just as generously. In prayer, I will take time to express my gratitude to God
TODAY’S QUOTE
Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find someone's hand and squeeze it, while there's still time
Dale Dauten
IT’S THURSDAY !!
Rain and more rain! That is our forecast today, just as it was yesterday. I think it’ll start clearing out tomorrow just in time for the weekend.
It’s been a pretty quiet week here at home. I’m enjoying having a shorter work week and am looking forward to another weekend.
Its Bible study at church this evening and then tomorrow evening I’ll leave from work and go to the camper.
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
God of mercy, we thank you for looking beyond our sinfulness to what by your grace we can be
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.
GOD BLESS YOU!
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National
Butterfly Day
Today is National
Hamburger Day
Today is
Sierra Club Day. The environmental group was founded on this date in 1892
970 BC:
Solomon was born in Israel. He purposely became Israel’s best educated, richest, wisest king. He had more fun, more women, and achieved more good than any king in history. But he decided it was all vain, and that man’s whole duty in life was to honor and obey God
1929 - Warner Brothers debuted the first all-color talking picture. The film debuted at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. Ethel Waters, Joe E. Brown and Arthur Lake starred in
On With the Show1953 - The first 3-D (three-dimensional) cartoon premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Hollywood, California. The production, a Walt Disney creation/RKO picture, was titled,
Melody
1954: President Dwight Eisenhower signed a law that added the words
"under God" to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance
1959 -
Able and Baker were two monkeys who survived a trip into space from a launch at Cape Canaveral, FL
1982 - The legendary train,
Orient Express, made popular through Agatha Christie’s thrilling mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express, was reborn. The 26-hour train trip resumed across the European continent after a long respite
1986: Participants of Dick Clark’s TV special
America Picks the Number One Songs chose Bill Haley’s
Rock Around the Clock, Simon & Garfunkel’s
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, and Lionel Richie’s
All Night Long as the top songs of the rock era
TODAY’S SMILE
The alphabet of friendship…
A friend
Accepts you as you are
Believes in you
Calls you just to say hello
Doesn’t give up on you
Envisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
Forgives your mistakes
Gives unconditionally
Helps you
Invites you over
Jokes with you and has a sense of humour
Keeps you close at heart
Loves you for who you are
Makes a difference in your life
Never judges
Offers support
Prays for you
Quietens your fears
Raises your spirits
Says nice things about you
Tells you the truth when you need to hear it
Understands youValues you
Walks beside you
Xplains things you don’t understand
Yells (gently!) when you won’t listen
Zaps you back to reality.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flockof which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers,in which you tend the Church of Godthat he acquired with his own Blood
Acts 20:28
Every community, every congregation, even every family has its own “weak” members. Through whatever combination of genetics, upbringing, sin, and just plain hard luck, it is unlikely that they will ever be able to take care of themselves adequately. And these are the ones Paul singled out for special attention, for he knew the fundamental precept of the gospel that those who are more graced should care for those who are in need—not take advantage of them or ignore them
It can be hard for someone with a quick mind to have to re-explain things to someone who just doesn’t get it. Instead of putting ourselves in their shoes, we tend to imagine them in ours: “If that happened to me, I would surely have handled it better.” But when we do this, we exercise the judgment that belongs to God alone and fail to extend the mercy of God—a mercy that belongs to the strong and weak alike
TODAY’S ADVICE
Use roll-on deodorant bottles again by filling with sunscreen, bath oil, or kids' paints
24 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER!
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
2 comments:
Thanks MA. I love the ABC's of friendship.
Hope the rain goes away before the weekend. better here today sunny and warm and they say it's going to be a great weekend so after 8 months of awful weather near enough its great to see. Love Joan
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