ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2009
TODAY'S THOUGHT
We are meant to shine with God's light
JUST FOR TODAY
We all need to look for the silver linings in our day-to-day lives
Just for today: I will look in the mirror, and see my self as a beautiful, unique, divine creation. Divine power brings wholeness to every cell of my body.
TODAY’S QUOTE
Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else.
Let your light shine
Oprah Winfrey
IT’S WEDNESDAY !!
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DDIL#4 TODAY
May the dear Lord bless you today and always!
Today we go OVER THE HUMP of this work week. So far it’s been a busy one for me.
It was nice to take a break yesterday evening and play my dulcimer. I don’t do it enough anymore and am even forgetting some of the music I once knew. As always there were a few laughs to be had.
Laughter is the best medicine for sure.
Today is supposed to be a bit cooler and we are supposed to be in the low 70’s through the weekend. I see some partly cloudy days ahead but no rain.
Maybe now our grass will finally quit growing so fast and give everyone a break on the mowing.
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
Father, may my life bring you glory and show others what a joy it is to serve you
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.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is Stop the World Day, a day to pause, calm down, be nice, and plant a seed
Today is Mayflower Day. The Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, on this date in 1620
Today is National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
Today is National Collect Rocks Day
1953: The Robe, the first movie filmed in the widescreen process CinemaScope, had its premiered at the Roxy Theater in New York
1955: American children were introduced to Play-Doh
1988: Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy became the first a cappella record to reach #1 on U.S. rock music charts
TODAY’S SMILE
The Green, Green Grass Of Home
By Erma Bombeck, written November 1971
When Mike was 2, he wanted a sandbox, and his father said: There goes the yard. We'll have kids over here day and night, and they'll throw sand into the flower beds, and cats will make a mess in it, and it'll kill the grass for sure.
And Mike's mother said, It'll come back.
When Mike was 5, he wanted a jungle gym set with swings that would take his breath away and bars to take him to the summit, and his father said: Good grief, I've seen those things in back yards, and do you know what they look like? Mud holes in a pasture. Kids digging their gym shoes in the ground. It'll kill the grass.
And Mike's mother said, It'll come back.
Between breaths, when Daddy was blowing up the plastic swimming pool, he warned: You know what they're going to do to this place? They're going to condemn it and use it for a missile site. I hope you know what you're doing. They'll track water everywhere and have a million water fights, and you won't be able to take out the garbage without stepping in mud up to your neck. When we take this down, we'll have the only brown lawn on the block.
It'll come back, Mike's mother said.
When Mike was 12, he volunteered his yard for a camp out. As they hoisted the tents and drove in the spikes, his father stood at the window and observed, Why don't I just put the grass seed out in cereal bowls for the birds and save myself the trouble of spreading it around? You know for a fact that those tents and all those big feet are going to trample down every single blade of grass, don't you.
Don't bother to answer. I know what you're going to say.
It'll come back
The basketball hoop on the side of the garage attracted more crowds than the Olympics. And a small patch of lawn that started out with a barren spot the size of a garbage can lid soon drew to encompass the entire side yard.Just when it looked as if the new seed might take root, the winter came and the sled runners beat it into ridges. Mike's father shook his head and said, I never asked for much in this life only a patch of grass.And his wife smiled and said, It'll come back.
The lawn this fall was beautiful. It was green and alive and rolled out like a sponge carpet along the drive where gym shoes had trod ... along the garage where bicycles used to fall ... and around the flower beds where little boys used to dig with iced tea spoons.
But Mike's father never saw it. He anxiously looked beyond the yard and asked with a catch in his voice, he will come back, won't he?
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth
1Timothy 3: 14-16
Paul is writing to Timothy – Paul’s great friend, sometime emissary and devoted convert – saying that he hopes to visit him soon, but that if Paul is delayed to take comfort in the good works they are doing together
Paul is acutely aware of the strains of our earthly existence and the pressure it puts relationships. So he wrote and spoke about it to comfort friends
TODAY’S ADVICE
A closed mouth gathers no foot
6 DAYS TIL FALL!
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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