For Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FEBRUARY 15TH,  2012

Celebrate the happiness
that friends are always giving,
make every day a holiday,
and celebrate just living!

Amanda Bradley

It's WEDNESDAY!  

NATIONAL GUMDROP DAY!

National Gumdrop Day honors the popular, gelatin-based candy.  Gumdrops have been a favorite candy for many decades. Nowadays, the Gummi candies which are the same gelatin base, are the most popular gumdrop type of sweet.On National Gumdrop Day, you know what to do... eat Gumdrops to your heart's content! 

Did you know:  A popular children's board game includes gumdrops...

Candyland board game by Milton-Bradley. First introduced in 1949, it includes Gumdrop Mountain and Gumdrop Pass.

Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have

 as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold.  

Judith Olney

NEWS FROM HOME

I don't happen to have any gum drops here at my house today, but I do have some fruit flavored snacks here that are gummy.  I started keeping them on hand for the grandbabes and I like them too.  Sometimes they are the perfect snack.  Fruit is always a good snack too.  Oranges are a must this time of year to fight off the colds and flu and I have a banana every day to keep my leg cramps at bay.

I still have lots of chocolate here too.  I gave in to temptation and bought a whole bag of Hershey valentine hearts. I'll probably be enjoying them yet for Easter.  I may even have some M and M's around here left from my Halloween stash of candy.

I have a sweet tooth, but really don't eat a lot of candy. 

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

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.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT's

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Imagine with me, the diary of a dog.

8:00 a.m.— Oh boy!  Dog food—my favorite!
9:40 a.m.— Oh boy!  A walk—my favorite!
And so it goes—Oh boy!—my favorite!

On the other hand consider the cat!

Day 283 of my captivity.  While they dine lavishly on fresh meat, I’m forced to eat dry cereal.  I’m sustained by the mild satisfaction I derive from ruining a few pieces of furniture.

One grateful, the other grumpy.  Same house.  Same master.  Yet two entirely different attitudes.

It’s so easy to be distracted.  So easy to be ungrateful!

By Max Lucado

Make Every Day Great!

There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love. 

Make Every Day Matter

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please join me in praying for 3 special people.  A friend has sent this request along and I'll be praying too that all 3 of them will be blessed with healing and comfort too as they go through some very trying times dealing with their disease.  

She wrote:  I have several prayer requests if you don't mind.  I am sure each individual will be thankful.

 

First for a young man in his 20's who just learned he has salivatory cancer. They will be doing surgery within the next week.  Depending on how it goes he may end up with facial paralysis and they may have to graft a new nerve.  

The next is for a friend who just learned she has lymphoma cancer.

 

The third is for a dear friend at work who has been diagnosed with stage 4 terminal cancer.  He has been out of work since before Thanksgiving and probably will not return.  He is trying to decide if he will allow any kind of treatment or not.

It is a blessing for me to be able to pray for others and I'm thankful that all our prayers are heard and answered.

Let there be hope for today. Help us to hope for what we can't yet see -- healing for the sick, peace for the frightened, rest for the weary.  Present opportunities to share this hope with those with those who need it's power in their fragile lives. 

Let there be enough hope for us all.

Amen

COUNTING THE DAYS

If February gives much snow,

A fine summer it doth foreshow

34 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

66 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

 

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma