For Thursday, March 28th, 2013

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

March 28TH, 2013

85 DAYS TILL SUMMER

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

It's THURSDAY

WEED APPRECIATION DAY

March 28th is Weed Appreciation Day, a day reserved for honoring the lowly weed.  It's all about the pesky weeds that grown between your flower beds and on your grass fields!! 

Even though you may not appreciate them, they actually are a super abundance of vitamins and nutrients. For centuries before our generation, weeds were used to feed thousands of people who depended on them as a source of food and energy. Did you know that a raw dandelion green loaded with Vitamin A?

Weeds also help feed the ecosystem. Catepillars feed on milkweed, ladybugs love dandelions, cardinals like themselves a lil plantain seeds, purslane is the love of quails, mourning doves enjoy lamb's quarter seeds, and finches can't get enough of shepherd's purse seeds! And, Bees make honey from clovers...

That makes you think twice before you break out that weed killer, huh?
Maybe today, you might want to go outside and hug a weed.

But a weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else.  In blaming nature, people mistake the culprit.  Weeds are people's idea, not nature's.  

Author Unknown

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

A weed is but an unloved flower.  

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I wouldn't mind seeing a weed growing about now.  Here where everything is still pretty much frozen there isn't much of anything growing.  Even the sight of a dandelion would be nice right now.  

As the cold days linger on here, I'm continuing to get more and more done indoors.  I'm trying to set at least a few days of the week to work on my craft projects and at least one day on organizing the clutter.  As long as I'm forced to remain indoors I'll at least be accomplishing something.

I hope you all have a extraordinary Thursday!

PRIORITY FOR TODAY:

GIVE

Lord Jesus, I give you my hands
- to do your work. I give you my feet
- to go your way. I give you my eyes
- to see as you do. I give you my tongue
- to speak your words. I give you my mind
- that you may think in me. I give you my spirit
- that you may pray in me. Above all, I give you my heart that you may love, in me,
your Father and all mankind. I give you my whole self
that you may grow in me, so that it is you, Lord Jesus, who live and work and pray in me.
Amen.

Grail Prayer

COUNTING MY GIFTS

May all your weeds be wildflowers.  

Author Unknown

I am trying to count at least 3 things I'm thankful for each day and then in 1 year's time I'll have counted 1000 gifts. I’ll be sharing them and giving thanks to God for these gifts each day, 

399. for the sunny face of a dandelion, we always get plenty of them

400. for the green shoots of tulip and daffodil leaves in the frozen ground, they'll bloom eventually.

401. for wildflowers blooming along the road, I remember the ones from last year. 

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

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 !

A man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season.  

Author Unknown

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

Love,

ma