For Wednesday, March 13, 2013

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

March 13th, 2013

7 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

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

It's WEDNESDAY

LEND A HELPING HAND DAY

Today is Lend a Helping Hand Day Remember - I'm here if you need me.

Today can be a healthy unusual day for you -- and for others -- if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others.

William Arthur Ward

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others

Audrey Hepburn

Life is a lot like bumper cars at an amusement park. You get in your car, knowing that you will get hit . . . you just don’t know how hard. And when you get hit, you step on the gas pedal, chase the one who has hit you, and hope to bump that person harder than they have bumped you.

That may be a fun strategy for bumper cars, but it’s a terrible strategy for life. When you get bumped in life, bumping back only escalates matters and in the end everyone suffers damage.

When we take the time to help someone, we forget the bumps and make ourselves useful instead.  A little guidance and inspiration is sometimes all one needs when they have wandered off track.

Few people manage to live long without enduring some major life changes and the stresses that come with them. A helping hand goes a long way to offer stability, comfort and security.

The pictures today are of DS#5 and his son having some fun summer before last.  I'm really digging here for some pictures to show you, but as winter hangs on there won't be many new happenings here till Easter.

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

PRAYER REQUEST

A friend has written asking for our prayers.  She wrote:   Could I please ask that my dear friend be remembered in prayers as I was just told by another source that he's been told he has a month to live.  It's been over a year since they gave him 6 months and I truly believe that it's by the grace of God and prayer that he's been given more time.

PRIORITY FOR TODAY:

FAIRNESS

Lord God, I pray that I may be fair, and not pass judgment on those whom I like or those whom I dislike, and so bring unhappy regrets. May I remember that, though hasty judgment often may be temporary, the gain or loss of a friend may be permanent. Amen.

COUNTING MY GIFTS

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark

Helen Keller

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,

354.  for my houseplants, they are they only green things growing around here

355. for a delicious lunch, provided by my sisters on my birthday last week

356. for good smelling candles that bring a breath of springtime to my home.

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 !

The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist

Laurence Leamer

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

Love,

ma