For Thursday, November 15th, 2024

 

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024

The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades.  May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks,  and boring grays of your every day.

Slightly adapted from one of my morning devotionals

41 DAYS UNTIL WINTER 

In TEXAS

 Sunrise:   6;57 am

   Sunset:   5:36   

pm

Life is a special  

occasion!

Hallmark!

Today is America Recycles Day which encourages people to do their part and recycle.By using the Earth’s natural resources we reduce  green house emissions and the need to build landfills. We also ensure that these natural resources will be around for future generations to use. 

Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil, 4100 kilowatts of energy, 3.2 yards of landfill space, and 60 pounds of air pollution.  According to the Greeting Card Association, we purchase approximately 6.5 Billion greeting cards each you.  Just think about all the trees we could save. 

If you are looking for a way to help the Earth, choose to send digital greet cards instead of paper this year. 

Celebrate and choose to recycle what you can today. It does make a diference.

If you cannot see the bright side, polish the dull side

 

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Refuse what
you do not need; reduce what you do need, reuse what you consume; recycle what you can not refuse, reduce or reuse; and not compost the rest.

Bea Johnson

While I’m guilty of sending cards in the mail. I do not send letters in the mail.  I email them. I do save any old cards I receive so I can make them into gift tags.  I was born in a generation that was taught to reuse a lot of things for other purposes. For instance my grandmother used to save old clothing to make into quilts.  We didn’t go out and buy new we used what we had.  Sadly they don’t make things like they used to.  Back then we’d  repair  everything that broke down.  Nowadays we have a disposable generation, where it is cheaper to throw out the old and buy new than it is to fix it. We can’t even repair our cars because of all the electronics involved and have to take them in for costly repairs. 

I try to use a beverage cup to hold my water now and don’t buy so many bottles of water.  We have filtered water now so it’s just as good.  I reuse as many things as I can like gift bags. We use them over and over and don’t throw them away.

Any old clothing that is still good gets taken to Salvation Army or Goodwill. I even buy a lot of used clothing that is like new because it saves a lot of money.  I remember when we used hankies instead of the tissues we now use to blow our noses on.  All we had to do is wash them and we could use them again. We don’t use many paper plates or throw away cups now and only use the kind we can put in the dishwasher and use again.  It does help the environment.  

And we do have a recycling bin to put recyclables in.  It’s picked up once a week along with the regular trash bin and the trashmen take it a way. When you think about you can probably find lots of other ways to save the environment. 

The big news here is that my grandson made the high school basketball team.  We are very happy and proud of him.  

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Friday!

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS 

Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, the power is yours!

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for.  There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

12,878. for recycling 

12,879. for places like Salvation Army and Goodwill

12,880. for all the many ways we can reuse things

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.

 

Almighty and eternal God,

Protect our military

as they discharge their duties

with the shield of your strength,

may the power of your love

enable them to return home in safety

that with all who love them

they may ever praise you for your loving care.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters and EMT’s.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

ADVICE FOR TODAY

If you recycle, the planet loves you!!

a smile, a word of cheer, 

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma