For Friday, March 7th, 2025

 

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FRIDAY, MARCH 7TH, 2025

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

In TEXAS

 Sunrise:   6:51  am

   Sunse  6:34   

pm

Life is a special  

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ccasion!

Hallmark!

Today is National Cereal Day which urges us to get our bowl and spoon ready for what has become America’s most popular breakfast food. It has also become a popular bedtime snack.  Some people even enjoy it for an evening meal.  Bakers turn to cereal in their cake, cookie and bar recipes..  The most popular one is Rice Crispy Bar Treats.

Ferdinand Schumacher, a German immigrant began the cereal revolution in 1854 with a hand oats grinder in the back room of a small store in Akron, Ohio.  His German Mills America Oatmeal Company was the nation’s first commercial oatmeal manufacturer.  In 1877 Schumacher adopted the Quaker symbol, the first registered trademark for a breakfast cereal. 

Granula, the first breakfast cereal was invented in the U.S. in 1863 by James Caleb Jackson, an operator of Our Home in Hillside, which was later replaced by the Jackson Sanatorium in Dansville, New York.  The cereal never became popular since it was inconvenient as the bran nuggets needed soaking overnight, before they were tender enough to eat.

The cereal industry rose from a combination of religious beliefs and commercial interest in healthy foods, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg experimented with granola.  He boiled some wheat into thin films, and baking the resulting flakes in the oven,  He acquired a pantent in 1891.  In 1895 he launched Cornflakes which overnight captured a national market.

In 1906 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s brother, William K. Kellogg. after working for John broke away, bought the cornflakes rights from his brother and set up the Battle Creek Toasted Cornflake Company.  His signature on every package became the company trademark and insurance of quality.

Charles W. Post introduced Grape-nuts in 1898 and soon followed with Post Toasties.  Because of Kellog and Post, the city of Battle Creek Michigan is nicknamed the Cereal Capitol of the World.

Celebrate today and enjoy a bowl of your favorite cereal for a meal or as a snack.  

If you cannot see the bright side polish the dull side 

THOUGHT  FOR TODAY

I’m a cereal lover.  I could  eat it in morning, in the evening and at night - I love Cheerios.

Jimmy Scott

I love cereal.  I eat it most every morning along with some toast,  All winter my favorite has been cinnamon apple oatmeal.  It comes in a packet and all I have to do is pour milk on it and microwave it for 2 minutes.  When it’s warmer out I like cornfakes with blueberries in it, or rice crisps with bananas.  I also like Kellogg’s Special K with fruit in it and cheerios are a very good heart healthy meal.

I have been known to eat cereal for breakfast, dinner and as a snack.  On the weekends my daughter will make pancakes or waffles served with bacon and eggs, but the rest of the week, I eat cereal.

I used to eat donuts every morning, but cereal is much healthier for me.

My rehab appointment yesterday was basically filling out forms and answering questions but I will start exercises on Monday.  They have me scheduled for two days a week right now.  We’ll see how it goes...

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Friday!

COUNTING MY GIFTS

I can’t tell you enough about cinnamon.  Cinnamon is an awesome spice to use and it goes with something like apples in the morning or in a mixture of fruit or in your oatmeal or even in your cereal.

Emeril Lagasse

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

13,191. for my favorite oatmeal with apples and cinnamon 

     13,192. for an easy breakfast food      

13,193. for a quick snack

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

Pay attention, don’t let life go by you.  Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.

Jerry Seinfeld 

a smile,a word of cheer, 

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma

 

 You're blessed when you're content with just who you are—no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought

Matthew 5:5 (MSG)