For Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

 

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7TH, 2026

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:    7:28  am

   Sunset:  5:49    

pm

Life is a special occasion !

Hallmark

Today is a Happy Birthday to my granddaughter, Our Pretty Lady.

Happy Birthday ♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday  ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you♥ ♥ ♥ 

May the dear Lord Bless you today and always! 

Happy Birthday to you♥ 

Today is also I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore Day which reminds us that the start of the new year is a good time to reflect on our lives and decide what we want to change.  This is a day for standing up for yourself.  A day of taking control.  

This is a day to to inspire you to start the new year with a new attitude that combines being strong and honest.  You don’t have to be angry to participate; you just have to be true to yourself and know when you’ve had enough.  

This is a day you can let it all hang out emotionally.  Feel every honest emotion and let everyone know about it through your facial expressions, word or lack thereof. There are times when it’s polite to hold our tongue.  There are times to be true to ourselves and this day is one of them.

Celebrate today and take a break and do whatever you want to do.  Stand up for what you think is right.  And sometimes it’s just good to get away and come back refreshed.

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

THOUGHT  FOR TODAY

It’s important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don’t feel that’s true. 

Lily Collins

This granddaughter lives the farthest away from me than any of my others.  I haven’t seen her since she was very young.  I do miss her and love her and wish her the happiest birthday ever!  I keep hoping one of these days she’ll visit her Dad so I get to see her.  

I’m happy with my life, living where I do and being with people that love and take care of me, but sometimes it’s just good to get away and take a break from each other.  I have no reasons why, but I’m sure they’ll appreciate having the house to themselves. I’m going to do that in a couple of weeks and go to visit one of my other sons and his family in sunny Florida.  It will be nice to have a winter break.

I always do stand up for what I think is right and try to always do the right thing.  But no matter how hard I try, I fail sometimes.  My daughter just made a donation to the Amvets.  She encouraged me to clean out my closet and get rid of what I’m no longer wearing so it could go out in the donation.  I did manage to get rid of two garbage bags full.  Now my closet is no longer stuffed to capacity, I still have to purge my desk top.  There are way too many things accumulated on it.  So while my closet is better, the rest of my room is not.  I’ve done this same thing all my life.  As a teen at home, my mother was always telling me to straighten my room up and get rid of what was not needed.  Some habits are hard to change.  So what I’m no longer taking, is a messy room.  I will endeavor to keep every thing in its proper place from now on.

 I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!

COUNTING MY GIFTS

Know what’s important and what isn’t. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don’t and the courage to stop those who won’t.

Mark Goulston 

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

 13,967. for a day to change how we want to live 

  13,968. for organizations like the Amvets who help people in need.

  13,969. for our Pretty Lady, it’s her birthday today !

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

 

Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart.  Right from the start go ahead and stand up for what you believe in . As I’ve learned, that’s the path to happiness.

Lesley Ann Warren

a smile,a word of cheer, 

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma