From Father Tomas Desk

The Wooden Bowl

2012-02-01T11:02:00.002-05:00

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law and four year old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered.

The family ate together at the table, but the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth. The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. "We must do something about grandfather," said the son. "I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor."So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. When the family glanced in grandfather's direction, he sometimes had a tear in his eye as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The four year old watched it all in silence.
One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What are you making?" Just as sweetly the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Momma to eat your food from when I grow up." The four year old smiled and went back to work.
The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no words were spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table.
For the remainder of his days, he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.

Children are remarkably perceptive. Their eyes ever observe, their ears ever listen, and their minds ever process the message they absorb. If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere for family members, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of their lives. The wise parent realizes that every day the building blocks are being laid for the child's future.

Let us be wise builders.
- Author Unknown -

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The Faith of a Child

2012-01-25T15:17:00.008-05:00

A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jar from its hiding place in the closet.
She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times, even. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes.
Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to the Drug StoreShe waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention, but he was too busy at this moment. She twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise; Nothing. She cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could muster. No good. Finally, she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did it!
'And what do you want?' the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen in ages,' he said without waiting for a reply to his question.
'Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,' She answered back in the same annoyed tone. 'He's
really, really sick...and I want to buy a miracle.'
'I beg your pardon?' said the pharmacist.
'His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now So how much does a miracle cost?'
'We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I'm sorry but I can't help you,' the pharmacist said, softening a little.
'Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn't enough, I will get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs.'
The pharmacist's brother was a well dressed man. He stooped down and asked the little girl, 'What kind of a
miracle does your brother need?'
' I don't know,' she replied with her eyes welling up. 'I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money.'
'How much do you have?' asked the man from Chicago
'One dollar and eleven cents,' she answered barely audibly. 'And it's all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need to.'
'Well, what a coincidence,' smiled the man. 'A dollar and eleven cents---the exact price of a miracle for little brothers. '
He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said 'Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the miracle you need.'
That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was completed free of charge and it wasn't long until Andrew was home again and doing well.
Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place. 'That surgery,' her Mom whispered. 'was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?'
The little girl smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost….one dollar and eleven cents....plus the faith of a little child.
In our lives, we never know how many miracles we will need.
A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law.

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DARK LETTER

2012-01-18T22:44:00.002-05:00

Letter from the Devil This can really make you think.
A LETTER TO YOU FROM SATAN

“I saw you yesterday as you began your daily chores.You awoke without kneeling to pray. As a matter of fact, you didn't even bless your meals, orpray before going to bed last night.You are so unthankful, I like that about you!I cannot tell you how glad I am that you have not changed your way of living, Fool, you are mine.Remember, you and I have been going steady for years, and I still don't love you yet.As a matter of fact, I hate you, because I hate God.He kicked me out of heaven, and I'mgoing to use you as long as possible to pay him back.You see, Fool, GOD LOVES YOU and HE has great plans in store for you!
But you have yielded your life to me, and I'm going to make your life a living hell.That way, we'll be together twice. This will really hurt God.Thanks to you, I'm really showing Him who's boss in your life with all of the good times we've had.We have been...
Watching dirty movies,cursing people out,stealing, lying, being hypocritical, fornicating, overeating, telling dirty jokes, gossiping, being judgmental,back stabbing people, disrespecting adults, and specially your parents!, no respect for the Church, bad attitudes.SURELY you don't want to give all this up.
Come on, Fool, let's burn together forever. I've got some hot plans for us. This is just a letter of appreciation from me to you.

I'd like to say "THANKS" for letting me use you for most of your foolish life.You are so gullible, I laugh at you. When you are tempted to sin, you give inHA HA HA, you make me sick.Sin is beginning to take its toll on your life.
You look 20 years older, and now, I need new blood.

So go ahead and teach some children how to sin.All you have to do is smoke, get drunk or drink while under-aged, cheat, gamble, gossip, fornicate, and livebeing as selfish as possible.Do all of this in the presence of children and they will do it too. Kids are like that.Well, Fool, I have to let you go for now.

I'll be back in a couple of seconds to tempt you again. If you were smart, youwould run somewhere, confess your sins, and live for God with what little bit of life that you have left.It's not my nature to warn anyone, but to be your age and still sinning; it's becoming a bit ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, I still hate you. IT'S JUST THAT YOU'D MAKE A BETTER FOOL FOR CHRIST.
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Just Stay

2012-01-11T10:00:00.003-05:00

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.
'Your son is here,' she said to the old man.
She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes
opened.
He was heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly
saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He
reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around
the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the
bed.All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly
lightedward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love
and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move
away and rest awhile.
He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was
oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking
of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging
greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.
Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said
nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now
lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she
did what she had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the
Marine interrupted her.
'Who was that man?' he asked.
The nurse was startled, 'He was your father,' she answered.
'No, he wasn't,' the Marine replied. 'I never saw him before in my
life.'
'Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?'
'I knew right away there had been a mistake,
but I also knew he needed his son, and his
son just wasn't here.
When I realized that he was too sick to tell
whether or not I was his son,
knowing how much he needed me, I stayed.'
The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.

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Fears:

2012-01-04T23:50:00.003-05:00

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same
As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

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The Blessed Trinity...

2011-12-29T23:41:00.010-05:00

Invocation of the HOLY TRINITY:
In the name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY SPIRIT.
May the grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST,
the LOVE of GOD our FATHER, and fellowship of the HOLY SPIRIT
be with you.
--Liturgy Introductory Rites: Greeting
Invocation of the Blessed Trinity
By St. Patrick
I bind unto myself this day
the strong name of the Trinity;
by invocation of the same,
the Three in One and One in Three.
Of whom all nature hath creation
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word,
Praise to the God of our salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ on tongue of friend and stranger.
--Circe: 800 A.D.

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December 03, 2011

2011-12-26T18:16:00.000-05:00

Christmas Eve Prayer

2011-12-22T22:35:00.000-05:00

"Blessed Shining Night of LightsPointing out the newborn babe
Who came to show our world that loveIs by far the truest way.
To find the path to heaven's home
To make our searching not in vain
To show the way that fills our soul
With heavenly light day by day.
Blessed Shining Light of Lights
We find you in our heart each day
And by our caring, sharing acts
We go forth, not led astray.
Blessed Babe of Golden Light
Never forgotten, here to stay
Living on eternallyHand and hand with us each day.
Living on eternallyLiving in joy with us today!"

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IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD....

2011-12-15T23:37:00.002-05:00

THE WORD BECAME FLESH...
In the beginning was the Word:
the Word was with God
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things came into being,
not one thing came into being except through him.
What has come into being in him was life, life that was the light of all;
and the light shines in darkness,
and darkness could not overpower it...
The Word was real light that gives light to everyone; he was coming into the world.
He was in the world that had come into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.
He came to his own and his own people did not accept him.
But to those who did accept him
he gave power to become children of
God, to those who believed in his name
who were born not from human stock or human desire or human will but from God himself.
THE WORD BECAME FLESH, and lived among us, and we saw his glory,
the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father,
full of grace and truth.--John 1:1-5;9-14

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1 corinthians 13:1-13

2011-12-08T21:04:00.000-05:00

If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love,
I have become sounding brass or a tinkling symbol.

And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and
all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
And if I dole out all my goods, and
if I deliver my body that I may boast
but have not love, nothing I am profited.

Love is long suffering,
love is kind,
it is not jealous,
love does not boast,
it is not inflated.
It is not discourteous,
it is not selfish,
it is not irritable,
it does not enumerate the evil.

It does not rejoice over the wrong,
but rejoices in the truth
It covers all things, it has faith for all things,
it hopes in all things, it endures in all things.
Love never falls in ruins;
but whether prophecies, they will be abolished; or
tongues, they will cease; or
knowledge, it will be superseded.
For we know in part and we prophecy in part.
But when the perfect comes, the imperfect will be superseded.
When I was an infant,
I spoke as an infant, I reckoned as an infant;
when I became [an adult],
I abolished the things of the infant.
For now we see through a mirror in an enigma, but then face to face.
Now I know in part, but then I shall know
as also I was fully known.
But now remains faith, hope, love, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
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We give you thanks

2011-12-01T22:46:00.000-05:00

Almighty God, we give you thanks for your unconditional love, as night approaches and light fades away, I want to take a moment and thank you for this day; and implore your great mercy that, as you always enfold us with the radiance of this light from heaven above, so you would shine into our hearts the brightness of your Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Grant us, Lord, the lamp of charity which never fails, that it may burn in us and shed its light on those around us, and that by its brightness we may have a vision of that holy City, where dwells the true and never-failing Light, Jesus Christ our Lord and the virgin Mary, your Mother.
O Lord God Almighty, as you have taught us to call the evening, the morning, and the noonday one day; and have made the sun to know its going down: Dispel the darkness of our hearts, that by your brightness we may know you to be the true God and eternal light, living and reigning for ever and ever.
Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth: The Lord is his name. Amen.

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A Prayer for Deliverance

2011-11-28T23:47:00.000-05:00

Heavenly Father,
I desire to help create a new context for human work and wealth, in which all people might prosper, in which all poverty might disappear, in which all of us might achieve as You would have us achieve, and give to others as ou would have us give.
Let the illusions that hold us back, dear God, as individuals and as a society, now disappear. Let me have new energy. Let me have a new sense of purpose. Let me know that I am on this earth to serve.
Let me not feel guilty about the expression of my power.
Let me no longer play small, regardless of other people's reaction to me when I play big.
I am willing to receive an expanded set of options that You, dear God, might work miracles into my life, that You might cast out all negative and limited conditions of this world.
May I receive a future unlike the past, for myself and others.
For I now open my mind to possibilities I have not dreamed of, to forces of life that I have not allowed in, and to realms of joy I have hardly imagined.
I let go.
I release everything that blocks me in this endeavor, from my past, from my present, and from my future.
May I awaken from the dream of my inadequate self.
Amen.
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The Lord's Prayer

2011-11-21T21:32:00.000-05:00

In Luke 11, 1 the disciples asked Jesus to “Teach them how to pray," He just answered by teaching them the prayer we call the Our Father or The Lord's Prayer.
The Lord's Prayer is a basic Christian prayer. As a model of prayer, every Christian learns it by heart. It appears everywhere in the church's life: in its liturgy and sacraments, in public and private prayer. It 's a prayer Christians treasure.
Though we memorize it as a set formula, the Lord's Prayer shouldn't be repeated mechanically or without thought. Its purpose is to awaken and stimulate our faith. Through this prayer Jesus invites us to approach God as Father. Indeed, the Lord's Prayer has been called a summary of the gospel.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
When Moses approached God on Mount Sinai, he heard a voice saying, "Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." An infinite chasm separates us from the transcendent God.
In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus invites us to draw near to God who is beyond human understanding, who dwells in mystery, who is all holy. We can call God "Our Father".
Calling God "Father" does not mean that God is masculine. God is beyond the categories of gender, of masculine or feminine. None of our descriptions of God is adequate. God, who is "in heaven", whose name is holy, cannot be fully known by us.
By calling God "Father" we are more rightly describing ourselves and our relationship with God. Jesus teaches that we have a filial relationship with God; God sees us as if we were a daughter or a son. And we, on our part, can approach God in the familiar confident way a child approaches a loving parent. What is more, we approach God through God's only Son, Jesus Christ, who unites us to himself .
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.God's kingdom. Jesus often said that God's power would appear and renew all creation. God like a mighty king would rule over the earth according to a plan that unfolds from the beginning of the world. God's kingdom would be marked by peace and justice. Good would be rewarded and evil punished. The kingdom, according to Jesus, is not far off, but already present in our midst, though not yet revealed.
In the Lord's prayer we pray that God's kingdom come, that God's will, which is for our good, be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
We are God's children. What can be more childlike than this petition in which we pray for our daily bread, a word that describes all those physical, human and spiritual gifts we need to live. With the confidence of children we say: "Give us this day what we need."Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
This petition of the Lord's Prayer is a demanding one. Not only do we ask God's forgiveness for our daily offenses, but we link God's forgiveness of us with our forgiveness of others. Forgiving others is not always easy to do. We need God's help to do it. But it must be done or we ourselves cannot receive God's mercy.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Life is not easy. It is a daily battle. Trials like sickness and failure can crush our spirits. False values and easy promises can entice us and even destroy our souls. And so we ask God to keep us from failing when we are tested, to help us to know the right thing to do, to deliver us from the evil which awaits us in life.
The Lord's Prayer sums up the teaching of Jesus. It is also a prayer that offers the grace of Jesus: his reverence for God, his childlike confidence in his Father, and his power to go bravely through life no matter what comes. When we pray his prayer, his spirit becomes our own.
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Did you know?????

2011-11-14T16:21:00.001-05:00

Q: What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 117
Q: What is the longest chapter in the Bible?
A: Psalms 119
Q: Which chapter is in the center of the Bible?
A: Psalms 118
Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118
Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118
Add these numbers up and you get 1188.
Q: What is the center verse in the Bible?
A: Psalms 118:8
Q: Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for our lives?
The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send them to the center of His Word!
Psalms 118:8
"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."
I said a prayer for you:"Father God, bless my friend in whatever it is that you know he/she may be needing this day! And may his/her life be full of your peace, prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have a closer relationship with You.
Amen"

When things get tough, always remember...
Faith doesn't get you around trouble, it gets you through it!!!
God Bless You! ! ! ! and don't EVER FORGET IT !!!
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The #2 pencil...

2011-11-07T12:09:00.000-05:00

Little Mary Margaret was not the best student in Catholic School. Usually she slept through the class.One day her teacher, a Nun, called on her wh ile she was sleeping. "Tell me Mary Margaret, who created the universe?" When Mary Margaret didn't stir, little Johnny who was her friend sitting behind her, took his pencil and jabbed her in the rib.
"God Almighty!" shouted Mary Margaret.The Nun said, "Very good" and continued teaching her class.
A little later the Nun asked Mary Margaret, "Who is our Lord and Savior?"
But Mary didn't stir from her slumber Once again, Johnny came to her rescue and stuck Mary Margaret in the her side.
"Jesus Christ!!!" shouted Mary Marg aret and the Nun once again said,"Very good," and Mary Margaret fell back asleep. A friend is always there when you need him/her.

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Everlasting God,

2011-10-31T23:15:00.000-04:00

Everlasting God,
Almighty, Everlasting God,
the Protector of all those who put their trust in Thee:
hear our prayers in behalf of Thy servants
who sail their vessels beneath the seas.
We beseech Thee to keep in Thy sustaining care
all who are in submarines,
that they may be delivered
from the hidden dangers of the deep.
Grant them courage,
and a devotion to fulfill their duties,
that they may better serve Thee and their native land.
Though acquainted with the depths of the ocean,
deliver them from the depths of despair
and the dark hours of the absence of friendliness
and grant them a good ship's spirit.
Bless all their kindred and loved ones
from whom they are separated.
When they surface their ships,
may they praise Thee for Thou art there
as well as in the deep.
Fill them with Thy Spirit
that they may be sure in their reckonings,
unwavering in duty,
high in purpose,
and upholding the honor of their nation.
Amen

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The Serenity Prayer

2011-10-24T23:24:00.000-04:00

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.
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Sand and Stone

2011-10-17T22:20:00.000-04:00

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT.
DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE.
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE ! AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING, HE WROTE ON A STONE:
'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE '.THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?' THE FRIEND REPLIED 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.
BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT.' LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.
SEND THIS TO THE PEOPLE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET.
I JUST DID. IF YOU DON'T SEND IT TO ANYONE, IT MEANS YOU'RE IN A
HURRY AND THAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR FRIENDS.
TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE! DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE ! AND IF I HAPPEN TO GET IT BACK,
THEN I KNOW MY PLACE IN YOUR LIFE

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Ballons...

2011-10-10T10:32:00.000-04:00

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you
right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a
reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes
your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would
be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you can't get them back. So
I'm going to tie you to my heart so I never lose you. Send this to all your friends including me and see how many you get back. Send this balloon to everybody you like. You may also return it to me. If four balloons are returned to you, something you have been waiting for a long time will happen!!!! Believe me..

.... It really happens! Send a lot of little balloons to your friends!!!

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Love one Another..........Life is too Short ! ! ! !

2011-10-03T23:56:00.000-04:00

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived;
happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all the others, including love.
One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment. When the island was almost totally under, love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, "Richness, Can I come with you on your boat?" Richness answered, " I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere."
Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing in a
beautiful vessel. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." "I can't help
you," Vanity said, " you are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat." Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, “Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I just need to be Alone now."
Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, " Happiness, please take me
with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love
calling to him.
Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice say, "Come Love, I will
take you with me." It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed
that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the
elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder. Love
then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"But why did Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked.
Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered,
"Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."
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CARL'S GARDEN

2011-09-26T23:28:00.000-04:00

Carl was a quiet man. He didn't talk much. He would always greet you with a big smile and a firm handshake. Even after living in our neighborhood for over 50 years, no one could really say they knew him very well.
Before his retirement, he took the bus to work each morning. The lone sight of him walking down the street often worried us. He had a slight limp from a bullet wound received in WWII. Watching him, we worried that although he had survived WWII, he may not make it through our changing uptown neighborhood with its ever-increasing random violence, gangs and drug activity.
When he saw the flyer at our local church asking for volunteers for caring for the gardens behind the minister's residence, he responded in his characteristically unassuming manner. Without fanfare, he just signed up.
He was well into his 87th year when the very thing we had always feared finally happened.
He was just finishing his watering for the day when three gang members approached him. Ignoring their attempt to intimidate him, he simply asked, "Would you like a drink from the hose?" The tallest and toughest-looking of the three said, "Yeah, sure," with a malevolent little smile. As Carl offered the hose to him, the other two grabbed Carl's arm, throwing him down. As the hose snaked crazily over the ground, dousing everything in its way, Carl's assailants stole his retirement watch and his wallet, and then fled.Carl tried to get himself up, but he had been thrown down on his bad leg. He lay there trying to gather himself as the minister came running out to help him. Although the minister had witnessed the attack from his window, he couldn't get there fast enough to stop it. "Carl, are you okay? Are you hurt?" the Priest kept asking as he helped Carl to his feet. Carl just passed a hand over his brow and signed, shaking his head. "Just some punk kids. I hope they'll wise-up someday." His wet clothes clung to his slight frame as he bent to pick up the hose. He adjusted the nozzle again and started to water.
Confused and a little concerned, the Priest asked, "Carl, what are you doing?" "I've got to finish my watering. It's been very dry lately," came the calm reply. Satisfying himself that Carl really was alright, the minister could only marvel. Carl was a man from a different time and place.
A few weeks later the three returned. Just as before, their threat was unchallenged. Carl again offered them a drink from his hose. This time they didn't rob him. They wrenched the hose from his hand and drenched him head to foot in the icy water. When they had finished their humiliation of him, they sauntered off down the street, throwing catcalls and curses, falling over one another laughing at the hilarity of what they had just done. Carl just watched them. Then he turned toward the warmth giving sun, picked up his hose, and went on with his watering.
The summer was quickly fading into fall. Carl was doing some tilling when he was startled by the sudden approach of someone behind him. He stumbled and fell into some evergreen branches. As he struggled to regain his footing, he turned to see the tall leader of his summer tormentors reaching down for him. He braced himself for the expected attack. "Don't worry old man. I'm not going to hurt you this time." The young man spoke softly, still offering the tattooed and scarred hand to Carl.As he helped Carl get up, the man pulled a crumpled bag from his pocket and handed it to Carl. "What's this?" Carl asked. "It's your stuff," the man explained. "It's your stuff back. Even the money in your wallet."
"I don't understand," Carl said. "Why would you help me now?"The man shifted his feet, seeming embarrassed and ill at ease. "I learned something from you," he said. "I ran with that gang and hurt people like you. We picked you because you were old and we knew we could do it. But every time we came and did something to you, instead of yelling and fighting back, you tried to give us a drink. You didn't hate us for hating you. You kept showing love against our hate." He stopped for a moment. "I couldn't sleep after we stole your stuff, so here it is back." He paused for another awkward moment, not knowing what more there was to say. "That bag's my way of saying thanks for straightening me out, I guess." And with that, he walked off down the street.

Carl looked down at the sack in his hands and gingerly opened it. He took out his retirement watch and put it back on his wrist. Opening his wallet, he checked for his wedding photo. He gazed for a moment at the young bride that still smiled back at him from all those years ago.
He died one cold day after Christmas that winter. Many people attended his funeral in spite of the weather. In particular, the priest noticed a tall young man that he didn't know sitting quietly in a distant corner of the church. The Priest spoke of Carl's garden as a lesson in life. In a voice made thick with unshed tears, he said, "Do you best and make your garden as beautiful as you can. We will never forget Carl and his garden."
The following spring another flyer went up. It read: "Person needed to care for Carl's garden." The flyer went unnoticed by the busy parishioners until one day when a knock was heard at the Priest's office door. Opening the door, the Priest saw a pair of scarred and tattooed hands holding the flyer.
"I believe this is my job, if you'll have me," the young man said. The Priest recognized him as the same young man who had returned the stolen watch and wallet to Carl. He knew that Carl's kindness had turned this man's life around. As the priest handed him the keys to the garden shed, he said, "Yes, go take care of Carl's garden and honor him."The man went to work and, over the next several years, he tended the flowers and vegetables just as Carl had done. In that time, he went to college, got married, and became a prominent member of the community. But he never forgot his promise to Carl's memory and kept the garden as beautiful as he thought Carl would have kept it.
One day he approached the new Priest and told him that he couldn't care for the garden any longer. He explained with a shy and happy smile, "My wife just had a baby boy last night, and she's bringing him home on Saturday." "Well, congratulations!" said the Priest, as he was handed the garden shed keys. "That's wonderful! What's the baby's name?" "Carl," he replied.- AUTHOR UNKNOWN -

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This is me....."JUST CHECKING IN"

2011-09-19T14:25:00.001-04:00

A Priest passing through his church
In the middle of the day, Decided to pause by the altar
And see who had come to pray.
Just then the back door opened,
A man came down the aisle,
The Priest frowned as he saw
The man hadn't shaved in a while. His shirt was kind of shabby And his coat was worn and frayed,
The man knelt, he bowed his head,
Then rose and walked away.
In the days that followed,
Each noon time came this man,
Each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.
Well, the Priest's curiosity grew,
and, He decided to stop the man and ask him,
'What are you doing here?'
The man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time,
For finding strength and power.

'I stay only a few minutes, see,
Because the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kind of what I say:
'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY.'
The Priest feeling foolish,
Told Jim that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray just anytime

Time to go, Jim smiled, said 'Thanks.'
He hurried to the door.
The Priest knelt at the altar,
He'd never done it before.
His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
And met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
He repeated old Jim's prayer:
'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY
SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY.'

Past noon one day, the Priest noticed
That Jim hadn't come.
As more days passed without Jim,
He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,
Learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried,
But he'd given them a thrill.
The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward.
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand
Why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.

The Priest stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse's concern:
No friends came to show they cared.
He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, Jim spoke
Up and with a winsome smile;
'the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
That He's in here all the while

Everyday at noon He's here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:
'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN TODAY.'
If this blesses you, pass it on. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart
May God hold you in the palm of His hand
And Angels watch over you.

So this is me ... "Just Checking In"

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75 Cents

2011-09-12T10:44:00.002-04:00

In 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket.

Their father was gone.
The boys ranged from three months to seven years; their sister was two. Their Dad had never been much more than a presence they feared. Whenever they heard his tires crunch on the gravel driveway they would scramble to hide under their beds.
He did manage to leave $15 a week to buy groceries.
Now that he had decided to leave, there would be no more beatings, but no food either.

If there was a welfare system in effect in southern Indiana at that time, I certainly knew nothing about it.
I scrubbed the kids until they looked brand new and then put on my best homemade dress, loaded them into the rusty old 51 Chevy and drove off to find a job.
The seven of us went to every factory, store and restaurant in our small town. No luck. The kids stayed crammed into the car and tried to be quiet while I tried to convince whoever would listen that I was willing to learn or do anything.

I had to have a job. Still no luck. The last place we went to, just a few miles out of town, was an old Root Beer Bar rel drive-in that had been converted to a truck stop.
It was called the Big Wheel. An old lady named Granny owned the place and she peeked out of the window from time to time at all those kids.
She needed someone on the graveyard shift, 11 at night until seven in the morning. She paid 65 cents an hour, and I could start that night.
I raced home and called the teenager down the street that baby-sat for people.
I bargained with her to come and sleep on my sofa for a dollar a night.
She could arrive with her pajamas on and the kids would already be asleep. This seemed like a good arrangement to her, so we made a deal.
That night when the little ones and I knelt to say our prayers, we all thanked God for finding Mommy a job.
And so I started at the Big Wheel. When I got home in the mornings I woke the baby-sitter up and sent her home with one dollar of my tip money -- fully half of what I averaged every night.
As the weeks went by, heating bills added a strain to my meager wage.
The tires on the old Chevy had the consistency of penny balloons and began to leak..
I had to fill them with air on the way to work and again every morning before I could go home.
One bleak fall morning, I dragged myself to the car to go home and found four tires in the back seat.

New tires! There was no note, no nothing, just those beautiful brand new tires.
Had angels taken up residence in Indiana ? I wondered.
I made a deal with the local service station.
In exchange for his mounting the new tires, I would clean up his office.
I remember it took me a lot longer to scrub his floor than it did for him to do the tires. I was now working six nights instead of five and it still wasn't enough.
Christmas was coming and I knew there would be no money for toys for the kids. I found a can of red paint and started repairing and painting some old toys.

Then I hid them in the basement so there would be something for Santa to
deliver on Christmas morning. Clothes were a worry too.
I was sewing patches on top of patches on the boys pants and soon they would be too far gone to repair.
On Christmas Eve the usual customers were drinking coffee in the Big Wheel.
There were the truckers, Les, Frank, and Jim, and a state trooper named Joe.
A few musicians were hanging around after a gig at the Legion and were dropping nickels in the pinball machine.
The regulars all just sat around and talked through the wee hours of the morning and then left to get home before the sun came up.
When it was time for me to go home at seven o'clock on Christmas morning, to my amazement, my old battered Chevy was filled full to the top with boxes of all shapes and sizes. I quickly opened the driver's side door, crawled inside and kneeled in the front facing the back seat. Reaching back, I pulled off the lid of the top box.

Inside was whole case of little blue jeans, sizes 2-10! I looked inside another box: It was full of shirts to go with the jeans.
Then I peeked inside some of the other boxes.
There was candy and nuts and bananas and bags of groceries.
There was an enormous ham for baking, and canned vegetables and potatoes.
There was pudding and Jell-O and cookies, pie filling and flour.
There was whole bag of laundry supplies and cleaning items.
And there were five toy trucks and one beautiful little doll..
As I drove back through empty streets as the sun slowly rose on the most amazing Christmas Day of my life, I was sobbing with gratitude.

And I will never forget the joy on the faces of my little ones that precious morning.
Yes, there were angels in Indiana that long-ago December.
And they all hung out at the Big Wheel truck stop.....
THE POWER OF PRAYER.
I believe that God only gives three answers to prayer:
1. 'Yes!'
2. 'Not yet.'
3. 'I have something better in mind.'
God still sits on the throne, the devil is a liar.
You maybe going through a tough time right now,
but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that you cannot imagine.
Here is the prayer:.... "Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and email buddies reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Amen."

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NAILS IN THE FENCE

2011-09-11T15:23:00.002-04:00

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day,
the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next
few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily
gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.
He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will
never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out... but It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there.
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
Remember that friends are very rare jewels indeed.
They make you smile and encourage you to succeed; They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open
their hearts to us.
Please forgive
me if I have ever left a 'hole' in your fence.

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* WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

2011-09-05T23:19:00.001-04:00

Lord, throughout this day,
As I try to follow You,
Let this be my rule to live by:
What Would Jesus Do?

When a friend or loved one
Asks me for a moment or two,
May I think of one thing only:
What Would Jesus Do?
In all my dealings, help me
To be honest, fair and true,
To measure each decision by:
What Would Jesus Do?

When I'm feeling troubled
And I turn in prayer to You,
Give me wisdom to decide:
What Would Jesus Do?
And let me promise each new day
To live my whole life through,
In love and peace, remembering:
What Would Jesus Do?

Then when the day is ended,
May I resolve anew
To guide tomorrow by the motto:
What Would Jesus Do?
Author Unknown

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YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE

2011-08-31T23:20:00.002-04:00

I said, " The path is steep."

He said, " I'm at your side."
I said, "But I am weak."
He said, "For you I died."
I said, "Dark valleys come."
He said, "I'll guide you through."
I said, "But I'm not brave."
He said, "I'll walk with you."
I said, "Be light to me,
And strength as I go on."
He said, "I'm more. I'm love,
You'll never walk alone."
~Author Unknown~~

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GIFTS FROM THE SOUL

2011-08-29T23:32:00.013-04:00

It is a beautiful Spring weekend as I write this.

Children are outdoors running, laughing, riding bikes and playing basketball.
Dogs are sleeping in the afternoon sun content just to be alive.
A family of ducks are waddling back home to a neighbor’s farm after taking a quick swim in a stream that runs behind the local grade school.
Adults are talking on their porches and swinging slowly on their porch swings.
Everywhere around me I can feel the gentle kiss of God’s wind on my cheek and love in my heart.

It is one of those special times when you can hear the voice of love, peace, and joy coming from your own soul and saying: "See, I was here all the time. You only needed to slow down long enough to notice me.
"I only wish that everyone in this world could have a quiet moment like this when they could see that the love, joy, and peace that they chase after so desperately and try to find in so many things was within them all along.

Maybe then they would sit down and get to know that love in their hearts, joy in their souls, and peace in their lives.
Maybe then they would quit trying to get so much out of life and start putting something back into it.
Maybe then they would see that choosing and sharing love and joy is really what life is all about.
God gives us so much. Life gives us so much.
There is beauty, wonder, peace, joy, love, goodness, and delight all waiting to be chosen and all waiting to be shared.
Let’s stop chasing madly after them then.
Let’s instead sit down, notice them smiling at us from within our own souls, take them by the hand, and give them to the world.
Let’s do our work with our joy, live our lives with our love, and share our goodness with everyone we meet. Let’s make all of our days a glorious gift of love from our souls to God.

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THE MISSING RIB

2011-08-25T23:45:00.005-04:00

A girl in love asked her boyfriend: "Tell me, who do you love most in this world?"
"You, of course!""In your heart, what am I to you?" ask the girl...The boy thought for a moment and looked intently in her eyes and said, "You are my rib. In the Bible, it was said that God saw that Adam was lonely. During his sleep, God took one of Adam's rib and created Eve. Every man has been searching for his missing rib. Only when you find the woman of your life will you no longer feel the lingering ache in your heart."
After their wedding, the couple had a sweet and happy life for a while. However, the youthful couple began to drift apart due to the busy schedule of life and the never-ending worries of daily problems. Their life became mundane.
All the challenges posed by the harsh realities of life began to gnaw away at their dreams and love for each other. The couple began to have more quarrels, and each quarrel became more heated. One day, after a quarrel, the girl ran out of the house. At the opposite side of the road, she shouted, "You don't love me!" The boy hated her childishness, and out of impulse retorted, "Maybe it was a mistake for us to be together! You were never my missing rib!"Suddenly, she turned quiet and stood there for a long while. He regretted what he said, but words spoken are like thrown away water -- you can never take them back. With tears, she went home to pack her things and was determined on breaking up.
Before she left the house, the girl said, "If I'm really not your missing rib, then please let me go." She continued, "It is less painful this way. Let us go on our separate ways and search for our own partners."
Five years went by. He never remarried but he had tried to find out about her life indirectly. She had left the country and came back. She had married a foreigner and divorced. He felt anguished that she never waited for him. In the dark and lonely night, he lit his cigarette and felt the lingering ache in his heart. He couldn't bring himself to admit that he was missing her.
One day they finally met -- at the airport -- a place where there were many reunions and good-byes. He was going away on a business trip. She was standing there alone, with just the security door separating them. She smiled at him gently.
(b): "How are you?"
(g): "I'm fine. How about you. Have you found your missing rib?"
(b): "No."
(g): "I'll be flying to New York on the next flight."(b): "I'll be back in 2 weeks time."(g): "Give me a call when you get back. You know my number. Nothing has changed." With a smile, she turned around and waved good-bye.
One week later, he heard of her death. She had perished in New York -- in the event that shocked the world.
Midnight. Once again, he lit his cigarette. And like before, he felt the lingering ache in his heart. He finally knew that she was the missing rib that he had so carelessly broken. -
AUTHOR UNKNOWN -
Sometimes people say things out of moments of fury. Most often than not, the outcome could be disastrous and detrimental. We vent our frustrations 99% at our loved ones. And even though we know that we ought to "think twice and act wisely," it's often easier said than done.Things happen each day, many of which are beyond our control. Let us treasure every moment and everyone in our lives. Tomorrow may never come. Give and accept what you have today.

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IF I COULD BE GOD FOR JUST ONE DAY

2011-08-22T23:23:00.009-04:00

I would like to be God for just one day,
I'd give all my creatures a chance to play.

I would bring to the suffering quick release,
I'd give to the frightened comfort and peace.
And those that were suffering would hunger no more,
I would heal all the wounded, bleeding and sore.
I'd close all the doors where sadists reign,
With their tests and their knives so ready for pain.
I would open the doors of the cages wide,
And offer their freedom to those inside.
I would throw out the traps that lie in wait,
For a small furry creature, a cruel fate.
I would close all the bullrings and break every spear,
And the rabbit no longer the greyhound would fear.
I would clean all the oil from out of the sea,.
I would let all the fish in the nets go free.
I would throw out the arrows that pierce so deep,
I would give to the tired the blessing of sleep.
I'd close all the tracks where the races are won,
By horses abused to make them run.
I would teach little children that birds are frail,
And puppies and kittens.......don't hold by the tail.
And the bunnies and chicks and ducklings so small,
I would not let stores have for sale at all.

I would free all the animals raised for fur,
I would tear down the ranches where they were.
I would open the pens that are stacked so high,
So legs could run free and wings could fly.
I would silence the sound of the hunters guns,
I'd give speed to the legs of the fox that runs.
I would break every rope by the rodeo used,
I would comfort the cattle the cowboy abused.
I would make all the streams run pure and sweet,
I'd show mercy to animals used for meat.

I would offer green grass to the worn out nag,
I would throw out the snares in the hunters bag.
I would break all the clubs that batter their prey,
I would take all the poison and throw it away.
I would close the arenas and bloody pits,
Where roosters and dogs are torn to bits.
I'd find homes for the homeless in cities and farms,
I would gather the strays in my loving arms.
I know it's not given to mind of man
The workings of God to understand,
But oh how I long for the day to come
Bringing help for the helpless, tortured and dumb.
And I mean no irreverence because I say
I would like to be God for just one day.

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Psalm 100

2011-08-15T21:58:00.004-04:00

Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all the lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the Lord is God!
It is he that made us, and we are his;
we are his people,
and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him, bless his name!
For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

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A LESSON IN GRACE

2011-08-11T00:14:00.006-04:00

The boy stood with back arched, head cocked back and hands clenched defiantly.

"Go ahead, give it to me." The principal looked down at the young rebel. "How many times have you been here?" The child sneered rebelliously, "Apparently not enough." The principal gave the boy a strange look. "And you have been punished each time have you not?" "Yeah, I had been punished, if that's what you want to call it." He threw out his small chest, "Go ahead I can take whatever you dish out.
I always have." "And no thought of your punishment enters your head the next time you decide to break the rules does it?"

"Nope, I do whatever I want to do. Am not nothing you people going to do to stop me either."

The principal looked over at the teacher who stood nearby. "What did he do this time?" "Fighting. He took little Tommy and shoved his face into the sandbox." The principal turned to look at the boy, "Why? What did little Tommy do to you?"

"Nothing, I didn't like the way he was looking at me, just like I don't like the way your looking at me! And if I thought I could do it, I'd shove your face into something." The teacher stiffened and started to rise but a quick look from the principal stopped him.

He contemplated the child for a moment and then quietly said, "Today my young student is the day you learn about grace." "Grace? Isn't that what you old people do before you sit down to eat? I don't need any of your stinking grace."

"Oh but you do." The principal studied the young mans face and whispered. "Oh yes, you truly do..."
The boy continued to glare as the principal continued, "Grace, in its short definition is unmerited favor. You cannot earn it, it is a gift and is always freely given. It means that you will not be getting what you so richly deserve." The boy looked puzzled. "Your not going to whoop me? You just going to let me walk?" The principal looked down at the unyielding child. "Yes, I am going to let you walk."

The boy studied the face of the principal, "No punishment at all? Even though I socked Tommy and shoved his face into the sandbox?" "Oh, there has to be punishment. What you did was wrong and there are always consequences to our actions. There will be punishment. Grace is not an excuse for doing wrong." "I knew it," Sneered the boy as he held out his hands. "Let’s get on with it."
The principal nodded toward the teacher. "Bring me the belt." The teacher presented the belt to the principal. He carefully folded it in two and then handed it back to the teacher. He looked at the child and said. "I want you to count the blows." He slid out from behind his desk and walked over to stand directly in front of the young man. He gently reached out and folded the child's outstretched, expectant hands together and then turned to face the teacher with his own hands outstretched.

One quiet word came forth from his mouth. "Begin." The belt whipped down on the outstretched hands of the principal. Crack! The young man jumped ten feet in the air. Shock registered across his face, "One" he whispered. Crack! "Two." His voice raised an octave. Crack! "Three..." He couldn't believe this. Crack! "Four." Big tears welled up in the eyes of the rebel.
"OK stop! That's enough. Stop!" Crack! Came the belt down on the callused hands of the principal. Crack! The child flinched with each blow, tears beginning to stream down his face. Crack! Crack!
"No please," the former rebel begged, "stop, I did it, I'm the one who deserves it. Stop! Please. Stop..." Still the blows came, Crack! Crack! One after another. Finally it was over. The principal stood with sweat glistening across his forehead and beads trickling down his face. Slowly he knelt down. He studied the young man for a second and then his swollen hands reached out to cradle the face of the weeping child.
"Grace..."
Read
{ John 1:14 - 17 }

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Puppies

2011-08-08T16:46:00.045-04:00

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell.

He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups.
And set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard.
As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of little boy.
'Mister,' he said, 'I want to buy one of your puppies.'
'We ll,' said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back
of his neck, ' These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.'

The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.
'I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?'
'Sure,' said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. 'Here, Dolly!' he called. Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.
Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up.... 'I want that one,' the little boy said, pointing to the runt. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said,

'Son, you don't want that puppy.
He will never be able to run and play with you like the other dogs would.' With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers.
In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe..
Looking back up at the farmer, he said, 'You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.'
With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup.. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy. 'How much?' asked the little boy. 'No charge,' answered the farmer, 'There's no charge for love.'
The world is full of people who need someone who understands . Show your friends how much you care.

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It Only Takes A Minute

2011-08-04T23:24:00.019-04:00

It only takes a minute to make a difference in the world.

It only takes a minute to calm a fear.
It only takes a minute to make a child feel loved.
It only takes minute to hold a hand and make the pain go away.
It only takes a minute to say, “I’m sorry” and prevent a lifetime of regret.
It only takes a minute to stoop down to see the world through the
eyes of a child and in doing so change how they see you.
It only takes a minute to dial the phone and say,
“I just called to say “I love you!”
It only takes a minute to stop what you are doing

and really listen to what someone is saying.
It only takes a minute to smile and get one in return.
It only takes a minute to forgive.
It only takes a minute to ask to be forgiven.
It only takes a minute to send an email to all the people in
your address book and say, "I just wanted to take a minute
to tell you how incredible you are. I am blessed to have you in my life."
It only takes a minute to say a prayer.
It only takes a minute to say, “Thank you, God” but a lifetime to list all the reasons.

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HOUSE FOR SALE

2011-08-01T21:38:00.026-04:00

ADDRESS: Heaven
FEATURES: Many rooms with a master suite Spacious love

Open floor plan for peace Large eat-in grace
Fenced in mercy with room for expansion
Sun room with a marvelous view of salvation
Pool of milk and honey in the back Pearly gates in front
DIRECTIONS: The only way to the Father is through the Son
PRICE: $0.00 - Calvary - Owner financing
COMMUNITY: Friendly angelic neighbors.
Great family and friends. Praise the Lord all day and night.
BONUS: Crown of stars, new luxurious robe and golden slippers with matching wings. Bring a friend and get a reward.
For more information, call your local agent or representative -
Name, address and phone number listed below.
NAME: Jesus Christ
ADDRESS: Repent Highway and Streets of Gold
PHONE: Dial John 3:16
-- Author Unknown - -

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This is how I am..

2011-07-28T21:40:00.010-04:00

I cannot change the way I am, I never really try,
God made me different and unique, I never ask him why.

If I appear peculiar, There's nothing I can do,
You must accept me as I am, As I've accepted you.
God made a casting of each life, Then threw the old away,
Each child is different from the rest,
Unlike as night from day.
So often we will criticize, The things that others do,
But, do you know, they do not think, The same as me and you.
So God in all his wisdom, Who knows us all by name,
He didn't want us to be bored, That's why we're not the same.
~Author unknown~

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Final Inspection

2011-07-25T21:28:00.031-04:00

The officer stood and faced his God.

Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining, just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, Officer, How shall I deal with you? Have you always turned the other cheek? To your church have you been true?"
The officer squared his shoulders and said,
" No, Lord, I guess I am not, Because all of us who carry badges Can’t always be a saint. I’ve had to work most Sundays, And at times my talk was rough, And sometimes I’ve been violent Because the streets are tough.
But I never took a penny That wasn’t mine to keep. Though I worked a lot of overtime,

When the bills got way too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I’ve wept an unmanly tear.
I know I don’t deserve a place Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fear.
If you’ve a place for me here,
Lord, it needn’t be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,

But if you don’t… I’ll understand!
There was silence all around the throne Where the saints often trod.
As the officer waited quietly For the judgment of his GOD
"Step forward now, Officer.
You’ve borne your burdens well Come walk a beat on heaven’s streets, You’ve done your time in hell"
author unknown

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The Will of God

2011-07-21T23:41:00.004-04:00

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never
did".
When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you,
but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
Concentrate on this sentence.....
"The will of God will never take you where the
Grace of God will not protect you".
Something good will happen to you
today.

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HOW DO YOU DO LORD!!

2011-07-18T21:39:00.018-04:00

Look God:
I have never spoken to You.

But now I want to say, "How do You do."
You see God, they told me You did not exist;
And, like a fool, I believed all of this.
Last night from a shell hole I saw Your sky;
I figured right then they had told me a lie.
Had I taken the time to see the things You made,
I would know they weren't calling a spade a spade.
I wonder, God, if You would shake my hand;

Somehow, I feel that You will understand.
Strange, I had to come to this hellish place,
before I had time to see Your face.
Well, I guess there isn't much more to say,
But I am sure glad, God, I met You today.
I guess the zero hour will soon be here,
But I am not afraid since I know You are near.
The signal- well, God I will have to go; I
love you lots, this I want you to know.
Looks like this will be a horrible fight; Who knows,
I may come to your house tonight.

Though I wasn't friendly with you before,
I wonder, God, if you would wait at the door.
Look, I am crying, me shedding tears!
I wish I had known you these many years.
Well, I will have to go now, God.
Goodbye - Strange, since I met you,
I am not afraid to die.
-Author Unknown

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By Faith

2011-07-14T23:26:00.005-04:00

I gaze up to the heavens and know
within its vastness
that this is your creation planned and effected within eternity
By faith
I pluck an ear of corn and know
within its symmetry lies the chemistry of life
the potential of creation within my hand
By faith
I listen for your voice and know the whisper that I hear
breathed a world into existence
yet listens to the prayer within my soul

By faith
I strive to do your will and know
the door that I approach may lead me to shadows
where my roll is to become your light
By faith
I cling to your word and know
the strength that I receive has it’s source within the love
that is at the centre of all things!

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I pray for the World

2011-07-11T20:50:00.005-04:00

"JESUS of NAZARETH has triumphed over Death. His Reign is Eternal. He is coming to conquer the world and the time.
"Mercy, my God on those who blaspheme You, Forgive them, they know not what they do.
"Mercy, my God, for the scandal in the world, Deliver them from the spirit of Satan.
"Mercy, my God, on those who run away from You Give them an appreciation for the Holy Eucharist.
"Mercy, my God, on those who come to repent at the foot of the Glorious Cross. May they find Peace and Joy in God our Savior.
"Mercy, my God, so that Your Kingdom may come, but save souls, there is still time; for the time is near, behold, I am coming. Amen
Come, Lord Jesus."

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Whatever you plant!!

2011-07-07T15:16:00.118-04:00

Whatever you sow, that, shall you also reap; the man slowly looked up.

This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life.
Her coat was new.
She looked like she had never missed a meal in her life.
His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before.
"Leave me alone," he growled...
To his amazement, the woman continued standing.
She was smiling -- her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows.
"Are you hungry?" she asked.
"No," he answered sarcastically.
"I've just come from dining with the president.Now go away."
The woman's smile became even broader.

Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm.
"What are you doing, lady?" the man asked angrily. "I said to leave me alone.
Just then a policeman came up. "Is there any problem, ma'am?" He asked.
"No problem here, officer," the woman answered.
"I'm just trying to get this man to his feet. Will you help me?"
The officer scratched his head "That's old Jack. He's been a fixture around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?"
"See that cafeteria over there?"She asked. "I'm going to get him something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile."

"Are you crazy, lady?" the homeless man resisted. "I don't want to go in there!"Then he felt strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up. "Let me go, officer. I didn't do anything."
"This is a good deal for you, Jack," the officer answered. "Don't blow it."
Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman and the police officer got Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a remote corner.It was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd had already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived. The manager strode across the cafeteria and stood by his table.
"What's going on here, officer?" he asked.
"What is all this, is this man in trouble?"
"This lady brought this man in here to be fed," the policeman answered.
"Not in here!" the manager replied angrily.

"Having a person like that here is bad for business."
Old Jack smiled a toothless grin."See, lady. I told you so. Now if you'll let me go. I didn't want to come here in the first place."
The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and smiled.
"Sir, are you familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down the street?"
"Of course I am," the manager answered impatiently.
"They hold their weekly meetings in one of my banquet rooms."
"And do you make a goodly amount of money providing food at these weekly meetings?"

"What business is that of yours?"
I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the company."
"Oh."
The woman smiled again. "I thought that might make a difference." She glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a giggle.
"Would you like to join us in a cup of coffee and a meal, officer?"
"No thanks, ma'am," the officer replied. "I'm on duty."
"Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?"
"Yes, ma'am. That would be very nice."
The cafeteria manager turned on his heel;
"I'll get your coffee for you right away, officer."
The officer watched him walk away.

"You certainly put him in his place," he said.
"That was not my intent. Believe it or not, I have a reason for all this."
She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest She stared at him intently."Jack, do you remember me?"
Old Jack searched her face with his old, rheumy eyes "I think so -- I mean you do look familiar..."
"I'm a little older perhaps," she said. "Maybe I've even filled out more than in my younger days when you worked here, and I came through that very door, cold and hungry."

"Ma'am?"The officer said questioningly.He couldn't believe that such a magnificently turned out woman could ever have been hungry.
"I was just out of college," the woman began. "I had come to the city looking for a job, but I couldn't find anything. Finally I was down to my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment.
I walked the streets for days... It was February and I was cold and nearly starving. I saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could get something to eat."

Jack lit up with a smile. "Now I remember," he said.
"I was behind the serving counter.You came up and asked me if you could work for something to eat. I said that it was against company policy."
"I know," the woman continued. "Then you made me the biggest roast beef sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to go over to a corner table and enjoy it.
I was afraid that you would get into trouble!
Then, when I looked over, I saw you put the price of my food in the cash register I knew then that everything would be all right."

"So you started your own business?" Old Jack said.
"I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way up. Eventually I started my own business that, with the help of God, prospered." She opened her purse and pulled out a business card. "When you are finished here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons. He's the personnel director of my company."
"I'll go talk to him now and I'm certain he'll find something for you to do around the office."

She smiled. "I think he might even find the funds to give you a little advance so that you can buy some clothes and get a place to live until you get on your feet. If you ever need anything, my door is always opened to you."
There were tears in the old man's eyes.
"How can I ever thank you?" he said.
"Don't thank me," the woman answered."To God goes the glory.
Thank Jesus.... He led me to you."
Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman paused at the entrance before going their separate ways. "Thank you for all your help, officer," she said.
"On the contrary, Ms.. Eddy, "he answered.
"Thank you. I saw a miracle today, something that I will never forget. And thank you for the coffee."

If you have missed knowing me, you have missed nothing.
If you have missed some of my emails, you might have missed a laugh.
But, if you have missed knowing my LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, you have missed everything in the world
Have a Wonderful Day... May God Bless You Always?
And don't forget that when you "cast your bread upon the waters," you never know how it will be returned to you.
God is so big He can cover the whole world with his Love and so small He can curl up inside your heart.

When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him fully and let go, only 1 of 2 things will happen, either He'll catch you when you fall, or He'll teach you how to fly!
'The power of one sentence! God is going to shift things around for you today and let things work in your favor.
If you believe, send it. If you don't believe, delete it.
God closes doors no man can open & God opens doors no man can close.
If you need God to open, some doors for you...send this on. Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing….

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I am your Father

2011-07-04T21:21:00.004-04:00

Dear Child,
When you invite Me into your life, you become a member of a great family-- the family of faith.

These sisters and brothers are not perfect; they often fail, and I see the many ways they hurt one another.
But nonetheless, they are Mine, and I am at work in their hearts. And part of My work can be accomplished only through you.
I need you to join with them and to participate in the process of being changed. For I made you unique and special, and no one else can bring what you bring to the group.
And as My family of faith comes together, exchanging ideas, praying for one another, and forgiving each other, they all become better people. That pleases Me.
So, get to knows those who are following Me and see what a fulfilling and pleasant experience it can be!
In Unity
The Father of All

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DROPS OF BLOOD WERE MIXED WITH TEARS

2011-06-29T21:24:00.003-04:00

Drops of blood, were mixed with tears, but He was
strong, and showed no fear. For He trusted...the Father above.
That His will, was mixed with love.
I'm sure He felt alone up there.
When all the people did was stare.
The mocking and the hateful words... Was all the comfort that He heard.
Drops of blood were mixed with tears.
View the cross, and see His pain.
Let the image of Him remain... Branded in your mind...forever.
His sacrifice, so freely given.
He paid the debt, for all our sins. And suffered hell, so we could win... The victory over Satan and death. An inheritance of eternal rest.

Drops of blood were mixed with tears.
So now, let's follow His command. And spread the news to every land.
That Jesus suffered; He died and rose... So we could live with Him, eternally.
No longer, must we live with guilt. For with the Cross, our Savior built.... A toll free bridge to God above.
To show us of His wondrous love.
Drops of blood were mixed with tears.

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~Change Me~

2011-06-22T21:12:00.003-04:00

Dear Lord change not Thy will in my life, Or trial and sorrows to be;

renew my faith and make me strong, Change not Thy will, change me.
Though teardrops fall when trouble comes, Like storms on a rolling sea;
Let Thy beacon guide my ship to port, Change not the storm, change me.
When Thy Holy Word I don't understand and Thy glory I cannot see;
Teach my eyes, give me sight and wisdom, Change not Thy Word, change me.
If the fruit Thou hast given me to eat, Taste bitter and sour, I plea; Let not my will but Thy be done, Change not the fruit, change me.

If sometime I murmur and grumble, dear Lord, about the cross I carry for Thee; Keep it firm on my shoulders, but hold my hand, Change not the cross, change me.
If You change Thy ways to please me, dear Lord, I would soon grow cold and turn from Thee; That You may hear my prayers, dear Lord, Change not Thy ways, and change me.
There's a valley that I must cross, Someday Thy face to see; Lest I forget what power is Thane, Change not the valley, change me.
~ Author Unknown~

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" You are a Bridge Over Troubled Water"

2011-06-15T21:10:00.003-04:00

My Lord, You are a bridge over troubled water.

He restoreth my soul and gives me peace.
He lifts me up when I have fallen,
takes my troubles and makes them cease.
My Lord is a bridge over troubled water.
He wipes away every tear, knows me by name.
His arms are open, ready to embrace.
He gives sight to the blind and walk to the lame.
If you believe in Him, your sins He will erase,
all you have to do is confess and ask.
He will help you with any problem

for He is equal to any task.
My Lord is the shield of my soul,
Protecting my every want and dream.
Molding my wants to fit his goal,
Always providing every need.
My Lord is a bridge over troubled water.
He lifts me up when I am down.
He gives me strength for every sorrow,
replaces with a smile my every frown.
My Lord is a bridge over troubled water.
His way is easy, His burdens light.
He puts great joy within my heart
and with His love makes everything bright.

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Can I Borrow $25?

2011-06-13T22:54:00.004-04:00

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: 'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'

DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.

SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'
DAD: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the man said angrily.
SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
DAD: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down. 'Daddy, may I please borrow $25?'

The father was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door . The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boys' questions.
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down , and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' He asked.

'No daddy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the man. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $25 you asked for.'
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you daddy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the father grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied. 'Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.

We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.
Do remember to share that $50 worth of your time with someone you love.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family and friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
From my house to yours 'The light of God surrounds us. The love of God enfolds us.
The power of God protects us. The presence of God watches over us.
Wherever we are God is and all is well.'
**GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.....ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD**

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HEALED AND WHOLE

2011-06-08T21:32:00.003-04:00

One day I dug a little hole And put my hurt inside I thought that I could just forget I'd put it there to hide.
But that little hurt began to grow I covered it every day I couldn't leave it and go on It seemed the price I had to pay.
My joy was gone, my heart was sad Pain was all I knew.
My wounded soul enveloped me Loving seemed too hard to do.
One day, while standing by my hole I cried to God above And said, "If You are really there They say, You're a God of Love!
And just like that -- He was right there And just put His arms around me He wiped my tears, His hurting child There was no safer place to be.
I told Him all about my hurt I opened up my heart He listened to each and every word To every sordid part.

I dug down deep and got my hurt I brushed the dirt away And placed it in the Master's hand And healing came that day.
He took the blackness of my soul And set my spirit FREE! Something beautiful began to grow Where the hurt used to be.
And when I look at what has grown Out of my tears and pain I remember every day to give my hurts to Him And never bury them again.

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God Loves you

2011-06-01T21:31:00.003-04:00

New in the neighborhood, Meagan was eager to make friends, so when six-year old Lauren invited her to go to Sunday school with her family, little Megan immediately asked permission from her mom.
Mom agreed, anything to grab a couple hours to herself on a Sunday morning.
Megan and her Mom didn't know much about God.
Church had never been a part of their lives.
She was a single mother, working two jobs just to scrape by, nothing beyond that held much importance.
Sunday morning came and Megan was excited to be going somewhere with her new friend.
It didn’t really matter where.
She put on her prettiest dress and “dress-up” shoes, saved for special occasions.
At Sunday school, the children laughed and welcomed Megan.
The grandmotherly teacher hugged her and told her that she loved her and that God loved her, too.

The pastor told her that, also. Several people said that very same thing to her and one member tied a balloon to her wrist as they left the church.
On the balloon was printed that same thought…"Smile, God loves you.” Meagan was smiling. She was happy and she had never felt so loved. Dropping her off at home, Lauren and her family waved and reminded her, “We love you and God loves you, too.”
She wanted to run in to tell Mom all about the Sunday school, the teacher and all the kids who were glad she was there.
She could hardly wait to tell her all about the singing and about Jesus and that God loves her and that He loves her Mother, too.

But first she wanted to be alone to think, for a few minutes, about what it all meant. Kicking off her shoes, which were pinching her feet by then, she sat on the curb just to remember everything she had learned.
She remembered that the pastor told her that he loved her and so did God and that all she had to do was to pray and ask Jesus to be her friend.
So, right there on the curb, quietly, that’s exactly what Meagan did…then she went in to tell Mom all about it.
Author Unknown

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"When You Pray, God Listens"

2011-05-25T21:30:00.003-04:00

When you pray to God above,

those prayers are covered with His love.
He hears each prayer you send His way
and guides the steps you take each day..
He counts each hair upon your head
and knows each drop that you have bled.
He knows the robin as it flies
and hears a baby when it cries.
Your sorrows are His sorrows too.
He always knows when you are blue.
He wants to dry those falling tears
and take away all of your fears.
God always listens when you pray,
hears each and every word you say.
He always answers this I know.
it's just, sometimes, He must say "no."
The time may not be right, just yet,
certain requirements may not be met.
God sees the future and what it brings
while we are limited in all these things.
He always knows what's best for you
and wants your dreams to all come true.
He always listens when you pray
and hears your heart's desire each day.

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If An Angel Is Someone

2011-05-23T23:22:00.002-04:00

If an angel is someone

who's so filled with love,
it's a gift that they constantly share
If an angel is someone
who looks out for others
and gives them a nudge here or there,
If an angel is someone
who touches your life
with a heart that's both joyful and wise,
Then even though you
don't have halo or wings,
you're an angel in human disguise!

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Finding God

2011-05-18T21:29:00.003-04:00

I helped a little child to see
That God had made a willow tree
And God became more real to me.
I tried to lead a child through play
To grow more Christlike every day,
And I myself became that way.
I joined a junior child in prayer
And as we bowed in worship there
I felt the dear Lord's loving care.
Lord, keep us ever quick to see By guiding children we find thee.
Author Unknown

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STEP BY STEP

2011-05-16T22:01:00.002-04:00

He does not lead me year by year
Nor even day by day

But step by step my path unfolds;
My Lord directs my way.
Tomorrow’s plans I do not know,
I only know this minute;
But He will say,
“This is the way, By faith now walk ye in it.”

And I am glad that it is so.
Today’s enough to bear;
And when tomorrow comes,
His grace Shall far exceed its care.
What need to worry then, or fret?
The God who gave
His Son Holds all my moments in
His Hand And gives them one by one.
Author, Unknown.

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EVERY DAY PRAYER

2011-05-11T15:35:00.003-04:00

Dear Lord, I thank You for this day,
I thank You for my being able to see

and to hear this morning.
I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and
an understanding God.
You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.
Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you.
I ask now for Your forgiveness. Please keep me safe
from all danger and harm.
Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.
Let me make the best of each and every day
to clear my mind so that I can hear from You...
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.

Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. And give me the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits.
I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart.
Continue to use me to do Your will.
Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others.
Keep me strong that I may help the weak...
Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost and can't find their way. I pray for those that are misjudged and misunderstood.
I pray for those who don't know You intimately.
I pray for those that don't believe.
But I thank You that I believe that God changes people and God changes things.
I pray for all my brothers and sisters, for each and every family member in their households.
I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes; that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God.
Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight…
I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees it in Jesus ' name. God, I love you and I need you, Come into my heart, please...
Amen

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GODS WORDS FROM THE BIBLE

2011-05-09T21:58:00.002-04:00

HELPS FOR THE NEW CHRISTIAN

ASSURANCE

THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH...............................JOHN 10:27,29 YET SHALL HE LIVE'.............................................JOHN 11:25,26 IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE'.......................JOHN 5:24 NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE..SEPERATE US......... ROM:8:38,39 HE WHICH HATH BEGUN...WILL PERFORM IT.......PHILLIP, 1:6 AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPITIBLE........................1PETER 1:4

WHEN FACED WITH TEMPTATIONS
TEMPTATION IS COMMON TO MAN........1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 THE DEVIL..SEEKING WHOM..DEVOUR................1PETER 5:8,9 THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION...............JAMES1:12 I HAVE OVER COME THE WORLD............................JOHN 16:33 DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST...............PHILI[[PANS 4:13

IF SINS OCCUR

IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS........................................1JOHN 1:9 RETURN UNTO THE LORD.......................................ISAIAH 55:7 A CONTRITE HEART...WILT NOT DESPISE..........PSALM 51:17 WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE..........................................1JOHN 2:1 SEEK MY FACE AND TURN..................11 CHRONICLES 7 : 14 CONFESSETH AND FORSAKETH THEM......PROVERBS 28:13

GROWING AS A CHRISTIAN IN THE WORD OF GOD

DESIRE....MILK OF THE WORD.................................1PETER 2:2 THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MINE HEART.............PSALM 119:11 WERE WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING................ROMANS 15:4 SCRIPTURE...IS PROFITABLE...................11 TIMOTHY 3: 16,17 STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED.......11 TIMOTHY 2:15 THY WORD IS A LAMP..FEET...PATH................PSALM 119:105 DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF THE LORD....................PSALM 1: 1,2

THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER
BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION.............PHILLIPPIANS 4: 6,7 CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD...............PSALM 116:17 YE, SHALL ASK............................................................JOHN 15:7 ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU......................LUKE 11:9,10 AND WHEN THOU PRAYEST...........................MATTHEW:6 5-15 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING..............1THESSALONIANS 5:17,18 PRAYING ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER.........EPHESIANS 6:18 TAKE HEED, WATCH AND PRAY............................MARK 13:33
THE IMPORTANCE OF FELLOWSHIP

NOT FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING..............HEBREWS 10:25 TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER........COL:3:16 SPEAKING TP YOURSELVES.......................................EPH: 5:19 THE BODY HAS MANY MEMBERS.......................1 COR: 12 - 12 MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE...CARE.......................1COR:12:.......

HELPS FOR WITNESSING GOD LOVES YOU

FOR GOD SO LOVED....................................................JOHN 3:16 GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE...............................ROMANS 5:8 HEREIN IS LOVE........................................................1 JOHN 4 :10 GAVE HIMSELF - MIGHT DELIVER US............................GAL 1:4 SON IS COME TO SEEK..............................................LUKE 19:10

THE FACT OF SIN

NONE RIGHTEOUS..................................................ROMANS 3:10 ALL HAVE SINNED................................................. ROMANS 3:23 NOT A JUST MAN .......................................................... ECC 7:20 THE HEART IS WICKED............................................. JER 17:9,10 RIGHTEOUSNESS FILTHY RAGS................................... ISA 64:6 SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN..................................... 1 JOHN 1:8
THE PENALTY

SOUL THAT SINNETH DIES....................................... EZE:18:4,20 SIN BRINGETH FORTH DEATH.................................. JAMES1:15 ONCE TO DIE JUDGEMENT........................................... HEB:9:27 WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH..................................... ROMANS:6:23 SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT TO GOD....................... ROMANS:14:12 DEAD WERE JUDGED............................................. REVEL:20:12

MANS INABILTY
NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.......................TITUS 3:5 NOT JUSTIFIED BY WORKS......................................... GAL:2:16 FAITH NOT OF YOURSELVES......................................EPH:2:8,9 DEEDS NO FLESH BE JUSTIFIED........................ ROMANS:3:20 WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT.................................PROV:14:12 RIGHTEOUSNESS FILTHY RAGS.................................. ISA:64:6
GODS REMEDY
CHRIST DIED FOR US...............................................ROMANS 5:8 GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE............................ ROMANS:623 I AM THE WAY...............................................................JOHN 14:6 SALVATION IN NO OTHER WAY................................ ACTS 4:12 SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST................................ LUKE 19:10 CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS .................................... 1COR:15:3

MANS RESPONSIBILTY

REPENT YE THEREFORE............................................ ACTS 3:19 REPENTANCE FAITH................................................. ACTS 20:21 BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST....................ACTS 16:31 CONFESS BELIEVE SHALL BE SAVED..................ROM:10:9,10 CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD.................... ROM:10:13

RESULTS OF SALVATION

NOT CONDEMNED....................................................... JOHN 3:18 HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.......................................... JOHN 3:36 HE IS A NEW CREATURE.............................................2COR:5:17 THE CHILDREN OF GOD................................................ROM:8:16 HEIRS OF GOD.............................................................. ROM:8:17 PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU DO NOT BE AFRAID......JOHN 14:27 SPIRIT OF GOD DWELL IN YOU.................................... ROM:8:9 NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE...............................PHIL:4:3

IT IS BETTER TO
GIVE A PIECE OF
YOUR HEART THAN
A PIECE OF YOUR MIND
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
AS GOD LOVES US

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

2011-05-08T20:50:00.000-04:00

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on, Chewed on,
Peed on.
I had complete
control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,
the joy, the love, the heartache,
the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom

May you always be overwhelmed by the Grace of God rather than by the cares of life!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
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Life is short!

2011-05-05T21:34:00.003-04:00

First, I

was dying to finish my high school and start college, and then I was dying to finish college and start working, then I was dying to marry and have children and then I was dying for my children to grow old enough so I could go back to work, but then I was dying to retire and now I dying…and suddenly I realized I forgot to live….
Please don’t let this happen to you, appreciate your current situation and enjoy each day….
Old friend…
To make money, we lose our health, and then to restore our health, we lose our money….
We live a if we are never going to die, and we die as if we never lived…

Life is very short, so break your silly ego, forgive quickly, believe slowly,

love truly, laugh loudly and never avoid anything that makes you smile.

When I woke up this morning lying in bed, I was asking myself;

What are some of the secrets of success in life?
I found the answer right there, in my very room.
The Fan said…………..Be cool
The Roof said……………Aim high
The Window said……...See the world
The Clock said……….. Every minute is precious
The calendar said……….Be up-to-date
The Mirror said…………..Reflect before you act
The Door said ………Push hard for your goals
Carry a Heart that Never Hates.

Carry a Smile that Never Fades.

Carry a Touch that Never Hurts...

HAVE A BLESSED AND HAPPY WEEK!

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NOT YET GOD?

2011-05-02T21:53:00.001-04:00

Sometimes I ask the question,
"My Lord, is this your will?"
It's then I hear you answer me,

"My Precious Child ... be still."
Sometimes I feel frustrated,
cause I think I know what's best.
It's then I hear you say to me,
"My Busy Child ... just rest"
Sometimes I feel so lonely
and I think I'd like a mate.
Your still small voice gets oh so clear
and says, "My Child ... please wait"
"I know the plans I have for you,
the wondrous things you'll see;
If you can just be patient, Child,
and put your trust in me.

I've plans to draw you closer.
I've plans to help you grow.
There's much I do, you cannot see
and much you do not know.
But know this, Child .... I LOVE YOU.
You are Precious unto Me.
Before I formed you in the womb,
I planned your destiny.

I've something very special

I hope for you to learn.

The gifts I wish to give to you

are gifts you cannot earn.

They come without a price tag,
but not without a cost;
at Calvary, I gave My Son,
so You would not be lost.
Rest Child, and do not weary
of doing what is good.

I promise I'll come back for you

just like I said I would.

Your name is written on my palm,
I never could forget;
Therefore, do not be discouraged when
my answer is .... "Not Yet"

Author unknown

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BLESSED MORNING"

2011-04-27T21:09:00.002-04:00

This morning when I woke up And saw the sun above,

I softly said, "Good morning, Lord, Bless everyone I love."
Right away I thought of you And said a loving prayer
That He would bless you specially, And keep you free from care.
I thought of all the happiness
The day could hold in store,
I wished it all for you because
No one deserves it more.
I felt so warm and good inside,
My heart was all aglow,
I know God heard my prayers for you,
He hears them all, you know! -
Author Unknown

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Only You, Lord

2011-04-25T22:51:00.001-04:00

In our walk to the cross

and beyond who will roll the stone away

show us the empty tomb our risen Savior

Messiah Only you, Lord

as you revealed yourself to three
women early on that Resurrection morning
Only you, Lord as you revealed yourself

to hesitant and frightened disciples in the

upper room and showed your wounded side

Only you, Lord as you revealed yourself

through the power of your Holy Spirit on

that Pentecost morning

and reveal your self today through tongues of fire

and through the gentlest of breeze through revelation
and revolution in hearts and souls In our walk
to the cross and beyond who will roll the stone
away show us the empty tomb
our risen Savior Messiah
Only you, Lord Only you!

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ANGELS IN THE ALLEY

2011-04-20T21:08:00.002-04:00

Diane, a young Christian university student, was home

for the summer. She had gone to visit some friends one
evening and the time passed quickly as each shared
their various experiences of the past year.
She ended up staying longer than she had planned
and had to walk home alone.
But she wasn't afraid because
it was a small town and she lived only
a few blocks away.
As she walked along undePublish Postr the tall elm trees,
Diane asked "God" to keep her safe from harm and danger.
When she reached the alley, which was a short cut to
her house, she decided to take it.

However, halfway
down the alley she noticed a man standing at the
end as though he was waiting for her. She became
uneasy and began to pray, asking for
"God's" protection.
Instantly a comforting feeling of quietness and
security wrapped around her, she felt as though
someone was walking with her.
When she reached the
end of the alley, she walked right past the man
and arrived home safely.
The following day, she read in the paper that a young
girl had been raped in the same alley, just twenty

minutes after she had been there.
Feeling overwhelmed by this tragedy and the fact that it
could have been her, she began to weep.
Thanking the Lord
for her safety and to help this young woman, she decided to go
to the police station.
She felt she could recognize the man, so she told them her
story. The police asked her if she would be willing to look
at a lineup to see if she could identify him.
She agreed and immediately pointed out the man she had seen in the

alley the night before.
When the man was told he had been identified, he
immediately broke down and confessed.
The officer thanked Diane for her bravery and asked if there was
anything they could do for her.
She asked if they would ask the man one question.
Diane was curious as to why he had not attacked her.
When the policeman asked him, he answered,
"Because she wasn't alone. She had two tall men
walking on either side of her."
Don't underestimate the power of Prayer.
As I walk God walks with me!
~3 nails + 1 cross = 4given~

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ON THE WINGS OF PRAYER

2011-04-18T21:55:00.003-04:00

Just close your eyes and open your heart,

And feel your worries and cares depart.
Just yield yourself to the Father above,
And let Him hold you secure in His love.
For life on earth grows more involved,
With endless problems that can't be solved.
But God only ask us to do our best,
Then He will take over and finish the rest.
So when you are tired, discouraged and blue,
There is always one door that is open to you.

And that is the door to The House of Prayer,
And you'll find God waiting to meet you there.
And The House of Prayer is no further away,
Than the quiet spot where you kneel and pray.
For the heart is a temple when God is there,
As we place ourselves in His loving care.
And He hears every prayer and answers each one,
When we Pray in His name - Thy will be done.
The burdens that seemed too heavy to bear,
Are lifted away on the wings of a prayer.

Author Unknown

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"Addiction"

2011-04-13T21:07:00.004-04:00

When I started using drugs It was all just fun and games,

Hanging out, getting high, and Feeling no pain.
Having lots of fun Running with the crowd Doing
what I wanted When I knew it wasn't allowed.
Slowly, day by day, those drugs Changed my life
Always getting in trouble Living from night to night.
At some point I became addicted I'm not sure when or how I started lying, cheating and scheming

Of those things, I am not proud.
Addiction is cunning It's a baffling disease It makes you very selfish It creates enemies.
But in the shadow of darkness There is a ray of hope
You can defeat addiction You can take control.
The journey through recovery
Is a long and treacherous
road But if you have the courage Just reach out and take hold.
Take hold of your dignity Regain your happy life
You are not alone With God by your side
He'll walk you through the shadows Of heartache and pain Give your will to him
You have everything to gain.

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A prayer for open doors

2011-04-11T14:15:00.001-04:00

I NEED A DOOR TO OPEN...
Father in the name of Jesus, I pray you open doors for the person
who sent me this as well as those I am sending it to.

Only you can open doors no man can close and for that we honor you today.
Thank you for the open doors of life, health, strength, prosperity, wealth, and love.
Also, thank you for closing the doors of death, sickness, weakness, despair, poverty, and bitterness.
We love you today Lord and give you all the glory and all the praise.
I seal this prayer in Jesus' name, Amen!!!

If you need God to open a door, pray this prayer for the person who sent it to you and for those you are sending it to.

Believe in your heart

and you shall receive what God has for you.

I need a door to open...

God closes doors no man can open
God opens doors no man can close.
If you need God to open some doors for you...send it on, and if you don't
need God to open some doors for you pass it on anyway.

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HEBREWS 12:5 Through 11

2011-04-06T21:06:00.004-04:00

Some people have a hard time even thinking of God
as "Father" because of the horrible abuse they suffered from their earthly fathers' hands.
But God is a Father who never abuses His children, although He does punish them. He chastens those whom He loves.
It is wise for the child of God to fear the corrective wrath of the Father.
I loved my earthly father deeply.

In fact, I idolized him. I was secure in his love as he was constant in showing affection for me.
I feared him in the sense that I didn't want to disappoint him or let him down. I had the "fear" of respect for him.
But I also feared his wrath and discipline.
Even though, in general, I didn't want to disappoint him or grieve him, nevertheless I often disobeyed him.
That meant facing his discipline.
When my father disciplined me he always announced it to me by saying, "Son, we have to have a session." That meant I had to follow him into his office,

close the door behind me, and sit in a chair in front of him.
He wouldn't raise his voice. He would calmly tell me what I did wrong and why it was wrong.
He instructed me in such a way that I was devastated.
He always ended the session with a warm embrace.
But talk about the conviction of sin...whew!
Are you able to accept correction from your Heavenly Father?
Do you respond to it properly? Pray about this.
And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that
addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the

Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons.
For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!
Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.
Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and
peace for those who have been trained by it.

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Surprise

2011-04-04T22:02:00.001-04:00

Sometimes heaven catches up with us

and we don't even hear the angels sing.
A surprise can wait around the next corner
and we didn't even hear the bells ring.
Everyone gets lucky once in a while,
hits that old jackpot and wins.

Sooner or later the sun comes out

and peeks through the fog as it thins.
Sometimes we get so used to losing,
we think the pattern cannot be changed
but everyone has their time of glory
when the usual is rearranged.

Fate has a way of sneaking up on us,
catching us completely unaware,
sprinkling stardust in our eyes
and moonbeams in our hair.
When we look in the face of true love,
something happens to our heart.
Suddenly we're a new person
as the seeds of love get their start.

It doesn't mean we'll never find it
just because it eluded us in the past.
We must always remember,
sometimes God saves the best 'til last.

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A Thief In The House

2011-03-30T21:05:00.002-04:00

A horrible thing happened to me today..... a thief broke into my house.

It happened shortly after I awoke this morning.
I got up and began rushing about.
I had a thousand things on my list and was already running behind.
Quickly, I gulped down breakfast, took a shower and got ready for work.
In my rush, I forgot to turn the security system on at my house.
It was just about a half an hour later that the thief broke in.
Of course, he didn't make a sound. Just kind of snuck inside, not drawing any attention to himself.
In fact, none of the neighbors ever saw him.
But, I did.
You see, I WAS HOME when the thief broke in.

He naturally startled me, as I was unprepared for his visit.
He, of course, didn't announce that he was coming and I certainly had not invited him over.
And yet, I found myself face to face with danger and I felt so powerless.
I also felt so very stupid, because this whole incident could have been avoided if I had just taken the time to turn the security system on.
You better believe I'll be turning it on tomorrow morning!
I thought I'd warn you about this guy, because he's still on the loose.
Chances are, he's in your area.
Possibly even headed for your house.

His name? His name is Satan. You see, this morning when I jumped up in my
haste to get started on my busy day, I skipped my prayer time - opting to "pray later today."
In other words, I DIDN'T TURN ON THE SECURITY SYSTEM.
My defense wasn't on, my guard was dropped... ..and when the thief came into my home to attack me, I was unprepared to do battle.
He tempted me and I felt powerless.
Like I said, I also felt so very stupid, because I could have avoided the incident if I had just taken the time to pray.
My friend, the thief has come to "steal, kill and destroy."
And, as a Child of God, you are on his "hit list."

He'll probably pop over to your house today. He may be lurking outside your door right now, just waiting to catch you off guard.
Take time to pray this morning.
Bind Satan from your very presence, to protect you and empower you to do battle. In short... ...don't forget to turn your security system on.
Author Unknown.

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A Piece Of Cake

2011-03-23T21:03:00.002-04:00

Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this," or "Why did God have to do this to me."

Here is a wonderful explanation!
A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.
Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely, Mom, I love your cake."

"Here, have some cooking oil," her Mother offers.
"Yuck" says her daughter. "How about a couple raw eggs?" "Gross, Mom!" "Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"
"Mom, those are all yucky!"
To which the mother replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves.
But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! Life works the same way.
Many times we wonder why God would let us go through such bad and difficult times.
But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!
God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.
He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.
~ Author Unknown ~

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I Thank You, God, For Loving Me So

2011-03-21T22:04:00.001-04:00

I thank You, God, for loving me so,

And I thank You for letting me know.
Thank You for sending Your Son,
To show You love us every one.
You didn't create us and walk away,
But You're right here with us every day.
Your Holy Spirit makes it clear,
That now and always You are near.
You supply our needs abundantly,
Air and sunshine fresh and free.
Water to drink and food to eat,

Good food like vegetables, fruits and meat.
Blessings more than I could earn,
New truths every day that I can learn.
When I am slow You don't clobber me,
But You're patient and kind as only You can be.
You don't ask for more than I can do,
You only ask that I trust You.
And that I always for You live,
And obey the instructions that You give.
My sins You've forgiven and forgotten,
Even though they are so vile and rotten.

My pride and ego want me to think I'm great,
But compared to You I just don't rate.
You are so great and good and all,
When I think of You I feel so small.
I'm thankful that You see what I can be,
If I allow You to live in me.
Your love and strength to me You give,
And You allow me for You to live.
I thank You, God, for loving me so,
And I thank You for letting me know.

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From Father Tomas Desk

The Wooden Bowl

The Faith of a Child

DARK LETTER

Just Stay

Fears:

The Blessed Trinity...

December 03, 2011

Christmas Eve Prayer

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD....

1 corinthians 13:1-13

We give you thanks

A Prayer for Deliverance

The Lord's Prayer

Did you know?????

The #2 pencil...

Everlasting God,

The Serenity Prayer

Sand and Stone

Ballons...

Love one Another..........Life is too Short ! ! ! !

CARL'S GARDEN

This is me....."JUST CHECKING IN"

75 Cents

NAILS IN THE FENCE

* WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE

GIFTS FROM THE SOUL

THE MISSING RIB

IF I COULD BE GOD FOR JUST ONE DAY

Psalm 100

A LESSON IN GRACE

Puppies

It Only Takes A Minute

HOUSE FOR SALE

This is how I am..

Final Inspection

The Will of God

HOW DO YOU DO LORD!!

By Faith

I pray for the World

Whatever you plant!!

I am your Father

DROPS OF BLOOD WERE MIXED WITH TEARS

*~Change Me~*

" You are a Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Can I Borrow $25?

HEALED AND WHOLE

God Loves you

"When You Pray, God Listens"

If An Angel Is Someone

Finding God

STEP BY STEP

EVERY DAY PRAYER

GODS WORDS FROM THE BIBLE

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Life is short!

NOT YET GOD?

BLESSED MORNING"

Only You, Lord

ANGELS IN THE ALLEY

ON THE WINGS OF PRAYER

"Addiction"

A prayer for open doors

HEBREWS 12:5 Through 11

Surprise

A Thief In The House

A Piece Of Cake

I Thank You, God, For Loving Me So

~Change Me~