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Daily Positive Thread for Memorial Day

gloriajean — Mon, 26 May 2014 04:53:43 GMT

Hello my friends!!! Just got home a bit ago, we were at our friend's home. Friends we met at a retreat in 1983, and they are life-long friends! Harold has Alzheimer's - and getting worse, it's so hard on Lorraine who is his care-giver and wife. We had a good visit with them all, us three couples used to do alot of things together like going to the State Fair yearly, until Harold got too bad to take him. Anyway, it was nice being with them today and the weather was perfect!! We sat out by their bon fire for awhile - had a great supper and played some cards and visited and came home. Lots of blessings today!

Unhappiness within comes out in an emotional reaction, unlike the happy

person

who is slow to anger. Lord, help me to glow in Your presence so that the

heat of

the moment doesn't get to me.

Scripture for the day:

"Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set

all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is

revealed. Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires

that you formerly had in ignorance. Instead, as he who called you is

holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, 'You

shall be holy, for I am holy.'" ~1 Peter 1:13-16

Meditation for the day:

No work is of much value without preparation. Every spiritual work is

best if it has behind it much spiritual preparation. If we cut short

times of prayer and times of spiritual preparation, many hours of work

may be profitless. One poor tool working all the time, but doing bad

work because of lack of preparation, is of small value compared with

the sharp, keen, perfect instrument working for only a short time, but

which turns out perfect work because of long hours of spiritual

preparation.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may spend more time alone with God. I pray that I may

get more strength and joy from such times, so that they will add much

to my work.

Parable Of The Pencil

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting it into the box.

There are five things you need to know, he told the pencil, before I send

you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will

become the best pencil you can be.

[1] You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself

to be held in Someone's hand.

[2] You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll

need it to become a better pencil.

[3] You will be able to correct mistakes you will make.

[4] The most important part of you will always be what's inside.

[5] On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter

what the condition, you must continue to write.

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with

purpose in its heart.

Now replacing the place of the pencil with you; always remember them and

never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.

[1] You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself

to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the

many gifts you possess.

[2] You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going

through various problems, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.

[3] You will be able to correct mistakes you might make or grow through

them.

[4] The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.

[5] On every surface you walk, you must leave your mark. No matter what the

situation, you must continue to serve God in everything.

[Author unknown]

Family Prayer

God made us a family.

We need one another.

We love one another.

We forgive one another.

We work together

We play together

We worship together.

Together we use God's word

Together we grow in Christ

Together we love all people

Together we serve our God

Together we hope for Heaven.

These are our hopes and ideals

Help us to attain them, O God,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

THE CLIFF HANGER

Author Unknown

A man named Jack was walking along a steep cliff one day when he

accidentally got too close to the edge and fell. On the way down he

grabbed a branch, which temporarily stopped his fall. He looked down

and, to his horror, saw that the canyon fell straight down for more

than a thousand feet. He couldn't hang onto the branch forever, and

there was no way for him to climb up the steep wall of the cliff.

So Jack began yelling for help, hoping that someone passing by would

hear him and lower a rope or something. HELP! HELP! Is anyone up

there? "HELP!" He yelled for a long time, but no one heard him. He was

about to give up when he heard a voice.

"Jack, Jack. Can you hear me?"

"Yes, yes! I can hear you. I'm down here!"

"I can see you, Jack. Are you all right?"

"Yes, but who are you, and where are you?

"I am the Lord, Jack. I'm everywhere."

"The Lord? You mean, GOD?"

"That's Me."

"God, please help me! I promise if, you'll get me down from here, I'll

stop sinning. I'll be a really good person. I'll serve You for the

rest of my life."

Easy on the promises, Jack. Let's get you off from there; then we can

talk." "Now, here's what I want you to do. Listen carefully."

"I'll do anything, Lord. Just tell me what to do."

"Okay. Let go of the branch."

"What?"

"I said, let go of the branch." Just trust Me. Let go."

There was a long silence. Finally Jack yelled, "HELP! HELP! IS ANYONE

ELSE UP THERE?"

Have you ever felt like Jack? We say that we want to know the will of

God, but when we find out what it is, we can't handle it. Sounds too

scary--too difficult. We decide to look elsewhere. When He says, "Let

go of the things that stand between you and Me, and trust Me with your

life," it sounds pretty scary. But when we let go, we find freedom and

safety in His hands."

Thank you. Have a Blessed Day . . . and remember that Jesus Loves You

and so do I--and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it,

except to pass it on . . . and GOD BLESS YOU!

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has

prepared for those who love him." (1 Corinthians 2:9)

Thank God for Miracles

It took a miracle from above

To create the world we see,

And it took a miracle of love

When Christ died on Calvary.

It took a miracle of God's power

To raise Jesus from the grave,

And it takes a miracle this hour…

For a lost soul to be saved…

Thank God for Miracles.

Yes, it takes a miracle of grace

To redeem a sinful soul,

And a wondrous miracle takes place

When God warms a heart grown cold.

Our Lord is good at miracles, friend,

His love and mercy are great,

His arm is stretched out to heal and mend…

And lift to a holy state…

Thank God for Miracles.

When we humbly serve our Lord each day,

And walk on the righteous path,

We see miracles along the way…

Souls saved from judgment and wrath.

Nothing is too hard for our great God

Who gives life forevermore…

Receive Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

And you'll enter heaven's door...

Thank God for Miracles.

Meditations by Padre Pio

Science, my son, for all its greatness in nevertheless a small thing; and

less than nothing compared to the formidable mystery of the Divinity. You

must take another road. Cleanse your heart of every earthly passion, humble

yourself in the dust and pray! In this way you will certainly find God, who

will give you peace and serenity in this life and eternal beatitude in the

next.

Mother Teresa Said...

I always begin my prayer in silence, for it is in the silence of the heart

that God speaks.

God is the friend of silence - we need to listen to God because it’s not

what we say

but what He says to us and through us that matters.

Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is the soul - and it

brings you closer to God.

It also gives you a clean and pure heart.

A clean heart can see God, can speak to God, and can see the love of God in

others.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Memorial Day

DoubleJ — Mon, 26 May 2014 16:56:44 GMT

Hello everyone,

Hope everyone has a blessed Memorial Day. It is a day for us to take time, to reflect and honor all of our Military. Whether it's the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or the Coast Guard, we honor all of them who gave their all. I am so thankful for the time and love they have given to our great country The United States Of America. Please take time to remember their familes. As we go through life, we all have struggles, and hardships...but let us also ask God to help them with their struggles and hardships.

Later today I will go in to work. It's a blessing to have this job. Another blessing we had a fox in our back yard. Don't see that everyday, lol! Oh and my son was exempt from final exams, so he got out of school a week early, his last day was the 16th.

Keeping all in my prayers.

Go2girl, continue prayers for your grandbaby, and for a safe journey.

Shosh, always good to see you. Were so thankful to have you...you are so full of knowledge, and always ready to share.

Felicia, prayers continue for you and your loved ones.

Shorelady, prayers continue for you and your dh.

Gloriajean, Cakers, Lucy, Harlene, Bobbisue and anyone that I might not of mentioned, prayers always.

Until next time...

Take care, be safe, and God Bless!

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Memorial Day

Cakers1 — Mon, 26 May 2014 17:24:31 GMT

Gloriajean: I almost skipped by this thread this morning - I thought it might be an old one. lol Hope you didn't mind my shoutout about the title.

It is pouring today and flash flooding will be a problem. We were going to attend a service at one of the bases, but it's rained out. There is also a new VietNam memorial we want to see but again, no go this week-end. So we are just hunkered down but the rain really is nice - we need it badly. Some counties are almost out of water down here and this morning the news reported that 30% of the whole country is in drought.

Have a wonderful day, everyone.

God bless our troops and a very heartfelt thanks to all who have served.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Memorial Day

gloriajean — Mon, 26 May 2014 18:02:23 GMT

Juanita - We're not going anywhere today - Linus is busy with the gardening, cleaning garage etc. and I decided to get back to baking bread again - got some oatmeal bread rising now. Remembering my Dad who served in WW1 and brother in law who served in WW2 and my niece who died of cancer buried at the military cemetary because her husband was a Marine. She died at 45, he never remarried. He married her when he was 19 with is Marine Uniform on! My sister, Deil, made her Wedding Gown!! They were married 25 years before she got the breast cancer and tried everything, even a bone marrow transplant, but died anyway. She is buried right there by her Dad and my parents.

Cakers - good thing to told me that because when I did the thread last night late, I was tired, and just wasn't thinking straight!!! Always let me know when I goof!!! Glad you're getting the rain you need there - today is a beautiful day out so far, but rain is in the forecast for the next 3 days!! Linus wants to spray paint stain on the arbor and fence etc. but it says not to let it get wet for 24 hours, so he thinks he'd better wait. It should rain today or tonight yet.

Yes, God bless our Troops!!!

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Memorial Day

Bobbi sue — Mon, 26 May 2014 20:29:01 GMT

Praise the Lord! Sing praises unto the Lord. Blessings to all here. I hope you're having a good day.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Memorial Day

hsawaknow — Tue, 27 May 2014 00:49:10 GMT

Good bless our troops those who have served and our serving our USA. Felicia