Daily Positive Thread for Sunday

gloriajean — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 03:46:00 GMT

Hello my friends! Busy day here today - Canning tomatoes for the last time this year! It was just more barbecue sauce today - 15 pints today. Also we started another sauerkraut batch today. The other one got ruined so we're starting over. We haven't decided yet if we'll can it when it's ready or freeze it. And Lori did all the cooking here today too - she loves to can and she loves to cook - all healthy recipes. That's the way to go! She made a darn good pizza for supper using cauliflower for the crust - delicious! I'll have to get that recipe. We have lots of cabbage to freeze too, so we'll do that during the week. Love cabbage and it's so good for you, too. Hope everyone is having a good weekend! We are going to his brother's tomorrow for what they call their chokecherry fest - they have lots of chokecherries and she makes good desserts with them, plus their homemade wines. They live on a hobby farm an hour away from here. Good it's not bad weather yet. Blessings all day here today - Lori took me shopping and that was fun going out with her! She is such a blessing to us!

If you look for the light side in all things, you will keep yourself alive

and healthy. Lord, may I be able to see the good in my experiences,

even in my most challenging moments.

Scripture for the day:

I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret

places, so that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of

Israel, who call you by your name. ~Isaiah 45:3

Meditation for the day:

"I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret

places, so that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of

Israel, who call you by your name." We can dwell for a moment each

day in a secret place, the place of communion with God, apart from the

world, and there receive strength to face the world. Material things

cannot intrude upon this secret place, they cannot not ever find it,

because it is outside the realm of material things. When we abide in

this secret place, we are under the shadow of the Almighty. God is

close to us in this quiet place of communion. Each day, we can dwell

for a while in this secret place.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may renew my strength in quietness. I pray that I may

find rest in quiet communion with God.

Mother Teresa said...

Trust in the good God who loves us, who cares for us,

who sees all, knows all, can do all things

for my good and the good of souls.

One thing Jesus asks of me: that I lean upon Him;

that in Him alone I put complete trust;

that I surrender myself to Him unreservedly.

Heaven Is a Gift

There was a teacher who died recently and went to heaven. He came to the

door and Peter said, "Wait a minute! Come here! Where are you going?" "I'm

going in there." "Oh, no you're not." "Why not?" "It's not that simple."

"Why?" "Well, we have a points system here, you see: so many points to get

in."

"Oh, I didn't think that applied here. How many points," said the teacher,

"to get in?" "Well, you need at least a thousand," said Peter. At this the

teacher was a bit shocked but then came to himself again and Peter said,

"Okay, come on, come on, what did you do when you were down there?"

So he stuck out his chest and said, "I went to Mass every morning for 40

years." He thought that was his trump card. And Peter said, "Fair enough.

That's one point." At this the teacher's heart was in his shoes and so,

Peter continued, "What else?" "Well, I belonged to the Third World agencies,

the St Vincent de Paul Society and a couple more charitable organizations."

Peter said, "Hurry up - what else? How much money did you collect for good

causes over the years?" "Perhaps something like 25,000." "Not bad," said

Peter, "not bad. That's another point."

At this stage the teacher was completely deflated and muttered to himself

something like, "If this is the way it is, it's only by the grace of God

that I'm ever going to get in." On hearing that, Peter turned to him and

said, "Once you believe that, you've got the necessary thousand points. If

you really believe what you just said, you may go right on in. Because

heaven is a total, absolute, pure free gift of God."

To The Lord

Looking to the Lord--that is faith!

Turning to the Lord--that is repentance!

Coming to the Lord--that is conversion!

Adding to the Lord--that is adoption!

Singing to the Lord--that is devotion!

Heartily to the Lord--that is service!

Giving to the Lord--that is fellowship!

Cleaving to the Lord--that is dependence!

Faithful to the Lord--that is loyalty!

Attention to the Lord--that is discipleship!

Obedience to the Lord--that is Christianity!

Author Unknown

THE PERFECT HEART

Author Unknown

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming

that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large

crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.

There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly

was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was

very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why

your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the

young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but

full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other

pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several

jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where

whole pieces were missing.

The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they

thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state

and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with

mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."

"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never

trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have

given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them,

and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the

empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have

some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love

we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the

other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the

empty gouges -- giving love is taking a chance.

Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the

love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return

and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty

is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He

walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful

heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with

trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart

and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the

wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there

were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect

anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's

heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.

How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart.

ACCEPT ME

Accept me as I am,

I have no guarantee.

A claim to perfection I have not.

Perfect I cannot be.

I, like you, am human.

Prone to make mistakes.

Failure is not a character flaw,

just a part of the human makeup.

I live, I laugh and I also learn.

My knowledge is incomplete.

I am searching all the time,

in waking hours as well as sleep.

I have a long road to travel,

as well as you do.

We learn our lessons on the way.

Wisdom we shall accrue.

So please accept me

as I am,

because I am just me.

No one like me in the world.

That is my only guarantee.

This is how I feel,

I have a heart, open it and see.

Please take care.

That's all I am, just me.

Author Unknown

And he said unto me,

My grace is sufficient for thee:

for my strength is made perfect

in weakness.

Most gladly therefore

will I rather glory in my infirmities,

that the power of Christ

may rest upon me.

2 Cr 12:9

Sometimes asking someone for help

Is Not a sign of weakness

But yet a sign of STRENGTH

Page By

Rick Moore

New Bern, North Carolina

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Sunday

Cakers1 — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 06:19:09 GMT

Gloria: I've heard of that pizza crust - it sounds really good. Better than all those bread carbs. And I do love pizza but hardly ever touch it now.

bobbisue: Hope your breathing is getting better.

Harlene: Still getting a little laugh from yesterday! That was so funny!

Have a peaceful Sunday everyone!

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Sunday

Bobbi sue — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:22:17 GMT

Happy Sunday to all here. It was a warm day yesterday. I wonder how long this will last? It is going to be a bad winter, God forbid. That is according to the Farmer's Amnack .Sp.

My breathing is better, but it comes and goes. I am having too much trouble with it. Sometimes I wake up short of breath.

I am cleaning out my clothes closets. I have too much that I will never wear and some no longer fit. There is a widow on the thread who is about my size. I sent a large box to her. I hope they fit her. I still have drawers and closets to go through.

My blessing is that yesterday I had a leak from the kitchen ceiling coming from the upstairs bath room. I prayed and the leak stopped for now. At least it will get me to Monday when I can call the plumber. Maybe it will stop for good. God is so good. Prayer works.

Have a good day and bless you all.

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lovestopaint — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:56:25 GMT

Cakers1, it makes my day when I can make someone laugh.

Bobbiesue, I hope and pray your breathing gets easier and easier.

Counting my blessings, and blessings to all.

Harlene(lovestopaint)

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Sunday

gloriajean — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:29:36 GMT

Cakers - I think you can google the cauliflower crusts - interesting what all you can do with cauliflower. She put an egg in it, and some cheese, no flour. She has the recipe and got it on line. See, she doesn't eat carbs after 4 PM. But she sure can make good meals without them.

Bobbiesue - High today will be 60 - a little chilly for being on Linus' brother and wife's deck as we usually all are, we'll see. They have a big long deck with lots of chairs. Hope you have that breathing under control, dear!! It's good to clear out closets, we give our old stuff we don't use anymore to Treasure Chest, it's like Good Will, but it supports Birthright, which helps girls with chosing the rite to life instead of abortion, Birthright helps support them who are in need, and helps them all the way through the pregnancy and even has baby showers for them. I hope, too, that leak quits for good!!!

Harlene - you make people laugh and that's always a good thing!!! Even if it's unexpected!! Love you!!

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