Daily Positive Thread for Wednesday

gloriajean — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:13:31 GMT

Hello my friends! Tonight we went out to eat for a chicken buffet with everything, all the trimmings, even dessert. It was good, we went with Gordy and Linda, our friends downstairs. Please pray for Linda - not only is she on oxygen all the time, she will be going on dilosis very soon as her only half a kidney is 4th stage failure. Her cancer of the lung and other parts, keeps growing, but she's a fighter! She wants to see her grandkids grow up. She needs lots of prayers, and I thank you in advance. She'll be going to Rochester again tomorrow for a couple days for more tests etc at the Mayo Clinic.

There is always something to thank God for. Lord, may my attitude of

gratitude last a lifetime.

S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y

"O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love
endures forever." ~Psalm 106:1

M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y

Gratitude to God is the theme of Thanksgiving Day. The pilgrims
gathered to give thanks to God for their harvest which was pitifully
small. When we look around at all the things we have today, how can we
help being grateful to God? Our families, our homes, our friends; all
these things are free gifts of God to us. "But for the grace of God,"
we would not have them. God gives us this day too, to rest and to give
thanks.

P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y

I pray that I may be very grateful today. I pray that I may not forget
where I might be but for the grace of God.

MAKE YOUR LIFE HAPPY

MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO BE HAPPY.
Learn to find pleasure in simple things.

MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.

DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY.
Don´t think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people.

YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY.
Don´t let criticism worry you.

DON'T LET YOUR NEIGHBOUR SET YOUR STANDARDS.
Be yourself.

NEVER BORROW TROUBLE.
Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones.

AVOID PEOPLE WHO MAKE YOU UNHAPPY.
Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy, enmity, grudges.

HAVE MANY INTERESTS.
If you can´t travel, read about new places.

DON'T HOLD POSTMORTEMS.
Don´t spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don´t be one who never gets over things.

DON'T SHOW PRIDE WHEN YOU GET VICTORY.
After the resurrection Jesus did not reveal Himself before Pilate or Herodotus or the High Priests, who were torturing, crucifying and sealing the sepulchre; but revealed Himself before His own Disciples and those who believed in Him.

DO WHAT YOU CAN FOR THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN YOURSELF.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble (Ps 41:1).

KEEP BUSY AT SOMETHING.
A busy person never has time to be unhappy.

DON'T WORRY.

Be happy.

AND THE LAST; BUT NOT LEAST - TO KNOW LASTING HAPPINESS, GET TO KNOW THE LOVE OF ETERNAL GOD PERSONALLY.

Lord, Help Me...

Help me, I pray
To get through this day.
I don't even ask
To have things my way,
Your will is okay.

Things done in your way
Are best suited to stay
In the Master Plan,
Help me to help
In any way that I can

Don't let me be
Part of the problems I see,
But let me rather be
A light unto Thee.

Amen.

PRAYER WHEN YOU NEED TO FEEL SPECIAL

Eternal God, you have made me special. Help me to work
and develop my unique personality. You intended for me to be an
original, not a carbon copy of someone else. Thank you for making me
different. Grant that I will always put my individuality to its best use
for Your work. Amen.

WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN WHEN WE PRAY?

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true:

I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, ' This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed." How is it that there is no work going on here? ' I asked.

"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments"

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings? " I asked..

"Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord. "

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world 's wealthy. "

"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."

"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness .. You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. "

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... You are ahead of 700 million people in the world."

"If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world."

"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair......."

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are

ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it. "

If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on ??? ? I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends.

September 22

"Trust Me and refuse to worry, for I am your Strength and Song. You are feeling wobbly this morning, looking at difficult times looming ahead, measuring them against your own strength. However, today they are not today's tasks - or even tomorrow's. So leave them in the future and come home to the present, where you will find Me waiting for you. Since I am your Strength, I can empower you to handle each task as it comes. Because I am your Song, I can give you Joy as you work alongside Me.

Keep bringing your mind back to the present moment. Among all My creatures, only humans can anticipate future events. This ability is a blessing, but it becomes a curse whenever it is misused. If you use your magnificent mind to worry about tomorrow, you cloak yourself in dark unbelief. However, when the hope of heaven fills your thoughts, the Light of My Presence envelops you. Though heaven is future, it is also present tense. As you walk in the Light with Me, you have one foot on earth and one foot in heaven."

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. —Exodus 15:2

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. —2 Corinthians 10:5

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. —Hebrews 10:23

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Wednesday

NAES1 — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:28:38 GMT

Hello gloriajean~

Your pleasant dinner- OUT with Gordy & Linda was a treat for each of you, I am sure. I did read about Linda's condition and have my prayers being sent as I leave this writing. I know of the Mayo Clinic quite well.

This sounds very positive that Linda is seeking out other options. I really am always sadden hearing of this.

~ She is a good friend to you, from what I sense. ~

I know both Gordy & Linda is very grateful to have you as their friend.

God Bless Linda and gloriajean....................PRAYERS

NAES

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Wednesday

lovestopaint — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:47:27 GMT

Hi Gloria, I will be praying for Linda.

Blessings to all.

Harlene(lovestopaint)

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