Daily Positive Thread for Sunday

gloriajean — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 00:49:53 GMT

Hello my friends! Hope you all had a good Saturday today! Ordinary day here for me and that's great! My Easter Lily is all opened now, looks beautiful and smells wonderful! Weatherwise, it's chilly out and windy. I haven't been out. My husband made a nice ham in the oven, now will slice it and I'll make some ham and bean soup. Enjoy your Sunday tomorrow, keep the Lord's day holy.

Don't worry about tomorrow because God is already taking care

of it. Lord, help me set aside needless worry and anxiety so that

I have time to do all that I need to do today.

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

"My vows to you I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings
to you. For you have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from
falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of life." ~Psalm
56:12

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

I can say thank you to God for everything, even the seeming trials and
worries. I can strive to be grateful and humble. My whole attitude
toward God can be one of gratitude. I can be glad for the things I
have received. I can pass on what God reveals to me. I believe that
more truths can flow in, as I go along in this new way of life.

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

I pray that I may be grateful for the things I have received and do
not deserve. I pray that this gratitude will make me truly humble.

The Flood Story

A flood threatens a town, forcing everyone to evacuate, But Joe thinks,
"I'm a devout man, God will save me," and stays
put. As the waters rise, Joe's neighbor comes by and says, "Joe come with me, we've got to go." Joe declines,
"I'm a devout man, God will save me."

The waters keep rising, Joe scrambles to his second floor. A firefighter in a rowboat comes by. "Get in the boat or you'll drown," he says. Joe again declines, saying,
"God will save me. So this flood story goes."

Finally, the flood waters force Joe to his roof. A police helicopter comes by and throws down a rope. "Climb up or you'll drown," the policeman yells. "No, I'm a devout man,
God will save me," Joe replies.

Soon, Joe drowns.
He arrives in heaven and challenges God.
"Why didn't you help me?"

"What do you mean?" God says.

"I did help. I sent a neighbor, a firefighter and a helicopter."

Like Joe, many of us wait for something to rescue us while we miss opportunities to help ourselves. Whether in our business lives or personal lives, we hope for a transforming event.
A terrific new customer, a great relationship, a better family life.
But life isn't like that. Like Joe, if we want things to be different, we have to do something ourselves.
But where to start?
How do we learn to recognize an opportunity when it comes our way?

Make a plan - Form a vision of what you want to achieve, then develop a plan of how to make that vision a reality, To judge whether an opportunity
is one to seize or let pass you need to Understand whether it fits your goals.
Make a commitment - Get used to saying no, Get used to saying yes.
But whatever you do, do it with commitment and conviction. Like Joe, we have to learn to recognize opportunities and then grab them.

Success

Success is speaking words of praise,
In cheering other people's ways,
In doing just the best you can,
With every task and every plan,
It's silence when your speech would hurt,
Politeness when your neighbor's curt,
It's deafness when the scandal flows,
And sympathy with others' woes,
It's loyalty when duty calls,
It's courage when disaster falls,
It's patience when the hours are long,
It's found in laughter and in song,
It's in the silent time of prayer,
In happiness and in despair,
In all of life and nothing less,
We find the thing we call success..

~ Author Unknown ~

A Stone Among the Offertory Gifts

In southern Bolivia, Sunday Mass is normally
outdoors. The congregation sits on rough-hewn
plank benches. At the offertory procession four
teenage boys march up to the altar carrying bread
and wine, candles and water. One holds a rather
large stone in his hands.

When they reach the foot of the altar, they turn
around and lift up the offertory gifts for all to
see. Only one of them speaks, the youth holding
the stone. He prays:

"Father in heaven, this stone is also a gift from
us. It represents us and our hearts. Enkindle in
us a warmth for one another and never allow us to
become or remain hard like this stone. On the
contrary, may we continue to spread light and
life. We ask you to make us open to our neighbor.
Help us to improve ourselves so that we may
become good building stones in your Church."

After this prayer, the teenager puts the stone on
the altar alongside the bread and wine and asks
the Lord that this stone which represents us
humans and our heart may be transformed just as
the bread and wine will be.

April 2 - Jesus Calling

I have promised to meet all your needs according to My glorious riches. Your deepest, most constant need is for My Peace. I have planted Peace in the garden of your heart, where I live; but there are weeds growing there too: pride, worry, selfishness, unbelief. I am the Gardener, and I am working to rid your heart of those weeds. I do My work in various ways. When you sit quietly with Me, I shine the Light of My Presence directly into your heart. In this heavenly Light, Peace grows abundantly and weeds shrivel up. I also send trials into your life. When you trust Me in the midst of trouble, Peace flourishes and weeds die away. Thank Me for troublesome situations; the Peace they can produce far outweighs the trials you endure.

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
—Philippians 4:19

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
—2 Corinthians 4:17

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Sunday

proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:08:02 GMT

Thank you Gloria for your beautiful thread as usual. Sounds like life is going good for you. It is also for me. Blessings to your family.

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gloriajean — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:31:55 GMT

Thank you, proudlyfromNJ!

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RetRN — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:31:12 GMT

Blessings. Your ham and bean soup sounds yummy Gloria.

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gloriajean — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 03:01:33 GMT

RetRN - It really is easy to make and delicious! Thanks for posting.

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Nonametoday — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 03:05:16 GMT

and in that vein....

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength." -- Corrie Ten Boom.

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