Among Friends

[gloriajean]

Hello my friends!  Had some ladies over for coffee this afternoon, and they brought goodies!  One will move in our complex the first of June.  I was thinking this was my first coffee klatch since I'm here.  It was nice. Made a delicious salad with lots of stuff in it, including chia seeds for supper, when he got home from work after 8.  I like to make salads with lettuce, cabbage, some cauliflower if I have it, some carrots etc. plus walnuts sometimes raisins and since it was our only meal, cubed ham was in it too.

Oil and vinegar dressings, all different kinds.  Starting with olive oil, and the balsmanic vinegars vary. Very tasty.  How was your Monday?

People should be able to look at us and see that we are different.  Lord, may

I be an example of Your love and learn to rely on You at all times.

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

"Your Father who sees in secret will reward you."  ~Matthew 6:4

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

In silence God's meaning can come to the heart.  I need not judge when
it enters the heart.  I can only judge by results.  God's word can be
spoken to the secret places of my heart and, in some hour of
temptation, I can find that word and realize its value for the first
time.  When I need it, I can find it there.  "Your Father who sees in
secret will reward you."

P R A Y E R   F O R   T H E   D A Y 

I pray that I may see God's meaning in my life.  I pray that I may
gladly accept what God has to teach me.

UPLIFTING THINGS TO DO TODAY
Author Unknown


* Smile at a stranger

* Drop a coin where a child can find it

* Learn something new and teach it to someone

* Tell someone you love them

* Hug someone

* Forgive someone who has wronged you

* Try saying "I'm sorry" when you ought to

* Tell a child how great they are

* Sing a song about Jesus to yourself

* Keep a promise

* Call someone just to say hello

* Try listening more than talking

* Stand up for what you believe in

* Thank God for His beautiful Creation

* Encourage someone who is feeling down

* Cherish today as if it were your last one

* Tell someone about Jesus

Prayer for Peace to Mary, the Light of Hope

Immaculate Heart of Mary,
help us to conquer the menace of evil,
which so easily takes root
    in the hearts of the people of today,
and whose immeasurable effects already
    weigh down upon our modern world
    and seem to block the paths toward the future.

From famine and war, deliver us.
From nuclear war, from incalculable self destruction,
    from every kind of war, deliver us.
From sins against human life from its very beginning,
    deliver us.
From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity
    of the children of God, deliver us.
From readiness to trample on the commandments
    of God, deliver us.
From the loss of awareness of good and evil,
    deliver us.
From sins against the Holy Spirit,
    deliver us.

Accept, O Mother of Christ,
    this cry laden with the sufferings of all individual
    human beings, laden with the sufferings
    of whole societies.
Help us with the power of the Holy Spirit conquer all
sin:
    individual sin and the "sin of the world,"
    sin in all its manifestations.

Let there be revealed once more in the history of the
world the infinite saving power of the redemption:
the power of the merciful love.
May it put a stop to evil.
May it transform consciences.
May your Immaculate Heart
    reveal for all the light of hope.

Amen.

Pope John Paul II

Give Me Strength

If Satan's way I seek to go,
Lord, give me courage to tell him, "No."
Don't let my soul be led astray.
Please, give me strength for one more day.

And if I fall along the way,
Then lift me up, Oh Lord, I pray.
For, Satan's strong and I am weak.
Your tender mercies I will seek.

Your love is strong, your grace I need
When Satan makes my spirit bleed.
Give me strength, Oh Lord, I pray -
To fight this demon, day by day.

Satan's working overtime,
Trying his best to change my mind.
But if you'll help me, Lord, I know
His evil seeds will never grow.

For, you are mightier than the sword.
I've chosen you to be my Lord.
So give me strength, Oh God, I pray;
By standing in the devils way.

(Vickie Lambdin)

- - -
Matthew 26:41 - "Keep watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation.  The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

A PILLOW AND A BLANKET
Author Unknown


 A long time ago, a young, wealthy girl was getting ready for bed. She
was saying her prayers when she heard a muffled crying coming through
her window. A little frightened, she went over to the window and
leaned out.

 Another girl, who seemed to be about her age and homeless was
standing in the alley by the rich girl's house. Her heart went out to
the homeless girl, for it was the dead of winter, and the girl had no
blanket, only old
 newspapers someone had thrown out.

 The rich girl was suddenly struck with a brilliant idea. She called
to the other girl and said, "You there, come to my front door,
please."

 The homeless girl was so startled she could only manage to nod.

 As quick as her legs could take her, the young girl ran down the hall
to her mothers closet, and picked out an old quilt and a beat up
pillow. She had to walk slower down to the front door as to not trip
over the quilt which was
 hanging down, but she made it eventually. Dropping both the articles,
she opened the door. Standing there was the homeless girl, looking
quite scared.

 The rich girl smiled warmly and handed both articles to the other
girl. Her smile grew wider as she watched the true amazement and
happiness alight upon the other girl's face. She went to bed
incredibly satisfied.

 In mid-morning the next day a knock came to the door. The rich girl
flew to the door hoping that it was the other little girl there. She
opened the large door and looked outside. It was the other little
girl. Her face looked happy, and she smiled. "I suppose you want these
back."

 The rich little girl opened her mouth to say that she could keep them
when another idea popped into her head. "No, I want them back."

 The homeless girl's face fell. This was obviously not the answer she
had hoped for. She reluctantly laid down the beat up things, and
turned to leave when the rich girl yelled, "Wait! Stay right there."

 She turned in time to see the rich girl running up the stairs and
down a long corridor. Deciding whatever the rich little girl was doing
wasn't worth waiting for she started to turn around and walk away. As
her foot hit the first step, she felt someone tap her on the shoulder,
turning she saw the rich little girl, thrusting a new blanket and
pillow at her. "Have these." she said quietly.

 These were her own personal belonging made of silk and down feathers.

 As the two grew older they didn't see each other much, but they were
never far from each other's minds. One day, the Rich girl, who was now
a Rich woman got a telephone call from someone. A lawyer, saying that
she was requested to see him.

When she arrived at the office, he told her what had happened. Forty
years ago, when she was nine years old, she had helped a little girl
in need. That grew into a middle-class woman with a husband and two
children. She had recently died and left something for her in her
will. "Though," the lawyer said, "it's the most peculiar thing. She
left you a pillow and a blanket."

DAILY PRAYER

All through today, O God, help me to be
quick to praise and slow to criticize;
quick to forgive, and slow to condemn;
quick to share and slow to refuse to give.
Grant me all through today
complete control over my temper,
that I may be slow to anger;
complete control over my tongue,
that I may speak no hasty word.
So grant that all through today I may help everyone and
hurt no one, so that I may find true joy in living. Amen.

 Jesus Calling

I am with you always. These were the last words I spoke before ascending into heaven. I continue to proclaim this promise to all who will listen. People respond to My continual Presence in various ways. Most Christians accept this teaching as truth but ignore it in their daily living. Some ill-taught or wounded believers fear (and may even resent) My awareness of all they do, say, and think. A few people center their lives around this glorious promise and find themselves blessed beyond all expectations.

When My Presence is the focal point of your consciousness, all the pieces of your life fall into place. As you gaze at Me through the eyes of your heart, you can see the world around you from My perspective. The fact that I am with you makes every moment of your life meaningful.

“And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
—Matthew 28:20

O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.
—Psalm 139:1–4

[lovestopaint]

 That salad sounds great, Gloria.

I like to make salads too.

Blessings

Harlene(lovestopaint

[gloriajean]

I'm sure you make wonderful salads too, Harlene!  It's fun to just use your imagination and get lots of good salad makings in.  

[RetRN]

I also love salad, but I am on Coumadin so can only eat a small one once in awhile. I do miss them, but after 14 years I am used to it.

[gloriajean]

RetRN - One of my sisters cannot eat salads either, it doesn't digest.  She loves them though, but when she does, it just doesn't digest.  She's not on any meds that would cause this.