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[gloriajean]

Forgiveness frees the heart and moves us from the victim to the one who

is in control of our lives. Lord, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive

those who trespass against us.

Scripture for the day:

"For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their

life?" ~Matthew 16:26

Meditation for the day:

It is the quality of my life that determines its value to those around me.

In order to judge the value of a person's life, we can set up a standard.

The most valuable life is one of honesty, purity, unselfishness and love.

All our lives can be measured against this standard in determining their

value to the world. by this standard, most of the so-called heroes of

history were not great people. "For what will it profit them if they gain

the whole world but forfeit their life?"

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may be honest, pure, unselfish and loving. I pray that I may

make the quality of my life good by these standards.

Hello my friends! Today's blessings - more rest - I seem to need more rest lately since my fall. Although it's been a bad day for me, with my arm, there are so many blessings all around me. The blessing that my husband was home all day - we went grocery shopping together, he made supper, poured me some wine, all those little acts of love and care are such blessings. Snow is in the forecast again - thought we were finished with that for this year - but no, still another one - lots of inches are expected, hope the forecast is wrong and we don't get that much!

Hope it won't be too bad out to get to Dr. Mike's tomorrow at 9. I need him - he's not in on Friday! God will take care - He's in charge.

Praying for you all - thanks for your prayers for us.

1. The best way to get even is to forget...

2. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death...

3. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts...

4. Some folks wear their halos much too tight...

5. Some marriages are made in heaven,

but they ALL have to be maintained on earth...

6. Unless you can create the WHOLE universe in 5 days,

then perhaps giving "advice" to God, isn't such a good idea!

7. Sorrow looks back, worry looks around,

and faith looks up...

8. Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous.

You will get knocked down by the traffic from both ways.

9. Words are windows to the heart.

10. A skeptic is a person who when he sees

the handwriting on the wall, claims it's a forgery.

11. It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill,

just add a little dirt.

12. A successful marriage isn't finding the right person

- it's being the right person.

13. The mighty oak tree was once a little nut

that held its ground.

14. Too many people offer God prayers,

with claw marks all over them.

15. The tongue must be heavy indeed,

because so few people can hold it.

16. To forgive is to set the prisoner free,

and then discover the prisoner was you.

17. You have to wonder about humans, they think

God is dead and Elvis is alive!

18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every

now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.

19. You'll notice that a turtle only makes progress

when it sticks out its neck.

20. If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence,

you can bet the water bill is higher.

You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven.

THE LIFESAVING STATION

On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a

crude little lifesaving station. The building was no more than a hut,

and there was only one boat; but the few devoted members kept a

constant watch over the sea. With no thought for themselves, they went out day

and night, tirelessly searching for the lost. Some of those who were

saved, and various others in the surrounding area, wanted to be

associated with the station and give their time, money, and effort to

support the work. New boats were bought and new crews trained. The

little lifesaving station grew.

Some of these new members of the lifesaving station were unhappy that

the building was so crude and poorly equipped. They felt that a more

comfortable place should be provided as the first refuge of those who

were saved from the sea. They replaced the emergency cots with beds and

put better furniture in the enlarged building. Now the lifesaving

station became a popular gathering place for its members, and they

decorated it beautifully and furnished it exquisitely because they used

it as sort of a club. Fewer members were not interested in going to sea

on lifesaving missions, so they hired lifeboat crews to do this work.

The lifesaving motif still prevailed in this club's decoration, and

there was a memorial lifeboat in the room where the club initiations

were held.

About this time a large ship was wrecked off the coast, and the hired

crews brought in boatloads of cold, wet, half-drowned people. They were

dirty and sick, and some of them were foreigners. The beautiful new

club was in chaos. Immediately, the property committee hired someone to rig

up a shower house outside the club, where victims of shipwrecks could

be cleaned up before coming inside.

At the next meeting, there was a split in the club membership. Most of

the members wanted to stop the club's lifesaving activities because they

felt they were unpleasant and a hindrance to the normal social life of

the club. A small number of members insisted upon lifesaving as their

primary purpose and pointed out that they were still called a lifesaving

station. The small group's members were voted down and told that if

they wanted to save lives, they could begin their own lifesaving station

down the coast.

They did.

As the years went by, however, the new station experienced the same

changes that had occurred in the old station. It evolved into a club,

and yet another lifesaving station was founded. History continued to

repeat itself, and if you visit that seacoast today, you will find a

number of exclusive clubs along that shore.

Shipwrecks are frequent in those waters, but most of the passengers

drown.

As Disciples of Jesus, our primary task is to go and make disciples.

(See Matthew 28:19.) To put it another way, we are to go and save

lives.

Unfortunately, we sometimes forget our purpose. We need to recover our

passion for lifesaving. We need to be doers of the Word and not hearers

only. (See James 1:22).

-- Author Unknown

Look Again and Again

You would like to know God?

Look at the crucifix.

You would like to love God?

Look at the crucifix.

You want to be happy with Him forever and forever?

Look at the crucifix.

You wonder what God is and what is He like?

Look at the crucifix.

You wonder what you are and what you are worth?

Look at the crucifix.

You wonder how merciful God is?

Look at the crucifix.

You wonder how much He wants you in heaven?

Look at the crucifix.

You wonder how much He will help you to get there?

Look at the crucifix.

SHAKE OFF THE DEVIL

Tell the devil today he is a liar! He will not take your joy, your peace or disturb your spirit.

Tell the devil he cannot sleep in your bed; there´s not enough cover.

Tell the devil he cannot sit in your chair; you will not give him a cushion of comfort.

Tell the devil he cannot touch your body; it´s covered with the blood.

Tell the devil he cannot audit your finances; you´ve changed accountants.

Tell the devil he cannot enter you home; the locks been changed.

Tell the devil to leave your workplace; he´s not on your list of things to do today.

Tell the devil to take his hands off your children; because you´ve had hands laid on them.

Tell the devil you have no time for his nonsense, criticism or fears; you are on a mission, and you walk by faith.

Tell the devil no more tears, heartaches, or headaches; because there´s another, HE, that restoreth your soul.

Tell him...Tell him...Tell him.

Tell the devil today you have a gentle, powerful inner peace within that consumes you and leaves no room for confusion.

Tell the devil today you will respond soothingly to a crying child, a tense spouse, or an impatient friend.

Tell the devil today you will find no fault with a relative, friend or colleague.

Tell the devil to leave your tongue alone; for today you will not talk of anyone before placing God at the beginning of your every thought.

Tell the devils God said, My people will abide in a peaceful habitation and in quiet resting places. Isaiah 32:18