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[gloriajean]

Hello my friends! Hope you all had a great day today celebrating our Independence Day. I put a Prayer for America on the last thread, hope you saw it. It was the last post. Today was and still is a very beautiful day, in the 80's, and Lori is getting her deck stained, and her arbor painted white - her Dad is helping her, and Ollie is here, he has to be away from the paint. He's been such a good dog, he slept most of the day! Lori said he had a long night last night, visiting the neighbors with a bon fire after their Parade and Festivities there. So that was good. I made a good beef stew for supper when they came hungry - used my pressure cooker I got years and years ago from QVC. It works great. It came with a six quart and a 3 quart and I use the smaller one more often. I thought it was neat to have those two sizes. Praying for you all! May God bless you!

Unhappiness within comes out in an emotional reaction, unlike the happy person

who is slow to anger. Lord, help me to glow in Your presence so that the heat of

the moment doesn't get to me.

Scripture for the day:

"Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set

all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is

revealed. Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires

that you formerly had in ignorance. Instead, as he who called you is

holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, 'You

shall be holy, for I am holy.'" ~1 Peter 1:13-16

Meditation for the day:

No work is of much value without preparation. Every spiritual work is

best if it has behind it much spiritual preparation. If we cut short

times of prayer and times of spiritual preparation, many hours of work

may be profitless. One poor tool working all the time, but doing bad

work because of lack of preparation, is of small value compared with

the sharp, keen, perfect instrument working for only a short time, but

which turns out perfect work because of long hours of spiritual

preparation.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may spend more time alone with God. I pray that I may

get more strength and joy from such times, so that they will add much

to my work.

Parable Of The Pencil

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting it into the box. There are five things you need to know, he told the pencil, before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.

[1] You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand.

[2] You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil.

[3] You will be able to correct mistakes you will make.

[4] The most important part of you will always be what's inside.

[5] On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write.

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.

Now replacing the place of the pencil with you; always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.

[1] You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.

[2] You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.

[3] You will be able to correct mistakes you might make or grow through them.

[4] The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.

[5] On every surface you walk, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to serve God in everything.

[Author unknown]

Family Prayer

God made us a family.

We need one another.

We love one another.

We forgive one another.

We work together

We play together

We worship together.

Together we use God's word

Together we grow in Christ

Together we love all people

Together we serve our God

Together we hope for Heaven.

These are our hopes and ideals

Help us to attain them, O God,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

THE CLIFF HANGER

Author Unknown

Apr 30, 2009

A man named Jack was walking along a steep cliff one day when he

accidentally got too close to the edge and fell. On the way down he

grabbed a branch, which temporarily stopped his fall. He looked down

and, to his horror, saw that the canyon fell straight down for more

than a thousand feet. He couldn't hang onto the branch forever, and

there was no way for him to climb up the steep wall of the cliff.

So Jack began yelling for help, hoping that someone passing by would

hear him and lower a rope or something. HELP! HELP! Is anyone up

there? "HELP!" He yelled for a long time, but no one heard him. He was

about to give up when he heard a voice.

"Jack, Jack. Can you hear me?"

"Yes, yes! I can hear you. I'm down here!"

"I can see you, Jack. Are you all right?"

"Yes, but who are you, and where are you?

"I am the Lord, Jack. I'm everywhere."

"The Lord? You mean, GOD?"

"That's Me."

"God, please help me! I promise if, you'll get me down from here, I'll

stop sinning. I'll be a really good person. I'll serve You for the

rest of my life."

Easy on the promises, Jack. Let's get you off from there; then we can

talk." "Now, here's what I want you to do. Listen carefully."

"I'll do anything, Lord. Just tell me what to do."

"Okay. Let go of the branch."

"What?"

"I said, let go of the branch." Just trust Me. Let go."

There was a long silence. Finally Jack yelled, "HELP! HELP! IS ANYONE

ELSE UP THERE?"

Have you ever felt like Jack? We say that we want to know the will of

God, but when we find out what it is, we can't handle it. Sounds too

scary--too difficult. We decide to look elsewhere. When He says, "Let

go of the things that stand between you and Me, and trust Me with your

life," it sounds pretty scary. But when we let go, we find freedom and

safety in His hands."

Thank you. Have a Blessed Day . . . and remember that Jesus Loves You

and so do I--and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it,

except to pass it on . . . and GOD BLESS YOU!

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has

prepared for those who love him." (1 Corinthians 2:9)