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[gloriajean]

Hello my friends! What a nice, relaxing Sunday! After our Mass we helped with serving coffee and donuts for fellowship, with another couple, met them and they are very nice to work with. Wednesday early evening my classmate friend, Angie, is coming to visit me for a few days again and we both are really looking forward to it! May you all have a very blessed and positive week! Let us count our blessings - and share them to give God the credit for them. One of my many was the good chicken that my dear husband grilled today after we got finished with helping out at Church. It was delicious!! And another blessing was eating our very own red new potatoes with the meal!! Wonderful!! Tomorrow we'll have a wonderful salad with our collards, beet greens, lettuce and kale mixed with a little basil - with our very own cucumber he picked today! Tomotoes are bought yet, until August. Our peppers won't be ready until August either, but very soon we'll have bunches of raspberries to pick. Picking strawberries now almost every day! Thanks be to God!

Here are some inspirations:

God uses our trials to draw us closer to Him. Sometimes it's the only way that He

gets our attention. Lord, I accept with joy the times that You test me and give You

my joy as a prayer in the times that I lack for nothing. In You I am complete.

Scripture for the day:

Jesus said, "If the same person sins against you seven times a day, and
turns back to you seven times and says, 'I repent,' you must
forgive." The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" The
Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to
this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey
you. ~Luke 17:4-6

Meditation for the day:

When I overcome myself, then I can truly forgive other people for injuries
done to me. The self in me does not forgive injuries. The very thought of
wrongs means that my self is in the foreground. Since the self does not
forgive, I can work at overcoming my selfishness. I can cease trying to
forgive those who fretted and wronged me. It can be a mistake for me even
to think about these injuries. I can aim at overcoming myself in my daily
life and then I can find there is nothing in me that remembers injury,
because the only thing injured, my selfishness, is gone.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may hold no resentments. I pray that my mind may be washed
clean of all past hates and fears.

I looked this up - hope you like it:

<table style="color: #000000;" width="750" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="490">Although things are not perfect
Because of trial or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
Even when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
Joy would cease to be
Keep thanking Him for all the things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of "Camp Complaining"
No weapon that is known

On earth can yield the power
Praise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship
To "thank" is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
Xalting God most high
Yes, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Zion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!



"I AM Too blessed to be stressed!" The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.
The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything. Love and peace be with you forever, Amen.

PS: GOD LOVES YOU...PASS THE WORD ON TO MORE

</td> <td width="30" height="1">1. Take a 10-30 minute walk everyday and while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Live with the 3E's... Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy and the 3F's... Faith, Family, Friends.
4. Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of six.
5. Dream more while you are awake.

6. Realize that life is a school and you're here to learn, pass all your tests. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
7. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
8. Life isn't fair but it's still good.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
10. Don't take yourself so seriously, no else does.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't mess up the present.
12. Don't compare your life with others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
13. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
14. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
15. Forgive everyone for everything.
16. What other people think of you is none of your business.
17. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
18. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
19. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will, stay in touch.
20. The best is yet to come.. believe.
21. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
22. Do the right thing.
23. Each night before you go to bed, complete the following statements; "I am thankful for.. ", Today I accomplished... "
24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed
25. Enjoy the ride. Remember that this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. Make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

A young convert approached his pastor with a question. "How can God, who is
good, forgive a sinner? Isn't he repulsed by all the hatred and jealousy
that fills people?"

The pastor looked warmly at this young, enthusiastic friend and said, "You
are the third generation in a family of master furniture makers. Tell me, if
a fine table that your grandfather had made was scratched, would you throw
it away?" "Of course not!" the young man exclaimed. "A scratch can hardly
change the character of a fine piece of furniture."

"And," the pastor continued, "if you nicked a well-crafted oak table, would
you toss it away?" "Throw it away? No way!" reacted the young man. "Even
with a few scratches, quality furniture is sturdy and valuable."

"You have spoken like a true professional," the pastor replied. "You share
the same norm that God follows when he judges people precious and valuable
in spite of their obvious flaws."