Daily Positive Thread for Monday

gloriajean · ‎03-10-2010

Hello my friends! A beautiful sunny cold day here today - but no snow! We were blessed to just stay home today after our 10:30 Mass. Had a good rest day, Linus is so tired, and did have a hard day today with getting off that addiction of Effixor, but he's determined to do it! Please continue your prayers for him! He'll do it! We're thinking positive! With God's help, we believe he'll be healed of it! Thanks for your prayers. Nothing much new here today, so I'll close with the inspirations:

When you have faith in yourself and God, you will know that you are loved

and safe and never alone. Lord, I am these things because You are always

with me.

Scripture for the day:

"The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, but the LORD

tests the heart." ~Proverbs 17:3

Meditation for the day:

I believe that my life is being refined like gold in a crucible. Gold

does not stay in the crucible, only until it is refined. I need never

despair or be despondent. I have friends who long for me to be

victorious. If I should err or fail, it could cause pain and

disappointment to them. I can keep trying to live a better life.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may always call on God's strength, while the gold of my

life is being refined. I pray that I may see it through, with God's

help.

SPIRITUAL BEAUTY HINTS

FOR WRINKLED BROWS

Try the well-known cream

SWEETNESS OF TEMPER

It tones up the facial muscles,

reduces wrinkles and is very uplifting.

FOR THE LIPS

Use the marvelous lipstick

SILENCE

It is particularly good for lips

that have been distorted

by uncharitable gossip.

FOR LOVELY HANDS

There is really only one preparation

GENEROSITY

Get a large size jar.

FOR FACIAL TONE

Expose the face to the morning air

HOLY MASS

is particularly refreshing and uplifting.

FOR CLEAR EYES

Faithful care with tried and true

protective preparation

MODESTY

For best results we recommend that you carry it wherever you go.

AN IDEAL CONDITIONER AND BEAUTIFIER

HOLY COMMUNION

A WONDER CLEANSING AGENT

CONFESSION

Remind Me God!

When I am lonely and Perhaps I feel despair,

Let not my ailing heart forget That YOU hear every prayer...

Remind me that no matter what I do or fail to do,

There still is hope for as long as I have FAITH in YOU...

Let not my eyes be blinded by Some folly I commit,

But help me to regret my wrong And make amends for it.

Inspire me to put my fears Upon a hidden shelf,

And in the future try not to Feel sorry for myself.

Give me the restful sleep I need Before another dawn,

And bless me in the morning with THE COURAGE TO GO ON.

Prayers in Times of Weakness, Trial, Tribulation

O Heart of Love, I place all my trust in Thee, for I fear all things from my

own weakness, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness.

St. Margaret Mary

I live through the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I

expect everything.

Pope John the 23rd

Yet, O Lord, though I have no feeling of confidence in You, nevertheless, I

know that You are my God, that I am all Yours, and that I have no hope but

in your goodness; so, I abandon myself entirely into Your hands.

St. Francis de Sales

You make a root below the soil flourish and you can make fruitful the

darkness in which you keep me.

Jean-Pierre de Caussade

I adore all Thy purposes without knowing them; I am silent; I offer myself

in sacrifice; I yield myself to Thee; I would have no other desire than to

accomplish Thy will. Teach me to pray; pray Thyself in me.

Fenelon

May I be patient! It is so difficult to realize what one believes, and to

make these trials, as they are intended, real blessings.

John Henry Cardinal Newman

My own heart let me more have pity on.

Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.

God Be With YOU

May God's peace and joy be yours

and stay with you throughout each day;

May you walk in faith believing that

all good things He sends your way.

May you never cease to thank Him

for the blessings you've received;

May your faith keep on increasing

more than when you first believed.

May you find some time each and

every day to study His word and

pray;

Faithfulness is necessary to follow

closely in His pathway.

The rewards He gives are plentiful

when we give to Him our all;

And we know the answers to our

prayers will come when on His name

we call!

We have His blessed assurance when

we put in Him our trust;

And we know when God is with us,

no one can stand against us!

~Helen Johnson~

lovestopaint · ‎03-10-2010

Gloria, I was trying to reply a couple of minutes ago and they kept sending me to my account. I even started a new thread. They have been having some problems today. I just got back here and decided to try again low and behold here I am. LOL. I hope Linus is feeling better and I hope your sister Erma heals quickly.

We were supposed to get another 12 inches of snow today but thank the lord we on got maybe an inch. That was a Blessing.

Counting my Blessings.

Harlene(lovestopaint)

Puzzle Piece · ‎06-29-2010

Hello To All!

Very nice Beauty Tips Gloria. Staying home is nice too. I like to rest up and cocoon with my husband. My two cats like it as well.

My blessings are that I happened to enjoy the rain that is so needed in Southern California. I enjoyed having a pizza and a salad with my husband at a 'pizza joint' yesterday with just us two in the booth and some husband wife 'chat'. I had a tiring two weeks behind me and I managed to survive and not be a casualty.

I give thanks daily for this nation, the time we all have here together as her people. We have outstanding troops, strength, generosity, resilience, sharing, and great allies. We are blessed with so much and we have the skills and talents of so many here to make this nation the great one that she is. The love of the universe be yours. Be at peace.

Never Forget the Native American Indian Holocaust