Hello my friends! Today I was blessed with the lady who cleans Lori's house to do mine, the gift certificate for my birthday. We got along great and she has the bestest vacuum cleaner I've seen! It's a shark, and man does it ever clean! My Oreck just vacuumed my carpets on Saturday, but what this shark picked up, I was embarrassed - I want to get a shark now! We'll see how we can swing it, but that sure would be worth it. I like the bin where the dirt goes in, and you empty it in the trash, and you never need to buy filters. It's that what really showed me what the Oreck was missing!!! She found some mold in Linus' shower, so she was using clorex there, and I never knew that before. She sure is thorough, said she always was an immaculate housekeeper, and so many told her she should do this kind of work and she finally took their advice. She used to work in a salon doing hair. But then she had to work weekends. So it was a blessing today to have my house cleaned professionally! What are your blessings? I'm sure you have many - as God is full of them!! You just have to look around and see them all, right? Inspiration time:
Move with a gentle spirit, a compassionate heart and a patient disposition
and you will accomplish much more today. Lord, grant me a quiet mind
and the wisdom to move my mountains.
Scripture for the day:
"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate
you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone
strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes
away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs
from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do
to others as you would have them do to you." ~Luke 6:27-31
Meditation for the day:
We can try saying: "God bless him (or her)" of anyone who is in disharmony
with us. We may also say it of those who are in trouble through their own
fault. We can say it, willing that showers of blessings may fall upon them.
We can let God do the blessing. We can leave to God any necessary
correction or discipline. We can desire only blessing for them. We can
leave God's work to God. We can occupy ourselves with the tasks that God
gives us to do. God's blessing can also break down all our own difficulties
and build up all our successes.
Prayer for the day:
I pray that I may use God's goodness so that it will be a blessing to
others. I pray that I may accept God's blessing so that I will have
harmony, beauty, joy and happiness.
The 10 Most Important Things Are...
LOVE
The Special Feeling That Makes You Feel
All Warm And Wonderful.
RESPECT
Treating Others As Well
As You Would Like To Be Treated.
APPRECIATION
To Be Grateful For All The Good Things
Life Has To Offer.
HAPPINESS
The Full Enjoyment Of Each Moment.
A Smiling Face.
FORGIVENESS
The Ability To Let Things Be
Without Anger.
SHARING
The Joy Of Giving
Without Thought Of Receiving.
HONESTY
The Quality Of Always
Telling The Truth.
INTEGRITY
The Purity Of Doing What's Right,
No Matter What.
COMPASSION
The Essence Of Feeling Another's Pain,
While Easing Their Hurt.
PEACE
The Reward For Living
The 10 Most Important Things.
~Author Unknown~
Dear God:
I want to thank you for what you have already done.
I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards, I am thanking
you right now.
I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better, I am
thanking you right now.
I am not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop
talking about me, I am thanking you right now.
I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears, I am thanking
you right now.
I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves, I am going to
thank you right now.
I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet,
I am going to thank you right now.
I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get a the
job, I am going to thank you right now.
I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that
has caused me pain or grief, I am going thank you right now.
I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are
removed. I am thanking you right now.
I am thanking you because I am alive. I am thanking you because I made it
through the day's difficulties. I am thanking you because I have walked
around the obstacles.
I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more
and do better. I am thanking you because you have not given up on me. I am
thanking you because you have brought me from a mighty long way.
God is just so good, and he's good all the time. Send this message to
friends, and continue to THANK HIM . Amen
Recipe For Happiness
By: Joseph J. Mazzella
My Dad has sent over some of his delicious homemade
spaghetti sauce for our dinner tonight. It is such a joy to
the taste buds. He lets it slow cook for hours and always
adds the perfect amount of garlic to heighten the flavor.
You feel better just for eating it. It is for me the best
tasting sauce in the whole world. It is the same sauce
that my Grandma and Mom made every Sunday when
I was growing up. It will always be for me a recipe of pure
delight.
We all have recipes in our lives. We have recipes for great
food. We have recipes for loving relationships. We even
have recipes for success. The one recipe I think that we
are all searching for, however, is the recipe for happiness.
We all want to be happy and we all want some secret
recipe that will bring that happiness into our lives.
The recipe for happiness, though, isn't the same for everyone.
Each one of us is a unique individual. Things that would add
to the happiness of one of us would only add to the misery
of another. The truth is that each of us has to create our
own recipe for happiness. Each one of us has to make our
own dinner of joy and love.
Just remember that although each person has a different
recipe for happiness the ingredients always remain the
same. You have to take a cup of what you think, stir in
a few ounces of what you feel, and sprinkle generously
with what you do. If what you think is positive, what you
feel is joyous, and what you do shows love then you will
always create a glorious dinner of delight and happiness
for yourself and others. God has given each of us the
ability to be the great chefs of our own lives. It is up
to us, however, to create the recipes, do the cooking,
and share the meal.
1. Faith is the ability to not panic.
2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.
3. As a child of God, prayer is like calling home every day.
4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God
wants us to be still, so He can untangle the knot.
6. Do the math. Count your blessings.
7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.
9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
10. Laugh every day; it's like inner jogging.
11. The most important things in your home are the People.
12. Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional.
13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.
16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast,
so enjoy your precious moments.
17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise
its just hearsay.
18. It is all right to sit on your pity pot every now and
again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
19. Surviving and living your life successfully require
courage.The goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking.
Learn from the turtle; it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.
20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is
merely what others think you are.
Chamber of Prayer
Lord God take me there
Where You and I can share
Our innermost thoughts in prayer
With all my problems bare
For as I seek Your face
You lift me with Your grace
You surround me with Your light
And give me renewed sight
Lord God take me there
Where You and I can share
Your Kingdom yet to come
And the love we have for Your Son
The peace and calm You give
Almost seems unreal
Then I remember the place
You've brought me with Your grace
It is when You take me there
To that secret Chamber of Prayer
And expecting a miracle there
You show how much You care
Lord God gently lead me there
To that secret Chamber of Prayer
Shower me with Your fountain
Miracles in answered prayer
- Author Unknown
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