| | Subject | Date | Text | Author | | five simple rules to be happy: | 11/21/2004 | 1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less. | Happy |
| Friend | 11/14/2004 | Me And You Is Friends ...
You Smile, I Smile .....
You Hurt, I Hurt ....
You Cry, I Cry ...
You Jump Off A Bridge ...
I Gonna Miss Ya!
| Your Best Friend |
| WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT | 11/10/2004 | ITS NOT THE THINGS YOU DO DEAR, ITS THE THINGS YOU LEAVE UNDONE, THAT GIVES YOU THE BITTER HEARTACHE AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN. | BEVERLY |
| Divine guidance! ABC's | 11/10/2004 |
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
X alting God most high
Y es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Z ion 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
| God |
| God Is | 11/1/2004 | For those that come to the Lord must believe that HE IS. You must also know that...not only does He hear your prayers, but that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS! He WILL do what He says He'll do. | Shirley Jean |
| Waiting for God's timing brings great rewards!! | 10/29/2004 | How can I grow in patience?
"I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. "
Psalm 40:1 NLT
We must wait patiently in prayer for God to do his work in us.
| Submitted by: MeltMeSlowLy |
| Man, This is Powerful | 10/25/2004 | As you got up this morning, I watched you, and hoped you would talk to me, even if it was just a few words, asking my opinion or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday. But I noticed you were too busy, trying to find the right outfit to wear.
When you ran around the house getting ready, I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you were to busy. At one point you had to wait fifteen minutes with nothing to do except sit in a chair. Then I saw you spring to your feet. I thought you wanted to talk to me but you ran to the phone and called a friend to get the latest gossip instead. I watched patiently all day long. With all our activities I guess you were too busy to say anything to me.
I noticed that before lunch you looked around, maybe you felt embarrassed to talk to me,that is why you didn't bow your head. You glanced three or four tables over and you noticed some of your friends talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't. That's okay. There is still more time left, and I hope that you will talk to me yet.
You went home and it seems as if you had lots of things to do. After a few of them were done, you turned on the TV. I don't know if you like TV or not, just about anything goes there and you spend a lot of time each day in front of it not thinking about anything, just enjoying the show. I waited patiently again as you watched the TV and ate your meal, but again you didn't talk to me.
Bedtime I guess you felt too tired. After you said good night to your family you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time. That's okay because you may not realize that I am always there for you.. I've got patience, more than you will ever know.... I even want to teach you how to be patient with others as well.
I love you so much that I wait everyday for a nod, prayer or thought, or a thankful part of your heart. It is hard to have a one-sided conversation.
Well, you are getting up once again. Once again I will wait, with nothing but love for you. Hoping that today you will give me some time. Have a nice day!
Your friend,
GOD
PS - Do you have enough time to send this to another person?
If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions. Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father."
Not ashamed -- pass this on . . . only if you mean it.
| S N |
| WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN? | 10/24/2004 | WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN?
Is It A Disease?
Well, If It Is,
I Sure Hope It's Catching
Because They Need To Pour It
Into A Bottle,
Label It, And Sprinkle It
All Over The People
Men And Women
Who Ever Loved Or Cried,
Worked Or Died
For Any One Of Us
So...What If I Am A Black Woman?
Is It A Crime?
Arrest Me !
Because I'm Strong,
But I'm Gentle
I'm Smart, But I'm Learning,
I'm Loving, But I'm Hateful
And I Like To Work Because I Like To Eat
And Feed And Clothe
And House Me, Mine, And Yours
And Everybody's,
Like I've Been Doing For The Past 300 Years
So...What If I Am A Black Woman?
Is It Insane?
Commit Me!
Because I Want The Happiness,
Not Tears; Truths, Not Lies;
Pleasure Not Pain;
Sunshine, Not Rain;
A Man, Not A Child!
So...What If I Am A Black Woman?
Is It A Sin?
Pray For Me!
And Pray For You Too,
If You Don't Like Women Of Color
Because We Are... Midnight Black,
Chestnut Brown, Honey Bronzed,
Chocolate Covered, Cocoa Dipped,
Big Lipped, Big Hipped, Big Breasted,
And Beautiful All At The Same Time!
So...What If I Am A Black Woman?
Does It Bother
You That Much
Because I Want A Man Who Wants Me
Loves Me And Trusts Me,
Respects Me And Gives Me Everything
Because I Give Him Everything Back, Plus!
So...What If I Am A Black Woman?
I've Got Rights,
Same As You!
I Have Worked For Them,
Died For Them,
Lied For Them,
Played And Laid For Them,
On Every Plantation From
Alabama To Boston And Back!
So...What If I Am A Black Woman? I Love Me,
And I Want You To Love Me Too,
But I Am, As I've Always Been,
Near You,
Close To You,
Beside You,
Strong, Giving, Loving,
For Over 300 Years,
Your Black Woman
Love Me!
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| Beauty | 10/19/2004 | Beauty, more than skin deep, lasts according to the attitude you keep! | Unknown |
| Words of encouragememt | 10/13/2004 | Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all of your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. | The Holy Bible |
| Just for this morning | 10/12/2004 | Just for this morning, I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh when I feel like crying.
Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how perfect it is.
Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play.
Just for this morning, help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys..
Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you.
Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.
Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.
Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite TV shows.
Just for this evening when I run my finger through your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.
I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't handle it anymore.
And when I kiss you good night I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer. It is then, that I will thank God for you, and ask him for nothing, except one more day.............
| M L |
| Friend | 10/10/2004 | Today, if a smile comes to you,
a happy smile that perhaps you can't explain...
It's becauce, in that moment, I am thinking of you- and smiling, too! | M Owens |
| KINDNESS | 10/8/2004 | "SMART PEOPLE USE KIND WORDS!" | Leon Dudley |
| PRAISING GOD FOR CLOSED DOORS | 10/7/2004 | We need to learn to praise the Lord as much for a closed door as we do an open door. The reason God closes doors is because He has not prepared anything over there for us. If he didn't close the wrong door, we would never find the right door.
God directs our path through the closing and opening of doors. Once a door closes, it forces you to change your course. Another door closes, it forces you to change your course again. Then, finally, you find the open door and you walk right into your blessing.
The Lord directs our paths through the opening and closing of doors, but instead of praising him for the closed door (which keeps us out of trouble); we get upset because we "judge by the appearances."
You have an ever-present help in the time of trouble that is always standing guard. Because He walks ahead of you, He can spot trouble down the road and set up a roadblock or detour accordingly. But through our lack of wisdom, we try to tear down the roadblocks or push aside the detour sign. Then the minute we get into trouble, we start crying, "Lord, how could You have done this to me?"
We have got to realize that the closed door can be a blessing. Didn't He say that no good thing would He withhold from them that love Him?
If you get terminated from your job, praise God for the new opportunities that will manifest themselves: it might be another job, it might be school.
If that man or woman won't return your call, it might not be them, it might be the Lord setting up a roadblock (just let it go).
One time, a person had a bank they had been in business with for many years tell them "No!" to a $10,000 loan. The Lord put in their spirit to call another bank. That bank gave them $40,000 at a lower interest rate than the first bank was offering.
We can sometimes trap ourselves in doubt and discouragement through judging by appearances. Be grateful for the many times our Father has closed doors to us just to open them in the most unexpected places.
The Lord won't always say in spoken words: "Go to the left, now to the right" ...sometimes He will just close the doors that are wrong for you.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him - and He will direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
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| Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star | 10/5/2004 | Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to an Ignace Jan Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted an old friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and eventually explored his way through a door marked "NO
ADMITTANCE." "When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered the child was missing. Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage.
In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard,
innocently picking out "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano and whispered in the boy's ear, "Don't quit." "Keep playing." Then, leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato.
Together, the old master and the young novice transformed what could have been a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience.
The audience was so mesmerized they couldn't recall what else the great master played. Only the classic, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
Perhaps that's the way it is with God.
What we can accomplish on our own is hardly noteworthy. We try! our bes t, but the results aren't always graceful flowing music. However, with the hand of the Master, our life's work can truly be beautiful.
The next time you set out to accomplish great feats, listen carefully. You may hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, "Don't quit." "Keep playing."
May you feel Gods arms around you and know God's hands are there, helping you turn your feeble attempts into true masterpieces.
Remember, God doesn't seem to call the equipped, rather, He equips the 'called.'
Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than by the things you acquire. God blesses you and is with you always!
| ABUNDANT BLESSINGS! |
| Sleep well | 10/5/2004 | Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer
interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals. Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer.
"Are you a good farmhand?" the farmer asked him.
"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.
Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work. Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the
little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!" The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows." Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had
been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
MORAL: When you're prepared spiritually, mentally, and physically, you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life? The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he had secured the farm against the storm. We, as believers in Christ, secure ourselves against the storms of life by grounding ourselves in the Word of God. We don't need to understand, we just need to hold His hand to have peace in the midst of the storms.
| Sleep well |
| Things You Do | 9/28/2004 | Everything you do, all day long, is an opportunity to sow good seeds, or bad ones, that can drastically change things in your life. Get an early start in sowing only what you want to come back to you.
| L H H |
| Our Duty | 9/22/2004 | Our Duty is not to see through one another, but to see one another through. | Unknown |
| all-Inclusive | 9/21/2004 | All-inclusive, an adjective which means including everything.
A society void of this adjective and it's meaning continues to impede growth and development of your children and humanity. All-inclusive
means everyone and everything without regards to anything...and this positive word need to be explained to all of your listeners, staff, et al.
| CC |
| BE NICE! | 9/20/2004 | "It's nice to be important, but more impprtant to be nice!" | |
| Life | 9/19/2004 | 1. Never confuse your career with your life.
2. Who cares if you can't dance very well. Life is too short, just get up and dance
3. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, bus boy, or paperboy is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
4. Your true friends love you anyway.
| Whit's Wise Words |
| Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly | 9/18/2004 | This is a good verse to remember, especially in these times.
Father, thank you for being our provider, our sustainer, our source of
everything. All eyes look to you for their food, and you give them
what they need. Thank you Jesus for being our shepherd.
2 Corinthians 9:6-10 NIV
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and
whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give
what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all
grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that
you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: He has
scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures
forever. Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also
supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of
your righteousness.
Infinite Blessings!
| L H H |
| meditating/comtemplating | 9/13/2004 | when you focus on that..the soul of that it will talk/speak to you in various ideas associated with it! | m.willis |
| kindness | 9/13/2004 | be kind..everyperson you meet is fightng a hard battle | m.willis |
| rESPECT | 9/8/2004 | If you expect respect, be the first to show it. Respect starts with how you treat yourself | Unknown |
| grace | 8/31/2004 | Abba, please hold me. I know You're there.
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| Use Self-Control | 8/28/2004 | Use Self-Control
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perserverance; and to perserverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness,love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Peter 1:5-8 NIV
The Word says that a person will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in his folly he will go astray and be lost (see Proverbs 5:23). You can't buy discipline, but you have an inner ability to develop self-control.
By spending time with God, you can be filled with His Spirit and controlled by His power to live a calm life with a well-balanced mind of discipline and self-control (see Timothy 1:7). Consciously add self-control to your behavior today.
| Lori |
| Psalm 23 | 8/25/2004 | This is an eye opener; some probably never thought nor looked at this Psalm in this way, even though they say it over and over again.
The Lord is my Shepherd
That's Relationship!
I shall not want
That's Supply!
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
That's Rest!
He leadeth me beside the still waters
That's Refreshment!
He restoreth my soul
That's Healing!
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
That's Guidance!
For His name sake
That's Purpose!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
That's Testing!
I will fear no evil
That's Protection!
For Thou art with me
That's Faithfulness!
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me
That's Discipline!
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies
That's Hope!
Thou annointest my head with oil
That's Consecration!
My cup runneth over
That's Abundance!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
That's Blessing!
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
That's Security!
Forever
That's Eternity!
Face it, the Lord is crazy about you. Send this to the people you are crazy about.
This is pretty special, just like YOU!!! What is most valuable, is not what we have in
our lives, but WHO we have in our lives!
Stop telling God how big your problem is and start telling your problem how big your God is!
| F Nash |
| sport | 8/16/2004 | | |
| Help your brother | 8/5/2004 | If you haven't done something for someone, you haven't done nothing at all | vlb |
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