Net Miles Of Smiles

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“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” ~ Albert Schweitzer 

We’ve all had times in our life when we desperately needed a “shot of inspiration” to move forward.

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an excerpt from
May You Be Blessed
by Kate Nowak

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It happened a few days after my father’s death, in that mind-numbing period of adjustment after someone we love leaves us. Having gone shopping for necessities for my trip back to my own home, I was standing in an otherwise empty aisle of a large chain store when suddenly I sneezed, the last vestiges of an allergy attack I’d fought earlier in the week.

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Almost instantly, from the next aisle over I heard a voice call out, “Bless you,” and then another, and another, and yet another. All in all, in the span of only a few seconds, I counted eleven different voices coming from every possible direction in the store, some saying “God bless you,” others using the word “gezundheit,” but all blessing me, all calling good down upon me.

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I and the Bible, my Book,
In its Scriptures where I look.

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Telling of God’s word is what it’s for.
Telling that if you find God, you’ll be lost no more.

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For I read it both day and night,
To my heart, it brings pure delight.

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In my heart I store its Scriptures.
In my mind it frames a picture.

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Every day I live I see
How great the world God made for me.
The ever changing seas and skies,
The birds and all the butterflies.
The rainbow high above the trees,
Just to think, God gave me these.
He made the rows of yellow corn,
The sunrise on a winter morn,
Frosty windowpanes that glow
Reflecting light upon the snow.

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