Posted: under "A Scripture A Day Keeps The Devil Away", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Life is precious handle with PRAYER!".
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“For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath
given me my petition which I asked of him.”
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– 1 Samuel 1:27
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As a mom you have so many concerns to bring to God
Character . . . . Discipline . . . . Gentleness . . . .
Obedience . . . . Protection . . . . Patience . . . .
Self-control . . . . Worry . . . .
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Through prayer, talk with your heavenly Father about those things and more….
Find God’s blessing on all the matters that are on your heart….
Take a moment to enjoy your Father’s loving presence….
the best place a mom can be.
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My little children,
let us not love in word, neither in tongue;
but in deed and in truth
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– 1 John 3:18
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Lord, I’m always telling people how much I love my children, but I’m afraid I’m not always good at putting it into practice. In my heart I know I do love them and want what’s best for them, but I
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May 08 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY", Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
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You Are Beautiful
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You are beautiful. . .
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It’s a phrase that my mother uses a lot.. I used to wonder, “How in the world can Mother call them
beautiful?”
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I am a logical, statistical man.
I call things as I see them.
I didn’t see beauty.
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My mother would tell people this with an enthusiasm they
could feel. She was genuine. She wasn’t telling them they
were beautiful to get something from them. Most of the
time, they were trying to get something from her.
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I wondered for years what was wrong with Mother’s perception and
vision. Couldn’t she see that all of the people she called
beautiful, weren’t beautiful?
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You were beautiful only if you had a certain figure and face
that was classed as beautiful by the laws of the world and
glamour. Yet when my mother spoke, people smiled as though
Glamour magazine had listed them as one of the beautiful people
of the year.
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It took me years to finally understand my mother’s vision
and the phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
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My mother had a spirit that could see the beauty in a person. .Most only look on the outside and then compare what they
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May 08 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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LaLa Vasquez and Carmelo Anthony
“It was the most amazing night of my life,” Vasquez, 31, said of July 10 NYC wedding to the Denver Nugget star, 26. After a 20-minute ceremony, where their three-year-old son Kiyan served as ring bearer, the couple and their 300-plus guests danced to ’70s R&B and hip-hop tunes.
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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
The expectant singer — in a one-shoulder silk Vera Wang draped dress — and the hip-hop producer, 32, were wed by pal Dr. Deepak Chopra at a private residence in Corsica, France July 31 (also in attendance: Queen Latifah and Bono). Three months later, the crooner, 29, gave birth to their son Egypt.
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Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky
Clad in Vera Wang, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swapped vows with the
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Mar 30 2011
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life".
Tags: action, attitude, behavior, belief, Bible, bishop, character, child, example, faith, family, friends, friendship, God, inspiration, language, life, love, man, minister, morals, mother, parent, pastor, personality, pope, preacher, priest, respect, reverend, role model, scripture, smiles, trust, values, woman, words
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There were four clergymen who were discussing the merits of the various translations of the Bible.
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One liked the King James Version because of its simple, beautiful English.
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Another liked the American Revised Version best because it is more literal and came nearer to the original Hebrew and Greek.
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Still another liked Moffat’s translation because of its up-to-date vocabulary.
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The fourth minister was silent. When asked to express his opinion, he replied, “I like my mother’s translation best.”
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Mar 11 2011
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: achievements, baby, beauty, children, family, friends, glory, God, heart, home, inspiration, laughter, life, love, man, message, mother, parent, perfection, smiles, teacher, woman, youth
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Love In The Home
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If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have
not love, I am a housekeeper – not a homemaker.
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If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have
not love, my children learn cleanliness – not godliness.
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Love leaves the dust in search of a child’s laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
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Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
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Love is present through the trials.
Love reprimands, reproves,and is responsive.
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Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then
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Feb 22 2011
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", "Life is precious handle with PRAYER!", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something".
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Angels Unaware
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My children and I had a dental appointment with Dr. Hilliard
here in Abilene one day in 1997 and when I was paying the bill
his receptionist was telling me all the work that needed to be
done on our teeth.
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Mine totaled up to over $500.00 and being a single parent, that
was COMPLETELY out of the question. She was telling me that I
could do it “little by little” and I was letting her know that
there wasn’t enough “little by little” in the world to justify
me spending $500.00 on MY mouth.
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There were things that my children needed done and I would get
those done, but that the work on my mouth simply would not be
done. She understood and we left.
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Later that day, she called me at work and told me that they had
an anonymous donor that wanted to pay the bill to have the work
done on my teeth. I thought she was kidding or that the doctor
was just going to do the work free, and that he did not want me
to feel bad so they were going to pretend like someone was going
to pay for it.
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When it was obvious that neither of those were true, I figured
the doctor must have somehow figured out who my parents were and
called them.
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I guess it took less of a miracle in my mind for him to figure
out who they were, even though he did not know them and that was
the first time we had ever been to see him, than for a total
stranger to be willing to pay my dental bill.
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I called my Mom and of course, she knew nothing about it.
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After call after call to the receptionist to make sure she
wasn’t kidding, she finally told me that there was a lady in the
waiting room when I was paying out that had overheard our
conversation and had told her that she wanted to cover the
cost to have my teeth work done, but she did not want me to know
who she was.
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There is NO WAY to explain how shocked I was!!!!
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Needless to say, I got the work done that I needed and she paid
the bill. Then a little while before Christmas that year, the
receptionist called me at work again and told me they had
something for me that I needed to pick up…..I went down there
and there was an envelope from “Our Angel” with a check from
one of the local churches for $300.00 in it to help us with
Christmas.
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She had given it to the church for them to write the check so
her identity would still remain unknown.
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It turns out she was a Christian lady that had also been a
single mom. Once again……I simply could not believe
It and still can’t really. There is no way she will ever know
how many times she still crosses my mind and how many prayers I
have prayed for the Lord to send her a special blessing and if
He can….to someway let her know it is from us through Him.
There is a special place in our hearts that is her’s and her’s
alone and there always will be.
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The doctor told me one day that I had been in the same room with
her about 6 months earlier and was surprised to find out that I
still did not know her identity.
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The first thing that came to my mind was that I hope I wasn’t
having a bad day that day. When I told the receptionist that,
she said she didn’t figure I had acted bad (but then she doesn’t
know how bad I can act when things aren’t going my way).
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That just goes to show you that you never can tell when you are
“entertaining angels” and you sure wouldn’t want to be showing
your “less than loveable side” at the time.
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On top of all this a couple of months ago, I was going through
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Jan 31 2011