Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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Writer Gary Jennings said this: “Love and time, those are the only
two things in all the world and all of life, that cannot be bought,
but only spent.”
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I love that. And HOW I spend my love and time is what it is all
about.
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My work and interests require me to spend probably an inordinate
amount of time in front of my computer. At least according to my
wife Bev.
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She and I were talking one day about death and funerals and what to
do with each other’s remains. I asked. “What will you do with my
body? Burial? Cremation?”
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She answered, “I think I’ll just have you stuffed and propped up in
your chair by the computer. That way when I walk through the room I
won’t even notice that you’re gone.”
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I got the point - too much computer time. And how I spend my time
and my love is all important.
. The question I ask myself is this: “Do I generously and freely give
love and time away - and especially to those closest to me?”
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Charles Francis Adams was the United States ambassador to Great
Britain during the Lincoln administration. He had the habit of
keeping a daily diary. He also taught his son Brooks the value of
journaling his activities in a diary.
. One memorable day, eight-year-old Brooks recorded, “Went fishing
with my father, the most glorious day of my life.” It must have been
a glorious day, for the next forty years Brooks repeatedly mentioned
it in his diary. It became a life-long memory.
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Dec 31 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, advice, aid, anxiety, attitude, behavior, belief, blessings, burden, comfort, courage, cross, depression, difference, drugs, eyes, faith, finance, future, God, heart, help, humanity, inspiration, language, lesson, life, listening, load, love, man, medication, medicine, moment, money, mountain, obedience, others, pain, peace, prayer, rain, rainbow, sound, storm, strength, stress, struggles, surprise, tips, trust, understanding, voice, waiter, weight, wisdom, woman, words, worries
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Let Go
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One day while climbing towards a high cliff a man slipped and
fell over the edge.
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Frantic - he grabbed at a branch jutting out from a tree and
yelled out,
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“Oh, God, help me.”
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He looked down while holding on tight and saw only jagged rocks.
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Clutching even tighter to the branch he cried out again,
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“God…Please help me.”
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Suddenly he felt God’s presence and heard God ask,
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“My son, what can I do for you?’
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The man, somewhat relieved, answered,
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“Please God, help me. Save me.”
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God said quietly,
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“Do you love me?
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Do you trust me?
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Do you believe in me?”
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“Yes, yes, I love you. I trust you and I believe in you,”
the man shouted.
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“Well, if indeed you love me, trust me, and believe in me,
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LET GO.”
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With some hesitation and another look below at the jagged rocks,
the man asked,
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“Is there anybody else up there I can talk to?”
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We often seek other answers when our real answer can only come
when we “Let Go” of some things.
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Though the above is an often-told joke, it is a true parable.
So often in counseling, I tell people the same thing.
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“You have got to let go. That situation is killing you.
It is killing your peace, your finances, and your future.
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You must let go!”
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Often they will inwardly feel just as the hanging man asked,
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“Is there anybody else that I can talk to, because I am afraid
to let go? I know the situation is killing me, that’s why I’m
here. I know that what I am holding on to is destined to die.
I know I cannot fully live while I remain embraced with it.
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But I am soooo… afraid.
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Afraid that I might fall if I let go.”
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Like a person on drugs, you often must “come down” before you
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Jul 24 2010
Posted: under Short Funny Jokes.
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Johnny’s Mother looked out the window and noticed him “playing church” with their cat.
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He had the cat sitting quietly and he was preaching to it.
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She smiled and went about her work.
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A while later she heard loud meowing and hissing and ran back to the open window to see Johnny baptizing the
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Apr 29 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Inspirationals.
Tags: accident, advice, age, aim, air, anger, babies, baby, beacon, beauty, belief, bell, bells, Bible, blessings, bliss, bouquet, breath, bridge, brilliance, burden, cancer, candle, candles, care, cemetery, challenge, check, Christ, clerk, cloud, clouds, cold, color, colors, comfort, Comforter, companion, concentration, couple, courage, creek, cross, cure, dad, depression, destination, divorce, doctor, drugs, encouragement, era, exam, experience, eyes, faith, family, father, feeling, feelings, fire, flame, florist, flowers, focus, force, friends, friendship, funds, gas, gem, gems, genuine, ghost, glory, goal, God, goodness, grace, gratitude, guidance, gynecologist, hair, hairstyle, happiness, healing, health, heart, highway, history, holiday, holidays, home, House, husband, ice, inspiration, Jesus, journey, joy, King, language, laughter, learning, lesson, letter, life, lifestyle, lifetime, light, load, Lord, love, mail, man, marriage, Mathematics, might, mind, moment, money, mountain, noise, obituary, ocean, others, pain, partner, path, perfection, period, phone, physician, power, prayer, promise, quiz, rain, rainbow, reading, Redeemer, rivers, rose, roses, Savior, sea, shape, shapes, sheep, shepherd, size, smiles, son, sound, source, specialist, spouse, spring, stream, strength, stress, struggles, sunshine, surgeon, surprise, teaching, test, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, thorn, thorns, thought, time, tips, torch, touch, travel, treasure, trials, tribulation, trip, triumph, triumphs, truck, trust, truth, vacation, value, vehicle, victory, voice, water, weight, wife, wind, woman, wonder, words, worries, worry
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The Blessing Of Thorns
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Sandra felt as low as the heels of her shoes as she pushed
against a November gust and the florist shop door. Her life had
been easy, like a spring breeze. Then in the fourth month of
her second pregnancy, a minor automobile accident stole her
ease.
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During this Thanksgiving week she would have delivered a son.
She grieved over her loss. As if that weren’t enough, her
husband’s company threatened a transfer. Then her sister, whose
annual holiday visit she coveted, called saying she could not
come.
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What’s worse, Sandra’s friend infuriated her by suggesting her
grief was a God-given path to maturity that would allow her to
empathize with others who suffer. “She has no idea what I’m
feeling,” thought Sandra with a shudder.
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“Thanksgiving? Thankful for what?” she wondered aloud. For a
careless driver whose truck was hardly scratched when he rear-
ended her? For an airbag that saved her life but took that of
her child?
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“Good afternoon, can I help you?”
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The shop clerk’s approach startled her.
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“I….I need an arrangement, “stammered Sandra. “For
Thanksgiving?
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Do you want beautiful but ordinary, or would you like to
challenge the day with a customer favorite I call the
Thanksgiving Special?” asked the shop clerk.
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“I’m convinced that flowers tell stories,” she continued.
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“Are you looking for something that conveys ‘gratitude’ this
Thanksgiving?
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“Not exactly!” Sandra blurted out. “In the last five months,
everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. ” Sandra
regretted her outburst, and was surprised when the shop clerk
said, “I have the perfect arrangement for you.”
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Then the door’s small bell rang, and the shop clerk said, “Hi
Barbara…let me get your order.” She politely excused herself
and walked toward a small workroom, then quickly reappeared,
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Apr 06 2010
Posted: under "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT".
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DOORS
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LOOK BACK AND THANK GOD
LOOK FORWARD AND TRUST GOD
LOOK AROUND AND SERVE GOD
LOOK WITHIN AND FIND GOD
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GOD CLOSES DOORS NO MAN CAN OPEN AND
GOD OPENS DOORS NO MAN CAN CLOSE
Feb 09 2010
Posted: under Funny and Hilarious Jokes.
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Bottle feeding: An opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 am too.
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Defense: What you’d better have around de yard if you’re going to let the children play outside.
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Drooling: How teething babies wash their chins.
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Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.
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Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster
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Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn’t appreciate the strained carrots.
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Full name: What you call your child when you’re mad at him.
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Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they’re sure you’re not raising them right.
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Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
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Aug 09 2009