Wednesday, May 12, 2010 

Do Everything Without Complaining


Blaming others for the pain we feel each time someone fails to live up to our expectations is no different than burning our tongue on coffee that's too hot to swallow, and then calling our cup an idiot!


~ Do everything without complaining.. ~ Philippians 2:14

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Saturday, March 20, 2010 

Listening Laughing Loving

I know I have not been posting much, however I had been reading friends’ blog on a regular basis. I miss writing in my own blogs, but alas, I just couldn't set aside enough time for doing just that.

In the meantime, here's a simple poet I came across from the Internet and I dedicate this poem with glad feelings to everyone!
Each day we struggle to keep up with our daily lives,
We have families and jobs and responsibilities we must stay on top of,
People depend on us.
There are "things that need to get done".
BUT WAIT!
Stop. Take a breath.
And just old one one darn second!
In the moment of time it will take you to read this, you could:
Send an email to friend you haven't had time to catch up with;
Make a phone call just to say, "I love you!"
OR
"I hope you have a wonderful day!".
Hug that precious "baby".
Say a prayer of thanks for all you have.
OR
Give yourself a pat on the back in appreciation for all YOU do.
Maybe we don't always remember to take a minute for the "little things".
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
Life is short, and the lawn will continue to grow well after we're no longer around to mow it.
There will always be bills to pay, mouths to feed, laundry, windows and cars to wash.
Those that care about us won't sit around "the old camp fire" and reminisce about ability to multi-task better than the rest or our taskmaster greatness.
Hopefully they will remember us by the time we spent:
Listening, Laughing and Loving.
Wishing all is well with whatever you are doing now and I wish myself a "not too busy days" to come!
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you". Psalm 55:22 NKJV

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Sunday, December 30, 2007 

Happy New Year 2008

May this year brings you much joy and happiness!
Remember every day under the sun is a gift.
Receive it with eagerness.
Treat it kindly.
Share it with joy.
Each night return it to the Giver who will make it bright and shiny again
before the next sunrise.
The Millenium Prayer
God of love and mercy,
you call us to be your people,
you gift us with your abundant grace.
Make us a holy people,
radiating the fullness of your love.
Form us into a community,
a people who care,expressing your compassion.
Remind us day after day of our baptismal call to serve,
with joy and courage.
Teach us how to grow in wisdom and grace and joy in your presence.
Through Jesus and in your Spirit,
we make this prayer.
Amen.

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Monday, September 18, 2006 

Food For Thought

Where Lies the Truth

"Quote"
How can you say things, which are not?
Tell a person one thing and tell others something else.
You can’t run away from facts,
There’s nothing you can do but to accept and comprehend.

Life wasn’t made to be that easy to do.

The world doesn’t change just because you told a different story.
"Unquote:


~ Keep your heart clean and bright; you are the window through which others may see God.~

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Monday, July 24, 2006 

Coffee and Life

Coffee and Life
(An interesting analogy)

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups; porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it”.

The moral of the story is, don't let the cups drive you rather enjoy the coffee instead.

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Friday, March 24, 2006 

Expect a Miracle


"Expect a Miracle"

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?"
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.


The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose hope, because God is at work in our lives all the time, even in the midst of our pain and sufferings, frustration and challenges. Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground, it just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of God. Remember the hymn titled "Amazing Grace?" What a awesome God He is! Praise, Glory and Honor be to thee O Lord. We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the mist of thy temple. Amen

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