Today’s thought – Memo from God

Mar 8 002No Cares!

Good Morning,

1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: THE BOSS
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

I am God.Today
I will be handling all of your problems.
Please remember that I do not need your help.
If life happens to deliver a situation to you
that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it.
Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box.
All situations will be resolved… but in My time, not yours.
Once the matter is placed into the box,
do not hold onto it by worrying about it.
Instead, focus on all the wonderful things
that are present in your life now

If you find yourself stuck in traffic; Don’t despair.
There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work;
Think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad;
Think of the person who has never known what it’s like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend;
Think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance;
Think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror;
Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.

Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose?
Be thankful. There are those who didn’t live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people’s bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities;
Remember, things could be worse.

You could be one of those, who would rather have your problem.
Author Unknown(edited)

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.  – Albert Einstein

Cast . . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Today’s thought – Though We Believe Not

iris nove 2011 002As early as November
these iris begin to bloom
despite the cold and cloudy days.

Good Morning

Psalm 125:1-2
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion,
which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,
so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

I hope it may be the happiest year of your life,
as I think each succeeding year of everybody’s life should be,
of only everybody were wise enough to see things as they are:
for it is certain that there really exists,
laid up and ready to hand,
for those who will just lay hands upon it,
enough for every one and enough for ever.
I am quite sure that the central mistake of all lives
that are mistaken is the not taking
this simple unchangeable fact for granted,
not seeing that it is so,
and cannot but be so,
and will remain so “though we believe not.”
I think I can trace every scrap of sorrow
in my own life to this simple unbelief.
How could I be anything but quite happy
if I believed always that all the past is forgiven,
and all the present furnished with power,
and all the future bright with hope,
because of the same abiding facts,
which don’t change with my mood,
do not crumble,
because I totter and stagger
at the promise through unbelief,
but stand firm and clear
with their peaks of pearl cleaving the air of Eternity,
and the bases of their hills rooted unfathomably
in the Rock of God?
~~ James Smetham

2Timothy 2:13
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Believe in spite of feelings . . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Today’s thought – The Year Begins

April 15-16 ground prep 001Preparing the ground,
Lord, please prepare my heart for your opportunities.

Good Morning

1 Chronicles 28:20
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

The year begins,
and all its pages are as blank as
silent years of the life of Jesus Christ.
Let us begin it with high resolution;
then let us take all its limitations,
all its hindrances,
its disappointments,
its narrow and common-place conditions,
ans meet them as the Master did in Nazareth,
with patience,
with obedience,
putting ourselves in cheerful subjection,
serving our apprenticeship.
Who know what opportunity may come to us this year?
Let us live in a great spirit,
then we shall be ready for a great occasion.
~~George Hodges

Preparing . . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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Today’s thoughts – Do All Things

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Good Morning

Happy New Year!
Many make resolutions on the first day of a new year.
Not many find their resolve lasted all year long.

Paul gave us a good advice
on how to make this new year a good year.

Colossians 3:17
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

To “do all things in the name of Jesus” is the lesson of life;
do not be angry with yourselves,
nor despair of every learning it,
because thou art slow to learn the first few syllables.
When thou hast learned to do all things to Jesus,
it will shed pleasure over all the dull things,
softness over all the hard things,
peace over all trial and woe and suspense.
Then will life be glad, when thou livest to Jesus;
and how sweet death, to die in Jesus;
with Him, and to Him, and in Him,
to live for evermore.
~~E. B. Pusey

What hope, by having Christ in mind before the action;
His grace anoints the action to make it ‘abundantly above’
what we could ask or imagine.

Be mindful of Christ . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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