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June 7 - Tears Are a Language                           (back)

Tears Are a Language

	There is not a person among us who does not speak this language. We may be from different parts of the world and share different cultures, yet we all speak this same language. The language that I am referring to is the "LANGUAGE OF TEARS." Tears oftentimes say more than words can ever express. In fact, there are times when we find that we cannot speak, but, Oh Thank God, our tears do flow. We have encountered times when we were so low in our spirits and could not express the pain or heartache that we felt deep down in our soul, but with uplifted faces toward heaven, we simply let our tears speak rivers of words that only God our Heavenly Father could interpret, for He is the maker of these "sparkling gems."
Tears! Tears! Tears! What becomes of our tears? Are they simply poured out in vain? To what purpose are all our tears? All the tears that drops from our eyes and rolls down our cheeks are precious seeds that God catches and bottles up for a forthcoming harvest. Just as rain prepares the ground to receive the seed, our tears prepare the ground, and, at the same time, are the seeds planted for a mighty harvest. Oh Christian! God sees and counts all those tears! They are precious in His sight! They speak words unutterable to us but understandable to God! They are precious seeds for our harvest. If we do not grow weary, we shall reap in due season if we faint not.
	We SHALL reap! Our answers to prayer WILL come! They that sow in tears SHALL reap in joy!   We SHALL reap in joy! God will make us to hear joy and gladness once again. (Psalm 51:8) Look at the woman who travails in childbirth. She has sorrow for a time; but when the baby is born, she remembers no more the anguish for the joy (John 16:21). God promises to turn our mourning into joy (Jeremiah 31:13). It's not always going to be this way. Things are going to change. Author Unknown

Daily Prayer

Father, You have called us all to

travel on the same road and in the same

direction, so we will stay together, both

outwardly and inwardly. We have one

Master, one faith, one baptism, one God

and Father of all--Who rules over all, works

through all and is present in all. Everything

we are and think and do is permeated

with oneness.

Father, we imitate You. We walk in

love. We walk as children of the light.

We look carefully how we walk! We live

purposefully and worthily and accurately,

making the very most of the time,

because the days are evil.

We speak to one another in psalms

and hymns and spiritual songs, offering

praise with voice and making melody

with all our hearts to You, Lord, at all

times and for everything giving thanks

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

to You, Father. By love we serve one

another.  And with love comes charity.

For without charity there is no love,

and without love our gifts are worthless.

Father, we thank You that charity is

from You and in the body of Christ,

in the name of Jesus, AMEN.

The above messages are from

Morning Spirit Lift 

June 14 - Lessons from Noah . . .            (back)

Lessons from Noah

There is a lot that can be learned from the story of Noah's Ark. For example:

·         Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

·         Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone might ask you to do something REALLY big. (amen!)

·         Don't listen to critics -- do what has to be done.

·         Build on high ground.

·         For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

·         Two heads are better than one.

·         Speed isn't always an advantage. The cheetahs were on board, but so were the snails.

·         When you are stressed, float a while.

·         Don't forget that we're all in the same boat.

·         Remember that the ark was built by amateurs and the Titanic was built by professionals.

·         Remember that the woodpeckers INSIDE are often a bigger threat than the storm outside.

·         Don't miss the boat.

·         No matter how bleak it looks, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow on the other side!

~Author Unknown~

May your troubles be less,
may your blessings be more,
and may nothing but happiness
come through your door! 

June 21 - The Day the Paint Box Fell from Heaven . . .             (back)

The Day the Paint Box Fell from Heaven

We live in an awesome world. 
Make it an awesome day.

Peace To All and May God Bless You 

Live simply. 
Love generously.
Care deeply. 
Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.

June 28 - I Am the United States                          (back)

I AM THE UNITED STATES

I was born on July 4, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence is my birth certificate. The bloodlines of the world run in my veins, because I offered freedom to the oppressed. I am the United States. 

I am 250 million living souls, and the ghost of millions who have lived and died for me. 

I am Nathan Hale and Paul Revere. I stood at Lexington and fired the shot heard around the world. I am Washington, Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. I am John Paul Jones, the Green Mountain boys, and Davy Crockett. I am Lee, Grant, and Abe Lincoln. 

I am the Brooklyn Bridge, the wheat lands of Kansas, and the granite hills of Vermont. I am the coal fields of the Virginias and Pennsylvania; the fertile lands of the West; the Golden Gate and the Grand Canyon. I am Independence Hall, the Monitor and the Merrimac. 

I am big. I sprawl from the Atlantic to the Pacific, three million square miles throbbing with industry. I am more than 5,000,000 farms; I am forest, field, mountain and desert. I am quiet villages...and cities that never sleep. You can look at me and see Ben Franklin walking down the streets of Philadelphia with his bread loaf under his arm. You can see Betsy Ross with her needle. You can see the lights of Christmas, and hear the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" as the calendar turns. 

I am Babe Ruth and the World Series. I am 169,000 schools and colleges and 250,000 churches where people worship God as they think best. I am a ballot dropped in a box, the roar of a crowd in a stadium, and the voice of a choir in a cathedral. I am an editorial in a newspaper, and a letter to a Congressman. 

I am Eli Whitney and Stephen Foster. I am Tom Edison, Albert Einstein, and Billy Graham. I am Horace Greeley, Will Rogers, and the Wright brothers. I am George Washington Carver, Daniel Webster, and Jonas Salk. 

I am Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman, Thomas Paine.  Yes, I am the Nation, and these are the things that I am. I was conceived in freedom, and, God willing, in freedom will I spend the rest of my days. May I possess always the integrity, the courage, and the strength to keep myself unshackled, to remain a citadel of freedom and a beacon of hope to the world.  I am the United States! 

 Author Unknown

How long have Americans celebrated July 4th as a holiday?  

Essentially since 1777 but, officially, not until 1941. It was in 1777 that Philadelphians first remembered the 4th of July. However, while the War of Independence dragged on, July 4 celebrations were modest at best. When the war ended in 1783, July 4 became a holiday in some places. In Boston, it replaced the date of the Boston Massacre (March 5) as the major patriotic holiday. Speeches, military events, parades, and fireworks marked the day. In 1941, Congress declared July 4 a federal holiday. Received from: Arcamax Trivia To Subscribe: http://www.arcamax.com/cgi-bin/reg, and select "Trivia" from the "Knowledge" category. 

When it seems that there are "too" many things in your life and when 24 hours in a day never seems to be enough, remember the "Pot of Jam" and coffee story:

There once was a professor of philosophy, who in front of his Class, took a large empty pot of jam and without saying a word, began to fill it with golf balls.

Then he asked his students if the jar was full. The Students replied: YES.

The professor then took a box full of marbles and poured the marbles into the pot of jam. The marbles filled the gaps in between the Golf balls. The Professor asked the students again if the jar was full. Again, they replied: YES .

At that point, the professor took a bag of sand and poured it into the pot of jam. Of course, the sand filled all the remaining gaps and the professor asked again if the jar was full. The Students unanimously answered: YES.

The professor then added two cups of coffee to the contents of the jar thus filling the small gaps between the grains of sand. The students started laughing. After they stopped, the professor said: "I want you to realize that the pot of jam represents Life.

The golf balls are the very important things in Life such as family, children, health, everything you are passionate about. Our lives would still be full even if we'd lost everything else and these were the only things that remained.

The marbles are the other things that count in our lives such as work, house, car, etc ...

The sand represents everything else, all the small things in life.

If we had first poured sand into the pot of jam, there wouldn't have been any room left for anything else such as the marbles or the golf balls.

It's the same thing in Life. If we put all our energy and all our time into the small things, we will never have any time/space left for the things that really matter.

Pay attention to the things that are really important to your happiness. Play with your children, take time to go to the doctor, have dinner with your spouse/partner, exercise or take time to enjoy your favorite pass-times.

There will always be time to do the cleaning and fix the taps on the kitchen sink...

Take care of the golf balls first, of the things that really matter. Choose your priorities, the rest is just sand."

One of the students then raised a hand and asked what the coffee meant.

The professor smiled and said: "It's good that you ask. I only added coffee to show that although your lives may seem full and busy, there is always room for a cup of coffee with a friend. Good day to all..."