Monday Quote

Learn to Pause…or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.
~ D. King

Sunday Scripture

 If racing against mere men makes you tired,
      how will you race against horses?
   If you stumble and fall on open ground,
      what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?  Jeremiah 12:5

Friday Humor

Highway 162
Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH. He says to himself, “this driver is just as dangerous as a speedster!”
So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.
Approaching the Car, he notices that there are five [...]

Thanksgiving Verse

A Thanksgiving Prayer

A Thanksgiving Prayer
by Samuel F. Pugh
“O God, when I have food,
help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work,
help me to remember the jobless;
When I have a home,
help me to remember those who have no home at all;
When I am without pain,
help me to remember those who suffer,
And remembering,
help me to destroy my complacency;
bestir my [...]

Monday Quote

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage.
Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.     Seneca

Sunday Scripture

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
      but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. Proverbs 17:22

Friday Humor–Because Jim and I think it’s Funny!

Your Duck is Dead—
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon.
As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest.
After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, “I’m sorry,your duck, Cuddles, has passed away.”
The distressed woman wailed, [...]

What I Can Do

I can’t end hunger, but I can donate cans to a food bank.
I can’t fix needy schools, but I can give volunteer to be a class reader.
I can’t wish every soldier a Merry Christmas but I can send Christmas cards. *
I can’t end the war, but I can pray for the safety of all of [...]

God’s Presence

Reaction to USPSTF Announcement

In an article published November 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, USPSTF researchers announced that the agency was raising to 50 the recommended age at which breast screening should start.
****Mammograms are preventive procedures. When we consider the concept of prevention, we are looking at avoiding risks, building an informational resource, and engendering piece of [...]

Monday Quote

Trusting without knowing makes the world alive with possibility

Sunday Scripture

2 I will be careful to live a blameless life—
      when will you come to help me?
   I will lead a life of integrity
      in my own home.
 3 I will refuse to look at
      anything vile and vulgar.
   I hate all who deal crookedly;
      I will have nothing to do with them.
 4 I will reject perverse ideas
      and stay away from every [...]

Question for Today…

If you didn’t have to work to support yourself or your family, what would you like to be doing with your time?
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Veteran’s Day: Freedom Is Not Free

Thank you to the 25 million Veterans who sacrificed for us.
All veterans are examples of service and citizenship for every American to remember and to follow.” — President George W. Bush, Oct. 30, 2001

No Drama, No Drama, No Drama…

Monday Quote

Life is like a game of tennis. The player who serves well seldom loses.

Sunday Scripture

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

Being Ourselves

If You Change One Thing, You Change Everything

If You Change One Thing, You Change Everything
Looking back on your life, what would you change if you could?
In the classic 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life, the main character, a small-town bank officer played by Jimmy Stewart, is about to commit suicide when an angel shows him how different the lives of people in [...]

Sunday Scripture

 19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live. Deuteronomy 30:19 (NIV)