Life comes at us so quickly. We have so much to do in such a limited amount of time. Or do we?
Now that is quite the thought if we just take one moment to quieten out minds, look around us and watch life happening. What are we doing for ourselves? Yep, what a concept. If we are happy then happiness just spreads and spreads. It takes that one moment in time out of our busy lives to pause......savor just one second to take a deep breath and focus on NOW not tomorrow, tonight, an hour but now. What… Continue
Posted by Jo on August 19, 2008 at 1:37pm —
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A friend is like a flower***,
a rose to be exact***,
Or maybe like a brand new gate***
that never comes unlatched***.
A friend is like an owl***,
both beautiful and wise***.
Or perhaps a friend is like a ghost***,
whose spirit never dies***.
A friend is like a heart that goes***
strong until the end***.
Where would we be in this world***
if we didn't have a friend***.
*** - By Emma Guest
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Posted by Tash O'Sullivan on August 17, 2008 at 7:02pm —
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*.*.*HOME*.*.*
Keep the home fires burning
Keep the hearth open still
Watch out for cold winds
That find us with a chill
Bring a happy glow to those
Whose love you value still
And keep the wolves from the door
And the pie up on the sill….
Make a bed for those weary heads
To lay upo… Continue
Posted by Tash O'Sullivan on August 16, 2008 at 8:05am —
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O Dear Teacher you teach
The world the lesson of life,
Principle of leading content life,
Like a banyan tree provides shade of love
Bestow on us knowledge.
O Dear Teacher you are
A soul that knows only to give,
A Guide who leads us to right path,
A sailor of life who takes us to our destination,
Hope of tomorrow,
The Lantern of wisdom.
O Dear Teacher,
No pen can rightly describe your greatness,
My head bow with respect & gratitude.
(not written by me!) Continue
Posted by Tash O'Sullivan on August 16, 2008 at 3:05am —
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My sweet, innocent granddaughter just graduated from a crib to her own bed. Then, she quietly removed every single thing out of all the drawers & closets.
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Posted by Connie on August 7, 2008 at 11:00pm —
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Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 3 hrs 15 min
Makes: 2 doz. or 24 servings, 1 square each
64 NILLA Wafers, divided
1/4 cup sugar, divided
5 Tbsp. margarine or butter, melted
2-1/2 cups cold milk
2 pkg. (4-serving size each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1-1/2 cups (1/2 of 8-oz. tub) thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
3 cups sliced strawberries
CRUSH 40 of the wafers; mix with 3 Tbsp. of the sugar and the margarine until well blended. Press firmly onto bottom of 13x9-in…Continue
Posted by Connie on July 9, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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His first day on the job, this 19 year old man was set up by fellow (all girls) employees to be part of the dance demonstration. He didn't know what he was in for, but he was a very good sport!Continue
Posted by Connie on July 2, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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June 9, 2008 Chicago’s Grant Achatz, 34, won The James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef in America award on Sunday night, capping an intense year during which he courageously battled oral cancer and saved both his tongue and his career. Achatz had previously won James Beard Foundation… Continue
Posted by Connie on June 16, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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So often we become aware of what others say and do.If we would listen and watch ourself as well,we will also see and hear things contrary to God's word.I myself have been checked by the Holy Spirit many times and was glad I listened to His voice.As I think on this,I remember a time when my children were very young.Often the children and I would be on our way home through this valley where we lived.I look down and see the gas gauge was low,I would ask the kids to pray with me that God would help… Continue
Posted by TheHagers on June 11, 2008 at 7:34am —
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May 21, 2008
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field — coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord."… Continue
I woke up this morning
and knew that today,
the sun would not be shining
and the clouds would be gray.
As I stepped outside,
rain fell upon my head.
My car wouldn't start
so I walked to school instead.
I forgot all of my assignments.
I failed all of my tests.
I dropped my head in disgust
and asked the Lord for one request.
"Lord, why is that things
won't go my way?"
He gently replied, "Dear child
it is because you didn't thank me yesterday.
I woke you up and enable you
to see the sun again
I… Continue
It'sbeen awhile since I have post anything but thought I would do a poem God gave me when my so son Jay ran apair of pliers through his eye.The title is MY DAUGHTER
I stopped by my Father's house today
While I was there I heard Him say,
"Daughter ,I love you .You're precious to me.
Healing ,joy and peace so sublime
Are yours for the taking ,because you are mine.
I'll never leave thee,I'm here all the time
So hold tight to my hand and stay close to My side.
We'll win these battles,together we'll… Continue
Posted by TheHagers on May 20, 2008 at 9:00pm —
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A cowboy rides into town, goes into a bar, has a beer, walks outside and finds his horse has been stolen. He walks into the bar, and fires his gun through the ceiling. "WHICH ONE OF YOU MOTHERS STOLE MY HOSS?" he yells. No-one answers. "ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA HAVE ANOTHA BEER, AND IF MY HOSS… Continue
Posted by Toria Newman on May 18, 2008 at 3:00am —
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Hello, my name is Tawana Williams. I know that my story will bless your readers.
I was born without arms in Wilson, NC. in 1963, due to the drug Thalidomide. The drug was given to pregnant women in the 1960’s to prevent morning sickness, but caused major birth defects in unborn babies. My mother was shocked when she saw me, her new baby, but she couldn’t help but love me.
My mother wrote a letter of desperation to the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. She needed t… Continue
You Are So Blessed
SEPTEMBER 07, 2007 10:40AM
By: Richard Harrington
If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won't survive the week.
If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.
If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed… Continue
Posted by Richard on April 7, 2008 at 7:00am —
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The Bible...Wondrous Book! Book above and beyond all books as a river is
beyond a rill in reach, as the sun is above and beyond the tallow dipped
in brightness, as Niagara is above and beyond a mill pond in
power...Book against which infidelities has thrown its sharpest shafts
and strongest spear of scorn and ridicule! Book at which the dissecting
knives of modernistic intellectuals have whacked at like butchers...Book
against which some snipers from behind some pulpit stands and some
college ch… Continue
Posted by Matthew on March 28, 2008 at 12:11am —
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Dear Child,
You may not know me, but I know everything about you ~ Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up ~ Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways ~ Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered ~ Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image ~ Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being ~ Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring ~ Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived ~ Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation ~ Eph… Continue
Posted by Matthew on March 23, 2008 at 7:18pm —
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THE OLD CHURCH
Be blessed..........
There were two little boys
Walking down a dusty lane ..
They came upon this old white house .
With broken window panes.
The paint was faded, the shine was gone ...
The grass had grown so high .
Still they made their little feet go ..
To see what was inside.
They opened up the squeaky door ..
And then it came to light .
This must have been an old church house ..
Once upon a time.
Dirty, dusty wooden pews ...
A pulpit that still stood ..
A Bible laid upon i… Continue
It was two or three weeks before Easter.The pastor was preaching his Sunday morning message,,but as I sat there listening,I was drawn away completely into a vision-that's the best way I can describe the experience.It was very unusual.I was at Jesus 'birth,at the stable,pressing my way through the crowd.I knew if I could reach Him,I would get to hold Him.I was in tears ,just thinking of holding our Lord.
Then suddenly ,the scene changed ,I could see Him as a child ,playing near His home in Nazare… Continue
Posted by TheHagers on March 7, 2008 at 8:29pm —
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Now This Is The Living Bible
His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of college.
He is brilliant. He is kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a Christian while attending college.
Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church. They want to develop a ministry to the students but are not sure how to go about it.
One day Bill decides to go there… Continue
Invitation?
A nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to four-year old David's comment.
Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. "Listen", she said..........."What do you suppose that is?"
He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if lo… Continue
There is a story of an old man and a young man on the same platform before an audience.A special part of the program was being presented.Each of the men was to repeat from memory the Twenty-Third Psalm.The young man,trained in speech and drama,gave in oratory,the Psalm.When finished the audience clapped for more so they could hear his beautiful,modulated voice once more.
Then the old man,leaning on his cane,stepped to the front of the platform and in a feeble,shaking voice, repeated the same wor… Continue
Posted by TheHagers on February 19, 2008 at 7:42pm —
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I saw a painting in England which showed a soldier who had gone to the front to repair the communications lines.The message which was to flow through those lines meant life to hundreds and perhaps thousands of men. He found a breach in the wires but had nothing with which to repair the break.While the enemy shells were bursting around him,he took one broken cable in his left hand and stretching his right hand grasped the other cable and made the connection.The dramatic picture had a one word tit… Continue
Posted by TheHagers on February 19, 2008 at 7:05pm —
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The Old Ones say, love is all anyone needs.
Love doesn't go away nor can love be divided.
Once you commit an act of love, you'll find it continues.
Love is like setting up dominos one behind the other.
Once you hit the first domino, it will touch the second one which will touch the
third one and so on. Every love act or love thought has an affect on each
person as well as touching the whole world. If you live a life filled with love,
the results will affect your friends, relatives and oth… Continue
As a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up. She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door. The trucker lowers the window, and she says "Hi, my name is Heather and you are losing some of your load." The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street. When the truck stops for another red light, the girl catches up again. She jumps out of her car, runs up and knocks on the door. Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they…
When Job was questioning about the misery that he had to go through, God came and visited Him. However, God did not answer his questions about the reasons for Job’s suffering, but gave him a zoology lesson: “But now ask the
beasts, and they will teach you; and the birds of the air, and
they will tell you.” (NKJ, bold mine)
There are wisdom secrets hidden in the lives of the animals, and one bird that is often mentioned in the bible is the eagle.
There was a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. But that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
Mrs.Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn't play we…
A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the Doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still groggy from surgery, her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news. That afternoon of March 1991,complications had forced Diana, only 24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency cesarean to deliver the couple's new daughter, Danae Lu Blessing.
At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound and nine ounces, they already knew…
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young man taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village revolved around the fishing industry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in cases of emergency. One night the winds raged, the clouds burst and a gale force storm capsized a fishing boat at sea. Stranded and in trouble, the crew sent out the S.O.S. The captain of the rescue rowboat team sounded the alarm and the villagers assembled in the town squar…
Women's restroom - ISN'T THIS THE TRUTH ?????? you may need to stop at the women's restroom . . . be prepared!
When you have to visit a public bathroom, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the stall doors. Every stall is occupied.
Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the stall. You get in to find the door won't latch.
On a quiet street in the city a little old man walked along shuffling through the autumn afternoon. The autumn leaves reminded him of other summers come and gone. He had a long lonely night ahead, waiting for June.
Then among the leaves, near an orphan's home a piece of paper caught his eye. He stooped to pick it up with trembling hands. As he read the childish writing the old man began to cry, because the words burned inside him like a brand.
With each glance your way, I devise Another plan to give rise You turn me on with no surprise Exchanging glimpses and never lies Too hard to ever say goodbye A rush of feelings I could never disguise Me secrets no longer safe behind my eyes.
I am a 56 year old divorced man living in Florida. I became an alcoholic at the age of 13. i had a real messed up childhood starting at the age of 3 when I was adopted into the Harrington family I felt unloved and unwanted from the very beginning which resulted in a lot of trouble at school in the service and in my marriage of 12 years to my high school sweetheart who divorced me in 1979 I could not hold down a job. every…
for those of you that have read my testimony about my miraculous healing from Alcohol and drugs and became a born again Christian, there is an incident that accord two weeks before that miraculous event that would change my life forever.
As you know from my testimony, i lived on the streets for over 4 years so i saw some incredible things that many peopl…
A woman is dying of Aids.A priest is summoned.He attempts to comfort her,but to no avail.
"I am lost"she said."I have ruined my life and every life around me."
The priest saw a framed picture of a pretty girl on the dresser.Who is this?"he asked.The woman brightened."She's my daughter,the one beautiful thing in my life."
"And would you help her if she was in trouble,or made a mistake?Would you forgive her?Would you still love her?
First off, I would just like to say that I'm really glad that I got to find and that there is a happy posts group. It really just tickles my toes to know that there is somewhere in cyberspace that just wants to make the world a little cheerier. ^^
Anyway, today is my sixteenth birthday. Its kinda hard to believe, now that it is actually here. I remember all the times when I wondered what I'd be like when I was all old 'n stuff, and I'm pretty pleased with who I am. I know I'm not that ol… Continue
Posted by Korinn on December 17, 2007 at 11:50pm —
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Tom and I were living in a small town in West Virginia.Our finances were very tight .I worked weekends to help with our budget,but even then,we would live from paycheck to paycheck.
The holiday season was fast approaching.There was no money for gifts that year.We had two little boys:a four -year-old and a four -month -old.I felt if I had enough to buy the children gifts,the rest of my family would understand.I began to pray,"Oh,God,if I just had fifty dollars,I could at least buy a few…
It was coming closer,that day when our precious Savior was born.It was the twenty -second of December,only three days until Christmas.I had been very busy,working at the store and then after work trying to prepare for our Christmas celebration with our relatives.I found myself going about my chores praying,"Oh God,I want to have my children know the true meaning of this special day."How special it would be,it seemed to me,if we were to read the story of His birth,pray,and then share our gifts…
This is a song for every girl who's Ever been through something she thought she couldn't make it through I sing these words because I was that girl too Wanting something better than this But who do I turn to
Now we're moving from the darkness into the light…
What's making me happy? I woke up today knowing that it would be a great day. We decorated cupcakes last night for his (our) four year old's preschool. She was so thrilled to help out and couldn't wait to take them in this morning, where I am sure she will br…
Escaping from the negative, I turn to Happy Posts, hoping to find some laughter and smiles around here! Unlike my Writing to you all blog, which deals mainly with news relating to our family all over the world, this one will deal only with happy stuff! It is dedicated to all kids of any age, whether family or not, wherever they might be! I still consider myself a kid, so I will be including here: jokes, pictures, videos, drawi…
In January,I had attended a Christian Womens Conference,one of the guest soloist sang a song titled"God Is In Control"I had never heard it before,I knew I had come just to see and hear this person but wasn't at all sure why,I bought the tape and had played it several times .
Then on June 31st at 4a.m. my husband woke me up and told me",You need to take me to the emergency room,I am coughing up blood".They began to treat him for Pneumonia.While x-raying his lungs they found a tumor…
I got a blessing today. I had just gotten off the SkyTrain at the Broadway Station and as I walked past this certain woman, our eyes locked. As we passed we both turned, and there we were standing
about eight feet apart still eye-to-eye. She signed (A.S.L.) "You are
handsome", and I returned the sign for "Thank you!" She said
(signed) "You have a warm smile" and "God bless yo…
I was shocked, confused, bewildered As I entered Heaven's door, Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.
But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics, the trash...
There stood the kid from seventh grade …