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Dayzee
I got THE- power!! Jesus.
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 | | Barked: Sun Aug 30, '09 6:44am PST | |  | |  | | You Must Keep Going
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Sometimes you must keep going.
Life punches you in the stomach.
It knocks your breath out and leaves you bowed and gasping.
You lose a job. . . you must keep going.
You find out you have a serious illness. . .you must keep going.
You have a headache. . . you must keep going.
Sometimes the things in life are not serious but they affect you
nevertheless. . . you must keep going.
You have a big argument with your spouse.
Neither of you feels like talking and maybe not even looking at
each other. . . you must keep going.
Your son rebels and you have a blowout with him. . .
you must keep going.
The bills seem to never end and the money seems to never start.
You must keep going.
There are times that make us just want to curl up, stick our
heads in a hole, and make the world go away.
We can't, because we must keep going.
Life is full of those circumstances.
Many of you when you woke up this morning, for a variety of
reasons, didn't feel like getting out of bed, but you had to.
You must keep going.
In times like those, and we all have them,
remember the blessing.
The blessing is not in that we must keep going.
The blessing is that we can.
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Dayzee
I got THE- power!! Jesus.
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| | Barked: Mon Aug 31, '09 6:50am PST | | | | | | Cruising in Paradise
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The sign read, "Guests on a cruise gain an average of seven to
ten pounds during a cruise."
I stared at the sign posted in front of the fitness center of
the cruise ship as my wife and I were on a recent cruise.
"Seven to ten pounds...that's a lot of weight," I thought.
"That's a pound or more per day." It was a MountainWings Moment.
A cruise represents as close to earthly paradise as the average
person will get. You don't have to work at all. You have a room
steward, a personal waiter, and some cabins even have a butler.
You can call at any time of the day or night and have room
service delivered at no extra charge. You can order an
unlimited number of entrees and desserts at breakfast, lunch,
and dinner.
You can have as much as you want on a cruise and you have to do
no work to get it. That's as close to paradise as most will get.
Yet, paradise puts an average of a pound a day on folk.
Research has proven that one of the most effective life
extenders in rats is caloric restriction. If the rats are kept
always hungry and given little to eat, they lived twice as long
as rats who are given all they wanted to eat.
It works that way with things other than food. Sometimes all
that we want is opposite from all that we need.
I sat next to a lady on the return flight home after leaving
the cruise ship. She asked the flight attendant if she could
get a seat belt extender. She confided in me that she had
gained some weight on a cruise that she and her husband were
returning from.
Thank God that He has the wisdom to not give us all that we
want all or even most of the time.
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Dayzee
I got THE- power!! Jesus.
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| | Barked: Mon Aug 31, '09 8:08am PST | | | | | | Carrots, Eggs, and Coffee
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look
at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her
life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know
how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She
was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one
problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots
with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots
came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second
she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee
beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She
fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She
pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she
ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to
her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the
carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother
then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After
pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee.
The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The
daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced
the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However,
after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and
became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell
had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the
boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground
coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity
knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot,
an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong,
but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and
lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes
with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a
breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I
become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same,
but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and
hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the
hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When
the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you
are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better
and change the situation around you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do
you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle
adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough
trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human
and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way. The brightest future will always be based on
a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of
your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around
you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
You might want to send this message to those people who
mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched
your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile
when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter
side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendship
you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.
If you don't send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to
brighten someone's day with this message!
May we all be COFFEE!!!!!! | | | | |
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Dayzee
I got THE- power!! Jesus.
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| | Barked: Wed Sep 2, '09 5:59am PST | | | | | | September 02, 2009
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 3:5–6 (NRSV)
My husband Charlie and I seldom fight, but when we do, it’s usually devastating for both of us. We’re just not very good at it. We usually end up drained and much more distressed about hurting each other than we were about the original problem.
A few months ago we were anxious about what appeared to be a looming crisis. My style in a situation like that is to plan obsessively for all contingencies so that we’ll be ready for whatever disaster I imagine will strike. Charlie’s way is to wait and see what happens, confident that he will be able to handle whatever occurs.
On this particular occasion we clashed big time. When, after an exhaustive review of the possibilities, I told him what I planned to do, he looked at me wearily and said, “You’re not doing that.”
Everything came to a screeching halt. The ensuing crisis had nothing to do with the one we’d been discussing. My determination to “worry about tomorrow” despite Jesus’ warning (Matthew 6:34) ended up ruining an entire night, causing us both heartache and grief.
Oh, and that looming crisis? It never happened.
Father, forgive me for worrying. Please let the painful lessons that You teach me lead me to peace in You.
By Marci Alborghetti | | | | |
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Connie
I'm to smexy for- my mom.
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 | | Barked: Sat Sep 12, '09 10:22pm PST | | | | | |  just wanted to let you know I'm here! After some computer troubles, I'm back! I think I'll add this link to my page... | | | | |
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Bailey
Too cute for my- mom |
| | Barked: Wed Nov 18, '09 5:44pm PST | | | | | | Yo, Connie! I'm Bailey, Ginger's cousin! Ain't i cute? check out my page! | | | | |
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