Good Morning:

I am the Lord your God.  Today I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help.  If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it.  Kindly put it in the SFJTD (Something For Jesus To Do) box.  It will be addressed in MY time, not yours.  Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold on to it or attempt to remove it.  Holding on or removal will delay the resolution of your problem.  If it is a situation that you are capable of handling, please consult me in prayer to be sure that it is the proper resolution.  Because I do not sleep nor slumber, there is no need for you to lose any sleep.  Rest my child.  If you need to contact me, I am only a prayer away.
Love Eternally,

The Lord your God

P.S.  Please pass this on to my other kids.

Clergy Appreciation Day

Clergy Appreciation Day honors all 980,000 full-time Christian workers in the United States, and particularly the 350,000 senior pastors who do so much for the good of society, yet often receive very little in return. Clergy Appreciation Day seeks to offset these negative factors revealed in a recent survey of the
Fuller Institute of Church Growth:

- 80% of pastors surveyed felt their ministry affected their family negatively
- 75% reported a serious stress-related crisis at least once in their ministry
- 50% felt unable to meet the demands of the job
- 90% felt inadequately trained to cope with job demands
- 70% had a lower self image than when they started in ministry
- 40% had a serious conflict with a parishioner once a month
- 50% had considered leaving the ministry within the past three months
- 70% had no one they considered to be a close friend

Two Traveling Angels

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.
The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room.
Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.
As the made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.
When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied "Things aren't always what the seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.
After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.
When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears.
Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead on the ground.
The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen?
The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused.
The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die.
"Things aren't always what they seem" the older angel replied.
"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.
Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death came for his wife.  I give him the cow instead.
Things aren't always what they seem."

Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every out come is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until some time later...

Some people come into our lives and quickly go..

  Some people become friends and stay awhile..

 leaving beautiful footprints on our hearts...  

 and we are never quite the same because we have made a good friend!!

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present!

I think this is special...live and savor every moment... This is not a dress rehearsal!

 
Right Now -

 -somebody is thinking of you.
-somebody is caring about you.
-somebody misses you.
-somebody wants to talk to you.
-somebody wants to be with you.
-somebody hopes you aren't in trouble.
-somebody is thankful for the support you have provided.
-somebody wants to hold your hand.
-somebody hopes everything turns out all right.
-somebody wants you to be happy.
-somebody wants you to find him/her.
-somebody is celebrating your successes.
-somebody wants to give you a gift.
-somebody thinks that you ARE a gift.
-somebody loves you.
-somebody admires your strength.
-somebody is thinking of you and smiling.
-somebody wants to be your shoulder to cry on.
 

Never take away anyone’s hope.  That may be all they have.

Judge Gently

Pray don't find fault with the man who limps or stumbles along the road,
Unless you have worn the shoes he wears, or struggled beneath his load.
There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt, though hidden away from view,
 Or the burden, he bears… placed on your back might cause you to stumble to
Don't sneer at the man who's down today, unless you have felt that blow.
That caused his fall or felt the shame that only the fallen know.
You may be strong, but still the blows that were his… if dealt to you,
In the selfsame way at the selfsame time might cause you to stagger, too.
Don't be too harsh with the man who sins or pelt him with word or stone,
Unless you are sure… yea, double sure, that you have no sins of your own…
For you know, perhaps if the tempter's voice should whisper as softly to you
As it did to him, when he went astray, it might cause you to falter to.
-author unknown

Time for a little rebellion
by Patrick J. Buchanan

"I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a
good thing, and as necessary in the political world as
storms in the physical."

So Jefferson wrote to fellow Virginian James Madison in the
year Madison authored his country's Constitution.

It's past time for "a little rebellion" against federal
jurists who are perverting that Constitution to make
themselves petty dictators.

On June 26, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco declared, 2 to 1, that the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States is
unconstitutional, as it contains the words: "under God."
When the decision becomes final, the Pledge will be
forbidden in every public school in Alaska, Arizona,
California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and
Washington.

That phrase, "under God," was put into the Pledge in 1954
by an act of Congress and Dwight Eisenhower. It has been
recited by millions of children. Yet the court now says
that it violates the First Amendment, which reads,
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..."

What religion did Congress establish with the words "under
God"? Catholicism? Methodism? The judges do not say. They
only say that since "under God" is not neutral about
religion, it violates separation of church and state.

Michael A. Newdow went to the court to prevent his second-
grade daughter from having to recite the Pledge. But since
the Supreme Court ruled in 1942 that no one could be
required to recite the Pledge, this sounds bogus. Newdow's
daughter could have remained silent.

But for this Sacramento atheist, silence is not enough.
Since he is offended by "under God," no schoolchildren are
to be permitted to recite the words. That was his demand.
And two U.S. judges agreed that to permit the Pledge is to
confront his daughter "with an unacceptable choice between
participating and protesting."

Thus, because one child is troubled by having to decide to
stay silent or say the words "under God," no schoolchild in
America can say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of
their country.

Not having met Newdow, let me yet say that what he did to
his daughter - exploiting this little girl to parade his
anti-God bigotry - is revolting. She will suffer more from
the taunts and insult of playmates than she would ever have
by saying the Pledge or remaining silent.

America is the freest country in the world. It provides for
oddballs like Newdow by declaring they are not to be
required to recite any pledge or prayer. But for bigots
like Newdow, freedom is not enough. Their agenda is
intolerance. They wish not only to be free from saying
prayers and pledges they despise, they want to deny the
community the right to express its patriotism and faith.
The mindset is totalitarian.

The temptation is to demand that Congress impeach the two
judges. But that would make them martyrs. Congress should
rather re-enact that 1954 law; then, using its power to
restrict court jurisdiction under Article III of the
Constitution, strip from all federal courts any right to
rule on the Pledge of Allegiance. Remove them entirely.

And as all federal courts below the Supreme Court are
creations of Congress, Congress should require
reconfirmation of all federal judges after eight years.
This would give elected representatives of the people a way
to grade the performance of unelected judges, some of whom
have forgotten the meaning of judicial restraint.

As Newdow and these judges used a 7-year-old girl to impose
an atheist agenda on America, Congress should seize on this
outrage to drive judges back into the narrow stall set
aside for them in the Constitution.

The ruling will not take effect until appeals have been
heard. Attorney General
Ashcroft should take the decision directly to the Supreme
Court. Let us see which
justices will hold that the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag of the United States
violates the Constitution of the United States.

Let the Supreme Court have this opportunity to strike down
not only the 9th Circuit
decision, but all court precedents upon which it is based,
and restore the original
intent of Madison and the Framers.

Should the Supreme Court uphold the 9th Circuit, the
country should defy the
Court. Conservatives and populists should seize on this
attack on faith and
patriotism to restore constitutionalism to the courts and
begin the overthrow of a
cultural revolution that judicial dictators, appointed for
life, have imposed upon us.

Yes, Mr. Jefferson, it's time for a little rebellion.

Words of Wisdom

 1. The best way to get even is to forget...

 2. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death... 

3. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts...

4. Some folks wear their halos much too tight...

5. Some marriages are made in heaven, but they ALL have to be maintained on earth... 

6. Unless you can create the WHOLE universe in 5 days, Then perhaps giving "advice" to God, isn't such a good idea!

 7. Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up...

 8.   Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous. You will
get knocked down by the traffic from both ways.

 9. Words are windows to the heart. 

10. A skeptic is a person who when he sees the handwriting on
the wall, claims it's a forgery.

 11. It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill just
add a little dirt.

 12. A successful marriage isn't finding the right person-it's
being the right person.

 13. The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its
ground. 

14. Too many people offer God prayers, with claw marks all over them.

 15. The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can? hold it.

 16. To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and then discover the prisoner was you.

 17.  You have to wonder about humans, they think God is dead and Elvis is alive! 

18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done. 

19.  You'll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks out its neck...

 20. If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

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