Inspirational

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God's Boxes

I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys in the gold.”

 
 I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.

With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me.."

I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go."

We should consider all of our friends a blessing.
Send this to a friend today just to let them know you
are thinking of them and that they are a joy in your life.

A ball is a circle, no beginning, no end.
It keeps us together like our Circle of Friends.
But the treasure inside for you to see,
Is the treasure of friendship you've granted to me.

 

 

Jesus Had No Servants

 

Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.

Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.

 

Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. 

Had no army, yet kings feared Him.  He won no military  Battles, yet He conquered the world.

 

He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. 

He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today. 

 

You should  feel Honoured to serve such a Leader who loves us. 

 

"If you deny me before Man, I will deny you before my Father in Heaven."


                                                     No matter how steep the mountain - the Lord is going to climb it  with you.
                                                                             - Helen Steiner Rice

THE STORY OF THE CRACKED WATERPOT.

　A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walk from the stream to the House, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of it's own imperfection. And miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my
flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.

The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw. So I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered them.

For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.
Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house?

Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life.



 THE FOUR CALLS

 

The Spirit came in CHILDHOOD,

And pleaded, "Let me in."

But oh! the door was bolted

By thoughtlessness and sin,

"I am too young," the child replied,

"I will not yield today.

There's time enough tomorrow."

The Spirit went away.

 Again He came and pleaded,

In YOUTH'S bright happy hour.

He came, but heard no answer,

For lured by Satan's power,

The youth lay dreaming then,

And saying, "Not today;

Nor till I've tried earth's pleasures."

The Spirit went away.

 Again He called in mercy,

In MANHOOD'S vigorous prime.

But still He found no welcome,

The merchant had no time,

No time for true repentance,

No time to think or pray.

And so, repulsed and saddened,

The Spirit went away.

 Once more He called and waited,

The man was OLD and ill.

He scarcely heard the whisper,

His heart was cold and still.

"Go leave me; when I need Thee

I'll call for thee," he cried.

Then sinking on his pillow,

WITHOUT A HOPE, he died.

-- Author unknown

GOD'S WINGS

A little something to put things in perspective.  An article in
the National Geographic magazine several years ago, provided an interesting
picture of God's wings.  After a forest fire in Yellowstone
National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to
assess the inferno's damage.  One ranger found a bird literally
petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.
Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a
stick.  When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from
under their dead mother's wings.  The loving mother, keenly aware of
impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree
and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.
She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies.
When the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body,
the mother had remained steadfast.  Because she had been willing to
die, so those under the cover of her wings would live.

“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” (Psalm 91:4)

 

THE FOUR BLESSED LOOKS

Look back and Thank God.

Look forward and Trust God.

Look around and Serve God.

Look within and Find God!"

"I asked God, 'How do I get the best out of life?'

God said, 'Face your past without regrets.

Handle your present with confidence.

Prepare for the future without fear!'"

"Without God, our week is: Mournday,

Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday,

Fightday, Shatterday and Sinday.

So, allow Him to be with you every day!"

"Life is short, so forgive quickly.

Believe slowly. Love truly.

Laugh uncontrollably.

Never regret anything that makes you happy.

And have a wonderful journey!!!"

The Christ Bell

 

 THE BELL 
I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1 Cor 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ.  (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt 5:13-14)

I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil 3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor 5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be sepa rated from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God  (2 Cor 1:21-22 )
I am assured all things work together for good  (Rom. 8:28 )
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12 )
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16).   I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil. 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven ( Col 1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)
I belong to God
Do you know
Who you are!?

                                              ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING.

 

John is the kind of guy you love to hate.   He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.  When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it!"
"You can't be a positive person all of the time.  How do you do it?" He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or...you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood." Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it.  I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or...I can point out the positive side of life.  I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," he said.  "Life is all about choices.  When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice.  You choose how you react to situations.  You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.  The bottom line:  It's your choice how you live your life." I reflected on what he said.  Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business.  We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.


Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied.  "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices:  I could choose to live or...I could choose to die.  I chose to live." "Weren't you scared?  Did you lose consciousness?"  I asked. He continued, "...the paramedics were great.

They kept telling me I was going to be fine.  But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.  In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'.  I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John.  "She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.'  The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'"

Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live.  Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude...

I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.


Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own."  Matthew 6:34. After all,  today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.


LET'S TAKE TIME & THINK FOR A MOMENT..

 While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked up a stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child's hand and hit it many times; not realizing he was using a
 wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father.....with painful eyes he asked,  'Dad when will my fingers grow back?' The man was so hurt and speechless; he went back to his car and kicked it many times. Devastated by his own actions.......sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches; the child had written

'LOVE YOU DAD'.

 The next day that man committed suicide. . . Anger and Love have no limits;
 choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely life.....

 Things are to be used and people are to be loved, But the
 problem in today’s world is that, people are used and things are loved...

Let's be careful to keep this thought in mind:

Things are to be used, but People are to be  loved ...

 

 

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