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THE COMING NEW YEAR (2013)

12/31/2012

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                            THE COMING NEW YEAR (2013)
                                  
                                 In the coming new year, I wish you...
                                 
   
                                            Freedom from want
                                            Freedom to struggle
                                            Freedom to prosper
                                            Freedom to think
                                            Freedom to ponder
                                            Freedom from fear
                                            Freedom to worship
                                            Freedom to care
                                            Freedom to experience
                                            Freedom to dream
                                            Freedom to share
                                            Freedom to enjoy
                                            Freedom of leisure
                                            Freedom to dare
                                            Freedom to achieve
                                            Freedom to live
                                            Freedom to laugh
                                            Freedom to love
                                     
                              (WRITTEN ON DECEMBER 31, 2013)


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 THE NEW YEAR (1976)

12/29/2012

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                                                                              THE NEW YEAR (1976)
                                            
                                                How shall we go into the new year?                        
                                                We shall go...
                                                Giving and receiving expectantly.
                                                We shall plant seeds of faith, of hope,
                                                of love.
                                                We shall plant and expect God to bless 
                                                our harvest...with baskets overflowing.

                                                We shall go...
                                                With a coal on our tongues, with tempers
                                                restrained, so our brothers and sisters may 
                                                be uplifted by the words we utter and the
                                               actions we take.    

                                               We shall go...
                                               Carrying the message of Christmas in our hearts
                                               throughout this whole new year.
                                               As wise men, starry-eyed, bearing gifts of love
                                               giving the best we have, in honor of our King.
                                    
                                              We shall go...
                                              Through the gates of tomorrow with our lanterns 
                                              well lit and our banners held high.





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LAST CHANCE

12/29/2012

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                                                     LAST CHANCE


                                        "Marriage, wrote Joseph Barth, "is 
                                        our last, best chance to grow up.
                                        And, in fact, many of us don't even
                                        begin to grow up until long after we've
                                        left the alter.
                                        For it is in and through marriage that 
                                        we learn...
        
                                        The art of give and forgive
                                        The art of live and let live
                                        The art of sacrifice
                                        The art of being nice
                                        The art of sincere prayer                                                    
                                        The art of being fair
                                        The art of giving in and letting go
                                        The art of permitting love to flow
                                                           
                                        Marriages really never fail...
                                        People are the ones that fail to grow
                                       
                                        (First posted 12.29.2012)     
                                   
                                                          


            
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FUTURE CONCERNS  

12/29/2012

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                                                  FUTURE CONCERNS

                                    
                                        "We should all be concerned,"
                                        wrote Chrales Kettering, "about the future
                                        because we will have to spend the rest of
                                        our lives there."

                                        Perhaps the reason most of us may wind
                                        up being ill equipped to live in the future is 
                                        that we spend too much time squandering 
                                        the present and fretting about the past.

                                        Can we not see that our present thoughts 
                                        quite often determine our future actions.
                                        And, we cannot escape our future anymore 
                                        than we can ignore the present or deny the past.

                                        We would speak well of the past, for it is by
                                        remembering the past that we become educated.
                                        We would applaud the present moment, for only
                                        in the present moment does any action take place.
                                        We would extol the virtues of the future, for the 
                                        future permits us to dream, to envision, to hope 
                                        and to plan.
                                        Without the future, there could be no past, and 
                                        our present would be shallow indeed.
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THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

12/29/2012

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                                           THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

                                      One of the grandest adventures
                                      of life is this...to dream the impossible 
                                      dream, and then to go out and accomplish 
                                      it.

                                      Just think of all the impossible dreams
                                      that have been borne into reality in the
                                      in the last century and a half, including...

                                      The telephone
                                      The radio
                                      Tape recorders
                                      Television
                                      Trips to the moon
                                      Transplants of vital organs...
                                      to name a few.

                                      One of the greatest truths we can
                                      discover is this...God gives to every man 
                                      and woman, impossible dreams, and then
                                      He asks us, with his help, to bring those 
                                      dreams into reality.
                                      "For with God, all things are possible."
                                      (Matt. 19:26)
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THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS (2012)

12/27/2012

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                                            THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS (2012)

                                         Tis the day after Christmas and I sit here
                                         with mixed emotions. I write articles about
                                         having faith and a positive attitude. But
                                         usually by November our household money
                                         becomes very short, and there are still 
                                         family presents to be bought and bills to be 
                                         paid, and I realize, once again, that our 
                                         finances are in dire straits. This is the way
                                         it has been since the beginning of the new
                                         century.

                                         Fortunately, several years ago, I prayed
                                         to my Heavenly Father for help (actually,
                                         I begged him for financial help,) and I
                                         received it from one of our family's relatives.
                                         This relative, to my knowledge, was never
                                         told about our financial condition, but she
                                         simply was prompted to send us a check
                                         and has done so, every Christmas since.

                                         So,  my family has been blessed through
                                         the years way beyond measure and by the
                                         grace of God (not because we deserved it,
                                         but simply because God was gracious and
                                         showered his favor upon us).

                                         So, I sit and type, and think of the millions
                                         of families that are not blessed the way we
                                         have been, and it saddens me greatly to 
                                         realize this is so. I wish and pray to God 
                                         that all families were blessed financially as
                                         we have been, yea, even ten times as much.
                                         I wish that all families were finacially well 
                                         off and pray that this would be so. Soon.
                                         Now.





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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/25/2012

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL
A GREAT LIFE
LOVE, BILL AND DONNA MORGAN
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CHRISTMAS (2012)

12/20/2012

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                                                             CHRISTMAS (2012)

                                                        Christ Jesus was born for you and me
                                                        His name shall be called Wonderful, 
                                                        Risen now, with healing in his wings
                                                        Into His courts we shall come with praise
                                                        Son of Mary, Son of God, the begotten one
                                                        The Prince of Peace, our Lord on high
                                                        May God bless you with his love
                                                        Amid the chaos, the baby Jesus sleeps
                                                        Silently, Bethlehem lies, quiet and deep


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A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW

12/15/2012

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                                                                A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW

                                                        No matter how far we have travelled,
                                                        No matter how far we have roamed,
                                                        There's a light in the window that beckons,
                                                        Calling and guiding us home.

                                                        Sometimes during life's journey,
                                                        When misfortunes have laid us quite low,
                                                        'Tis only a light in the window 
                                                        That illumines our path with its glow.

                                                         We may wander astray if we wish to,
                                                         Down trails of pathos and sin,
                                                         But, there'll still be a light in the window,
                                                         Lighting our path as a friend.

                                                         Oh, there's a light in the window that's shining,
                                                         It's shining for you and for me,
                                                         Placed there by the Lord of all lanterns,
                                                         For all, who would, to see.


 


 


 
 


 
 


 
 


 
 
 


 
 


 
 


 


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DAY BY DAY

12/15/2012

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                                                                    DAY BY DAY


                                                        We give Thee thanks, Oh Lord...

                                                        For our sweet wives
                                                        For our beautiful children
                                                        For cool calming breezes
                                                        For silent moments
                                                        For the adventure of life
                                                        For each new sunrise
                                                        For thy patience and love
                                                        For rolling away the stone
                                                        For listening and caring
                                                        For the joy thy Spirit bestows

                                                        Indeed, Oh Lord, our cup runneth over...
                                                        day by day.
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