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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) 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. Add Comment 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) 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. 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) 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. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL
A GREAT LIFE LOVE, BILL AND DONNA MORGAN 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 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. 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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