The 121st Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 120th day.  Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB!  On this 121st day of 2012, I confess again that my three boys were raised like I was-- I was raised on the street . . . with Bert and Ernie and Grover and Cookie and Oscar and Kermit and Elmo and Big Bird. Today children are being forced into adulthood.  Without dreams or imagination . . . ==> "When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." [Mark 10:14] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy your week, please remember one another in prayer.]

"Just Saying"

~ "Just Saying":

My boys were raised like I was-- I was raised on the street . . . with Bert and Ernie and Grover and Cookie and Oscar and Kermit and Elmo and Big Bird. Today children are being raised with no imagination . . . (. . . I'm Just Sayin' . . .)

The 118th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 117th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! OKAY!!  On this 118th day of 2012, SOMEbody needs to be reminded AGAIN that closeness to God is NOT so much about FEELINGS, as it is about OBEDIENCE . . . ==> "One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple." [Psalm 27:4] [As you love one another, play nice, and start your weekend, please remember one another in prayer.]

The 117th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 116th day.  Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB!  On this 117th day of 2012, I must confess that the presence of the Lord has chased me throughout this entire month.  And He won't stop now.  I love the way He loves me.  It leaves me needing more of Him . . . ==> ". . . and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." [Matthew 28:20b] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy your week, please remember one another in prayer.]

The 116th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 115th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB!  On this 116th day of 2012, I need to remind you that just because you have a bad day doesn't mean you have a bad life!  I challenge you to live life one day at a time . . . ==> "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." [Romans 8:37] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy your week, please remember one another in prayer.]

The 115th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 114th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 115th day of 2012, for the one who's hurting right now I say: "Hold On. Your morning is on the horizon"! ==> "Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning." [Psalm 30:5]  [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy your week, please remember one another in prayer.]

An Afternoon Dedication to My Son . . .

~ . . . Excuse this interruption Blogger, G+1, and FB! But I just had to send this dedication out to my son Steve, who (while still overcoming a recent emotional setback) still allowed himself to be used to present an awesome Word from God yesterday. More proof that no matter what you may be going through, God is willing and able, not only to perform good works FOR you, but to perform good works THROUGH you! I'm proud of you, Steve! Stay on that journey upward . . . [ . . . Deposit Words of Encouragement Here!!!]

The 114th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 113th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 114th day of 2012, I just want to send out a Word of comfort to those in need of it today . . . ==> "Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." [1 Peter 5:6-7] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy your day, please remember one another in prayer.]

The 111th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 110th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 111th day of 2012, my heart weeps for my brother, D M, in Texas (USA) who is mourning the loss of his Mom. Personally knowing that heartbreaking empty feeling, I'm praying that God quickly fills that void with the peace and the comfort that only He can give . . . ==> " Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work." [2 Thes. 2:16-17a] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy your day, please remember this extended family in prayer.]

The 110th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 109th day. Good Afternoon, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 110th day of 2012, I just want to take the time today to once again remind you how much you are loved . . . ==> "The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with loving-kindness I have drawn you. Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt . . ." [Jer. 31:3-4a] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a great week, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 109th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 108th day. Good Afternoon, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 109th day of 2012, I challenge you to Worship Him in spite of what you may be going through . . . ==> "Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness." [Psalm 29:2] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a great week, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 108th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 107th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 108th day of 2012, as I again consider the beauty of creation around me and all that God has made and holds in place, it STILL amazes me that He loves me enough to even know my name . . . ==> "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, (who am I that you are mindful of me), human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor." [Psalm 8:3-5] [Remember to love one another, play nice, and enjoy a great week!]

The 107th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 106th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 107th day of 2012, God has given you a new day and a new week.  Welcome!  It's your time of renewal.  Your chance to start over . . . ==> "This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.  This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it." [John 4:13-14] [Remember to love one another, play nice, and enjoy a great weekend.  And thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 104th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 103rd day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB!  On this 104th day of 2012, I invite you to drink of the water that the Lord Jesus Christ has to offer . . . ==> "Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water (in the well) will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." [John 4:13-14] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful weekend, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 103rd Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 102nd day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 103rd day of 2012, maybe it is enough to say . . . ==> "He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.  Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.  But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." [Isaiah 40:29-31] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a great day, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 102nd Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 101st day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB!  On this 102nd day of 2012, I know why He came, why He suffered, why He died, and why He rose again . . . He did it all . . . just for me . . . ==> " . . . I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." [John 10:10b] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful week, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 101st Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 100th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 101st day of 2012, I can proclaim that He became my friend when He died for my sins.  But He became my Savior when He rose again . . . ==> "For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living." [Romans 14:9] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful week, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 100th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 99th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB!  On this 100th day of 2012, I don't know how I could face another day without knowing that He's constantly by my side . . . ==> "As for God, his way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; He shields all who take refuge in Him." [Psalm 18:30] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful week, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 98th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 97th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! Welcome to the 98th day of 2012  . . . ==> " For God so loved (your name here) that He gave His one and only Son, that if (your name here) believes in Him (your name here) shall not perish but have eternal life." [John 3:16 (para.)] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful Resurrection Weekend, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 97th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 96th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 97th day of 2012, the Lord is offering to trade all that He has for all that you are. What a great exchange . . . ==> " For God so loved (your name here) that He gave His one and only Son, that if (your name here) believes in Him (your name here) shall not perish but have eternal life." [John 3:16 (para.)] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful Resurrection Weekend, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 96th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 95th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 96th day of 2012, might I suggest to you (America) that denying it doesn't mean it isn't there. within the past two years I've removed several friends- Black AND White- because of their racial tones and/or tendencies. When will we learn? . . . ==> "He who does not love does not know God, for God IS love." [1 John 4:8] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a great day, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 95th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 94th day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 95th day of 2012, might I suggest to you that closeness to God is not so much about feelings, as it is about obedience . . . ==> "One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple." [Psalm 27:4] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a great day, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 94th Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 93rd day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 94th day of 2012, I encourage you to keep praying.  You may not get what you ask for, but be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your prayers . . . ==> "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!" [Psalm 34:8] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful week, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]

The 93rd Day . . .

~ . . . and evening and morning were the 92nd day. Good Morning, G+1, Blogger, and FB! On this 93rd day of 2012, might I suggest to you that fantasy is believing "God said it, I believe it, and that settles it."  Reality is knowing "God said it. That settles it!" . . . ==> "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." [2 Timothy 3:16-17] [As you love one another, play nice, and enjoy a wonderful week, I thank you for remembering me in prayer.]