Wednesday, May 6, 2009

STRENGTH

I've wondered why the storms of life
Blew hard along my path.
When most desired peace and calm
Came hardest storms of wrath.
When trial, sorrow, illness, pain
Beset the sin-trod soul
His only need; to turn to God
Who alone can make him whole.
My greatest prayer in life be this
To keep me close to Him.
That I might greater service be
To God; lost souls to win.
The tree that in some sheltered spot
Grows not so strong or old
As grows the tree on hilltops
Where blow breezes hard and cold.
So if thru pain and woes my life
Be strength for some weak brother
I'll thank My God for storms or strife
If it means Strength for others.

by Elizabeth Calkins Lyons
July 21, 1954
Mom wrote this back when we lived on the farm, and I was off to college in KY.
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3 Bullets

There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old rifle and three bullets.

So, he decided that he would go out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner.

As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it. The rabbit ran away.

Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel, but missed it. The squirrel disappeared into a hole in a cottonwood treel.

As he went further, he saw a large, wild "Tom" turkey in the tree, but he had only one bullet remaining.

A voice spoke to him and said, "Pray first, aim high, and stay focused."

However, at the same time he saw a deer which was a better kill.

He brought the gun down and aimed at the deer. But, then he saw a rattlesnake between his legs, about to bite him, so he naturally brought the gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake.

Still, the voice said again to him, "I said, 'Pray, Aim high, and Stay focused."

So, the man decided to listen to God's voice.

He prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree, and shot the wild turkey.

The bullet bounced off the turkey and killed the deer.

The handle fell off the gun, hit the snake in the head, and killed it. And, when the gun had gone off, it knocked him into a pond.

When he stood up to look around, he had fish in all his pockets, a dead deer, and a turkey for his family to eat.

The snake, (Satan), was dead simply because the man listened to God.

Moral of the story:
Pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high in your goals, and stay focused on God.

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~ HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD ~

Jesus, is our life, our Hope and Our Lord and Savior.
In Him do I trust. W/O Him I am lost and wondering around on this globe of existence without any life in me. W/Him, there is life, with Him there is Hope, with Him there is a place for me in heaven one day.

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"Our only Hope of Heaven".
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