ABCs to Inspire

The smile is the lighting system of the face 

and the heating system of the heart.

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p-moan-ia needs p=medicine:

          patience - stay focused

          perfection - meeting goals requires work

          persistance - determination

          perseverance - continuing in spite of difficulties

          pride - not quitting the above p's

                                                 - from Twelve Golden Threads

                                                   by Aliske Webb

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Before speaking ask yourself: t-h-i-n-k

  Is it true?

     Is it helpful?

        Is it inspiring?

           Is it necessary?

              Is it kind?

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Oops in the Positive

 Image courtesy of pamsclipart.com  

God does not require you to succeed; 

He only requires that you try.

                                                                               ~Mother Teresa

Remember, we all stumble...

everyone of us.  

That's why

it's a comfort to go

hand in hand. 

                                                        ~Emily Kimbrough

"If someone is too tired to give you a smile,

leave one of your own, because no

one needs a smile as much as those

who have none to give."

                                                                                              
- Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

       From my fellow knitters:

*Mistakes are what make things truly unique and one of a kind."

*There are no mistakes in my work, only additions of character."

Many years ago I visited a Roman villa with wonderful mosaic floors laid down in about 200AD. The guide pointed out a mistake and said that mosaic workers always made a deliberate mistake because only their gods were perfect.

What did someone else call these errors? Angel kisses!

Someone else noted that these errors are what make handmade things human--that is my way of saying it.

Mistakes are just designer elements!

Native americans always leave a mistake to let the evil spirits out.
 I have always thought that was a good idea and sometimes I leave more than one for good measure.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

~ Scott Adams, 'The Dilbert Principle'

It isn't the fact of making a start, it's the sticking that counts, I'll say. 

It's the fellow that knows not the meaning of fail,
but hammers and hammers away.

Whenever you think you've come to the end,

 and you're beaten as bad as can be, 

remember that diamonds are chunks of coal. 

They stuck to their jobs, you see.

                                                          - Clark R. Gilbert

An old man said,

“Erasers are made for those who make mistakes.”

A youth replied,

“Erasers are made for those who are

willing to correct their mistakes!” 

Attitude matters!

~ Unknown

I quote others to better express myself.  
May you be blessed with an extra smile or two today.

Connie

P.S. the errors in formatting are not the fault of the writer.                                                                     

                          

 

                                                      

Daily Dose of Tranqulity

The pressures of daily life can be maddening—not to mention health threatening. Breaking away from your daily routine for a dose of tranquilty can help ward off stress.

Although there is no recommended daily allowance of tranquility, here’s a prescription to get you started.

  Browse through a local museum, library or art gallery.
  

Do 5 minutes of stretching exercises.

Jot down all the things that make you happy. Then do one.

Make someone’s day with a call or letter.
  

Take a warm bath—even if you’re clean.
  

Explore your surroundings like a child.

 Take a catnap.

Walk a dog.
  

Draw a picture of your family.
  

Cast a movie of your life.
  

Identify cloud shapes.
  

Listen to an inspirational tape.
  

Get—or give—a back rub.

Or you may want to write your own daily tranquility prescription.

              

                                           ~ ~ ~ Unknown

Open a door or a window & just look outside for 5 minutes.

Pray for a person the way you'd like to be prayed for.

Do happy exercises: smile 10 times & sing a praise chorus.

Write down 3 things you're grateful for right now.

By Ann Voskamp at www.aholyexperience.com; a site I highly recommend.

Prayer, Recipe & Blessings for YOU

Lord, Please pour out a blessing on the ones who honor You

As they share their gifts and talents by the thoughtful things they do.

                                                                                                            ~ Emily Matthews

Recipe for Happiness

Combine overwhelming amounts of love & cheerfulness in a bowl.

Add a LARGE pinch of acceptance & a dash of forgiveness.

Stir in equal parts of HUGS & laughter

Pour your heart into it & mix until all bumps have been smoothed out.

Sprinkle with faith & hope accordingly.

Simmer for the rest of your life. 
Best when served with family & friends.

From a MEnglebert card

BLESSings   

B less my readers

            L ord, and comfort them.

                     E ncourage them with Your love.

                                 S trengthen, provide, and protect them.

                                        S hower them with peace, hope and Your joy.

                                                                                                            Amen

Thinking of you today,  Connie

Yom Kippur

Around the world the Jewish people are gathering for Yom Kippur, but for the Christian believer...

Every Day is 'Yom Kippur'

Leviticus 23:27-28  "Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.  And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God."  (NKJ).

Just a brief comment this week, as we are in the midst of the Fall Biblical Feast season.  Last week the Jewish world celebrated what the Bible calls the Feast of Trumpets, which we believe is a prophetic picture of the day that Yeshua (Jesus) returns at the last blast of the Shofar.  This Friday is the Holiest day of the year for the Jewish people - Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement. Here in Israel the entire country, apart from emergency services, hospital staff, and necessary military personel, will come to a standstill from Friday afternoon to sunset on Saturday.  Synagogues in Israel and around the world will be packed with Jewish people seeking to have their sins atoned for and their transgressions blotted out of the book. 

There are 7 Biblical Feasts, beginning at Passover in Spring and ending with Succot or the Feast of Tabernacles at the end of the summer. The first 3 Feasts have been fulfilled by Yeshua and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Shavuot or Pentecost 2000 years ago.  The final 3 Feasts are yet to be fulfilled in the natural.  I say that as Yeshua has already fulfilled them, spiritually speaking.   The people who have truly been in the New Covenant over the last 2000 years have been raised up to live in the Kingdom,  and have received full atonement through the Blood of Yeshua, and He has been 'tabernacling' with His people.

The point I really want to focus on in this comment is that as the Jewish people seek to have their sins forgiven and cleansed, they have no Temple or Altar and no blood.  Leviticus 17:11 tells us  'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.'  and Hebrews 9:22 declares that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.

It is clear from these two verses that only in the New Covenant is there forgiveness, atonement and salvation, and that all other religions are simply that - futile, bloodless religions.

Not only do the people who are in a covenant relationship with the God of Israel, sealed by the blood of His Son Yeshua, have access to that precious, cleansing blood of the Lamb,  we can avail ourselves of it every day, as many times in a day as necessary.  Hebrews 9:13-15  For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?  (NJK).  For the people of the New Covenant, not just one day a year is Yom Kippur, but every day is Yom Kippur.   This Yom Kippur let us fast and pray for the Jewish people to have a supernatural revelation of who the true Messiah is, and let us rejoice that we have 365 Yom Kippurs every year.

Shalom 

David Silver 

Messianic Evangelist