Friday, September 30, 2011
PHOTO: Beautiful Remembrances
Things I should remember..
Things are rarely as difficult as I suspect or anticipate.
Worry is a waste of time & energy.
The sun will continue to rise every day.
Dreams do come true.
I am a survivor.
To enjoy the journey.
Things that seem important, often aren't.
I can do it, if I put my heart into it.
The sea is wonderful therapy, for anything.
I am very, very, blessed.
Life is truly beautiful.
Kindness matters most.
Time is precious, spend it wisely.
Sometimes we need a rest.
To drive more slowly.
To laugh as often as possible.
Love is always the answer.
FaceBookPraying for her Live Recovery- though I don't know her. (that's what Intercessors do)
Posted on FaceBook.
I saw it this morning 9.30.11
Indian Jones Spiritual Life
"If you want an Indiana Jones style of spiritual life, ask God and He will give it to you."
Pastor Craig McGee
Pastor Craig McGee
PHOTO: Funny "passenger" response"
from a Facebook entry
This is the caption found on facebook under this picture:
How do you know when it is time to "hang up the car keys"?
I SAY WHEN YOUR DOG HAS THIS LOOK ON HIS FACE!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
PHOTO: In God's Hands
The person who posted this on fb said this:
Absolutely awesome. He does have the whole world in his hands.
Look as God opens the sky
My Newer Life Motto: about "Sometimes I'm such a procrastinating perfectionist.."
Pure Nourishment Affirmations- facebook
Sometimes I'm such a procrastinating perfectionist..
that just having it done would be, well almost perfect, & better than procrastinating
PHOTO: latin wrist tattoo
alis volat propriis (she flies with her own wings)
Pure Nourishment- Affirmations Pictures on FaceBook
PHOTO: In-your-face choices of Drunk Driving!
I am NOT giving the Link to this page on facebook because some of the other words & pics are
EXTREMELY! offensive.
A Brave Little Girl's Poetic Tribute to her Warrior Father.....
Seal of Honor ( FaceBook)
Her hair was up in a pony tail, Her favorite dress tied with a bow. Today was Daddy's Day at school, And she couldn't wait to go. But her mommy tried to tell her, That she probably should stay home. Why the kids might not understand, If she went to school alone. But she was not afraid; She knew just what to say. What to tell her classmates Of why he wasn't there today. But still her mother worried, For her to face this day alone. And that was why once again, She tried to keep her daughter home. But the little girl went to school Eager to tell them all. About a dad she never sees A dad who never calls. There were daddies along the wall in back, For everyone to meet. Children squirming impatiently, Anxious in their seats One by one the teacher called A student from the class. To introduce their daddy, As seconds slowly passed. At last the teacher called her name, Every child turned to stare. Each of them was searching, A man who wasn't there. 'Where's her daddy at?' She heard a boy call out. 'She probably doesn't have one,' Another student dared to shout. And from somewhere near the back, She heard a daddy say, 'Looks like another deadbeat dad, Too busy to waste his day.' The words did not offend her, As she smiled up at her Mom. And looked back at her teacher, Who told her to go on. And with hands behind her back, Slowly she began to speak. And out from the mouth of a child, Came words incredibly unique. 'My Daddy couldn't be here, Because he lives so far away. But I know he wishes he could be, Since this is such a special day. And though you cannot meet him, I wanted you to know. All about my daddy, And how much he loves me so. He loved to tell me stories He taught me to ride my bike. He surprised me with pink roses, And taught me to fly a kite. We used to share fudge sundaes, And ice cream in a cone. And though you cannot see him. I'm not standing here alone. 'Cause my daddy's al ways with me, Even though we are apart I know because he told me, He'll forever be in my heart' With that, her little hand reached up, And lay across her chest. Feeling her own heartbeat, Beneath her favorite dress. And from somewhere here in the crowd of dads, Her mother stood in tears. Proudly watching her daughter, Who was wise beyond her years. For she stood up for the love Of a man not in her life. Doing what was best for her, Doing what was right. And when she dropped her hand back down, Staring straight into the crowd. She finished with a voice so soft, But its message clear and loud. 'I love my daddy very much, he's my shining star. And if he could, he'd be here, But heaven's just too far. You see he is an American soldier And died just this past year When a roadside bomb hit his convoy And taught americans to fear. But sometimes when I close my eyes, it's like he never went away.' And then she closed her eyes, And saw him there that day. And to her mothers amazement, She witnessed with surprise. A room full of daddies and children, All starting to close their eyes. Who knows what they saw before them, Who knows what they felt inside. Perhaps for merely a second, They saw him at her side. 'I know you're with me Daddy,' To the silence she called out. And what happened next made believers, Of those once filled with doubt. Not one in that room could explain it, For each of their eyes had been closed. But there on the desk beside her, Was a fragrant long-stemmed rose. And a child was blessed, if only for a moment, By the love of her shining star. And given the gift of believing, That heaven is never too far
Ungrateful Nation?
Seal of Honor (Facebook)
The only thing worse then losing a child in the service of our Country is to lose that child to an ungrateful nation.... We vow to NEVER FORGET!
A Striking Pictue from Seal of Honor
Seal of Honor ( Facebook)
Please meet Landon.. his dad Marine LCPL Carpenter made the ultimate sacrifice while serving with the 3/8 in Afghanistan earlier this year.. a month before his son was born. Never forget the price of freedom.
Pet Talk : there's a NEED for Pet Food Banks too!
Not every pet has all he can eat. More and more pet pantries are springing up, and a growing number of shelters are working to find ways to give free food to pet owners in need.
AP
Millions of pets have been abandoned or taken to shelters for financial reasons. The situation is burdening shelters, and isn't getting any better.
Sometimes, a few bags of free dog or cat food and a little time is all it takes to make giving up one's pets unnecessary.
That was the thinking behind the pet food banks that sprang up like oases in the desert when the economy went sour a few years back. The folks who started those operations were rewarded with tales of people, who — laid off from their jobs, down to their last few dollars and on the brink of leaving their pets at a shelter — received some free kibble and days later found work and could pay the rent and keep their pets.
That's how things are supposed to turn out.
Not every hard-times story ends that way, of course.
And, there's another, significant chapter of the pet food bank chronicle that hasn't played out exactly as hoped. The happy-ending dream these pet food pantry originators shared was that in a year or two the economy would right itself, the matter of millions of pets surrendered or abandoned for financial reasons would be mostly a dim, awful memory, and food banks would no longer be necessary.
In fact, the situation has worsened. The number of animals landing at shelters and rescues has escalated, and, of course, so have euthanasia rates, as welfare groups struggle to take in and feed the crush of animals. So more and more pet pantries are springing up (or are attempting to spring up); a growing number of shelters are working to find ways to temporarily give free food to pet owners who are in dire financial straits and are moments away from turning in their pets; and food pantries for humans are sometimes stocking pet food as well.
All that still isn't enough.
Most pet pantry founders are working harder and longer, and in ways they hadn't anticipated.
One of them is Ann King. She launched the non-profit Save Our Pets Food Bank in Atlanta in 2008, horrified by stories of down-on-their-luck owners making excruciating decisions about their animals. Within months, pet owners were arriving in droves to collect the food she had managed to secure through individual donations, pet food companies and every other means she could divine.
King thought that the need would be fleeting and that soon she could return to her job full-time.
Now she has abandoned her previous life as a small-business owner, living on "what I'd put away in earlier years." She spends hours a week locating and making transport arrangements and storing and distributing thousands of pounds of pet food. Her group distributes hundreds of pounds of food a month to walk-up owners in need of help — "it's so bad here that euthanasia rates are up 46% this year over last." But in addition, SOPFB is getting food to overburdened underfunded rescue groups without the funds to feed the influx of animals that are being dropped off or that they're trying to save from high-kill shelters.
And though King — who learned the mechanics of pet pantry establishment simply by doing it — has put step-by-step instructions on her website for people who want to launch their own local pet pantries, she regularly travels to far-away communities to assist start-ups encountering roadblocks.
"Many people out there imagine the pet crisis has passed," she says. "It most certainly has not. It was dire before, and it has gotten worse."
Indeed, an alliance, called Rescue Bank, has now been formed (King is a member) so like minds can brainstorm, strategize and figure out how to get more pet food — primarily from pet food manufacturers who regularly dump soon-to-expire or re-branded food — to more places more often. They've set up 25 distribution partners in several states to receive, inventory and redistribute the food, and their goal is to select and train up to 100 partners in the next two years.
In just five months, more than 500 non-profit animal welfare and social service agencies have received pet food, and King predicts as many as 750 will be receiving food and supplies by year's end.
They're all doing what they can, King and those like her. But the problem is so much bigger than most of us realize, and they've been able to make only a small dent so far.
Still, it's comforting, somehow, to know that even in the face of an economy that continues to be so strained, and so many problems piling up on the national plate, there are people who are paying attention and working day and night to make a difference for animals.
POWERFUL Picture of Baby reaching out of mama during surgery.
Pure Nourishment (Facebook)Here's the Story:
A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the U.S. paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it.
The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.
During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.
The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life."
Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person" Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible....an
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
If you feel that you have a special talent to help others ...
If you have a sensitivity out of the ordinary ...
If you have overcome difficult trials in your life ...
If you think that despite all, life should be lived with joy...
If, while trying to give always a meaning to your suffering, you believe that there must be a way to stop suffering ...
If the search for truth is your greatest passion ...
If you feel you were born for a greater purpose and would like to express it …
..........
on facebook this was posted & I agreed with everything said on the Jesus Daily picture that was contributed- up to this point.
The rest was all new age-ish mumbo jumbo when the real answer is :
THEN you were born for such a time as this.
The Need is GREAT,
Our Saviour Jesus is even GREATER.
Great Battles; Great Victories
There are no great victories without great battles; welcome the great battles-they will make you a champion. - John Paul Jackson
Time to Meet the Challenge!
Go here on facebook & read what Meg Turk has written on the armor of Gd.
Very good, Jesus Daily
Wings of an Angel Pink Ribbon Necklace
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