The Rest of OUR Story…

Do you, or does someone you know, feel abandoned and hopeless right now?
Is there anyone reading this blog who feels your life might as well be over?

Well, it may be the end of a chapter of your life…
but it’s not the end of the story.
I believe that God writes the end of the story — for you, for me, for all mankind!

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Whether you are struggling with your own salvation
or are trying to help someone else to find their way,
I would like to commend to you three websites that I have found very helpful:

THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS

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KNOW MY STORY 

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GET UP WITH GOD

I hope these links will be as helpful to you as they are to me.
I refer to them often –
and I subscribe to the “Get Up With God” updates every day.
“GUWG” is on Facebook and other social networking services
and they have a great smartphone app!

Good Neighbors

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Good fences make good neighbors.
Robert Frost

For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters.
But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature.
Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
For the whole law can be summed up in this one command:
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:13-14 NLT

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
Hubert H. Humphrey

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He Lives!

God sent His son, they called Him Jesus
He came to love, heal, and forgive.
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, All fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because He lives.

–Bill and Gloria Gaither

Hope in Bloom!

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The Rest of the Story…

…continued from Good Friday’s “DARKEST DAY” post…

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Today is EASTER SUNDAY!
EASTER JOY!
THE GREATEST DAY!

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Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning,
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb.

Suddenly there was a great earthquake!
For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven,
rolled aside the stone, and sat on it…

…Then the angel spoke to the women.
“Don’t be afraid!” he said.
“I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
He isn’t here!
He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen.
Come, see where his body was lying.

“And now, go quickly and tell his disciples
that he has risen from the dead,
and he is going ahead of you to Galilee.
You will see him there.
Remember what I have told you.”
(Matthew 1,2, 5-7 NLT)
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There’s More to Come…

Today was GOOD FRIDAY,
the darkest day in human history.

However — praise God — this isn’t the end of the story!

Stay tuned;
Sunday’s comin’!!!

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This is how much God loved the world:
He gave his Son, his one and only Son.
And this is why:
so that no one need be destroyed;
by believing in him,
anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son
merely to point an accusing finger,
telling the world how bad it was.
He came to help, to put the world right again.
(John 3:16, 17 MSG)
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For more on this “developing story,”
I invite you to head over to my daughter’s new blog address
and follow the Scripture link at the end of her post,
“Good Friday”

I’m so happy to have Daisy Girl blogging here at WordPress now!

Giving Up?

Giving up anything for Lent, that is?

If you’re a Christian,
you may have been asked if you’re giving up something for Lent.
Many believers choose to observe this forty-day period before Easter
by making some personal minor sacrifice
to remind them of the Supreme Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.

I recently came across a clipping I saved from a “Choristers Guild Letter,”
published almost 50 years ago.
I think the editor had some good advice!
I need to be reminded of it every day, not just during Lent!!

WHAT TO GIVE UP FOR LENT

Give up grumbling…
“in everything give thanks.”

Give up 10 to 15 minutes in bed…
use that time in prayer.

Give up looking at people’s worst points…
concentrate on their best ones.

Give up speaking unkindly…
let your speech be generous and understanding.

Give up your worries…
trust God with them.

Give up hatred or dislike of anyone…
learn to love.

Give up the fear which prevents Christian witness…
seek courage to speak to others.

Give up concentrating on Sunday newspapers…
study your Bible.

Give up TV one evening a week…
visit some lonely or sick person.

Give up judging by appearances and by the standards of the world…
learn to give up yourself…
to GOD.

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