January 13 - Daily Feast
Volume II
So few people are worthy of our tears - only a few. Our personal space is invaded and we are made to think we caused the rift that follows. This is an illusion that is not worthy of the price we try to pay. It is the elders' privilege to look back and smile. They, too, have known the ideal, the magnificent, the ultimate - and they have cried. But a da to li s di, that wonderful grace, provided knowledge of how to hold one loose thread in place by joy - not tears. And then came peace.
~ It is the duty of the brave when injured to lay peace aside....and then to lay down again in peaceful quiet. ~
PUSHMATAHA - CHOCTAW CHIEF, 1812
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Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 13
"When you remove love and try to replace it with monetary things, you've got nothing ... Get him to understand that he has to love himself before he can love anything else."
--John Peters (Slow Turtle), WAMPANOAG
It is said, "Love thy neighbor as thyself." That's the trouble, most of us do.
Great Spirit, You are love; You are spirit. Spirit and love are interconnected. I am spiritual. Let me realize what I am really made of.
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'THINK on THESE THINGS'
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Bad feelings are burdens. When we get to the point of believing the whole world is sour because we don't understand it, we have a lot of self-searching to do. Maybe we helped it to lose its sweetness. Maybe we're the bad apple that soured the whole lot.
Our first thought should be to make amends. Sometimes we can't, and when such is the case we need to get out of the way and let time and nature take its course.
Life is too beautiful to go on being a bitter pill that insists that everyone swallow it. As in the words of Caleb C. Colton, an English clergyman around the turn of the century, "the man who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the grief which he proposes to remove."
We need to unburden ourselves by forgetting our problems and doing something that will put a smile on someone else's face.
The quickest way to solve the problem of hurt feelings is to inquire if this situation is important to the whole of existence. Does this particular thing mean more than any of the other things of life? It is amazing how quickly trials fade into nothingness when faced with this question. It places before us the need to decide here and now the meaning of our whole existence.
There are not many things in our lives that we can truthfully say mean everything to us. The small things are important and very dear, but the really significant things we count on one hand - life, our loved ones, our good desires, our faith, and our nation.
One of the most magnified situations in this day is taking life too seriously. In the stress of too much mental confusion, we seem unable to laugh off so many little irritations. We let personality rule us into making each little problem the source of great anxiety and dramatically lay hold of it until it chokes us.
The worthwhile side of this life is too important to let ourselves become involved with things that mean little to us. Too much of the trouble in the world is caused from ego-building important that would never be missed in anyone's existence.
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God's Minute
It is written; IF I SAY, 'I WILL FORGET MY COMPLAINT, I
WILL CHANGE MY EXPRESSION, AND SMILE.'
( JOB 9:27 * NIV )
Dear Member's,
Now we all have days when we feel overwhelmed
with life's many problems. However complaining about
then doesn't change a thing! So why not smile instead
of complain, for it is said; "Smile and the whole World
smiles with you, frown and you frown alone!"
Now what better way to find a smile than to laugh with
joy. So enjoy today's message, and let it be said; OUR
MOUTHS WERE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, OUR
TONGUES WITH SONGS OF JOY. For THE LORD HAS
DONE GREAT THINGS FOR US, AND WE ARE FILLED
WITH JOY. ( PSALM 126:2-3 )
Therefore Member's, today's message is one that was
sent to us by one of our Dear Member's. It will not only
cause a laugh or two, it may try your Bible knowledge a
little as well! It is titled:
"Smiles From The Bible"
Q: What kind of man was Boaz before he married?
A: Ruthless
Q: What do they call Pastor's in Germany?
A: German Shepherd's.
Q: Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?
A: Noah. He was floating his stock while everyone else was
in liquidation.
Q: What was the greatest female financier in the Bible?
A: Pharaoh's daughter. She went to the bank of the Nile
and drew out a little Prophet.
Q: What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A: Jehovah drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Fury.
David's Triumph was heard throughout the land. Also,
probably a Honda, because the apostles were all in
one Accord.
Q: Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible?
A: Samson. He brought the house down.
Q: Which servant of God was the most flagrant lawbreaker in
the Bible?
A: Moses. He broke all 10 commandments at once.
Q: Which area of Palestine was especially wealthy?
A: The area around Jordan. The banks were always
overflowing.
Q: Who is the greatest babysitter mentioned in the Bible?
A: David. He rocked Goliath to a very deep sleep.
Q: Which Bible character had no parents?
A: Joshua, son of Nun.
Now who knew the Bible was so full of puns and jokes?
I hope you have enjoyed! Have a fun filled weekend and do
not forget Church tomorrow. Amen.
With My Love & Prayers,
your servant ,wado Pastor cougarmoon
