Guardian Angels

We all have Guardian Angels watching over us.
We aren't always aware or ready to believe,
but the next time you hear that inner voice urging you to take
a certain action,
or feel the need to hesitate when stepping off the curb,
or some similar feeling... believe!
There could be a car careening out of control coming
around the corner
right where you would have been.
Or when you are at your lowest and a stranger appears
and asks you for directions,
take a moment. It just might be the answer
to your silent prayer.

We all have Guardian Angels watching over us.
We aren't always aware or ready to believe,
but the next time you hear that inner voice urging
you to take a certain action,
or feel the need to hesitate when stepping off the curb,
or some similar feeling... believe!
There could be a car careening out of control coming around
the corner right where you would have been. Or when you are
at your lowest and a stranger appears and asks you
for directions, take a moment.
It just might be the answer to
your silent prayer.





Good friends are like Angels,
You don't have to see them to know they are there...

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.

When you figure out which it is...you'll know exactly what to do.
When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with
guidance and support,to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up, or out,
and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that your need has been met,
your desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered
and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your time has come to share,
grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real!
But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build
upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson,
love the person/people (anyway); and put what you have learned to use in all other
relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that Love is blind but Friendship is Clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life...

"FM"

How To Forgive

One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods. As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not right. He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job.

His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him. He remembered family that had passed on. His mind turned to the illness he had that no one could cure. His very soul was filled with anger, resentment and frustration.

Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek the one he knew would always be there. And with tears in his eyes, he prayed:

"Lord- You have done wonderful things for me in this life. You have told me to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed. Today, you have told me to forgive. I am sad, Lord, because I cannot. I don't know how. It is not fair Lord. I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I shouldn't have to forgive. As perfect as your way is Lord, this one thing I cannot do, for I don't know how to forgive. My anger is so deep Lord, I fear I may not hear you, but I pray that you teach me to do this one thing I cannot do - Teach me To Forgive."

As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something fall onto his shoulder. He opened his eyes. Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt.

He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground. He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood with a large spike through them.

He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging on a cross. He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head. Finally he saw the suffering and pain on His precious face. As their eyes met, the man's tears turned to sobbing, and Jesus began to speak.

"Have you ever told a lie?" He asked?

The man answered - "yes, Lord."

"Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?"

The man answered - " yes. Lord." And the man sobbed more and more.

"Have you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?" Jesus asked?

And the man answered - "yes, Lord."

"Have you ever sworn, using my Father's name in vain? "

The man, crying now, answered - "yes, Lord."
As Jesus asked many more times, "Have you ever"? The man's crying became uncontrollable, for he could only answer - "yes, Lord."

Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and the man felt something fall on his other shoulder. He looked and saw that it was the blood of Jesus. When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus, and there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before.

Jesus said, "I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive you."

It may be hard to see how you're going to get through something, but when you look back in life, you realize how true this statement is.

Read the following first line slowly and let it sink in.

If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.