The Good Search

 

Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.

 

1 Chronicles 16:11 (NLT)

Hope

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13, NLT

I remember when John Wiley Price, a well-known Dallas County Commissioner from South Dallas, came to speak at Leadership Richardson. He spoke about the differences between South Dallas and North Dallas. He said that the worst thing that can happen to a human is to lose hope. He talked about how kids in gangs and people who commit heinous crimes, even killing random strangers, don't care because they have no hope. Hope is so powerful and so important in our lives. I pray that I will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit! I will and must continue to trust in God, the source of hope and I thank Him daily that he completely fills me with joy and peace (and continues to do that, even on the days when I get sidetracked and don't focus on Him and trust in Him).

Six Little Stories

1.  Once all villagers decided to pray for rain, on the day of prayer all the people gathered,
but only one boy came with an umbrella.

That's FAITH


2.  When you throw a baby in the air, she laughs because she knows you will catch her.

That's TRUST


3.  Every night we go to bed, without any assurance of being alive the next morning
but still we set the alarms to wake up.

That's HOPE


4.  We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future.

That's CONFIDENCE


5.  We see the world suffering, but still we get married and have children.

That's LOVE


6.  On an old man's shirt was written a sentence 'I am not 60 years old....
I am sweet 16 with 44 years’ experience'

That's ATTITUDE

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Shared with me by Daddy W, Dr. Mary's dad who must be a twin separated at birth from my dad. They're both engineers (ask them what time it is, they'll tell you how a watch works) with a good sense of humor and a lot of love for life and for their family. Thanks, Daddy W!

Do not fear bad news

They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them.

Psalm 112:7, NLT
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We got a weird memo today via email from the UMaine System office. And then I got this email from Air1. I didn't even pray the prayer when the answer to the prayer showed up. God is good!
PS I didn't think the memo was bad news, but couldn't figure out what it meant. I still don't know what it meant, but if it was bad news, I'm not fearing it.

Confidence, Hope, and Faith

I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God. Bend down and listen as I pray.

Psalm 17:6, NLT

AMEN!!

Be careful what you ask for

So I said a prayer last night and when I woke up, this was the Verse of the Day:

 

I'd been thinking about this decision for a very long time and I just couldn't decide. I knew I had looked at it from every angle and gotten a lot of input on it where I could. But then I realized I hadn't done the one thing that I knew would give me the answer I needed--I hadn't prayed about it. So I prayed about it and got this oh so obvious answer (obvious to me anyway).

Thank you Lord for answering prayers and thank you for the wondrous and creative ways in which you do so. :-)

Never thought of it that way . . .

from Air1.com's verse of the day:

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

~ Psalm 139:14, N

Wow. I love looking at myself and my complexities in this light. Never thought of it that way before.

Jackpot

I love great quotes. I write them down in lots of places but I've never had them all in one place. I'm on a listserv for educators and this list of great quotes showed up in my emailbox today. This is what inspired me to start this blog.

"It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it." John Wooden, basketball coach
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Darrell Royal, football coach
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi, football coach
"No one has ever drowned in sweat." Lou Holtz, football coach
"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it." Lou Holtz, football coach
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." Wayne Gretzky, hockey
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." Wayne Gretzky, hockey
"Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers." Magic Johnson, basketball
"It's all about the journey, not the outcome." Carl Lewis, track and field
"If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life." Isiah Thomas, basketball
"The harder you work, the luckier you get." Gary Player, golf
"Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly." Shaquille O'Neal, basketball
"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there." Bo Jackson, football
"The only disability in life is a bad attitude." Scott Hamilton, figure skating
"For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research." Billie Jean King, tennis
"Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication." Roger Staubach, football
"I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up." Orel Hershiser, baseball
"Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true." Pete Maravich, basketball
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Herman Cain
"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature." John D. Rockefeller
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland

from: insidetheschoolmail.com