Thursday, May 27, 2010

Power Thought of The Day

When God is pleased with you, nothing is a problem for you: whether you accomplish much or little, or nil, you will feel satisfied. Be what He wants you to be; that will please Him.

~Swami Amar Jyoti~

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Jamaica Land We Love

I made this video specially for you! Please enjoy.  :) 





A mixture of thoughts and feelings fill us all: fear for those standing in harm's way, worry about the possible length of this conflict, concern for our own personal safety and that of our loved ones. As people of faith and citizens of this beautiful island, peace and safety is indeed our deepest desire: peace for our hearts, peace for our island--Jamaica Land We Love; therefore let us call upon the God of our faith to be with us during this time, making peace our constant prayer, to the One who alone can bring peace that endures.

For God will speak peace to the people, to those who turn to God in their hearts.


God of Peace and Love, in Your hands are all the people of this world: the prideful, the needy, the arrogant, the lost, the high, the lowly, the entitled, the dispossessed, the loved and the unloved, the blessed and the not so blessed, and even we too seeking Your comfort, seeking Your aid in our time of conflict and warring. For all our divisions and divisiveness, we must acknowledge that in Your hands, we truly are just one people, one flesh, one blood, created by You. You alone O' God can curb the passions that take us from You and turn us upon each other. You alone can save us from ourselves through Your great love for us.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Power Thought of The Day

"A Mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing, our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing."

~Martin Luther~

Friday, May 21, 2010

Power Thought of The Day

For all the children of the world.....

A hundred years from now...it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove....but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.

~Kathy Davis~

Thursday, May 20, 2010

A True Friend


Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.

~Dinah Craik~

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Love


Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

~Oscar Wilde~

Monday, May 17, 2010

Power Thought of The Day


You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

~Dale Carnegie~

Friday, May 14, 2010

Treating Others with Care and Attention

I wanted to share this beautiful anecdote with you, having practiced this too all throughout my life. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did :-)

During my second year of nursing school school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.

~Joann C. Jones~

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Power Thought of The Day


Without forgiveness, love has no meaning. We must always pray to see the truth about a relationship: not just our truth but God's truth. "May God's will be done, not my own" is the prayer for ultimate fulfillment, because it seeks an emotionally higher ground than the fulfillment of our immature desires.

~Marianne Williamson~

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Power Thought of The Day

Pray for your friends, but by all means, pray for your enemies. And don't pray that they"ll change; pray that you might change--from an accusatory mind to a loving one.

~Marianne Williamson~

Monday, May 3, 2010

Strength

 

When your strength is failing,
And you are faltering in your faith, 
Pause for a moment, take a deep breath,
And God your Father who is the source of your strength, will refresh and re-kindle your faith.

Remember the battle is not yours,
It is the Lord's battle and He is fighting for you.

Don't ever forget to wait on the Lord.
God will continually give you strength to overcome every trial, and sustain you in your weakest moments.

~Margaret C. Mullings~

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Thank You, God for Everything


Thank You, God for everything......
The big things and the small
For "every good gift comes from God,"
The Giver of them all.
  
And all too often we accept
Without any thanks or praise,
The gifts God sends as blessings
Each day in many ways.
                           
And so at this Thanksgiving time,
We offer up a prayer,
To thank You, God, for giving us
A lot more than our share.
                           
First, Thank You for the little things
That often come our way
The things we take for granted,
But don't mention when we pray.

The unexpected courtesy,
The thoughtful, kindly deed,
A hand reached out to help us
In the time of sudden need.

Oh, make us more aware, Dear God,
Of little daily graces
That come to us with "sweet surprises"
From never-dreamed-of places.
                             
Then thank You for "the miracles"
We are much too blind to see, 
And give us new awareness 
Of our many gifts from Thee......
                              
And help us to remember
That the key to life and living,
Is to make each prayer a prayer of thanks.
And every day Thanksgiving.

                                     ~Helen Steiner Rice~