[InChristAlone]

"Start by doing what is necessary, than what is possible,
and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
(St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226)

Thank God for what you have,
TRUST GOD for what you need.

God gives you this day only once, use it for His glory and don't waste it.

The Creator's Gift
I prayed and asked God for strength,
And He gave me troubles so that I became stronger.

I asked God for wisdom,
And He gave me problems so that I could solve them.

I asked for prosperity,
And God gave me muscles and a mind and thus I worked.

I asked for courage,
And God put me in peril and placed obstacles and thus I overcame them.

I asked for love,
And God sent me the destitute and the indigent and thus I helped them.

I asked for mercy,
And God gave me opportunities.

I got nothing I wanted,
I got all I needed.

It was the answer to my prayer.



Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.

A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.

Worry: The interest you pay on trouble before it comes.

"Frogs have it easy; they can eat what bugs them."

"The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other
to think with... Success depends on which one you use
the most... Heads you win, Tails you lose."

Cure for Sorrow
There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose son just died. In her grief, she went to the holy man and said, "What prayers, what magical incantations do you have to bring my son back to life?"
Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, "Fetch me a mustard seed from a home that has never known sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life." The woman
went off at once in search of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid mansion, knocked at the door, and said, "I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a place? It is very important to me."
They told her, "You've certainly come to the wrong place," and began to describe all the tragic things that recently had befallen them.
The woman said to herself, "Who is better able to help these poor, unfortunate people that I, who have had misfortune of my my own?" She stayed to comfort them, then went on in search of a home that had never known sorrow. But wherever she turned, in hovels and in other places, she found one tale after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so involved in ministering to other people's grief that ultimately she forgot about her quest for the magical mustard seed, never realizing that it had, in fact, driven the sorrow out of her life.
So, friend, if you feel you are the most wretch person in the world, just go and try to find that magical mustard seed...

A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, "Come, I will show you hell." They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of stew. Everyone was famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their arms that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.
"Come, now I will show you heaven," the Lord said after a while. They entered another room, identical to the first - the pot of stew, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons. But there everyone was happy and well-nourished.
"I don't understand," said the man. "Why are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the same?"
The Lord smiled, "Ah, it is simple," he said. "Here they have learned to feed each other."


There were three men who died and before God would let them into heaven, God gave them a chance to come back as anything they wanted.
The first guy said, "I want to come back as myself, but 100 times smarter."
So God made him 100 times smarter.
The second guy said, "I want to be better than that guy, make me 1000 times smarter."
So God made him 1000 times smarter.
The last guy decided he would be the best. So he said, "God, make me better than both of them, make me 1,000,000 times smarter."
So God made him a woman.


Two buddies, Bob and Earl, were two of the biggest baseball fans in America. Their entire adult lives, Bob and Earl discussed baseball history in the winter, and they poured over every box score during the season. They went to sixty games a year. They even agreed that whoever died first would try to come back and tell the other if there was baseball in heaven.
One summer night, Bob passed away in his sleep after watching a Yankee victory earlier in the evening. He died happy.
A few nights later, his buddy, Earl, awoke to the sound of Bob's voice from beyond.
"Bob is that you?" Earl asked.
"Of course it me," Bob replied.
"This is unbelievable!" Earl exclaimed. "So tell me, is there baseball in heaven?"
"Well, I have some good news and some bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first?"
"Tell me the good news first."
"Well, the good news is that, yes, there is baseball in heaven, Earl."
"Oh, that is wonderful! So what could possibly be the bad news?"
"You're pitching tomorrow night."

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many,
not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
(Charles Dickens, English novelist, 1812-1870)

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the
number of apples in a seed. (Robert H. Schuller)

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and
refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy,
not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart;
to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions,
hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious,
grow up through the common--this is my symphony. -William Henry Channing,
clergyman, reformer (1810-1884)


This one will cause you to stop and think.
Voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small desert like island.
The two survivors, not knowing what else to do agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit.
The other man's parcel of land remained barren. After a week, the first man was lonely and decided to pray for a wife.
The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing. Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, &more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The
first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's
blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming. "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," the first man answered. His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not
deserve anything."
You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him, "He had only one prayer, which I answered. "If not for that you would not have received any of my blessings."
Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"
He prayed that all your prayers be answered." For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us
This is too good not to share.My prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be blessed.