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Posted on 06/30/2011 10:09:07 PM PDT by JustAmy
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My friend and I were traveling together, and she seemed a bit frazzled. When we got to the airport, she forgot to have her identification readily available and couldn’t find her reservation confirmation number. The ticket agent waited patiently, smiled, and then helped her at the “self” check-in. After receiving her ticket, she asked, “Where do we go next?” The agent smiled again, pointed at me, and said to her, “Stay close to your friend.”
That can be good advice for all of us when our lives get frazzled—stay close to your friends. Although Jesus is our best friend, we also need relationships with fellow believers to help us survive in this life.
In his first epistle, Peter was writing to believers who needed one another because they were suffering for their faith. In a few short sentences in chapter 4, Peter mentioned the need to receive and give “fervent love,” prayer, and hospitality (vv.7-9). He also included the need for believers to use their spiritual gifts to minister to one another (v.10). In other passages, we’re encouraged to comfort each other with the comfort we’ve been given by God (2 Cor. 1:3-4) and to build each other up in love (1 Thess. 5:11).
When life gets difficult and we get frazzled, staying close to our Christian friends will help us to get through.
Read: 1 Peter 4:7-11
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Beautiful scene, lovely Psalm, Meg. Thank you and I will see you later....I am running slow this morning!!
Very good message this Sunday morning, Mr. Mayor! Thank you!
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So gorgeous, Meg! WOW!!
Nine Ways NOT To Start Your Police Report
1. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...
2. The names contained in this report have been changed to protect the innocent ...
3. The mayor then made an illegal left hand turn onto Mulraney at which point I opened fire ...
4. Before I get into the details, I’ve got a few “shout- outs” for my homeys in the command staff ...
5. It was so dark and wet that night you could almost eat the mist. The radio call penetrated the eerie silence with such piercing intensity that for a moment, I was sure I’d lost my mind ...
6. Got call. Responded. Arrested bad guy. The end.
7. Mye pertnar an eye wher on petrol wen we seen a man act suspishushly...
8. The suspect then tried to assault me by repeatedly slamming his face into my fist ...
9. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away .
Golf Meditations
If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.
Since bad shots come in groups of three, a fourth bad shot is actually the beginning of the next group of three.
No matter how bad you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.
When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.
A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents luck.
Every time a golfer makes a birdie, he must subsequently make two triple bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the universe.
You can put “draw” on the ball, you can put “fade” on the ball, but no golfer can put “straight” on the ball.
Don’t buy a putter until you’ve had a chance to throw it.
Things your Mother would NEVER say
— Yeah, I used to cut class a lot too.
— Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I’ll be glad to feed and walk him every day.
— That outfit isn’t sexy enough, here, unbutton your blouse.
— Why don’t you hitchhike? It would totally be cheaper.
— The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It’s not like I’m running a prison around here.
— Don’t clean your room so often. It makes the rest of the house look bad.
— Can I borrow your new speed metal CDs?
— Naw, you don’t have to call me, I’ll eventually figure it out if you’re in trouble.
;o)
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A man feared his wife wasn’t hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid.
Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family doctor to
discuss the problem.
The Doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform
to give the doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.
Here’s what you do,” said the Doctor, “stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal
conversational speaking ask her a question and see if she hears you.
If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response..”
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the den. He says to himself,
“I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens.”
Then in a normal tone he asks, ‘Honey, what’s for dinner?”
No response..
So the husband moves closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats,
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks,
“Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Again he gets no response.
So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. “Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for dinner?”
Then she says, in an exasperated voice,
“Ralph,... for the FIFTH time,... CHICKEN!”
“Imagine yourself as a living house.
God comes in to rebuild that house.
At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing.
He is getting the drains right
and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on;
you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised.
But presently He starts knocking the house about
in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense.
What on earth is He up to?
The explanation is that He is building quite a different house
from the one you thought of -
throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there,
running up towers, making courtyards.
You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage:
but He is building a palace.
He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
— C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)
Blessed Sunday morning, Meg! What a lovely graphic and wonderful Psalm! Thank you very much!!
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WOW! Very powerful, Yorkie! And the graphic.....also WOW! Thank you very much!!
I cannot even begin to imagine the hurting hearts in Oslo.
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Meg, your graphic this morning is breathtaking, and Psalm 91 is a perfect verse for it. Thank you!
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