Spiritual Passages Pg. 4

~~~Cyrian's Diary~~~

Spiritual Passages Pg. 4

Almost Thanksgiving Day...and

the e-mails keep piling up !!!

‘Somebody Loved Me!’

Bill Wilson

Metro Ministries International

My mother and I were walking down the street one day when we stopped and she said, “I can’t do this anymore. You wait here.” I did what my mom said. I waited, and waited, and waited. For three days I waited, but she never came back to get me. I was all of fourteen.

After seeing me sit there day after day, a man took me off the street and paid my way to a Christian youth camp. I’d never been to church in my life, so I didn’t understand much of what was going on. But when the speaker said, “If you need Jesus, come to the front,” I went forward because I knew I needed something!

A lot of kids responded to the invitation, and each one had a counselor praying with them...each of them but me. I was the only one who didn’t have someone praying with them. I thought, “My mother doesn’t want me; now the Christians don’t want me.” I later found out that ! no one was standing beside me because I was so dirty. I was still wearing the same old holey T-shirt, pants, and sneakers that I’d had on when I was picked up off the street.

Despite the fact that nobody was praying with me, for the first time in my life I felt as if somebody loved me! I didn’t understand it then, but now I know that when you enter the presence of God, suddenly there is hope! Hebrews 6:19 NIV says, “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” At that moment I felt God’s unconditional, all-encompassing love, and I was given precious hope for my future. It was the turning point of my life!

To learn more about Bill Wilson’s ministry, which rescues and brings a message of hope to children of the inner cities, log on to www.metroministries.com.

Remember, "Something GOOD is going to happen!"

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Give thanks for a little and

you will find a lot.
- The Hausa of Nigeria

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One Minute For God
Stop whatever you are doing for the next 60
seconds.
Just say "The Lords Prayer" for the person that
sent you to this site:
Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name, Thy Kingdom Come,
Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day, our daily
bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
those who trespass against us and lead us not into

temptation but deliver us from all evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the
Glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Now just send this message to everyone you know.
Within hours, many people will have prayed for
you, and you caused a
multitude of people to pray to God for other
people.
Then sit back and watch the power of God work in
your life for doing the thing that you know he
LOVES.
If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the
instructions. Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me,
I will be ashamed of you before my Father."

Pass this
on only if you believe and mean it. Yes, I do
Love my God. He is my
source of existence, my guiding light, my
strength, my savior, my
redeemer.
He keeps me functioning each and everyday.
Without Him, I would be be nothing.
Without Him, I am nothing... But with Him
I can do all things through Christ that
strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)
This is a simple test. Take 60 seconds &give this
a shot!
Let's just see if Satan stops this one!
If you love God and are not ashamed of all the
marvelous things
that he has done for you, send this to everyone
you know,
and the person that you received it from.

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Asked by his teacher to spell "straight," the
   fourth-grade boy did so without error.

   "Excellent," said the teacher, "now, what is the
   definition?"

   "Without water."

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   Why are men like cards?

   You need a heart to love them.
   You need a diamond to marry them.
   You need a club to beat them.
   And you need a spade to bury them...

   -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=-

   Her Bumper Stickers...

    ~ I used to be schizophrenic,
    but we're OK now.

    ~ If they don't have chocolate in heaven,
    I ain't going.

    ~ If you want breakfast in bed,
    sleep in the kitchen.

    ~ My husband could have had any women he pleased
    he just couldn't please any!

    ~ My Mother is a travel agent for guilt trips.

    ~ Don't treat me any differently than
    you would the Queen.

    ~ God made us sisters...
    Prozac made us friends.

    ~ It's hard to be nostalgic when you
    can't remember anything.

    ~ Next mood swing: 6 minutes.

    ~ At my age, I've seen it all, done it all,
    heard it all...I just can't remember it all.

    ~ Coffee, chocolate, men...
    Some things are just better rich.

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Silent gratitude isn’t much good to anyone.

- Gladys Browyn Stern

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"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."

Thomas Campbell

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Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV

God says, “I know the thoughts that I think toward you..

thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

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Never fear shadows. They simply mean

there's a light shining somewhere nearby.

- Ruth E. Renkel

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"New Barbie" ......

          Finally a Barbie I can relate to.    At
long last, here are some NEW Barbie dolls to
coincide with her and OUR aging gracefully. These
are a bit more realistic...
           1. Bifocals Barbie.     Comes with her own
set of blended-lens fashion frames in six wild
colors (half-frames too!), neck chain, and
large-print editions   of Vogue and Martha Stewart
Living.
           2. Hot Flash Barbie.      Press Barbie's
bellybutton and watch her face turn
beet red while tiny drops of perspiration
appear on her forehead. Comes with

handheld fan and tiny tissues.
           3. Facial Hair Barbie. As Barbie's
hormone levels shift, see her whiskers grow.
Available with teensy tweezers and magnifying
mirror.
          4. Flabby Arms Barbie.     Hide Barbie's
droopy triceps with these new,roomier-sleeved gowns.
Good news on the tummy front, two-MuMus with
tummy-support panels are included.
           5. Bunion Barbie.    Years of disco
dancing in stiletto heels have definitely taken
their toll on Barbie's dainty arched feet. Soothe
her sores with the pumice stone and plasters, then
slip on soft terry mules.
          6. No-More-Wrinkles Barbie.     Erase
those pesky crow's-feet and lip lines
with a tube of Skin Sparkle-Spackle, from
Barbie's own line of exclusive age-blasting cosmetics.
         7. Soccer Mom Barbie.     All that
experience as a cheerleader is really paying off as
Barbie dusts off her old high school megaphone to
root for Babs and Ken, Jr.    Comes with minivan in
robin-egg blue or white and cooler filled with
doughnut holes and fruit punch.
          8. Mid-life Crisis Barbie. It's time to
  ditch Ken. Barbie needs a change,
and Alonzo (her personal trainer) is just
  what the doctor ordered, along with Prozac. They're
  hopping in her new red Miata and heading for the
  Napa Valley to open a B&B.   Includes a real tape of
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do."
          9. Divorced Barbie.     Sells for$ 199.99.
Comes with Ken's house, Ken's car, and Ken's boat.
        10. Recovery Barbie. Too many parties have
finally caught up with the
ultimate party girl. Now she does Twelve
Steps instead of dance steps.   Clean and sober,
she's going to meetings religiously.   Comes with a
little copy of The Big Book and a six-pack of Diet
Coke.
           11. Post-Menopausal Barbie.     This
Barbie wets her pants when she sneezes, forgets
where she puts things, and cries a lot.     She is
sick and tired of Ken sitting on the couch watching
the tube, clicking through the channels. Comes with
Depends and Kleenex. As a bonus this year, the book
"Getting In Touch with Your Inner Self" is included.

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Humility, like darkness, reveals

the heavenly lights.

- Henry David Thoreau

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A Craving for Cranberry

When you're planning your Thanksgiving menu,

don't forget the cranberry sauce. This turkey topper is full of

heart-healthy nutrition.

Cranberries are rich in several different types of flavonoids, i

ncluding anthocyanins, flavonols, and proanthocyanins.

The antioxidant-like properties of these flavonoids may keep

strokes and heart attacks away by helping to prevent fatty

plaques from clogging your arteries.
RealAge Benefit: Eating a diverse diet that includes 4 servings

of fruit per day can make your RealAge as much as 4 years

younger. Choose fresh cranberry sauce over canned cranberry

sauce, which tends to be less nutritious and higher in sodium.

Include cranberries in your diet year-round by adding dried

cranberries to salads and cereals, fresh cranberry relish

to sandwiches, and fresh cranberries to baked goods,

such as whole-wheat breads or bran muffins

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UPDATE CALENDAR REFERENCE INSTR......

Took 11 days to figure out what to do to link the calendar to the page #'s, so here's the "fix" (also proper way to do this again with each new page added):

Open and make the day's page. Publish when thru. Check browser address line and obtain the correct page id #. (November calendar HTML is working perfectly/ back-reference).

In between tags, enter the page id# and date.