Happy Thursday

Good Morning Everyone,
     With less than 26 hours left before the layout pages are needed at the printer, I sit before my computer pondering the day ahead... A last minute advertisement picked up yesterday afternoon was suppose to be camera ready, instead, I received five business cards... New advertisers had pooled their money for the upcoming Christmas season in hopes that a larger advertisement would indeed bring them the customers they need... I know little about these owners or their businesses, something I had gotten use to over the years with a consistent clientele of advertisers and with that knowledge a better way to serve them... I can only feel a door opening to the possibility of relationship developing and the addition of not only consistent advertisers but new friends in my life...
     Somewhere between now and 10am, I need to focus on this first task and combine the information from the card and photos I took into an advertisement that will find the approval of five individuals... A challenge I readily accept...
     The aches and pains that have become a part of my life for so many years seem to magnify themselves this morning... Just sitting in my chair, that is so comfortable I can fall asleep in it, has become a challenge as I continually adjust my position trying to find that one sitting position that will give me the brief relief I need... The fence post, as I call it, stuck through my back and out my chest a few days ago continues to waver in different degrees of pain... Some times it is tolerable, other times the pain radiates to a point that I feel as if my left arm will fall off...
     The only consolation I have is that I am not alone in my quest to get finished before that 8AM deadline Friday morning... My LORD is with me...
     My prayer this morning is not for all these aches and pains to stop, but that I can stay focused on what needs to be done, that I will not be distracted by things of this world, that I can avoid the sidetracks and stumbling blocks that will litter my walk today and that I will be able to stay focused on that glimmer of light that radiates from the mountain top as I walk through another valley... I pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit as I assemble the pages... No subtleties in the directions, but a BOLD Direction that will remove all doubts of what needs to be said and done... I pray for a cleansing  of the area in which I work... The removal of any toe hold that satan thinks he still has to be removed, along with the demons he controls... Bind them up and cast them out so that my focus on YOU will not be interrupted... In the Name Of JESUS, the Risen CHRIST I Pray... Amen...

     Stand with me in my prayer as I seek HIS Will and Direction today...
Love ya All,    
Your Brother In JESUS, the Risen Christ,
Bro. Richard
 
Sweet to the Soul 

by Stan Mitchell

"My son, eat honey for it is good, and the drippings
from the honeycomb are sweet to the taste" (Proverbs
24:13, ESV).

The Psalmist declares that "the earth is the Lord's and
the fullness thereof" (Psalm 24:1). God made the
earth. He made sunsets, and friendship and, yes, honey
too. He created all these things with our enjoyment in
mind. It's OK to enjoy the pleasures of God's world, as
long as we do so within the bounds of his laws and his
word.

"Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it,
there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut
off" (Proverbs 24:14).

The words "know also" are a tip off that verse 14
continues the thought of verse 13. The thought moves
from "honey" that is sweet to the taste to the much
deeper satisfaction of attaining "wisdom," whose
satisfaction reaches to the very depths of our being,
and is "sweet to the soul."

So enjoy the physical blessings of life, such as honey;
but don't forget to satisfy the heart with blessings
for the soul too.

This Little Light Of Mine

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Won't let Satan blow it out.
I'm gonna let it shine.
Won't let Satan blow it out.
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Hide it under a bushel - NO!
I'm gonna let it shine.
Hide it under a bushel - NO!
I'm gonna let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.