Christian Reflection and Prayer

Is God's mercy in your life evident to others?

All praise to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ. He is the source of every mercy
and the God who comforts us. He comforts us
in all our troubles so that we can comfort
others. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NLT

Since God chose you to be the holy people
whom he loves, you must clothe yourselves
with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility,
gentleness, and patience.
Colossians 3:12 NLT

(from God's Daily Promise)

Clothed in mercy

It happened during the darkest days
of Europe's history. Hitler was sweeping
across the land promoting his contempt for
Jews and his plan to exterminate them from
the planet. Many countries were easily
conned by his propaganda.

But Denmark had a king that wasn't so
easily taken in. He received Hitler's edict
concerning the armbands that Jews would
be required to wear.… So he went out on
the balcony of his palace and began reading
the edict line by line.…Then when finished,
he tucked the note away and reached into
his pocket, pulling out a small yellow armband.
The king slipped it onto his coat sleeve. Over
the weeks to come, thousands of Danes
found ways to acquire these yellow armbands
and wore them whenever they went out in
public, just as the Jews were forced to do.
As a result, Hitler's men found themselves
in a constant struggle to separate the Jews
from the non-Jews in Denmark.… Compassion
is a trait within us that is very near the heart
of God.

Story retold by Frank M. Martin in Embracing
Eternity (Tyndale House), p 85

This is one  of the nicest e-mails I have
seen and is so  true:

I dreamt  that I went to Heaven and an angel
was showing  me around. We walked side-by-
side inside a large  workroom filled with angels.
My angel guide  stopped in front of the first
section and said,  ' This is the Receiving Section.
Here, all  petitions to God said in prayer are 
received.  I  looked around in this area, and it
was terribly  busy with so many angels sorting
out petitions  written on voluminous paper
sheets and scraps  from people all over the 
world.  

Then we  moved on down a long corridor until
we reached  the second section.   

The  angel then said to me, "This is the
Packaging  and Delivery Section. Here,
the graces and  blessings the people asked
for are processed and  delivered to the living
persons who asked for  them." I noticed again
how busy it was there.  There were many angels
working hard at that  station, since so many
blessings had been  requested and were being
packaged for delivery  to Earth.   

Finally  at the farthest end of the long corridor
we  stopped at the door of a very small station.
To  my great surprise, only one angel was seated 
there, idly doing nothing. "This is the 
Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend 
quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed."  
How is it that there is no work going on  here? ' I asked.   
"So  sad," the angel sighed.  "After people 
receive the blessings that they asked for, very 
few send back  acknowledgments"  

"How  does one acknowledge God's blessings? " I  asked..   
"Simple,"  the angel answered. Just say,
"Thank you,  Lord. " 

"What  blessings should they acknowledge?"  I  asked.   

"If you  have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your 
back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you  are
richer than 75% of this world. If you have  money in
the bank, in your wallet, and spare  change in a dish,
you are among the top 8% of  the world's wealthy. "  
"And if  you get this on your own computer, you are
part  of the 1% in the world who has that  opportunity."  
"If you  woke up this morning with more health than 
illness .. You are more blessed than the many  who
will not even survive this  day. "   
"If you  have never experienced the fear in battle,
the  loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of  torture,
or the pangs of starvation ... You are  ahead of 700
million people in the  world." 
"If you  can attend a church without the fear of 
harassment, arrest, torture or death you are  envied
by, and more blessed than, three billion  people in
the world." 
"If  your parents are still alive and still married  ..
you are very rare."  
"If you  can hold your head up and smile, you are
not the  norm, you're unique to all those in doubt
and  despair......."

Ok,  what now? How can I start?  

If you  can read this message, you just received a 
double blessing in that someone was thinking of 
you as very special and you are more blessed  than
over two billion people in the world who  cannot read at all.  

Have a  good day, count your blessings, and  if you
care to, pass this along to remind  everyone else how
blessed we all  are  

ATTN:   Acknowledge Dept. 

"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability  to share
this message and for giving me so many  wonderful
people with whom to share  it. "   


If you  have read this far, and are thankful for all  that
you have been blessed with, how can  you not  
send it on ??? ? I thank God for  everything, especially
all my family and  friends

(thanks Bob)

Two moons on 27th August 2010

27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night
sky starting August. It will look as large as
the full moon to the naked eye. This will
culminate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes
within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to
watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will
look like the earth has 2 moons.

The next time Mars may come this close
is in 2287.

Share this with your friends as NO ONE
ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

HOW MARVELOUS IS GOD'S HANDIWORK!!