Life's Choices

Good Morning Friends,

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The message is a reminder that not all the things before us in life are for us to figure out. I have always believed that everything happens for a reason. Your choices are simple for today; Will you chose to rise and greet the day? Will you choose to be positive or negative? Will you chose to accept the life you live or change it? The choices are many and only you can decide how to proceed forward. I hope you find the many Blessings in your day and share them with others who are in need.

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“?But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”

~ Thomas Jefferson

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“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

?Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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UNFOLDING THE ROSE

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A young, new preacher was walking with an older, more seasoned preacher in the garden one day. Feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do, he was asking the older preacher for some advice. The older preacher walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told him to open it without tearing off any petals.

The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher and was trying to figure out what a rosebud could possibly have to do with his wanting to know the will of God for his life and ministry. But because of his great respect for the older preacher, he proceeded to try to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact. It wasn't long before he realized how impossible this was to do.

Noticing the younger preacher's inability to unfold the rosebud without tearing it, the older preacher began to recite the following poem...

It is only a tiny rosebud,

A flower of God's design;

But I cannot unfold the petals

With these clumsy hands of mine.

The secret of unfolding flowers

Is not known to such as I.

GOD opens this flower so sweetly.

Then in my hands they die.

If I cannot unfold a rosebud,

This flower of God's design,

Then how can I have the wisdom

To unfold this life of mine?

So I'll trust in Him for leading

Each moment of my day.

I will look to Him for His guidance

Each step of the pilgrim way.

The pathway that lies before me,

Only my Heavenly Father knows.

I'll trust Him to unfold the moments,

Just as He unfolds the rose.

---?Authro Unknown

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Tuesday’s laugh…………

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A man and woman were married for many years. Whenever there was a confrontation,

yelling could be heard deep into the night. The old man would shout, "When I

die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for

the rest of your life!" Neighbors feared him. The old man liked the fact that he

was feared. Then one evening, he died when he was 88. After the burial, her

neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked, "Aren't you afraid that he may

indeed be able to dig his way out of the grave and haunt you for the rest of

your life?" The wife said, " Let him dig. I had him buried upside down...and I

know he won't ask for directions."

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