My Daily Nourishment

very nice story worth sharing for!!! it made me cry…just a story but it is full of lesson!!! a very good insight for our daily lives!!! have a nice day everyone!!

The Nursing Home
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The 92-year-old petite, well-poised and proud lady,
who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock,
with her hair fashionably fixed and makeup perfectly applied
even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.

Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move
necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the
nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator,
I provided a visual description of her tiny room,
including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window.
“I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old
having just been presented with a new puppy.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room… just wait.”
“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied.
“Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.
Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the
furniture is arranged… it’s how I arrange my mind.”

“I’ve already decided to love it.
It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up.
I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed
recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that
no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones
that do.

Each day is a gift and as long as my eyes open,
I’ll focus on the new day
and all the happy memories I’ve stored away
just for this time in my life.”

“Old age is like a bank account.
You withdraw from what you’ve put in.
So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness
in the bank account of memories.”

“Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
I am still depositing.”

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

~Author Unknown~

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A small Chapel in Lengenfeld..In most places esp. by the fields/farmers’ land, in the state of Bavaria or even in most places in Germany, you can always see Crucifix or small chapels. I just find it very amazing how Germans made these symbols to show their trust and belief in God!! great!!

I love this story…read it and I hope that it will give you some insights too especially to your children!! have a great Wednesday!!

The Preacher’s Son
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An old country preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting
time the boy should give some thought to choosing a
profession. Like many young men his age, the boy didn’t really
know what he wanted to do, and he didn’t seem too concerned
about it. One day, while the boy was away at school, his
father decided to try an experiment. He went into the boy’s
room and placed on his study table four objects.

1. A bible.
2. A silver dollar.
3. A bottle of whisky.
4. And a Playboy magazine.

“I’ll just hide behind the door,” the old preacher said to
himself. “When he comes home from school today, I’ll see
which object he picks up.

If it’s the bible, he’s going to be a preacher like me, and
what a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar, he’s
going to be a business man, and that would be okay, too. But
if he picks up the bottle, he’s going to be a no-good drunken
bum, and Lord, what a shame that would be. And worst of all if
he picks up that magazine he’s going to be a skirt-chasing
womanizer.”

The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son’s foot-
steps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his
room.

The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave
the room he spotted the objects on the table. With curiosity
in his eye, he walked over to inspect them.

Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm.
He picked up the silver dollar and dropped into his pocket.
He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink, while he admired
this month’s centerfold.

“Lord have mercy,” the old preacher disgustedly whispered.
“He’s gonna run for Congress.”

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Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God

2 Corinthians 3:5 KJV
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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.

Colossians 1:12,21,22 KJV
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Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith that
saves is faith in Him.

As it is written,

There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth,
there is none that seeketh after God.

They are all gone out of the way,
they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Romans 3:10-12 KJV
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And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

Ephesians 2:1-3 NASB
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

John 3:19,20 NIV
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Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.

Meditation

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:5-11 NKJV

Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes;
and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
for therein do I delight.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
and not to covetousness.

Psalm 119:33-36 KJV
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Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Hebrews 13:5,6 KJV

I went to church today…in Assisi. It is one of only two
Anglican churches in Umbria, Italy, and this one has only been
going for a year now.

I am the churchwarden. I, for my sins, was standing a little
too close to the minister when he was looking for a volunteer.

After the service we had a lunch together in a superb local
restaurant, about twelve of us, and over the lunch we discussed
the quality of the communion wine. It was not as good as we
normally have and there were a few complaints, especially from
our minister.

It was…alright, but just not as good as usual.

I explained that it was left in the bottle from last time and
had probably gone off a bit. I had taken along a new unopened
bottle of Vinto Santo, the Italian equivalent of sherry, but
decided not to use it as the other wine seemed drinkable.

I apologized to the group for my decision. Then I said, “Hey,
exactly what are we complaining about here? It is not the
quality of the wine that counts, but surely the quality of the
prayer that goes with it!”

There was a deathly silence. “Of course!” said everyone at
once, “We have all completely missed the point!”

Our church is VERY beautiful. It is one of the most beautiful
churches in Assisi, and they don’t come much more beautiful…
anywhere! It is also extremely difficult to get to as, unless
you actually live in Assisi, you can’t just drive straight in.
The police stop you. You have to park way outside and walk.

My 86-year-old mother-in-law comes with us and I have to get
special permission from the police each time to drop her at the
church door, but then I have to drive out, park, and walk all
the way back in.

After the service I have to walk all the way back out, get the
car, convince the policeman that I am going to get my mother-in-
law from church, drive in, and drive back out again.

We were very lucky to get the use of the church. The Roman
Catholic bishop of Assisi had to give his special permission for
us Anglicans to use it. It has the most wonderful frescoes,
a wonderful hall with the most wonderful terrace with the most
wonderful view.

However, nobody needs to give us permission to pray;
nobody needs frescoes to pray,
and we often lose sight of the really important things.

The difficulty of getting to this church makes it even more
important to me to make the effort to be there.

Never mind the wine;
never mind the frescoes;
never mind the walk…

~A MountainWings Original by subscriber Graham Lane, Italy~

In case you didn’t know (I didn’t), a fresco is a painting but not
a normal painting that you hang on the wall, but the painting of
pictures on the wall itself. They are therefore immovable and
often hundreds of years old, needing special care to preserve
them for future generations to see.

Click below to see one of the frescoes in the church.
http://www.mountainwings.com/past/fresco.htm