January 2007

Week One

A Day

~ William L. Stidger

What does it take to make a day?
A lot of love along the way.
It takes a morning and a noon,
A father's voice, a mother's croon;
It takes some task to challenge all
The powers that a man may call
His own: the powers of mind and limb;
A whispered word of love; a hymn
Of hope--a comrade's cheer--
A baby's laughter and a tear;
It takes a dream, a hope, a cry
Of need of brotherhood and love;
A purpose sent from God above;
It takes a sunset in the sky,
The stars of night, the winds that sigh;
It takes a breath of scented air,
A mother's kiss, a baby's prayer.
That is what it takes to make a day;
A lot of love along the way.

Week Two

One Step More

~ James Dillet Freeman

A hill is not too hard to climb,
Taken one step at a time.
One step is not too much to take,
One trip is not too much to make.
One step, one try, one song, one smile
Will shortly stretch into a mile.
And everything worthwhile was done
By small steps taken one by one.
To reach each goal you started for,
Take one step more...take one step more.

Week Three

Give thanks ~ 2 Thess. 5:7
Rejoice in the Lord always ~ Phil 4:4
Understanding what the will of the Lord is ~ Eph. 5:17
Merry heart doeth good like a medicine ~ Prov. 17:22
Merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance ~ Prov. 15:13
Patience of a saint ~ James 5:11
Yield your body as an acceptable sacrifice of worship to God ~ Romans 12:1
Be an encourager! ~ Prov. 12:25

Week Four

"The best way to persuade others is with your ears--by listening to them."
~ Dean Rusk

Week Five

The heart is a garden where thought flowers grow,
The thoughts that we think are the seeds that we sow;
Each kind loving thought bears a kind loving deed
While a thought that is selfish is just like a weed.

We must watch what we think the live long day
And pull out the weed thoughts and through them away;
And plant loving seed thoughts so thick in a row
There will be no room for weed thoughts to grow.

~ Author Unknown

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