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THANK JESUS IT’S FRIDAY AGAIN!
PASS IT ON…& ON…& ON…& ON.
FRIDAY MAY 9, 2008
 
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
THERE’LL NEVER BE ANOTHER…LIKE YOUR MOTHER!
 
IN AMERICA, THERE IS ONLY ONE DAY DEDICATED TO THE EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO OUR MOTHERS. WE CELEBRATE HER ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH OF MAY. 
 
THE NAME, MOTHER, IS SYNONYMOUS TO SACRIFICE, IN MY MIND’S EYE.  A WOMAN GETS CLOSER TO DEATH IN CHILDBIRTH, THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN HER LIFE.   LET’S CELEBRATE  HER!
 
SUBJECT:  “MOM”
FYI:  WHO’S  LIVING A LONG LIFE?
REVELATION?   CHRISTIANITY SAYS – IT’S FINISHED!
ARCHIVES:  MOTHER’S LETTER TO DAUGHTER – 1952.
REMEMBERING: “IT TASTES LIKE LOVE TO ME.”
WHAT ARE YOU PRAYING? 
SMALL PRAYER: BY RUTH B. GRAHAM
IN THE MIRROR: ON THE SUBJECT OF LOVE; “REAL LOVE”
O TASTE AND SEE!  CUP OF EGG – EASY PREPARATION FOR MOM’S BREAKFAST.  ENJOY!
 
LOOKING FORWARD
 
SEE YA NEXT TIME!
 
TER & STAFF—  HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY,  MOM
 
 
 
 
MOTHER’S DAY 2008
WHO IS SHE?
Genesis 3:20 (KJV)
20”And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” 
 
Mother; ‘Single Mother;’ ‘Step-Mother;’ ‘Grandmother;’ ‘Widowed Mother;’ ‘Divorced Mother;’ ‘Adopted-Mother;’ ‘God-Mother;’ ‘Mother-in-Waiting;’ ‘Abused Mother;’ ‘Raped–Mother;’  ‘Childless Mother;’ ‘Young Mother;’ ‘Old Mother;’ ‘Play-Mother;’ ‘Mother-in-Law;’ ‘Pregnant Mother.’  
 
Writing anything on Mother’s Day is tedious.  There is so much that everyone wants to see in a Mother’s Day Newsletter.  They want to be reminded of the goodness of their own Mother, and the wonderful ‘old times.’  It is almost impossible to satisfy all tastes and not overlook or omit any.  So, many times, we write vaguely about characteristics that will bring up memories of other’s Mothers. 
 
This year, since I only know personally, my own Mother, may I tell you that she left a great legacy to her children?  Unlike some Mothers, my Mother was very wealthy.  You have read a lot of what she believed, and I’ve told you and given you glimpses of her fortune. 
 
A brief biography: Born – 1913; Oldest of 8 children; Married and moved away from family 1934first child born 1941; second child born 1945; third child born 1947; fourth child 1948 (this child died at birth).
Bought home 1943; Separation in marriage 1955?; 1954 sister died, resulting in another child being added to the mouths to be fed; 1954 Oldest son contracted polio; Middle daughter and youngest son suffered with scarlet Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease – all children were sick at the same time in different institutions (But, they all got well, it was a long hard road).  
Genesis 3:16 (KJV)
16”Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.” 
 
During all of these illnesses my Mother began to amass her fortune.  She was a day worker, ironing, cleaning, cooking and baking for wealthy people.  Sometimes she was paid as much as 75 cents per hour.  Sometimes she had to walk to work, then go and visit my youngest brother, or my oldest brother. 
Wealthy people would pick her up at the bus stop, or see her walking and give her a ride (More wealth was building up). 
 
To me, she always seemed to have a good handle on Christianity.  She prayed a lot, in her room.  There were many times that we had nothing to eat…but Mom kept saving up her wealth. My Older Brother taught us not to be bothersome while Mom was counting her treasures, in fact, we would sit real still.  I remember asking my Older Brother, “What are we going to have for dinner?”  My Younger Brother mimicked the question.  The Oldest answered, not too nicely.  “I told you to be quiet.  Mom’s counting.”  Before dinner, we’d have something to eat; whether the neighbors brought food or someone would come along with a basket full of greens, or a string of fish.   Philippians 4:19 (KJV)
19”But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
 
My Older Brother went to the Armed Forces; my younger Brother went to a private school.  That left me and my Mother.  She went back to school to become a ‘Cadet Teacher,’ but instead she became a Licensed Practical Nurse.  (The fortune was building greater and greater.)  She told me about the patients, and how they caused her fortune to grow. 
 
She worked as a Nurse approximately fifteen years, and then she became sick.  On her sick and dying bed she told me.  “Do not cry for me!  I see where I’m going.  I just have to get across that River.” 
 
My Mother died March 4, 1984, five days before her 71st birthday.  She instructed my brother to sell the property in January of the same year.  He sold it without difficulty.  Now is where I expose her wealth. 
 
As we became teenagers, she wrote out the 91st psalm anointed it with oil, and tucked it into our wallets.  She told us to memorize this precious Psalm for protection.  I personally had more than three, hand written, copies of this treasure in my own lifetime.  But, that’s not all.  Just writing the Word of GOD on paper is not enough.  My Mother prayed…and prayed…and prayed.  She taught me that there is no problem that GOD cannot solve.  She showed us the power of GOD in her consistency. 
 
Did she go to Church?  Yes, and sang in the choir.  She went to many funerals of deceased friends and Church acquaintances.  She taught me to care and to love the unloved and the unlovable.  We went to the home for unwed Mothers and raised funds.  We visited the sick, and took them vegetables and peonies from her garden. 
We fed the poor from her garden, and never thought of any person as beneath us, according to her teachings. 
Philippians 4:12 (KJV)12”I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
 
She taught me that “With GOD, all things are possible.”    She recited long passages of the Bible by heart, and encouraged us to do the same.  She didn’t divide her wealth; she gave all of us the same, without diminishing the supply. 
 
In case you don’t know of what that wealth consisted, I’ll be glad to explain…Her wealth was laid up where thieves and moths could not corrupt.  The counting that she was doing was the reading and praying of the endless Words in that Great Book – The Bible.  Afflictions were handled like stepping stones to a greater good.  Her love for the Lord was contagious, and every one of us caught it.  She would win battles on a stallion of Peace, Kindness, and Joy.  She was Patient and gentle in her manner of teaching; but no better disciplinarian could be found.  She introduced us to the Real Jesus; the One, who answers prayers, heals the sick, feeds the poor, opens blinded eyes, sets captives free, and prepares a place, in the heavenly, for all who believe.  He is a Father to the fatherless; He opens the womb of the barren; He is the Provider for the Widow, He never forsakes the Righteous, nor will he allow the Righteous seed to beg bread; He is the deliverer for the poor and the needy, and them that have no helper.  
 
He is Jesus, The Only Begotten Son of the Living GOD, The Father Almighty;  He is Everlasting from Age to Age; Eternal Immutable, Holy GOD. 
 
In this life, Mothers, you may suffer living in many categories, and be embarrassed and maybe even made to feel shame…But Fear Not!  GOD has made provision for every situation that you can face in this life. 
 
My Mother lived the life of a married Mother; a divorced Mother; an Adoptive Mother; She lost a child after it was born; she was a working Mother; She went back to college and took the cadet teaching course; but ended up finishing school as a licensed Practical Nurse. 
 
Her life touched on many of the types of Mothers, their striving, and their ability to believe Jesus for everything.  That’s the key to her enormous wealth. BELIEVE GOD Mothers. All Mothers, teach your children to lean and depend on Jesus.  Teach them the scriptures and discipline.  Let them see your Righteous Walk in the Lord FOR EVERYTHING! 
 
Philippians 4:6-9; (KJV)6”Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” 
 
Your Mothering skills are sharpened with the Word of GOD as you grow in the Lord. 
 
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
LOOKING FORWARD
SEE YA NEXT TIME!
TER
 
Psalm 91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
FYI: WHO’S LIVING A LONG LIFE?
 
The oldest Americans are also the happiest, according to research findings.   
“The good news is that with age comes happiness.”  University of Chicago Sociologist.
 
“Older people have learned to lower their expectations and except their achievements.”  Duke University; Aging Expert 
 
“Contentment comes with old age, because you accept things the way they are, you know that nothing is perfect.
Baby Boomers are the least happy; because they haven’t let go of their achievement driven mind set.  They could end up living the unfortunate stereo type.  So far, they are not lowering their aspirations at the same rate that earlier generations did.  They seem to believe that they should have it all.  They still think that they will have a retirement that will let them do what they haven’t done yet.”
Duke University; Aging Expert
 
From:  American Sociological Review
THE OLDEST KNOWN PERSON WILL TURN 115 ON SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2008.  HER NAME IS EDNA PARKER. 
 
She is a “Super-Centenarian.”  Her DNA, along with other Super – Centenarians has been preserved for future research. 
 
These Centenarians seem to have a component in life in common:  They don’t dwell on stressful events.  They seem to manage their stress better than the rest of us. 
From:  “The New England Centenarian Study.” 
 
These articles were gathered for the Readers of TJIFA, because once again the confirmation of the Word of GOD has gone public. 
TER
 
 
REVELATION?
 
The religions say:  “Do.  Do.  Do.” 
Christianity says: “Done.” 
Quote from: Dr. J.Vernon McGee  (Study on 2nd Corinthians.) 
www.ttb.org.
 
 
           March 12, 1952
 
To our Dear Daughter, Myrtle, on her Birthday. 
It all dates back to 1920, when one night, March twelfth a tiny little bundle of love, joy, and happiness was left in our home.  How much we loved you; no one but us will ever know.  When you were still a baby, you gave yourself the nickname “Eliz abus Fat Doll,” which we will always remember. 
Before we could hardly realize it, you had left the “home nest” and flown into a home of your own.  In this home you were blessed with a kind loving husband and two lovely children.  Time has dealt very kindly with you, although you have had much serious sickness in your home; and all has been spared. 
As you travel the remaining part of your journey with your hand in that of the Dear Savior; may you make a safe landing on the other side.  This is the prayer of Mama and Papa Hair.  Happy Birthday. 
(Reprinted, with permission from Myrtle Hair Jarrett; an avid TJIFA Reader.) 
 
IT TASTES LIKE LOVE TO ME
Those home made meals
Of days gone by,
Mom’s breads and cakes
And, oh, the pie! 
Meals were started with a prayer;
The entire family gathered there. 
 
My heart recalls the sharing,
Of food and tales and cares. 
Whatever we were bearing
Was always lightened there. 
 
Our Mother cooked by
“Pinch” and “feel,”
No recipe per se “From scratch” just meant the real deal,
A labor of love three times a day. 
 
The meals weren’t fancy
Or gourmet,
But, oh, were they delicious! 
Remember now, though old I be,
They tasted just like love to me!
By: Sherry Buettner— Submitted By: BMCCWHAT ARE YOU PRAYING?
 
This story was told about a young boy who was overheard praying by his mother.  As he closed his prayer she listened:  “And Dear Lord, please heal all of the sick people, and feed all of the hungry people, and make all of the poor people rich.” 
 
The mother felt that she should speak with the little boy about wanting people to become rich, and the importance of being satisfied with your present state.  She was cooking, and the youngster came into the kitchen, raised up the top on the pot and asked.  “Mama, why didn’t GOD make everyone rich like us?” 
The Mother now understood that the young boy wanted everyone to have that which they needed, and in his mind, since he had what was needed . . . He was rich. 
 
Submitted By: BMCC
 
SMALL PRAYERS? 
By: RUTH BELL GRAHAM
 
“And please pray I’ll catch a lizard.”
Alone in the kitchen, catching up on the mail, I came across this very serious request sent to Samaritan’s Purse from a very serious four year old supporter. 
I laughed out loud. 
Only the day before, I had been in Paris with Bill for Mission France.  Much prayer had gone up all over France in behalf of those who might be unfulfilled spiritually and stifled materially. 
And here was a small boy praying for a lizard. 
And GOD, Our Father, who so graciously answered in France, cared also for the concerns of one four year old. 
I wondered how GOD not only puts up with, but welcomes, our prayers, considering all He has on Him.  Not once has He ever said, “Don’t bother Me.  Don’t you see I’m busy?”  And He so well could— with the world in its present condition. 
But, no.  Each person is special to Him Who calls every star by name, Who has the hairs of our heads numbered and Who knows the number of grains of sand on the ocean shores. 
So even a little boy’s desire for a lizard would be duly noted.  In fact, I imagine the angels themselves enjoyed that small request. 
From: Decision Magazine May 2008. 
 
IN THE MIRROR: REAL LOVEWe know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. (1 John 3:16)
A young boy was sitting in the waiting room of a hospital worried about his sick sister when a doctor sat down beside him. The boy’s parents sat on the other side. The doctor explained to the boy that his sister needed a blood transfusion and that he was one of the few people with the kind of blood that she needed. Both he and his sister had very rare blood types, the doctor explained. And unless his sister received this transfusion, she would probably die.
“Would you give your blood to Mary?” the doctor asked. Johnny hesitated and bit his lip to keep it from quivering. “Sure, for my sister,” he said, smiling to hide his fear.
Soon the two children were wheeled into the hospital room. Mary was pale and thin. Johnny was robust and healthy. Neither spoke as the nurse inserted the needles into their arms, beginning the transfusion. Johnny’s smile faded as he saw the blood flow through the tubes. He laid his head back on his pillow and closed his eyes. His face never changed. When the procedure was almost done, he looked up at the doctor and with a slightly shaken voice asked, “Doctor, when do I die?”
I hope someone was quick to hug the selfless child!
Jesus says, “I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you. And here is how to measure it—the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends” (John 15:12-13).
If you want to know the depth of people’s love, just look at how much they are willing to sacrifice for you. If you wonder what people think of you, look at what they’re willing to do for you. When people are willing to pay the ultimate price, you no longer have to wonder if their love is genuine.
You and I may never be called on to give up our life for someone we love. But people will know just the same, because how we live says as much about us as how we’re willing to die.
This was taken from: “Embracing Eternity: Living Each Day With A Heart Toward Heaven
By; Tim LaHaye ; Jerry B. Jenkins ; & Frank M. Martin
 
This story of the young boy and his sister obviously touched my heart in a special kind of a way, as I hope it did yours.
 
Every time love is presented in unique fashion, I believe God is giving us the Gospel of Jesus Christ all over again. Sacrificial love, as rare as it may be, commands heartfelt attention.
 
Try to make sure you read the suggested scriptures provided, because it will help bring out the message in the story. What I want to continue to think on is found in the sentence, “When people are willing to pay the ultimate price, you no longer have to wonder if their love is genuine.” I may not know at this time how to make the complete transition as I seek the Lord everyday of my life, but I do know it will have something to do with following people as they follow Jesus Christ. It’s what Christianity is all about. Isn’t it?
 
Mother’s Day is one of the best and most appropriate times for the topic of Love. Just in the event you missed it the first one hundred times I’ve shared this favorite, “God couldn’t be everywhere, so He invented Mothers.”When you think about a mother’s love, does it come any better than that? Not for me; and I hope not for you either.(That’s your spot, Mom:)
I join in the ranks of people all over the world that feel and believe their mom surpasses every Mother God ever created. Praise God for every Mother living today. And for the ones who have gone on, we still thank God for the legacy they left behind that will continue to shape our life and living.
 
Here’s another story of— Sacrificial Love;
“A little boy had a canary bird which he loved very much. His mother became ill, and the singing of the bird gave her great annoyance. The boy was told by the mother that the bird gave her great pain by its singing. He went at once and gave the bird away to his cousin, and then came home and told his mother that the bird would not disturb her anymore, for he had given it away. “But did you not love it very much?” she asked him. “How could you part with it?” “Yes,” he replied, “but I love you a great deal more. I could not really love anything that gave you pain.” We must love God as this boy loved his mother, more than we love anything else, and also everything that grieves Him we must give up, however much we may like it”.
 
It helped me a lot as a Christian to be able to measure a great deal of my walk with Christ by being able to actually witness how a person begins to love the things He loves, and also finding a dislike for that which you know God disapproves of. I pray that all of us are still finding the work of the Holy Spirit immeasurable and invaluable, becoming a guiding Light in an otherwise ‘darkened soul.’ Where would we be without examples, and witnesses of the people who decided to walk with God and obey what they learn of Him?
 
This story is precious also:
“I have heard of a girl who in an evil hour left her mother—won by the promises of some villain, and traveled to a large city. And there went down to the lowest depths. At last all sad at heart and perishing with hunger she thought she would creep back and see the old home again, and die. Of course her mother would never receive her anymore, but nobody in the village would know her, and it would be good to see the cottage and the flowers of the garden and to hear the birds sing again. And so with heavy heart and wearied steps she wandered on until she reached the little village. It was night when she got there. Footsore and faint she could just stand by the gate, and, dark as it was, the stars would give light enough to see the place—and there she would stand and try to feel again as she had done long ago. But, as she came near, a light glimmered along the path and she saw that it was her mother’s cottage. Long ago her mother must have gone to bed. What did this mean? And wondering she came on—and she found the gate was set wide open—the gate that was always so carefully shut, and noiselessly she crept to the door. It was on the latch, the door that always used to be bolted and barred at night. She stepped within, and whispered wondering, “Mother.” Ah, it was enough, the arms were about her neck. Their tears mingled together, and love, as deep and true and full as ever, welcomed her home and loved her into goodness. And she found that ever since she had left her home that door had been on the latch, that gate was left wide open, and in the window was the candle set to guide her steps. That was a mother’s love, but very far beyond that is the Savior’s love.”
 
Everything has its own overflow into Jesus Christ, doesn’t it!
 
I want to change the atmosphere of your mind a little right in here, to surface something which we all could get involved with. Can you really think about Mothers, and a Mother’s love, without thinking about— Children?  Now that you have children on your mind— think about what is happening to our youth, and our precious children today. Think about each and every time a Mother must hear the unfortunate news of something that has happened to that child that she carried in her womb, raised as best she could, loved, nourished as only a Mother could, and to have all those years, however many or few they were, turned into almost unbearable grief.
 
Question: Who’s ready to cry out for our children today? You got a prayer closet? Then you’re a candidate.
 
Question: The God that sent His Only Begotten Son, knew of this day from the beginning of creation. . . .But are we listening to Him? (Matthew 5:4)
 
Question: What if we talked about love, as much as we talked about money in church? Would it make a difference? Pardon me if I answer that one for you. YES!
 
Maybe we can find another approach with which you’ll want to identify with. My previous articles pertaining to our youth may have been poignant, but when the Lord lays something upon my heart, I look for results. Not that I may see them now, but heaven is fine with me.
 
There’s something I already know. Before I can finish this article, we’ll learn of difficulty or tragedy where our young people are concerned.
Many, many of our children have been fed a diet of violence via, every WORLDLY source available. The reason I can be so aggressive with this matter is because I know there are a number of people out there who are more than ready to defend their position, and their freedom to do whatever they feel like doing. But, my friend, there’s something you don’t understand about God. . .
 
Somebody’s going to listen; somebody’s going to look; somebody’s going to think in an area of thought that they only overlooked before, and somebody’s child WILL BE SAVED!!!
Now that’s the Shout right there.
 
Its gotten so you can’t adequately point to  movies and video games anymore, because now young people are making their own violent movies; And a great number of adults are not helpful when they find themselves needing to suppress the personal addictions in their lives. 
Can’t you see the lurid progression? It is hidden in our ungodly society that denies the Power of the Love of God, and without the Holy Spirit to take away the blindness, we are surely without hope.
Just in case you don’t have your Bible handy, I want you to be able to read this right away;
 
2 Corinthians 4:1 - 7 (KJV) 1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
 
Do you hear, or read any of this as put forth as “blame?” Let me help you with that concept.
In recent news, a 7˝ feet tall, 700 pound bear in Phelan, California at a training camp, took the life of one of its trainers. (We always pray for the families.)
Denise Richards, who works with wild animals at a sanctuary for injured and homeless wild life, made a comment in the Associated Press pertaining to the incident; “It’s still a wild animal. Even tho it may appear that the bear attacked for no reason, there was a reason. . .  They’re not cold-blooded killers.”
Mothers are not to blame; Fathers are not to blame; Our Children are not  to blame. Without Jesus Christ, and the Power of the true Gospel, we all possess a nature that is named and described in the Bible as, “Sin.” All the sciences in the world cannot fittingly define or explain it, and the only satisfactory way of identifying it and its characteristics are in the same Bible that clearly tells us of why the coming of Jesus Christ (John 3:16-17).
 
You don’t need a spiritual illumination to know there is a reason when a wild animal acts out of the nature in which it was born, and if we’re willing to be honest, when we deny the nature in which we came into the world, we set ourselves at a tremendous disadvantage that says we have no real interest in Jesus Christ, the Bible or the Eternal life God provided in His Son.
Here’s more scripture that will help you to understand the need here;
1 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV) 21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1 Corinthians 2:11 - 12 (KJV) 11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Luke 9:23 - 27 (KJV) 23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels. 27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
 
Maybe these are just some passages you may have overlooked, or hadn’t given much thought to, but take your time and give consideration to what’s being said. God doesn’t strip us of ourselves for no reason. The Bible wasn’t written as a ‘good ideal’ for living a certain way, or to have a particular lifestyle.— We had to be saved from ourselves.
You’ll see something else in Luke’s gospel. A reminder, we recognize it at every Christian funeral; Just because you see a ‘lifeless body,’ that person is NOT dead (v.27).  Their body has died, but they had a spirit, and depending on whether they accepted or rejected Jesus Christ tells of their continuity in life. Anyway you look at it, the message of God’s Love is found in Mothers, and in every living creature He ever made, in order that when you’re privileged to hear from Him, you’ll know how to appropriately respond. My prayer is, You’ll Do That Today!      HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!                                God Bless, SLC
O TASTE AND SEE!
 
CUP OF EGG FOR MOTHER’S DAY
 
INGREDIENTS:
 
4 SLICES WHITE BREAD (OR BREAD OF YOUR CHOICE.)
3 TBLSP. BUTTER MELTED
4 EGGS
 
DIRECTIONS: 
 
HEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F.
CUT AWAY AND DISCARD BREAD CRUST ON ALL SLICES OF BREAD.
BRUSH BOTH SIDES OF THE BREAD SLICE WITH BUTTER.
GENTLY PRESS EACH SLICE OF BREAD INTO A 6 CUP MUFFIN PAN.
CRACK ONE EGG INTO THE CENTER OF EACH BREAD CUP.
HALF FILL THE EMPTY CUPS WITH WATER.  (THIS HELPS TO ENSURE EVEN BAKING.) 
BAKE FOR FIVE MINUTES OR UNTIL THE EGGS ARE SET AND COOKED.
TRANSFER EACH CUP TO A SERVING PLATE. 
 
NOTE:  AFTER COOKING THESE LOVELY CUPS, YOU MAY WANT TO SERVE WITH YOUR CHOICE OF BACON; SAUSAGE; OR SOME TYPE OF CHEESE. 
 
THIS IS NOT AN  ORIGINAL RECIPE; BUT IT IS A REAL EASY WAY FOR THE CHILDREN TO MAKE BREAKFAST FOR MOM ON MOTHER’S DAY. 
MOTHER’S WILL BE GLAD TO GET A MORNING OUT OF THE KITCHEN…ENJOY!
 
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