ENCOURAGEMENT, take it where you can get it.. No need to be to "stubborn to keep trying".. And, don't be so easy to get "all tied down" YES, encouragement in ways you may not have thought about.. SO JUST KICK BACK A COUPLE OF MINUTES, READ AND HOPEFULLY ENJOY! IT WILL ALL DAWN TO YOU LATER (if not as you read it) THE TRUE ENCOURAGEMENT in both stories.. HOPE YOU AND YOURS ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY! GOD BLESS!!
Shake off your problems
A man's favorite donkey falls into a deep precipice;
He can't pull it out no matter how hard he tries;
He therefore decides to bury it alive.
Soil is poured onto the donkey from above.
The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it;
More soil is poured.
He can't pull it out no matter how hard he tries;
He therefore decides to bury it alive.
Soil is poured onto the donkey from above.
The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it;
More soil is poured.
It shakes it off and steps up;
The more the load was poured, the higher it rose;
By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures.
After much shaking off (of problems)
And stepping up (learning from them),
One will graze in GREEN PASTURES.
The more the load was poured, the higher it rose;
By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures.
After much shaking off (of problems)
And stepping up (learning from them),
One will graze in GREEN PASTURES.
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The Elephant Rope
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
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PRAYING FOR EACH OF YOU THAT YOU WILL HAVE AND ENJOY THE LITTLE HUMOROUS THINGS IN YOUR LIFE. TAKE EACH MOMENT OF HAPPINESS AND RELAX.. ENJOY.. GO AHEAD, CHUCKLE OUT LOUD WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT.. "LIFE IS TO SHORT NOT TO TAKE THE TIME TO ENJOY EVEN THE SMALL STUFF!
A brave little donkey
carried Mary and her babe;
That night was born our Savior
in a manger He did lay.
God bless the little donkey
and the journey that He made;
For he played a major role
so humankind can be saved.
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Happy birthday to my brother Joey and to my nephew Joe and many more.
Love and prayers for each of them
along with great BIG gentle HUGS
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PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS THAT GOD WILL BLESS EACH OF YOU SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, FINANCIALLY AND WITH HIS WONDERFUL LOVE, FORGIVENESS, MERCIES, BLESSINGS, GUIDANCE, AND GRACE. PRAYING THAT EACH OF YOU WILL HANG IN THERE AND NOT GET DISCOURAGED ABOUT THE SMALL STUFF.. PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK, THAT GOD WILL TOUCH EACH OF THEM IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT ARE HURTING, THAT HE WILL EASE THEIR PAIN, PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT ARE GRIEVING, THAT HE WILL COMFORT. PRAYING FOR ALL THE SOLDIERS, THAT HE WILL RETURN THEM SAFELY, AND QUICKLY HOME TO GOOD JOBS, LOVING FAMILY, AND COMFORT.. AND INNER PEACE FOR EACH FAMILY MEMBER. PRAYING FOR TRAVEL MERCIES FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS TO BE OUT ON THE ROAD. AND AS ALWAYS MY LOVE, THANKS, HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN.
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