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I said a prayer

I said a prayer for you today
And know God must have heard.
I felt the answer in my heart
Although I heard no word.

I didn't ask for wealth or fame
(I knew you wouldn't mind.)
I asked to send you treasures
Of a far more lasting kind.

I asked that God be near you
At the start of each new day
To grant you health and blessings
And friends to share your way.

I asked for happiness for you
In all things great and small,
But it was God's loving care for you
That I prayed for most of all.

Anonymous

"The Way To God"

If my days were untroubled
And my heart always light
Would I seek that fair land
Where there is no night?

If I never grew weary
With the weight of my load
Would I search for God's peace
At the end of the road?

If I never knew sickness
And never felt pain
Would I reach for a hand
To help and sustain?

If I walked not with sorrow
And lived without loss
Would my soul seek sweet solace
At the foot of the cross?

If all I desired was mine
Day by day...
Would I kneel before God
And earnestly pray?

If God sent no "WINTER"
To freeze me with fear
Would I yearn for the warmth
Of "SPRING' every year?

I ask myself this...
And the answer is plain ~
If my life were all pleasure
And I never knew pain

I'd seek God less often
And need Him much less.
For God's sought more often
In times of distress,

And no one knows God
Or sees Him as plain
As those who have met Him
On "THE PATHWAY OF PAIN."

By: Helen Steiner Rice

Don’t quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will

When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill.

When the funds are low and the debts are high

And you want to smile but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit

Rest if you must but don’t you quit

Life is queer whit its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow –

You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out –

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far,

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit –

It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Author unknown

God, bless my computer.

Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed
This tiny little prayer
Keeps running through my head.

God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm and safe from harm
For they're so close to me.

And God, there is one more thing
I wish that You could do.
Hope You don't mind me asking,
Bless my computer too.

Now I know that it's not normal
To bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain to you 'My Lord'.

You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds & ends
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my FRIENDS.

I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.

By faith is how I know them
Much the same as You
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendship grew.

Please, take an extra minute
From your duties up above
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love!

Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail Inbox
And the person who hits Send.

When You update Your heavenly list
On your own CD-Rom
Remember each who've said this prayer
Sent up to God.com. Amen.

Author unknown

The Dream

In deepest sleep one night I dreamed
That on the beach I walked.
God was by my side each step
And quietly we talked.

Then on the sky my life was flashed;
The visions all serene
Two sets of footprints in the sand
Were there in every scene.

But then I noticed in some scenes
Of suffering, pain and strife
Just a single set of footprints
At the worst times of my life.

"God....You said You'd stay by me
in good times and in bad....
Why then did you leave me
Each time my life was sad?"

"My precious child," God answered,
When your life had pain I knew;
The single set of footprints
Were the times I carried you."

Mary Stevenson

Smiling

Smiling is infectious

You catch it like the flu

When someone smiled at me today

I started smiling too

I walked around the corner

And someone saw me grin

When he smiled I realised

I had passed it on to him

I thought about the smile

And then realised its worth

A single smile like mine

Could travel round the earth

So if you feel a smile begin

Don't leave it undetected

Let’s start an epidemic fast

And get the world infected.

Author unknown

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