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Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older!

Now that I am in my Fifties....LOL! There seems to be some promise there if I take a tip from the mighty Oak! Have a blessed day! In Him, Brother Tim 

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BEFORE YOU GROW OLD!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. 

   Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them' 

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's. 

4. Enjoy the simple things. 

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive. 

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets,      keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. 

   If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to     a  foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. 

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, 

but  by the moments that take our breath away.

And if you don't share this with those you love, who cares? 

But do share this with someone. 

We all need to live life to its fullest each day!! 

Worry about nothing, pray about everything!!!

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As this year winds down, I have been looking back about all that has transpired....If you do not know me and I told you everything that transpired this year, you would think I was BSing on a major scale...but they say "the truth is stranger than fiction!"..LOL!

I have come to clearly see a few truths....

1) You should never expect someone who has slighted you, or messed you over on a major scale to ever be apologetic, if they do then God is in it! If they do not,,, just make sure you are not carrying a grudge, releasing it into God's  hands. He does have a sense of humor you know, in how He handles things.

2)  One of the toughest things is to be in love with someone you had to break off from....though they will make their presence known, in a way it can be a blessing, helping to cauterize the wounds eventually, never an easy thing but when the healing comes you are thankful and hopefully they are.....

3) God does have a sense of humor (as I stated above) or better it gives you a sense of wonderment when you see His hand in situations. Some months back I had the blessing of praying and we giving testimony of the goodness of God with a Brother who had preceded me in a relationship situation I was in, and also I was contacted in praying for a Brother who succeeded me in a different relationship situation...THAT Has To Be GOD! Many Christians or Non-believers would never ever even think of it, but that is the Beauty of Jesus! No rocks, no angst, just a time of the testimony of God's goodness, praying for one another! I mean really I could not have arranged these things if I strong armed or paid people off to do it...LOL!

4) When you are closest to God, is when satan will attack you through one closest to you...Watch that Jack Coe video I posted...old fashioned as it is the man spoke the truth...It is the little things that block us from enjoying God's blessings at times....

5) The biggie for me is that at being Fifty this year , that life can be as good at 50 or far better than before...I am pretty jazzed about that! You reach a point of wisdom, and usage of it hopefully...LOL! Than before!

6) Be thankful when God has blocked things from you in you life, I have looked back at the travel and moves planned and how things cropped up that deterred me, breaking relationships, stressing me, money and time lost, I even put in a lot of graphics time in on projects where I received nothing save a meal.....I gripe not...I am sooo thankful right now, because He is in control! 

7) Never put God in a box, you will eventually find yourself the one looking at the four sides from the inside, and He is on the "Outside Looking In!" 

8) Even when you are privy to what is going on in someones life or their mate's  keep your mouth shut until God lines up the time to speak! Demos Shakarian said it best : "Never speak until they are ready!"

9) The best thing of all is Jesus has never taken His hand off of me...He has seen me through, and buffered the bumps! He is ordering your steps if you want Him to, and even when you are not!

10) No matter how good your intentions in being there or blessing others, they may not believe you...but that is the thinking of the world...and understandable from the world's view....be a blessing anyway!

Hope you have had a wonderful year if not there is always today to start fresh! Blessings, Brother Tim

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Romans 1: 

20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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Where God Wants Me

I heard a story of a businessman of whom I will never know, but I know God wanted me to hear his story.

He was head of security at a company that had invited the remaining members of a company which had been decimated by  the attack on the Twin Towers. They were invited to share their office space.

With his voice full of awe, as he told the stories of why these people were alive and their counterparts were dead. All the stories were just little things. That added up….

You might know about the head of the company who got in late that day because his son started kindergarten.

Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts to work.

The one that struck me was the man who put on a new pair of shoes that morning. He took the various means to get to work, but before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid. That is why he is alive.

So if you think about it, when you are stuck in traffic,  miss an elevator, turn back to answer a ringing telephone...all the little things that might annoy you... think to yourself, this is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment.

May God continue to bless you with all those annoying little things.

A Tiny “Voice” Inside……..

Have you ever been just sitting there and all of a sudden you feel like doing something nice for someone you care for?...THAT'S GOD!.. He talks to you through the Holy Spirit.

Have you ever been thinking about somebody that you haven't seen in a long time and then next thing you know you see them or receive a phone call or letter from them?...THAT'S GOD.!..

There is no such thing as "coincidence."

Have you ever received something wonderful that you didn't even ask for, like money in the mail, a debt that had mysteriously been cleared, or a coupon to a department store where you had just seen something you wanted, but couldn't afford?…THAT'S GOD!... He knows the desires of your heart!...

Have you ever been in a situation and you had no clue how it is going to get better, but now you look back on it and see that it passed?... THAT'S GOD!... He passes us through tribulation to see a brighter day.... Do you think that came across this blog by chance? Think again....He led you to this! 

Be Blessed! In Him, Tim