ANGELS OF YOUTH

I found this at Jans blogsite and just had to share it. Jan has alot to say and is verbally eloquent in her posts, you should visit some time soon.

Kids and Angels

I only know the names of two angels.
Hark and Harold.
Gregory, 5

Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear
halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists
are working on it.
Olive, 9

It's not easy to become an angel! First, you die.
Then you go to heaven, and then there's still the
Flight training to go through. And then you got to
agree to wear those angel clothes.
Matthew, 9

Angels work for God and watch over kids when
God has to go do something else.
Mitchell, 7


My guardian angel helps me with math,
But he's not much good for science.
Henry, 8


Angels don't eat, but they drink milk
from Holy Cows!!!
Jack, 6



Angels talk all the way while they're flying
you up to heaven. The main subject is where
you went wrong before you got dead.
Daniel, 9



When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath
and counts to ten. And when he lets out his breath,
somewhere there's a tornado.
Reagan, 10



Angels have a lot to do and they keep very busy.
If you lose a tooth, an angel comes in through your
window and leaves money under your pillow.
Then when it gets cold, angels go north for the winter.
Sara, 6



Angels live in cloud houses made by God and
his son, who's a very good carpenter.
Jared, 8



All angels are girls because they gotta wear
Dresses and boys didn't go for it.
Antonio, 9



My angel is my grandma who died last year.
She got a big head start on helping me while
She was still down here on earth.
Katelynn, 9



Some of the angels are in charge of helping
heal sick animals and pets. And if they don't
make the animals get better, they help the
child get over it.
Vicki, 8



What I don't get about angels is why, when
someone is in love, they shoot arrows at them.
Sarah, 7

a prayer for healing

Dear Lord,
You are the source of all health.
Fill Mari's heart with faith.
Be near her in times
of weakness and pain.
I know You are in control,
ease any apprehension
about what faces her.
You made us, love us,
and have provided her surgeon
with the needed skill to perform
a miracle in her behalf.
Sustain her by Your grace
that her strength and
courage may not fail;
Heal her
according to Your will.
Amen.

A Rose Unto God

She ran the race
She fought the fight,
She kept her pace
Found strength in His light.

We gave you this day
A Rose so bright
With faith we pray
You'll hold her tight

Up she did go
To Heavens place,
She's in Gods glow
And painless grace

Then did she bring
Shining and bright,
Before the Holy King
And LORD of Might.

A song of joy
Of life complete
Of Battles won
And mercy sweet

We will remember
And accept her fate
The August surrender
To God on that date.

We think of Rose
And what we know
She filled our hearts
From head to toe.


God's mercy on us all.

Lead by example.

“When you grow up you can be anything you want to be.”

Who hasn’t heard this from a parent or schoolteacher or someone of authority in their young impressionable life?

I was certainly no exception. I heard the same words in my youth at home, in school, at church, I heard those very same words from a grocer at a small neighborhood market who handed out candy treats to young kids dragged around by shopping mothers at the checkout counter. I seems everywhere I turned some adult was fussing over how bright I was and what a glorious future awaited me. But even in my youth I could detect the feint hollow jealousy of those who mourned the passing of their own personal dreams.

These people once had goals and desires and eagerly looked forward to a brilliant future. They daydreamed about what lifestyle awaited them. They wished for wonders and prayed for fulfillment and watched lazy clouds float by from thoughtful comfy positions in cozy springtime meadows and verdant park grass.

Then one day we all woke up at some point and shook the daydreams from our collective conscience. At some point we lost drive. We became unfocused. We became distracted by billions of micro bits of everyday mundane data streaming through our daily lives. Our routines shifted from cloud watching to crowd control on our daily emotions and mounting stresses.
Responsibility took on a life of it’s own for most everyone. Divided by guilt and desire then multiplied on a quantum scale by daily events dreams were pushed further back every day, chipped away in the deep cerebral mines of indifference by present day needs and urgencies. Dreams lay dormant and ineffectual, cast aside for the more demanding realities of life.
God gives us the awesome privilege of choice. He gives it freely and with a price. What we do with our lives is entirely up to us. We chose to walk safe or run dangerously as we travel our life’s path. We face the unknown and view the world from a personal perspective and alter reality minutely one breath at a time. We struggle for our dreams, fight to survive or we give up and coast for a time.

I have observed that my own lifestyle has been a combination of all these things. Successes and failures, shattered dreams and revised hopes. Petty desire and powerful passions infused with fearful caution and self-doubt. Outwardly I cast a long shadow of pride that is meant to cover my shortcomings, but if my own youth is any indicator of the transparent lies that come from our words then my success at motivating today’s youth is as ineffectual as my predecessors.
I have always advocated teaching through example. It was the most effective method for me as I grew up and I have done my best to live my life accordingly. As controversial as this may have been at times; the most incentive reward I ever reaped from personal experience has involved standing fast to my belief and faith even when no one else would stand beside me. My weakest days have been when I basked in the glory of my own vain importance and allowed self-worship to take lead in my life.

The greatest gift we can bestow on our children is not money, cars, video games, food on the plate, or even clothes on their back. The confidence to walk with faith and the strength to carry their belief even when alone, these are true gifts to our youth. Prepare them to face the unknown by giving them the proper tools to forge a healthy life. Morality, responsibility, courage, determination, confidence and perseverance all come from the examples we set as we live our own lives.

Lead by example.

A Christian view of California

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.
2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford to buy a house.
3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.
5. You can't remember... Is pot illegal?
6. Your daughter’s best friend is a girl that has two mothers and a sperm donor.
7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
8. You can't remember... is pot illegal?
9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
10. Gasoline costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the USA.
11. Unlike back home, the guy standing at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks a little like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.
12. Your monthly car insurance payment is the same as your house payment.
13. You can't remember... is pot illegal?
14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."
15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are standing around text messaging each other with their cell phones.
16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????
18. Both you AND your dog have therapists, psychics, personal trainers and cosmetic surgeons.
19. The governor’s campaign slogan is “I’ll be back!”.
20. If you drive illegally, they take away your driver's license. If you're in the country illegally, they want to give you a driver's license.

Epictetus

"I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose."

apologize in you prayers

We shouldn’t ignore God, especially because we have sinned. Nor is it wise to try to deceive or lie to Him either. It simply can’t be done.

You can’t con God and get away with it, even if you use charisma and humor. God may play along if you use enough imagination and energy just to see what outrageously ridiculous thing you’ll do next. He also cuts some slack to the profusely weak witted and sluggish students as I can personally attest to. Of course it is imperative that you do no harm to others in a serious manner or you will cease to amuse Him. But eventually he calls us all accountable for our actions thus mercy and forgiveness is still our only hope for salvation.

Just say you are sorry. And mean it. God has an infinite capacity for forgiveness.