Saturday Writings......4/2/16

Good Morning,

Praying that you have something exciting to do this weekend.

I am in Twain Harte, CA. at our Women's Focus Ministries Retreat #6. We have been on overdrive getting ready and now we are enjoying the fruit of this labor. God always shows up at these retreats and it is an overwhelming joy and blessing.

Blessings from Corinne

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Saturday Devotional

Written by
Carol Steficek

SEIZE THE DAY

"As long as it is day, 

we must do the work of him who sent me. 
Night is coming, when no one can work."
-- John 9:4

     Some of you may be familiar with the Latin phrase carpe deum which means "seize the day."  We are to make the most of each day which we are given -- both the good and the bad.  We are not to put off for tomorrow what we can do today or for a more "convenient" time.

     This rules out procrastination, the bane of many people's existence.  Days upon days go by and procrastinators wonder why they accomplish so little.  They always look for tomorrow and then don't do anything with it...as it's just another day like yesterday.

     This also rules out being comfortable or complacent.  Seizing the day may involve taking risks, venturing out into uncharted waters, serving rather than being served.

     There is nothing God expects us to do that He hasn't already done for us.  There is nothing God expects us to do that He won't be with us throughout the whole process.  There is nothing God expects us to do that He won't bring to completion.  There is no day's adventures which surprise God -- He has already been there.

     When you wake up tomorrow morning, go with God -- seize the day He has graciously given you!

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Some Thoughts for the Day

Here are "inspiring" words from the famous which are interesting.  Do they inspire a tender spot in you or things you would like to debate?

• One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.
  - Sophocles
• Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. - Arthur Wing Pinero
• To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
  - Karen Sunde
• Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust
• At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.
  - Terry Waite
• Beauty is truth, and truth is beauty
  - John Keats
• A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
  - John Keats
• Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
  - Henry David Thoreau
• Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.
  - Madame de Tencin
• Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, Speak them rather now instead.
  - Anna Cummins
• The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
  - Alfred North Whitehead
• Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them.  Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
  - Oscar Wilde
• If you want to be happy, be.
  - Leo Tolstoy
• Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours.
  - Swedish Proverb
• Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
  - Swedish proverb

WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE COMMENT HERE?

I HIGHLIGHTED MINE
CORINNE

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This is the day the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.Psalm 118:24

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Prayers are lifted up daily for 

you by the Devotional Writers 

and the Monthly Writing Staff

of Women's Focus Ministries.

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