"INSPIRATION"
LATE 1998

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  • " Imagine Jesus, with all power,
    Came to earth, and took a fleshly body.
    The body has no power.
    It's the Spirit that has the power over the flesh.
    It's a decision He made to become flesh,
    With an all powerful Spirit.
    What I need to do
    Is allow the same to occur in my flesh."
    --- © 1998 Robert Gary Lee --- Maryland


  • " I believe in living a life less ordinary...
    Yet extraordinary."
    --- Timmy Fernandez --- Malaysia


  • " There is no need to run outside for better seeing...
    Rather abide at the center of your being;
    For the more you leave it the less you learn.
    Search your heart and see...
    The way to do is to be."
    --- Lao-tzu --- Submitted by Lauren Stryker --- Ohio


  • " It's not the burdens of everyday that drive men mad.
    It is the regret of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.
    Regret and fear are twin thieves that rob us of today."
    --- Unknown --- Contributed by B. Cecile --- Ontario, Canada


  • " Every act of forgiveness has the same nature
    And the unique expression.
    Our challenge is to create our own particular style of forgiveness
    That sends a healing message.
    Forgiveness clears a space in the mind
    Where hope finds enough room
    To devise practical strategies of change......
    Here is an affirmation I wrote to use when I need to forgive:

    Beloved God,
    Freedom lies in forgiveness.
    Take these feelings of pain and hurt and transform us both.
    I am willing to have my perceptions healed that I might rise above,
    That I might hurt no longer, that I be released from this suffering.
    I ask that (* name of person* ) be healed
    And given new life in our loving.
    Guide us both to new life in Love by releasing the past.
    By God's Grace, may this Love be made anew,
    Sustained and live forever and ever.
    Dear God, take our pain and heal our hearts.
    Guide us in our journey."
    --- Tamara Robinson


  • " When your world seems like too much to handle,
    Just take a deep breath and laugh.
    It clears the mind and frees your spirit."
    --- Michael P. Miller --- California


  • Believe

    Believe in yourself
    in the power you have
    to control your own life
    day by day

    Believe in the strength
    that you have deep inside
    will help you show the way

    Believe in tomorrow
    and what it will bring
    let a hopeful heart
    carry you through

    For things will work out
    if you trust and believe
    there's no limit to
    what you can do!!!
    --- Copyright © Emily Matthews
    --- Contributed by Serene Yang --- Malaysia
    --- Author's name provided by Courtney Mink --- 9-15-00


  • My Dream:

    " I had a dream the other night, that
    the
    world was full of peace

    That people of all creeds and
    colors,
    let all hatred cease

    That every child in their mother's womb,
    would have a chance at life

    That people would be healed to walk,
    hear and have sight

    That the news we read everyday, would
    be
    good and never bad

    That all people would recognize, the
    talents that they have

    That every person had a job, and
    slept
    in a warm bed

    That people in all parts of the world
    would have food and be fed

    That greed, jealousy and envy, would
    be
    a thing of the past

    That every marriage would be a happy
    one,
    and would forever last

    That every little girl and boy had
    a
    gift under the tree

    That the world knew Christ and His love
    and shared it endlessly

    But like all things my dream ended,
    and I
    felt a sense of loss

    So I prayed the dream would become
    reality,
    like Jesus and the Cross"
    --- Copyright © 1997 --- Brian G.Jett


  • Freedom

    " Freedom in Christ is to be a new creature
    Freedom to walk, not as we were
    Freedom to live a life of example
    Freedom to carry our burdens no more
    Freedom to fly, like a kite up to heaven
    But held to this earth, by a powerful grace
    Tied by the strength, of his love and forgiveness
    Gives us freedom to win
    At whatever the race."
    --- Carl Boyd --- Canada


  • " Through the doors of perception
    Down the corridors of uncertainty
    Into the room of self doubt
    Opens the window of opportunity."
    --- David Parker --- Melbourne, Australia


  • " The only thing that you can carry with you on your travels
    Is your heart.
    Fill you heart with good things and good things will follow you
    For the rest of your life."
    --- Scott Murray --- Zimbabwe, Africa


  • " A hero is an ordinary person who performs an ordinary task
    In an extraordinary situation."
    --- Steve Hedderson --- Ontario, Canada


  • " One truly cannot be described,
    If the one doing the describing
    Has a bad attitude."
    --- Joe A. Perez --- Texas


  • " I look at my myself; and see a stone,
    I look at my friends and see gold,
    But I look at you, and see a gem."
    --- Matt Sabatino --- Ohio


  • " We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn
    To turn on his or her own light."
    Earl Nightingale
    --- Contributed by Chen Fawn Meng --- Malaysia


  • " Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise,
    Or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain.
    It's often the little things that really matter in life."
    --- By Chad King --- Texas


  • DO YOU HAVE TIME?..

    " I knelt to pray but not for long
    I had too much to do
    Must hurry off and get to work
    For bills would soon be due.
    And as I said a hurried prayer
    Jumped up from off my knee
    My duty was now done
    My soul could be at ease

    All through the day I had no time
    To speak a word of cheer
    No time to speak to friends
    They'd laugh at me I fear
    No time...No time too much to do
    That was my constant cry
    No time to give to those in need

    At last it was time to die
    And when the Lord I came
    I stood with downcast eyes
    With His hands He held a book
    It was The Book of Life

    He look in the book and said
    Your name I cannot find
    I once was going to write it down
    But never found the time.."
    --- Jannie Putter --- South Africa


  • " It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable,
    That those who will not risk cannot win."
    --- Paul Jones, the Revolutionary War naval hero
    --- Sent in by Steve Richardson --- Missouri


  • " Every day matters."
    --- Author Unknown --- Sent in by Wes Wright ---Texas


  • " Though it's important that people know you,
    It is more important if they think you are worth knowing."
    --- David Sees --- Florida


  • " Friends are like melons, Shall I tell you why?
    To find one good, you must a hundred try."
    --- Unknown --- Sent in by Samantha Fletcher --- Texas


  • " Prayer gives us the opportunity to speak to GOD,
    Meditation allows GOD to speak back to us."
    --- Author Unknown --- Sent to us by Annice LeGrande --- Maryland


  • " Easy is right.
    Begin right and you are easy.
    Continue easy and you are right.
    The right way to go easy
    Is to forget the right way
    And forget that the going is easy."
    --- Chuang-Tzu
    --- Sent in by Stew Langille --- Nova Scotia, --- Canada


  • " Mire Hacia Las Estrellas.
    Look At The Stars."
    --- Raul E. Sanchez


  • " Heal the past,
    Live the present,
    Dream the future."
    --- Unknown --- submitted by Lindsay --- Texas


  • " All I want to do is to minister to someone,
    And if I do that,
    Then the Lord's work in me has been done."
    --- Robert Gary Lee --- Maryland


  • " I see knowledge increasing and human power increasing.
    I see ever-increasing possibilities before life,
    And I see no limits set to it at all,
    Existence impresses me as a perpetual dawn.
    Our lives, as I apprehend, are great in expectations."
    --- H.G.Wells
    --- Contributed by Daniel Yovich --- Indiana


  • " One of life's best coping mechanisms
    Is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.
    If you break your neck,
    If you have nothing to eat,
    If your house is on fire,
    Then you've got a problem.
    Everything else is an inconvenience.
    Life is inconvenient.
    Life is lumpy.
    A lump in the oatmeal,
    A lump in the throat
    And a lump in the breast
    Are not the same kind of lump.
    One needs to learn the difference."
    --- Rev. Robert Fulghum --- Contributed by Bob Webb --- Michigan


  • " The word impossible is not in my dictionary."
    --- Napolean Bonaparte --- Sent in by Ron Obringer --- Pennsylvania


  • " Live so that your fields are blue,
    Your sun is green,
    Your trees are red,
    And your fires are purple.
    If we could just all imagine!"
    --- Holly M., Age 17 --- Arizona


  • PROSPECTS OF GLORY

    " See the perfection of a single rose
    Then multiply it by each flower that grows.
    Wonder upon the texture of its bloom
    Beauty of colour, form, and sweet perfume.
    On earth, behold its glory!

    From lofty height, gaze on a cloudless sky
    Upon a scene to take your breath away
    The awesome grandeur of the mountain peak
    The shining ribbon of the river's creek
    On earth, behold their glory!

    The colours of the sunset sky, behold
    Pale turquoise streaked with roseate hues, or gold;
    Clouds, silver lined, star studded skies at night
    The smiling radiance of the moon's strange light,
    Above behold their glory!

    But how much greater will the prospect be
    For Christians who behold the heavenly!
    The Saviour willed, in His High-Priestly prayer
    That such should His eternal Kingdom share
    And these, behold His glory!

    Before He had the world's foundation laid
    God's love was in His only Son displayed
    And that same love extends to all mankind,
    Oh! what amazing grace, when eyes, once blind
    Behold His perfect Glory!!!"
    --- Dorothy Bull (England)
    --- This work is copywritten and we have permission to reprint
    --- Sent to us by Rose Perry --- Australia


  • " All, everything that I understand,
    I understand only because I love."
    --- Leo Tolstoy --- Contributed by Meghan


  • " Sometimes on the way to our dreams,
    We get lost and find an even better one!"
    --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Martha Gil --- Virginia


  • A Note to Our Lord

    " I see the homeless with no place to go,
    I see the hungry so sick and frail,
    I see the beaten with hate in their eyes,
    I see the lost children with no hope,
    I see those who lost so much in our wars,
    If I had three wishes - they would be,
    Homes and food for the homeless and hungry,
    Tenderness for the beaten and lost,
    And love for all so there will be no more wars,
    I thank you God for I am blessed,
    I only have the illness known as MS."
    --- Linda Lehmann, Multiple Sclerosis --- Support Group Leader
    --- Sent in by Janita Wutzke (Jan) --- Washington


  • " Love is friendship caught on fire."
    --- Pamela McDuffy


  • Solace

    " When in the pursuit of happiness
    Obstacles cross our way,
    When all seems lost
    And there is a darkening of the day.
    Remember God in His heaven
    And it does not cost to call.
    We'll find despite our troubles
    We've been blessed after all."
    --- Janet Louise Holman --- Survivor of a head injury
    --- Sent in by Janita Wutzke (Jan) --- Washington


  • " Miracles happen to those who believe in them."
    --- Bernard Berenson
    --- Contributed by Ron Obringer --- Pennsylvania


  • " Try and fail, but don't fail to try."
    --- Stephen Kaggwa --- Uganda, Kampala


  • " I would rather reach for the stars,
    Then at least I know
    That I could never end up with dirt on my hands."
    --- Author Unknown
    --- Submitted by Deepak Bhootra --- Johannesburg, South Africa


  • " Run straight ahead,
    And if anything gets in your way...turn!"
    --- Brock Hetherington 1990 -- B.C., Canada


  • If Today

    " If you planted hope today
    In any hopeless heart
    If someone's burden was lighter
    Because you did your part,
    If you caused a laugh
    That chased some tears away
    If tonight your name is named
    When someone kneels to pray
    Then your day has been well spent."
    --- Contributed by Neill MacRae --- Australia


  • " Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain.
    Adventure is an attitude that we must apply
    To the day to day obstacles of life -
    Facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities,
    Testing our resources against the Unknown and in the process,
    Discovering our own unique potential. "
    --- Written by John Amatt,
    --- Organizer and participant in Canada's first successful expedition
        To the summit of Mt Everest.
    --- Sent by Lucy --- from Sydney, Australia


  • " Where you end up isn't the most important thing.
    It's the road you take to get you there.
    The road you take is what you'll look back on
    And call your life.
    Not reaching success isn't the end of the world.
    Not trying to reach it is."
    --- Tim Wiley --- Sent in by Astra --- Melbourne, Australia


  • " Believe in yourself and in your dream
    Though impossible things may seem,
    Someday, somehow, you'll get through
    To the goal you have in view.

    Mountains fall and seas divide
    Before the one who in his stride
    Takes a hard road day by day,
    Sweeping obstacles away.

    Believe in yourself and in your plan,
    Say not - I cannot - but, I can.

    The prizes of life we fail to win
    Because we doubt the power within."
    --- Anonymous --- Sent in by Sue --- Australia


  • " Is God Real? Is God There?

    God is like
    The wind and air
    You can not see it
    But you know it's there;
    God is-love,peace and life
    Through your darkest hours
    He is the light;
    Though fear and shame
    May haunt you too
    Gods love will
    Be forever with you;
    As sure as the wind blows
    And you breathe air
    You may not see him,but
    God is there..."
    --- By Joe Stevens Jr. --- Louisiana


  • " The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes,
    But in having new eyes."
    --- Marcel Proust --- Sent in by Sue --- Australia


  • " It isn't always necessary to achieve great things.
    Sometimes, just surviving is a great achievement."
    --- Lori Hard --- California


  • " Faith is believing in something
    That sometimes doesn't always seem logical."
    --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kathy Ross --- Washington


  • " No matter how long it takes,
    If you keep moving,
    One step at a time,
    You will reach the finish line..."
    --- Author Unknown --- Sent in by Eyasmin Hameed --- Malaysia


  • " Bank on a life, saving towards the certainty of change
    Ledger all the happiness, pencil in to rearrange
    Withdraw all the worry
    Deposit all the faith
    Compound all the experience and
    Recognize when the payment is late."
    --- Ty Higgins --- Georgia


  • " Be happy
    Be supportive
    Be Naughty
    Be just like the way you are
    But don't get bored."
    --- Prakash --- Ghana, Africa


  • " If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain.
    If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees.
    If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people."
    --- Old Chinese Proverb


  • " Courage is not the towering oak
    That sees storms come and go;
    It is the fragile blossom
    That opens in the snow."
    --- Alice Mackenzie Swaim
    --- Sent in by Amy Yates --- Texas


  • " As I sit I see a dove
    And think of our deep, dear true love
    Think not about our future lives
    Except perhaps our growing size
    Keep all your thoughts alive, aglow,
    All will be well, no fear, I know!!"
    --- Sue --- Australia


  • Doubt vs. Faith
    " Doubt sees the obstacles
    Faith sees the way.
    Doubt sees the darkest night.
    Faith sees the day.
    Doubt dreads to take a step.
    Faith soars on high.
    Doubt questions,'Who believes'?
    Faith answers,'I'."
    --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Karen VanDyke --- Illinois


  • " The right time was at the crossroads
    With a future in his plans
    The wrong time reapproaches
    With right time's suitcase in hand
    The right time asks, how 's the journey?
    The wrong time said the "whether" turned me around.
    The right time, shakes his head,
    Shakes his hand and leaves
    Before the sun goes down."
    --- Ty Higgins --- Georgia


  • " I can't is a coward,
    I'll try is a soldier,
    I will is a King."
    --- My Mom --- Contributed by Bill Strong --- Florida


  • " Did is a word of achievement
    Won't is a word of defeat
    Might is a word of bereavement
    Can't is a word of defeat
    Ought is a word of duty
    Try is a word each hour
    Will is a word of beauty
    Can is a word of power."
    --- Gerard Hargraves


  • " For every ailment under the sun,
    There is a remedy, or there is none...
    If there be one try to find it;
    If there be none, never mind it!"
    --- By the late Dean Hawkins of Columbia University
    --- Contributed by Ann Marie Marignoni-Counts


  • " These two truths are the same in weight and importance.
    Accept and love WHO and WHERE you are now,
    and all good things shall find you there."
    --- Lori Hard --- California


  • " SMILE GOD LOVES YOU!"
    --- Unknown --- Contributed by Emma Guevara --- Texas


  • " Be positive in addressing the envelope to your future,
    For enclosed are your efforts from the past.
    Be certain of the postage and double check what class."
    --- Ty Higgins --- Georgia


  • " I have a dream that my 4 children will one day live in a nation
    Where they will not be judged by the color of their skin
    But by the content of their character."
    --- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. --- Contributed by Katie Durbin


  • " Real solutions are discovered only where they actually exist
    Within the individual's own essence."
    --- Vernon Howard --- Contributed by Jodi Brunschwig


  • " Hope...is not the same as joy
    That things are going well,
    Or willingness to invest in enterprises
    That are obviously heading for...success,
    But rather the ability to work for something
    Because it is good. "
    --- Vaclav Havel --- Contributed by Laura K. --- California


  • " I expect to pass through this world but once.
    Any good that I can do
    Or any kindness that I can show
    Any human being, let me do it now,and not defer it.
    For I shall not pass this way again."
    --- Stephen Grellet, 1855
    --- Submitted by Sue --- Australia


  • " Many people chase after success.
    Other pursue money.
    But I think the happiest people on earth
    Are the one's who have found significance.
    The real question of life must be
    What has significance for you?"
    --- Derek Lantzsch


  • " If you listen you will hear
    If you look you will see
    If you touch you will feel
    If you try you will be."
    --- Becky Stanford --- Texas


  • " If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams,
    And endeavors to lead a life which they have imagined,
    They will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
    --- Henry David Thoreau --- Sent in by Sue --- Australia


  • " Opportunity knocks at the strangest times,
    It's not the time that matters
    But how you answer the door."
    --- Steve Gray --- Geelong, Australia


  • " The difficulties we experience
    Always illuminate the lessons we need most."
    --- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Toby Dingle --- Virginia


  • " Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."
    --- Unknown --- Contributed by Jordan


  • " Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing
    When it is absolutely necessary."
    --- Ray Knight --- Submitted by Samantha Dorr


  • " I've learned that true friendship continues to grow,
    Even over the longest distance.
    Same goes for true love."
    --- Author Unknown --- Contributed by Greta --- Pennsylvania


  • " Lord grant that I might always desire more than I can accomplish."
    --- Michelangelo
    --- Sent in by Joslin --- Colorado


  • " Something unpredictable but in the end it's right,
    I hope you have the time of your life."
    --- Greenday --- Contributed by Katie Durbin