Life
While walking in a toy store The day before today, I over heard a Crayon Box With many things to say. "I don't like red!" said Yellow. And Green said, "Nor do I!" And no one here likes Orange, But no one knows quite why." We are a box of crayons that really doesn't get along," Said Blue to all the others. "Something here is wrong!" Well, I bought that box of crayons And took it home with me And laid out all the crayons So the crayons could all see.
They watched me as I colored With Red and Blue and Green And Black and White and Orange And every color in between. They watched as Green became the grass And Blue became the sky. The Yellow sun was shining bright On White clouds drifting by. Colors changing as they touched, Becoming something new. They watched me as I colored.
They watched till I was through. And when I'd finally finished, I began to walk away. And as I did the Crayon box Had something more to say. "I do like Red! " said the Yellow And Green said, "So do I !" And Blue you are terrific! "So high up in the sky." " We are a Box of Crayons Each of us unique, But when we get together The picture is complete... "
" For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it." " Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical." " Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast." " You were born an original. Don't die a copy."( ~John Mason ~)
" God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." (~William Shakespeare ~ )
" Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." ( ~Judy Garland )
" People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." " If we judge others, we will not have time to LOVE them." " The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." " The bottom line of my life is living and walking by Faith, not by fear." " As important as your past is, it's not as important as the way you see your future." (John C. Maxwell)
" Don't judge a life by one difficult season ! " " A loving heart is the truest wisdom. "( Charles Dickens)
" Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." ( Sydney Smith ) " Life is short, eternity isn't."
" Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only what you are expecting to give." " Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than the things you acquire." " When you add value to others, you do not take anything away from yourself." " Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matthew 6:34 NIV) "
TRUE BEAUTY " (Something to think about...) Beauty isn't about what's on the outside, but what lies with in our hearts. Beauty is something we feel inside and out, but in reality it's what drives us each day. Beauty can't be explained for no words can come close. So next time you think you're not full of beauty read this again and realize that beauty is with in us all. "
GOD'S EMBROIDERY " (Something to think about...) When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. I told her that it looked like a mess from where I was. As from the underside I watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop that she held in her hand, I complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat. She would smile at me, look down and gently say, "My son, you go about your playing for a while, and when I am finished with my embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side."
I would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. A few minutes would pass and then I would hear Mother's voice say, "Son, come and sit on my knee." This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower or a sunset. I could not believe it, because from underneath it looked so messy. Then Mother would say to me, "My son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a pre-drawn plan on the top. It was a design. I was only following it.
Now look at it from my side and you will see what I was doing."Many times through the years I have looked up to my Heavenly Father and said, "Father, what are You doing?" He has answered, "I am embroidering your life." I say, "But it looks like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled.
The threads seem so dark. Why can't they all be bright?" The Father seems to tell me, "'My child, you go about your business of doing My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven and put you on My knee and you will see the plan from My side." "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? " ( Matthew 6:26 NASB) "
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves." "Be the artist you were born to be." " It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." " Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. " " I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do The something that I can do." " Wherever you go, go with all your heart." " Bloom where you’re planted !"
(A Bible study...) An ancient legend tells of a king who walked into his garden one day to find almost everything withered and dying. After speaking to an oak near the gate, the king learned that he was troubled because he was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine overheard their conversation and added that she, too, was upset, for she could not bear delicious fruit like the pear tree. The pear tree heard his name and began to complain that he did not have the lovely odor of the spruce. And so it went throughout the entire garden.
Near the very edge of the garden grew a little daisy. As the king approached, he noticed her bright little face, full of life. “Well, little flower,” said the monarch, “I’m glad to find that there is at least one happy face in my garden.”“Oh king,” she said, “I know I’m little, and not many people notice me, but one day I realized that you if planted me here, you must have had a good reason.
So, your majesty, I’ve determined to be the best little flower I can be!”Our King has planted a beautiful garden. Not one of us is greater than the next. It is his His perfection. We must come to a place where we trust that God has a reason for creating us the way He has and has planted us in just the place he desired.
Comparing ourselves with one another will only make us wither. When we become satisfied in His creation (that is us), that’s when we’ll find true happiness”.. and we will shine. Let’s give God our all our disappointments and be determined to be the best that we can be for Him ! ( 2 Corinthians 10:12b)" but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
I like you, is a wonderful canvas of what God Himself, has created... We are all beautiful in our own unique way..always remember that when you
look into the mirror..I am a Creation of the King! :) Love to all of you...Donna/Sage
64413 Category:(Human Interest) Created:(9/7/2008 9:38:00 AM)
