WEEKLY FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Need an inspirational thought...a chuckle or two... something to inspire you and get you through the day?  Well, you've come to the right place.  Check here at least weekly for new bits of inspiration.  Sometimes more than once per week...sometimes not...but check often so you don't miss anything.

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(Monday, February 28)

"God grant me the serenity
to accept the people I cannot change,
the
courage to change 
the one I can,
and the wisdom to know...
it's me!"

--John G. Miller, author of QBQ!
The Question Behind the Question
printed in the March 2005 Guideposts

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(Friday, February 25)

What is the deal with lightning bugs? I mean, here is this rather ordinary looking flying insect, but wait ... it has a glow-in-the-dark rear end! What was God thinking?

I'm sure science has all kinds of explanations about how this fluorescent fanny is useful for mating and other stuff, but why did God choose to make the lightning bug glow? I wonder if, when God was creating all the animals and everything around us, he came up with the idea of the lightning bug and said, "The kids are gonna love this."

We know that God loves us enough to create all the things we need to survive, but does God love us so much He created some things just to make us smile?

Just seeing lightning bugs takes me back to those warm summer nights of my youth. I'd be running around the back yard with my empty Mason jar, racing toward the flashing lights all around me. I can still feel the joy and hear the laughter echoing through my memories. Lightning bugs were as much a part of summer as fireworks, fresh tomatoes, and big ice-cold slabs of juicy watermelon. (I also have a theory of why God made watermelon seeds the perfect size to spit, but that is another story.)

God created so much diversity in this world, much more than is needed for mere survival. He made all of this for us, and He wants us to enjoy it.

We can get so busy surrounding ourselves with man-made goods that we don't notice the living tapestry God has laid out all around us.

I guess lightning bugs do have a purpose after all. They are a reminder of a creative God who loves us so much, He'd even paint the rear end of a bug ... just to see us smile ...

received from Mikey's Funnies...<http://www.mikeysFunnies.com>

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(Sunday, February 14)
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

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(Sunday, February 13)


Giving of yourself and putting others first isn't easy, but God asks you to do it because He did it first.  He loves us even though we aren't perfect, and His purpose for you is to do the same.  Jesus wants you to love real people, not ideal people--because there are no perfect people.

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