verry good!
Jenifer gilley
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly."
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:48 AM
Subject: The Word For Today: Monday July 31st
> "WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT HEARTILY, AS TO THE LORD AND NOT TO MEN." (
> COLOSSIANS 3:23 NKJV ) DO IT "AS UNTO THE LORD!" When Nicholas Herman
> entered the Carnelite monastery in Paris in 1666, he expected to live a
> life of penance because of his wild and sinful past. But instead Herman,
> who was given the name Brother Lawrence, found God's forgiveness and
> peace, plus a joy he could never have imagined. But his faith was sorely
> tried in the process. Clumsy by nature, he was very upset at being
> assigned to the monastery kitchen. Then something happened. There in his
> kitchen he found that evn the humblest, most mundane tasks become
> significant-when they're done out of love for God! In his classic little
> book The Practice of the Presence of God, he wrote: "The time of business
> does not with me differ from the time of prayer...In the noise and clatter
> of my kitchen while several persons are at the same time calling for
> different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I
> were upon my knees...We ought not to be weary of doing little things, for
> God regards not the greatness of the work but the love with which it is
> performed." Talk about adding dignity to your job! So, what's the job you
> hate most? Cutting the grass? Doing laundry? Putting out the garbage?
> Walking the dog? Coming home from work tired and having to cook dinner?
> Caregiving? Paul said, "Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord
> and not to men" ( Col 3:23 NKJV ). The truth is, there's no difference
> between the secular and the sacred when it's done "as to the Lord and not
> to men." Linda("The Prayerwarrior/Angel") (\o/) email:
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