GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS HOLY WORD
 
80 May I be blameless in keeping your (the Lord's) decrees;
      then I will never be ashamed.
- Psalm 119:80(New Living Translation).
 
 
 
GOD'S PROMISE TO US FROM HIS HOLY WORD
 
(Jesus said) 14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father."  - Matthew 5:14-16(New Living Translation).
 
 
 
A QUOTE
 
Bible reading, both private and public, is one of the core values of those who experience revival, for it brings us to a new commitment to God, one another, and our faith.  - Jim Spruce -
 
 
 
THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER
 
What can winter do if spring is in your heart?
- From Reminisce Magazine -
 
Love is the heart of the home.
- From Reminisce Magazine -
 
 
 
NOTES
 
The morning was cloudy but this afternoon was sunny. High temperature today was 62 degrees. Low temperature last night was 30 degrees. My cleaning lady came a little after 11:00 a.m. to do the weekly house cleaning. I went to lunch at that time and got out of her way. She is always finished and gone by the time I get back home. She did an excellent job as usual. I had lunch with Charley. I came by the post office to check my mail. I took a nap in early afternoon. Later in the afternoon I went to Walgreens to have prescriptions filled and then on to Country Mart for coffee. Why didn't I buy the coffee at Walmart on Thursday? Well, because I had a $1.00 coupon on coffee and Country Mart doubles coupons up to and including $1.00. Walmart does not double coupons so I got $2.00 off the price of the coffee at Country Mart. I have been thinking about how to make my notes more interesting. As everyone knows I am an old man, 85 years of age. When I was a child very few people lived to be 85. I grew up in the country until I was 18 years of age during the Great Depression. After I came home from the war I married a wonderful girl, had 3 wonderful children. I did manage to get about two years of college at Oklahoma City University. I will have to admit that my grades were not all that good but I can say that I have about two years of college. In 1999 I did some writing during March and April that I am thinking that I might share with you. I will keep thinking about it. Tonight I am going to share a prayer with you that I wrote after I ran over one of our cats named Lucky. This prayer was written several years ago and I sent it to www.wordchimes.com and Quentin Clingerman posted it on Wordchimes. Some of you that are poets on Wordchimes have already read this prayer. This prayer was written before Flonnie died so I did go back and add her name to it. As with all writings I know some will like it and others might have different feelings about it, which is fine.
 
The cats are fine. Little Girl on her blanket and Rascal in the recliner. The rest are accounted for.
 
At 9:45 p.m. skies are fair with a temperature of 55 degrees. Have a Wonderful Sunday! God be with you until next time.
 
In Christian Love, Everett.
 
 
 
 
A Prayer to God about Lucky

By Everett Christian

The wolf and the lamb will feed together - Isaiah 65:25a(NIV).

This is a prayer poem about a wonderful cat named Lucky that I accidently ran over and killed on March 6, 2005

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My Heavenly Father, I come to You in the name of Jesus, My Savior,
and in the fellowship of Your Blessed Holy Spirit.

Father, You know what happened on March 6, 2005.
I ran over our beautiful cat, Lucky.

We rescued Lucky from the middle of a busy street on August 19, 2001 when he was just a little kitten.
We brought him home and within a day he had accepted our family and we had accepted him

Father, You know that once an animal is accepted into our home,
with love and devotion only death can tear us apart

Father, You know how Lucky became a part of our household.
Even though, sometimes, he was a little rough with his playing he always showed his love for us.

Even as he grew to be a big cat he would stretch out in my wife's lap,
just like he did when he was a little kitten.

Father, since You know everything that happens on this earth,
You saw our Precious Lucky on that sad day in March.

Lucky was sitting on the window ledge outside our home.
I had been to Wal-Mart on that Sunday aftenoon.
Even though I have always felt a little guilt when I purchase things on the Lord's Day.
Your Word says for us to "Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it Holy."

Since Sunday is my Sabbath, maybe I should not have been buying on a Sunday.

Father, You know that as Lucky saw my van coming down the street,
he, as usual ran to meet me with his tail high in the air indicating love and acceptance.
I slowly pulled in the driveway as I had done many times before.
I thought that Lucky would walk in front of the van as he had always done before.

Suddenly it felt as if my van had hit something.
I immediately stopped the van and jumped out to see what had happened.

Father, You know that what I saw will live with me as long as I am in my right mind.
There was our Precious Lucky lying still under the van.
His beautiful body was limp as I lifted him to my arms.
I can't remember ever having this much agony before.

Father, You know that I started to carry him through our home,
but blood was dripping from his Precious body.
I carried him to the back yard and laid him on a chaise.
My wife heard me and came to the back.
In a few minutes, Lucky, breathed his last breath.

We placed his beautiful body in a cardboard box.
I buried him in the back yard beside Callie, Fluffy, Gracie and Yoda.

Father, I think Lucky is in Heaven with You,
as well as all our other pets that have died.
I know You can commicate with animals,
so will You please tell Lucky some things for me?

Tell him that I loved him as much as a human can love.
Tell him that I am very sorry that I ran over him.
Tell him that I don't know why he stopped in front of the wheels of the van.
Tell him that no amount of money could have taken him from us.

Father, also tell him that I will be along as soon as you are through with me on this earth.
Then I will see him along with my Dear Wife, Dad, Mother, Brothers, Sisters, Relatives and Friends.

I will also join the other cats that we have lost.
Some of their names are Yoda, Fluffy, Callie, Prissy, Gracie, Rabbit, Snobby, Napoleon, Nikki, Gold Boy, Freckles, Harriet, Happy, Mocking, Baby Cat, Safki and all the others that I have forgotten or they didn't have names.

Also tell our dogs named Dooby, Candy, Laddie, Bruno, Uno, Collie and the others that I will see them also.
Then we can romp and play in that Beautiful Land where no one ever dies or grows old.

I Praise You Father, I Praise You Jesus and I Praise You, Blessed Holy Spirit.

AMEN