So am I. Merry Christmas to all of you from Bruce,Brutus.Sissy andClaudia The reason for this season? Happy Birthday Jesus God bless you all.
________________________________ From: OKreationz™ <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:30:57 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OT:Fw: Use It or Lose It [Thursday, December 18, 2008] Thank you so much.. we all need to remember that the 12 disciples were ordinary people that God used to do extraordinary things. I want to be a disciple of Christ. huggles Pat in OK Patricia ________________________________ From: Claudia Werner <chich...@ymail. com> To: chihuah...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:54:53 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] OT:Fw: Use It or Lose It [Thursday, December 18, 2008] I got this today and wanted to share it with you Merry Christmas to all of you from Bruce,Brutus.Sissy andClaudia The reason for this season? Happy Birthday Jesus God bless you all. Today's Daily Encounter Use It or Lose It "The LORD said to him [Moses], 'What is that in your hand?' And he said, 'A staff.'"1 I have read how in 1872, at the age of 16, Booker T. Washington (born a slave and then became the foremost black educator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries) decided he wanted to go to school. He walked 500 miles to Hampton Institute in Virginia, and presented himself to the head teacher. Washington later recalled, "Having been so long without proper food, a bath, and change of clothing, I did not make a very favorable impression upon her, and I could see at once that there were doubts in her mind about me." Finally she said to him, "The adjoining recitation room needs cleaning. Take the broom and do it." A lesser person might have been insulted by being assigned menial work. But Washington recognized immediately that this was his big chance. He swept that room three times and dusted it four times. He even cleaned the walls and the closets. Then he reported to the head teacher that the job was finished. She examined that room like a drill sergeant. She even took a handkerchief and rubbed it across the top of a door. When she could not find a particle of dirt, she said, "I guess you will do to enter this institution. " As a 16-year-old, Washington could not do many things. But he could clean a room. And he did it gloriously. Extraordinary living begins with using what we have. What gifts and graces do you have that you have not fully activated?2 Suggested prayer: "Dear God, thank you that you use ordinary people to do ordinary things in extraordinary ways as well as using ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Please use me for whatever it is you have gifted me to do and want me to do, be it large or small--and thereby help make my world a better place in which to live. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen." 1. Exodus 4:2 (NASB). 2. Bill Bouknight, http://www.eSermons .com, July 2002 <:))))>< * * * * * * * Daily Encounter is published at no charge by ACTS International, a non-profit organization, and made possible through the donations of interested friends. Donations can be sent at: http://www.actscom. com ACTS International P.O. Box 73545 San Clemente, California 92673-0119 U.S.A. Phone: 949-940-9050 http://www.actsweb. org Copyright (c) 2008 by ACTS International. When copying or forwarding include the following: "Daily Encounter by Richard (Dick) Innes (c) 2008 ACTS International. Send prayer requests to David Clark at: http://www.responda .co.uk/prayer. php David is not on the ACTS staff but is offering this as a service to Daily Encounter readers. * * * * * * * To Unsubscribe: http://www.actsweb. org/unsub. php To Change Your Address: http://www.actsweb. org/subscribe- change-address. php
