Sorry, no pictures

This is where I would post a picture of a fancy car speeding away from paparazzi or a Hollywood star with one hand covering her face and the other warding off the photographer snapping pictures. Centered, large is my usual modis operandi. I like pictures.

I can't do that today because Blogger is having problems. Poor Blogger; my first response when I couldn't get it to work was to complain--Aaarrrggghh! But then I had to remember, Blogger is a free service and one with which I have fun every day. I am thankful for the ability to sit here and blab about whatever is on my mind and heart. And Blogger makes that possible for me and thousands of other Blogger blabbers.

It has also made it possible for me to meet so many wonderful people all over the world. I have my morning coffee with so many of you every day.

So have patience, give thanks, and say a prayer for the folks at Blogger. I'm sure they are under a lot of pressure and not all the comments they are getting are likely to be positive.

Thanks, Blogger.

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God's Minute3/19

Therefore shall the people praise Thee.--Psalm 45:17

ALMIGHTY GOD, Heavenly Father, Who art the light and life of men, we give Thee humble and hearty thanks for all the blessings of Thy merciful Providence; and we commend ourselves this day, and all who are near and dear to us--our family, our friends, our neighbors--to Thy divine care and protection. Give us grace so to live that we shall not be afraid to die. Save us from all dangers of soul and body. Grant us strength for our daily work, sufficiency for our daily needs, and a right judgment in all things.

We pray for our country, that it may be exalted in righteousness; for those who exercise authority, that they may be wise and just; for all our citizens, that they may be faithful to duty and obedient to law; that our land may be a land of liberty and peace, of true religion, of mutual service, acceptable to Thee, our God, and honored throughout the world.

Finally, we beseech Thee, O Father, to protect and encourage those, who, by life and doctrine , and home and abroad, are proclaiming the Gospel of Thy redeeming love. Send out Thy light and Thy truth, that all men everywhere may acknowledgte themselves to be the sons of God, and that Thy Kingdom may be established in all the earth. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, D.D.,
Memphis, Tennessee

God's Minute 3/18

Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin--Psalm 32:5

LORD JESUS, our Redeemer, be Thou ever-present with us today! Thou as the all-seeing Saviour art acquainted with all our ways, nothing is unknown to Thee. Thou knowest how sin endangers our lives day by day. Thou knowest how temptations beset us on all sides. Thou knowest how doubts and misgivings fill our heart with distrust. Thou knowest how the cares of life make us anxious for the morrow and forgetful of Thee and Thy glorious promises.

Lord Jesus, In Thy Mercy help us, and grant us grace to look up in faith to Thee. Give us strength to withstand the many sins and temptations of today, help us to cast aside all our cares, and trust with child-like faith in Thee.

Above all, Lord Jesus, forgive us where we have failed in the past, and let us find in Thee our Saviour, whose Life-blood has reeemed us from sin and death. Give us faith to believe that, unworthy though we be, Thy Blood shed on the cross can save us from every sin.

Fill us, Thy pardoned children, with love to Thee and mankind. Keep us faithful in Thy all-saving Word unto our end. We ask all this of Thee, because Thou art our God and our Redeemer.

Amen.

Rev. Alfred Doerffler
St. Louis, Missouri

'Tis a Blessing

This little guy was given to me by a friend--I have no idea who it was because it was a secret. So, if you're from Medina or Brunswick, Ohio and you gave this to me right before we moved, thank you. He sits on the shelf in our office year round. He's wearing a badge that says, "'Tis a Blessing to be Irish"

'Tis a Blessing to have good friends, isn't it?

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The Wearing o' the Green

Are you wearing green today?

Éireann go Brách

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