Giving Thanks for Grace and Faith ~ Smiles and Inspiration 2012 ~ Volume 1 Issue 18 Day 322 of 365 11/18/11

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.  

~Author Unknown

The power of prayer how indescribable it is to a person who lacks in faith.  Who does not understand the grace of God.

Those with out this faith and understanding will have hunger for that fuel that fills the believer and the quiet still patience of God's grace.

As a believer we have that duty to give thanks for this quiet and peaceful faith in God.

We always go about our day with so many things that come in our path that need done.

Work, being a parent, personal growth are just a few things we do to make things better and these things along with many others are indeed a part of life.

When we hit a speed bump, a curve in the road we will for that moment wonder why this is happening to us.  Why can't life be smooth and the wind always be at our sails.  We wonder and in the same breath we understand that life is not what happens to us it truly is what we do when we come along these unexpected happenings.

With faith we believe and choose to make a difference than those with out that faith.

We overcome with the grace of God.

We overcome with prayer and faith.

We all know this but seldom to we take the time out in advance to prepare for that next speed bump or curve in the road.

Today give thanks for those speed bumps for they make us stronger.

Today give thanks for those blind curves as they help us to see with more attention.

Today give thanks for the grace of God is a gift to all.

For those who believe and yeah even for those who lack that faith.

It is there for them as well.

Smiles to you across the many miles that separate us but the common thread we all share.

The desire to be happy and to make another smile a bit longer.

Make that difference today!

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On this day in history

1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.

1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

1926 – George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize".

1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.  (Happy Birthday Mickey!)


1929 – 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

1940 – New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

1947 – The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.

1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.

1970 – U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.

1978 – In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple cult to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

1988 – War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

1991 – After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.


1993 – In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is ratified by the House of Representatives.



1999 – In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when the 59-foot-tall (18 m) Aggie Bonfire, under construction for the annual football game against the University of Texas, collapses at 2:42am.



2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.

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My daily recipe for today.  Hope you enjoy : )  From Kitchendaily.com

Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Prosciutto Chips

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Your Daily Prayer 

Lord, thank you for your grace.  Thank you for your word.

Thank you for the gift of life and faith that your grace is enough.

May I appreciate life each day, the gift of love that you have placed in all of our hearts from birth.

May I talk time to share that love not only with myself but others.

Help me to make a difference during this season of thanksgiving but also guide me to have this heart and spirit the rest of the year.

May this season of Thanksgiving be one where I can not only feel gratitude but also share with those who may need to feel the same gift of joy and love.

May I be a better listener a better light that shines upon another persons life.

I thank you for the gift of my family, my friends and for the gift of life.

I give you praise and the glory for all of that

With humility and gratitude I thank you

Amen

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On Trust ~ Smiles and Inspiration 2012 ~ Volume 1 Issue 13 Day 317 of 365

To start this day with a video, 5 minutes and 33 seconds of beautiful music and some images that will lead us into this essay on trust.  The song Trust, the band, Cure.  

Best to be listened with a coffee and ear phones... Enjoy : ) 

Mostly music but the lyrics start off with:

there's no-one left in the world

that i can hold onto

there is really no-one left at all

there is only you

 ~ Lyrics from the song trust by Cure

Have you ever felt that alone?

We all have I am sure but when we have faith at a higher level we should never feel alone.

Not writing about religion here just some spiritual belief that their is something more.

For me a Christian that is God.  I trust, I believe but yes at times I still feel alone.

Maybe its not a trust in others at much as its a trust in ourselves.

The image in the video of a little girl walking a fence one step at a time thats trust in herself.

The next image a ballerina in pose with confidence and trust in her training, ours of practice and training in front of a mirror.

Does the girl ever fall? Probably she has but she gets back up and walks that fence again.

Does the dancer ever stumble in her dance, sure but she practices and tries again until she perfects it.

Thats how we get trust, in first believing in ourselves.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else."

- Cardinal De Retz

United States Currency states 'In God We Trust',  but we have also have to trust in ourselves, in the common good of decency and in love for one another.

We are all one nation, one race, one and all we are after the same.

Love,  Joy, Happiness, Security, Laughter, Health

To trust is to share in what comes from within.  

Share that smile and make a difference.

Share that laughter and pass along the joy.

Share your love but always love you first.

Smiles sent your way today and everyday : )

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On this day in history

1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.

1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.

1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal – U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

1947 – The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

1954 – Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

1956 – The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott..

1965 – The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.

1966 – In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.

1969 – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.



1970 – Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster.


1971 – The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.


1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.


1985 – Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.


2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.


2002 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.


2007 – The Russian Federation officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia

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My daily recipe for today.  Hope you enjoy : )  From Allrecipes.com

Old Chinatown Pork Burgers

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Your Daily Prayer 

Lord thank you for being there and allowing us your children to trust in something more than just ourselves.


Help me always to have love and trust for myself.


Help me to always share that love and trust for those around me.


I thank you for the gift of my family, my friends and for the gift of life.


I give you praise and the glory for all of that


Protect us and guide us to make another persons road more easily traveled.


With a kind word, a kind deed or just a simple sincere smile.

Help us to live a kinder and more joy filled life.  

Thank you for all that we have.  Love, Freedom and Salvation.

Amen

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Importance of Others ~ Smiles and Inspiration 2012 ~ Volume 1 Issue 12 Day 316 of 365

Everyone has an invisible sign 


hanging from their neck saying, 


'Make me feel important.' 


Never forget this message when working with people.

~Mary Kay Ash

Yesterday was Veterans Day, I day selected by our Congress in 1954.  The original day was Armistice Day and that day was founded in 1919 by Woodrow Wilson.  

In a speech President Wilson wrote: 

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations." 

Words that stand out to me are words like pride, heroism, service and gratitude.

These words stand out to me because we have so much pride for our heros our service men and women and their families.  Their service we owe much to and we need not just give them one day but every day express our gratitude.

It is important to express these feelings to our heros more than just November 11th.  

We can all learn a lesson from these men and women who serve us.

The pride for country, for duty and honor that send them out to protect our borders and protect it all for future generations.   What qualities they have that send them out into harms way for all of us.

Amazing is one word but there are many more.

So thank you may we always, all of us make you feel important and recognized not just for one day of course but everyday.

Smiles sent your way today and everyday : )

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On this day in history

1555 – The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.

1793 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.

1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

1933 – Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster.

1936 – In California, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.

1999 – The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.

2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.

2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

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My daily recipe for today.  Hope you enjoy : )  From Smithfield  via Recipe.com

Ham and Roasted Brussels Sprouts Casserole

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Your Daily Prayer 

Lord thank you for your word help us to remember to:


"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."   


1 Thessalonians 5:16


We have much to give thanks for.  Our freedom, those who protect and serve us and the gift of life that we must never neglect or ignore its value.


Protect us and guide us to make another persons road more easily traveled.


With a kind word, a kind deed or just a simple sincere smile.

Help us to live a kinder and more joy filled life.  

Thank you for all that we have.  Love, Freedom and Salvation.

Amen

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