Let me ask you a question:

Do you belong to those people who love nothing more than to hear their names and to be given compliments?

I am learning that that is the case with most people.

But I don’t think I belong to those people.

There is nothing I love more than to hear the name of JESUS!

When I looked up the First Lines, Refrains & Titles in the book REDEMPTION HYMNS I found the hymns with the following titles:

1. “Jesus has loved me, wonderful Saviour”

Names

2. “Jesus is all the world to me”

3. “Jesus is our shepherd”

4. “Jesus loved Even Me”

5. “Jesus saves”

6. “Jesus the sinner’s Friend”

7. “Jesus your blood and righteousness”

8. “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,

Sweetest name I know,

Fills my every longing,

Keeps me singing as I go.”

I am rather surprised when people call me by my name. It surprises me that they remember who I am. Some people must have a very good memory!

WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY

 15 June

“Always Respected Never Abused”

“Respect not threats”

THE BIBLE:

“Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly, and revere your God. I am the LORD.”

AT THE BEACH

In my QUIET TIME I am reading the BIBLE from cover to cover and this morning I read the exciting chapter fifteen in the book called Second Kings.

I find the stories of the kings so exciting because I am looking always forward to find out if the next king does right or evil in the eyes of the LORD.

1.  AZARIAH was king of Judah and “he did what was right”. Second Kings 15:3

Read on and find out what is said about the next king!

2.  ZECHARIAH was king of Israel and “he did evil”. Second Kings 15:9

How sad.

3.  MENAHEM was king of Israel and “he did evil”. Second Kings 15:8

How sad.

4.  PEKAHIAH was king of Israel and “he did evil”. Second Kings 15:24

How sad.

5.  PEKAH was king of Israel and “he did evil”. Second Kings 15:28

How sad.

6.  JOTHAM was king of Judah and “he did what was right”. Second Kings 15:34

I am glad.

What will be written or said about us after we are dead?

“He [she] did right in the eyes of the LORD” or “He [she] did evil in the eyes of the LORD?”

And yes, I am interested in the Football World Cup and was pleased when I received

A FOOTBALL WORLD CUP SCHEDULE 13TH JUNE – 14TH JULY 2014

when I bought a newspaper today. 

On the schedule I am reading:

“Only 8 teams have ever won the Football World Cup: Brazil, Italy, GERMANY, Uruguay, Argentina, England, France and reigning champions Spain.”

THE CROSS

“‘Now this is eternal life:

John 17:3

Intr.:

that they may know you,

A.  the only true God, and

1.

2.

B.  Jesus Christ,

1.

2.

End:

whom you have sent.'”

“Smoking is highly addictive”

“Count your Blessings,” is written in big letters on an A4 paper and framed.

The frame is standing on a shelf in the room I am working in and when turning my head a bit to the left, I can see the writing now. I don’t think a day goes by when I am not in my “office”. What a reminder to count my blessings. I hope to look every day in a certain direction and read “Count Your Blessings” and count my blessings every day.

Yesterday I picked up a little booklet called “Time to quit.” It is published by The Quit Group (operating as Quit line). It is all about “What you should know about smoking…”

In the booklet I am reading:

“Tobacco companies sell the only consumer product that kills people when used as the manufacturer intends.”

“If you smoke a pack a day, it costs you around $6,000 per year.”

“When you smoke tobacco, you inhale  more than 4000 chemicals.

“Count Your Blessings”

These include: Acetone (paint stripper), Ammonia (toilet cleaner), Cyanide (rat killer), DDT (insect killer), Carbon monoxide (car exhaust fumes).

At the end of the information it says, “70 percent of smokers wish they’d never started.”

What a BLESSING that I never started to smoke.

I saved around $6,000 per year. What is 60 years by  $6,000? I think you can buy a house for $360,000.

Maybe I would be dead by now if I would have started smoking from the age of fifteen!

I am glad that I never did. What a BLESSING!