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From Ruthie

Free To Soar

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the
wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes
and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing
in the heady atmosphere above the earth. As the strong winds gusted
against the kites, a string kept them in check. Instead of blowing
away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights.
They shook and pulled, but the restraining string and the cumbersome
tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. As the
kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to
say, "Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!" They soared
beautifully even as they fought the imposed restriction of the
string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. "Free
at last" it seemed to say. "Free to fly with the wind."

Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of an
unsympathetic breeze. It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and
landed in a tangled mass of weeds and string against a dead
bush. "Free at last" -- free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be
blown helplessly along the ground, and to lodge lifeless against the
first obstruction.

How much like kites we sometimes are. The Lord gives us adversity
and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain
strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of
opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar
to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the
commandment and (pardon the pun) never rise high enough to get our
tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights our Heavenly Father has in
store for us, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may
chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend
and achieve.

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Today's Story

CONTENT

A funny thing happened in Sunday school a few weeks ago. The
teacher asked how many of us were contented in our lives. In a
class of about 40 middle aged people, I was the only one who raised
my hand.

I wondered, did I misunderstand the question. Everyone was looking
at me and I found myself defending why I am content. How silly that
I have to defend that. They should be defending why they are not.

Content, according to the dictionary means: satisfied

Content does not mean that I have no problems and that I am rich and
live in the lap of luxury, no, no no. I do have problems, many of
them, just like everyone else, some small and some large and
burdening. I am by no means rich and I work very hard. My life is
by far from perfect, however I feel content. I am content with who
I am and what I have. I have a wonderful husband, 3 great kids, 3
funny dogs, and a terrific group of good friends. I love my home,
it is not a big mansion, just a simple comfortable home. My husband
has a good job and I work part time at an alternative high school. I
keep very busy with many hobbies like quilting, cross stitch,
decorating, and embroidery. It may sound dull to you, but it is
shear heaven for me.

Life is what you make of it, if one is constantly looking for
something bigger and better to come along, then you will never be
content. It is all how you look at things. Maybe you should look
at things through my eyes. Content, yes satisfied. That is not to
be confused with settling, I am not settling, I am very happy and
extremely contented, and yes satisfied.

Carol Brosowske

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From Martie

DO YOU SMELL THAT?

A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the
doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. She
was still
groggy from surgery. Her husband, David, held her hand as they
braced
themselves for the latest news.
That afternoon of March 10, 1991, complications had forced Diana,
only 24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency Cesarean to deliver
couple's new daughter, Dana Lu Blessing.
At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound nine ounces, they
already knew she was perilously premature. Still, the doctor's soft
words
dropped like bombs.
I don't think she's going to make it," he said, as kindly as he
could.
"There's only a 10-percent chance she will live through the night,
and even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her future
could be
a very cruel one."
Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor
described the devastating problems Dana would likely face if she
survived.
She would never walk, she would never talk, she would probably be
blind, and she would certainly be prone to other catastrophic
conditions
from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation, and on and on.
"No! No!" was all Diana could say.
She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed
of the day they would have a daughter to become a family of four.
Now,
within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping away.
But as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and
Diana. Because Dana's underdeveloped nervous system was
essentially 'raw,'
the lightest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort, so
they
couldn't even cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests to
offer
the strength of their love. All they could do, as Dana struggled
alone
beneath the ultraviolet light in the tangle of tubes and wires, was
to pray
that God would stay close to their precious little girl.
There was never a moment when Dana suddenly grew stronger. But as
the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here and
an ounce
of strength there.
At last, when Dana turned two months old, her parents were able to
hold her in their arms for the very first time. And two months
later,
though doctors continued to gently but grimly warn that her chances
of
surviving, much less living any kind of normal life, were next to
zero,
Dana went home from the hospital, just as her mother had predicted.
Five years later, when Dana was a petite but feisty young girl with
glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for life. She showed
no signs
whatsoever of any mental or physical impairment. Simply, she was
everything a little girl can be and more. But that happy ending is
far from
the end of her story.
One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near her home in
Irving, Texas, Dana was sitting in her mother's lap in the
bleachers of a
local ball park where her brother Dustin's baseball team was
practicing.
As always, Dana was chattering nonstop with her mother and several
other adults sitting nearby when she suddenly fell silent.
hugging her arms across her chest, little Dana asked, "Do you smell
that?" Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a
thunderstorm, Diana
replied, "Yes, it smells like rain." Dana closed her eyes and
again asked,
"Do you smell that?" Once again, her mother replied, "Yes, I think
we're
about to get wet. It smells like rain."
Still caught in the moment, Dana shook her head, patted her thin
shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced, "No, it smells
like
Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest."
Tears blurred Diana's eyes as Dana happily hopped down to play with
the other children.
Before the rains came, her daughter's words confirmed what Diana
and
all the members of the extended Blessing family had known, at least
in
their hearts, all along. During those long days and nights of her
first two
months of her life, when her nerves were too sensitive for them to
touch her,
God was holding Dana on His chest and it is His loving scent that
she remembers so
well.

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DON'T MISS A MOMENT
By: Joseph J. Mazzella
I am truly amazed at how rapidly this year seems to be going
by. It seems like only yesterday it was Christmastime and now we are
already headed for June. I think this may be a good sign, though.
They say that time flies when you are having fun. I am sure then
that time flies even faster when you are choosing love and sharing
joy.
I am becoming aware, however, at just how short even the
longest life here on Earth is. I see children swinging at my son's
school and I can remember when I attended that same school and swung
on those same swings. I give my son and daughter a hug and notice
that they are almost as tall as me now. I can remember, though, when
I could hold them in the crook of one arm while I rocked them to
sleep. I mow the lawn near the graveyard by my home and remember all
of my loved ones who have passed. Then I realize that my body too
will one day be resting under a headstone and that my time on this
wonderful world will be over as well.
I am doing my best then not to miss a moment of this glorious
life I have been given and I urge you not to miss a moment of yours
either. Enjoy every day that God in His love has given you on this
world. Take the time to pet your dogs before you put on their
leashes for a walk. Take a second to smell that baby's hair when you
hold her in your arms. Take a moment to sneak a kiss when you bump
into your dear one in the kitchen. Take a little while to watch the
sun go down and the moon rise up. Take a hour to walk among the
trees and flowers and feel God's gentle, loving breezes on your
face. Take a minute to call your Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt,
or Uncle and tell them that you love them. Take the time to write an
inspiring letter or say an encouraging word to a friend. Take all of
the precious days of your life and use them to bring more joy, love,
and oneness with God to this world. Life is short. Don't miss a
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From JackBaby

TO REALIZE

To realize
The value of a sister
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.

To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.

To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.

To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.

To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize
The value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.

To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.

To realize
The value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.

Time waits For no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone
special.

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