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Friday, February 3

Daily Bible Reading

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Old Testament: Job 25:1 - 29:25

New Testament Matthew 21:33 - 22:14

Psalms/Proverbs Psalm 18:7-15

Based on NIV Seasons of Reflections

Messages referring to the Bible Reading:

THE WRONG OF SELF-DEFENSE
The Wicked Vinedressers
THE CHANCE TO LIVE
FEARSOME SAVIOR


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Be The Best Of Whatever You Are

If you can't be a pine on the top of a hill
Be a scrub in the valley,
but be the best little scrub on the side of the hill

Be a bush if you can't be a tree,
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass
And some highway happier make.

If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass,
But the liveliest bass in the lake.

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here.

There's big work to do and there's lesser work, too,
And the thing we must do is the near

If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail.
If you can't be the sun, be a star.

It isn't by size that you win or you fail.
Be the best of whatever you are.

Douglas Maloch


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Life is Meant to be Lived

Life is to be lived. No excuses. No reservations. No holding back.

An enchanting story about violinist Fritz Kreisler tells how he once came across a beautiful instrument he wanted to acquire. When he finally raised the money for the violin, he returned to buy it and learned that it had already been sold to a collector.

He went to the new owner's home in order to try to persuade him to sell the violin. But the collector said it was one of his prized possessions and he could not let it go. The disappointed Kreisler turned to leave, but then asked a favor. "May I play the instrument once more before it is consigned to silence?"

Permission was granted and the great musician began to play. The violin sang out a quality of music so beautiful that the collector himself could only listen in wonderment. "I have no right to keep that to myself," he said after the musician finished. "The violin is yours, Mr. Kreisler. Take it into world, and let people hear it."

William Arthur Ward said, "If you believe in prayer, pray; if you believe in serving, serve; if you believe in giving, give." For you and I are exquisite violins -- our music is meant to be heard.

I want to live my life that way -- to take it into the world and live it fully. I'd rather burn out than rust out. I'd rather be used up than die not having done whatever I could...wherever I would.

I'm not talking about wearing ourselves out on over-activity. Happiness is never found in excessive busyness. But it is found in investing our lives in others. Saying YES when asked for a hand. Volunteering some time for a worthwhile organization. Spending an hour with a lonely relative.

In the end, I know that my happiness will not have been about by my ability or my inability. It will have been about my availability. My life is meant to be lived.

Steve Goodier
From http://www.lifesupportsystem.com
Used with permission.


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