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The Day is Coming When....

“My sheep hear My voice.” John 10:27 One of The most extraordinary realities of your lifetime will begin when you can hear that voice. When you know, know that you have a connection with The Living Jesus Christ Our Lord. So many people today are compromising the reality that no matter what religion you choose, unless you come to the Son, you cannot come to The Father. The Great news is God’s plan for your life is to bring you Peace and happiness, good and not bad, life and not death. Grace and Love instead of despair, Although, if I told you, this would lead you to be a into a walk in the park, I would be misleading you.

There will be trails, discord the enemy will do any and everything to convince you to take your eyes off the King of Kings. Here is what I know, when one becomes a Son of the Living God, it changes everything. Today, I see things differently, with new eyes, I hear things differently with new ears, my internal vision is different, Our Mission, should we choose to take it, Requires us to be the example of Christ to the world. One step at a time brings us closer and closer to the Son of The Living God. When we come to the struggle, road block or the ever present curves and hurdles in life, These Saint Paul wrote “I rejoice.” There is a reason for all things, God shows us many things we can see the differences in our lives in the process. We literally have so much to be thankful for, in the sight of despair We grow in Chris’s Love.

Better Tomorrows Mr. Falcon

The Day will Come when every Knee shall bow and every tongue confess You and I have the privilege to do for others what God does for us. How do we show people that we believe in them?

Show up. Nothing takes the place of your presence. Letters are nice. Phone calls are special, but being there in the flesh sends a message. Do you believe in your kids? Then show up. Show up at their games. Show up at their plays. Show up at their recitals. It may not be possible to make each one, but it's sure worth the effort. Do you believe in your friends? Then show up. Show up at their graduations and weddings. Spend time with them. You want to bring out the best in someone?

Then show up. Listen up. You don't have to speak to encourage. The Bible says, "It is best to listen much, speak little" (James 1:19 TLB). We tend to speak much and listen little. There is a time to speak. But there is also a time to be quiet. That's what my father did. Dropping a fly ball may not be a big deal to most people, but if you are thirteen years old and have aspirations of the big leagues, it is a big deal. Not only was it my second error of the game, it allowed the winning run to score.

I didn't even go back to the dugout. I turned around in the middle of left field and climbed over the fence. I was halfway home when my dad found me. He didn't say a word. Just pulled over to the side of the road, leaned across the seat, and opened the passenger door. We didn't speak. We didn't need to. We both knew the world had come to an end. When we got home, I went straight to my room, and he went straight to the kitchen. Presently he appeared in front of me with cookies and milk. He took a seat on the bed, and we broke bread together. Somewhere in the dunking of the cookies I began to realize that life and my father's love would go on. In the economy of male adolescence, if you love the guy who drops the ball, then you really love him. My skill as a baseball player didn't improve, but my confidence in Dad's love did. Dad never said a word. But he did show up. He did listen up. To bring out the best in others, do the same, and then, when appropriate: Speak up. You have the power to change someone's life simply by the words that you speak. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (Proverbs. 18:21 NKJV). That's why Paul urges you and me to be careful. "When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need—words that will help others become stronger" (Ephesians. 4:29). There's a test for the tongue. Before you speak, ask: Will what I'm about to say help others become stronger? You have the ability, with your words, to make a person stronger. Your words are to their soul what a vitamin is to their body. If you had food and saw someone starving, would you not share it? If you had water and saw someone dying of thirst, would you not give it? Of course you would. Then won't you do the same for their hearts? Your words are food and water! Do not withhold encouragement from the discouraged. Do not keep affirmation from the beaten down! Speak words that make people stronger. Believe in them as God has believed in you. From A Love Worth Giving Copyright (Thomas Nelson, 2002) Max Lucado I have come to realize that some of the greatest gifts do not have bows around them, sure everyone likes gifts, but often it is the simplest of things that mean so much more, like time, your presence, Your patience & understanding of others feelings. I remember when I became real sick I had no money to buy a lot of stuff, this woman that came to our church I made her a hand drawn picture I colored in with coloring pencils.

I knew she came from a very, well to do, family and thought my gift would not mean all that much but I did it because she had been such a blessing to other people lives. In-fact I sent it signing the card as coming from all of us. To my surprise she announced to the congregation it was the one and only gift she had received that year that meant so very much to her and she would hang it proudly on her office wall for everyone to see year round.

We need to learn better, I think, that God can use us to make the small things mean so much, if we let him work through us. Who can you help along life journey right now? It can be just a card or your presence that make the whole difference this year… Think about that… And make some things happen…….. It is with Love, As My prayer that you Holiday be rich in every way imaginable.. That Christ reach down and Bless you with His Loving care…. R. Falcon Better Tomorrows

Saint Francis Prayer Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy;

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood as to understand;

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. --St. Francis You know I never get tired of praying The Saint Francis Prayer, the more I pray it, I feel,

The More I will live it, it is my dream after all to become the shinning example of The Fathers Love to this world, nothing else seems even on the radar today, If I left this world today

I would pray that God has used my pen and paper to brighten a loved ones heart and life, because after all we are family & HE is The Reason for The season…

God Bless YOU & Your