Eastland eBulletin 7.23.06

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Area Meetings

. July 21-23 - Hodgenville
. July 30-August 4 - Central (Shelbyville)
. July 29-August 6 - Tabernacle exhibit at Pewee Valley. Details on the
bulletin board. This is not an endorsement.

Potpourri

. Remember the regular kids' bulletins. There are extras on the table,
leftover from previously used class materal.
. Elders & deacons meeting next Sunday afternoon (July 30) at 4:00.

July Duties
. Transportation: Mindel & Sutton
. Lord's Supper: K Mindel, L Shields
. Meals: H Boatright, S Durbin, J Robarts
. Deacon: J Crowder
. Usher: G Shields
. Sound: J Norris

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Sin
George Herbert (1593-1633)

Lord, with what care hast thou begirt us round!
Parents first season us: then schoolmasters
Deliver us to laws; they send us bound
To rules of reason, holy messengers,

Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin,
Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes,
Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in,
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,

Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness,
The sound of glory ringing in our ears:
Without, our shame; within, our consciences;
Angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears.

Yet all these fences and their whole array
One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

>From 2000 Years of Prayer

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Declaration Of Self - Esteem
Author Unknown

I am me. I am made in the image of God, just a little lower than the angels.
I am unique. In all the world there is no one exactly like me. That means
that my life is important. Nothing say or do is meaningless.

Everything about me is important. My body. My mind. My spirit. My dreams. My
ideas and opinions. My talents. My feelings (positive and negative). My
words. All my thoughts and actions are important, and they make a unique
contribution to life. I can accept myself because God accepts me. I can love
myself because God loves me. I know I matter because God lived in Jesus
Christ and through Him gave me the chance to live abundantly and eternally.
I do not have to be perfect to be loved, because God has loved me while I
was imperfect.

This means I am important even when I have "rough edges" in my life and when
I make mistakes. Even big ones. I can fail. I can stumble. God still says,
"I love you!" I don't have to have everything in the right order, or have
everything cleaned up for God to accept me.

And knowing that I can live with myself. And I have hope that I can take all
that I am and all that I have to God (the good and the bad) and He will keep
on improving me. I can be totally honest. I hive something to look forward
to. With His help and guidance I will be even more effective in living,
loving, and serving than I have been. Tomorrow will be better than today.

I am not afraid to keep at the task of enriching what is good in me and
discarding what is not. I can use God's grace and all of my faculties to
work at the task of self-improvement. I am worth spending time on.

So I accept the fact that I am important. I have eternal value. It is okay
to be me. God has said it, and I believe it!

Submitted by Andy Dobson

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I Am Thankful.
Submitted by Shannon Key

. For the wife who says it's hot dogs tonight because she is home with me,
not with someone else.

. For the husband who is on the sofa who is being a couch potato cause he is
home with me and not out at the bars.

. For the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes, because that means
she is at home, not on the streets.

. For the taxes that I pay, because it means that I am employed.

. For the mess to clean after a party, because it means that I have been
surrounded by friends.

. For the clothes that fit a little too tight, because it means I have
enough to eat.

. For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the
sunshine.

. For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and gutters that
need fixing, because it means I have a home.

. For all the complaining I hear about the government, because it means that
we have freedom of speech.

. For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it
means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with
transportation.

. For my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.

. For the lady behind me in church that sings off key, because it means that
I can hear.

. For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have clothes to
wear.

. For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because it means
that I have been capable of working hard.

. For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means
that I am alive.

. And finally. For too much e-mail, because it means I have friends who are
thinking of me.

>From Tim Smith's Daily Humor List

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