Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

The newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness around the world.

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March 6, 2006

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Today??™s announcements

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Happy Birthday to Me!?  I am 51 years young today!

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Congratulations Janice Bumbalough Marler for making senior writer for Storytime Tapestry.?  It??™s been a long time in coming but very much deserved.

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Now onto the good stuff!

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Animal awareness series, endorsed by Shiloh and Hank Baker our mascots; all stories must be endorsed by these very special dogs.

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Today??™s Queue Stories

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TODAY WELL LIVED

By: Joseph J. Mazzella

? ? ? ?  Several day ago I was playing fetch with our big Saint Bernard dog, Buddy. I was tossing a ball down the hallway of our home and watching with delight while Buddy chased it down and brought it back. Just as I was throwing the ball for the third time, however, our littlest dog, Julie raced by me with Buddy??™s favorite stuffed animal in her mouth. Poor Buddy didn??™t know what to do. He started to go after his ball and then turned to get his stuffed animal from Julie and then turned again to get the ball. In the end, he just sat on the floor unable to decide or act.

? ? ? ?  I think that sometimes a lot of us end up like my big, confused dog when it comes to living our lives. We spend half of our time, energy, and thoughts regretting the mistakes we have made in our past and we spend the other half of our time, energy, and thoughts worrying about the future. In the end, we too find ourselves just sitting on the floor unable to live today.

? ? ? ?  If we want to really live we have to live today. If we want to really love we have to love today. If we want to really be happy we have to be happy today. God designed us to live one day at a time. It is we who mess up our lives by carrying our past mistakes into our hearts and minds with each new day. It is we who mess up our lives by letting fears of things that haven??™t even happened yet eat away at the joy in our souls today.

? ? ? ?  God loves us and God wants us to fully live each new day we are given. As the new year approaches then let us all join God in forgiving our past, trust God as we build our future, and be one with God as we choose and share love and joy today. Today, after all, really is the only day we have. And as it says from the sanskirt: "Today, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope."

Joseph J. Mazzella
joecool @ wirefire.com

Joe lives in West Virginia with his wife and three children. Various dogs and cats have adopted Joe and his family for their own. Joe enjoys his family, beauty, love and hearing from his email friends. Joe likes to take the time to smell the roses and enjoy the beauty around him as he goes about his daily life.

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Meet His Sacrifice

Joyce C. Lock

Would Jesus go to through all the suffering of the cross
If God's promises were a lie?

Do we truly believe
The entire Bible is the infallible word of God
When we discount its application
To the modern day church?

When Jesus said we could do the works He'd done
And even more,
Did He really mean just some of them?

When authority gets heart service,
But God gets lip service,
Have leaders become our gods?

Jesus respected authority.
But, who did He bow to?

If we don't know how to do the works Jesus did,
Isn't He the best One to learn from?

When we omit consideration of one's heart,
Have we become a better judge than God?

When all Satan has power to do is to roar,
Why do we let him devour us?

Have we forgotten who is KING?

Have we forgotten whose we are
As children of the KING?

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?© 2003 ? by Joyce C. Lock
http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations/

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Poetry Section

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God??™s Messenger

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Janice Bumbalough Marler

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From the wing of an angel,

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Sent from God,

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I was given a token of His love;

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Soft and white, a tiny feather

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floated down from heaven above;

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It landed in the palm of my hands;

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I knew this was an answer

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to my prayers;

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God had seen my tears

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and felt my pain;

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I know He cares.

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Job and David asked,

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???Who is man that thou should be

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mindful of him????

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I have asked myself,

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???Who am I that God should

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listen to what I have to say???™

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There are so many people on earth:

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???Why me????

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Nevertheless, I continue to pray.

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Thank you Father for giving

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your son to die for us

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while we were yet sinners;

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Thank you Father for hearing my prayers

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And forgiving my shortcomings,

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Thank you for keeping track of my sorrows

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and wiping away all my tears.

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In Jesus blessed name

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Amen

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Janice Bumbalough Marler

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?© January 8, 2006

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Poetrybyjan@aol.com

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Can I Light a Candle?

Linda Ann Henry

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Can I light a candle for my little one today

If I make a wish on a star

Will I be carried far away

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Is she sleeping in her bed

Or is she calling my name

My life and her life will never be the same

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Can I talk to an angel with wings of pure gold

Will they tell me how my little one is

For I have never been told

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I cry so many tears

I cannot count them all

My little one is so tiny, so very very small

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Can I blow her a kiss on a gentle breeze

Can I send my love to her on such days as these

Can I light a candle in my hour of need

I want my child, Dear God, give her back to me

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Linda Ann Henry

Do you remember me

The people's poet

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Linda11231949@aol.com

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Readers Feedback

The Feb 19^th Newsletter - GREAT STUFF! Regards: SM THOMPSON: AUTHOR: UK:

Sharon Bryant - Everyone needs to be brought back home - Excellent reading! Warmest regards:
SM THOMPSON/AUTHOR: UK:

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Senior Writers

Chief writer: Sharon Bryant

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Agee, Vance; Apted, Violet; Baker, Kathy; Batt, Al; Berry, Nell; Blaine, Pamela; Boda, Ginger; Buhagiar, Victor; Cassady, B.J.; Cavalera, Robyn; Crider, Mark; Deming, Barb; Doherty, Maria; Gilbert, Robert, Jr.; Goodier, Steve; Braun-Haley, Ellie; Harris, Kathy Anne; Hunt, Sharlett; Hymes, Christina; Jacobson, Gary; Kiser, Roger Dean; Kerens, Claudia; Kevin, Tim; Jenkins, Pamela; Liles, Norma; Lily Jodi Flesberg; Lock, Joyce; Marler, Janice Bumbalough; Mazzella, Joe; Morris, Deepak; Ojeibge, Georgewaters; Petry, Dianna Doles; Roberts, Susan; Shiveley, Debra; Shaw, Bob; Sims, Richard; Streidel, Saskia; Swarner, Ken; Vaknin, Sam; Verhoeff, Jan; Walker, Bill; Walker, Joe; Warner, Gordon, K; Walsh, Sue; Weymouth, Barbara J.; Whirity, Kathy; White Robert;

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Storytime Tapestry Staff

Carol Roach - Founder/publisher

Thelma Hartselle - Co-Founder, Moderator

Clara Westerfer ??“ moderator

Bob Johnston - moderator

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