Sunday May 15, 2016 

God designed you in joy. So enjoy the life you are blessed to have. It's a decision—a really brave one. A decision to react to life's problems with grace under pressure. So give a hug to something cuddly. Look up to the heavens with a great big smile. Give praise to God, the glorious designer of mankind and thank Him for your new found perspective.

There once was a 94 year old nun back in the 1890s whose worn out body began to surrender. Her doctor prescribed for her a shot of whiskey three times a day, to relax her. However, not to be lured into worldly pleasures, she huffily declined. But her mother superior knew the elderly sister loved milk. So she instructed the kitchen to spike the milk three times a day. Eventually, the elderly pious one approached her final hour. As several sisters gathered around her at bedside, the mother superior asked if she wanted to leave them any words of wisdom. "Oh, yes," she replied. "Never sell that cow!"

For God alone my soul waits in silence. From Him comes my salvation. He alone is my strength, redeemer, and my protection. I shall not be shaken.