Saturday, August 19, 2006

JOSHUA TIME 547

You will like this one. Probably like me, you have never given any thought about it. If you really want a shocker, look it up in your best dictionary. It has about the longest set of meanings of any word that I can find.
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP." It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing:A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions .If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.............Time to shut UP! .....! Oh...one more thing:What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U P

Friday, August 18, 2006

JOSHUA TIME 546

Ten Guidelines From God Effective Immediately, please be aware that there are changes YOU need to make in YOUR life. These changes need to be completed in order that I may fulfill My promises to you to grant you peace, joy and happiness in this life. I apologize for any inconvenience, but after all that I am doing, this seems very little to ask of you. Please, follow these 10 guidelines 1. QUIT WORRYING: Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes your way? 2. PUT IT ON THE LIST: Something needs done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on MY to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care of the problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to Me. And although My to-do-list is long, I am after all... God. I can take care of anything you put into My hands. In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize. 3. TRUST ME: Once you've given your burdens to Me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in Me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials. Problems with the kids? Put them on My list. Problem with finances? Put it on My list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For My sake, put it on My list. I want to help you. All you have to do is ask. 4. LEAVE IT ALONE: Don't wake up one morning and say, "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here." Why do you think you are feeling stronger now? It's simple. You gave Me your burdens and I'm taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, &n! bsp; you will be right back where you started? Leave them with Me and forget about them. Just let Me do my job. 5. TALK TO ME: I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy. Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I pray you never forget. Please, don't forget to talk to Me - OFTEN! I love YOU! I want to hear your voice. I want you to include Me in on the things going on in your life. I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with Me. I want to be your dearest friend. 6. HAVE FAITH: I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are. Have faith in Me that I know what I'm doing. Trust Me; you wouldn't want the view from My eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you, and meet your needs. You only have to trust Me. Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be? 7. SHARE: You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement. Share your laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who have forgotten how to cry. Share your faith with those who have none. 8. BE PATIENT: I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes Me a little longer than you expect to handle something on My to-do-list? Trust in My timing, for My timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush. 9. BE KIND: Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for My sake. I created each of you different in some way. It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please, know I love each of your differences. 10. LOVE YOURSELF: As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love Me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes My heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to me. Don't! ever forget...... Note: I rec'd this from a friend and I have no idea who wrote it, but I was so touched by it, that I had to share it with you. I hope that you will be blessed by it and will share it with others. Touch someone with your love. Rather than focus upon the thorns.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

JOSHUA TIME 545

LIFE

I know my friend probably read my JOSHUA TIME 542.

I'm sorry for writing that. As I have told many of my readers I write to get stuff out of me, because no one takes me seriously and because its a way I can be understood. People have a hard time understanding me when I talk. Anyway, if my friend JOSHUA TIME 542 I am sorry.
I was supposed to hang out with a girl Lillian over a month ago, and she told me to call her sometime she gave me her cell and That is probably why Lillian never hung out with me because I called her.

Most people on myspace have kids but most are not as honest as my one friend...

It is hard to find Honest and Real people in LiFe...

Life is messed up as many of you know from my writings I have been done wrong a lot. Lied to, Stole off of, and had a broken heart.

Also Voc Rehab did help me over the Summer because I was able to pull a C off by doing some gracious talking to my teachers. This fall Voc Rehab will not be able to help me because I only got a D in my Summer class and needed to pull a C off.

Life sometimes has a way of hurtting you and screwing one over in a major way...

JOSHUA

NO GAMES

JOSHUA TIME 544

Count Your Blessings!If you woke up this morningwith more health than illness,you are more blessed than themillion who won't survive the week.If you have never experiencedthe danger of battle,the loneliness of imprisonment,the agony of torture orthe pangs of starvation,you are ahead of 20 million peoplearound the world. If you attend a church meetingwithout fear of harassment,arrest, torture, or death,you are more blessed than almostthree billion people in the world.If you have food in your refrigerator,clothes on your back, a roof overyour head and a place to sleep,you are richer than 75% of this world.If you have money in the bank,in your wallet, and spare changein a dish someplace, you are amongthe top 8% of the world's wealthy.If your parents are still married and alive,you are very rare,especially in the United States.If you hold up your head with a smileon your face and are truly thankful,you are blessed because the majority can,but most do not.If you can hold someone's hand, hug themor even touch them on the shoulder,you are blessed because you canoffer God's healing touch.If you can read this message,you are more blessed than overtwo billion people in the worldthat cannot read anything at all.You are so blessed in waysyou may never even know. This blessing will only keep working if it is continuouslypassedaround.If you are a recipient of a blessing,keep the blessing working by being the source of blessing toother people.________________________________

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

JOSHUA TIME 543

At the end of this story it says that if you send it to others you will receive a miracle tomorrow. This is a great story, but I believe that everyday that we wake up to a new day is a miracle whether we pass on e-mails or not. May God Bless you on this miraculous day

The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar. They landed with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the tones gradually muted to a dull thud as the jar was filled. I used to squat on the floor in front of the jar and admire the copper and silver circles that glinted like a pirate's treasure when the sun poured through the bedroom window. When the jar was filled, Dad would sit at the kitchen table and roll the coins before taking them to the bank. Taking the coins to the bank was always a big production. Stacked neatly in a small cardboard box, the coins were placed between Dad and me on the seat of his old truck. Each and every time, as we drove to the bank, Dad would look at me hopefully. "Those coins are going to keep you out of the textile mill, son. You're going to do better than me. This old mill town's not going to hold you back." Also, each and every time, as he slid the box of rolled coins across the counter at the bank toward the cashier, he would grin proudly "These are for my son's college fund. He'll never work at the mill all his life like me." We would always celebrate each deposit by stopping for an ice cream cone. I always got chocolate. Dad always got vanilla. When the clerk at the ice cream parlor handed Dad his change, he would show me the few coins nestled in his palm. "When we get home, we'll start filling the jar again." He always let me drop the first coins into the empty jar. As they rattled around with a brief, happy jingle, we grinned at each other. "You'll get to college on pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters," he said. "But you'll get there. I'll see to that." The years passed, and I finished college and took a job in another town. Once, while visiting my parents, I used the phone in their bedroom, and noticed that the pickle jar was gone. It had served its purpose and had been removed. A lump rose in my throat as I stared at the spot beside the dresser where the jar had always stood. My dad was a man of few words, and never lectured me on the values of determination, perseverance, and faith. The pickle jar had taught me all these virtues far more eloquently than the most flowery of words could have done. When I married, I told my wife Susan about the significant part the lowly pickle jar had played in my life as a boy. In my mind, it defined, more than anything else, how much my dad had loved me. No matter how rough things got at home, Dad continued to doggedly drop his coins into the jar. Even the summer when Dad got laid off from the mill, and Mama had to serve dried beans several times a week, not a single dime was taken from the jar. To the contrary, as Dad looked across the table at me, pouring catsup over my beans to make them more palatable, he became more determined than ever to make a way out for me. "When yo! u finish college, Son," he told me, his eyes glistening, "You'll never have to eat beans again - unless you want to." The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Mom and Dad sat next to each other on the sofa, taking turns cuddling their first grandchild. Jessica began to whimper softly, and Susan took her from Dad's arms. "She probably needs to be changed," she said, carrying the baby into my parents' bedroom to diaper her. When Susan came back into the living room, there was a strange mist in her eyes. She handed Jessica back to Dad before taking my hand and leading me into the room. "Look," she said softly, her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor! beside the dresser. To my amazement, there, as if it had never been removed, stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and pulled out a fistful of coins. With a gamut of emotions choking me, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw that Dad, carrying Jessica, had slipped quietly into the room. Our eyes locked, and I knew he was feeling the same emotions I felt. Neither one of us could speak. This truly touched my heart. I know it has yours as well. Sometimes we are so busy adding up our troubles that we forget to count our blessings. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life, for better or for worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others. The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen, heard or touched - they must be felt with the heart ~ Helen Keller - Happy moments, praise God. - ! ; & nbsp; Difficult moments, seek God. - Quiet moments, worship God. - Painful moments, trust God. - Every moment, thank God. Pass this message to seven people except you and me. You will receive a miracle tomorrow (just do it)

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

JOSHUA TIME 542

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

I have to say life is often stranger than fiction.
I have thought I found some true friends on myspace.com but there are very few true and real people out there. I like one of the girls on my top 8 but I'm not real sure she likes me; I'm afraid to ask her if she likes me or if she wants to hang out sometime. Because I have asked her to hang out not be my gf just hang out. I guess she is afraid of getting hurt or putting her heart out there again. However me and this girl have more in common than any one of my other friends that I talk with. I understand what its like to be hurt...
I have been hurt this past month thouht I was going to go on a date/hang out with this girl but she got "confused." In 1999 I got hurt by this girl in hong kong who I thought I loved we emailed each other everyday and even mailed each other stuff. but in 1999 she emailed me and told me she did not want to be friends anymore. I cried for weeks. Friday I was lied to this girl played my emotions yet again I allowed myself to be hurt by trusting people way too damne much.

I have been hurt lied to and stole off of in real life. Every one always worries about me because I have a disability and I want to meet people from off the net but the only thing differant about the net is we can not see the person unless they have a webcam.

There is an old wrestling cliche EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED that is life. Life is full of unexpected happenings. Their was this friend he stole my pain medicine from my house and from the pharmacy you really never truely know people. I thought I knew this guy. but apparently I did not.

I'm trying to help this friend find daycare for her son not just because I like her but because she is one of my best friends. I always try to help my friends out. my other best friend I have gave him around 500.00 over time because he has helped me out so much.
She is one of the true and real people on the net and on myspace.
Most girls just want sex, cyber, or to see "it" the girls that are like that do not want me or even want to hang out with me so I cutt them off. However, not this girl and she lives not too far away.
This girl is one of the few honest real girls on the net and on myspace.
I'm not mentioning her name because she might read this.

Joshua
No Games

Monday, August 14, 2006

JOSHUA TIME 541

NEVER MOCK GOD!Make a personal reflection about this. Very interesting, readuntil the end...It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): "Be not deceived;God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall healso reap.Here are some men and women who mocked God:JOHN LENNON: Some years before, during his interview with anAmerican Magazine, he said: "Christianity will end, it willdisappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain.Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, Today we aremore famous than Him" (1966). Lennon, after saying that theBeatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.TANCREDO NEVES (President of Brazil): During the Presidentialcampaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, noteven God would remove him from Presidency. Sure he got thevotes, but he got sick a day before being made President, thenhe died.CAZUZA (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet): Duringa show in Caneco ( Rio de Janeiro ), whilst smoking hiscigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said:"God, that's for you." He died at the age of 32 of AIDS in ahorrible manner.THE MAN WHO BUILT TITANIC: After the construction of Titanic, areporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be. With anironic tone he said: "Not even God can sink it" The result: Ithink you all know what happened to the Titanic.MARILYN MONROE: She was visited by Billy Graham during apresentation of a show. He said the Spirit of God had sent himto preach to her. After hearing what the Preacher had to say,she said: "I don't need your Jesus". A week later, she wasfound dead in her apartment.BON SCOTT: The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979songs he sang: "Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, downthe highway to hell". On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scottwas found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit.CAMPINAS/SP IN 2005 In Campinas, Brazil a group of friends,drunk, went to pick up a friend. The mother accompanied her tothe car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friendsand she said to the daughter - holding her hand, who wasalready seated in the car: "MY DAUGHTER, GO WITH GOD AND MAY HEPROTECT YOU." She responded: "ONLY IF HE (GOD) TRAVELS IN THETRUNK, CAUSE INSIDE HERE IT'S ALREADY FULL" Hours later, newscame by that they had been involved in a fatal accident,everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type ofcar it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact. Thepolice said there was no way the trunk could have remainedintact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate ofeggs, none were broken.Many more important people have forgotten that there is noother name that was given so much authority as the name ofJesus. Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, andhe is still alive.JESUS!!! Jesus said "If you are embarrassed about me, I will also beembarrassed about you before my father."What benefit does it have, if a man gains the whole world butloses his soul? What can man give in exchange of his soul?(Mathew 16:26).

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