PUBLIC TOILET

PUBLIC TOILET

This is a picture of a public toilet in Houston from outside; it's all mirrors.

It's made entirely of one-way glass! No one can see you from the outside, but when you areinside it's like sitting in a clear glass box!
Now, would you... could you....



NEXT --
 

A PAINTED BATHROOM FLOOR!!!

Tenth floor of a hi-rise building.........
IMAGINE YOU ARE AT A PARTY ..


AND THEN YOU HAVE TO VISIT THE BATHROOM....

You open the door....
NOW, REMEMBER THE FLOOR IS JUST A PAINTED FLOOR !

IT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY......
DOESN'T IT?

Scroll sloooooooowly.
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Would this mess up your mind??? Would you

be able to walk into this bathroom???

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FINALLY!!

THIS IS A CEILING MURAL IN A SMOKER'S LOUNGE.

Please share with friends who have a sense of humor…

4 Worms in Church

4 Worms in Church

Four worms and a lesson to be learned!!! A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon. Four worms were placed into four separate jars. The first worm was put into a container of alcohol. The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.- Dead The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup. The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil. At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results: The first worm in alcohol   The second worm in cigarette smoke - Dead Third worm in chocolate syrup - Dead   Fourth worm in good clean soil - Alive . So the Minister asked the congregation - What did you learn from this demonstration? Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said, 'As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!' That pretty much ended the service!



Get to Work! Now!

Extracted from www.LetGodBeTrue.com

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Poverty is your certain future, if you approach duties sluggishly! Poverty is an irresistible force, if you like to sleep! Wake up! Stand up! Get to work! Now! Keep poverty away by doing today’s duties (and maybe a few of tomorrow’s) right now!

The Preacher taught his son the importance of diligence (6:6-11). He first told him to watch the ant, which works vigorously all summer to lay up food for the fall (6:6-8). See the comments on 6:6 and 6:7. And the ant works like this without a teacher or ruler, for ants are self-starters! They do not need to be dragged from bed and told to get to work!

Then he ridiculed sleep to shame his son for sleeping too much (6:9-11). He asked, “How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?” Love this perfect father, as he mocks the approach to life that is popular today! “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.” Love his wise sarcasm! You know what he thought about snooze buttons!

A traveler always gets to his destination. Even though the journey may take a while, he will eventually arrive at his chosen endpoint. It happens by degrees, but soon you are there. So it is with poverty. It may take a while to arrive and pull a man under, but it will surely arrive! And it will surely pull him under!

An armed man does not fear resistance, for he is armed. He will go where he pleases, and he will enter any building he chooses. You will not stop him, for he is armed. So it is with poverty. You cannot stop its arrival. Your defenses will crumble before its irresistible approach. Your efforts to avoid it will be in vain. You will go down!

You lazy sluggard! You effeminate sleeper! Hate the bed! Consider it a necessary evil! Solomon said, “Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread” (20:13). Be early to work! Work overtime – in the morning! Most anything you can do at night after work, you can also do before work!

You think you are okay? Poverty is closer every day. You will borrow for your needs? Credit melts in poverty’s advance. You will seek a raise? Not with your reputation! You will beg? Good men let sluggards starve (20:4)! It is coming. Get to work!

Spiritual poverty is also real, but far more costly than financial poverty. If you are lax and lazy about spiritual duties, your poverty with God and wisdom will soon be exposed. The hypocrisy of your feigned wealth will disappear before God’s fiery trials. Get to work!

You are My Beloved

This is a part of the album "Overtaken" by CFNI.


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You're My Beloved

You're My Bride

To sing over you is My delight

Come away with Me My love



Under My mercy

Come and wait

Till we are standing face to face

I see no stain on you

My child



You're Beautiful to Me

So Beautiful to Me



I sing over you My song of peace

Cast all your care down at My feet

Come and find your rest in Me



I'll breathe My life inside of you

I'll bear you up on eagle's wings

And hide you in the shadow of My strength

I'll take you to My quiet waters

I'll restore your soul

Come rest in Me and be made whole



You're My beloved

You're My Bride

To sing over you is my delight

Come away with me my love

Creation Calls

Creation Calls by Brian Doerksen
I have felt the wind blow,
Whispering your name
I have seen your tears fall,
When I watch the rain.
(Refrain)
How could I say there is no God?
When all around creation calls!!
A singing bird, a mighty tree,
The vast expanse of open sea
(Musical interlude)
Gazing at a bird in flight,
Soaring through the air.
Lying down beneath the stars,
I feel your presence there.
I love to stand at ocean shore
And feel the thundering breakers roar,
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/brian-doerksen-lyrics/creation-calls-lyrics.html ]
To walk through golden fields of grain
With endless bloom horizons fray.
Listening to a river run,
Watering the Earth.
Fragrance of a rose in bloom,
A newborns cry at birth.
(Refrain)
I love to stand at ocean shore
And feel the thundering breakers roar,
To walk through golden fields of grain
With endless bloom horizons fray
I believe
I believe
I believe
(Interlude)
I believe
I believe
I believe just like a child
(Choir I believe..)
I believe

Japan, Story of Change

Osaka, Japan
October 22, 2010

For more information visit the site at:

http://www.billygraham.org/specialsections/tv/tv_index.asp?QR=270&BA=2230

A Prayer for Japan

A Prayer for Japan

Mar 12, 2011 01:30 am | by John Piper
The scenes of the tsunami in Japan are apocalyptic:

The power of moving water is greater than most of us can imagine. Nothing stands before it. We are driven to our knees:

Father in heaven, you are the absolute Sovereign over the shaking of the earth, the rising of the sea, and the raging of the waves. We tremble at your power and bow before your unsearchable judgments and inscrutable ways. We cover our faces and kiss your omnipotent hand. We fall helpless to the floor in prayer and feel how fragile the very ground is beneath our knees.

O God, we humble ourselves under your holy majesty and repent. In a moment—in the twinkling of an eye—we too could be swept away. We are not more deserving of firm ground than our fellowmen in Japan. We too are flesh. We have bodies and homes and cars and family and precious places. We know that if we were treated according to our sins, who could stand? All of it would be gone in a moment. So in this dark hour we turn against our sins, not against you.

And we cry for mercy for Japan. Mercy, Father. Not for what they or we deserve. But mercy.

Have you not encouraged us in this? Have we not heard a hundred times in your Word the riches of your kindness, forbearance, and patience? Do you not a thousand times withhold your judgments, leading your rebellious world toward repentance? Yes, Lord. For your ways are not our ways, and your thoughts are not our thoughts.

Grant, O God, that the wicked will forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Grant us, your sinful creatures, to return to you, that you may have compassion. For surely you will abundantly pardon. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus, your beloved Son, will be saved.

May every heart-breaking loss—millions upon millions of losses—be healed by the wounded hands of the risen Christ. You are not unacquainted with your creatures' pain. You did not spare your own Son, but gave him up for us all.

In Jesus you tasted loss. In Jesus you shared the overwhelming flood of our sorrows and suffering. In Jesus you are a sympathetic Priest in the midst of our pain.

Deal tenderly now, Father, with this fragile people. Woo them. Win them. Save them.

And may the floods they so much dread make blessings break upon their head.

O let them not judge you with feeble sense, but trust you for your grace. And so behind this providence, soon find a smiling face.

In Jesus’ merciful name, Amen.

Phonics

Home Made Ice-cream

Home Made Ice Cream - it sounds complicated, but this recipe will show you how to make it quick and easy EVERYTIME! All you need is a few basic ingredients and a blender. This video shows you how to make home made Banana Ice Cream, but you can use it as the basis of making any flavor you like - you'll never buy ice cream again!

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RECIPE FACT SHEET
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INGREDIENTS IN THIS DISH:
2 Cups of Whipping Cream (aka Thickened Cream)
2 Cups of Milk
2 Teaspoons of Vanilla Essence
1/2 Cup of White Sugar
3 Ripe Bananas (for Banana Ice Cream - try other flavors!)
Preperation Time: 2 minutes
Freezing Time: Overnight (at least 12 hours)

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Daily Meditation by Henri Nouwen

Towards a Nonjudgmental life

One of the hardest spiritual tasks is to live without prejudices. Sometimes we aren't even aware how deeply rooted our prejudices are. We may think that we relate to people who are different from us in colour, religion, sexual orientation, or lifestyle as equals, but in concrete circumstances our spontaneous thoughts, uncensored words, and knee-jerk reactions often reveal that our prejudices are still there.

Strangers, people different than we are, stir up fear, discomfort, suspicion, and hostility. They make us lose our sense of security just by being "other." Only when we fully claim that God loves us in an unconditional way and look at "those other persons" as equally loved can we begin to discover that the great variety in being human is an expression of the immense richness of God's heart. Then the need to prejudge people can gradually disappear.


Henri Nouwen

Victor Hugo

Wow! I love the commentary of Hugo's work by John Piper with the title, "The Gift of Victor Hugo". Have a good read! You will enjoy it.

Click and visit the  http://www.desiringgod.org for Piper's sermon video.

French poet and novelist, Victor Hugo was born on this day, 1802. He is best known in English because of his novels, Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

We have little hope that his spiritual pilgrimage led him to Christ and heaven. But in the providence of God, and by the grace he scatters so liberally among his adversaries, Hugo was brilliant in his blindness. The imago dei and the remnants of his Christian roots break forth—to the praise of his Maker.

There are reasons Les Misérables is a classic. Put your eye to the pinpricks of light in these excerpts.

• A cannonball travels two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of Jesus Christ over Napoleon.
• Liberation is not deliverance. A convict may leave prison behind but not his sentence.
• The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves—say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
• Old age has no hold on the geniuses of the ideal; for the Dantes and the Michelangelos, to grow older is to grow greater; for the Hannibals and the Bonapartes, is it to diminish?
• He had nothing in his favor except that he was a drunkard.
• We bow to the man who kneels. A faith is a necessity to man. Woe to him who believes in nothing. A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. To meditate is to labor; to think is to act.
• Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face.
• They ridiculed the century, which did away with the need to understand it.
• Skepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.
• Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields that have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.
• Despair is surrounded by fragile walls, which all open into vice or crime.

Generosity

It needs strong faith to give generously ... but it is the words of God. Read carefully to receive the real blessings from God...

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (Proverbs 11:25)

 好 施 捨 的 ， 必 得 豐 裕 ； 滋 潤 人 的 ， 必 得 滋 潤 。

Generosity pays! Here is a secret of wisdom, if you believe Jehovah is God of heaven and earth and the Bible is true. If you do not believe, then the proverb is not for you. Generosity pays! If you are liberal(generous) in your giving to the Lord and to the poor, He will pay you back liberally. And He can outgive you more easily than you can say 10 – 2 = 13.

This proverb is tightly connected to the one before it, which reads, “There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty” (11:24). Throwing away your money – to the right causes in the name of the Lord – will bring increase! Restraining your giving will bring you to poverty!

The blessed God has been most generous to mankind, and He rewards men that show a similar generosity to others (19:7; 22:9; 28:27). You can get ahead financially by learning to give generously, for the Lord will liberally bless you. This is the lesson of the proverb. Of course, such wisdom is far beyond any business school or economics class in the world, for they reject the existence of God and His supernatural impact on finances.

God has blessed you. Therefore, you are to give liberally to the poor, even if they are leaving you (要 從 你 羊 群 、 禾 場 、 酒 醡 之 中 多 多 的 給 他 ； 耶 和 華 ─ 你 的 　 神 怎 樣 賜 福 與 你 ， 你 也 要 照 樣 給 他 。Deut 15:14)! The Lord will observe your giving and treat you accordingly. Paul wrote, “But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully ⁶ 少 種 的 少 收 ， 多 種 的 多 收 ， 這 話 是 真 的 。” (II Cor 9:6). If you are generous, He is able to pour you out an abundant return (Eccl 11:1-6; Is 32:8; Mal 3:10; Luke 6:38).

A strong measure of a righteous man, a man going to heaven, is his generous spirit in giving to others (Is 58:6-12; I John 3:16-19). Job was such a man. He took gentle and kind care of his servants (Job 29:11-17; 31:13-22). And God blessed him greatly! If you take care of those needing financial help, the Lord will take care of you (Ps 41:1-3). Wise men will lay hold of eternal life by purposing to give (Matt 25:31-46; I Tim 6:17-19).

God does not miss or forget your giving (因 為 神 並 非 不 公 義 ， 竟 忘 記 你 們 所 做 的 工 和 你 們 為 他 名 所 顯 的 愛 心 ， 就 是 先 前 伺 候 聖 徒 ， 如 今 還 是 伺 候 。Heb 6:10). He will reward it. The Corinthians eventually became liberal givers, and Paul promised God’s blessing on them for it (II Cor 9:8-11). And there was the further effect of those receiving the charity being exceedingly thankful to God for the Corinthians (II Cor 9:12-14), which is not a bad reward either!

Giving must be done cheerfully, for grudging charity does not count (各 人 要 隨 本 心 所 酌 定 的 ， 不 要 作 難 ， 不 要 勉 強 ， 因 為 捐 得 樂 意 的 人 是 神 所 喜 愛 的 。II Cor 9:7). If you know anything of God’s great payment for your redemption, giving cheerfully to others should not be a problem (⁹ 你 們 知 道 我 們 主 耶 穌 基 督 的 恩 典 ： 他 本 來 富 足 ， 卻 為 你 們 成 了 貧 窮 ， 叫 你 們 因 他 的 貧 窮 ， 可 以 成 為 富 足 II Cor 8:9). What liberal giving will you devise today (高 明 人 卻 謀 高 明 事 ， 在 高 明 事 上 也 必 永 存 。Is 32:8)?

Extracted from LetGodBeTrue.com .

Bible Verses for New Year

New Birth - A Living Hope

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (NIV)

Hope for the Future

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (NLT)

A New Creation

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (NKJV)

A New Heart

Ezekiel 36:25-27

"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command. (NLT)

Forgetting the Past

Philippians 3:13-14

No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. (NLT)

Learning from Past Mistakes

Hebrews 12:10-11

Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. (NIV)

Wait on the Lord

Psalm 37:7

Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. (NLT)

Isaiah 40:31

Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. (NASB)

God's Timing is Perfect

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (NIV)

Each New Day is Special

Lamentations 3:22-24

The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" (NASB)

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Zedanlism

Talk of Sir Jim, hilarious but inspiring. 


You may also want to learn to create your own words, such as,Zedanlism, Baikwaology,  Kamcholian, to talk about certain cultural but unique phenomenon.


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45 Life Lessons

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Robert L. Joss, Professor of Finance, Dean Emeritus of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, has some advice a few weeks before graduation. In fact, he has 10 life lessons:
10. Life is like cricket
9. Life is too short to deal with "bad" people
8. Run it like you own it
7. Don't forget to manage side-ways
6. Don't take yourself too seriously
5. Without fear -- there is no courage
4. Life is full of "character building experiences"
3. Find the words
2. Use CAT (Critical Analysis Thinking)  and GSB (Graduate School of Business) learning throughout your life
1. Don't forget to renew yourself

Stanford Graduate School of Business: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu
Center for Leadership Development and Research: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cldr
Robert L. Joss biography: https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/facultyp...

Celine Dion - I'm Alive

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Take Me Home Country Roads

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Two Inspiring Articles from Henri Nouwen

Enough Light for the Next Step


Often we want to be able to see into the future. We say, "How will next year be for me? Where will I be five or ten years from now?" There are no answers to these questions. Mostly we have just enough light to see the next step: what we have to do in the coming hour or the following day. The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark. When we are able to take the next step with the trust that we will have enough light for the step that follows, we can walk through life with joy and be surprised at how far we go. Let's rejoice in the little light we carry and not ask for the great beam that would take all shadows away.

Stepping over Our Wounds


Sometimes we have to "step over" our anger, our jealousy, or our feelings of rejection and move on. The temptation is to get stuck in our negative emotions, poking around in them as if we belong there. Then we become the "offended one," "the forgotten one," or the "discarded one." Yes, we can get attached to these negative identities and even take morbid pleasure in them. It might be good to have a look at these dark feelings and explore where they come from, but there comes a moment to step over them, leave them behind and travel on.

Visit HenriNouwen.org for more inspiration!

Bread For The Journey


A Daybook Of Wisdom And Faith

This ambitious undertaking clearly stands out, taking a place of its own in the Nouwen collection. Responding to a request from his publishers for a "Thought-a-Day" book, Nouwen rejected the traditional format of making a patchwork of already published material, insisting to his editors, "Everything should be new."He began the task by going into retreat and imposing on himself a strict discipline of rising early and taking pen in hand: "I just sat down each morning, whether I had any ideas or not, and waited until my pen started to move and pull words out of my mind and heart." Four months later he counted 387 reflections. All that remained was to cut the loaf down to the size of the pan and put it in the oven. The final result: a veritable "Summa Nouwenlogica," covering the full sweep of the author's own intensely lived faith journey. Rich fare in small servings for hungry readers on the go. Excellent for gift-giving.

Why We Celebrate New Years?

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