Sherry's Corner

This page is filled with a collection of scriptures, inspirational thoughts and pomes .

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 or touched -

They must be felt with the heart ~ Helen Keller

Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

I am a Christian

"When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not shouting I'm clean living"
I'm whispering "I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven."

When I say..."I am a Christian" I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need CHRIST to be my glide.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need HIS strength to carry on.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain,
I have my share of heartaches, So I call upon His name.

When I say... "I am a Christian" I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner who received God's good grace, somehow.
Share this with somebody who already has this understanding, as
reinforcement.
But more importantly, share this with those who do not
have a clear understanding of what it means to be a Christian, so that
the myth that Christians think they are "perfect" or "better than
others" can be dispelled.

Christians aren't perfect........just forgiven by a God who is!

1. Faith is the ability to not panic.

2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.

3. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day.

4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants
us to be still so God can untangle the knot.

6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.

9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

10. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.

11. The most important things in your home are the people.

12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.

14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy
your precious moments.

17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it's just hearsay.

18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be
sure to flush when you are done.

19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage.
The goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle-it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.

20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Just Stand Ye Still And Know
Why must you worry
Why must you fret
You know inside
I haven't failed you yet

Don't be moved
By what you see
Just keep your eyes focused
Straight on Me

I am in charge
EVERYTHING'S in control
Grasp on to Me
Your hand I'll hold

I'll lead you through
This final test
THEN My child
You'll be able to rest

From all of your labor
And from all of your pain
Victory and Triumph
Is what you will gain

Would I steer you wrong
Would I lead you astray
Of course not My child
You know I AM The Way

I've given you the plan
You know what to do
Keep the VISION before you
Keep it in plain view

Stand still and know
That I AM your God
I can fix ANY problem
No matter how hard

Stand still and know
That the battle is WON
It won't be long now
DELIVERANCE
It will come!!!!!

Stand My Child...Stand...
Stand STILL and KNOW that I AM your God

Copyright 1996 by Margie Epps

Heaven-Just A Breath Away
If I had died yesterday, what would be happening today.
Would my family have regrets?
Would my friends have good memories?
What would my preacher have to say at my funeral or
Would there even be a preacher to preach my funeral?
If I had died yesterday, would anyone notice that I was gone?
If I had died yesterday, would anyone care?
Would the ones I love go on like nothing has happened,
Like nothing has changed?
When people look at my picture,
Will they know who I am?
Does the world consider me important?
Or am I just another face in the crowd?
If I had died yesterday, would anyone cry?
If I had died yesterday, would anything change for anyone?

Think about this. Let's live our lives helping others, doing good,
spending time with our families, being good to our parents, our
spouses, our children. It may be the last day you spend on this
earth. Remember to leave a good impression on others.

Before God Can

Before God Can give us more,
We must learn to appreciate where we are.

Before God can help us grow,
We must learn in whom the answer does bestow.

Before God can give us love,
We must learn that all blessings are from above.

Before God can answer prayer,
We must learn to keep our motives always pure.

Before God can give us might,
We must learn to not ever give up His fight.

Before God can give us pow'r,
We must learn to remember just who's we are.

In times when we are weak; we should turn to God.

Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: "How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?"

The surgeon said, "I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it."

Sally said, "Why do little children get meningitis? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?"

The surgeon asked, "Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university."

Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to son. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.

"Would you like a lock of his hair?" the nurse asked.

Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally. The mother said, "It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the university for study. He said it might help somebody else. "I said no at first, but Jimmy said, 'Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom." She went on, "My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could."

Sally walked out of Children's mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She laid down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.

It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:

"Dear Mom, I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know. Don't be sad thinking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got to sit on God's k! nee! and talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good-bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter............ I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him 'Where was He when I needed him?' "God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.

Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have to give God His pen back now............ He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm, sure the food will be great.

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore. The meningitis is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?

Signed with Love from: God, Jesus & Me.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 21:4

This new version of the "footprints" story really caught me off guard at the end...What a blessing JUST READ IT!

FOOTPRINTS...A New Version

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace.
But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns.
For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling His consistently.
You and Jesus are walking as true friends!
This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His steps.
Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one.
This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually they disappear altogether. There is only one set of footprints they have become one.
This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is back. This time it seems even
worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints.
You are amazed and shocked.
Your dream ends. Now you pray:
"Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You."
"That is correct."
"And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in Your steps, following You very closely."
"Very good. You have understood everything so far."
When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was becoming
like You in every way."
"Precisely."
"So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first."
There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His voice. "You didn't know? It was then that we danced!"

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to weep, a time to laugh, A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastes 3:1,4.

Christian One-Liners

"Don't let your worries get the
best of you, remember, Moses
started out as a basket case"
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Some people are kind, polite,
and sweet-spirited - until you
try to sit in their pews.
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Many folks want to serve God,
but only as advisers
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It is easier to preach ten
sermons than it is to live one.
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The good Lord didn't create
anything without a purpose,
but mosquitoes come close.
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When you get to your wit's
end, you'll find God lives there.
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People are funny, they want
the front of the bus, the middle
of the road, and the back of
the church.
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Opportunity may knock once,
but temptation bangs on your
front door forever.
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Quit griping about your
church; if it was perfect,
you couldn't belong.
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If the church wants a better
pastor, it only needs to pray
for the one it has.

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God Himself does not propose
to judge a man until he is dead.
So why should you?
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Some minds are like concrete,
thoroughly mixed up and
permanently set.
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Peace starts with a smile.
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I don't know why some people
change churches; what
difference does it make which
one you stay home from?
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A lot of church members
who are singing "Standing
on the Promises" are just
sitting on the premises.
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We were called to be witnesses,
not lawyers or judges

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Be ye fishers of men.
You catch them -
He'll clean them.

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Coincidence is when God
chooses to remain anonymous.
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Don't put a question mark
where God put a period.
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Don't wait for 6 strong men
to take you to church.
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Forbidden fruits create many jams.
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God doesn't call the qualified,
He qualifies the called.
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God grades on the cross,
not the curve.
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God loves everyone, but
probably prefers "fruits
of the spirit" over "religious
nuts!"
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God promises a safe landing,
not a calm passage.
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He who angers you, controls you!
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If God is your Copilot - swap seats!
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Prayer: Don't give God
instructions -- just report for duty!
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The task ahead of us is never
as great as the Power behind us
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The Will of God will never
take you to where the Grace
of God will not protect you.
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We don't change the message,
the message changes us.

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You can tell how big a person
is by what it takes to .......
discourage him.
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The best mathematical
equation I have ever seen:
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given.

Isaiah 54:10

'For the mountains may be removed and

the hills may shake, but My loving

kindness will not be removed from you,

and My covenant of peace will not be shaken,'

Says the LORD who has compassion on you.

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