Often, when the time comes to do the "right thing," we really
don't feel like doing it. We usually do without prompting the
things that we feel like doing.

I always feel like eating something sweet, but I need prompting
and knowledge for that raw salad.

We all do NOT feel like doing the right things at times.

It is the constant battle between heart and flesh.
Between others' needs and our wants.
Between instant gratification and disciplined development.
Between doing what's right and what feels really good right now.

That's the battle.

That's also the mission.

~A MountainWings Original~

Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a

large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, but you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel or ZANE GREY book?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say, but we question the words in the Bible?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

A young man was at the end of his rope,
Seeing no way out, he dropped to his knees
in prayer
"Lord, I can't go on," he said.
"I have too heavy a cross to bear."

The Lord replied,
"My son,If you can't bear its weight,
Just place your cross inside this room.
Then, open that other door
And pick out any cross you wish."

The man was filled with relief and said,
"Thank you Lord," and he did
As he was told.

Upon entering the
Other room, he saw many crosses;
Some so large the tops were not visible.
Then, he spotted a tiny cross leaning
against a far wall.

"I'd like that one, Lord," he whispered.

The Lord replied,
"My son, that is the cross you just brought in."

When life's problems seem overwhelming,
It helps To look around and see
What other people are coping with.
You may consider yourself
Far more fortunate than you imagined.

YOUR CROSS

Whatever your cross
Whatever your pain
There will always be sunshine
After the rain

Perhaps you may stumble
Perhaps even fall
But God's always there
To help you through it all

DNR is a medical term that means "Do not resuscitate."
It is a medical instruction left that means when someone is
critically ill and if they should stop breathing, don't try to
bring them back to life into the pain, let them go.

Some things are like that. If you don't comment, delete it, and
let it go, it will die and not return.

Listen to the wisdom in your next situation when someone really
rankles you,

Listen.

Do you hear?

"Do not comment, delete this now, and let it go."

DNR

~A MountainWings Original~

I really enjoy receiving the MountainWings Moments.

Sometimes, all it takes is to look at things from another point
of view.

When my ex and I had separated for the last time, I just about
had a breakdown.

A friend of mine asked me, "Why did you keep taking him back and
letting your mom take care of your girl?"

I thought I was protecting her from the drinking and cussing and
things that went on in that environment.

She just said, "Did you ever think that if it is not good enough
for your daughter, then it is not good enough for you?"

I had never thought of it in that light.

Once I did, I had no problem giving him up and getting on with
my life.

Another moment was when I was sick and had to have a kidney
transplant. The kidney was damaged when they put it in me and
it almost didn't work. I kept a positive attitude and kept
thinking, "Surely God did not let me go through all of this just
to lose the kidney."

I went back on dialysis for a couple of months, but it kicked in
just when they had given up hope and was going to let me lose
it.

Thank God, I had an optimistic doctor who wouldn't give up on me
and I had a positive attitude.

The doctors by the way, after it was all over with, said that
they would not have given two cents for the kidney they had
given me at the time.

Just goes to show what positive attitude and a different
viewpoint can do for a person.

A lot of people were asking "Why" did that happen to me?

I just said, "Cause I can handle it."

Thanks for your MountainWings that come to me daily.
Sometimes I see someone else's viewpoint and it makes all the
difference.

~A MountainWings Original by Pam Norman, Pioneer, TN~