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Dan's Nuggets
Well... the other day I did it again... for the third time in my lifetime! I marched straight into the Ladies Restroom at work! Looked on the wall and certain fixtures were missing. Shrieked and exited quickly! By the grace and mercy of God there were no ladies in the restroom. I'm convinced God sent an angel ahead of me, knowing what I would accidentally do, and got all the ladies out of there first! Thank you Jesus for delivering me from shame and embarrassment! And the ladies too!
Ever been to a long meeting at work with many other employees in attendance, started to fall asleep out of boredom or fatigue, and "jerked" in your chair? ...in front of everyone!
The first thing I'm going to ask Jesus when I get to heaven is, "What were you writing in the dirt when they brought to you the woman caught in adultery?" If He answers, " O nothing really; I was just doodling in the sand", I am going to be very, very disappointed.
When Jesus places a crown on my head as He will all believers, I'm not going to be impressed with the crown whatsoever. The gold won't catch my attention. No! I'm going to focus in on one thing - His hands! Quickly I will grab His hands while He's placing the crown and hold them against my face! Forget the crown! I want His hands! His touch! His presence! His closeness! Hi intimacy! O HOW I WANT TO TOUCH HIM. O HOW I LONG TO HOLD HIM AND HANDLE HIM.
The most beautiful part of Jesus' resurrected body is His eyes! I've seen them in a vision. Those eyes flash with the very fire and glory of Heaven. Those eyes radiate and transmit His two greatest feelings towards you: 1) COMPASSION for you! -AND- 2) CONFIDENCE in you! His eyes are so filled with eternity and beauty it feels as if you are looking into an endless well of love and acceptance, or an ocean of glory. At the same time those eyes pierce to the very core of your being, flooding you with warmth and banishing every fear. In those eyes, there exists absolutely ZERO CONDEMNATION or CONDESCENSION when He looks at you. He loves you so much. And He believes in you too!
None of us have gotten to where we are today without the help of a whole lot of other people! It took many, many people in my life to get me where I am. I am so thankful to God for my parents, my teachers, my pastors, my authors, my singers, my government, my friends, my family, my wife, my employers and bosses, my military branches, my doctors, my lawyers, my brothers and sisters in Christ, my children, my grandparents, my great-grandparents, my country's Christian forfathers, and so many more!
Express your GRATITUDE ALOUD to God!
Express your GRATITUDE ALOUD to people.
Express your GRATITUDE ALOUD to each and every person that has added anything to your life!
Get LOUD with your thanksgiving.
Get SPECIFIC with your thanksgiving.
DETAIL your thanksgiving to God and to others!
Give HONOR to whom HONOR is due. | 
