Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

In the scriptures,

'peace' means either freedom from strife,

contention, conflict, or war,

or an inner calm and comfort

born of the Spirit that is a gift of God

to all of his children,

an assurance

and serenity within a person's heart.

~ Joseph B. Wirthlin ~

     Birthday Greetings to the August Tribe of Elders. May each of

you experience the renewal of peace, calm and harmony within

your lives, as you have achieved a magnificent milestone. May

your celebrations be complete with the inner calm and comfort

born of the Spirit, that reflects another gift of God in your favor

today. May your day be copasetic and serene as your escapade

begins. I wish each of you a Randy Scott type of day, full of

Serenity and blessings for the future. Enjoy your day…stay safe

my friends….

Kenneth Davis

     I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and

look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how

good this is. Because you can lose it.' ~ Jim Carrey ~

For that reason, I'll be off the reservation for a few. I'm traveling toward a savanah somewhere you.....stay safe my friends...

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

TIME TO GET UP AND CUT A RUG !

STILL A MASTERPIECE

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

Encouragement

helps you to go one step more,

become better.

It's

the most beautiful job

in the world

to give happiness to people.

~ Hubert de Givenchy ~

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

Sometimes

your joy

is the source

of your smile,

but sometimes your smile

can be the source of your joy.

Because of your smile,

you make life more beautiful.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

We are told

to let our light shine,

and if it does,

we won't need to tell anybody it does.

Lighthouses

don't fire cannons

to call attention to their shining

- they just shine. 

No man

can resolve himself

into Heaven.

~ Dwight L. Moody ~

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

If I

take care of my character,

my reputation

will take care of me.

I have had

more trouble with myself

than with any other man.

~Dwight L. Moody~

Kenneth Davis

TUESDAY MORNING GREETING COURTESY

OF

DEACON JAMES STONE

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

If people are going to judge me

without fully understanding

the content of my character,

then their opinion

just isn't worth it.

~Jazz Jennings~

 The Tasmanian devil is not just a Looney Tunes character !

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

No distance

of place

or lapse of time

can lessen the friendship

of those

who are thoroughly persuaded

of each other's worth.

~Robert Southey~

     Birthday greetings to Shirley and Tommie. Belated greetings

to Erma and Lillian. May you have a soulful day of relaxation

and praise. I wish you an Althea Renee and Jeanette Harris

type of day for your celebration. Today "We Are One"....enjoy

your day...stay safe my friends...

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

If you don't know

your own value,

somebody

will tell you your value,

and

it'll be less than you're worth.

~Bernard Hopkins~

IT'S THROWBACK THURSDAY TOO !

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

One thorn

of experience

is worth

a whole wilderness

of warning.

~James Russell Lowell~

Life is the continuous adjustment

of internal relations to external relations.

~Herbert Spencer~

     Birthday greeetings to Debra Harris Dugard. If you're able,

give her a call, to extend your greetings. I wish her a Kim Scott

day of celebration while bearing the Southern Heat. May it be

Glorious...stay safe my friend....

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION 

When making your choice

in life,

do not neglect to live.

Of the blessings

set before you

make your choice,

and

be content.

~Samuel Johnson~

     Birthday Greetings to Marilyn Sanders Jones. Wishing you an

extraordinary day of celebrations. Live today extemporaneously

with mercy, grace, favor, joy and laughter throughout the day. I

wish you a Skinny Hightower day of Emotions. May your

celebration be a day of Jubilee!….enjoy your day….stay safe my

friend...


 

Kenneth Davis

PRAYER OFFERED BY DEACON JAMES STONE

     LORD, we commence this day with confidence in Your

faithfulness to attend to our prayers and minister to our needs

whenever we ask, seek or knock. Blessings abound for us

because You're true to Your promise to favorably respond to the

petitions of our prayers. In Jesus's name. Amen!

Matthew 7:8

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION 

I'm unfinished.

I'm unfixed.

And the reality is

that's where God meets me

is in the mess of my life,

in the unfixedness,

in the brokenness.

I thought he did the opposite,

he got rid of all that stuff.

But if you read the Bible,

if you look at it at all,

constantly

he was showing up

in people's lives

at the worst possible time of their life.

~Mike Yaconelli~

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

Our Heavenly Father

is far more merciful,

infinitely more charitable,

than even the best of his servants,

and the Everlasting Gospel

is mightier

in power

to save

than our narrow

finite minds can comprehend.

~Orson F. Whitney~

"IT WILL NEVER LOOSE IT'S POWER"

Margie McRae (Reed)

Thank you James and Kenneth for your thought-provoking messages and prayers. The music was so timely as well. My heart has been blessed!

Happy Birthday to All of my August Classmates! A Special Shout Out to my LaRose Elementary Classmates, Tommie and Lillian!!

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

We are cups,

constantly

and quietly

being filled.

The trick is,

knowing how

to tip ourselves over

and let the beautiful stuff out.

~Ray Bradbury~

Kenneth Davis

My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.

~Mavis Staples~

Good morning Margie...on behalf of James and myself, "Thank

You". We're simply attempting to follow the example quoted by

Mavis...grateful we were able to uplift your spirit and hopefully

others, during these unsettling days everyone is experiencing....

Kenneth Davis

GOODMORNING HAPPY WEDNESDAY

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

Preparation

for old age

should begin

not later than one's teens.

A life

which is empty of purpose

until 65

will not suddenly

become filled on retirement.

~Dwight L. Moody~

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

It's very important

that we re-learn

the art of resting and relaxing.

Not only does it help prevent

the onset of many illnesses

that develop

through chronic tension

and worrying;

it allows us to clear our minds,

focus,

and find

creative solutions to problems.

~Thich Nhat Hanh~

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION

Every morning

I jump out of bed

and step on a landmine.

The landmine is me.

After the explosion,

I spent the rest of the day

putting the pieces together.

~Ray Bradbury~

Kenneth Davis

T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N 
 
T h e   s p i r i t   o f   t h e   g o s p e l 

 i s   o p t i m i s t i c ; 

 i t   t r u s t s   i n   G o d 

 a n d   l o o k s   o n 

 t h e   b r i g h t   s i d e   o f   t h i n g s . 

 T h e   o p p o s i t e

   o r   p e s s i m i s t i c   s p i r i t

   d r a g s   m e n   d o w n 

 a n d   a w a y   f r o m   G o d , 

 l o o k s   o n   t h e   d a r k   s i d e , 

 m u r m u r s ,   c o m p l a i n s , 

 a n d   i s   s l o w 

 t o   y i e l d   o b e d i e n c e . 

~ O r s o n   F .   W h i t n e y~

     Good morning my friends. Yesterday the internet gremlins

were at work and prevented posting my normal greeting. After

much troubleshooting and reloading programs, things appear to

be back to normal. For those of you who simply read from the

Message Forum and don't log onto the website, you're missing a

phenomenal short essay from our own Edith Pegues Whitney.

     She writes a tribute to the class, which is compelling and

encouraging. Simply log onto the website and go to her profile

page. If you remember your email address, but not your

password, check the Forgot Password query, complete the

required information and submit the request. The Website

Administrator will send a link to reset your password. Thank

you Edith for your friendship, integrity and your heartfelt

words....stay safe my friends and wear your masks....

Kenneth Davis

THOUGHT FOR CONSIDERATION
 
 T h e   f u t u r e   i s   i n   o u r   p o w e r .   L e t   u s ,   t h e n , 

 e a c h   m o r n i n g ,   r e s o l v e   t o   s e n d   t h e   d a y 

 i n t o   e t e r n i t y   i n   s u c h   a   g a r b   a s   w e   s h a l l

   w i s h   i t   t o   w e a r   f o r e v e r . 

A n d   a t   n i g h t ,   

l e t   u s   r e f l e c t 

 t h a t   o n e   m o r e   d a y 

 i s   i r r e v o c a b l y   g o n e , 

 i n d e l i b l y   m a r k e d . 

~ A d o n i r a m   J u d s o n~

     Birthday greetings to De' Clayborn. You're the first birthday

for this month. Wow, two celebrations in one day. Hallelujah for

time off! I'll celebrate you today, while laboring on the backyard

grill, as most of us will during this Labor Day. While you

celebrate with your family, may you have an intense time of

grace, mercy, laughter and Small Straws.

     Keep your hands on your legendary wheel and stay the

course. I wish you a Euge Groove type of day. As you may

recall, you were our Drum Majorette, out front leading the

way. So, it Just Feels Right for you to be the one to Get Em

Going for the indigenous birthday celebrants of September.

Enjoy you day....stay safe my friend....

INDIGENOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS OF AUTUMN

Kenneth Davis

T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N 

It is not how old you are,

but how you are old.

Laziness

is nothing more

than the habit

of resting

before you get tired.

~Jules Renard~

Kenneth Davis

T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N 

In the world of words,

the imagination

is one of the forces of nature.

We say God

and

the imagination are one...

How high that highest candle lights the dark.

~Wallace Stevens~

Kenneth Davis

T H O U G H T   F O R   C O N S I D E R A T I O N 

There is always

a certain

peace

in being what one is,

in being

that completely.

There is

no forgiveness in nature.

~Ugo Betti~

" EVERY THURSDAY IS "