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	Number My Days Psalm 90 3 You turn men back to dust, saying, Return to dust, O sons of men. 4 For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in thenight. 5 You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are like the new grass of the morning— 6 though in the morning it springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered. 7 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation. 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. 9 All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan. 10 The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. 11 Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due to you. 12 Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Click here for other translations How much time do you have left? If you could know, would you really want to know? This psalms reminds us to number our days. It is a fact that our days our numbered. Many of us prefer to file that simple fact away in the back of our mind so that we don't have to think about it. Have you numbered your days lately? If you knew that you only had two weeks left on this earth, what would you do differently? Would those petty problems that seem to consume all of your time matter anymore? Would those arguments and fights within your family continue? The fact is, our days our numbered. We should use them wisely. Number your days, live your life to it's fullest. Spend your time on the most important things. "Numeration is a child's exercise in arithmetic, but in order to number their days aright the best of men need the Lord's teaching. We are more anxious to count the stars than our days, and yet the latter is by far more practical.........A short life should be wisely spent. We have not enough time at our disposal to justify us in misspending a single quarter of an hour. Neither are we sure of enough life to justify us in procrastinating for a moment. If we were wise in heart we should see this, but mere head wisdom will not guide us aright." - C.H. Spurgeon Kerry The Floodgate Ministry Team Myspace User? Add us as a Friend!! Shine your light in a very dark world! or for a better alternative visit HIS HOLY SPACE, a great Christian networking site. Introduce Yourself! Click Here to Sign the Guestbook and Participate in active Discussions on the Floodgate Message boards. Encourage someone with a PSALM E-CARD.
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	Today's Humor (or inspiration) from http://www.mikeysfunnies.com The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable. A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the basement shack with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning, turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it. I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning conversation. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind, he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whoever he was talking with something about "a thousand marbles." I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say. "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well, but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital." He continued, "Let me tell you something, Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles." "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years. "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with me Tom, I'm getting to the important part. It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. "So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round-up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away. "I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight. "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time." "It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. 73 Old Man, this is K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning!" You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles." -- author unknown "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY? Your support has allowed us to keep publishing the "Daily Psalm" devotional for the past five years. Would you consider purchasing our latest CD? Even if you don't like our style of music, you could pass it along to a teenager or young person who may relate to the message that is presented. Hero, is made up of 10 guitar driven songs that glorify Jesus Christ, our Hero. BUY OR DOWNLOAD YOUR CD Floodgate music can be heard on many different radio stations. Call them to request your favorite song. Birmingham, AL - 93.7FM WDJC - call 205-741-9352 Florence, AL - 93.1FM WFIX - call 205-764-9964 Decatur, AL - 94.3FM WFIX - call 205-764-9964 Huntington, WV - Joy Radio 1420 AM WTCR call 304-525-7788 Milton, WV - Joy Radio 1600 AM WZZW call 304-525-7788 Pensacola, FL - Praise 95.7 FM WGCX Valdosta, GA - THE HOOK 95.3 FM call 229-567-0953 WhiteDove Radio JamXRadio Signs and Wonders Radio Network Solid Rock Radio Planet Radio Want your radio station listed here? Email us to let us know that you're playing Floodgate's music.
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