Got this from a friend . . .

There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad; focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right; pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life; getting back up is living.

Dog days of summer...

Grace sees us staggering and comes along side to bear us up. Grace sees us dying and imparts eternal life. Grace sees us destitute and pours the inexhaustible riches of Christ into our laps. Grace says: "What do you need? Tell me. Tell me anything at all.” Then grace meets that need in accord with God’s perfect wisdom, invincible power and inexhaustible supply. There are no triumphs anywhere like those triumphs, none so happy or so certain. So let grace triumph in you. Yield to the grace of God in Christ. Open your arms to grace, and let grace draw you to the winning side. Grace is a power, it is a power that reaches out to save those who would perish otherwise.