<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18220686</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:01:29.582-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad Tidings</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://collinschatter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18220686/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://collinschatter.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16247875455204363969</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18220686.post-113013753077063531</id><published>2005-10-23T23:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-24T00:05:30.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad Tidings!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1837/1777/1600/100_0847[1].jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1837/1777/200/100_0847%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's spread &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;'good cheer'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#660000;"&gt;'glad tidings'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; this Holiday season!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would love to hear from you regarding something you&lt;br /&gt;are really &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#990000;"&gt;'Thankful for'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many times we get caught up in the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;'hustle and bustle'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;of the seasons and forget to just &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;"stop"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and remember&lt;br /&gt;why we celebrate this Holiday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am so thankful for my family, and good friends.&lt;br /&gt;Let's not forget that we are created for a reason.   Each and everyday brings another opportunity for us to do something good to those we love and encounter along our pathway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;       Created for a reason&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lord, I know I was created for a reason,&lt;br /&gt;To fulfill your mission in due season.&lt;br /&gt;May I spend my days in your will pleasing,&lt;br /&gt;Until at last your face I am seizing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May I always understand,&lt;br /&gt;The measure of your master plan.&lt;br /&gt;Until at last Heaven’s gates I land,&lt;br /&gt;And hear the Angelic chorus and band.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When I wonder why I’m here,&lt;br /&gt;as I contemplate with awe and fear.&lt;br /&gt;I realize that God is always near,&lt;br /&gt;He is ready to wipe away each tear.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Each day is a gift, to do God’s will,&lt;br /&gt;An expressed opportunity - another hill.&lt;br /&gt;Completing each task fulfills the bill,&lt;br /&gt;My life has a purpose, its meaning is sealed. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;composed by:  Janise Collins          11-2005'&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18220686-113013753077063531?l=collinschatter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://collinschatter.blogspot.com/feeds/113013753077063531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18220686&amp;postID=113013753077063531' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18220686/posts/default/113013753077063531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18220686/posts/default/113013753077063531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://collinschatter.blogspot.com/2005/10/glad-tidings.html' title='Glad Tidings!!!'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16247875455204363969</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry></feed>
