A couple of months ago I purchased Life's Little Instruction Book in an antique store in Milledgeville. The store was one of my absolute favorite places, it happens to be from where a good deal of my favorite jewelry was purchased. I thought I'd share some of my favorites from the book.

43) Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.
54) Surprise loved ones with little unexpected gifts.
83) In business and in family relationships, remember that the most important thing is trust.
104) Take a brisk 30- minute walk every day
113) Learn to identify local wildflowers, birds, and trees.
115) Give yourself a year and read the Bible cover-to-cover
139) Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
183) Be insatiably curious. Ask "why" a lot.
187) Measure people by the size of their hearts, not the size of their bank accounts.
188) Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
322) Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
332) Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.
357) Let your representatives in Washington know how you feel. Call (202) 225-3121 for the House and (202) 224-3121 for the Senate. An operator will connect you to the right office.
425) Don't allow self pity. The moment this emotion strikes, do something nice for someone less fortunate than you.
456) Send your loved one flowers. Think of a reason later.
Over this past summer I received a copy of the lyrics of one of my favorite hymns, "Come Thou Fount" with scriptural references included. I've been blessed with numerous encounters with others sharing an affection for hymns and offered to make them copies but I've failed to do so I thought I'd post it below.

Come, thou Fount of every blessing, (James 1:17)

tune my heart to sing thy grace;

streams of mercy, never ceasing,

call for songs of loudest praise. (Psalm 28:6)

Teach me some melodious sonnet,

sung by flaming tongues above. (Revelations 5:11-12)

Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,

mount of thy redeeming love. (Exodus 15:13)

Here I raise mine Ebenezer;

hither by thy help I'm come; (1 Samuel 7:12)

and I hope, by thy good pleasure,

safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,

wandering from the fold of God; (Luke 15:1-7)

he, to rescue me from danger,

interposed his precious blood. (Romans 5:6-8)

O to grace how great a debtor

daily I'm constrained to be! (2 Corinthians 15:10)

Let thy goodness, like a fetter,

bind my wandering heart to thee.

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,

prone to leave the God I love; ( 2 Peter 2:25)

here's my heart, O take and seal it,

seal it for thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,

I shall see Thy lovely face; ( 1 John 3:2)

Clothed then in blood washed linen

How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace; ( Revelation 7:15)

Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,

Take my ransomed soul away;

Send thine angels now to carry

Me to realms of endless day. ( Revelation 22:12-14)

Some of my favorites hymns....

- Be Thou my Vision

- Blest Be the Tie that Binds

- I Love to Tell the Story

- I Surrender All

- I'll Fly Away

- Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

- Rock of Ages

- Standing on the Promises