DAILY VERSE: - 06 US OPEN Famous

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DAILY VERSE: Refuge failed me…no man cared for my soul. - Psalms 142:4
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DAILY QUOTE: Our hearts will never rest until they rest in God - Saint Augustine
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STORY OF THE DAY: Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) had written songs that made the whole world sing. Songs like-"Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Oh! Suzanna" and 200 more that are deeply rooted in the American heritage. Nobody knew who he was. Nobody even seemed to care. They found Stephen Collins Foster lying in a heap of trash, with a deep gash in his throat and dropped him off at Bellevue Hospital in New York. There he languished until he died. A friend seeking him went to the local morgue and, there among dozens of nameless corpses, they found him. His only possessions were a ragged coat that smelled of liquor, with 38 cents in one pocket and a scrap of paper in the other. On it was written, "Dear friends and gentle hearts." It almost sounded like the words of a song someone was going to write.

So many people around you today are hurting. Some of them are hard to spot because they wear the mask of success. Others are clearly down and out. Care enough to love, to restore, and to rekindle the flame that life has snuffed out. Think about it carefully, and then go out today and touch one person - just one - with God's love!
Foster Link of Songs in German and English: http://www.stephen-foster-songs.de/
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Each day I see people who just happen to play tennis well. I look beyond the fame, the surroundings and look for the person inside of the tennis player. Every morning I pray for all the players playing that day that I advise spiritually. They are prayers that are specific to each player and can number up to fifty specific prayers daily. Then I attempt to go out and touch at least one person with God’s love. Life’s successes have nothing to do with hurting. - Pastor Bob Kraft
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Story Credit: Bob Gass

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