Nor even day by day;

But step by step my path unfolds,

My Lord directs my way.

Tomorrow's plans I do not know,

I only know this minute;

But He will say, "This is the way,

By faith now walk ye in it."

And I am glad that it is so,

Today's enough to bear;

And when tomorrow comes, His grace

Shall far exceed its care.

What need to worry then, or fret?

The God who gave His Son

Holds all my moments in his hand,

And gives them, one by one.

 

~~ Author Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know this is long, but I received it in an email today from 2 different people. I'm going to try

to adjust the spacing but as we all know, Live has a mind of its own!

 

Have you ever looked at a map of the world?

 

Look at Texas with me just for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the

Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they

know what it is. It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is. What happens

if I show you a picture of any other state? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would? And even if you do, does it ever

stir any feelings in you?

 

In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan, get

up on a horse or ride off in a pickup. There is a little bit of Texas in everyone. Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for

the cause of freedom. We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and James Bowie and Davy Crockett, and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself.

That is the Spirit of Texas. Texas is Sam Houston capturing Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana at San Jacinto. Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods

like the Davy Crockett and Sam Houston National Forests. Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend. Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country. Texas is floating the rivers of the Hill Country on a hot summer day. Texas is the beautiful, warm

beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas. Texas is beaches you can drive on and have many memorable bon-fires with close friends.

Texas is that warm feeling you get when someone asks where you're from. Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas & Fort Worth.

Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork, Possum Kingdom, Lake Travis and crappe from Fort Phantom lake. Texas is Mexican foods 

like nowhere else, not even Mexico. Texas is chicken fried steak, calf fries and world famous Bar-B-Q. Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington, Gruene Dance Hall, and the Astrodome.  (Guess now the Reliant Stadium too).

Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Ann Richards, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Gene Autry, Audie Murphy,

Tommy Lee Jones, Waylon Jennings, Farrah Fawcet, Janis Joplin, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Eva Longoria, Darrell Royal, ZZ Top, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, Howard Hughes, George H. W. Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson, and let's not forget GEORGE STRAIT, the Big Bopper, Tex Ritter, George Jones, Clay Walker, Mark Chestnut, to name ONLY a few.

Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments, EDS and Compaq, Whataburger, Southwest Airlines, Bell Helicopter and LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter, Valero. 
Texas is NASA.

Texas is huge herds of cattle, beautiful horses and miles of crops. Texas is home to the world famous King Ranch.  Texas is home to the most amazing sunsets of gold over an empty field. Texas is hundreds of deer running around rural neighborhoods and fields. Texas is skies blackened with doves

 and fields full of deer. Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local high school football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the night In Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio.

To drive across Texas is to drive 1/3 the way across the United States. Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities. If it isn't already in Texas, you probably don't need it.

By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. Flag. Think about that for a second.

You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 feet in Maryland, California, or Maine, and your state flag, whatever it is, goes at 17 feet. You fly the

Stars and Stripes in front of Klein Oak High or anyplace else at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 feet. Do you know why?

Because it is the only state that was a Republic before it became a state. Also, being a Texan is as high as being an American down here. Our

capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in Washington , D.C.  And we can divide our state into five states at any

time if we wanted to! We can become a republic again at any time the voters of Texas choose, and we included these things as
part of the deal when we came on. That's the best part, right there. And don't even lie to yourself... Did I mention Live Music Capitol of the world? Texas even has its own power grid!!

 

GOD BLESS TEXAS !!!!!!!!!!

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