Interesting tidbit from Kiplinger Letter, Forecasts for Management Decisionmaking regarding Gen Xers and Gen Yers in the business world: "Gen Xers are starting to move into management in many companies. Ages 26-37, they bring a leadership sytle distinct from boomers, who are now dominate top ranks but will leave in droves in the next 20 years. They're often more practical and self-reliant than boomers. They take ideas from anybody, considering only if they work and how well. And they seek responsibility over projects, rebuffing micromanagement. Their downsides: Bluntness that ruffles the feathers of boomers. And sometimes a lack of discipline. They can have a tough time riding herd on poor performers or reining in subordinates who lack focus. See management potential in your Gen X workers? Groom them early. Give Gen Xers more clout now and chances are they'll stick with you. The recession chastened them a bit, making them less likely to job hop. Gen Yers are another story. People born between 1977 and 1994, also known as the Millennium Generation, thrive on open communication and team building. They're more civic minded and quicker to join forces to solve problems. They'll be more open tounion efforts than Gen Xers."

"So then those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good."

1 Peter 4:19

"For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down�when we die and leave these bodies�we will have a home in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long for the day when we will put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will not be spirits without bodies, but we will put on new heavenly bodies. Our dying bodies make us groan and sigh, but it�s not that we want to die and have no bodies at all. We want to slip into our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by everlasting life. God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit. So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. That is why we live by believing and not by seeing. Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. So our aim is to please him always, whether we are here in this body or away from this body. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in our bodies. It is because we know this solemn fear of the Lord that we work so hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too."

2 Corinthians 5:1-11

According to verse 5, our very purpose is simply this--heaven. God prepared us for heaven, not earth. Our bodies groan and grow weary here on earth, for we were not prepared, designed or purposed for this world--but the next. That's what God has created us for. And, we will stand before Christ to be judged, and we will receive whatever we deserve for the good and evil we have done. Your heavenly home will be filled with the rewards that you earned here on earth. That's amazing, and quite humbling! Are you storing up treasures in heaven for yourself?

A Time to Remember September 11th.

Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or irritated or sore or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed hope in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness when all around and above is trouble.

Andrew Murray