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PUBLISHED WORKS
Lindsay

One of the great joys of my life has been the writing of the tracts for American Tract Society (ATS), and Good News Publishers (GNP), the two largest tract publishing companies in the world.
Several years ago I was passing along the street in front of the ATS building and the thought came to me, "I would like to write a tract." I quickly dismissed the idea thinking, "I’ve never written a tract before. What would I write about?" So, I just kept driving. A few months later, all of a sudden, I thought about the tract idea again. This time I thought, "The story behind Amazing Grace might be a good background for a tract." I proceeded to develop the idea and called it The Amazing Story Behind AMAZING GRACE.
After I presented it to ATS it took them two years to get it in print. They were not as sold on the idea as I was. To make a long story shorter, in a relatively brief period of time they sold more than a million copies, with numbers of reports about people coming to know Christ. As of today ATS has sold more than 3 million copies of that tract. I gave them the manuscript to use as they wished. I don’t make royalties on the sale of the tracts.
Next time: The amazing story behind the tract, The CROSS. Don’t miss it.

THE PAINTINGS
Marilyn

A year or so ago Marilyn and I went as guests of some friends on a a boat ride down the St. Johns River, beginning at Hontoon Park, Florida. As we rode along we soon came to a wilderness part of the St. Johns River where all manner of wildlife abound. We observed, up close, bald eagles, cranes, large turtles, alligators and several other species of wild life.
Sudden we came upon a giant gator, sunning himself (or herself), on the bank of the river. We eased the boat in toward the shore in order to get a good photo -- all of the time shooting pictures -- until we came so close the gator became uneasy and slipped into the water.
When we reached home we found that the picture of the gator would be a wonderful subject for one of Marilyn’s paintings. Indeed it was! She painted a picture that she called, "Gator Territory."
Not long after she entered it into an art showing at the St. Augustine Art Association. A gentleman touring the exhibit said, "I must have that painting for my office at home!" He is a huge fan of the University of Florida Gators. And so he bought it right off the wall.
Since then she has painted Gator Territory II. It is so realistic some have mistakenly viewed it as a photograph. I hope you like it.

LIFE’S JOURNEY

Attitude
Our attitude toward things is likely in the long run
to be more important than the things themselves.
- A. W. Tozer

Your attitude is your mental approach to your daily tasks, whether they be simple or extremely difficult. Your daily attitude arises out of the control center that the Bible calls your heart. Therefore, when you get out of bed each morning you should ask yourself, "What will my attitude be toward the things that will happen to me today?" Your response to those daily challenges in your life makes for success or failure. Someone much more wise than I has suggested that life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond to it.
In the "concert" of our lives, a simple phone call can, on any day, bring news of tragedy that will stop life’s music with a deafening silence. What then? You have been dealt a heavy blow. You are deeply wounded. Your attitude at such a time may or may not be, "I’ll lie here for awhile and rest; and though I’m "bleeding," I WILL get up again and fight on! During those times we can rely heavily on the promises of the Heavenly Father given to us in His Word. Oftentimes we cannot change the circumstances, but we can with the Lord’s help rise above the circumstances.
No amount of Stoicism or wishful thinking will cause the reality of the problems to go away. We must learn to recognize the real truth of the situation. When your attitude is right no barrier is too tall, no fight too difficult, no challenge too great, and no price is too high.
Following are some wonderful Scriptures to help us with our attitudes.

"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." Proverbs 23:7

"Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." Matthew 12:34

"Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight." Psalms 18:24

"Man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs. 4:23

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty
to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
- Helen Keller

The man who wins may have been counted out
several times, but he didn’t hear the referee.
- Unknown

Adversities do not make the man either weak or strong,
but they reveal what he is.
- Faith Forsyte

I hate to see things done by halves:
if it be right, do it boldly, and if it be wrong, leave it undone.
- Gilpina

Welcome! Each time you visit our blog we want you to take away some information that will help you to, (1) live a more victorious life, (2) know more about our resources and art, and (3) read something that will cause you to want to come back to our blog week after week.

Please pass the web site address along to your friends. We will do our best to make our blog as varied and informative as possible.

Published Works

On the book front: We were delighted to see a large display of I COULD SING OF YOUR LOVE FOREVER in the January, 2009, issue of the CROSSINGS Book Club mail-out catalog. If you would like to have a copy of the catalog send us an e-mail -- lindsay@lindsayandmarilynterry.com -- and we will try to get one to you. CROSSINGS is one of the larger book clubs in America.

The local Barnes and Noble book store has replenished their supply of this book again and again.

The Paintings

Something unusual happened concerning one of Marilyn’s latest paintings -- EVENING ON THE BAY FRONT. It was painted from a picture that Lindsay had taken while standing on the seawall in downtown St. Augustine -- looking across the bay. Boats were in the harbor, houses were on the other shore and the St. Augustine Lighthouse was on the horizon. A zoom lens was used to get just the right view.

After Marilyn had painted that scene, the finished work was placed in the Aviles Street Gallery in downtown St. Augustine. Well, Lindsay became very curious as to who lived in those homes pictured across the Bay. You guessed it -- he went exploring. He found the street that ran in front of those homes and then stopped at each house, showing them a photo of Marilyn’s painting. Although all of the homeowners seemed excited about the painting, only one couple took action. They walked several miles to visit the Gallery, wanting to see this large painting that showed their beautiful home on the Bay front. They were so impressed with the painting they bought it on the spot! They were exhausted after their long walk to the Gallery, and since the picture was too heavy to carry home, on foot, they came for it the following day.

Next week read a story about Marilyn’s painting, GATOR TERRITORY II.

LIFE’S JOURNEY

The Tongue

Your speech allows you to be evaluated and judged by all who hear you.- Lang

We have often heard it said: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Not true. Job said, “How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words.” Job 19:2 The tongue is a very small part of our body, but it somehow controls the whole body, either for good or evil.

A young lady was receiving some counsel from her pastor concerning her untrue and hurtful accuzations about others. The pastor said, “I want you to take a bag of feathers and place one at ten corners in your community. Then I want you to go back to each place and pick up the feather and put it into your bag. When you have done so, come back to see me.”

At the next session the youngster said, “I could not find a single feather. They had all gone away.” The pastor said, “Your words are like those features. They can be forgiven, but never completely free from having caused harm and can never be taken back.."

Some things the Bible says about ‘The Tongue.”For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: -1 Peter 3:10

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. - Colossians 3:8

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. - Luke 6:45

Pithy sayings about the tongue:A short intellect usually has a long tongue.A tongue three inches long can kill a man six feet tall.The best bridle for the tongue is a “bit” of love.