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Well, what a coincidence!

Good morning,

Pat ~ I will be there about 6 weeks, it will be a very welcome time of rest and quiet, and I will enjoy the beauty of N. Ireland. An Ulster fry does sound good.

Janet ~ This is a dream come true, I always wanted to return to the UK, but now I get to see and meet friends I have made and N. Ireland is absolutely beautiful, at least now I am not young and stupid and can really enjoy everything.

Colin ~ Thank you! (do I get to see the donkey?)

To all who come and read, may you have a God filled and blessed day.

Trusting In Him,
Jeannine

Well Jeannine I think you see the donkey everytime you see me! Another sunny morning in N. Ireland. Hope we have some lovely weather for your visit Jeannine.

Thank you Pat for your kind comments about the poem. I do my best with them and thanks to them, I have made some great friends. That includes you Pat and a May wedding is lovely. I am so pleased for you and Paul.

Janet I always behave myself

Hi to everyone else!

Good Morning to one and all a special hello to Colin W are so glad you have  come back to hosting with is and sharing  your lovely poems. I copied the one from yesterday and sent it to my fiend Conny. I still want to put in my folder of "Colin's Poems"

This is the last post before I leave for Oregon when I get off work today. I am sure all y-all will be praying for a safe trip and and nice visit. Keith will also be praying for a safe trip.

Well I'll "see" y-all upon my return.

A special Thank You goes from my heart to Samantha.

TTYL

Hi everyone.  Well it was so nice to read the messages today as they all seem very upbeat. 

Darrin, your birthday gift seems very special and obviously a lot of love and thought went into it.  Happy Birthday.

Marilyn is off on her trip.  Jeannine has positive news and something very exciting in the works, Janet has a new chair and bed, Scotty is visiting his grandparents, and Gord is home from the hospital.  I probably have missed someone but I am sure you all get the idea.

Today is our SeniorNet Learning Center Volunteer meeting and then the User Group meeting.  After coffee this morning, three of us went to the gym and I walked 10 laps but they just have left me feeling very tired.  I don't know how much I am going to be able to handle of the walking. 

We are suppose to get some rain, at least a good possibility, later today and into tomorrow morning.  Hope I am back home before it starts.

Thank you Marilyn and please have a safe journey and a lovely time with Keith. Take care and God bless.

What a lovely birthday gift for Darren!  That is certainly a keeper!!  You can tell that came from her heart with a lot of thought of what would be pleasing. 

And I am green with envy in anyone spending any time at all on the Emerald Isle, let alone 6 weeks AND with Colin and his family! 

And now Marilyn is going visiting, too!  I just know you will have a great time.

Well, that's about the green with envy feelings from me.  I took my car to get the A/C fixed and discovered it was low on Freon (sp).  But when they put more in, it leaked.  They replaced a valve but it was the wrong size...still leaked.  So they sent me home and when the correct valve comes in this afternoon, they are too call me to bring the car back.  If it still leaks then they will replace a line.  Hopefully that does it. 

And I turned on the home A/C just to see if it works correctly.  It turned on and off and cooled so I guess it is okay, too.

Kitty comes home today.  It will be nice to see her again.

I forgot to go for Photo Lessons last night.  Senior Moment, I guess.

My lunch with the 60 Chix was super.  Seven of us...nice group so we could talk and hear each other.

My husband would have been 78 today!

That's it!

How interesting to read all of your posts and to read Larry's precis of them!

I hope all of you have a wonderful time.


I'm leaving next Wed morning at (hopefully) about 4:30 am so it won't be long now. 

I just did a little search on the internet about a "Christian in the World" and thought I'd share a paragraph with you all and maybe you could all share your thoughts?

This little short exerpt is about Titus 3






Titus 3:2
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men.

At verse 2 the church's responsibility toward all people comes into view. The tradition seems to have influenced Paul here to connect this responsibility and the responsibility to the state (compare 1 Pet 2:13, 17).

Essentially, the instructions advise the Cretan Christians to make as few waves as possible by living in a way that fosters good relations. In the area of speech, Christians are not to be known as those who slander others. Rather, in speech and conduct (that is, in the totality of life; see discussion at 1 Tim 4:12) they are to be known for peaceableness, gentleness (NIV considerate) and meekness (humility) toward all people.

Misunderstanding these qualities leads to what has been called "doormat Christianity." But in reality they have nothing to do with passivity. Peaceableness is a conscious mode of response that allows one to resist taking a violent course in difficult situations, often sacrificially, in order to save relationships. Gentleness (or consideration) is an attitude that quiets personal concerns to make room for the concerns of others. And meekness (humility) is that balanced perception of oneself that makes it possible to regard others as more important (compare Phil 2:3-4). In fact, the last two qualities describe Christlikeness, the basic disposition of Christ toward others (2 Cor 10:1; compare 1 Tim 3:3; 2 Tim 2:25).

Paul's language portrays Christian living in relation to all people as reasoned forbearance in every aspect of life, the putting of the concerns of others ahead of one's own.


This is a short part of an article that can be found HERE


What do you think?  I'd love to know.

Darren, that's a nice birthday gift you got from your daughter. She draws better than I do!
HAHAHA.

Thank you Marilyn

I posted a prayer request in that section that I am going to put here also.

A girl I used to work with a few years ago - her husband was killed on the job today.  Tragic accident, they have two kids 1 of each, ages 14, and 9.  They said he got saved back in August. They said he also told his wife that if something ever happened to him at work, to have them investigate it.  He was only 39.  She is a really sweet person.  Please remember them in the next few days, I'm sure it is going to be hard on them all.

Thanks,
Samantha

Oh yeah, my preacher has been having chest pains for a few days, they ran a heart cath on him today and said everything looked fine and that he sure didn't look like he had the heart of a 70 year old man!  Please remember him too, as he really has  not felt good at all.  But at least we now know its not his heart.

So many needs in our little community and the extended connections.  Thanks Samantha.  As I posted over in the Prayer area, I will definitely be praying.

It's wonderful to hear the good news from so many of you.

I think I'm dealing with a bit of depression tonight, so will keep the post brief.

Y'all have a good rest of the evening.

     Good morning to all .  I woke up at 2-00 A.M. and it seemed hard to go back to sleep so I made a cup of tea and came and read the pos'ts.

I am so glad to be home and am feeling very weak and so very useless as I am not able to help Noreen.  Our daughter called yesterday and invited for dinner last night and that was so nice for Noreen.  We are finding it so hard to keep the house clean and also just looking after everything so can you all continue to keep praying for daily strength and that we find someone to come and help.

The Lord is so good and we did make contact with a local organization that helps handicapped people get jobs that they are able to do so we have a supervisor coming on Monday to discuss this problem with us so we can say praise the Lord already for this.

I don't remember if I told you all yet but I asked the Doctor before he did the surgery in the O.R. could I pray and he said we could find a minuete and we did so praise the Lord again.  

Well I will sign off for know and it is so good to be back on C.P. and again thank you for all your prayers during my time at the hospital.

God bless to all and have a great day in the Lord's house 

                    Gord and Noreen.

So nice to see you post, Gord.  So often over the years when I've been unable to sleep, I've come here to CP.  Glad you do the same.

I hope that you get your doctor to fill in the form needed to get the help that I mentioned on the phone.  You need the help and you deserve to get it.

Hi everyone.  I sure didn't have any trouble sleeping last night and seldom do.  My walking yesterday morning really exhausted me but didn't walk today and am not as tired.  Hopefully I will be rested up by Monday and will try walking less laps at a time.

We had some lovely rain last night and no storms.  I was able to get a sound problem on my wifes computer fixed this morning to use with some recording software I got last week.  It was just the matter of something not being checked properly in a control screen for recording.

Not much on the agenda for today.  We will attend a meeting this morning and then have a quiet afternoon and evening. 

Hope you are feeling better today Ruth Ann. 

Gord, sure is nice to see you posting again and hope you can get help with your needs around your home. 

I can't believe it, Larry!

We're going to see each other in 6 days!!!

Put the kettle on! 

As for Pat's wanting response about actions of a Christian, I have copied The Message text of Titus 3:1-11.  I love reading different versions of the Bible to really make it sink into my hard head.    Remember this is Paul speaking. 

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Remind the people to respect the government and be law-abiding, always ready to lend a helping hand. No insults, no fights. God's people should be bighearted and courteous.

    It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this.

    I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off.

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Last evening Aaron called Ivalou while I was at her house and we all went out to a Steak House to eat.  I got a Ribeye for the price of a 6-oz. Sirlion...their mistake.  It was sooooo good!

Today Ivalou and I are going to a funeral visitation and possibly the funeral.  I believe our second cousin will be cremated.  Linda Jo was only 45...too young.  I happened upon the obituary as I was searching local newspapers online.  It will be nice visiting with cousins but sad under the circumstances.

Thanks, Etta Sue    I think that pretty well sums it up as far as how a Christian should act, and interact, with others.

I'm still trying to get all my comuter "personality" back where I want it.  At the moment, (and I'm giving up for a while) I am unable to use Word or Word Works.  I keep getting the message that I have to enter a "CD key" of 25 characters and I can't find any such animal.     Oh, well, life is too short to be worrying about that.  I'm going out and prune some bushes and see about cutting the grass.  It's a beautiful day and I might as well get out and enjoy it.

Gordon it is really encouraging to see you in here and posting.  I will pray that you get the help needed and that you will quickly and completely regain your strength.

Good morning all.  I've been "down" with a bad cold, but am much better this morning.

Jane, do you have your original CD that came with your computer?  The packet with all the programs Dell had installed?  You should find the key (registration key) on the CD or somewhere there.    I ended up installing Open Office, the free one that someone mentioned.  I forget now.  Was it you Larry?  Maybe it was Seniornet.  I like it.

I need to have another cup of tea for the throat.  It's so beautiful out too.  If my son comes over to mow today, I'd like to sit out in the sunshine.   Nita

Get well soon, Nita!

Not nice feeling under the weather when it's nice outside.

Good evening all.

Am sitting at the computer listening to my latest Legacy Five CD.  Donna & I so enjoy their gospel filled music with a message.  We went to their concert last night in Romulus, Mi.  Romulus is where the Detroit Airport is located.

We first met the L5 on a Chas Stanley cruise to Alaska in 2002.  We loved them then and grow to love their music more all the time.

L5 was formed when the Cathedrals retired.  Scott Fowler and Roger Bennett, formed the L5.  In the the 8 or 9 yrs they've been together they have been nominated for and won over 25 awards.

In March 2007 Roger lost his 12 year fight against cancer.  He had 3 bone marrrow transplants. 

The group is carrying on.  They travel the world.  They hold a celebration event every Memorial Day & Labor Day in Nashville.  One of these times we will attend it.  This year they have a post Labor Day concert on Mackinaw Island, MI.

http://www.legacyfive.com/index.html

Check out their site

   Hi, everyone;
  My parents are on their weekly date. So, I'll have to take pics for the challenge tomorrow.
Hopefully I'll get some good ones.

  Oh yeah, I was going to try a new font. Here goes.
Scotty

Wow, that's cool!

Let's try a it a little bigger.
     Scotty

That's better.

Just a little bigger.
      Scotty

Perfect!


                                 

I have had a long and busy day, and my feet are hurting.  So I'm going to bed and read for a while.

Good to read all of your posts today.  I will try to get here tomorrow, but I'm working in the afternoon again.