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I seem to have vanished into space....Thanks for the small version of me Pat....less is definitely more.

Sonja, I love the dancing figure.  I am sorry about Zachery's illness.  With a Mom like you, he will fight the good fight.  Will pray for him.

Divorce is not a simple black or white subject.  I divorced my husband when the children were small, after many, many years of an impossible life.  It does take two to make a marriage.  I became a Christian later.  The wives that followed me seem to have agreed with my decision.  Enough said on the matter.

The devotional was certainly interesting and the responses on target.  My belief is that we are to resist the ways of the world.  What we do reveals what we believe about God and both Christians and non-believers are watching.  Words don't cut it.  What we believe determines how we live.  I have said before, I choose to walk the talk!  Have found that obedience can be costly, so try to focus on God's promises.  Have miles to go and much to learn....Glad that God is patient.

God Bless,
Liz

Well folks, you got a double dose of my post.  It vanished, then came back again.  Not worth reading twice, so forgive either me, my computer, or that elf who has been causing problems lately.

HI Liz! Thanks, Zachery is a little trooper.  I think it is sometimes easier on him then me.  

Judy and Etta Sue~ I think your right.  As long as what I am doing is right in the Lord's eyes I think it is ok. I shouldn't worry about what others think or say.  <that is the hardest part>  

That's ok liz. I have come pretty close to modifing other peoples posts.  Yikes!  I even locked the door a few times, but went back and corrected it.    I always laugh when that happens and hope nobody noticed. hehehehe..  

pssst...don't tell Pat  

(((hug)))

Rachelle, good going on the weight loss!

Sonja, you are the one He will tell what is right or wrong for you to do!  Love you, girl!

Meeks, if you look in tonight......((((hugs)))).

Liz, I just sent you an email!

I won't be around tomorrow, as we are going to take Beth to Amarillo.  Prayers appreciated.

I'm feeling sort of "down" tonight, so will go away now.

I am off to pick up a kid from swimming and drop the other off. Talk to you all later.

Sonja

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For you Janet. Hope you feel better.  Love you!
I will keep ya'll in my prayers.

evening everybody...
I got this cute email and thought I'd share it with ya'll..

Out of Order: Finding God's Will
A fienrd snet me an iteresintng eamil. I hraldy eevr read "farowrds", but tihs one cughat my eye. In it was a srhot pragaraph taht shared how Egnilsh rsecarech has dsivocred taht the odrer of ltteers within a wrod are not imtoprnat so lnog as the frsit and lsat ltteers are in the rgiht plcae. This is due to the fcat that we read wrods as a whloe.

I was inertseted in tihs becasue it is so true to lfie. I can't eevn bigen to cunot the numebr of pepole who hvae siad to me thnigs like, "I am afarid I have missed out on God's wlil for my lfie." Mnay pepole seem to hvae the ieda that if we mkae a mistkae, a wrnog turn, an erorr in jdugmnet, marry the wrnog preson, take the wrnog job, mvoe to the wrnog plcae, or in oethr ways get our lteters out of oerdr, then we wlil be disqualfiied from partciiptaing in God's wlil -- that our lvies are doomed to maeninglses bbable.

As a rseult, you fnid a lrage nmbuer of Christians who hvae gvien up. They feel they hvae erred to scuh an exetnt as to disqauilfy thmeslvees from jioning God in His work. This is a trgadey. Jesus was claer: "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent." (John 6:29)

The olny way you can be disqauilfied from God's work (and consqeuetnly God's wlil) is to stop beleiivng in the one whom He snet.

In cnoclsuion, waht we fnid is tihs: Yes, we mkae msitkaes. Yes, we may birng tuogh cricmustaencs into our lvies taht God wolud have prfeeerrd us not exepreince. Yes, we may get our lteters in the worng odrer from tmie to tmie. Hwoeevr, as lnog as yuor
lfie is encased in that of Christ, as lnog as the bgeiinnng and ending is fuond in Him, you can be a pratiicpant of the diivne nature.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the end," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:

He is the beginning of faith and the finisher of the same. And with faith built in Him, however out of order your letters may get, your life will write a beautiful poem of praise to the Almighty One! Believe. Trust. Step. Walk in Christ, today!

Well, did you like it???  
I hope Janet is feeling better, too...maybe this helped!  

hahahha...Pinkie, at first I thought "she must have her fingers on the wrong keys and then I read on.  I agree, that is a great email.  Thanks for sharing.

  Ms Pinkie. I SO love your new hair, I do.
I do not undarstand your words today at all  
I have no idea of it

Ms Bice (((hug)))

Ms Janet   here is a extra smile for you, but you will need to give it away today ok?
(((hug)))

Ms KarenB    (((((((((HUG))))))))))))
I miss you, I am SO happy to see you are here. I do hope to see the pictures you have to share.

Mr Bernard I did have such a giggle on the hogwash   to me it is a very funny word.  

Hi Ms Soni   I like to dance too !

I did like to read all the words today about the devotional. It is a good day here on the CP

I have just ordered a new computer online. It is a Dell 2400 with so added stuff in it like Microsoft office basic with Money. and other stuff too.  i will be able to make payments on it of $35 a month, I will pay more of course as long as I can to get it paid off. Will try to give away this old computer to someone who needs one.

I am doing the Happydance now. LOL

Be Back later. gonna check the other threads here.

Pshaw!  There went my post!    And it was such a wonderful one, too!  

Sigh!

By the time I got here tonight, after a morning of taking pictures at town hall of the third grade classes touring all the departments, then attending the Village planning board meeting where I'm the secretary, there were 70 posts already today.

I just wanted to say how much we all seem to basically agree in our analysis of today's devotional.  

And I want to say, Marilyn, how happy I am for you that you're getting that new computer.  

Here I am again!  I'm at Ruthie's house.  We're going to have a cup of tea and then Geordie and I will head back to Guelph.  At least the return journey won't be as long as coming in as the traffic will have died down a bit.

It was so wonderful to see our friends from Mizoram, India.  It was a wonderful evening.

(We ate Chinese!)

LOL

Talk to you later!

Iain..........
Yes sir, I've been to Scotland twice and both time was fortunate to see the Tattoo.  We visited a tailor in Sterling where I had a full dress (Evening) Kilt.  The poor guy had to farm out the socks because they don't make them in my size.  Just to give notice of the beauty of this man (The Tailor), he made it and sent to me here in the states and sent the bill along with my outfit.  That's trust at it's best.  We traced the Kirkwood name back to 1430.  "Kirk"=church.  Wood is self explanitory and I guesss you could say we are Church in the woods.

Judy.......
Hummmmmmmmmm, is a chant.  The guy was chanting.

Ria..........

Love you too.

"BLESSED ASSURANCE..............IS MINE, OH WHAT A FORETASTE OF GLORY DEVINE............"
What's the missing word?

Quote from: Lee Kirkwood on October 23, 2003, 10:04:42 PM
"BLESSED ASSURANCE..............IS MINE, OH WHAT A FORETASTE OF GLORY DEVINE............"
What's the missing word?

Err, I believe that would be Jesus, sir.

 JESUS

Lee..........Jesus

Jesus Jesus Jesus
There is just something about that name.
Master Saviour Jesus
Like the fargrance after the rain.
Kings and Kingdoms shall all pass away,
But there is something about that Name.


Melaura was singing as I wrote!

You can expect to see here on line soon!

Lee, did you really think you would catch any of us off guard?  

And of course that is absolutely the MOST blessed assurance - that Jesus is mine!  And that I am His!

Jeanne Lee and everyone..............  Love your hymn JudyB


A promise......

As the days go by, they might be tougher


Cami.  I will pray for you.

 WoW!  A busy, busy place today.  Pat, the devotional, and your question, brought such good response.  I can't even add, but will say that I see our agreement:  Jesus, first and last, in all things.

Sonifo, our Pastor Bev, who recently went home to be with the Lord, used to dance for Him.  It was beautiful to watch, but she was unconcerned with our watching.  She would do it when her need to express her love for Jesus was too great to be told in words alone.   If your dancing is pleasing to you and to the Lord........you DANCE and don't worry so about what other Christians might think.

  I'm not getting to be here much lately it seems.  As you might know, my 13 year old grandaughter is staying here with Kim, her mom, and as you might know.....13 year olds have lots of friends who run home from school and get online to talk to each other again.   In the morning, when I usually like to get online, Kim is sleeping in the next room, and for some reason my keyboard is really loud, or maybe I just hit them with a loud clickity clack.  Anyway, I try to be quiet until it's time to get Angel up at 7.  

 I love taking care of Kim, while her eyes heal, but I will enjoy having my house all to myself again too.  haha

  Speaking of homeschooling......my daughter and her husband are quietly thinking and waiting.  Angel, my grandaughter is headstrong, strong willed, stubborn, did I say strong willed?  Anyway, Kim is so afraid she's getting with the wrong friends.  Her grades are slipping and she doesn't seem to care, and she is pulling away from her mom.  That's natural, I guess.....but they don't want her to get into a situation where she is influenced to make wrong decisions.   I don't know how Angel would do with home schooling. She is very social.  Her mother, on the other hand, was glad to be home taught from 8th grade on.  What do you think?  I wonder if she'd resent it and them, or if she'd adjust and think it was ok.   They are praying about it before they even talk to Angel about it.  And they'll wait till kim is back home naturally.

   I'm glad I'm just a gramma now.

   Janet.......here's another hug coming your way, honey.

Pretty slick there, LEE.    But you KNOW we have that answer down pat!  

I went to donate blood this evening, so I am now wearing a sign that says "Be nice to me ... !"   Just thought I'd let y'all know!  LOL  

JANET~I'm praying ... and will be praying tomorrow, too.  Our God is an AWESOME GOD!

I think I'll just sit back and relax while everyone takes turns being nice to me this evening.    See y'all later ... maybe.

Nita, that is a tough choice.  It would obviously be better if Angel would warm up to the idea, but if she is starting ot hang with the wrong crowd, that will be more and more difficult to do.    Her parents may have to make the decision alone and take her kicking and screaming with them.  At that point, they will need to be really really strong.  Also, maybe they could start looking now for groups in the area where she could still be social. I know our homeschoolers have several groups that get together regularly.  I'll be praying for them and Angel.

Jane Walker.........

I like you, you're pretty, everyone loves you, you are a wonderful Christian lady, your neighbors must bring food to your home because you are so nice.....And, you live TOO close to me

Thank you for all the hugs!  They do make me feel better.

Jane (((hugs))) to you.......I'm not sure how else I can be nice to you on the computer, but if I figure something out, I will do it!

Beth is spending the night here so she will be ready to leave early tomorrow morning.  We will take her dog Mieka to town so a friend can puppy sit.

I will, of course, let you know what, if anything we find out tomorrow.  I probably won't be on again until Sunday, though.  I have an all day seminar on Saturday over in Colorado.  Take care of yourselves till I get back, will you?

Nita.  I started homeschooling when Melaura was in grade four.  I had nothing but attitude for 3 weeks.  There was snottyness and mouthyness that I couldn't believe.  It took 3 weeks for this darling girl to become compliant and pleasant.  If they decide to start home schooling they will need a lot of support.  It will be a hard go for a while but well worth the challenge.  There are several of us here who would be more than happy to support the family.

Hey I am at 500 posts! ! ! ! Does that mean I am a maestro too?  

Well I have the pleasure of John's company tonight. soooo I am going to close for now and perhaps be back later.

Love to all
JudyB

Hooray!  Yes, Judy you're now a Maestro!

Congrats Judy

HI MELAURA

Hello,

My mom told me about this site and ive been hoked since!!!!! So mom told me i could join.
Auntie Pat, How are you? Hows Gordie?
Mr.Lee How was it in Scottland? Ive always wanted to visit othe lands.
Ms.Janet I am home schooled to. I love it. But I will be glad to go to high school next year!
Well Ive done enough talking good night.
Melaura

Hi Everyone:

Pat & I had a wonderful time tonight.   We were in a Chinese Buffet and there were some Christian authors there.   I bought 2 books.  The Mizo Messengers were singing from Mizoram, India.   A man named Vanlal is the evangelist for the group.  When we were talking to him he asked for prayer for his son.  Following are the details:


URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

Please pray for LALMALSAWMA  a 21 year old medical student in Delhi, India.  Lalmalsawma has been very sick and the signs show he could have leukemia!   This young man has medical exams on Monday, Oct. 27/03.

I promised his father that we would all rally behind his son and lift him up before the Lord and ask for a healing.   Also ask God to help him with his medical exam on Monday.   Vanlal was telling us of his son's integrity and love for the Lord.

Thank you so much.   It is so good to know that we can all come in agreement and pray and be a part of the answer.

May God richly bless you all.


Love Ruthie