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Morning Devotional...


He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in Him...He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.
1 John 2:4, 6

It is so easy to talk about our position in Christ but these verses remind us that a right walk should accompany right talk.

In fact, if what we say is not backed up by our manner of life, we need to seriously check the reality of our faith.

Because of their behavior the Corinthians were told to examine themselves to see whether they were in the faith (2 Cor. 13:5).

May we humbly do so today.
                                                              --David Croudace

Pat..........

Ouch.  Yep it happened again.  My problem is that I get on the PC at this time and don't pay any attention to the time.  I had post to Liz and it's off in space someplace.

To whomever........

After dinner tonight my friend Tom called to thank us for introducing him to Barbara.  He said he feeels like a kid having been on his first blind date.  It was fun for Vivian and myself.  

I came into the forum and read everyone's posts and they showed one very important ingredient inherent to believers...."LOVE".

If you folks look back on your lives and think of all the cop stories on TV, in the movies, or in the news,  you most likely won't recall one detective or street cop that loved (or even liked) people who use(d) drugs.  The primary reason was, and is, that it almost mandates the user to be involved in a wide varieity of crimes from petty theft to murder.  Knowing this, you know the former Lee.  Now, in comes Jesus Christ.  What's next?  I love Marilyn with all my Christian heart (Only Jesus Christ could do this).  How? for many reasons.  One "He said he will change our hearts".  He did.  Marilyn believed He would change [her] heart, and He did.  He told us that without love, "we are as sounding brass and clanging cymbals" (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)  And, we both love Him for not only having changed our hearts, but for forgiving us all of our wretchedness, and seeing us as future perfect, and, as His saints.  All of us are members of a 'Church" congregation that numbers in the millions, and still growing.  Just think folks, during the Tribulation period the three angels, and the 144,000 (Jews, mind you) will increase our flock to untold millions that will number the sands of the sea.  Awesome.

Uh oh ....    I didn't make it before Pat locked the door!    Oh, well .... LEE, you should be able to duck that swinging door pretty adroitly by now.    Sorry ...  
You know what it is, don't you?  We out here in the West are just hitting our stride when those "others" are hitting the hay!    

Speaking of stride.....here I am sleepily checking in.  Nothing strideful here, I'm afraid.  

 I was interested in the conversations about dropping in on your kids, because I've never dropped in on anyone I don't think.  Not even my parents, up to the time dad was in a nursing home, and I was taking care of mom.   Then when I did go, it was because she was expecting me, and I didn't want a phone call to disturb her if she was napping.

I guess I am maybe too far the other way. I could just never do that.  I'm always afraid that they might be ready to do something else, and I'd be in the way and they wouldn't tell me. haha     That'd be worse to me than them telling me.

Funny how we're all different.  I'm that way from my mom, I know.   My kids aren't all that way, but I always was with my folks and with them.  

 Marilyn, you have come such a long way, dear sister.  What a beautiful testimony of God's grace and forgiveness.  I am just so very happy for you.    I know what it is to be forgiven.  I know what it is to have our Wonderful Lord Jesus rescue you from where you are hidden among all the garbage.....and to feel His amazing Love, and that He actually desires you......it was the first truly pure love I had ever known.  He made me clean again, washed me and lifted me up to Himself.  I know you understand.  I wrote a song once about "You are my first Love.....and You'll be my last.  You are my future, because You've taken my past.  There is no other to love me like you do.....and oh my Jesus....I love You too."    There is no One like our Jesus.....our Lover, our Husband, our Hiding Place, our Everything.  Bless you, Marilyn.

 Still have company.

  Heard from Olympus today.  They want $150 to repair my camera.  There is no detailed explanation of what's wrong or how it might have happened...just "$144 - Labor".  And then the rest for shipping.  I've put in an email request for more info.  How could they expect anyone to pay for this when they don't even know how it breaks down or what they repaired?  And do I want to put this much money into a camera that was under $500 new?     I guess I have to make a decision.

 Night from sort-of-rainy Oregon.  Oh how I pray that this rain would be for California too.

  I love all of you.   nita

Jane..........

Hahahaha.


Nita........

Hi.  I took my Rolex in for a new crystal.  The jeweler sent it to Rolex in New York.  It came back with a $700 bill for cleaning, a new face, and new crystal.

Ok folks, in what hymn do these four words belong......

"RULER OF ALL NATURE"

Jane it must be nearly midnight there in Oregon.  

Lee that is what it is all about LOVE.

I guess they thought if you could afford a Rolex you could afford the repairs.  I have a clock (mantle style) that is not working.  I paid 300 dollars 7 years ago and now it won't stay running and the chimes are really wacky.  I am resistant to paying another 300.  Pastor Dennis by trade is a watchmaker, and he can fix the clock, I just hate to bother him with the mundane.  Not sure what to do.   By the way the clock was my fathers and I am not sure of the age.  Pat may have an idea about that.

I have a question that will spark conversation.  What should you do if you have proof of a person telling a lie.  I was asked this recently and I thought I would go for some wise council.  The girl IWho asked the question has been confrontational (much like I am about lying) but a dear friend says to let the Lord deal with it and not ask quwstions that will cause a lie.  To me that sounds like avoidance.  What do you think.

I am still struggling with this cold.  I have a non stop cough from sandpaper in the throat.  I am heading to bed again and see if this time I can sleep.

Have a good night / morning everyone.

Judy

Quote from: Lee Kirkwood on October 29, 2003, 01:45:43 AM
Ok folks, in what hymn do these four words belong......

"RULER OF ALL NATURE"

Original Trinity Hymnal, #129
EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeee Did I know it?

Good morning all 10.00AM in Holland

Pat that you for the good devotional and the nice hymn. I love it every morning.

Are you all busy with Christmass shopping???
That is also coming in Holland. But the most people
in Holland have on 5 dec. St. NICOLAS.
On 5 dec. they are saying that is his birthday   he also is going to the schools. When i was a child and also when my son was a little boy there was only St. Nicolas. When my son for the first time saw St.Nicolas
he was sick and St. Nicolas was coming in home he has
cryed cryed he was so afraid.
I was happy that the man was going away.
And with St.icolas is coming the jack of spades.
Little children are very restless in that time.
Half nov. he is coming with the boat from Spain to Holland so called.
It is a nice fairy tale but when you have little children
then you are very happy when it is 6 dec. St. Nicolas
away and the children have their presents.

This morning i have read in the Bible Joh.9  NIV
and i love the words.
Joh. 9-5
While i am in the world, I am the Light of the World

I wish you all a very good day
Bye for now
Love RIA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY

                        HAVE A NICE DAY

                              LOVE RIA

JUDY.

I had a similar confrontational experience some years ago....with Christian brethren from my Pentecostal Church, where I went before we moved across the city...
They worked as Caretakers (can't say where....that would be unfair...She is dead now and he is retired).
The lady offered me lots of cleaning equipment and disinfectant....she said she gave it to everyone...I REFUSED AND TOLD HER THAT WAS NOT CHRISTIAN and THAT IT WAS ........STEALING.
I was not trying to be "Holier than Thou"...I have always been unable to accept things in this way.....P'raps it's with coming from a Police Family.
However, this couple were in a place of High Authority....They would certainly have been sacked.
They were part of the "In crowd" at the church.
I didn't find myself as welcome there again.......

I believe we must stand up for the TRUTH.  Only the TRUTH SETS FREE. and we want all men and women to become "free" in Christ.

STAND UP STAND UP FOR JESUS
YOU SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS.
LIFT HIGH HIS ROYAL BANNER
IT MUST NOT SUFFER LOSS.   AMEN
                                     
"Looking only onto Jesus who is the Author and the finisher of our faith"...

Jenny.

GOOD MORNING FOLKS...

Praise God for a much warmer day here, although very wet.

Thanks Ria for the Tale of St. Nicholas......It is a good story and one which the Anglican Church use....He was a real man and gave gifts to children...
This tells them of the love of God who gave us the Best Christmas Present EVER......HIS SON....
Time for the "heavy" stuff as they grow up......I pray that all Children will come to know JESUS and grow closer to Him day by day.

JUDY sorry you are poorly...My grandson Phillip phoned last night to tell me he has flu and his asthma is playin g up too...more Prednisolone (steroids) and anti-biotics, he likes Nanny to give him some comfort...My Phillip!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY IN OUR LORD JESUS.
Love Jenny X

Thank you Jenny for the song i have read it and i have sing it in Dutch we also have the song

STAND UP STAND UP FOR JESUS
YOU SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS
LIFT HIGH HIS ROYAL BANNER
IT MUST NOT SUFFER LOSS

It is a very good song

But we in Holland are saying St Nicholas is coming from Spain with the boat.
But he was  Bishop from Myra and that is in Turkey.

Bye Love RIA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY![/glow]

   Happy to write that we were able to get the desktop computer working and I put CP in here.  I don't know if anyone remembers that everything was wiped out on our computer by a techie - we paid them $75 to ruin all our work    However, we cannot get the printer working now.  We did get the scanner started again.  So many hours & actually weeks of frustration & we sure do not want to buy a new computer.  

I read a few posts and want to wish everyone a fine day today or perhaps if you are sleeping away as it is your nightime - sleep well.  

Coffee this morning with friends & we are sure to be discussing our friend who is still in Critical Care from her anuerisym (sp)  - her speech has all come back we do hear & that is wonderful  She had a lot of people praying for her.  

Here, we are waiting to see what days our friends will visit this week - on their yearly trek from Minnesota to Arizona for the winter.  

Spirituality is tonight at the church.  We come away refreshed I would say 95% of the time - sometimes the group gets too talky or should I say a couple of very talkative people but they have their place there too.  

Carol

Hi everyone and happy birthday Kathy.

We have the sun out today and it is suppose to get to 70 degrees.  The older I get the more I enjoy the sunny days.  Went for coffee at the cafe this morning and then stopped at Krogers for a few items and then at the post office to mail something.  About wore myself out.  

Carol, have you used the cleaning command on your printer.  Most printers, if not used for a couple of weeks will have dried ink in the jets and won't print until the cleaning cycle is used.  At least that has been my experience.  Glad you got your desktop to work again.

Pat, a good devotional message today and there were certainly some interesting discussions yesterday.  

Jenny, glad you are experiencing a warmer day over your way.  Know that is appreciated.  

Judyb, I don't know exactly how I would deal with someone who I knew was lying to me although I am sure I would never trust them again in what they said until it was proven.  

Ria, thanks for sharing the story behind St. Nicholas.  

Good to see everyone posting.

Good Morning: Thank you Past for the devotional this morning. It is good to see everyone who has already been here.

Lee I knew when I posted about my son's father and the MM and the AB that you would understand what I was talking about. Two very bad groups.

I have been watching about the fires this morning, I am so glad that I moved up here when I did. I see they have evacuated Big Bear which is only 25 miles from Lucerne Valley. LV Must really be full of smoke. I am praying for all my friends there.

Yesterday Bea said to me " I wonder what sins have been commited that would cause all these places to be burning up, they must have been awfully bad". Or something like that anyway, I have paraphrased he words.

Going to look at the other forums now

TTYL

 

It is a PARTY!

Mieka, Al Moak, Janet, Heather Brunet, Larry Hanna, Jenny, Marilyn Fisher, Sonifo, Pat Scott, Nita, Etta Sue [/color]


Happy Birthday Ms Kathy  

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And many more

JANE GEORGE has just been and brought me Holy Communion. I feel better already. Thank-you Jesus!

We read John 14 "Let not your heart be troubled..........
and I will pray the Father and He will give you another Comforter.to abide with you forever." verses 1-16.

My eye fell upon the words of verse 17...and I thought again of you dear JUDY B.

"THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH WHOM THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE .............BUT YOU KNOW HIM; FOR HE DWELLETH WITH YOU AND SHALL BE IN YOU"

We can do nothing against the Truth as Christians, because HE .........TRUTH........dwells in us! AMEN!

                           MARILYN

As I received the sacraments, I brought YOU before Our Lord Jesus....I called out your Name dear sister.

JESUS, LORD OF LORD AND KING OF KINGS....PRAISE YOU....BLESS YOUR NAME.

Jenny.

MIEKA..............THANKS FOR THE PARTY....

WHO MADE THE CAKES?..........

I AM GOING TO HAVE A NICE CUP OF TEA....AGAIN!!!!

LOVE TO ALL ON LINE..
JENNY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATHY!!  And many more!

Lots of good food for thought here today.  Jenny, I agree with you 100%!  We have had discussions about that (Darrel and I) because we are in the security business.  He says so many who work in schools and offices think nothing of taking paper, pens, pencils, paper clips, etc. home from their work place, for their private use, and it is stealing!  I guess some maybe never thought of it as such, but can you imagine the millions of $$ worth of such things that are taken each year?  Good for you, for refusing to accept the cleaning supplies.  We need to be honest in ALL our dealings!

Carol!  good to see you this morning!  I am so sorry about all those pesky computer problems you've been having.  It is amazing how, once we start using a computer, we get so dependent on it.  I am having some problems, too.  My grandson who helps me with mine says I need to buy more memory, and maybe reformat the hard drive.  (I have no earthly idea how to do that!)

Lee, I agree with you, this is a place filled with love.  And I am happy that we can sometimes disagree without being disagreeable!

Mieka! You are learning!  Pretty soon you will be singing along with us!  ((((hugs))))

Hello, Larry!  Tomorrow, drop by our house for coffee.  What time shall we expect you?  (Don't I wish?)

Hello, Ria!  Three years ago, I was in Romania on a missionary trip at the time of St. Nicholas Day.  The children all put out their shoes and received candy and small gifts.  They were excited and happy, and I didn't see any who were afraid.  But this was a Christian orphanage we were working with; that may have been the difference.  The workers were all so good in teaching the children of the love of Jesus.  I met an older boy at one of the medical clinics we did.  His name was Alex, he was 18 years old, and he told me that was the last year that he would get to put out his shoes for the treats!  He was so sweet and childlike.  I shared my little lunch with him and he was very appreciative.  I met several kids I just wanted to bundle up and bring home with me!

Nita I have three kids whom I feel I need to call first before going to see them, and two who make us feel welcome any time.  If they have plans, they don't mind telling us, and we don't mind saying "Oops, sorry!  We will come another time."  You're right, we are all different.  I used to think nobody needed to call me first, but now, it is nice SOMETIMES to have a bit of warning.  I may want to put on makeup or straighten the house before they get here!  But any of my family and friends are welcome any time.

I think I will hit post before this turnes into a book!

Good morning, folks!

Ria~we don't do the St. Nicholas or Santa Claus thing here at our house.  We focus on Jesus Christ.  We know he wasn't born on that exact day but we still use that day to celebrate his birth.  
All through the month of December we talk about what he has done for us and we make Birthday cards for him and put them on the fireplace mantel.  We have church plays and sing praises to him.  There are many kids here who believe in Santa Claus.  I feel it is just a big lie parents tell their kids.  Just my oppinion.  Oh ya...we don't do the easter bunny thing either.  

The reason why is I remember when I found out there wasn't a santa claus.  I was so sad.  I wondered why my parents had lied to me.  

How did all you feel when you found out?  

HA HA PAT IS THAT A PICTURE OF YOU?

I have two dogs on either side of me begging for attention and pets. Happdog is all up in my lap with his face bumping my arm. Gotta go now and give them some lovin'.

HI everyone!

This is just going to be a quick post, I have a number of things that I am looking forward to doing today,  but felt that I must get in here and start my day off right!

Ria, I love hearing from you when you tell us things of Holland.  My mom and dad tried to tell us growing up the traditions from Holland, but I am afraid I have forgotten many of the things that they taught us.  So it is good for me to be reminded.  

I have placed some pretty big goals on myself in the last while, deciding that there are things that I wanted to do while I was growing up that I never took the time to do.  One of those things is going back to school and getting my dipolma.  I was one of those foolish teens who decided to drop out of school because it was boring.  Well I have finally taken the advice that I have been giving my 9 yr old step son, to heart.....if I want to get to the challenging stuff, I first have to go through the boring stuff.  So I have an appointment next week with the adult learning center here in Cambridge, to get myself into some correspondence courses, to at least start to fulfill my dreams of higher education.  

While growing up I wanted to be a doctor, a brain surgeon to be exact.  Then it changed to other kinds of doctors, finanally ending up with my dream to be a "Baby" doctor, or an Obstatrician (sp).  I was then going to settle and take a midwifery course, so that I could still deliver babies.  Well my focus has changed again.  This time off medicine all together.  As much as I think the life of a doctor would be a facinating one, I like my sleep to much to be a doctor, with all the on call days, etc.    So my focus has changed to social work.  My sister in law, whom I adore, (she has become my best friend) is going through University to be a social worker.  I often help her with her papers and assignments.  She has trouble sometimes simplifying things, and has disconvered that I have a knack of being able to simplify just about anything...so she looks to me for help quite often.  I am learning all kinds of things by doing this.  Jon has commented a few times that I am starting to sound like a social worker with the way I talk.  

Anyway, this now being my goal and focus, I first need to finish my high school.  Not for the University I would choose to go to, as I could go into that school as an adult student, and after writing an entrance exam, I wouldn't need my OSSD, but as a personal goal, and the desire to do "the boring things in life" so I can move on to the more challenging things in life.

Have a great day everyone.  This has certainly turned into a longer post than I first intended.

Love to all
Heather

Santa Claus Day.

That is something I could participate in.  The 5th of December is well away from the 25th and would take the commertialism away from the rememberance of His birth.  Ria Mom and Dad would tell me that the 25th would be spent like a Holy Day, a special Sunday with church services and so on.  Is this still done?  At one time I had a record for the shildren with Santa Clause songs on it.  It was well used and got quite scratched.  Heather Bonnie and Doug loved to listen to it.

Three traditions we as a church family starts the first weekend of December.  We have a dinner put on by our ladies society.  The week before Christmas on the Sunday evening the SundaySchool children put on a concert or a play complete with a nativity scene.  They have already been practixing sor this.  Finally Christmas Eve we have a candlelight service and anyone who has a song or verse can participate.  We have a wonderful time for an hour then head home to spend the evening and Christmas Day with family.

Boy!  I was so windy that several came in while I was posting!  

Pat, that frog is just TOO cute!!  I laughed right out loud!

Hugs to Marilyn, Jane, Mieka, Pat, JudyB, Judy Mc, Jenny, Ria, Larry, Papa John, Lee, Carol, ............uh........knowledge delay!  Well, hugs to ALL of you!!

And now several more!!  WE must all be on similar schedules today!

Hi, Sonja!  ((((hugs))))

Hi, Heather!  Good for you!