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• Keys for Kids  If you have young children or grandchildren, you'll find this an interesting site.
  
  
  
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Morning Devotional...

Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust.                                    
Psalm 143:8



When you first awake in the morning, and even before you open your eyes, do you speak to the Lord?

Do you thank Him for preserving you through the night?

Do you praise Him for another day and ask for guidance for the same?

Do you listen to His voice as He speaks to you from His precious Word?

Is your soul content to rest in His love?
                                                                         
--E. MacLelland

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH CHOOOOOOO!

I too am heading to bed.  I have just finished a Neo Citron and hopefully will wake up later today feeling much better and with less of a stuffy nose.

Night everyone.

7.30 a.m. England

Goodmorning, goodmorning, 'rise and shine' everyone.
Here we have another "empty page" to write on for our Saviour yes even if we cough and sneeze our way across it. Wow what a gift, another great day!

Pat Your words above have given me such encouragement and are just the thing on this wet, dark morning...especially as I am waiting on  something from Our Lord's treasury.  Now I can be truly expectant.  Thanks sis!

Have a "God-Day".
See you all later.
Jenny X

I just had to make my way here to say good morning tonight.

Welcome to all the new people who are finding Christian Photographers.  

Sonja,   neat that you are now working at what you love!  You are a great photographer and I'm sure your client will be very pleased with the end result.

 Marilyn, it always irks me when people don't take good care of their pets.  I'm still looking for my smaller, older female dog.  I had two calls today, but both were larger than I want.
One was a yellow lab mix, and the other had some German Shepherd.  I said "smaller" in my ad.  I guess I should have said SMALL.   I know I will find her when it's time for us to be together.

 I'm heading for bed now.  God bless.  love, nita

Re Creation Moment

Gosh, thanks Pat.  I learned something today..."never too late to learn".  Very, very interesting indeed.  I don't like animals being used in medical research but this does make you think and what an amazing discovery, all because someone didn't give up.
I shall have a look at this site again...thoroughly recommended folks.

Jenny

Keys for Kids

I checked out the CBH site also and it's great.  I even had a go at the crossword Pat.  Have taken the "Money" icon from my takbar and popped this on instead...Lots of fun  in store.  Also sent it onto James my grandson who has ME.

Jenny  

Its nearly 5:Am here in Guelph... and I haven't slept a wink.

I'm going over to the Prayer Forum... as I need your prayers for both Norm and myself.

You all know the medical problem., and I'm sure this stress is contributing to my sleepless nights.

Sure do wish I had Papa John or Brother Al I could talk to in person.  I'm sure they could give me the advice I desperately need.

Please be patient with me, as I'm not posting in here as much as I'd like.'

Thanks for understanding!

Love....Judy M.

GOOD MORNING 10.55 AM in Holland

PAT thank you for the good devotional this morning also for nice hymn yesterday.

JANET thank you for the nice storys i always love your
storys.

SONJA  I ALSO LIKE A BANANA SPLIT CAN YOU NOT SEND ME A LITTLE BIT hahaha

MY father must this afternoon for control to the hospital

I have not a lot news today i still have my problems with my eyes.
It is raining in Holland.
And we are thinking to bring our computer a view days to a good repairman but we first ask when he has time
so that the computer not so long is away.

WHEN JESUS COMES TO REWARD HIS SERVANTS,
 WHETHER IT BE NOON OR NIGHT,
FAITHFULL TO HIM WILL HE FIND US WATCHING,
WITH OUR LAMPS ALL TRIMMED AND BRIGHT?
                                                         CROSBY

JESUS is coming back! It may be soon.
It will be sudden.
Is that good news or bad? It's up to you.
                                             HADDON ROBINSON

I WISH YOU ALL A BLESSED DAY
BYT LOVE RIA

Hi Ria... and a Good Morning to you in Holland, from me here in Ontario.

I am about to go to bed though, as I've been awake allnight as you can read from my post above yours.

Its supposed to get very very cold here today....the coldest day of the year.....so far!...LOL

Have a wonderful day. everyone!

Love.....Judy M.

Good morning, Ria, Judy Mc., Jenny, Pat and all of you who make it in this beautiful morning.

Judy Mc.  I am sorry about your sleepless night.  I will keep you and your husband in my prayers today.

Ria, Your banana split is on it's way.  Get your bowl ready! hehehehee...    Thanks!

Jenny~I also like those sites you are talking about.  For some reason I haven't been able to listen to the Creation Moments on this computer. I have to read it instead which is a bother on my eyes.  Have a good afternoon.

Pat, I would have to say I am quilty of not thinking of God first when I get up in the morning.  I will focus on that this week and see how I do. Thanks for the suggestion and study!


My plans for the day:

The ISP is coming over today to upgrade my dsl.  
I wonder if it really will be faster then it already is???

School went well with the kids yesterday.  
Chandraya has learned how the vowels sound and is now putting the consonants with the vowels.  She is on the letter b.  ba be bi bo bu.  She is a quick learning.  She is already trying to make them words.  She is learning much quicker then my boys did.  Must be a girl thing or something, maybe just more patients.

The boys wrote a few poems. I will have to post them in here. They are pretty cute and funny.

Lila Mae is still doing great with the Potty Training Boot Camp.  She wares a diaper to bed and when we go somewhere.  

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Good morning to you all.....yes Judy Mc...it is very cold here in Guelph today and the wind is so strong and gusty....so it is a good day to stay inside......sorry to hear that you are not feeling well and will be praying for you today.....

well am off now to do more schooling with Ben and Hannah...God bless you all.In His Grace
Paulette

Judy, I am so sorry to hear of your stresses and medical situations.  I, too, will remember you in my prayers.  

Travis is officially beginning Potty Training Basic too.  We tried this morning, but mama was a bit slow on the draw.    Right now, he has on a pull up and is supposed to try and tell me.  We'll see.

I pray that each of you has a wonderful day.  May today, the day that the Lord has made, be one of blessing and revelation for you!!

Etta, how was the MRI?

Karmat How did the retreat go dear?
Gosh you will have fun now the potty training is in earnest...I can just remember my son, he thought it was a great game  ..shush, don't tell him I told you, you know men, they won't admit they were little boys...Once???  They always are where us Mums are concerned, eh girls?

Pat I posted up this morning that the devotional was meaningful and I told my son Christopher he would have good news today.  Well he has just phoned to say that he has been offered a job in the bookshop he always liked.  You know he left the previous one for serious reasons and that he then got work for the Inland Revenue (Our IRS), well he was finding the work very boring.  We prayed together about this and now a new door has opened. It's a large company with plenty of shops and the Manageress told Chris she wants him...no "pussyfooting" about this time.
Thanks to those who have continued to pray re Chris, especially Iain who has divine insight into Chris' problems.

I will be back later, just wanted to share good news with you all.

Love Jenny

Ria, I just love the words of the hymn that you quoted.  So, let's sing it together.  I wonder if Jesus will find all of us "watching".

Good Morning to you all Pat thank you for the devotional this morning and also for the information on "I Surrender All".

I am still having that pain in my shoulder/back near my neck. It sometimes runs down my arm depending what position my arm is in, especially when I am on the computer. Could this be computer related? Yes.

Going to vist my surgeon today. Will tell of the visit later.

TTYL

Well, Good Morning Everyone!

It's a nice sunny day here but oh, so cold.  I have a few little errands to do today so I better get going here and get them done.


I'm so sorry that it sounds as if you have a cold, Sue!  Hurry and get well.  I miss your mother's posts in here.


Glad that the devotional meant something for you and encouraged you, Jenny.  I used to print out those Keys for Kids and put them in a ring binder note book for my grandchildren to read when they came to visit me.


Sonja, I, too, am guilty of that as well.  Sometimes I wake and get busy and then realize that I did this.  I must also try to rectify this in my life.


I'm so sorry, Judy M. that you are having such difficulty right now.  Definitely, Al would be able to help you.  He's helped me much over the years both before Jack passed away and much after that happened.  So, write him sweetie.


Great to see you pop in, Paulette.  I hope you have a great day schooling those little dears.  I must pop over soon and see that new baby and have a cup of tea with you...even green tea!    I'm off to London this Thursday to have two crowns applied (if they are in from the lab).


I remember oh, so well, the potty training boot camps in this house so many years ago, Karma!  You and Sonja are going through things at the same time here!


Ria, as I said above, I love that hymn.  It was a favorite in our home here and Jack often sang it quietly as he read his Bible.

Quote from: Marilyn Fisher on January 06, 2004, 10:42:01 AM
I am still having that pain in my shoulder/back near my neck. It sometimes runs down my arm depending what position my arm is in, especially when I am on the computer. Could this be computer related? Yes.

Definitely it could be "computer-related", Marilyn.  Try to change your position to a more comfortable one.  Lower your mouse so that you don't have it on the desk and see if that helps.

PAT thank you for the hymn
"Will Jesus find us watching" about that have i writen this morning  but it is a very nice hymn

Jenny i am happy for Chris that he have work

Sonja i am waiting on the BANANA SPLIT hahaha


BYE LOVE RIA

Good morning!  I have had a nice swim and feel so much better for it.  Curtis is coming today to install more memory and reformat my computer, so I probably won't be around much today......on the computer, I mean!

Potty training boot camp brings back so many memories, both of my kids and grandkids, neices and nephews.  For some reason, the kids would usually "go" for me, but not for their moms.  I remember Jeff bringing Abby back in the house as they were leaving and asking me to take her to the bathroom, and she would go for me.  Not for them!  I did almost all the potty training with her.  Oh, how I do love little ones!

It is near zero here today, the coldest weather of the season.  Brrr!

Curtis just arrived, so see y'all later!

How was the MRI you ask?  Terrible!  The most scariest (is that a word?) I have ever had.  First she asked me what my favorite radio station was.  I said Country.  She had me to get on this skinny table/bed.  She put the ear plugs on me with Country music and said for me not to move when she tells me not to move.  I go in this tight tunnel.   My ear plugs come off.  I tell her.  I almost panicked then.  She moves me back out and we fix the ear plug.  I get moved back in and I said I was closing my eyes this time.  I sure didn't realize that I would be in there 25 minutes at one time.  I thought, in and out and in and out!  Terrible.  My arms were against the tunnel.  My hands clasped over my stomach was against the tunnel.  When we moved me back and forth for a different angle, my skin scraped the tunnel.  I was visualizing me getting stuck in there.  I am not a little woman....big, I am.  Then it seems like every where I was against the tunnel, it was hot but there was a cool breeze blowing through the tunnel.  I never liked being held down ever since my brother would hold me down and I had to say, "Uncle", before he would let me loose.  Then this jack hammer noises!!  That didn't bother me but when she said, 'The next will be for 4 minutes, next will be for 5 minutes, next will be for 2 minutes, it just seemed like it was never going to end.  Well, I prayed big time that God would keep me calm and keep me still so I wouldn't move.  I almost hyperventilated.  But I kept my eyes shut.  I just knew if I opened them I would go into hysterics.  The longest 25 minutes I have even spent.  But the girl said I did good.  When I stood up, I almost went back down until I took some deep breaths and got my feet on the floor again.  MRI's?  Not for me.  Never again unless they can put me out or put me in la-la-land so I don't care.  Terrible.  Scary!  I will probably have nightmares tonight!!!  Anyway, it will be 24-48 hours before the report will go to my doctor and then they will call me and let me know what the next step will be.  Then I get this receipt for $1,423 for 25 minutes of petrifying me!!!!!!!!

Marilyn, hon....your symptoms sounds like mine.  I had this same thing going when I started my PSP lessons in October.  Advil took care of it then.  Nothing stops the pain now.  And typing is the most painful for me to do.  I am praying that you won't have to go through what I have been going through since around December 16!!!!!

Ivalou took me for my MRI and we had breakfast out.  Then I remembered that tonight was our small groups meeting and the beginning of a Bible study.  So I will be going to get Jerry sometime so he can go with me.  

It is cold in Indiana.......5° F!!!!!!

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"What this country needs is another holiday--a day set aside to celebrate having survived all the others."

Hi everyone.  I also must confess that he devotional thoughts this morning hit me "right between the eyes".  

Judy, sure sorry to read that you are having sleeping and know that must be very frustrating.  Hope you were able to get some sleep after your early morning posting.

Etta Sue, glad that the MRI is over for you and sorry to hear it was just a terrifying experience.  It has been many years since I had an MRI but don't remember it being such tight quarters.  I think they also today have new machines that aren't the long tube like things.  I sure wouldn't like being confined like you were.  Hope the doctor will learn what the problems are so you can get some relief.

Jenny, glad to hear the news for your son.  It certainly isn't pleasant to have to do boring work all day long.  Please keep us posted.

Marilyn, you might try putting something on your lap where you could use your mouse and also try changing the angle or height (if possible) of your monitor.  I like to be able to look down a bit at the monitor screen or have it right across from me.  It is also important that your keyboard be at the right height, which is usually a little lower than desk height.  

It is cold here today and is only 39 degrees right now.  We are suppose to get down to 17 degrees tonight (a good electric blanket type of night).  It sounds like it is cold about everywhere we have CP folks.

It is time for me to leave for Calvin Cove to sing with the folks.

Etta, my SIL is an MRI technician.  You did do good.  Many of them have to be sedated.  

Jenny, thanks for asking how the retreat went.  I know it was supposed to be a "business" type thing, and encouraging us and motivating us to do our best in Mary Kay, but all Friday and Saturday morning it felt more like a spiritual retreat.  Nothing so much that was said (though about 12 of the around 14 directors there were very obviously and boldly Christian), but more the atmosphere, if that makes sense.  
After lunch, our National Sales Director, Alia, spoke with us.  (I found out that since this was basically a local or small regional event, to have a National there was a big, big deal).  I was, in a word, blessed by her.  She is very successful in Mary Kay (she has earned over 1 million dollars, not to mention cars, etc).  I half expected her to be very snooty and condescending.  Boy, was I wrong.  Talk about the girl next door, and she made it clear that she was a Christian and she did what she did for Jesus Christ.
My director, Gena, emailed me last night.  Her is what part of it said. (Background information:  Margaret is another senior sales director, like Gena, who would introduce the directors as it was their turn to speak)

QuoteThis business can truly be a mission field. I don't know if you noticed that Margaret didn't introduce me before my class or not. When I tell you where she and Alia were, you'll choke. They were out in the hall with a consultant who was giving her life to the Lord. She said that Alia "glowed" to her and that she HAD to talk to her. Long story short, her eternity was changed forever.

Is that cool or what?   You go to a "business" retreat and find Jesus Christ.  Am I challenged?  You bet.  I want to have that "glow" that is so strong people have to know what it is.  To do that, my life, my walk, my talk, my everything has to be focused on Jesus.  He is indeed awesome!

Poor Etta Sue be happy that you have had the MRI scan  i also must nothing have from MRI scans
terrible  here in Holland they ask also will you have musik but that is helping nothing.

Marylin when must you have the MRI scan i wish you a lot power.

Bye love Ria

Karma.

Trust me, You got the "glow".  I can feel it from here dear sister.
I am sure everyone is warmed by your "fire" for the Lord. You are very special and those ladies were equally blessed by you.

Love You,
Jenny X

Hello all, just enjoyed this article and thought others might too.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2003/002/2.44.html

Hello Pat,
It's very quiet here tonight, or rather is it this afternoon in Canada?

Just popped in before I go to bed and spotted you over in the corner. Is it snowing there still?  Its very cold and raining here...so damp,  no wonder I am still coughing my heart out.

Thanks for the lovely music Pat.  I enjoy listening and have all the media players to hand now.

"All one's life is music if we touch the notes right and in time."  Ruskin


I am lost for words, that must mean it's time for me to shut up and get to bed.

See you tomorrow,
Good night and God bless.
Love Jenny X

Good evening everyone, Brrr, it is very cold here in Illinois today, too, but tomorrow, we go back up in the 30s, thank you, Lord! Marilyn, my friend, I hope the doctor had good news for you, and you will be better.Pat, your devotional was very inspirational today; I, too, jump out of bed, and get busy. I always remember to talk to the Lord while I am walking my dog, but I need to take your devotional to herart, and thank Him earlier. I pray you all have a blessd day.
Love in Him,
Cami

Well, hello everyone...  Quiet here today as Jenny has mentioned.  I've been doing "stuff" most of the day--trying to get tidied up for 2004.  Lots to do yet.

Got a silly headache.  It's a lot better now though.


Good words to an old hymn, JudyB!

Yes, Jenny, I was probably checking out another area of CP when you saw me.  LOL  It's been blowing snow most of the day.  It's been very, very cold outside.

Larry, did you have a good time singing at Calvin Cove?

Good article, Chris and Margit.  How are you both today?  I guess you've long gone to bed for the night but I hope that you both are much better than you were.

Hi Cami!  Great to see you.  How's the weather where you are?  Yes, I think that probably we're all able to say that our first thoughts of the day aren't of our Saviour.  Sad.

Jenny, I'm sure I saw Chris online earlier.  Did he post?  How is he?  

Glad you are home, Karma.  Sounds as if you had a wonderful time at your convention.

Thinking about you, Etta Sue!  What a terrible time you had.  I had an MRI this past year but it wasn't as scary as yours.

I certainly hope that you, Judy McKenna, have a much better sleep tonight.  We're praying for both you and Norm.