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Morning Devotional...


Who by Him [Jesus] do believe in God, that raised Him up from the dead.
1 Peter 1:21

Some profess to have difficulty in believing God. What proof is there of a personal, loving God in this modern, scientific age?

Peter would say to such doubters:

• Study the life of Jesus.
  
  
• Read about His miracles
  
  
• Study His beautiful teaching in the Gospels
  
  
• Think about His death, His burial and His resurrection.
  
  
• Read about His resurrection appearances to many people over a period of forty days--men and women who were willing to die for their faith, rather than deny the reality of a risen Christ.

Read, study, believe the eye witness accounts and you too will believe the living God.
--D. Norbie

This is kinda cheatin', but since today's topic is locked up.  I'll post for tomorrow's, even though tomorrow is 7 minutes away.

Always wanted to be # 1 in something.  Well, that's not entirely true, Pat is always  # 1 here, in more ways than one.

And I do appreciate your devotional's each day....A good way to start the day.

Have you noticed the time elapsed between when I started and finally finished?  Typo's all over the place.

Ed, that's so nice of you.  I'm glad you posted in "tomorrow's" on "today" and "first!"

Time lapse Eddie., was only 4 minutes.  "You done good"..LOL

I'm just dropping in for a minute or two...just checking up on you guys.

Its past my bedtime., and I'm praying that I will be able to sleep tonight.  Today was a very frustrating one for me.  I got literally "stalled" in a car wash for over 2 hours.

I was in line...and the car ahead (a Jaguar) broke down., and had to be towed out.  It wasn't all that simple though. They eventuallyhad to call in a mechanic whose specialty if Jaguars., and he even had a difficult time unlocking the car's auto. transmission system.  Its a long story...and too involved to put fown here so that you can understand it. (I hardly understand it myself...and I was there...lol).

Hopefully, I'll be back here much later on today!!

Love to all.....Judy Mc.

Judy M...........

Were you in a convertible?



Just shop talk..........

Last week Vivian and I went to a ladies funeral and her 84 year old husband was there.  Three days later he died of a stroke.  Today we went to his funeral and the same pastor conducted the services.  I was afraid he was going to say "Welcome back everyone."

Oh, Lee...

Now, is that true or what?  




Please go and see the really nice photos that Gareth has sent from England.  I love the "Mud Mooring" one.

CLICK HERE

10.15 a.m. U.K.

Goodmorning from England.

Thanks Pat.  I am one of those "who by Him" etc.,  Praise God!

Fast Eddie.  Well you didi it.  First! Congratulations!

Oh Judy, how dreadful for you.  That is one of my nightmares.  Just the thought of being stuck in a car in a car wash.   I get claustrophobic in cars as I do not drive one.  You poor lady. That can't have helped your arthritic condition or nervous system at all.  How are you today? .....Thinking of you!

Lee It is so good for us Christians to be able to look death in the face and smile.  

Ria Hallo.  It's not snowing here today but it was very cold last night and icy this morning.  The sun is shining.I hope your toe is much improved now dear sister.  

Have a wonderful weekend folks.
Love,
Jenny.

GOOD MORNING ALL 11.06 in HOLLAND

PAT thank you for the devotional this morning i always love it to read in the morning yes we have morning but you all on the other site from the ocean are sleeping.
And thank you also for the nice hymn
"TILL THE STORM PASSES BY"

GARETH you are making awesome photo's i have take a look on your site what a lot photo's you have. But we Dutch people can understand
Afrikaans. That is no problem for us.

SONJA have you had a good night 3 nights Sonja now and then you have your new camera
i think you are very happy then.

There are by the Asylum seekers they may stay in Holland they are to sick. That are people
with bad kiddness and they have now haemo dialysis.
When they are go away then they are in a short time death.
My first husband also your husband Pat have also had haemo dialyses and we know how necessary that is.
My first husband always say i have friends but the dialysis machine is my greatest friend. And in the country's
from the seekers there is no dialysis now has the government say they may stay. I also say we can not send people away they then soon will be die.
But there may no own more come in Holland.
And the others are going.

It is -5*C in Holland but sunny no wind beautiful
weather.

But it is weekend then it is always busy here. The friends of my son are coming and go
sometimes my son is also with his friends going to the cinema. Then we have rest. I have get from my son last two movies on DVD and we will this weekend take a look.

John 16 : 33
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.

       GOD  IS  GREATER

 God is greater than all life's problems,
      greater than heartache or pain -
       when the world and its trouble
        are remembered no more,
      God's love will always remain.

I wish you all a Blessed weekend
Love RIA            

Hi Jenny we have no snow and my toe there is bandage on but no more so much as first but i can on this moment still no have on shoes.
Monday i must back to the doctor.


Our dogs have booth had a bloodtest but they are allright but there is again a dog death trough the poison on streets and grass. Now we go no more walk with the dogs they can also behind the house that is better. But now they know that a person in our neighbour he or she is living in a great building with appartments for
older being people he or she is doing that.
Now there are peolpe they are looking the hole days who is doing that because in the building there are living such a lot people. But it is terrible. Who is doing such things
Bye love RIA

John had a wonderful post about his trip, and it is posted in cyberspace.  We are now rushing around for praise team and our trip to North Bay.  

In case you have a map of Ontario, follow highway 11 north to NorthBay and then back south just a little bit to the town of Powassan,  That is where we are, just outside town, in the boonies of the north.

Well gotta run , Good morning all
Later
JudyB

G'mornin' all y'all.  It's a very unusual morning here - not raining!  For the last several days there's been lots and lots of it, though it hasn't been especially cold.  Makes the redwood trees grow.  Shopping down in Eureka today.  We go to a place called Winco Foods, which is a discount grocery.  It has excellent prices, but it's about 16 or 17 miles from here, so we do the week's worth at one time.
God bless everyone's day!

Good morning!  

Thanks Karmat for answering my question.  
Are you going to submit to any challenges on dpc?
I'm not.

Pat, did you get your mug situation worked out?
hehehee...ahem..  

JudyMc.  I am so sorry to hear that.  I would have been upset too.  No one should have to be put through that.  Why couldn't everyone just back out?
Hope your day goes better today.  It also makes me think about putting a bible in the vehicle so when something like that happens to me I will have something to read.

Larry~How is your trip going?  Enjoying that warm Florida weather.  


Hi Al Moak, have a fun day shopping.

Ria~I am sorry to hear about those dogs.  They need a P.I. over there to investigate.  I could do that.  I love doing things like that. hehehe... I hope the find the mean person.  

Jenny~Jenny~Not snow!  This feels like the longest winter ever for us.  We got to go sledding 1 time this winter.  Either it was to cold to go outside or it was nice but no snow.  Chandraya is not a happy camper.  She loves sledding and so does the rest of us.  

Lila Mae sure is enjoying this warm weather we have been having. We have been practicing our art with chalk on the sidewalks.  She can draw a circle and say "Circle, Mommy, Circle" I love it. hehehe

I am going to stay off the computer most the day.  I be in periodicly through out the day.  


Soni

Good morning from windy Kansas!  Yesterday the temp got up to 73*, just a glorious day!  Then we got some wind, but today is even windier.  Oh, well.........that's Kansas!

Darrel isn't feeling at all well today.  He said he was awake from 1:00 on, and his stomach is upset.  I hope he feels better soon.

Ria, when we lived in town, someone was always putting out poison and killing dogs.  We tried to keep ours in their pen at all times, but sometimes they would dig out.  We never had any get into the poison and die, thankfully.  I do not understand why people do such things.  They have a serious problem!

Papa John!!!  Thanks for checking in with us, and have a wonderful time at the couples' retreat.  We love you and Cornelia.

Thanks for the link, Marilyn.  The only problem I had was it scrolled by so fast I couldn't read all the words.  Will have to take another look at it.

Hi, Soni!  Boy, we are looking forward to seeing lots of photos from that fancy new camera!!

Hey, Zachery---are you already picking out things to photograph with yours and Troy's camera?  How fun!

Pat, I had trouble with email yesterday, and everything was very slow.  I wasn't using MSN much, so didn't notice anything there.

I think I will work on Mark's memory album some today.  I must NOT let it go until the last minute, or it will not be finished in time for graduation next spring. (Not this spring.)  He is working hard finishing up the requirements for his Eagle Scout award.  Of course, we are so proud of him!

Tomorrow we will be going to see The Passion of the Christ, and looking forward to it, and dreading it at the same time.  Is today when you are going, Etta Sue?

Jane, I do understand that it is not always possible to express our feelings in mere words.

Time to find some food!

Good Morning. I am off today and have things to do  here, then I have to go back to the grocery store because I forgot to give them my store coupons  yesterday, I had them with me just forgot.  There is a brach of my bank right there in the store which makes it very convenient.  

Janet I also found that the pictures go by too fast and have to go take another look. I thought that site was just sooooo AWESOME. I would also be great for home schooled kids to see.

Jenny dear how are you doing? I need to get an email off to you later today.

Karma  hope you are rested today by the time you come in here to post. My prayers have been with Bernards family.

TTYL

THANK you SONJA and JANET for your words about dogs  I also can not understand why people are doing such. I have had lucky but the dogs they are death
they are not so young more they can that no have.
But i ask also how can people do this.

BYE LOVE RIA

Janet and Marilyn ... You can pause the scrolling on that site.  There's a "button" for that in the lower right.     I know ... it took me a while to figure that out myself!  

Hope all y'all have a really awesome day.  I am thinking about washing curtains today, and taking the drapes to the cleaners ... These wood stoves really play havoc with soot and smoke on everything!!  

Then ... I will probably read and/or watch a video the rest of the day.  OR, I might take a drive out to the ocean for a while ... Y'know, I can't get too ambitious all in one day.  

I am off to buy some framing stuff.  

I was asked to put my a few of my pictures in a silent auction for the "Chuckles for Charity". I am excited.

I got 3 that I might choose, I just need to get them put in the frames and a card which will give a discription about the photo.  Good way to get my name out anyway.  
There will be a lot of lawyers and doctors there.
This is also the charity event Troy and Zachery will be in.  All the money they make will go to the church youth group. March 5 is when this takes place.

Talk with you all later.

5.25 p.m. u.k.

Wow...Jane...ambitious!!!

Well, guess who'se been very ambitious today?.....Me!

This afternoon Chris was going up to the precinct to do some  banking for me. Since we do not drive he uses the bus.  However,spurred on by Judy Mc.  I decided to have a taxi ride up the hill and he came with me.  I left him at the shopping centre and the driver drove me home.,  Now this doesn't seem much to you "drivers" but for me having been shut indoors for most of the Winter it was a "big" event. I had to overcome a panic attack to do it, I just kept thinking of Judy Mc..It's doubly hard to go in a car with a strange driver when you are a mobility scooter person. God was so good, He provided a lovely young Asian driver who gave me his number and will collect me again. I phoned the lady at the taxi office to say how kind he was and she is going to tell his boss....Jesus said "do unto others as you would have them do to you" and I think it is good to give credit where credit is due....do you folks agree?

Judy Mc. I love you.  God Bless dear. See how He uses you..."part of the body" for little me over the ocean.

Marilyn.  It will be so nice to get an e mail from you!

Ria 'Hallo' dear.  I am going to have something  to eat now and will write later...O.K? I am going to watch a video too.  Audrey Hepburn and Wm. Holden in "Paris When it Sizzles".  I had a set of her films from Helen for Christmas.  I am a great admirer of Audrey Hepburn. I will be sewing some of my little mouse toy together also. Hope you enjoy the videos you are seeing today also.

Soni Enjoy the "rest"...How's the Potty Boot Training camp?

Papa John and Zach ...Hello for later.

Love to everyone.
Jenny.

Since it is a lovely sunny day I am thinking of driving up to the Vista Point and see if the ocean is still  sending in those high waves.  I still have to vacumm my house and fold 2 loads of laundry go to the store. But I have all day to get it all done. The Kids have gone off somewhere , with a table some things and a cash box.
Must be going to sell some of Gilbert's glassware.

Jenny I have sent off the email

Pat I do hope you get those mugs all straightened out. Well not actually the mugs I can just see you taking eaach mucg and rolling it out straight. LOL LOL LOL. You know what I mean.

Soni that is so cool to have your pictures in a silent auction. I am happy for you to be getting your new camera in 2 more days after today. Whooppee

Hi Jane good to se you posting again. I see you are about as ambitious as I am today. I Want to go take some pictures.

TTYL

I was telling the lady next door about my "mug" problem and she's bought 12 of them!  So...


Now, there are some people I'm sure missing around here...


Where are you???

Hi Ria: I see you online: I also noticed that you said you toe is doing better. How is your father? I am glad that your doggies are not going out for walks on the street anymore, it is good to protect them. I am so carful with mi9ne. Dogs are special little friends to love you no matter what, they still love you. I think that God is the only one who loves us more than our dogs.

JENNY i also take a look to a movie on DVD this
evening i have two on this moment i don't no wich
booth movies from my son.
The one is the Twins that is a Dutch movie and the other is a true story  HAVEN.

But it is cold in Holland now it is -4*C

I wish you all a nice afternoon and evening in Holland it is now evening 7.40PM

MARYLIN thank you but my fahter is allright on 7 march
he is being 79 years but now endly he know that he can walk a little bit slower he always was walking so hard
i say walk not so hard. But now he know also that he
must a little bit slowly walk .He has time enough.

Bye Love RIA

Pat...........

Yes, the part about the husband dying three days later is true.  The pastor did not say "Welcome back."  I was just musing at the funeral hoping he wouldn't.

Lee, that is probably the way that couple would have wanted to go----together, or nearly so.  Knowing folks are Christians takes most of the sting out of death.

I have been trying to get started on Mark's book again, then remembered I promised to bring dessert for lunch tomorrow, had to go to the store, then eat lunch, now here I am again.........think the book will put itself together??

I wish I could drive a short distance and see the ocean............don't you, Pat?    Marilyn and Jane, you are so blessed, to get to live near the ocean.

Darrel is still sick, running a fever and having chills.  I don't know what it is, but sure hope he is well by morning or he will miss seeing the Passion.

Ria and Jenny, enjoy your movies!  Darrel is watching one now on TV.  I wish I could watch/listen to them in my studio, but my VCR I had in there quit working.

Beth got such a blessing today!!  Her former boss, Lori, saw her at the Post Office and they visited a while, then Lori told Beth she would come out and visit her later.  She did, and brought along five big bags of groceries for Beth!  Lori's husband is a hunter, so she brought a lot of meat, which is the biggest expense of a grocery bill, as you know.  I told Beth that when she gets back on her feet, to remember those who are blessing her, and to pass along a blessing to someone else in need.

I just discovered I have sore muscles!  I have been trying to improve my form while swimming (I never really learned to swim properly) and sure enough, I am using muscles I didn't use before.  That's good!

Jenny, well done!
That takes a lot of courage, going out like that, fighting panic attacks are no joke.
BTW. But be careful when on your bike you don't end up in a carwash. lol  

Okay ... I'm reporting back in.     I have washed, ironed and rehung the curtains and taken the drapes to the cleaners ... so I've got half of my "ambitious" list accomplished.     I have to get busy, now, and dust/polish furniture and vacuum this place ... a lot of "hidden" stuff shows up when light is shed on it.  [Now, I think there's a sermon there someplace.... ]

I still plan to take a drive out to the ocean in a little while.  Gotta do these things when the time is right ... it just so happens it isn't raining today.  The wind isn't blowing either .... Away I go >>>>>>

Have fun, Jane, and snap a couple of photos for me!

SONI~That's great that you've been asked to show your photos!  It really will be a good "exposure" and get you some publicity... maybe even some new clients!  

The video I'm hoping to watch later today is one I borrowed when unpacking Bev's books and tapes, etc. for our church lending library: "The Reality of the Person of the Holy Spirit" a sermon by Rodney Howard-Browne.  I'm really looking forward to it.  

Hey JANET... I always have fun!    But .... Nita is the one with the camera around here.  
That's really wonderful news for Beth ... Boy, do I know about meat being the greatest expense on a grocery list.  God is so good ... all the time!

Well I drove to Vista Point and there was nothing much happening. Just a lot of debri on the beach and normal wave action. Got everything else done too. Now I am going to do my excersises that the Dr. told me to do I am also back to using my little 3 lb. weights as he told me to do some weight bearing  stuff too.

TTYL

U.K. 8.50p.m.

Pat.  Thank-you for your kindness in posting those pics...I do my best!

Chris and Margit.  God Bless you for the encouragement.


Good night and God Bless .