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Morning Devotional...


Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love Thee. 
Ps.  122:6


The world's focus is consistently on the Middle East.

There in the Fertile Crescent was the womb of the human race--physically, spiritually, socially and prophetically.  Today it is the news and nerve center in world affairs.

When you think of Jerusalem (peace), Bethlehem (bread), and Nazareth (good), how great the contrast with Babylon (apostasy), Baghdad (aggression), and Beirut (adversity), the arena of the gathering storm.

Our counsel is to pray.

This is our bulwark as it was for the prophets of the Bible in a godless and lawless age. Are our prayers fervent and forceful at such a time as this generation (Prov. 30:11-14)?

Lord, teach us to pray!
--Les Rainey

QuoteBy Janet~Today I did something really dumb!    I locked my keys in my car while I was at Dollar General.  Thank goodness, my friend Dee came and rescued me, brought me home so I could get the spares and bring my car home.  I had to call Darrel on his cell phone to ask where the spare keys were.  But the last time I did that stunt was in the middle of a blizzard, and I was in Dodge City.  At least I could have walked home today if necessary..........it would only have been about three miles.

See you all tomorrow!

Troy did this about 2 weeks ago or so.  We had to walk 2 miles to the house to get the extra set of keys from the house and then walk back.  We had the girls with us on our way to the house.  It wasn't to bad though.  We had a good time.

Glad you were able to get a ride.

I got most my prints uploaded.  I will be busy 1 more day and than I can take a little break.

Thanks Papa John! I think I like this picture better too. 

I better head to bed.  Another long day tomorrow.

Love you all
Soni

P.s. I will go take a looksee at the new pictures.

I hope everyone sings all 16 verses of today's hymn! ;o)  The words are really lovely.

Hi Everyone-
Just a quick note before I get off the computer ..I just thought I would stop by and say Hello-Thank You for all the nice comments about my recent photo's, I am having alot of fun with my new camera.
I haven't felt well today-so, I am going to go to bed early tonight and try and get some rest.
I pray that all of you have a blessed day tomorrow.
Karma-praying potty boot camp goes well lol.
Rachelle

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LIBERATION DAY in HOLLAND  11.22AM

PAT thank you very much for the devotional
this morning and the very nice hymn "Jerusalem The Golden" we in Holland have also hymns about Jerusalem.But not this own.

A lot people have say something about Remberingsday in Holland i am you very thankfull for that this was Rememberingsday in the hole country but there are more days but then not in the hole country.
But 4-5 May shall been forever. Today is it Liberationday some people are not working today. Today in some places
are festivity. But once in the 5 years and that will now be
the coming year 2005. Then is every own free and then then there are very great festivity in the hole country.
Also this year there are Canadian and American people in Holland sometimes a old soldier but also a lot young soldiers. And that is every year a happening.
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR US
ALSO THE LITTLE CHILDREN FROM NOW ARE LEARN ABOUT THAT TIME.

JANET the Holocaust has been very very terrible When we that see on TV that is making you cold
And the NEW EUROPEAN UNIE is not good. Sunday 10 new country's in the  Unie and about a short time also Turkey
is coming.
And it is true the constitution will not have even one mention of God. BUT NOTHING CAN ME SEPARETE OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
But there are also coming islamic country's in the Unie
Turkey is an Islamic country what must that be
I don't like the Unie.
You have right Janet we are living in a terrible world.


EDDIE the underground network has done very great work in the war with danger for their own lives.
But we are going this summer to Westerbork one of the camps from where the Jewish people are going to Germaney and then i shall make photo's from what there is. I shall send them to Pat and i hope that she the photo's will put on CP.

But the weather in Holland is not so nice rainshowers and dark i hope that this afternoon is coming the sun.
It has also been on the Dutch TV about the virus Sasser and also Netsky. I have this morning my computer first gif a scan. And the mails they i get are being scanned also on Sasser trough my provider.

1 Thessalonians 5 : 16-18
Be joyfull always; pray continually;
give thanks in all circumstances, for this
is God's will for you in Jesus Christ.

                CLOSE  TO  YOU

                     I trust You with the details of my days, Lord -
                                   I pray to know Your will,
                              I praise you for what You send,
                              I rejoice in the peace of living
                                            close to You
                         
                   
                   
                                 

Love and prayerfully for you all
Ria   

                                 

Quote from: Ria on May 05, 2004, 06:14:44 AM


But the weather in Holland is not so nice rainshowers and dark i hope that this afternoon is coming the sun.
It has also been on the Dutch TV about the virus Sasser and also Netsky. I have this morning my computer first gif a scan. And the mails they i get are being scanned also on Sasser trough my provider.

1 Thessalonians 5 : 16-18
Be joyfull always; pray continually;
give thanks in all circumstances, for this
is God's will for you in Jesus Christ.
               

Ria, it rained all through the night here.  Great for our gardens but hopefully it will stop today so we can go for a walk! 

I love that verse you've quoted, Ria.  What a good rule for us to follow today.  Be joyful always and pray continually!  And let's not forget to give thanks for the situations we find ourselves in.

Good morning, friends, Imagine the wonderful fellowship we have here - and how much MORE WONDERFUL it will be in heaven.

I've been thinking about that lately. There's an old old song I remember. The name of it is "Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All." I think that kinda sums up the way I feel this morning.

Y'all have a good day.

Ruth Ann

Quote from: Sonifo on May 05, 2004, 12:31:08 AM


Troy did this about 2 weeks ago or so.  We had to walk 2 miles to the house to get the extra set of keys from the house and then walk back.  We had the girls with us on our way to the house.  It wasn't to bad though.  We had a good time.

Ohhh, Soni!  But what a nice walk!


Janet, glad your friend was nearby to help you out! 

Quote from: Rachelle on May 05, 2004, 01:07:16 AM

..I just thought I would stop by and say Hello-Thank You for all the nice comments about my recent photo's, I am having alot of fun with my new camera.

I haven't felt well today-so, I am going to go to bed early tonight and try and get some rest.

Rachelle, we're looking forward to your photos too!      Start feeling better soon. 

Hi Ruth Ann...  You off to work?  Have a great day!

From "Creation Moments" today...


Job 10:10-11

"Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese, clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews?"

We all know that we each started out as a single cell in our mother's womb. Then those cells began to divide and within 21 days we had a working nervous system and a beating heart. How did all those new cells know how to hook up to each other to knit together our nerve connections? How do other cells know to hook up with each other to make our circulatory system, or form the heart? A fascinating new theory has now been proposed, based on the fact that every cell in your body has the same active genes that your nose uses to enable you to smell.

Known as olfactory genes, these genes have no known reason to be active in every one of your cells. Mammals and humans have more than a thousand different olfactory genes. One or another of these crisscrosses each of your cell seven times. Researchers already know that these genes were crucial to the development of your sense of smell as you formed in your mother's womb. As you formed, the nerve cells in your nose sent out growths, called axons, toward your brain. Each of those axons finally grew into the part of the brain called the olfactory bulb. Once there it hooked up with the cell designed to sense the specific scent detectable by the nerve cell in your nose that sent it out. It has now been proposed that olfactory genes are active in every one of our cells because this same method of wiring our noses for smell is used to link all our cells as we form in the womb. If so, this system of knitting our unborn bodies together is an elegant and precise product of a loving Cr! eator. You weren't put together by chance or by mindless forces.


Prayer: Father, I thank You that You hand made me, and still love me. Amen.



Ref: John Travis, Dialing up an Embryo, Science News, v.154, p.106

I just read the most recent Psalm study (#145). It reminded me of why I take pictures....

I'll be spending the day in and out of the house moving stuff into the RV, and stuff we're not keeping into the garage for the yard sale or for giving to the grown kids or just storing at our son's house. Plus I need to fit in an hour's run and touch up my roots (Grandma here denying the inevitable)
And e-mail my replacement at work with tips to make her adjustment easier... I hope I remember to pray without ceasing!
Ellie

QuoteI've been thinking about that lately. There's an old old song I remember. The name of it is "Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All." I think that kinda sums up the way I feel this morning. [/color]

Ruth Ann, we used to sing that song a lot but it has been years since I have heard it.  It DOES speak the truth.  Heaven is worth it all.  Jesus gave his life on the cross so we could go to heaven.

Col 3:15-17
15   Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
16   Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
17   And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
(NIV)

Yesterday I ordered a new camera, a Toshiba  PDR-4300, 4.0 Megapizels and a lot of bells and whistles.

Tonight I am going to speak at our mid-week class on the fact that even when we get old we aren't finished serving the Lord.



--- Old Papa John          <)))><<   
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Marilyn, what is the file extension of the gold gradient and where did you put it on your computer?  Did you put it in your gradients folder in the JASC program?

Pat it just says gold gradient after I extracted the file. It is in the gradient folder. before I unzipped it --had .jdg as thje extension. some of the people have finished this weeks lessons already and they didn't seem to have a problem with it. I emailed the group and no one ahas answetred me yet.

Thanks Pat for the devotion and the insert "Creation Moments"

Thanks Papa John for the verses you added.  Can't wait to see what you get out of that new camera. 

Great photos, Rachelle!

Hi Ellie!  You are doing good with posting.  Great shot of your grandbaby.  What a precious moment to capture.

Karma, how's the boot camp coming along?

Good morning to the rest of you.  Hope you all have a fine day.

Good Morning to you all. I have some catching up to do in my novice PSP class if  can ever open that file. I am going to go one with the other lessons in the mean time and come backtothat one later.

The movers are moving Bea today, I got her all packed yesterday and came home tired.

Gilbert and Sarah got that 3 bedroom house so they are packing up to move too. I will sure miss being next door to them.  I am tking Savannah shopping Saturday to get something for Sarah for mother's day. It will be our first outing without with just me and her since I have beeen here.

Ria thank you for telling us all about Rememberance day  in Holland. I am sure that the devastation of WW11 still is very fresh in the minds of Europe  even though all these years have passed.

My thoughts on the latest  news about the  terrible things done to those Iraqi prisoners are that this is just as bad as what the Germans did to the Jews. They need to be held accountable and punished by court martial and prison time themselves.

TTYL

Good morning!  My body didn't want to get up and go swim this morning, but I said "I'm the boss, and you WILL get up!"  Now the body feels a lot better! 

Ria, you are such an inspiration to us!  And I wonder how you always find such nice little verses each day.  I appreciate you.

Papa John, you're right!  As Christians, we shouldn't even think about retirement.  As long as we have life, we should serve God in whatever ways are available to us.  God bless you!

Hi, Sonja!  My walk home would have been up a long hill, and in a very strong wind, and alone, so I'm glad Dee could come rescue me!  Bet I won't do that again for a while.

I am going to Hugoton to get my flowers this morning, get to see my Abby, too!

Quote from: Janet on May 05, 2004, 10:46:07 AM

Good morning!  My body didn't want to get up and go swim this morning, but I said "I'm the boss, and you WILL get up!"  Now the body feels a lot better! 

Janet, what time does the pool open?  Are there many there when you go?

Good morning all!


Marilyn, I sent you a PM.  What is the title of the lesson you are doing?

How is Potty Boot Camp doing, Karma!  I remember my mother doing the potty training but Tony wouldn't do it in a potty....he had to go outside!  That was just about as hard to break!!!!

Nice and sunny here in Indiana.  Looks like a great day to work outside.  I need to mow the yard, do some weed eating.  But I am so glad that the dandelions are curling up since Tony sprayed my yard.  Even Inky and Ali are enjoying watching Kitty TV and seeing the birds flying around. 

Small Groups last evening was very educational and enjoyable.  I only have 14 days to clean, shine, bake, cook, and shop for all of them to come here.  I am excited as well as apprehensive.

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"A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing."

Hi everyone.  Am enjoying a day with no appointments or commitments.  We are not even having choir practice tonight-got a week off.  However, this evening Pat and I are going to the Longhorn Steak House for dinner as I was given a nice gift card from one of the organizations for which I do their webpage. 

We found out yesterday that our plan to add a bathroom using space in our attic probably isn't going to work so we are again considering adding on to our house to make it handicapped accessible for our daughter while praying that she doesn't become handicapped. 

Papa John, your new camera sounds great.  I would like to get a new digital camera but will wait for awhile and use my old Sony Maciva as it still works perfectly although doesn't produce the best quality pictures (of course that might have something to do with the person behind the camera). 

Marilyn, afraid I must differ with you on the seriousness of what has happened to the Iraqi prisioners.  We are not exterminating the prisioners and what we have is a few people who have become overzealous in the performance of the tasks they were assigned in trying to get information from them that would help in the war effort and a breakdown in supervision.

Marilyn, wish I could help you with the PSP file problem but don't have a clue.

Janet, if you had to lock your keys in your car it sounds like you did it at the right place and time.  Glad it turned out well.  I will often double-check my pocket to be sure I have the keys there before closing the car door. 

Sonja, I get the strong impression that you find a way to make most situations a pleasant experience for your family rather than getting upset about a situation.  That is great that you can turn things into a family fun experience.

Ellie, are you all giving up your house and just living in the RV?  I know there are a lot of people who do that and have a wonderful time traveling from place to place in an unhurried manner.  Know you must be excited to get started.

Pat, that was an interesting Creation Moment and your devotional is very timely with the events in the world.  I just have this very strong sense that God in putting the world in position for the Last Days and it is comforting to know that "Heaven Will Be Worth It All".

Ria, I think you are probably right in your concern about the EU but expect that also relates to the point of Pat's devotional posting today.

Rachelle, hope today finds you feeling better.  Glad you are enjoying your new camera so much.

Ruth Ann, you are doing a great job with the Prayer & Praise Lists. 

Etta Sue, what is "Kitty TV"?  Don't fret about your house and your upcoming hosting.  The people are coming to see you and the other folks and the house is just incidental.  Of course, this may just be a "man" perspective!

Fast Eddie, Jeanne  and June, good to see you posting.

A few more "Christian One Liners"

QuoteWe were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.

Outside of traffic, there is nothing that holds this coutnry back as much as committees.

Be ye fishers of men.  You catch them - He'll clean them.  (Edit:  Isn't this a great one?)

Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.

Don't put a question mark where God put a period.

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Janet and Karma, I feel a little less silly for leaving my keys in the car.  I was in Downtown Toronto at an eye doctors appointment and left the car with the keys sitting on the seat, passenger side.  The car was locked up.   A very kind lady with 2 children called CAA for me and it took about a minute to get into the car.  God was watching over the car, it could easily have been stollen.  No way to walk home I was about 300 miles from home! ! ! 

The weather is cold and damp here in the north.  About plus 8*C, and overcast.   

Have a good day everyone.

JudyB

Talking about locking ourselves out the car-I took my husbands car on sunday and had the keys with me but locked the car up-the problem was i didn't have a key to unlock the car door lol..Thank the Lord we had our Dog Shasta with us and we left the window half way down.
and so my daughter was able to stick her arm in the car and unlock the windows.
Taking a little break from House work now-and then I got to get back to work-Im feeling a little better today.
Good to read all the post-
Well, need to go I will be back later.
Hugs
Rachelle

I'm thankful today to be sitting here and hearing the sounds of a power mower and weedeater off and on.  I can't do much of the yard work these days, but I have a brother in the church who does yard work for a living.  I pay him what I can, which doesn't cover it all, but I'm able to go over to his house and help them set up their home financial system.  Praise the Lord for His people!

The smell of fresh cut grass.  The sound of mowers and weed eaters.  The children playing and running in the streets.  Awww...the joys of spring.

Rachelle, you were pretty lucky!

I am getting ready to head out the door for dance.  Be back LATER.
Soni

Hi, friends,

I took my cell phone charging wire with me to work this morning, since I was so tired last night I ws "addle-pated" and forgot to charge the phone up.

Well, sometime during the morning, I unhooked the phone to use it, and then, when I came back to my chair, I rolled over it with my chair. Now, with the chair, plus my weight, needless to say, I murdered that poor charging wire.

So, I'm a bit less "wealthy" tonight, but a satisfied customer. The folk at the cell phone store took very good care of me.

So, some of us lose keys. Well, I've been worrying about my memory lately, so I have a second set of keys tucked safely 'way down in the bottom of my purse and also another set tucked into the zipper pocket of my laptop case --- just in case!!

Now, if I can just remember where I put my purse and my computer case...

Ruth Ann

Etta Sue first I want to tell you that I found the gradient file. I just didn't know how to find it in the materials pallette.
Next I want to ask where do I find the small picture tubes for the shadow boxes. (flowers or something else.)

This is going real slow for me right now until I get the hang of it. It leaves me with a pain in my right shoulder from holding and guiding the mouse while getting tense about  the whole thing.

On the average I am doing each lesson 2-3 times before getting it right, I still have to go back to 1 and 2 to finish them. Picutres in the Shadow boxes and   putting the gradient in the picture tube of lesson 2.

Happydog escaped over the fence this morning, but I found him quickly out front by the car and had to chase him across the street to get the leash on him.

So I stopped at the vet on the way home and made the appointment to get him neuter, his ears checked, rabies shot, and toenails clipped. The Dr. is going to give me a prescription for something to  slow him down enough to get him in the car and over to the office. His appointment is
Tuesday. Gilbert will help me get him in the car.

Going to Bible Study in a little bit so I Will see y-all tomorrow.

Hello, all!  It's been a while, huh

Well, I'm still around.  Somewhere. 

Might be buying a new digicam.  Depends on the next 2.5 hours on ebay...

Trav is asleep - long day for that little man!  This is the day that Karma works the most hours, and he spends almost the entire day with my Mom and Dad.  That's usually a lot of fun for him, because they take him to the park and all that kinda stuff.  He loves his "Maw n Ran."  (My dad's name is "Randall" and Trav took to calling him "Ran" very early.)  We dunno if he'll wake up before time to go back to bed or not!

I've still got an ecommerce site to get up and running, and our internet connection has been a terrible disappointment lately.  It's very problematic and very slow, and the fact that DSL wouldn't work has made it even more frustrating.  I really feel a little silly praying about a stupid telephone line, but it's a pain in the neck when you have responsibilities to perform and don't have technology that works. 

Grilled some burgers tonight; first time I've had the grill hot this year.  I'm mostly a hamburger cook, but I would love to grill some other things as well.  Maybe I'll stop leatherizing steak one of these days and figure out how to do it right.

Gonna get for now.  God bless all of you!

Nard

We haven't had this for a month!  And I've been singing it all day or humming it to myself while I've been working in the garden.

I hope you enjoy it too.

Nards, sounds like you've really been keeping busy.  Sorry you're having so much trouble with your internet connection.  Not nice.


Marilyn and anyone who would like to talk about Paint Shop Pro, we have an area just to do that.  sometimes it's easy for questions in here (New Every Morning) to get lost and so let's go there and discuss.  Paint Shop Pro

I have a crazy thing on my monitor that keeps "playing".  It's a little screen called "Autoplay" and I have no clue as to what it's about.  It just started a couple of hours ago.  Anyone with Windows XP ever heard of this?

Nards what are you bidding on at ebay-either its a digital Camera or your selling something to get the $ for a digital Camera lol.
Hi there Pat-I see your online-getting the kids ready for church then we are running to the store-our little hour break as a couple lol.
Hi, to everyone else!
The weather is beautiful outside-
Rachelle

Whew!  What a day.  I went to Hugoton around 10:30 and didn't get back home until after 6:30.  I wound up helping in the greenhouse a while, then helped open and check, price and re-pack Christmas stuff that is already arriving.  They have to check it to make sure it isn't broken.  We took Abby to school, then I went back to pick her up.  There is a real, old-fashioned stagecoach there tonight.  These people are driving (pulling?  dragging?) anyway taking it, from east of Branson, Mo. to Clayton, New Mexico.  It is one of the last ones manufactured by the Butterfield Overland Stage Co. and is in really top shape.  I took pictures of Abby by it and inside it, with her Mom's camera.  I hope they can get some of it with the horses hitched to it tomorrow.  They are going to go to the elementary school with it in the morning and talk to the kids.

Pat, you asked what time the pool opens--I think they open at 5:30 AM!!  I usually go just after 7:00, and there are usually only about two to five other people there at that time.  I like having a lane all to myself.  I had a nice surprise when I went into the ladies locker room after my swim this morning--Beth was there, getting ready to swim.  I have been encouraging her to go and exercise in the water, that she needs to do all she can to maintain what mobility she has.  So I was really happy to see her there!