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1 Peter 4:12-13, 16 says...

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.




Isaiah 43:2-3 says...

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

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Morning Devotional...


A friend of publicans and sinners.
Matthew 11:19

A friend loveth at all times.
Proverbs 17:17

Need a friend? I mean, a true friend, one to whom you can pour out all your heart and know that your confidence is safe.

There is such a Friend.

His name is Jesus.

Gentle and kind, yet true and faithful so His compassion never overrules His honesty.

He will love you every day. He will always act in your best interests and never remind you of your past failure and the sins He has forgiven.

Oh, what a Friend! He waits; receive Him now.
--J. Boyd Nicholson

Wow Pat you are closing earlier that I thought you would.

I hope everyone will go to prayers and pray for my client Gloria. She really needs a miracle.

Well I must get off the computer now and call the hospital ans see if I can find Gloria.

Good Night all y-all.

Thanks Papa John for all those scriptures. I will remember those.  It is true that it is the way God made us, but do I have to?    You are always there to keep me in line.  Thanks!  Your the best!

I won't be on here till later in the afternoon tomorrow.  We are having a disc golf tourament starting at 10:00am, but we would like to be there earlier to get our arm warmed up and since it will be raining we have alot of warming up to do. If any are interesting here is a link to our disc golf course. Pictures too!  hehehe...
Disc Golf Pictures!

Click here to see what the disc' look like. They are heavier and a bit smaller then a regular frisbee.

Got to go!
Soni

Papa John, you can get on your soap box anytime you want and write things like those you wrote in yesterday's post.

Marilyn, I will pray for Gloria, that God always take care of her.

I have to quit for tonight.  Sleep well everyone!

Ursula

1 Corinthians 6 : 19-20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of
The Holy Spirit, who is in you,
whom you have received from God?
You are not your own; you were bought
at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Yesterday, we were reminded of Solomon's
great dedication speech of the Temple in the
Old Testament.
Incredibly, Paul asserts that God has taken
up his dwelling inside of us through His Spirit,
just as majestically as he took up his dwelling
in the Jerusalem Temple. Our acceptability
to God as His holy dwelling
came at a great price to Him -- the death of His Son!
How we can refuse to honor His Holy presence in us?
How can we not live a holy life in response to His Grace?

PRAYER...
Forgive me, dear Fahter,
for the times that i have lost
sight of the wonder of Your presence
within me.
The gift of Your Spirit is a dazzling and
humbling grace.
Once again Father, i pledge to present
my body as a living sacrifice to please
and honor You as Your Temple.
At the same time, i acknowledge that
i need the presence and power of
Your Holy Spirit to please and honor
You as Your Holy Child.
Lead me, cleance me, purify me, and
make me like Jesus by Your Spirit.
In Jesus name i pray.  AMEN.

Bye love Ria   

GOODMORNING ALL 11.39 AM in Holland

PAT thank you for the devotional this morning and the hymn What a Friend we have in Jesus
one of my lovely hymns.
And this morning i love very much the words
"Thanksgiving is good, but thanksliving is better"

SONJA thank you for the Psalm yesterday.

Marilyn my prayers are for Gloria may our God take care of here.
And i thank you for the devotional yesterday very good.


RUTH have a nice day with your aunt.


I thank all who are putting photo's on sites they are lovely but i can not talk about camera's.
The last photo from me is taken august 2003 and therefore my second wedding i am hating to go on photo's. And sometimes i say o i wish that i now has taken with me my camera but i forget always to take one
with me.

But this week i have told that is wat so cold in Holland.
Yesterday evening we have had a cloudburst.
We are in the car but we could not seen the road so much water was there fallen. This night we have had thunder.
Also today we shall have rain hail and thunder and it is
__12* __ i don't no what that is in Fahrenheit.
But i have on wintherclothes.

Proverbs 23:18
There is surely a future hope for you.

                    THE HOPE OF HEAVEN

                   Let me hold the hope of Heaven
              in my heart throughout life's journey...
              Let me keep my hand in Yours, Lord,
                          as i travel on the way.

I wish you all a Blessed Sunday
Love Ria 

                                 

                                              

              HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANET

                HAVE A BLESSED DAY


                                                                      
                                                       

Good Morning Everyone...

Well, I'm feeling a little better in comparison to how I felt last evening when I posted the new NEM.  And that's good as there's a Family Reunion today but not entirely sure yet if I'm going.  It depends on whether my son and family also go as I don't really feel like travelling alone.

I'll check back in later if I don't go and if I go, we don't expect to be late getting back here.

Enjoy your Saturday, folks!

Soni:  Can you learn to make your own frames?  I went to a place years ago and thought I would buy some frames and it was a frame-making-teaching place where you learned to make your own.  It is really easy with a miter saw.  Have not made any for years though.

Pat:  I worked one election day at the university and we only managed to drag in one student in that long and hot day.  And, they are the first to protest   

A haircut for me today and lots to prepare for tomorrow's visit with the children, another birthday. 

Marilyn:  I will check out the site for Gloria.

Al:  Well, we have another CT scan to pray about for you, don't we?  Have a wonderful Sunday!

Everyone:  Enjoy your Sunday service - we are going to a service tonight so we can be on the road in the morning. 

Carol

Whew!  It is quite cool here today.  Only 63°F right now.  That is cool for June. 

I am expecting a call any minute from Tony saying he is bringing some river rock.  That means w*rk but also means another load of river rock closer to being finished with my landscaping.  Well, at least that part of my landscaping.   

Tony called last evening and we talked for over an hour and a half.  I love it when he does that.   

Jerry says he is itching and oozing.  When his stuff dries up, then he can get out and about.  He says he is contagious when he is still oozing.  So I will be going to church on my own tomorrow and will stop by his place afterwards.  If you have had Chicken Pox, I guess the shingles aren't contagious to you...I don't know.  And I had Chicken Pox, Measles and the Mumps all before I was a year old...thanks to an older sister and brother.   

Euchere!    Euchere is the card game of Indiana.  (Next to basketball)  About everyone here knows how to play Euchere.  It seems very easy to play by me but then I learned watching my mother, dad, brother and sister play before I was in school.  Euchere and Double Solitaire was the games when I was little.  You could afford a deck of cards and if you could get your brother or sister to play with you, you had great entertainment.

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"The most efficient water power in the world is a child's tears."

PAT - I'm glad you're feeling a bit better.

RIA - 12 degrees Celsius is about 54 degrees Fahrenheit.  I'm just curious, why is it that you do not take pictures anymore?  Did you take pictures before?

ETTA SUE - My father-in-law used to play euchre and pinochle.  He passed away about 5 years ago.  Are they similar, euchre and pinochle?  I know how to play pinochle.   My in-laws weren't from Indiana, but that's where they ended up, in Fort Wayne.

JANET - It's your birthday?  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Sonja,

QuoteIt is true that it is the way God made us, but do I have to?

.  --- Sorry, but the answer is YES.  There are so many things we must do which are sometimes difficult.  However the time comes when we have to cut the apron strings.  It hasn't come for you yet.  But it will. 

Matt 19:4-6  And he  answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,  And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife:[/b] and they twain shall be one flesh?  Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.  (KJV)

Unfortunately divorce and remarriage seems to be the rule in our culture today rather than the exception because our people have turned their backs on God much like Israel did back in the days of the Old Testament.

We need to impress on our children the fact that marriage is sacred.  Also that when they choose a mate they should choose someone who also believes marriage is sacred.  The time to teach them is when they are young.

--- Papa John          <)))><<   
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Janet to see your birthday card


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Hi everyone.  For those of you who are experiencing cold weather I sure wish I could share as it is blazing hot here in Georgia today.  It is to be over 90 degrees with humidity around 95%.  Typical Georgia summer weather and we are still two days away from the official beginning of summer.

We are awaiting a call from the refrigerator repair lady to come and replace the computer board in the door of the freezer that controls the ice dispenser and cold water dispenser.  It acted up for several days and we had her out to repair it but she had to order the part.  The last 8 or 9 days it has been working fine but we decided to go ahead and replace the part to avoid a further service charge. 

Pat is going to a late luncheon that is a support group starting for people with fibromyalgia.  She went once before but no one else showed up.

Sorry to read that you had a rough day yesterday and sure hope you have been feeling better today and were able to attend the family function.

Sonja, I don't believe I ever heard of disc golf before.  Hope you or your team does very well today.

Papa John, your words regarding family are so true and it is so sad to see so many families torn apart.  Please express your thoughts anytime as you speak the truth based on the Bible. 

Ursula, it sounds like your daughter's first date was special and went very well. 
I look forward to seeing photos from the super new camera. 

Ria, I liked the little poem you included with your devotional thoughs today "The Hope of Heaven".

Happy Birthday Janet. 

Al, do hope the doctors will determine the cause of your problems.  It sounds like the doctor isn't willing to just except the status quo and is seeking futher answers.

Carol, hope you have a good journey tomorrow. 

Etta Sue, I see that had misspelled the word "Euchere".  I am finding it fun game and am catching on to it.  The hardest part seems to be to remember about the other jack of the color of the trump suit.  There really isn't any similarity to the game of Pinochle, which is another card game I haven't played for a long time.

Marilyn, I haven't been to the prayer requests yet so know you may have posted more about your friend but do hope things are looking better for her.  I will check out your postings as soon as I post this message.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.  My goal is to try to stay in and stay cool for the rest of the day as I don't tolerate the heat very well for very long.

Here it is almost 5 p,m  and we are still on page 1. I have been to the Salmon feed and it sure was good and well worth the $10.00 charge. There were testimonies fromt he young folks who have been in the program and those who still are. One young woman was only 20 yrs. old what a sad life she had before teen Challenge and god changed her life.

The same group will be putting on the service tomorrow at church, our Pastors are on vacation.

TTYL

HEY EVERYONE!  Where are you all?  I left here at 9 am and am just home.  It's 8 p.m and you're only on page 1!!!  Wow!

Amazing that we have over 200 members but not many post messages.  I'd sure like to know why.

Anyway, we had a wonderful time at the Family Reunion.  There weren't as many as last year and some have passed away so it's kind of sad when you realize that they were there last time but not this time.

We travelled the back country roads home so it took a little longer but it was such a nice drive.

I feel like singing.

Any favorites?

We went out to Alice's farm today to get the water and electricity turned on so it'll be ready for her when she arrives next week.  Gene got the pump running and we had all the faucets open and everything seemed to be working well, when we discovered water coming out from the cabinet under the bathroom sink.   

I grabbed some of her towels and started mopping up and when I got just about everything out of the cabinet I suddenly thought to check the drain to see if that was where the leak was, rather than the cold water pipe.  She had forgotten to tell me she had taken the nut off the elbow to make sure the drain was empty before she shut down last fall.  And that's where the water was coming from! 

Tonight we have to pick up a friend's wife from work at 11:00.  Their teenage son blew the engine on her car (ignored the "check oil" light!!!!) and the husband works nights so she needs a ride home three nights a week until she gets some transportation.

URSULASometimes are there photo's from me on CP but Pat is postig them for me.

You can see photo's on Photograps here  page 2
concentratriationcamp Westerbork HOLLAND
and pictures from Ria from Holland

And Bi-Weekly Challenge week 4  Where we live
also post by Pat.

But now i go back to back but i can not sleep it is 3.27AM in Holland (my husband is snoring)

Bye love Ria

Awwwwww...  Ria, I'm so sorry that you can't sleep.  {{{{HUGS}}}}

Well, no one suggested a hymn so I've chosen one.  The words are wonderful and the accompaniement is extrordinary.

Enjoy!








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Hello Pat:   Please don't lock the door before I get this finished.


Mel left early this morning for Hamilton, Ontario -- Hamilton was hosting the annual School Bus Association Roadeo.
Langdon Coach Lines the company we work for took all four top prizes in the 72 passenger catagory   

1st  was Ron Mulder
2nd  was Marilyn Peirce
3rd  was Mary Mctaggart
4th  Langdon's took the top team average


What a celebration.
Ruth

What a celebration for sure, Ruth!

I'm so happy about this.

Hi Pat, thanks for the great devotional and I'm glad you had a good time at your family reunion.  Will talk to you later about it.

Right now I can smell the wonder fragrance of a couple of peonies cut from my garden.   They are so wonderful but only last a little while.   I wish they could bottle that smell.

Hope you have a wonderful Lord's Day tomorrow.

Love Ruthie

Yes, Ruthie, it was nice to be able to see some relatives that I haven't seen for a couple of years.

Must get to bed now.

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