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Morning Devotional...

"So the scribe said to Him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.  And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.'  Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.'" Mark 12:32-34

The scribe was "not far from the Kingdom of God," because he believed from the heart the greatness of God, the necessity of loving Him, and the necessity of loving one another.  I daresay that there may be many, many people in the churches of our own day who meet these criteria: they feel that God is an awesome God, that He should be obeyed and worshipped (loved) and that they should love other members of their society.

Mind you, though, that such people are not in the Kingdom of God, but only near it.  It's a good start, but it's an eternally poor finish!  The difference is Jesus Christ the Lord.  Have you told Him that you're impoverished, lost, and undone?  Have you called upon Him to save you lest you perish?  Are you still coming to Him?  He said, "the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out."

Al Moak

Congratulations Designtrade!!!!!

Good morning - it's very early, but they're predicting snow flurries this afternoon so I'm headed in to work so I can leave early.

Here in Nashville, many times when flurries are predicted we find more like 4-6 inches!

And I've promised 2 of my doctors that I will not be driving in bad weather conditions for strictly medical reasons.

Y'all have a good day.

Ruth Ann

Thanks Matt for letting us know the results of the comp!

Congratulations Design Trade!  Great job! 



It's a lovely sunny day here today but I've heard that we're probably going to get the biggest snow storm of the winter!    


Thanks so much, Al, for the devotional today.  Sure meant a lot to me this morning.  Thanks again.


Hi to you, Ruth Ann.  I've heard that this storm we're getting might be the same one you have spoken about.


I'm sitting here listening to the hymn above.  What wonderful words.


Have a good day, everyone.

Thanks for your comments on the devotional/hymn, Pat.  That hymn is my absolute favorite of all time.  It expresses the Gospel in the simplest, most powerful terms possible.  If I have a funeral one day, then I would like that hymn sung or read.  Those words are my words.

Good Morning. Thank you Al for the devotional this morning and the song.

Last night when  pulled into the parking lot at church my car died. The Alternator finally gave out. The Brothers got the car started after prayer meeting. I could not turn the lights on as that is what killed the alternator so one of the brothers was leading me home when it quit again in front of the Vets office. I called AAA and it took them two hours to get there. The brother was kind to stay with me until  we left int he tow truck. They towed me home and two of the brothers are coming over today to replace the alternator. So I am unable to got to work until the car is fixed. I will be calling  the mechanic to cancel the order for a new alternator and the appointment for Saturday. As far as I can tell this will do it on the repairs for the new car.

Have a great day and  will be back later.

Well, Al, I still have it playing here.  Yes, the words are wonderful!

I also see that you've joined Photography Cafe.  You'll enjoy the photos there.  There are some wonderful captures.


Since I just started this post, the telephone rang.  

"Hello, Mrs. Scott?"

"Yes"

"We'd like to let you know that the entry form that John Scott filled in last Friday has won and you both can go to Florida on an all expense paid trip.."

I just asked them to remove me from their list.

Wow!

Ohhh, Marilyn..  I'm so sorry.  What a terrible thing to happen.  You are having difficulties with your car.  I'm sorry about that.


Keep us posted.

Good morning!

Larry, it is really good to know you are safely home!

Marilyn, sorry about the alternator.  I had that happen once with my car, years ago.  Bummer.

Ruth Ann, I'm glad to hear you won't be driving in bad weather!  And you certainly deserve a coup[le of days off, too.

Pat, I hope you don't get another big snowstorm.  We could use more snow, as we are always short of moisture in our area.

Judy, you asked how far we are from Wichita---200 miles.  Hope you are feeling better, too.

Don't you hate all those "million dollar winner" calls and mailings?  Phooey!  We are on the national no call list, so don't get the calls, but still get plenty of the letters--almost always from Florida.

Darrel seys "Come and get it!"  So here I go! 

morning..just taking a break out of my busy morning..

Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Soni

Judy I'm sorry forgot to answer your question about Laguna Niguel. That is in Southern California about 750 mile south of where I live.

Pat actually the alternator going out is not really a big deal, it happens. It discharges the battery and everything dies. ot a good feeling but I was in God's hand and he took, care of everything for me. Now I am getting the car fixed for the cost of an alternator without the cost of an auto mechanic. God sure knows how to work things out for the best.

So I am hanging out at home for the time being and I am keeping in touch with fay to make sure she is doing alright witout me for the day. This ids the last day of themonth and she needs to sign my time sheet, but it's ok if I have to wait until tomorrow. I amy use this afternoon to go to DMV to give them my smog certificate and pick up my tags.

TTYL

Okay, I have had breakfast, got the laundry going, swept and mopped the floors..........and I'm back to give you a little chuckle.

Need answers....Don't ask an eleven year old!!
The following are all real answers from science exams:

The moon is a planet just like the earth, only it is even deader.

Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire.

Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas.

The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana.

The skeleton is what is left after the insides have been taken out and the outsides have been taken off.  The purpose of the skeleton is something to hitch meat to.

I am sitting here patiently waiting for  someone to come to take off the alternator, I have alread called the parts house and paid for the new one all we have to do is take int he old one and pick up the new one. Did I say patiently? Well now I must not lie, Impatiently.

TTYL

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posted the new digital challenge! Thank you everyone so much for letting me be a part of this! *hugs to everyone* I woke up very late... Id rather not give away that I am very lazy on Mondays. But I did bring something up in the crock pot for dinner and I made some pan cakes for breakfast. I have to work online and finish up this contract work that is due, and I think my friend will be coming over to visit me and so I think today will be a bright beautiful day!

February 28   

The Holy Spirit: A Bottle in the Ocean

..To know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be
filled with all the fullness of God. 
--Ephesians 3:19

Pentecost means that the Deity came to mankind to give Himself to
man, that man might breathe Him in as he breathes in the air, that He
might fill men. Dr. A. B. Simpson used an illustration which was about
as good as any I ever heard. He said, "Being filled with the fullness
of God is like a bottle in the ocean. You take the cork out of the
bottle and sink it in the ocean, and you have the bottle completely
full of ocean. The bottle is in the ocean, and the ocean is in the
bottle. The ocean contains the bottle, but the bottle contains only
a little bit of the ocean. So it is with the Christian."

We are filled unto the fullness of God, but, of course, we cannot
contain all of God because God contains us; but we can have all of
God that we can contain. If we only knew it, we could enlarge our
vessel. The vessel gets bigger as we go on with God.  The Counselor,
68.

"Enlarge my vessel, Lord, and fill me with more and more of the
fullness of God. Amen."

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 Hi all,My computer has been down this weekend so have not been on a couple days ,got it going again it had spyware and a virus keeping it from going .Good news from John his Mom Mary is out of ICU and in a reg room she is also eating  once again .I think she is on the road to recovery now if no more problems start in on her I know she will be happy to go home and John will be happy too he doesn't know when that might be though.Keep praying tho God answers prayer I am living proof to that saying ,I am here and doing very well see dr next week and hope to set up my back surgery I am told I need.I wonder where my honey is I miss him have not talked to him for 2 days and that is 2 days too long.I am more than ready to get moved just hope I don't have to spend a fortune doing it .I plan on selling a bunch of stuff if it sekks and hope it will bring a little bit of money to help with the move,hope I will soon be walking  with just a cane too. I went sat to the grocery store and walked the whole place with just the walker.Well thanks again all for the prayers both for me and for Mary I'll continue to keep you posted on how she is doing,Beth

Boy, this is a slow day in here! 

Beth, glad you are back online!  Also very glad to hear the good report on Mary.  Now that I brought you a cane, we will see how well you do with it!

More answers from eleven year olds on science exams:

A permanent set of teeth consists of eight canines, eight cuspids, two molars, and eight cuspidors.

The tides are a fight between the Earth and Moon.  All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum.  I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

A fossil is an extinct animal.  The older it is, the more extinct it is.

Equator:  A menagerie lion running around the Earth through Africa.

Planet:  A body of Earth surrounded by sky.

Rhubarb:  A kind of celery gone bloodshot.

Vacuum:  A large, empty space where the Pope lives.

Planet:  A body of Earth surrounded by sky.

Rhubarb:  A kind of celery gone bloodshot.

Vacuum:  A large, empty space where the Pope lives.

Hahahhahahahahahah!!!! Hehehehehehheehh!!!

Oh - Lets try again.

I had a reply all typed out...then my screen here went blank!

Congrats Janie!!

Did anyone see Dr. Chas Stanley last night?  What a message!

Patz:  Beautiful hymn. I had never heard it before.

Thanks for posting all those hymns.  I listen to them all the time!!

My car is all fixed and running good. The Alternator cost me a whopping $92.59 and that's all. It could have een more. Praise the Lord. No labor costs.

I have been to Eureka to the chiropractor and to Fay's for her supper. Now I am watching the news.

TTYL

Hi everyone.  We have had a very busy day.  I went to coffee but had to leave early so we could stop at our local hospital to check on our good friend who was having a heart cath this morning.  When we got there he was coming out and they were getting ready to transfer him to the bigger city hospital to do another test and likely put in a stent.  His wife is one of my wife's best friends and we all attend the same Sunday School class. 

We then left to go over to the city so Pat could see the surgeon.  He was only 15 minutes late but wants to see the MRI's and CT scan results and probably order another MRI before deciding on what to do for her.  He may biopsy the site as well before operating.  He said this was one of the largest tumors of this type he has ever seen and would probably do the operation in the hospital rather than as an outpatient.  She has another MRI scheduled for March 10th unless he tells her he doesn't need it after he sees the tests she has already done.  So we will wait awhile longer.  She is using a cane to help her get around most of the time.

We then left there and went to the hospital where our friend had been transferred, which was close to where we had gone.  We stayed with his wife and daughter until several other family members arrived and then came home.  Shortly after we got home we had a call saying he was out of the cath lab and they had put in a stent.  He should be able to come home tomorrow.

Beth, good to see you posting and hope you hear from John today.  Glad to hear that John's mother is doing well and is out of ICU.

Ruth Ann, hope you didn't get much snow today.  It was cold and damp here all day long. 

Marilyn, know you are glad to have the alternator fixed and it sounds like things are working out well and that the breakdown last evening saved you a significant number of dollars.

Janie, congratulations on your winning entry.  I also want to extend a belated welcome to CP but know you are becoming acquainted here already.  I was out-out of town for several days and had very limited time on the computer.

Al, thanks for the devotional.  Hi to all posting today.

Larry, what kind of tumor does Pat have?  I'm so sorry to hear she is having this trouble, and hope she gets relief soon.  Sorry about your friend, too, but now his procedure is over and the healing can begin.  I think the hardest thing about those things is the lying flat for so long afterward.  I'm not sure I could do that without being knocked out!

I am ready to go to bed, just trying to wait a bit longer before locking the door on today and opening the one for tomorrow.  But I'm fading fast! 

I hear my pillow calling me, so I'm closing the door for tonight.  You can continue to post HERE[/color]

I really messed up---AGAIN---so I'm not locking the door until someone can fix it.  You can get to the new NEM with the link, but it doesn't seem to be where it is supposed to be.........   Sorry, folks, I'm a computer pre-kindergartner!