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Quote from: Pat on January 31, 2006, 09:43:31 PM

I do not believe it is stretching a point at all to say that we will most often hear from God in those times when we are silent. 
Dr. Tozer in Christ the Eternal Son, 130.

"Oh, Lord, help me to carve out of my busy schedule some time with 'God and the stars and the wind and the sand.' Amen."

Thanks, Pat ... This is so very true.  We need to find that quiet place an WAIT upon the Lord for His word.

QuoteAs  was trying to watch the President's speech, some  survey company called me as was asking me questions about the Democrats who might be running for Governor of California. How annoying can people get?

Marilyn, just as the President's speech was being announced, my phone rang.    A female voice said "Hi, This is .... " a name of someone who calls me frequently .... Then, before I could respond, a male voice instructed me to "press 1" if I wanted to participate in this survey or "press 2" if I did not .... Well you can guess .... I pressed 2 and hung up.   I think it was probably a ploy to keep me from listening/watching the State of The Union Address.     

Lotsa wind and rain today and this evening ... s'posed to continue through the weekend.  Good thing we Oregonians have webbed feet.    And I am especially thankful for the wood stacked out back ... LOVE the fire on days like this.   

I have some business to take care of and then I thnk I'll make a trek to the store even if I have to put pontoons on the car. 

All y'all just don't know what you miss by not hearing Nita sing that song... I love it!  I know y'all would too.   

Jane, haha.. Thanks for the compliment about the song.  

So you're thinking about pontoons on the car?  Why didn't I think of that.

I thought I really might have something bad wrong with my car, and was dreading the bill.  I had an oil leak, and I also smelled raw gas.  The oil leak was just that the valve cover (I think that's what it was)had a couple of screws that had worked loose, and he tightened them.  It wasn't even the gasket.  He didn't even charge me for this

The gas smell......I needed a new fuel filter.  The bill was $88.  I really like this guy.   

I went to town earlier tonight and a garbage can ran across the street in front of me.  The wind was just whipping it along.  No harm came to it, as it reached the curb in plenty of time.  I did slow down to give it a chance to reach safety.

I watched the President's speech without interruption.  Not one call. haha

I think I'll try to get to sleep early tonight and see if I can get more than 4 hours.    love ya,  nita

http://www.riversongs.com/Flas/today.swf

Amazing the creativity of those who can come up with the programs like the one above.

One thirty and I am still awake.  Will try and sleep again.   Maybe that is what I need?  you think?

See you all in the morning
Judy

We have an unusual atmospheric condition this morning.  I think they call it "rain."  Actually, it's been raining most of the time for about a month.  We're up to about 36 inches now, and the normal for the whole season, ending in June, is about 38 inches.  So we'll have lotsa water this year.  I'm thankful our Lord waters and refreshes the earth, and I'm thankful He knows how much we really need, and that it isn't left up to us humans to determine where, when, how much, etc.

Gotta go to the fitness center today.  Missed yesterday because I had to have a filling done at the dentist's.  So now I have one less hole in my head.

Well the news is not good.   The car is not repairable.  I am not sure what we are going to do.  God is going to have to provide us with some wheels somehow.  Times like this I see the benefits of living in the city, we at the least would have busses to get where we would want to go.  In the country we have a 1/2 hours drive before we get to any bus.

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee and getting caught up on my e-mail and discussions here and on SeniorNet.  As I was leaving the cafe this morning a patrol car came by with its lights blinking.  I looked over my shoulder and here was this hugh house being towed up the side street by the cafe and had to make a 90 degree turn onto the main road in front of the cafe.  Fortunately I was able to get ahead of it but my daughter got caught while it turned.  She said it took up the whole street.  It was certainly an unexpected site.

You all out on the West coast are having so much rain and folks in the south are so dry.  So far we have had a very mild winter. 

JudyB, sorry to read that you experienced car problems and now to see that the car is unrepairable.  Those can be so frustrating and certainly interfere with our plans.

Papa John, was certainly glad to see that Cornelia is doing better and hope she had a good night.

I watched the President's speech last night.  I didn't think he really said very much.  Aren't we all so glad to have all the pundits tell us in advance and then afterward what he met since we are not competent to decide that for ourselves.  UGH!!

Pat, thanks for the devotional today.

Janet, did Abby's team win their game?

Good to see everyone posting. 

"In our day we just cannot get quiet enough and serene enough to wait on God. Somebody has to be talking. Somebody has to be making a  noise. But John had gone into the silence and had matured in a kind of special school with God and the stars and the wind and the sand...."

What a GREAT devotional today Pat !!
I SO... agree! God has been RENEWING this place with me lately.
I feel so STRONG when I come out of a place of quietness and solitude with God. i find that if I don't take that time, my OLD
reactions and ways of thinking come back and I don't act like the mature wowan I am!

We SO DESPERATLY NEED God and TIME with Him !!
It is SO VITAL to LIVE the Christian life!

HE IS OUR LIFE!
And we NEED Him to fill us EVERY SINGLE day !
Thank you Pat and everyone else on this site for sharing your hearts and your wisdom with us.

YOU are ALL a GREAT encouragement!

God Bless
Geri-Jean

Not much going on today.  I do see the sun trying so hard to shine...trying to push its way through the atmosphere.  I spent too much time online yesterday...need to get my feet up today.

I like your new tag Etta Sue.

Good Morning everyone, Thanks Pat for the devotional this morning.

QuoteOh, Lord, help me to carve out of my busy schedule some time with 'God and the stars and the wind and the sand.' Amen."

I do spend time with God in the early morning hours before I turn to the computer to get my email out of the way. But I fell like I need to spend more time with God throughout the day and in the evening. Yesterday I did leave some of my Bible reading until  came home from  my busy day. I read a couple of chapters in the Story of Joseph.

Outside it looks like Al is so right, lots of wet stuff and some wind. The Bebe wanted out in the middle of the night and was soaked when she came back in. I could hear the wind off and on during the night.

Nita I know how you feel with only a little sleep. If I don't keep busy during the day I will be almost instantly asleep. It is so embarrassing when some on is talking to me and I am dozing off like I am not even listening. then trying to make some excuse why I am not answering or why I am falling asleep. People don't seem to understand when you tell them it is a medical problem.

TTYL

QuoteFirst, John had the ability to live and meditate in solitude. He knew the meaning of quietness.

Thanks for this great devotional today Pat.
I was out to our prayer meeting last night and this was my prayer-to hear the voice of God.
I have made a copy of this devotional to keep it refreshed in my mind.
WE are in the midst of our first winter storm and its going to be a major  one about 40 cm before its all over. Looks like a day to stay inside and spend a bit of time on my computer. (LOL)
Blessings to all At CP

Hope you've all noticed that we have on our page now over in the left sidebar under "Links", the Verse of the Day and it changes each day.

John will be back later tonight.  I have been talking to our pastor about the vehicle situation, and it looks like there is an answer in the works. 

It is -1 yet it feels much colder.  I was outside last night while we waited for the tow truck.  Today I can't seem to warm up.

Well I will be back later

GRANDMA'S GARDEN
I watched my grandma hoe the clay soil in my garden. "Don't see how you
grow anything in this," she mused.
"Colorado soil can't compare to yours in Iowa, Grandma!" I stared at her in
awe, capturing the moment in my memory forever. Wisps of her silvery hair
sneaked from beneath her headscarf as her thin torso bent down to pull a
fistful of bindweed.
"This stuff will grow anywhere," she laughed. "Even in this soil!"
Although she lived alone on the Iowa farm she and Grandpa had settled a
half century ago, she still maintained a garden that could sustain most of
Benton County! Some of my favorite summer childhood days had been spent in
her garden helping her pull up plants she identified as weeds, or planting
vegetables and flowers. She had taught me that gardening wasn't only about
cultivating plants, it was about cultivating faith. Each seed planted was
proof of that. When I was seven I asked, "Grandma, how do the seeds know
to grow the roots down and the green part up?"
"Faith," was her answer.
When I grew up and married, my husband recognized the impression Grandma's
dirt left under my fingernails and in my heart. He supported my dream to
live outside the city. Our two-acre plot had a horse, dog, cat, rabbit, six
hens and, of course, a large garden. I was privileged and overjoyed to have
Grandma working in it.

Grandma leaned the hoe next to a fence post and walked to my flower bed to
help me plant the daisies she'd brought from her garden to mine. She didn't
know I was watching as she patted the dirt around the base of a plant.
Waving her hand in the sign of a cross above it, she whispered, "God bless
you, grow."

I'd almost forgotten that garden blessing from my youth. Ten years later,
those daisies still flourish.

Grandma is tending God's garden now but still influences me daily. Whenever
I tuck a seedling into the earth, I trace a small cross above it in the air
and say, "God bless you, grow." And in quiet times, I can still hear her
blessing, nurturing my faith. "God bless you, grow."

By LeAnn Thieman

http://www.hhdarma.addr.com/gospel/gospel-003.ram

http://www.angelfire.com/oh3/kwh/musichaven5.ram

Quote from: Pat on February 01, 2006, 02:37:04 PM


Hope you've all noticed that we have on our page now over in the left sidebar under "Links", the Verse of the Day and it changes each day.

Today's Verse

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

What an ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS idea Pat !! I love it !!
Have an AWESOME evening !!
Geri-Jean
AH

Well, I was at the hospital almost all day. Martha brought me home about 6:00 this evening and she went back. They walked Cornelia down the hall twice today. They also took her for an x-ray. They took her later for a c-scan. The doctor came in and talked with us. When she goes home she is going to have oxygen because of the injury to her heart. He said she might go home Friday but he wasn't sure of it right now.

Thank you again for your prayers.

Papa John             

Praise God Papa John.  God is Good......ALL THE TIME.

Now Janet how is Beth? 

Papa John, I am so happy to read the good news of Cornelia's improvement and that she may come home soon!  Thank you, God.

JudyB, thanks for asking.  Beth is doing well.  Today is the first day I didn't go to see her; I was in Garden most of the day, then church tonight; but I called her and she was doing fine.  I have washed her clothes, and got her some snacks to take to her in the morning.

Larry, yes, Abby's team won their little game!    Some of those little second graders are already pretty salty basketball players!  But I could tell Abby's heart wasn't in the game, and she told me later that she didn't want to play, "But Mom signed me up."  She really wants to play volleyball.  She is one of the two tallest girls in second grade, but if you don't want to do it, you're not going to do your best at it, I guess.  They played 6 minute quarters, and were fun to watch.

I was really hurting when I came home from the chiropractor, so I wrapped up in a blanket to listen to the President's speech.  I felt beter today but am now hurting pretty badly again, so I'm off to bed now.

I just wanted to check in, in case you missed me! 

I hope I don't bonk you on the head, Ed!  Time to close up shop for tonight. 

You can post here, though!