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Good morning/afternoon!

Jenny, the short words you have spoke are so awesome.  Faith is something I struggle with daily, but I am learning each day as each of my prayers are answered that God will answer our prayers.  Now I just need to find the patients.    Thank you, sister for you wonderful words.

My Goals for this Year

1)  Be more active in my church.  

2) Help someone to learn more about the Lord.

3) Learn more scriptures and memorize them.

4) Invest in some photography lighting and backgrounds.

6) Start up a photography business by the end of the year.  (God willing of course)

7) Remember and keep doing what I learned last year.

My husbandand boys  went to a Christian Teen Blast last night.  They had an 80 ft waterslide, food and games like pool and volleyball, basketball.  They also had a Christian band "Apoligetix" play and a musician to entertain the kids. At around 1:30am they had Power praise and worship.  I wonder how many were saved last night because of that. We have 4 of their CD's.  They got home around 3:45 am. I have yet to hear how it went.

I have great news.  What a way to ring in the Blessed New Year (as Judy would say).
Lila Mae went in her potty chair without me telling her all night.  Another milestone and another baby growing up in my house.  I can't have any more kids so this is very sad for me.    But I feel so blessed that God has given me 4 wonderful children who are pleasing to the Lord.  Thank you, Lord!

Not sure what we have planned for the day.  
The men will probably sleep in.  
Maybe do some laundry.

Hey Pat!  I had a dream I met you last night.  I also met everyone else in here and we were singing praised to God.  It was a wonderful dream.

Have a good day in the Lord everyone.

Soni

Pat & Marilyn:  sorry to hear that you couldn't sleep.  It is hard to catch up on your sleep at times.  Take it easy - both of you - today.

We were going to drive to son's cabin in the mountains but he was not feeling well, so, we drove over to spend some time with two grands and took them to a movie "Peter Pan" to get them out of the house.  Then, we had to buy some groceries before the stores closed and came home to a quiet evening here.  All of our children were in their homes spending the same quiet evenings as no one in this family ventures out on the worst driving night of the year.  At midnight, a strong wind came up but it didn't keep me awake.  

I made some personal resolutions, as usual.  

Lee:  You mentioned saying "Happy New Year" as it doesn't seem right all the time and I feel the same way.  Am working on other things to say -

We met a missionary who is with www.thefamily.org/
and he needs help in buying a motorhome to bring food and clothing to orphans in Mexicio City so I am having him meet with our pastor and some others in town.  He is an Apache from New Mexico and works in Mexico - has anyone heard of this organization?  If so, please e-mail me.  Thank you

Best wishes to everyone for good health and stamina and peace to all.  Carol

I'm watching the pre-parade show on the Travel Channel.  I love the Tournament of Roses Parade!!

Hello, dear Jenny!  Love you!

I enjoyed the music, Chris--thank you!

Ohhhhhh Jenny, thank you,
That's the reason for the photography with scripture, and when we get a little feedback, well that's a bonus.
God bless you.

Soni:  What a New Year's gift for you - Lily Mae's great accomplishment.  Yes, not a baby anymore - well, she will always be your baby!   And, such a fun night for the men in your family.  

Carol

   

QuoteHey Pat!  I had a dream I met you last night.  I also met everyone else in here and we were singing praised to God.  It was a wonderful dream.

Soni That was no dream.  We will meet some day, in Glory, and we WILL sing praises to our Saviour.  He was giving you a taste of what that will be like.

Soni... Love you too...

"You gotta have a dream, or how you goin t'have a dream come true"...as the song says.

Janet I can feel the love coming over the ocean...it's Jesus' doing!...Love and Blessings in Him for 2004 and for those grandsons...

Gosh, I can't keep away today..

I love all of you.
{{{HUGS}}} across the ocean.
Jenny

Janet..........

I too am watching the Rose Parade.  Then football, then football, then football, then football, then crash.  I'm an SC fan, always have been, so GO USC.  They really are #1

Just rushing in here as I'm leaving soon for Janice's.

Sonja, nice dream!  Singing praises to God will be so wonderful.  Our time will be filled with worshiping Him.

Must go..  Lots to do yet.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2001827500_rosecapsule01.html
Hahaaaa  nice one Lee!

Yet, for thousands of others, this day will be the toughest 24 hours of their lives. For those people, New Year's will serve only as a dim reminder of loneliness and loss. It will simply mark the beginning of another year of failure.

Dear Janet, dear All,

don't mean to ignore the rest of you but I've only gotten thus far in my reading and felt I wanted to share something of which Janet's letter reminded me.
I've only been living here in England about a year and a half, last Christmas season we spent in Germany, so, it is only this year that I saw the following.
Flashing across the television screen from time to time, throughout the season,  is a repeated message:

"If you are alone or if you are not enjoying the holidays and you'd like to talk to someone call this number......someone is there to listen and to help."

It's not much, but what CARELINE is offering is a little piece of rope, another voice, another person to converse with, someone who understands the plight of the lonely heart.

It impressed me for exactly those reasons that Janet mentioned, there are so many who, especially over the holidays,  feel so abandoned and forlorn.

My only wish is,  that the voice, the extension of rope, could point the seeker to Christ because we all know that only in Him, although we may be lonely, we are never alone, never without hope to be given by the Living God.
A lonely seeker will be glad for any voice, but we know what even greater impact there would be on his/her life, if only they met Christ.

Can we be that voice that points to Him, here, as we have been, and in all that we do each and every day, we don't know where that lonely heart, the seeker, will be, will meet with us.

Off to a blessed, adventurous new year in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

In His love, Margit

Well, here we are on New Year's Day, 2004.  We have so many wonderful blessings.  I think today of some 30,000 people who were killed in the earthquake in Iran.  I think about the turmoil of war and violence in Iraq.  I think of those places in the world where there isn't enough food for people to eat and little children die of starvation.   ---  And here we are, living in peace and quiet, having an abundance of "things" and more than enough of everything we need.

In Lystra Barnabas and Paul said, "Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy."[/b]  Acts 14:17  (NIV)

God has been good to us.  Let us be thankful and praise God this year not only because of the peaceful life we have but especially for the spiritual blessings we have in Christ.  "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:  Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. [/b] Eph 1:1-3(NIV)

Today Rachel, daughter, and her family are coming for lunch.  We will have black eyed peas, cornbread, country ham.  Black eyed peas are a tradition here for New Year's Day.  

Mieka, where are you right now?  How long will you be there?  You may have said but somehow I missed it.

--- Papa John              <)))><<

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How does that sound?  Think we can do it?

Well here I am watching the Rose Bowl Parade too. but no football if I can help it. If there is nothing else on I will shut of the TV and read my Bible. Or go somewhere and visit someone.

I have been one of those lonely, sad and depressed persons in the past but I am doing so much better now that I am on medication. I have cut it down to once a day now though instead of twice.

TTYL

Thank you all for your wonderful words of praise and thankfulness.  We truly have lots to be thankful for.  Too many things to count.  I love JudyB's answer to Sonja.  Yes, we will all meet some day!  What a wonderful thing Christ did for us.  

The New Year came in very quiet out here in the country.  No fireworks, no horns honking, no one running around shouting.  Quite different than living in the city!  Jerry and I did stay up for the New Year but shortly went to la la land.  I must have really been tired...I didn't get up until almost 10 am!  I sure don't want to get my nights and days mixed up due to this arm.  BTW, it does feel somewhat better today!  But I am not shouting that for fear my arm will start hurting again.

"If you can learn to laugh in spite of the circumstances that surround you, you will enrich others, enrich yourself, and more than that, you will last!"

I got this in the email from a friend of mine.

"The bee is scientifically too big, its wingspan too narrow, for it to fly, yet it flies around anyway doing what God made it do."          Thelma Wells

Remember God can use us in spite of our limitations.

What a good quote, Sonja!  Thanks for sharing that.

God DOES do the impossible, doesn't He?

Well, Andrew and Terena have arrived and are putting all the parcels into the car.

I'm going to be off now after I post this...IF I get it posted.  There's something really wrong with this machine.  Everything is so slow.

I've done all of the necessary janitorial duties on it but still it's out of memory so often.

Must get it checked out.  I can't get on SeniorNet at all nor DPC right now.  And I limp along in here.

No more whining, Pat!  

Off to celebrate!

Talk to you really late tonight.

Love you all!

Happy and Blessed New Year


Thank you Pat,    Iain,    Jenny,    Chris,  &  Lee for your great devotionals.

It is true that we can trust the Lord for whatever comes in the New Year and we can trust Him and "stand still" and "wait for Him" especially when there are sad and upsetting things in our life.   I have to tell myself many times to "give it over to God and let Him deal with it"

Last night at church, our Pastor, Charles Price spoke from Phil. 4:6.   He said "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer, let your requests be known to God"    In otherwords, "if we are anxious and upset, pass the buck over to God and His peace that transcends understanding will be ours"    The peace comes from knowing God is in the problem.

Commit it to Him and he will keep it.


Praying for God's Blessing in 2004 on CP and everyone here.

Love Ruthie

 Happy new year all!!!

We had fun last nite at the teen bash!!!  
They had some fun on the go stuff over there to.
There was the energater I think that is what it is called. A vellcro wall it didnt work that well.
then they had a type of boxing one. it is where you have a hard foam poll at the ends of the poll are two bean bag cooshie things. You have to try to make the other person fall off the foam stands on to this air up thing.
then there was the equellater wherev you go against some one and try to mak baskets in the hoop.

I bought a cd and got it signed.

It was fun  

Good devotional Pat. Happy new year.

Hi everyone on this 1st day of 2004.  We are blessed with a truly beautiful day outside and we had a wonderful morning.  We attended at brunch at the home of friends.  There were 22 of us there with lots of good food and Christian fellowship.  We all attend the same church and most of us attend the same Sunday School class.  This is the second or third year we have gotten together like this.  We did home in time to watch the Georgia and Purdue football game.  Obviously we are all pulling for Georgia and they are doing well so far.

Lot of good postings today and the devotional thoughts are outstanding.  I am starting a new Bible reading plan today as finished reading through the Bible yesterday using the plan of reading from the beginning to the end.  This year I am going to use an alternative plan so that it will include readings from the both the Old and New Testament each week.  

I have just finished baking a batch of Peanut Butter walnut cookies. I don't bake at home as much as I used to before I was working so much.

My Photo at DPC got DQ'ed for what the email said was because it had text and the text was copyrighted. It was a scripture. The same photo that I posted here in photos with a scripture.''

Only one person commented on it to me, but the email said there were several who said it should be DQ'ed. Oh well live and learn. Maybe next time I can sneak in something spiritual.

I think it was because it was a scripture.

Got this mail from a friend tonight, any of you folks familiar with this strange meal? lol



Well, Happy New Year.  

Brenda and I got up a little late this morning ... later than our usual 5:00 a.m. ... and I put on a big pot of Black Eyed Peas to cook ... seasoned with REAL Hog Jowl.  I made a cast iron skillet of corn bread too.  Then of course we had to have at least one hot dog today.  The peas and jowl are for prosperity and the hot dogs for good health and happiness all year long.  Such are the traditions of the South.

Chris and Margit...
These "Yankees" have some funny ideas  well they eat "dogs" don't they!
Sh...shush, some of my best friends are Americans.....I found them on C.P. Love them all.

Ruthie Blessings for 2004 dear sister.


Nite, nite,
Sleep tight..
Jenny ...

Troy Hello.
I had a sneaky look at your profile...wow you are a very "with it" young man.
Keep those posts coming...
See you soon.God bless and Happy New Year.
Jenny

This is wonderful!!

http://www.alighthouse.com/syne.htm

Jenny, there's  a scripture you might like on the photo page,
our canal.

aw y-all better quit pickin on us Americans. So we eat hog jowls, black eye peas and hot dogs and cornbread. So what. We even eat okra, turnip greens, kale, mustard greens, Swiss chard, collard greens, and other stuff too.  

Quote from: Marilyn Fisher on January 01, 2004, 03:15:25 PM

My Photo at DPC got DQ'ed for what the email said was because it had text and the text was copyrighted. It was a scripture. The same photo that I posted here in photos with a scripture.''

Only one person commented on it to me, but the email said there were several who said it should be DQ'ed. Oh well live and learn. Maybe next time I can sneak in something spiritual.

I think it was because it was a scripture.

Marilyn, it was dq'ed because no text is allowed in any challenges.  The only exception was the motivational poster one.  The copyright thing is talking about people who put the copyright symbol and name on their pictures.  It was not your text that they were referring to.  

I believe the email usually says something like, "From the rules: Text: No text may be added to your submission. This includes copyright statements. Please read the challenge submission rules."

It was a good picture, btw.  I liked the colors.  And, please, keep submitting "scriptural" stuff, just don't put the scripture on the pictures.  Use it for your titles.  

May you all receive the Lord's blessings in abundance in the coming year, until they overflow and bless those around you as well!

Last night for the first time in years, Gene and I watched the ball come down in Times Square in New York City.  We had invited the couple who live in the trailer just behind us to share the bottle of wine my boss had given me for Christmas (he gives one to everyone in the office every year) and spent a lovely quiet evening talking with them.  

I never woke up until 9:15 this morning, which is very late for me and found that Gene had needed his headache medicine sometime during the night.  When he finally got up it was almost 1:00 but his headache was gone.  It did kind of mess up the schedule for his eye drops, though.