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• Apples of Gold (http://www.applesofgold.co.uk)  Iain's website...   Lots of good information here.

• Creation Moment (http://www.creationmoments.com/radio/archives.asp) Listen to the Creation Moment every day for a new creation moment!  We can learn a lot from these!  Terrific if you are home schooling.

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  "A man full of hope will be full of action."
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Some News We Should Know About...

• Shortages Confront N. Korea Train Victims  (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/nkorea_train_explosion)  DANDONG, China - Injured children lay on file cabinets as an overcrowded North Korean hospital struggled to cope without enough beds or medicine for hundreds of victims from last week's train explosion, an aid worker who visited the facility said Sunday.   

   

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Morning Devotional...


Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord. . . O Lord, have we waited for Thee. . . O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for Thee. . . But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
Isaiah 25:9, 26:8, 33:2, 40:31

Blessed are all they that wait for Him.
Isaiah 30:18

Waiting is a most difficult task.

Some of us are such impatient people, yet we find ourselves constantly waiting in line at the store, at the traffic light, or for the results of some medical test.

The believer is to learn the lesson of the Saviour and be a patient person, giving the Lord the opportunity to work all things together for good according to His purpose (Rom. 8:28).
W. G.

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PAT thank you very much for the devotional this morning the nice hymn yesterday and Morning has broken. A lovely song.

MARYLIN yes my husband can come on 16 septembre in the hospital. It is terrible but they say it is very busy there are a lot snoring people and the holidays are coming but he has called the hospital now is it so when there some one not can come in the coming time then he may come. Now i hope it i have sleep this night on the couch in the livingroom. Now i have had a goodnight but others.

My fahter is now being very old he is sleeping a lot and walking is still bad he use the walker but it is not being better.And he is eating a little bit.
In june he must back to the hospital then they can say or his prostate cancer total is away. 3 years is he now coming every sunday to me.I must not think on the time when he not more shall come i shall miss him very much.

There have been not a lot people in the church yesterday i think when there are 35 - 40 then is was a lot.. Reason a lot people are going now to the
campings many people have a great mobile home there and the weather is was very good this saturday and sunday. Also now it is very sunny but we shall have a little bit rain this week.
More news have i not on this moment.

Ephesians 3 : 17-19
I pray that you may grasp how wide and
long and high and deep is the Love of Christ, and
to know this love that surpasses knowledge.

                 GOD'S  LOVE
 
        God's love goes far beyond our dreams,
                beyond our aspirations...
        His love surpasses all our plans,
                our hopes and expectations.

Love and Prayerfully for you all
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Good morning.

Church was wonderful and busy.  We stayed for both services.  Yesterday was 'The Bridge'...teen church.  So with so many tapes being requested, Jerry and I didn't leave church until 12:30 p.m.  We then ate out, went to WalMart and came home.  Jerry watched NASCAR while I got caught up on the pc. 

Inky kind of scared me last evening.  She was hot.  Very out of it.  Slept a lot.  But she seems much better this morning.  Eating and drinking and even jumped up on the desk for her treats.  She will be fine.

I start drinking this stuff in 20 minutes.  About 16 ozs. of stuff.  Then another 16 ozs at 8:15 a.m.  Then I have the CT scan at 9 a.m.  I don't know when the results will be told to me.  Probably will have another doctor appointment to tell me what was found if anything.  From what I read, I will be put on a diet to lose weight.  I need that, I know. 

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"Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves the One who is leading."

Good morning!

Etta Sue~glad Inky is feeling better.  I will be thinking of you today and praying for you.

Ria~My daughter sang a song that had Ephesians 3:17-19 in the words of the song.  Great poem too.  (hug) 

Great devotion Pat!  Thanks!

Etta Sue, I had a CT scan Friday so I had to drink those two bottles of white stuff too.  Sometime this week I will get the results.  The doctor feels like the cancer did not spread but we will see.

Good to see Ria this morning, and Pat with her good devotional, and Sonja who IS a gem.

Heb 4:12-16
12   For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
13   Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
14   Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
15   For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-- yet was without sin.
16   Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.  (NIV)

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Hello everyone!!  Etta, I'm thinking of you right now.  Hope everything goes well. 

I've got to get little man dressed and to my mom's house so I can get to work. 

A damp rainy day here in Western NC.  But we need the rain.

take care, and if work is slow, I'll try to get back in!

Hi everyone.  Been walking this morning and then had coffee at the cafe.  Came home and prepared for the class I will coach today.  Think I will probably be working at the computer for the class.

Papa John, those verses from Hebrews should certainly make all of us pause.  It is a very sobering thought that norhting in all creation is hidden from God's sight. 

Hope the results from the CT scan you had and the one you are having Etta Sue will have very good results.  I have to prepare today for a flex sigmoid test tomorrow afternoon.  Not something any of us look forward to but an important test.  Will be fasting after lunch today.

Ria, it is hard to watch our parents sort of fade away before our eyes.  I can certainly feel for you as you see this happening to your father.

Sonja, glad to see that you are feeling a lot better.  How do you find out if you are allergic to that OTC drug?  It sounds like your daughter is a real songbird.  Yesterday at church we had our two young youth choirs sing.  The preschoolers particularly did a wonderful job and were so cute.

Pat, your devotional points out such a failing that we human seem to have in being impatient.  Chris, this devotional seems to dovetail with the Tozer piece you had yesterday or the day before on prayer.

Janet, I know it tugs your heart strings to hear the planning that Abby does for you for the weekends.  What a compliment to both you and Darrell.  I have the warmest memories of my grandmother who always greeted me with her arms wide-open and always had time for my sister and I.  I loved her so much and still miss her after so many years.  We lived close so was able to spend many hours with her and after I grew up and moved away I always tried to stop by her house first, if possible, when I would come back to my folks for a visit.

Guess I better stop for now as have to leave to coach the computer class at the SeniorNet Computer Learning Center.  This is week 3 of the 8 week course.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Larry, we have a Allergy specialist that my son Troy goes to because he is allergic to everything natural.  They will poke me with a plastic toothpick thing that has the goldenseal serum on it. If it turns red or blotchy then they know that I am allergic.  Pretty sympol prosedure.

Hope your day goes well.

I am off to start my day.  Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Soni

Thanks Papa John for adding that scripture.  Awesome words!

Hello, everybody!  I got my swimsuit this morning, but Darrel said we'd better go knock a hole in the wall of the bathroom off my painting room.  There is a leak there behind the wall---ugh.  I hate plumbing problems!  I found some slimy toadstools growing along the bottom of the wall.  Yuck!  So, anyway, another job to do, mess to clean up, and repairs to make.  :(  But I am happy Darrel knows how to deal with these things, it saves us a bundle of $$.

Thanks, Sonja and Larry for your kind words about Abby and our relationship with her.  I had her brothers here a lot when they were small, too--seems like such a short time ago!--and now that they are nearly grown, they seldom have time to come to our house.  But the relationship we developed with them in their tender years endures.  And they always greet me with open arms, just as I greeted them when they were small enough for me to scoop them off their feet.  God sure had a good idea, in grandkids! ;D ;D

I have framing to do, laundry, and want to sort out stuff that we pulled out of the bathroom cabinet.  I'm trying to downsize.  That is hard for me to do, because I always think maybe I will find a good use for things later.  Any of you have that problem?  :-\

I enjoyed the devotional and the links, Pat, and appreciate all your work keeping us up to date here.  I am still having problems getting pictures to post, but today they are working on our cable line just down the road, so maybe that will make a difference--I hope!

Ria, I do hope they have a cancellation at the hospital so your husband can get in earlier, and find help for his snoring problem.  By the way---you are also MY favorite Hollander!  :) :D ;D

I have to get with it or I will never get three days' worth of work done today!

Thanks Pat for todays devotion. 

Ursula:  Nice to see you posting as well.  Did you move or am I thinking of someone in the past? 

Papa John:  Thank you for noticing - I send a prayer for your all clear notice from the doctor this time. 

Etta Sue:  Thinking of you as well.

I just cleaned the guest room spiffy again as we may have our son's girlfriend here as she has business in the area very early tomorrow morning.  And, then we should have company arriving Thursday at the earliest as they travel through.  It has been active here.

Carol

Hello Everyone!
Well, I got woke up this morning by a neighbor saying that my son was outside-this is the 2nd time he has done this. So, he was disciplined for it. I mean I have locks above the doors so the little poop tipped a laundry tub over to climb up and unlock the door. I guess I need to set my alarm and get up earlier in the A.M. So, pray I can get to sleep at night to do that-I have trouble sleeping sometimes at night. Anyway-thats how my morning started. I did spank him because he did disobey me by going out when I told him not to last time- I also told him he wasn't going out later to play but, I have to do something to teach him what he did was wrong.
Yesterday was a good day for me-My daughter Lindsey and I went to Michaels to a One Stroke Painting Demo-and I am going to sign up for her class on Friday-I am excited. I even bought Lindsey her first set of paint brushes because they were 10 dollars off for the package. We then came home and practiced. Today-we have school and I have to clean the house-later I will practice more painting.
May you all have a blessed day.
Hugs
Rachelle

Good Morning. Thanks pat for the deovtional. You always post such neat links for us to look at and interesting stories on Sermon Audio.

Well today I am going to WM's then to Fay's to work. I blesses me to be a blessing to someone else.

Al I am praying for you!!

It is always so nice to come in to CP each morning and read the posts from the night before and what has been posted each day. This is where I have that first cup of tea or coffee. I know I haven't posted much lately but my time has been spent productively away from the computer.

The service last night was done completely by our youth, all the preaching too.

TTYL

Hi Everyone...

Just checking in for a quick "Hi" as I'm doing laundry, packing Avon, delivering Avon, tidying the house and ....  well, you get the picture, don't you?

It's a busy Monday for me.

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Date: 4/26/04 5:02:01 AM GMT Daylight Time
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HOW ABOUT THIS TIE-IN LARRY! LOL :)

April 26   

Prayer: Be Patient

Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in
prayer.
--Romans 12:12

Think of the kernels of grain, the seed, that the farmer plants in
the ground in the fall of the year. How patient the farmer must be!
Throughout the long, cold winter the seed is dormant. There is no
evidence at all that it is there--covered by the cold earth itself.
The snows come and go. The ground freezes and thaws. Does the
farmer lie awake at night worrying that those seeds he placed in
the ground may be ineffective? He does not. He knows that spring
will come!

And in due course, the sunshine of March or April warms the air.
Spring rains water the ground. The farmer knows then that it will
not be long until green shoots suddenly break out from their
covering of earth. And in their own time, great waving fields of
grain are ready for the harvest. The farmer's faith in the seed he
planted is fully justified.

Likewise, God wants us to be patient with every prayer and
petition we sincerely send up to that heavenly altar. Our praying
done in the Spirit cannot be ineffective. It is as though God is
saying to us: "You have planted the seed. You have prayed for My
will to be done and for My kingdom to come on earth.... The
effective prayers of my son, Jesus, will join with the effective
prayers of righteous men and women. Be patient and put your trust
in Me, day by day!"  Jesus Is Victor!, 122.

"Lord, I'm tempted to jot down, 'Give me that patience, and give
it to me now!' That's so typical of our hurried mind-set. Change
that mind-set for me today, Lord, and give me a patient,
steadfast faith, with a willingness to wait for the harvest.
Amen."

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Hi Again--
Just stopping by to say Hello before Lindsey takes over my PC to do vocabulary words lol.
Hope you all have a great day :)
Rachelle

Back from coaching the computer class and stopping at both the library and the grocery store.  We are finally having a rainy day and we really need it.  It is about 20 degrees cooler than we have been having.

When I posted this morning I forgot to include some of these "Christian One Liners". 

QuoteMany folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.

IT is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.

The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.

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Got the tax returns filed, so now can enjoy the rest of my day.

Ria, I hope your husband gets a cancellation appointment very soon.

Great, Sue.  Haven't started mine yet!

 
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Quote from: Rachelle on April 26, 2004, 02:29:47 PM
Hi Again--
Just stopping by to say Hello before Lindsey takes over my PC to do vocabulary words lol.
Hope you all have a great day :)
Rachelle

Great to see you, Rachelle.  Hope you get the PC back later on!  LOL

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I start drinking this stuff in 20 minutes.  About 16 ozs. of stuff.  Then another 16 ozs at 8:15 a.m.  Then I have the CT scan at 9 a.m.  I don't know when the results will be told to me.  Probably will have another doctor appointment to tell me what was found if anything.  From what I read, I will be put on a diet to lose weight.  I need that, I know. 

Etta Sue, I'll be thinking of you tomorrow.  Let's pray that the results will be those that the Lord has planned for you.

I need to lose weight as well.  lol

Soni, I've never had allergy tests.  I know that Jack went through them a few times and now our son, Andrew, is also going through them and they aren't pleasant from what I hear. 


Janet, what a lovely little girl Abby is!  I'm so happy that she wants to come and visit you so often.

Check out Stephen's Flowers (http://christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=2745.0)

As you know our Joyce Robson had a birthday and she's sent me a couple of photos...

Make sure you see Joyce's photos! (http://christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=2744.0)

Larry, the one liners are great especially:

QuoteThe good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.

I haven't ever found any good purpose for mosquitoes myself.  But then the secret things belong to the Lord.  Maybe God put them here to keep us humble.  Here are great big powerful people who are tormented by a little buzzing insect.

In any case we know that God wants us to be humble. 

1 Pet 5:5-6. . . . All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."  Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.  (NIV)

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--- Old Papa John          <:))))><<   
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Seems like I repeated it several times.  There used to be a place where we could delete a post but I can't find it any more.

PJ

Papa John, if you click on preview at the bottom, it will show you your post which you can then correct or delete.  Or, after you post, you will see the modify, delete, etc. buttons at the top to the right of New Every Morning just above your post.

I deleted the extra ones for you, hope you do not mind.  :)

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A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates.

Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans.

Saint Peter addresses the man wearing somewhat sloppy clothes, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?"

The guy replies, "I'm Jack Thomas Jr., taxi-driver, of Noo Yawk City."

Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the taxi-driver, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

The taxi-driver goes into Heaven with his robe and staff. Then it's the minister's turn. He stands up tall and booms out, "I am Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint Mary's Church, for the last forty-three years."

Saint Peter consults his list. He says to the minister, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

"Just a minute," says the minister. "That man before me was a taxi-driver, and he gets a silken robe and golden staff. Why, How can this be?"

Saint Peter, looks to the preacher and says,

"Up here, we work by results,"

"While you preached, people slept. While Jack drove, people prayed."

 :) ;) :D ;D

That one just reached out and grabbed me! I'm still chuckling.

Ruth Ann

hahahaha...good one Janet!

I've had so many chuckles today.  It's been good too as I'm in one of those "low" times.  Thanks Janet!  HAHAHA!

Pat: Again thanks for today's inspiration.

Sarah:  I clearly remember our son being concerned with the fact that he was in his last year of high school feeling very scared. The door of education was closing and now the door of the future was opening. What do I do and what lies ahead? 


Ruth 

Evenin' folks.  Just to let you know I'm here, but probably not for much longer.  :P

Good evening friends:

Just before heading for bed, I thought I'd pop in here and see what you all have been doing.

This was a very "unproductive day" for me.  The bit of laundry that I did manage to do, and iron, is still sitting on top of the dryer;(at least its ironed...LOL) my dishwasher needs emptying, and Rags still needs one last time out before he snuggles in his little bed.

Thank you all for continued prayers for Norm.  He has had three weeks without abdominal pain and nausea.  This Thursday he sees the specialist in Hamilton for a re-check, and hopefully with the improvement in his health, some of the pain medication can be reduced.

Norm even went to church alone yesterday, this sounds insignificant to you, but believe me....this was unheard of a few years ago. (going to church without ME, is what I am meaning to say.)

Etta Sue:  I am praying for you; praying that you will have a good report, and that your tests went well.

Rachelle:  It made me think of years gone by.... when I read of your little fellow going outside your home without permission.  My sister had similar problems with her son doing the same when he was about 4 yrs. old.  How old is your little boy that you are talking about?

Papa John:  I am anxious to hear how you made out with your medical tests.  Do you have any results yet?

Pat:  If you could find the music : "Draw me Nearer"., I'd sure love to sing along with you. It is such a special hymn, the words; " draw me nearer to Thy precious bleeding side".....so appropriate now at this time of year., even though Easter has come and gone, all too quickly.

I'm trusting everyone will have a good rest tonight.

Lovingly.,....Judy M. :)

Good Evening Everyone:

I was not feeling well today and came home from work at noon.   Feeling a little better now.   I think I will go to bed early.   

Love Ruthie

Good evening everyone.  I have finally finished reading all the posts for the past two days.  The devotionals and hymns are lovely and had some chuckles along the way.  Thanks.

We are having a heat wave here on the island.  More like July than April.  That would be great if only things were not getting too dry.  The garden now has to be watered!

I went to the 'little city' and carpet bowled this morning.  Had to skip two games.  Lost one by two points and won the other by five....Not a bad morning. 

Working hard at getting over this blue period and determined to 'Bloom Where Planted.'  Thanks for the email Marilyn.  I have such a lovely home to live in and no reason to be depressed....Find that petting the bunnies is nice.  The little blind one keeps kissing me and makes sounds like a cat purring. 

Etta Sue and Papa John, I will keep you in my prayers and trust all will go well with your tests.  Wouldn't it be great if one didn't have to drink all that yucky stuff?

Must go now.  Pleasant dreams all and God Bless. 
Liz

Time to lock the door.  I've been putting it off as I've been enjoying the hymn for tomorrow.  It's one of my very favorites.

I hope you all enjoy it as well.

Hi Liz!

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