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Morning Devotional...


As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Song of Solomon 2:2

The bridegroom perceived his bride in this special way. He compares her to a lily among thorns.

The church and each believer is, by virtue of salvation, pleasant and attractive to the Lord.

The world is a place of thorns, a sign of the curse in Genesis 3. But we, dear believers, are like lilies to the Lord. He thinks you are special, and He's right, because His grace has made you just that to Him!

The Lord wants your company.

Have you made time for Him today?  Will you?
--Carl Knott

Ria.............

As Christians we believe our Lord.  In so believing, we then follow after him and His commandments, and to "obey" Him is one of them.  Our Lord says (Regarding baptism). "Repent and be baptized"  We must be saved (Born Again) first, and only then baptized.  Ria, we cannot repent as babies.  I accepted my Lord at age fifty, and was baptized by immersion shortly after.  We are baptized out of "obedience" to our Lord.  

I reason some Baptist churches require baptism before membership, is to ensure their membership that new members are serious about their faith, and are openly willing to follow after the commandments of Christ.  

Pat...........

Yesterday's devotional said much to me.

"
Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory" (John 17:24)

By His grace, and His grace alone, we were first chosen that we would behold His glory.  As we approach Christmas, I can't help but reflect on our being gifts from God the Father to His Son.  My physical death will be like Jesus opening this humble gift, and my death will be the opening of my eyes to His wonderous glory.

Hi all.  Just busting around at awful hours of the night trying to get done what should have been done last week!!  
Wnated to pop in and say hi!!  I hope everyone has a most wonderful day!!

GOOD MORNING ALL

PAT THANK YOU ALSO THIS MORNING FOR THE DEVOTIONAL

I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY EYES I MAY NOT TO LONG ON THE COMPUTER BUT I TAKE A LOOK SOMETIMES

JENNY WHEN YOU SEE THIS TAKE A LOOK IN YOUR MAIL BOX I HAVE SEND YOU A MAIL WITH A QUESTION

i ALSO HAVE CALLED THE DOCTOR ABOUT MY EYES I GET SALVE FOR MY EYES MY EYES ARE OVERTIRED I MUST TAKE REST.


i WISH YOU ALL A BLESSED DAY
bYE RIA

PatGood morning sister. A meaningful devotional for me today. The Lord calls me "His daughter"...last night as I was weeping He told me He is my husband and He comforted me with these words:-

"Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of Hosts is His Name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall He be called.

For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed
but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of peace be removed.

O thou afflicted and tempest tossed and not comforted, behold I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires."
Isaiah 54:4-11 abr.

I pray that these words will give comfort to others today as Christmas approaches and memories flood in, also for those who feel unable to cope and no longer have a spouse to share their troubles with.  Please cast your burdens upon the Lord. He will sustain you. He will send a Cyrenean to help carry your cross.

Prayerfully,
Jenny.

I carry heavy burdens today, but last evening a friend met me for dinner and we shared. I could sense her love and her strength helping me as we held hands across the dinner table. Thank God for friends.

And most of all, I thank God for this christian community where I feel safe and loved.

Jenny, I'm so thankful you shared that scripture. It seemed targeted specifically to me, although it was written centuries and centuries ago.

Ruth Ann

hey ya'll
just popping in to say hi before i go to school. everything here is doing well. it's supposed to be 62 degrees here today   unseasonaly warm! well i'm off now
Sarah

Just rushing through.  It was sooooo cold when I took out my trash this morning.  I sure wish it would warm up!!!    It is the wind that makes it soooo cold.  Wasn't bad taking the trash but coming back to the house, whew!!!!  Then it takes a long time for my glasses to get back to normal.  

Today I am going to Jerry's and take him for his Christmas shopping.  Then he is coming here to help me 'save' things on my computer.  I like saving on floppies .... that is a no-brainer...but I have to re-train myself to save on CD's.  Some of my folders are too big for one floppy so I must try the CD-rewriter.

I got this little animation in an email.  I can relate to this for the past 61 years!!!!


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"Joy is not the absence of suffering, but the presence of God."

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!

Hi there to you all this morning.
We are getting a good amount of the white stuff this morning.....and it looks sooooo beautiful.....I thank my God for all of you and for the wonderful teachings that have been posted of late...even though I may not be here as often as I would like too....I do take a few min. to read through them as time allows me....

well am off for the run right now....but will be back later,,,, God bless you all and have a great day.
In His Grace...Paulette

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....Etta Sue.......you just make me roll on the floor this morning......thanks girl......love ya.

as my son would.....you cracka me up......

Jenny~You are in my prayers today. (((hug))) I am a bit confused by the verse, but that is usual for me.

Ria~I am sorry about your eyes.  I know how you must be feeling.  My eyes get that way every now and again and I have to take a break too.  Don't be to long.   (((hug)))

Karma~How are you eyes doing?  Hope they are better.  What on earth would you be doing at almost 3:00   in the morning?  

Lee~thanks for adding that bit about baptism.  

Ruth Ann~Friends are awesome to have.  Have a good day!

Sarah~Have a good day at school.  Sounds like great weather. Want to send some this way?  

My Agenda for the Day

1) Fix some pictures for print and post some pictures on CP

2) Pay a few bills

3) Write a Christmas letter

I should stop there.  I will see how well I do today.

I will talk with you all later.
Have a good day!
Sonja

HI Etta Sue and Tenderheart!  

Etta Sue, I just love that little snowman. hehehe...to cute.  Are you making those graphics in psp8?  Where do you get the gold color?

Good morning, PAT!  

Hi everyone.  Just back from morning coffee at the cafe and then a trip to the store.  It is very cold here this morning but I think the rain we had overnight is probably over.  We have a brisk wind.  When I got in the house I looked like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer but have now warmed up and plan to stay close the rest of the day.  However, this evening is choir practice and will go to that as we won't have practice the next two Wednesday evenings.

Pat, I started working those puzzles you have created and have never seen such crazy pieces.  One of them that was triangles of Janet's beautiful painting took me almost an hour to complete, but I kept at it until I got it.  I work them on my laptop, which has a small screen, so find I can only handle about 75 pieces.  In fact, on one of the puzzles I worked last night I got a star piece caught behind the puzzle and couldn't get it out.    Anyway, they are a lot of fun and relaxing to work while watching television during the evenings.

Ria, sorry to hear that your eyes are bothering you and certainly hope that will be a temporary condition.  

Etta Sue, and all of you posting graphics, I really enjoy seeing them.  

Sarah, just go ahead and send that warm weather on down here to the South.  Thank you!

Good Morning thank you Pat and Jenny for the words you have posted today.

I tried last night to install PSP8 on my computer and for some reason it wouldn't read the disk. Then I tried to just run it and still no success.  Got tired of trying to figure it out and went to bed, I will try again later today. Or I will call Dell support.

This morning I am going to a program Savannah is having at school, will take pictures. Gilbert said be sure and take your camera, I told him it is in my purse and goes everywhere I go.

Ttyl Have to get ready.

Etta Sue, I love that snowman, and can really relate!  All your other graphics are lovely, too!

Sonja, I hope I didn't offend you with my question about vitamins.  I figured you did take them and so do your kids.  You and Mike are such good parents!

Jenny and Ria, hugs to you both, and I hope you will both be feeling much better soon.

Larry, you do stay busy, don't you?  Way to go!  I worked that puzzle some time ago, and it is a hard one, because of so much green!

Hi Marilyn!  Hope you get PSP8 going soon!

I have lots to do, as usual, so better get with it!

Hello everyone.

I baked a four layer cake on the 14th  I had two white layers and two white with strawberry sprinkles. It used up four tubs of frosting, it was very good.

Sometimes when someone asks me how old I am
                         I say 12
                     when I'm really 13

Etta Sue I liked your icon you got from an email!!!
It cracked me up.

Ria I like this icon!

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Mullet Hi there, it's lovely to meet someone who caught a mullet........Is that a fish?
Gosh that cake sounds absolutely scrumptious.  I never baked one like that...Keep our Etta Sue away from it!
Please come and talk to us again.  .

Sonja I am glad that you do not need to understand the meaning behind the words I posted sister.  If you did need to then the Lord would open His good treasury and you would understand.  God Bless dear, continue happy ...keep smiling.

Ruth Ann I am so glad you have a special friend to share with.  "A trouble shared is a trouble halved". Is our dear Leslie with you as you read this.  I love you Les. Jesus loves you. Enjoy His birthday and I hope you will soon be feeling much better.

My dear Jane has just brought me Holy Communion for Christmas as it's too cold for me to be in church. We prayed together and I read Luke 2:1-20. ...I ache to share inside the church again on Christmas Eve  but I have to accept the way I am at this time.  I shall watch the Midnight Mass on television and think of you all. Most probably I will pop into C.P. afterwards as it will only be about 7 p.m. in Canada and I will be able to say "Happy Christmas"....across the sea and over the web.

God Bless you all dear ones.
Jenny .

Hello all!!!!  I hope your day is going well!

Good to "see" you mullet!  Why do you and your crew come on to NC and we'll have one big bake fest!!

I got Travis down for a nap and am rushing around trying to get some stuff done.  Just thought I would pop in and say "hi!"

Back later.

Hi there, Mullet (Zachery) the teenager!!

You are getting so good on the computer, boy!  Way to go!  Bet that cake was good!

Just stopping by on my way upstairs to cut some mats for family portraits from long ago that I am giving my siblings as Christmas gifts.

See you later!

mullet(Zachery)

 

thanks Janet
Karmat                                                                        

I will have to ask my mom I'd love to see everyone here on CP.

Jenny Hahahaha...lol! It is a hair cut, mom(soni) will have to give you a picture. You were thinking of a Mullesk.Thank you!

MERRYCHRISTMAS ALL

Hi Zach!  I love your "Merry Christmas"

That's great!

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Thanks for the music pat.
verry lovelly!

I thought I would put that in there because that is what christmas is about.
I thought everyone would like it.

Good Day Mullet!  Nice to see you.

Pat:  Thank you for the lovely music.  Carol

Good day, Carol.
How are you doing?

I'm going to ask my mom how to put music on a link so I can stick some of mine on here on here. It's christian music

I hope you all have a great evening together.

I'm going to the Avon Christmas Dinner and will be leaving soon so won't be home till much later.

I hope I have lots to read by the time I get home!

SoniYou have a lovely son...Zach...

Lets see lots more of him. He's a "ray" of sunshine.

Jenny.

Zachery really is a ray of sunshine, isn't he?  So glad to have you posting, Zachery!  (((hugs)))