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Revelation 6:2-6
Behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him; and he went out conquering, and to conquer...And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men should slay one another; and a great sword was given to him...and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.  And I heard as it were a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat ofr a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do noto harm the oil and the wine."

Each of these four horsemen represents a different judgement that will come upon the earth.  The first rider, on a white horse, has a bow, but notice he doesn't have any arrows.  His initial objective is to conquer peacefully.  Also, "a crown was give to him."  But his crown is merely a "victory's crown, " not a kingly crown; he receives authority from another.  But don't be deceived by the white horse: this man is evil.

The next rider, on a red horse, is granted permission to "take peace from the earth."  This speaks of war.  While he displays a semblance of dominance and control, such power will have a set duration.

The third rider, sitting atop a black horse, holds "a pair of scales in his hand."  This reveals that famine will accompany the war.  And when this verse describes "a quart of wheat for a denarius," it evokes the Jewish custom of measuring out bread by weight, which signifies that food is scarce (Leviticus 26:26)



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Hey, Sonja, did you go along to Riverton?  We used to live just outside Riverton, 1/2 mile from St. Stephen's Indian Mission.  Our youngest was born in Riverton.

GOOD NIGHT!!!!

No, I didn't go with him.  He is with the team.  To long of a drive for me. :-\ 

My grandparents live there and a few aunts and uncles.  I wonder if we are related.  ;D hehehe..  ;) ;D

Good night, Ursula! ((hug))

What great photos, Cirrus!

I sure hope that everyone clicks on Soni's little thumbnail photos at the bottom of today's NEM and leaves a comment to our newest member's gallery!

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hello all,
I am here we won our game tonight.... we are on a winning season so far... 8-1.... been good so far.... anyways i hope ya'll have a good day night morning whatever... ttyl
Sarah

hey, Sarah!  That's great that you are winning!  Wow!  I remember those days in high school.  I loved sports!

Talk to you soon!

I was headed to see Cirrus' photos, but remembered I have to switch to IE to leave a post.  So....I'll wait till tomorrow morning.

Night everyone.  Nita

December 18   

Trials and Pain: We May Expect Troubles

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In
the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have
overcome the world. 
--John 16:33

We are all idealists. We picture to ourselves a life on earth
completely free from every hindrance, a kind of spiritual Utopia
where we can always control events, where we can move about as
favorites of heaven, adjusting circumstances to suit ourselves.
This we feel would be quite compatible with the life of faith and
in keeping with the privileged place we hold as children of God.

In thinking thus we simply misplace ourselves; we mistake earth for
heaven and expect conditions here below which can never be realized
till we reach the better world above. While we live we may expect
troubles, and plenty of them. We are never promised a life without
problems as long as we remain among fallen men....

What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live
with them until such time as God delivers us from them. If we
cannot remove them, then we must pray for grace to endure them
without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our
spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or
endure them unwillingly.
Of God and Men, pp. 121-122

"Lord, I'm so homesick for heaven. But until You allow me to come
home, I do indeed 'pray for grace to endure [problems] without
murmuring.' Amen."

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Good morning from Middle Tennessee on a cold 31 degree morning.

Well, just one week from today we have Christmas.  I am looking forward to having all of our daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren here for Christmas dinner.

Tonight Martha has her annual Christmas party when she entertains the faculty and administration of the school where she teaches.  So there is a lot of cooking and preparations going on today.  I just try to keep out of the way.

2 Cor 9:6-7
6   Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7   Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
(NIV)

--- Papa John          <;D)))><<   
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Pat:  I so enjoyed the music of Bells and now Little Town of Bethlehem.  Probably none of us will be able to visit there with all the problems they have. 

Listening to the music, I am reminded of the news last night where a Santa uses sign language.  You should have seen the surpised and happy deaf children who walked up to him astonished that Santa could "speak" their language.  May we always be able to speak the language of understanding and faith.

Carol

Good morning, friends,

Wow! I slept late today - what a nice luxury that is. Papa John, they are saying we may get a bit of snow tomorrow - brrrr.

I'm such a wimp in cold weather.

My daughter whisked in the door last evening just before she went to work. The hospital gives them a free turkey each year. So, she put it in my freezer. She'll bake it on Christmas Day while she's sleeping and while Leslie and I are returning from Atlanta. Then, we'll have our own little 3-person Christmas feast Christmas evening after she awakens.

Well, must go to the kitchen - my blood sugar level says it's time for a bit of breakfast. <grin>

Y'all have a wonderful day.

Ruth Ann

Good Morning, I am here is about all I can say about my state of mind today.

I wrapped allthe gifts last night and put them on the floor under the tree. I am still waiting for Amazon to deliver one more gift for Gilbert and Sarah then it will all be done, I have three boxes of cookies and plenty left over, I just remembered that I have to wrap up the cookies and jam too. Those go over to Sarah's parent's house on Christmas day.

I am hoping that Gilbert will loan me his car today so I can go take care of Fay and get her shopping done for her.

Well onward and upward with the day.

TTYL

Good Morning All!
Just a quick hello.  Lots to do this weekend.  I have to be at my church for noon today as we are having a reception and handing out gift baskets we prepared for a Women's Shelter.  Tomorrow I am having my son's seventh birthday party for all his school friends so there is alot to do in preparation for that.  Of course there is also Christmas shopping still to do.  So busy, I better get off this computer and start getting to it!!  
Have good weekend everybody!!
Carrie

Jerry and I had a great time with Tony and Charlene.  First, Charlene couldn't find Jerry's gift under the tree.  She asked me if I wanted to help her find it so here we were both on our hands and knees until I realized...why am I down here?  I don't know what size it is, what it looks like and I can't read a tag anywhere?  But Charlene gave up and said that Jerry will get his Christmas present later when the bottom of the tree is emptied out of gifts.  So I was opening mine and Charlene looked inside the bag mine was in and THERE WAS JERRY'S GIFT!!!  So we both got wonderful gifts from Tony and Charlene and I think they will enjoy what we got them, too. 

Then we got in their car and went to Charleston's for dinner.  Tony talked me into getting the Chicken Tenders.  Now I really like Chicken Tenders but I am still from the old school and I wasn't going to order them because of the price....$11.99 for the tenders and two sides!!!  Now I would pay that for fried shrimp but chicken tenders???????  But Charlene said....you are going to have the Chicken Tenders because we are paying for both of your dinners.  So we all had Chicken Tenders.  Truthfully, I think Arby's Chicken Strips are better and they are only $3.99 with a coupon.

But while we were sitting there, here comes the Mayor of Indianapolis and his wife in to have dinner.  They sat across from us.  Never saw the man before except on TV.  Kind of nice to have a celebrity close by.. ::)

Then we go back to Tony and Charlene's to chat for awhile until Tony was falling asleep and then Jerry and I came on home.  From my living room we can see a state highway and Jerry noticed some emergency vehicles with red/blue/white lights flashing.  Then I heard a noise and it was a helicopter.  We turned out the lights and saw the helicopter land withing a half mile from us.  It was there for a half hour and took off again.  Today I looked online and it stated that there was a fatality and one was lifted to Methodist Hospital in Indy.  I don't know how it happened though. 

Things like this are always sad but at Christmas time, it is sadder.

Today is a do-nothing day.  Well, I have the second load of clothes in the dryer but I am not planning on going anywhere today.  Besides...it is 37°F but feels a lot colder than that when I took a letter to the mailbox earlier!

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"Faith is seeing light with your heart, when all your eyes see is the darkness ahead."

Etta Sue, chicken tenders?  You know, I have never liked them.  I’m not sure why.  But I think that it is because as a boy I always liked fried chicken.  When we had fried chicken we would pick it up and eat it by hand.  There was a bone in there.  I liked to eat it and then get it right down to the bone.  Chicken tenders have no bones.

Ruth Ann, yes we may have a little snow.  I would like to have a White Christmas.

Isa 1:18  "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.  (NIV)

--- Papa John          <;D)))><<   
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Hello!  It is cold here today!!!  We are going out in a bit to finish (hopefully) our Christmas shopping.

Right now, though, it is time to corral a little boy and get him dressed.  Probably easier to finish the shopping.  hahahahah

Take care, stay warm, enjoy the season!

Karma

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Papa John ~ Ha!  I like fried Chicken, too ...... but only my own or Kentucky Fried Chicken Original Recipe.  But I won't eat the legs.  Yuck!  Those bloody veins gross me out.  Besides I didin't know a chicken had white meat until I was married and moved out of the house.  Dad always got the pulley bone...remember them?  So since I was the youngest, I got what was left....the legs.  But I like Chicken Tenders/Strips because they DON'T have bones in them.   ;) ;)

I just downloaded Mozilla Firefox again.  IE was sooooo slow when I was on the CP site that it seems it took me forever to get done all I wanted to do.  So I am trying Firefox again.  If any of you have any shortcuts with Firefox, let me know!!!

Thanks Etta Sue for thinking of our Guests registering.

Right now, I'd encourage all of our "Regulars" to invite a friend and ask them to join us here at CP.

Hey y-all look who's the weirdo who signed up. Must be that slime ball old devil himself. No offense to anyone who is a Christian. I hope y-all understand. where I am coming from. If this is someone's idea of a joke it is not funny.

I have been in the gallery looking at all the wonderful photos, But I can't comment for some reason. I have tried both IE and Firefox . I still can't use my AOL fort browsing so What am I to do. Is there something on Firefox that I need to download inorder to comment in the gallery.? HELP

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Yes, let's get a new user on quickly so that the latest name will be hidden.

I've banned that user.

Thank you Pat I sure am glad  you did that. Can't you just delte the name.?

Hey there!!  I'm home, and very happy about that, except I am very tired -- make that near exhaustion -- from the stress filled daze in California and then added stress awaiting me at home!

I don't have much energy for being online today ... actually, I don't have much energy for anything!  Hopefully, I will regain some strength before long.

I need to update y'all on my biopsy report.  Of course everything is benign and I am only scarred a little bit and not hurting too much.  I called the doctor's office for the results on Tuesday.  The nurse said she'd have the doctor call me later (he was with a patient).  The only number I had to give her was my grandson's cell phone.  It rang while he was waiting at the DMV ... he phoned to Joy's cell phone to tell me the nurse wanted me to call back.  I did that and reached their voice mail.  Then I called again on Wednesday ... same result.  Bryan said there had been another message from the doctor's office and I was supposed to call them a.s.a.p.   When I called on Friday I got the voice mail again.  I proceeded to let them know I would be home this weekend and there was no number where they could reach me until then.  My grandson was getting frustrated with them calling.

I suppose I will call Monday morning ... this is getting tiresome.

Bryan will be starting HIS NEW JOB on Monday!  There are still a lot of hurdles to jump and problems to solve, but he has a job!

I'll try to get in here later and answer any questions you may have following this rather messed up post. 

Y'all take care now ....

love, Jane

TBEAR"  A very Happy Birthday to you!

Love and ((((HUGS))))

Judy M.! :D

Heh, welcome home Jane.  So.......how's Oregon feel about now?  It always takes me awhille to unwind and actually get to a resting place after I've been gone.  You knowhow much I travel. lol  But you know what I mean.  I like your new picture.

I went to Walmart again today.  I had to buy a crate for the puppies.  They've been sleeping in their playpen with mom, but we're trying to adjust them to being without her, in case she goes to her new home next week.

TBEAR!  Happy early birthday nice lady.  I'm really glad you're here with us.  You make a wonderful addition to this group of already wonderful people. :D

my grandaughter is here wanting to use MY computer, so guess I'll go and let her check her email. :)

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Thank you Pat I sure am glad you did that. Can't you just delte the name.?

I could delete the name but I've banned him completely meaning the name and address and I.P. too.    So I didn't want to delete it in case he tried again.

I have created a new user called Test2 that shows now so Satan doesn't.

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OH, yes.....a couple of people were mentioning Firefix.  You may recall I was really having problems in the gallery and unable to post.  I still can't with Firefox, but one of the extensions you can download for it is a little thing called "view this page in IE".  You can find it on the extensions page.   I use Firefox for everywhere else on CP......and it is a lot faster, Etta Sue...then I go to the gallery, and right click on the page somewhere.  The drop down menu includes the extension you downloaded.  After I open it in IE, I can post and upload pictures.

Long paragraph.  Does it make sense?  Email me if you want.       Nita

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Hi everyone.  I have really had an interesting day.  I woke up about 5 am and couldn't sleep so decided to go ahead and get up.  Did some chores, did my daily devotionals  and then cleaned out the closet in my office (I have shelves installed in the closet and they were a mess).  I then went to coffee but left early to go to Fry's at the mall to get an adapter and ran another errand.  I was due at the church at 10 am and made it in time.  We had our cantata practice with the 10 piece orchestra and was that ever enjoyable.  The musicians were all pros and the music is beautiful based on a lot of the traditional carols. 

I got home a little after twelve and a couple of hours later my new friend came over to help with all the computer problems I had yesterday and set up the dual monitors.  He checked what I had done yesterday and then disconnected something and had me start the computer.  It came on all right but smoke immediately bellowed up and I quickly pulled the power cord.  A couple of the wires on the floppy disk drive had burned up and he said the floppy drive must have been faulty.  He cut off the burned wires and had me start of the computer and all seemed to be OK.   We got the monitors installed so that was the first problem solved.

Then he tried to get my laptop wireless connections to work but had no success.  He fixed the screen resolution on my daughter computer and then left with some of Pat's caramel corn.  I then called the Toshiba tech support and spent over an hour with a very nice fellow in Canada and we tried a bunch of things without any success.  He then got me connected with the level 2 tech support but he had nothing else to offer other than to suggest that I needed to use the restore disk to put the computer back in factory condition.  Before I was going to do that I contacted my son and in five minutes he walked me through a few steps and I was once again connected to the wireless network.  So all of the computers are once again working well and I will be able to sleep tonight.

Speaking of the cantata, our son is planning to attend tomorrow.  This will be the first time he has been in a church in over 16 years.  He lost his 7 month old son to SIDS and took his anger out on God.  I am just praying that the Holy Spirit is working to soften his heart to bring him back to a relationship with Christ.  I feel this is a big step forward and I feel a sense of joy in my heart tonight. 

Tbear, I also want to join with the others who have wished you a very happy birthday tomorrow.  I sure understand waiting until after the weekend to go out as we have the same problem around here in trying to get in a restruarant on the weekends.  Enjoy your night out.

Jane, glad to see you are home safely and I hope you can get rested up this weekend.  I am sorry that you weren't able to connect with your doctor and have to anticipate his call for another day.  It sounds like you about wore yourself out but sure hope you had a good time with your family in California.

Etta Sue, it sounds like you and Jerry had a very nice time with your son and his wife.  You all got an early start for the holidays.

Papa John, we are suppose to have some snow but no accumulation and also some very cold weather but just for a short time.  I don't think we likely will see a white Christmas here.

Marilyn, hope your son was able to help you with transportation today.  How long will your car be in the shop?  Hope you get your browser situation solved soon.

Sonja, thanks for the devotional today.  Revelations is such an interesting book. 

Carrie, you certainly had a busy schedule today. 

Guess I had better stop writing and read the other discussions here, work my crossword puzzle on the web and read the newspapers as it will soon be bedtime.  I enjoyed all of the postings today.

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Pat, thank you for that song, "Mary's Boy Child"
I have heard it many times in the last several years but didn't know the title of it.  It's a lovely song.
Hope everyone is doing well, and about ready to celebrate Christmas.  I look forward to the Christmas morning service at church, it is always so special.  At our former church we had a good one too, it was an evening service, candlelight and Lord's Supper.  So inspirational, with the music and all. 
Blessings to all of you during this Christmas season. 
Love, Janice

Janice, it's so good to see you posting this evening and glad you liked that song.

It's time to close the door and put Etta Sue's cat out!  ;D

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