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Marilyn..........

Don't ever use that word around me...........





("Old")

You're just a kid.

Gotcha Lee!

I still feel good when I leave church, not because the pastor may step on my toes, but because I felt the good Lord there and that is a wonderful feeling.

Our Lord's cleansing of the temple (Mark 11:15ff) should be a message to us about how comfortable we should be in church.  It is a "house of prayer," not a shopping mall.  We should approach God in awe and reverence.  For that reason alone, I think, we shouldn't expect too much "bed of roses" syndrome.  Not that we should not love and be loved.  Not that we should not have joy.  But there should also be true worship - souls attuned to the greatness and glory of God.  I don't believe in "sanctified scowls," but I do believe we should have our comforts removed occasionally by the fact that we are in His holy Presence - and we are unholy.

Hi Jerry I see you online. How are you doing? When are you going to join us on regular basis? Soon I hope. Miss you Brother.

Well, hello to you all!

I've been running around like a hen with .....  well you know the rest of it.
I've bee borrowing from Peter to pay Paul today!  I hate that but seems I overspent my budget a wee bit so had to go and do some figuring.

Also, last big snow fall in the spring, I bought a really good Yard Works shovel.  The second time I used it, it broke.  Shortly after, I started to drive my friend Larry to the hospital every day and one thing and another, I never took it back.

Well, I did today!  But because of not having the receipt, they were going to only allow me $16.95 and I stood my ground saying that I paid more than twice that for the shovel and it still had the label on it!  LOL

Well, just then the store manager walked by and heard me and put his arm over my shoulder and said, "Come with me."  He took me to the shovel dept. and had me try out all these shovels and I came home with a $45.00 shovel!  What a nice man he was!  (Maybe he thought I was too loud! HAHAHAHA)

Then I mailed some photos back to people in the States, Australia and our own Liz on CP too.  People who had sent them to me to scan and then with Larry, they got pushed to the back of my desk!

Well, I feel so good today that I have all these things mailed out and a new snow shovel and now I have to pack my Avon that I should have been doing instead of going out to borrow from Peter to pay Paul!  LOL

Glad you all liked the hymns.  Glad you've posted too Lee and it's so nice that we can disagree on here and not get mad!

Now, I'm off to pack Avon.



(Hey Chris, has your Caps Lock stuck in the "on" position?)


Another Reminder About Font Size

Don't click on the "SIZE" button unless you are going to make your typing larger than font size "4".  If you click on it and you don't change the "2" to "4", your font is very small and hard to read by some folks on here.

I enjoyed the discussion on how we feel in our church services.

I have had a busy day today.  I cleaned the house, had Darrel help me haul the Christmas tree down from upstairs, got it set up, and then worked on framing.  Maybe tomorrow I will get the ornaments out and put them on the tree.  The lights are on it already.

We took Beth to that doctor in Amarillo way back in October, and he promised to have the results of her tests to us within a week.  Well, she has called three times, and all they say is "We will have the doctor call you back."  I called today and sort of read them the riot act, but still got the same result!  They said her chart is on the doctor's desk....and that they can only ask him to call.  GRRRRR!!!  We need that report to send to Social Security as proof of her disability!

You are my help and my deliverer, O Lord, do not delay.  Psalm 70:5

Oh, my goodness, Janet!  That's awful.  I'm so sorry.


By the way, guys!  Great graphics in here today.

HAHAHAHA!

Thanks for the reminder, Pat!  I loved those graphics, too!  May as well have some fun, huh?

Here's a story that I found very anti Christian. I think you all should read it.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 — The Supreme Court appeared troubled and deeply divided today over the prospect that the Constitution might require states to subsidize religious training if they choose to provide college scholarships for other kinds of study.

It was the further implications of the case, more than the case itself, that disturbed a clear majority of the justices as they heard arguments on the validity of the state of Washington's Promise Scholarship Program, which makes awards on the basis of academic merit and financial need but excludes students pursuing a degree in theology.

The exclusion, required under the Washington State Constitution's strict separation of church and state, was successfully challenged by a student at a religious college who would have qualified for the scholarship had he not chosen a major in pastoral ministry. A federal appeals court ruled that the exclusion placed an unconstitutional burden on the free exercise of religion.

The state's appeal of that ruling produced a Supreme Court case of potentially landmark dimensions, raising the profound question of whether the government can ever carve religion out of a general benefit program. "The implications are breathtaking," Justice Stephen G. Breyer observed at one point to Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, who argued for the Bush administration that the Washington program amounted to "the plainest form of religious discrimination."

Mr. Olson's argument as a "friend of the court" for the student, Joshua Davey, met a skeptical response from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who may well control the outcome of the case. "Well, but of course, there's been a couple of centuries of not funding religious instruction by tax money," Justice O'Connor told Mr. Olson, adding, "I mean, that's as old as the country itself, isn't it."

Throughout the argument, both Justice O'Connor and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, another justice who seeks to accommodate religious interests, worried aloud that a ruling in Mr. Davey's favor would have the effect of compelling any state that offered tuition vouchers as part of a "school choice" program to include religious schools, regardless of whether the state wanted to create such an inclusive program.

"Can they refrain from making that program available for use in religious schools?" Justice O'Connor asked Mr. Davey's lawyer, Jay A. Sekulow.

"I would think not," replied Mr. Sekulow, the chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, a legal organization founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson.

"So what you are urging here would have a major impact then, would it not, on voucher programs," Justice O'Connor said in a tone of alarm.

For his part, Justice Kennedy seemed to be looking for a way to avoid the broader issue by finding the Washington program to be invalid on narrower grounds

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

I thought the folks and I were in agreement.


Janet.............

It would seem that you might take Pat's approach to the hardare store and apply it to your doctor.  He just might comply.

I enjoyed reading today's discussion from start to finish! How great to enjoy fellowship and fun with christian friends!

By the way, Etta Sue, Mieka might worry about your eating the Chinese.  

Marilyn...........

The following is an answer to your dilemma is found in the list of 101 "Last Days Prophecies"..........


Jesus said Christians would be hated for His name's sake (Luke 21:17; Revelation 6:9-11; 20:4).  The banning of the Bible, prayer, the Ten Commandments, nativity scenes, Christmas songs, etc., reflects this trend.  Also consider that more Christians were martyed during the past century than during any other period in history.

Ruth Ann...........

SMILE

Lee I wasn't aware that I had a dilemma about something. To what are you referring Brother Lee.?

Quote from: Marilyn Fisher on December 02, 2003, 09:33:41 PM
Lee I wasn't aware that I had a dilemma about something. To what are you referring Brother Lee.?

Marilyn, I think Lee's referring to your post from the Newspaper?  "THE" dilemma and not maybe "YOURS".

LOL

By the way, Marilyn, thanks for sharing that here.

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Believe me, Lee, I would, IF the cotton pickin' doctor would ever answer the phone!  The girls keep making excuses for him! Grrrr!

Marilyn, I have been following that case for months now, and saw Josua Davey on TV tonight.  It has already been four years, and he is now at Harvard, pursuing a law degree.  He said this country needs more Christian lawyers, and that is certainly a fact!  Thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention, and please pray that Jay Sekulow wins this case, as it does have far-reaching implications on our religious liberties.

I have been upstairs digging, and have found a whole bunch of things I had forgotton I owned!  Mostly Christmas stuff.......not room enough to put it all out in this house, though.  

I am going to say good night now.  Good night now!  

I would add to the discussion(s) in here today, but I don't htink I can remember them all.  

hahaha.

Ya'll were wired today, or something.   My head is spinning.  

It is late, adn I still have to do my lesson plan for the class at the Senior Citizen Center tomorrow (we are looking at Christmas traditions in different countries), so I reckon I had better get going.

I'll probably pop back in somethyme.  

hehehehe
kamrat

Marilyn  the body grows old but remember the mind does not



Ruth

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http://www.godsminute.com/christmas2003/


I received this link in my email and work today, and sent it home so I could post it here for all to enjoy.

Quote from: Sue on December 02, 2003, 10:47:56 PM
http://www.godsminute.com/christmas2003/


I received this link in my email and work today, and sent it home so I could post it here for all to enjoy.

That's lovely, Sue!  I just went through it twice.  The music is super!

Thanks!

Marilyn...........

Pat's right.  I was referring to the "Non Christian" post.

Sue...........

Thanks.  Like Pat, I loved it.  What Christian wouldn't?

Night all!  We had a good day today in here.  Lots of conversations and lots of learning on my part.  

Lee and Pat, don't stay up to late.  

Sonja..........

Niters to you too

Pat.........

Need a key?

HAHAHA!

On my way now, Lee!

Watch your head!

OK, here we are with the key to unlock the door of tomorrow's New Every Morning!

I just knew you were sitting there waiting, Lee!

Night Sonja!

Here it is...

http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=1898