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Morning! Just dropping in to say hi.  Hope all is well.
Soni

TBEAR - I've just been reading back on a few posts from last week and the beginning of this week. Your gifs are superb. What a talent. The one with the lights is one of the best I have seen on the web.

Suzanne - from what I can make out a County in Ireland is the equivalent to a back yard in Texas!!

Quote from: Iain on January 19, 2005, 11:14:31 AM


Suzanne - from what I can make out a County in Ireland is the equivalent to a back yard in Texas!!

HAHAHAHAHA!

That is a good one, Iain! 

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Quote from: Sonifo on January 19, 2005, 11:08:25 AM

Morning! Just dropping in to say hi. Hope all is well.
Soni

Nice to see you Soni.  I've sure missed seeing your cheery posts around here lately.  Hope you are well.  How's Zach?  Give him a hug for me?

Wow! Thanks for all the birthday greetings all

either you are all up early or it's just later where you are because this thread all ready has 3 pages going today! wow! (it's 8:41am here)

Anyways , be back in a bit Have a great day all!

Hi Teresa Dawn -  yet another sister that I haven't met yet. Not to worry. Happy Birthday from across the Atlantic. Hope you have a great day.

You are very honest Karen. Thanks.

Quote from: Pat Scott on January 19, 2005, 10:50:54 AM
Suzanne, a "county" in Ireland and Northern Ireland is like a state.  But they are much smaller.

Don't ever forget that Northern Ireland and Ireland (Eire) are two separate countries like Canada and the United States.  There are borders to drive through with officials who can and may ask for I.D. They have different money, etc. Many don't remember that.  And the country of Northern Ireland is British.

I didn't know that!!!

Take a look at this map, the South part of Ireland has lines to separate the counties, but the North part doesn't.

That is probably because you got the map from a Southern Ireland or Eire site, Suzanne.

There are 6 counties in Northern Ireland.

• Londonderry
• Antrim (where I lived)
• Down
• Armagh
• Fermanah
• Tyrone

Pencil drawing of the counties in N.I.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERESA DAWN

January 19   

Personal Life: Stay in the Secret Place

My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will
direct it to You, and I will look up. 
--Psalm 5:3

Retire from the world each day to some private spot, even if it be
only the bedroom (for a while I retreated to the furnace room for
want of a better place). Stay in the secret place till the
surrounding noises begin to fade out of your heart and a sense of
God's presence envelops you. Deliberately tune out the unpleasant
sounds and come out of your closet determined not to hear them.
Listen for the inward Voice till you learn to recognize it. Stop
trying to compete with others. Give yourself to God and then be
what and who you are without regard to what others think. Reduce
your interests to a few. Don't try to know what will be of no
service to you. Avoid the digest type of mind--short bits of
unrelated facts, cute stories and bright sayings. Learn to pray
inwardly every moment. After a while you can do this even while you
work. Practice candor, childlike honesty, humility. Pray for a
single eye. Read less, but read more of what is important to your
inner life. Never let your mind remain scattered for very long.
Call home your roving thoughts. Gaze on Christ with the eyes of
your soul. Practice spiritual concentration.  Of God and Men,
128-129.

"Lord, I need all of these practical suggestions. Direct me today
to those things that would most enhance my walk with you, and
enable me to serve You better. Amen."

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Yes indeed Iain, very busy with gale damage, and even I found my garden fence having a lie down!!
Folks,, if Iain sends you a photo of a tree from his island you will see it grows at an angle of 45 degrees lol.

Good morning!  Should I introduce myself again?  Seems so long since I was able to be on here.

Thanks so much for your prayers for Beth and for us.  She was able to tolerate the MRI well, now we are anxiously waiting for the doctor to call us with the results.  I hope he doesn't keep us waiting too long.

A big welcome to all the new people, and happy birthday to Teresa Dawn.

I feel I am treading water today, need to do a lot of catching  up.  So I will be off and on here today.  Darrel still cannot get online with his computer, so we haven't solved the problem yet.  Larry was kind enough to suggest a couple things, which we will try.  Also, grandson Curtis helped me last night over the phone.  God bless both Larry and Curtis!

I will be back later, need to read the past couple of days' messages and see what I missed.

Interesting reading here today. Just the posts back and forth between Iain, Pat and Suzanne are very informative.  

I am calling Al right now to see why we haven't seen him lately, oops got the answering machine so leaving a message for him to call me on my cell phone and let me know if they are alright.

Be back later, back to work and then to the bone cracker I mean chiropractor.

TTYL

Quote from: karmat on January 19, 2005, 11:55:51 AM

I didn't know that!!!

Many don't realize that, Karma.  Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom...England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  But Eire is a Republic on it's own.

I sure didn't know that, either, Karma.  Isn't it amazing the things we learn on CP?

Thanks for the devotional and all the interesting info. about Ireland.  I knew about most of the problems....not about it being divided into two sep. areas with their own money.  Worked with a woman from Ireland and she and her mother had both fled the country.  What a sad life for so many!

We have gone from serious snowfall to serious rain to serious flooding!  All of which the island is not prepared for.  Now they are experiencing terrible flooding and mud slides on the mainland.  More heavy rain is due and we are having very warm weather today, causing rapid melting of the snow.  Had two feet in our yard last storm.  I am in serious need of serious change

I have been bringing Misty (outdoor cat) into my suite and introducing her to a more gentle lifestyle.  We wondered about her beautiful long tail and fur, so Amanda did some checking on the net.  Learned that the reason we found her so different in looks and temperament is because she is a Maine Coon Cat.  Long, beautiful and has the biggest feet!!  Uses them to hold onto us unlike another cat and uses her mouth to hold onto our sleeves when wanting to continue being held.  Most interesting animal.  Loves to sit beside or on the lap and is so gentle and loving. 

Regarding cremation, I don't know of anything forbidding it....that this person is aware of....Personal belief is that we are only going to need present body while alive on earth.  God will give us a whole new body after death.  So, once we depart from it, our body will not be of further use!  I personally plan on cremation as a simple and inexpensive solution to the journey's end.

Having stated that opinion, will now run for cover.  Pleasant day to all and God Bless.

Liz

Brothers And Sisters,

I was just thinking about the many sweet Christians here and find that I am becoming addicted to CP. I'm also praying for those who are ill and facing other trials.

I just finished reading the Testimony of Brother Iain,  and what a blessing it was! Brother Iain, thank you for sharing with us.

Sister Pat, the devotion and music was also a blessing.

It's another wonderful day in the LORD.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Psalms 18:46  The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

I'm droppin in for a few minutes to say thank you for all the kind expressions of sympathy in the passing of my sister. It has been a difficult time, especially for Genevieve and Walker's sons who lost their dad and a month later lost their mother. But we are a strong family and everything is going to be all right.  We are sustained by our faith in the Lord.  Genevieve and her husband walker were strong Christians who were ready for their call to the heavenly home.  My brother, Steve, who has been at our house since Sunday drove back to North Carolina today.

Many of us said the prayer when we were children:

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take.

My sister went to bed last Friday night and peacefully died in her sleep.  God took her during her sleep.  And she followed her husband who went exactly one month before.

Yesterday after the funeral everyone came to our house for our meal together. There were 21 of us. We had asked that no food be brought and so we didn't have all those casseroles which usually come with brought food. Instead we got a big container of barbeque, with buns, potato salad, baked beans, etc. It was a sad day but we enjoyed being together as a family.

--- Papa John          <)))><<   
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Yes, Papa John, it is so good to know that both your sister and her husband are safely at home with the Lord they lived for and served during their years on earth.  What better legacy could one leave?  Glad you had some time with your family, it is sure to have helped all of you to have that time together.

I went to Beth's and cleaned the bird's cage, and the mess around and underneath it;  took her in her small cage out in the yard for a couple of hours, so Ruffles (cockatoo) could get some fresh air.  Then I came back over here and spent a couple of hours cleaning in the garage.  Why do we keep so much JUNK?  We (Darrel helped me) got rid of a lot of excess, but still so much more to go.

Now I'm really tired!  I plan to watch Hal Lindsey tonight and go to bed early.  I am driving a friend to the eye doctor in Garden tomorrow.  They will dialate her eyes, so want her to have a driver with her.  In the afternoon is my painting class.  See you later!

Papa, you may have told us, but where in NC does Steve live?

There seems to be so much going on with all ya'll, I won't try to keep up with it all.  Blustery cold here WNC, and I am so very tired, for some reason (more than normal).

Supper is about ready, so I'm just saying "hi" for now, maybe more later . . .

kamrat

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading the conversations today. God bless you all.

Ruth Ann

Lots of interesting information on CP today.

Discussing creamation. Gilbert, Sarah and I were discussing the future disposal of our bodies and being organ donors.

Bea the lady I used to work for is donating her whole body to science to save expense to her family. I have also thought about doing that to keep expenses down for Gilbert. Is there anything scriptural  against that.

I doubt the other children would contribute and I don't have any kind of insurance. I have also beent Thinking about life insurance and have sent off fo the plan offered by AARP through New York Life.

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Hello everyone,

Just wanted to drop a quick note.  Melanie is doing very well after surgery.  She's up and about, we've gone out to eat a couple of times. 

One problem is that she's been a bit nauseated the past several days.  This concerned us a little, so we took a test photo...



Could that be a advertisement???  No, it is our test.

Talk more later.
Mike

Yes, Congratulations, Mike and Melanie!

Wow!  This is terrific news!

Watch it, Jane and Pat....the door is shutting.

The cat is out and it is time to shut the door. 

What a great day today on NEM.  Let's make a NEM here.