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Morning Devotional...


Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.  1 Peter 1:11


The Roman god, Janus, gave us the name for this month--January. His image was a head with two faces looking in opposite directions, suggesting the uncertainties of time.

As Christians, we too look in two directions but with no uncertainty.

In the past, we see the work of Christ completed perfectly and, with certainty, we look ahead and anticipate that the future glory will be just as accurate.
--E. Fesche

GOOD MORNING IN HOLLAND IT IS 11.05AM

PAT thank you for the good devotional this morning i hope your computer is working better then yesterday.

SONJA thank you for the very good hymn yesterday "O HOW I LOVE JESUS".

Also this month my husband must a
lot talk about his job. They have on this moment no work for him but he have an contract till he is retired.
On 15 january he knows more they say that but first is was 15 decembre but nothing. We wait.

Also this night bad 4x wake up
that is not a good beginning of this year.

But first we are going shopping but it is cold.

2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be to God
for His indescribable gift!

LIFE IS A GIFT

Life is a gift-
and i celebrate it!
The future is Yours, Lord-
and i welcome it!

I wish you all a Blessed day
Bye love RIA

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GRANDMAENT TO CP

    RIA

:) :)A Big Welcome to GRANDMAENT :) :)

There are so many blessings here..some to take with you each day and share with others...some that you will give each day to share with us.

I pray that all of you will have a blessed day.  I just love starting off a new year,  a new day. :D ;)  

love from  kathy

Sing to the LORD a new song. Sing aloud to
God our strength; make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.  Raise a song and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the lute.  He has put a new song in my mouth --praise to our God; many will see it and fear; and will trust in the LORD. (taken from Daily Light)

HI FOLKS,
have just talked to James on IM
have updated prayer request on the prayer page.

Good morning Pat, Ria, Lee and Kathy!

Kathy, how are you doing today?  What are your plans?

Ria, your welcome!  I know what your going through with this cold weather.  It is windy and cold here.  brrrr...  Great poems you posted.  Have fun shopping today.

Pat, glad you had a fun time.  I can't wait to see pictures and the lovely stories that go along with them.

Lee, hahahahahhahaaa....football?  What happens if your team is losing? hehehe...have a good day!


I am going to get school ready for Monday morning.
Take a few pictures.
Post a few pictures.
Send a few pictures to friends and family.
And pretty much what I normally do, newspapers, dance, cook, laundry, swimming and what ever else I forgot.
Have a good day, peeps!
Soni

Good morning Chris and Margit!

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Tell us about yourself.....

Soni:  Your 'puter artwork is Shock and Awe!  Love your stories about potty training - I had to stay with the grands to help them really learn potty training as their parents just couldn't get it completed - Grandma had to step in and put them in "Potty Boot Camp"  -

Everyone, have a wonderful and healthy day - a day of closeness to your loved ones.  I want to pick out a new daily Bible study that I can take when we travel - so, it has to be lightweight - any ideas????

Carol

hahahahaaa...Carol, "Potty Boot Camp"  This is so funny.  I think that is what I will call it.  

Not sure about the study book.  Maybe head to the Christian book store and see what they have.  I really like the Precious Bible Promises book by Coral Ridge Ministries.  It's not really a devotional though.  Good luck in your search.  

Have a good day!
Soni

Hi, Sonja, congratulations on the wee bairn,
how long before she uses the toilet roll? hahaaaaaa
All the floor covered in tissue! :) ;)

Thanks Soni!  I will check it out later.  Have a good day - where is that charmer Mullet?  

Carol

Carol,, you might try "Streams in the Desert" by Mrs Cowman.
Margit uses this,
I use  "Every Day With Jesus."

Thanks Chris!  I know what you mean about the toilet paper...hahhaha...what is it with that stuff and children?  

Mullet is still sleeping.  ::) Should I splash cold water on him? heheheeee...I better be quiet because he will be reading this later.  I love you, Mullet.  You rock, son!   ;D

Carol, the devotional that Chris mentions is really a good one.  I've not been using it lately as my book (which was my father's and mother's) is packed away and I must get it out.  But on the net you can get Mrs. Cowman's devotionals every day on the Back to the Bible site.

Here's today's...



Streams in the Desert
Climb Upward
by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman


"And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the. winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst"
(Ezek. 41:7).


We ought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit of Tabor awaits us. How pure are the dews of the hills, how fresh is the mountain air, how rich the fare of the dwellers aloft, whose windows look into the New Jerusalem!

Many saints are content to live like men in coal mines, who see not the sun. Tears mar their faces when they might anoint them with celestial oil. Satisfied I am that many a believer pines in a dungeon when he might walk on the palace roof, and view the goodly land and Lebanon. Rouse thee, O believer, from thy low condition! Cast away thy sloth, thy lethargy, thy coldness, or whatever interferes with thy chaste and pure love to Christ. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all thy soul's range of delight. Rest no longer satisfied with thy dwarfish attainments. Aspire to a higher, a nobler, a fuller life. Upward to heaven! Nearer to God!
--Spurgeon


Not many of us are living at our best. We linger in the lowlands because we are afraid to climb the mountains. The steepness and ruggedness dismay us, and so we stay in the misty valleys and do not learn the mystery of the hills. We do not know what we lose in our self-indulgence, what glory awaits us if only we had courage for the mountain climb, what blessing we should find if only we would move to the uplands of God. --J. R. M

"Too low they build who build beneath the stars."

• This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of Streams in the Desert. This first edition was published in 1925 and the wording is preserved as originally written. Connotations of words may have changed over the years and are not meant to be offensive.

Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Cowman (http://www.backtothebible.org/devotions/bio_cowman.htm)

Good Morning, Thanks Pat for the devotion today.

Ria you always post such nice things every morning, the short poems and always a little scripture.

Now I have one to share also;

"Then those who honored the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened and heard them. The names of those who honored the Lord and respected him were written in his preseence in a book to be remembered." Malachi 3:16 NCV

http://www.backtothebible.org/minute/today

Chris, thank you so much for that.  It is an answer to prayer.  My husband asked me if I knew of any teen devotional studies online for this lady he knows.  I will be giving her this link.  (((hug)))

There are a few Sonja,

http://www.wolfeborobible.com/teen.html

http://www.christianfamilytreasures.com/kidsandteens.html

http://www.geocities.com/achristianhouse/
== this one is in BC Canada

http://groups.msn.com/BibleKids/

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Good morning all!

What wonder devotions and posts.  Our small group is having a Bible study starting January 6.  I can't remember what it on right now.  Several was mentioned by Pastor Mark and I can't remember which one we are doing.  Just know that Mark hadn't done it before so it will be for him too.  

It is to get to 61° here today but cloudy and overcast.  Quite a fog when I got out of bed.  Also it has been raining.  Better than snow!!!!  

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"I always feel good about the start of a new year.  To many of us, January is the eraser God provides to wipe the slate clean."

 >:( >:(Lost my post......... :-\ :'(

Pat and I were talking the other day about how so many people feel lonely and stressed during the holidays and I mentioned an old poem I remembered from years ago.  She asked me to look for it, and last night I found it, so will share it here.

                    HOW TO BE HAPPY

Are you almost disgusted with life, little man?
  I'll tell you a wonderful trick
That will bring you contentment if anything can,
  Do something for somebody, quick!

Are you awfully tired with play, little girl?
  Worried, discouraged, and sick--
I'll tell you the lovliest game in the world,
  Do something for somebody, quick!

Though it rains, like the rain of a flood, little man,
  And the clouds are forbidding and thick,
You can make the sun shine in your soul, little man,
  Do something for somebody, quick!

Though the skies are like brass overhead, little girl,
  And the walks like a well-heated brick,
And our earthly affairs in a terrible whirl,
  Do domething for somebody, quick!

I had this sent to me today.  
QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

- Maya Angelou -

What a way to start the New Year, by changing what we can and changing our attitude for the rest.  In changing things, the act of falling on our knees,  causes change to happen.

What terrific information in here today!

Lots of quotes and devotionals and links!  This is so great!  Keep it up folks!


Hello to:

Good morning to all of you; sorry I haven;'t been here; I was visiting with my mother in law, Jean; she is one of those who get so depressed with the holidays near, so I hoped I helped her. I am not sure that she knows our Lord, so I do pray for her salvation. I hope all of you had a great Happy New Year, and pray all your dreams come true in 2004!
Love in Him,
Cami

Sonja..........

I then go outside, scream at the top of my voice, fire off a couple of rounds from my 3" mag, kick my dog, lay on my back and kick my feet.  No time for depression, too busy. ;D

BTW...........

We went to a friends for dinner last night in a moderate snow fall.  Rick lives higher in the mountains than we do, and by the time we arrived  the wind was really blowing the snow around.  By the time we left for home there was a true blizzard blowing horizontally, and it was a complete white-out.  Twenty five miles of very slow going.  It snowed all night and I have over a foot of snow to blow, shovel, and push.  I'm going to dress like I'm going to the Artic.  Have a bad cold.  The joys of living in N. Idaho. ;D

Anyone for a cup of hot chocolate?

A hardy welcome to..........



Did I get it right, are you an EMT?

Lee, what's an EMT?

Lee, that was my guess, also.  Pat, an EMT is an Emergency Medical Technician.

I just watched a very informative program on TBN about prophecy and how it is being fulfilled right in front of our eyes today.  The time is short!!  Look up!!

Well, the time has gone quickly, and Sunday night is when we will be going to Dodge City to pick up Beth as she returns from her visit in Utica, New York.  She has had a wonderful time.  Prayers for her safe trip home will be appreciated.

I think it is time for Janet to go do some framing.  I have a nice stack of work waiting for my attention, and since I am feeling a lot better, I need to go tackle it.

WELCOME TO CP, GRANDMA EMT!!!

Quote from: Pat Scott on January 02, 2004, 01:11:53 PM

Lee, what's an EMT?

emergency medical technician
Date: 1972
: a specially trained medical technician licensed to provide basic emergency services before and during transportation to a hospital
8) ;D 8) ;D 8)

and I miss Mr Webster. it is a great help to me.

Hi Ms Pat.
Hi Everyone, only a wish of good fortune for the new year.

It is a quiet day today with rain and I so love every moment. I did go to see the parada yesterday it was not to believe. all of the flowers they make the cars and they move and dance. it was a wonderful day.

It is so nice that I see so many friends here today that did not come here for so long.
Hi Ms Cami, Ms GrandmaEMT, Hi Ms Sue and everyone.  ;D

I hope so it is a most wonderful year for all. I pray for peace.

oop, Hi ms Janet (((hug))) i did not see you are here.

HI Mieka  and Janet!  Rain, is better then snow.  

My hubby downloaded weatherbug and we are now getting a ton of popups.  I tried everything even downloading ad ware.  I need to call the computer guy monday.  No one is open today. grrr...  So Mullet and T-bone won't be repling till we get it fixed.

I am going to go eat some lunch.  

Pat the EMT usually rides in the Ambulance  and also is with the Fire Department Resuce unit. and is the first response medical tech that sees and cares  for the patient in an enmergency.

Going to work shortly, I am to do some baking for Fay ( 94 yr. old) today, Cornbread and a Lemon cake. She had to take her lower plate to be repaired and won't get it back until Jan. 12th and has to eat all soft stuff. She is going to hold my job for me and so is Bea.  Praise the Lord.

Hi Mieka and Soni you were posting the same time as me. Soni uninstall WeatherBug, it also messed things up when you go to  do a System Cleanup. It slows everything do and cause the cleanup to hesitate and stall. You can get your weather report for your area on Yahoo when you customize it to make your personal place on My Yahoo You can also get it on MSN and other places.

HI, Mieka!  I thought about you yesterday as I watched the parade, and wondered if maybe you were there, watching it.  Wish I could have been there in person; it is something I have dreamed of doing for many years now.  Maybe next year!  ;D

Hello all.  I am sitting here at the computer while Travis does the cleaning.   :o  Yep, you heard/saw that correctly.  He has his little hoover and is going to town.   He's "voom-vooming" as he says.  

I'll be leaving shortly to go to my retreat, so I won't be in this evening.  I hope all of you have a wonderful day!  

It's FRIDAY!!  That means tomorrow is Saturday!!!!  WooHOo!  I love the weekends.

 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Ms Soni, Ms Janet Ms Karmat, Ms Marilyn and my Mum too.

I need to cry when I see you all here today. I have no idea why i do it, I only need to do it. I love you all SO much.

Ms Karmat I did see a creature yesterday at a zoo and I did think of you. It is a name Markat like a Kamrat. It was so fun to see it.  ;D

I hope everyone is safe today.  :)

mi:  {{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Thanks everyone for telling me about what an EMT is.  We don't have that term up here in Ontario.


Mieka, what a lovely parade to be able to watch in person.


Cami, it's so good to see you back here.  I'm sorry about your mother-in-law.


Sonja, I use "No Ads" and never see a pop up anymore.  You do have to add each popup as it appears and then it won't appear ever again.


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Thanks for posting that poem, Janet!   I'm going to copy that and keep it for my "memory file".  It will be nice for you to see Beth home once again.  I'm happy that she's had such a good time.

Mieka, it sounds as if you are doing lots of fun things while you are home.  Good for you!  Love having you here, and I love YOU!  I understand your tears.  I shed them for you, too, just because I love you so much.

Oh, Mieka!  Janet has said it for me.  I shed tears too for you my little one.  I love you so much.  Sometimes I stand in front of the kitchen sink washing the dishes and my heart goes out to you and when I think of you I weep--tears of joy that we've met so many months ago, tears of joy to see how you've grown spiritually  and also tears of sadness that you must leave once again for Lhasa.

Mieka, please don't ever forget that you are loved here on Christian Photographers by so very many people.  But especially by me, your "Mum"!
I love you all the way to the moon and back!   ;) ;) ;)

 ;D :) :( :-[ :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Mieka I love you too. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :'( :'( :'( :'(

Ok Ok I guess I had better get off the computer and go to work. See y-all later.

Pat, I down loaded that but there somehow this New.net domain has downloaded itself permently on to my computer.  I can not get it off.  I tried to delete it and it won't let me.   The adware can not delete it either.  >:(  I called tech. sup. with my ISP and they said that I needed to get a computer tech. to help me and they are not open.  I still have my computer but no one is allowed on it.  
Why do people have to be so mean and ruin $2,000 toys?  >:(

Mieka - Pat is your Mum, but I'm your old man, so she doesn't give or get all the love - me too!

I'm so sorry, Sonja.  It's awful to have problems with these machines.  I've had a week of it now and it's awful.

My problems seem to be much less than they were, on my computer.  But I am still going to let Curtis completely reformat it, and put all my photos on discs.  I would really feel terrible if I should lose my photos!

Soni, I am so sorry you are having problems.  Give the boys my love and tell them I miss them on here!  And I will be happy for all of you when you get the problem solved.

Have a good day at work, Marilyn!  I am working too, just came downstairs for a cup of hot tea.  It was 63 degrees here yeaterday (unbelievable!) but it is getting colder now.

Darrel is running his statements and I am cutting mats, so we have both been upstairs.  His office and my frame room are both upstairs.

Legends
Phread, 8-4-03

He came home in a foul mood.
He just wanted to be left alone.
It had been a very rough day at work.
and he was in no mood for joy.
He sat alone in his big easy chair...

As he sat stewing in his own juices,
rubbing his temples and eyelids,
mommy said softly, "Kids, don't
bug your daddy. He's cranky and
upset from being treated unfairly
and unkindly by people at work!"

The kids felt bad for their daddy, so
they brought him their favorite toys
and laid them quietly at his feet...
They brought some candies and apples
and lined them up on the arm rests...
They gently patted and hugged his legs,
stroked his arms and patted his head...

Then they climbed slowly onto his lap,
hugged his neck, put their soft cheeks
against his, nuzzled his ears with
their little noses, and whispered
sweet sunshine into his weary ears...

It wasn't very long at all before
light and warmth spread to his heart,
and their daddy began to smile...
He slid onto the rug, now tamed,
got down on all fours, grinned, then
offered them a ride around the house...

As mommy watched from the hallway,
tears glistened in her eyes,
and she bit her lip to
keep them from spilling over...
Yes, those little ones were truly
legends in their own time...
They were the "horsey whisperers..."
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Trusting in the Lord for all things.
I have been away for awhile, my wife and I went to stay at the coast for a couple of days last week, but after two day my wife got very sick, and I had to take her to emergency, she is still in the hospital fighting a bacterial infection, Lord willing, I hope to have her home soon.
Take care
Tom

Oh, Tom..   I'm so sorry.  Thanks for letting us know.  We'll be remembering your dear wife in prayer.  Please keep us posted as to how she's getting on.

God bless you both.

Check out our new Monthly Challenge for January!


http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=38;action=display;threadid=2126 (http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=38;action=display;threadid=2126)

And now we have our first Bi-Weekly Photo Challenge for January opened.

http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=2127 (http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=2127)

Tom:  So sorry to hear that you wife is so ill - my prayers for her better health.

Chris:  Thank you for your note - I will look into it and thanks also for the bible daily site as I have bookmarked that for a readable.  It looks very good.

Soni:  Don told me to tell you this site has a free pop-up stopper.  Look at this page on the lower right side.
http://www.panicware.com/popupstoppercompare.html
If I need to see a pop-up that isn't coming through, I just use Control/Enter and I can read it.

Hope this can be of help.  We had to take Weatherbug off once but able to reinstall it now and it seems to be doing fine.  

I am cooking some weird soup - well, I just keep adding things to it and it will come out alright.  I froze the turkey carcass from the holidays - son's girlfriend was going to throw it out and I wanted to teach her to make soup at least but so many are not interested in making homemade soup.  My own children like soup as they had it for dinner sometimes.  Anyway, I boiled the carcass and added chicken base flavor and spinach, peas, carrots, and beans.  (This is not very interesting news).   ::)

Mieka:  It is always lovely to read your notes.  Sorry that you feel so sad.  You have a ton of friends here in CP.  Happy New Year to you and may you have a wonderful year ahead.

Carol

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Thank You for asking about me Sonja-it was just a busy month-I made me a little icon on the desktop to link back to the group so I can get here dailey lol.
Ive got a few new years letters to write and catch up-and plan the kids school for monday-As I said in yesterdays post I am also planning Zachs 5th birthday party on the 4th.
Well-I hope to hear from you guys-
Hugs
Rachelle

Marilyn..........

You know everyone will be praying for your quick recovery.  When I had my last surgery I asked the doctor: "While your in there, how about cutting out my sin nature".  He said Huh? ;)


Janet........

I spend a whole lot of time in studying and teaching Prophecy.  I can't think of anything more exciting.


Tom.........

Just prayed for your wife.  May she return home soon.


Mieka..........

When I was working uniform in Los Angeles, I worked the Parade in Pasadena twice.  In those days we made $35.00.  What did we do for our $35?  Got up at 2:00am, drove to Pasadena, parked a mile away from the parade route, walked to the staging area, stood crowd control in near freezing weather (Chilled to the bone) on the parade route, stayed until everyone went home, then drove 25-miles at 10-miles an hour so sleepy I could hardly keep my eyes open.  Yep, earned every cent of our $35.  I finally got smart and never worked it again.[/b]

I have asked my Pastor If I can have communion before I go into surgery. He said sure that they would be there before I went in anyway to pray with me and that I could have communion if that was what I wanted. I have a great Pastor.

I too love to read and hear about prophecy. Lee you already knew that. It is amazing also that proof has been found of Paul"s shipwreck. They found the anchors.

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What wonderful messages today - so many devotionals and links!  Thanks!

Not much going on around here today.  We got about 1/2 inch of new snow this morning and with temperatures just barely getting above freezing it's still with us.  Tomorrow and Sunday are supposed to be warmer, though, but Monday is expected to bring more snow.  No prediction yet of how much.  

Another great day the Lord has given us.  

I am heading to bed, folks.

Night
Soni

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A little something to help me memorize God's word.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: as I loved you, that you also love one another.
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.
                        John 13:34-35

K State lost in the Fiesta Bowl....... :'(  The referees made some bad calls, and they cheated Kansas out of about 10 much needed seconds at the end of the game, but........

I'm glad I don't have that long trip home like the guys do, after such a disappointment.

I'm headed to bed now.  Goodnight all!

Time for me to go to bed too!

Here's the link for our next topic.

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