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YES YES YES is my vote.  Although I cannot post as often at the rest of you..this is the ONLY site that I go to every day that I get on the computer.  This is the first thing I do when I go to my mail.  Some days I will go to jigzone or maybe to buy something or research something...but HERE is where I call my home.  

Please continue, Pat, and if it is financial help let us know.  If it is other areas where you find it too much..just let us know.
We are all family here and we can all pitch in.

Your work here is a blessing to so many of us and I pray we never take you for granted.

love,  kathy

 You did it for one of Mine.


What a lesson to be learned here!


It was a cold winter's day that Sunday. The parking lot to the church was filling up quickly. I noticed as I got out of my car that fellow church members were whispering among themselves as they walked to the church.

As I got closer I saw a man leaned up against the wall outside the church. He was almost laying down as if he was asleep. He had on a long trench coat that was almost in shreds and a hat topped his head, pulled down so you couldn't see his face.

He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too small for his feet, with holes all over them, his toes stuck out. I assumed this man was homeless, and asleep, so I walked on by through the doors of the Church.

We all enjoy fellowship for a few minutes, and then someone brought up the man who was laying outside. People snickered and gossiped, but no one bothered to ask him to come in, including me. A few moments later church began. We all waited for the Preacher to take his place, and to give us The Word, when the doors to the church opened. In came the homeless man, walking down the aisle with his head down.

People gasped and whispered and made faces. He made his way down the aisle and up onto thepulpit. When he took off his hat and coat my heart sank. There stood our preacher... he was the "homeless man."

No one said a word... the room was silent and still.

Then the preacher took his Bible and laid it on the stand.

"Folks, I don't think I have to tell you what I'm preaching about today." Then he started singing the words to this song...

"If I can help somebody as I pass along,
If I can cheer somebody with a word or song,
If I can show somebody that he's traveling wrong,
Then my living shall not be in vain."

Jack Scott would have easily gone over to this man, he wouldn't have passed by on the other side.

Pat, you have carried on where he left off, you will never understand how great a part you have played in managing this website, it is, and has been, and still will be a blessing to many.
If there is a problem in raising funds to renew this site, then just let us know, and we will all send some donations. ok?
If it's you yourself suffering depression, then we will pray for this to lift, and for the Lord to encourage you, as you encourage us, ok?
Love you  
Chris and Margit.

 
 

  Alison Krauss

Jesus Help Me To Stand    


Through trials, troubles and care
I know jesus my savior is there
Giving me faith through darkest days
Keeping me on the narrow way

Jesus savior, help me each day
Fill me with hope, fill me with faith
Darkness retreats at the touch of your hand
Jesus savior, help me to stand

Jesus lived through darkest pain
Rejected by men, despising the shame
Man of sorrows, acquainted with grief
He gave his life so we may be free

Jesus savior, help me each day
Fill me with hope, fill me with faith
Darkness retreats at the touch of your hand
Jesus savior, help me to stand

I know that jesus died for me
Cancelled my debt at calvary
Rose from the dead, unlocked heaven's door
Trust in his love and live evermore

Jesus savior, help me each day
Fill me with hope, fill me with faith
Darkness retreats at the touch of your hand
Jesus savior, help me to stand

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"Is this site necessary to the web?"....

No, but it is necessary to US the C.P. brethren and thus to Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

If you closed shop Pat, I assure you someone else would take over, but It wouldn't be the same.  This is a work which the Lord gave you to do and He brought us all together for fellowship.

I would miss you all so much.  I have learned so much about Canadian and American folks on here, where else would I go?.I don't browse the web I stop here.

Pat I asked you last year if you needed any help with the funds.  I am not wealthy but I am happy to help and I am sure others would also.

You have worked so hard here Pat and have provided us all with a place of loving kindness.  Its wonderful to see the beautiful pictures which you and other photographers have taken., also its  fun now and again to "party".

I for one have made some lasting friendships on this site despite what some folks think it is possible to do so on this web site.

We all know how hard you work Pat.  It's no good telling you to slow down...you would be looking for another venture and guess what, we would all follow you there.

I Love you Pat. Very, very much. Who else can I tell to "go to bed when I get up at 5 a.m. in England and find you awake at Midnight in Canada...

"He will work it out for you...He will work it out"

Prayerfully,
With Christian Love.
Jenny

Pat

Never heard of Dunoon mugs! I would love to share a pot of tea with you though..Hows about Sainsbury's Red Label?  I'll get some in..O.K?

Please bring Geordie with you.  I want to {{{Hug}}} him!

Jenny X

Ruth.........{{{Hugs}}}



Joyce........{{{Hugs}}}

Good evening everyone, It is a cold wintery snowy day here in the north.

Pat you will get my IM about the CP and its direction.

Ria I will continue to pray for you and your dad.

Good night all, I have a furnace to get more heat out of.

JudyB

I have come home to so many wonderful posts each day right here on CP. You all have prayed for me and the other prayer requests I have posted here. I know I have not responded to everyone on  here, sometimes I am in sucha hurry I only respond to those that really stood out or those that I can remember. I love all  of you and I miss those who haven;t been here in quite awhile.

Pinkie, Alan, Jerry, Rachelle, Lee, Papa John, Janice, Cindy, Diana, Ursula, Jen, Trish, Cami, to name only a few that are sorely missed. Please come back an join us here even if it is only to way HI y-all or Thanks Pat.l,

Pat please let us know  what it will take to keep us online. If we all pitch in it won't be too much for any oneof us. You can let us know by private IM or emails. But DO LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP.

I love you Pat

Hi Everyone...

I've got my Avon done, cleared out some boxes that needed to be done, had unexpected company and some unexpected phone calls to deal with and now I'm back here.

Thanks so much for the vote of confidence.  I will be praying about your comments in the coming days.  

Janet - that thing about Saddam and Bush was priceless!
Pat - I honestly don't know which of those who have posted about CP to echo!  All of them I think.  I'll try to post more.  Honest I will!  I don't honestly think we should worry too much about Lee, Rachelle, etc. yet - I think they'll be back in here.  Probably have a reason.
I won't be here February 7, 8, and 9.  I'll be going down to Davis California (not too far from Sacramento) to preach at Grace Valley Christian Center there.  Who knows, I might even take my camera (!).

And by the way - I don't think we need to change ANYTHING!!!

Honestly, Pat - I don't know how you could improve it at all. To me... its asolutely perfect!

I for one would really miss C.P.  Often I am at a loss as to what to say, but usually, once I get started, "something" comes to mind...LOL

Not having my cleaning help, has really lessened my time that I can spend on here, as it takes all my energy to keep up my home the way I like, meal prep., laundry, shopping etc., and trying to encourage a husband who has been ill for the last three years!

Well, I don't know what more I can add, except to agree with Soni, and try and give encouragement to thhe newbies to keep posting....even if they only come in and say a quick hello!

and..... we wouldn't hear from Meika if we shut down


Love....Judy M.

Oh... and Janet.... when I first started reading your post, I thought you were really talking about YOURSELF losing your job....then when I read the ending, I laughed 'til the tears came..ran down my face.  Now my mascara is burning my eyes....LOL

thanks, Janet... this was the medicine we all needed right now!

Pat, words can't express for me the love I feel for this site. As you know, I've had lots of screen display problems, but come to read as often as I can, even if I don't have time to post.

Should we need to be supportive of this wonderful ministry, I'll be happy to contribute.

Ruth Ann

Well, for me...I read/look at my email and then come to CP.  Sometimes I read word for word...sometimes I scan over.  Sometimes I reply to all...sometimes I reply to a few that stood out for me.  Sometimes I just tell what I plan to do for the day!  Just like me thinking people are getting tired of my little red thoughts at the end of my first post of the day.  Then someone mentions that they got a great laugh out of one and then I think they are all worth it.  I sometimes fee,l why post some pictures when only a few respond to the pictures.  Then other times, I get a bunch of posts on my pictures.  I guess no one is the same day after day.  Everyone has other things to do...and for me, I am trying to stay away from the pc because I am sure and positive that the pc or at least, the way I was sitting and looking at the monitor is what caused me to have to have the injection in my neck.  Which reminds me, Marilyn, what did you find out from your x-rays and your doctor today?  Hunh?

Anyway, I enjoy CP.  I enjoy the people I have met on CP.  We are family!!!!!  

Now, Kevin told me to unplug my new hard drive in my new pc.  Then plug in the old hard drive in the new pc.  I did.  Turned it on.  And after finding new hardware, I burned my Fonts on a CD.  Then plugged my new hard drive back up and unplugged the old one.  Something happened.  Some of the fonts didn't have names on them...just gobbly gook!  So I opened each one and renamed.  I started out with 200+ already in my new pc.  Now I have 562 fonts!  Now at least, if and when I decide to do some things on PSP that I learned way back, I have the fonts to use!!!

Now my neck is tired!!!!  

Yep, you guys are my family!!!!  

Etta Sue you asked about my xrays today. Ok here goes. I have a pinched nerve in between the 4th and 5th vertabra in my neck.

Some arthritis showed up. The Doctor gave me some more stretching excersizes to do daily to stretch that muscle on the left side of my neck out so it won't keep pulling my neck out of place.

Right now no pain thanK you Jesus. He said that the when the muscle on top of my left shoulder tightens up  it causes the pain in my arm elbow and wrist. Computer related tension and stress. So I too am staying off the computer so much.

Hello Everyone

I have been darting in and out of here reading the messages, but not writing anything.  sorry!    

Pat Thanks so much for those last two messages from Jack.  It is such a blessing to read his works as I can really relate to what he is saying.

I have been quite busy of late.  I am writing a book of my life, dedicated to my Grandchildren.
Many of them will only remember me as an old man.  I want them to understand what I did as a child and right on up to the present time.

As I look back on my 75 years I would not have had it any other way.  I look back at the great depression 1932 right up into WW2 1940 and  am thankful I was able to experience it all.  The hard times are so much out numbered by the pleasant memories.  

God has blessed me so much and I praise His Holy Name for it.

Have a good evening.

Pat, I have to add my hopes that God will lead you to continue with CP.   I'm sure that you'll be praying about it, as will all of us, and that He'll show you what He has planned.

Boots, what a wonderful thing you are doing for your grandchildren.  


Let's sing together...

HYMN HISTORY:

A young woman sat in a prayer meeting over eighty years ago. She was so pressed down by the weight of despair that she was hardly able to concentrate on what the speaker was saying.

Adelaide Pollard had a burden for the continent of Africa and was convinced that God wanted her to go there as a missionary. She had been on the very point of sailing away but then had to cancel everything, because the necessary funds just couldn't be raised. You can imagine her disappointment.

As she sat there the words of a prayer, often uttered by an old lady she knew, came into her thoughts: 'It's all right, Lord! It doesn't matter what you bring into our lives; just have your own way with us!'

In a moment her burden had lifted as she bowed in submission to the will of God.

Running home that night she meditated on the story of the potter, recorded by Jeremiah:

'Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand oft he potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.' Jeremiah 18:34.

These words seemed to fit Miss Pollard's own life and experiences exactly.

Adelaide Pollard had been born in Iowa in 1862. She had been well educated and for several years taught in a girl's school. She also had a talent for writing, both prose and poetry, and produced many religious artides, as well as a few hymns.

But her real concern was for the lost. She longed to see them reached with the message of Christ Jesus. Eventually, she began a ministry in Bible teaching and, travelling widely throughout the United States, spoke to numerous groups and churches.

Miss Pollard was also passionately interested in foreign missions. For a while she taught at the Missionary Training Institute at Nyack, New York and hoped that she would, herself, be a missionary one day. However, now it seemed that God, who had been with her all her life, was suddenly deserting her.

'But,' she thought, 'perhaps my questioning of God's will shows a flaw in my life, so God has decided to break me, as the potter broke the defective vessel, and then to mould my life again - in His own pattern,'

As she bowed in humble consecration before God, the words of a poem took shape in her mind, and she wrote:


Adelaide Pollard had learned that even Christians can be self-centred, self-possessed and self-willed. Even when doing God's work, like her planned trip to Africa, she had to be careful lest it be done in the wisdom and strength of self.

In God's own time he allowed her to go to Africa. She also spent several years in England during the first World War, returning later to her travelling ministry in the USA.

She continued to speak publicly until the age of 72 when, on her way to yet another meeting, she was taken ill in a railway station in New York City and died soon after.

The world will always have cause to be thankful for the life and ministry of that frail little woman who wrote:

Quote from: Boots on January 30, 2004, 09:31:35 PM

I have been quite busy of late.  I am writing a book of my life, dedicated to my Grandchildren.
Many of them will only remember me as an old man.  I want them to understand what I did as a child and right on up to the present time.

As I look back on my 75 years I would not have had it any other way.  I look back at the great depression 1932 right up into WW2 1940 and  am thankful I was able to experience it all.  The hard times are so much out numbered by the pleasant memories.  

God has blessed me so much and I praise His Holy Name for it.

Boots!!!

I would love to have one of those books when you get done writing it.  

I am sure your grandkids will love it!  I would love to learn more about my great grandma and her life growing up.  I hope I get that chance when I see her this year in April.  She will be turning 95 years old on April 1.  woohoo...

I share the feelings of those who have posted, telling you how important this site is in their lives.  It is never possible to please all of the people, all of the time.  Remember that old cliche?  We come from many different backgrounds and have different ways of worshipping the Lord.  What is important is that we do worship Him.  Coming together like this and feeling the power of God at work in so many lives.....how can that every be a waste of time or money.  For many of us, it is a lifeline.  You make that possible, Pat.

Who knows how many people only visit and still come away blessed.  I know that Amanda is very busy with Schoolwork and has so little time...yet you say she comes to the site to read the posts.  Like for so many her age, life is confusing and frightening and they are searching for truth.  They can find it here.

This site has helped me to stay centered on what is important.  Sure, our feelings can be hurt at times.  Christians are not without egos, arrogance...and just plain 'attitudes.'  Sometimes these things are hard to ignore...but it gives one a chance to practise tolerance, forgiveness and kindness.  Isn't that what Jesus wants from us?

I am grateful to you every day Pat.  Will help in whatever way is necessary, financial, learn to post my own pictures....even try to learn those tricky graphics.  
To those who no longer post...I hope it will be in their hearts to forgive whatever has made they leave and remember that we are not perfect.  

God Bless.  Liz

Troy had his swim meat in Buffalo Wy.
He got 27.5 sec on his 50 free in a relay. It was 28.4 or something.  So he is getting it down.  If he gets it to 24 he will make it to state.  He doesn't think he will make it but I sure hope so.

He will be heading to Casper, Wy. Tomorrow for a meet.  Not sure when he will get back, maybe 7:30 or so.

I am heading to bed.
Night folks.

Be back tomorrow.
Love
Soni

Pat, I just got in from a Weekender fashion show and got reading the posts from the day.    I agree with everyone who has posted today.   CP is a wonderful site and very needed and I for one appreciate all the time and effort that you have put into it.  

I want to thank you again for showing me how to post pictures and hope to do more in the coming days.

Pat, if you need financial support, I agree with others who have posted that we all can help by giving a donation.

I hope over the next few days you will agree that we all want and need Christian Photographers to continue.   I will be praying for God's leading and wisdom.

God Bless

Love Ruthie

Pat, I know that this site is very special.  I'm not online much, as some know, but when I do come.....I check email and then to CP.  I don't always post, but read and pray for the needs posted.  I guess I should be better about posting, but sometimes (like lately......so many sad things happening in our church)there are no words.....or you try to post something, and then erase all of it.  That's just me.  Others NEED to come and say what they are feeling, while sometimes I can't.

    You know where the Lord is leading you, honey.  He'll speak to you and you'll follow.  We, those who want the site to stay, can't say what God is doing.  As those who love you and want the best for you, there isn't one of us who would  urge you to continue hosting this site if you really felt God telling you to do something different now.   On the other hand, as other's have posted, I, too, felt the need to let you know that we would help financially to keep the site up, and wrote that to you.

    I've always been ready to receive and to let go just as easily.  I know that we are on a journey and there are seasons for everything.  God is teaching us all.    

    We can all pray for Pat and with Pat, and surrender our desire for this site to continue to the Lord.  Our Precious Father knows just what Pat needs to be doing, and if it's to continue here, I trust Him.  He will move on her heart and put a new joy in her for this place and a new vision of what is already happening here.      Some people leave because they do not need a site like this.  That is the truth.  Some have so much going on that it takes determined time to come here and post, and then they feel quilty if they've been gone awhile so they don't come to post.  We are all so different.  All busy on the journey God has layed out before us.  

 Soni, I think your idea is a good one if Pat continues.  Have a place where newcomers can come and post in one place for awhile......get a feel for the site and the other members...a safe place to be.   There are still people who are not too comfortable with the internet yet, and getting used to a site like this would be hard.

 I've said way too many words.  Initially, I just wanted to come and say that I've had a really good day.  And my daughter from Arizona is coming tomorrow !!  Yippee.

Thanks so much folks for all of the ideas and lovely comments.  I appreciate you more than I can tell you in words.

Now, it's time to lock this door and go to Part 3 of Psalm 23 with Jack.

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