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We are going to load up tonight and leave real early  tomorrow morning. So keep us in your prayers.
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Thanks, PAT, I love that song!

I am getting ready to go to the Nursing Home to sing again.  A group of us went last month, and the residents have been asking, every day since, "when is that group coming back?"  We are scheduled on their calander now, for every month.  Pastor Bev was with us last month, and we will miss her today ... she claims she'll make it next month, though.  Several others are joining us today, in support of the lady who plays the guitar ... she and Bev are really good friends and Nora has been at the hospital with Bev non-stop ever since she was admitted Monday afternoon.  This will give her a break and help take her mind off other matters.   The Lord will bless all who reach out to bless others.  

Marilyn - you will be heading for some beautiful country ... after you're settled and can find the time, just take a trip further north and check out Coos Bay, OR  Okay?    

Just so you know, I won the sleep battle and did not have to get up at 7 with Travis.  He went back to sleep and we didn't wake until Bernard called at 10:10.  

Hehehhe.

I hope everyone is doing well, and maybe I'll be back on later.

loveyouns
karmat

I guess I shouldn't complain about 103 here today, considering what Marilyn is enduring, and loading a truck in it too!  Whew!

Papa John you got me!  I knew I'd seen that fella somewhere!  And you obviously know more than I about how to use the technology at our fingertips!

I just stopped in to see what's new around here, and check out any new photos.  See you later!

PHILIPPIANS 4:13

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.

The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a
loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called
Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs.
But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called
Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will
make it to a place called Success.

-- Author Unknown

Oh I'm sure going to pray for Chape as he undergoes his back surgery.

Was that planned, Pat?  I was hoping Beverly and Chape would be going to Calgary next month... I guess not eh?

Iain - I don't know the first hymn you mentioned at all., but "Just as I Am" is one we've sung many times., BUT not for many years.  It is always sung at a Billy Graham crusade I believe.

Marilyn - are gnats like fleas?  Sounds horrible whatever they are.  Were you able to get rid of them?  They must drive the dogs crazy eh.

I'm praying for your safety, Marilyn.

L.,
Judy

Hi Judy...

Chape has already had his surgery and they are planning on being in Calgary.

Have you never heard that hymn that Iain spoke of even after I posted it?  We used to sing it all the time as we were growing up.  I love that hymn.

JENNY!!!!

gnats are tiny little flying bugs that annoying the hound out of everything they get around.

Etta, our posts were only 5 seconds apart.  I believe that is a new record!

My!  Look what it says at the bottom of our main page...

These folks are online!

2 Guests, 10 Users
Pat Scott, Etta Sue, karmat, JudyB, Judy McKenna, Jenny, pinkie, Ruth Ann Bice, Jerry L. Sowers, Janet

I was sure that there were a lot online at once.  I posted my welcome for Jenny and when I went back, there was a dozen post after that.  Well, not a dozen but a lot!!!

Karma, fess up....you aren't a morning person anyway.  You are a night owl!!!

Jane, I hope you had a great time at the Nursing Home singing.  If I could sing, I would love to do that.

Judy, gnats are the little bugs that flies around fruit, too!  Not harmful....just pesky!!  To answer your question before, my sister and I are leaving here the 7th or 8th and are to stay in Calgary the 13th.  Ivalou hasn't seen Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, Corn Palace, Wall Drugs etc. so we are going slow to see the country.  I don't mind driving but I don't want to wear myself out, either.  

A cool wave has come through Indiana.  And no rain today.  The clouds look like rain but no rain.

Do you know of more scripture verses that will fit to this tune and to the words that God is so Good?

Let's add them!

Hi, friends,

I AM on line. I left according to plan after the conference call was finished. Hopefully the meds will work better and I'll be up and going at full throttle again before long.

Y'all have a good evening. Oh yes, WELCOME, JENNY!

Ruth Ann

He answers prayer

He's here for me

He is my friend

He loves me so

The list could go on, and on, and on!!!

I'm going to add it, Karma!

This is for Larry and Iain...

HYMN HISTORY:

It must be true to say that no sacred song or hymn has been more used to bring sinners to the feet of Jesus, than this one.

Sung by grand choirs in vast crusades as hundreds have come or by congregations, large and small, as one's and two's have come; this hymn has moved the hearts of multitudes.

"Just As I Am," rings with a clear, positive note. It invites the sinner, just as he is, with all his sin, in all his unworthiness, despite his fears, though poor, wretched and blind, to come to the Saviour.

That's an invitation which is absolutely scriptural! We don't need to wait until our lives have been straightened out before we come to Christ. There's nothing we can do which will ever make us more acceptable in God's sight. The Bible clearly teaches that God loves the sinner, just the way he is, and wants him to come like that.

Only Jesus Christ can deliver us from the guilt and penalty of sin. Only He can solve all the problems of life. Only He can give us peace and joy and hope for the future. It was out of her feelings of frustration and hopelessness that the daughter of an Anglican minister in Brighton, England, wrote the words of this fine hymn.

One day in 1833, when Charlotte Elliott was in her forty-fourth year, she was feeling unusually depressed and alone. The other members of her family had gone off to a church function while she, an invalid and bedridden, remained at home.

Before her illness she had lived a happy, carefree life enjoying its many pleasures and gaining a measure of popularity, as a portrait artist.

Now, all of this past and stricken with the sickness which was to plague her for the rest of her life, she felt utterly useless and cut off. In addition, although she had been a Christian for many years, she began to have doubts about her relationship with the Lord. How could she be sure that all was well with her soul?

In her distress she began to list scriptural reasons for believing that she was, indeed, a child of God. She recognised the power of the Saviour's precious blood. She remembered His promise to receive all who come to Him by faith; and His ability to pardon, cleanse and save.

As she meditated on these great truths her heart was warmed and very soon Charlotte Elliott, who was also fond of writing poetry, was putting down her thoughts in verse:

Just as I am, without one plea,
but that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

It's just here that we encounter a new slant to the story.

Charlotte Elliott's brother was anxious to start a school to benefit the children of poor clergymen, and had organised a bazaar to raise funds.

It seemed that everybody in the town had helped with the project. Everybody, that is, except Charlotte, who was so stricken with paralysis that she could barely drag herself around her room.

So she published her new poem "Just As I Am," in the hope that from its sale she could contribute something to her brother's school fund.

The poem was instantly successful and was soon selling all over England in large numbers as well as being translated into a number of foreign languages.

Charlotte Elliott never did enjoy good heath for the rest of her life. She remained bedridden until the Lord, at last, called her home when she was eighty-two years old.

However, before her death she received more than a thousand letters of thanks and compliments from people who were grateful that she had written "Just As I Am."

Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
 



All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
John 6:37  

Even after I heard the tune, Pat., I couldn't recall that hymn at all!

Thanks Karma and Etta Sue for explaining "gnats".  Do they resemble "fruit flies" at all?

Pat, you were asking for verses describing "God's goodness?

Would this do?

1 John 1:9:

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

What could be  a greater love than this?

When my husband wanted to be saved; and asked me how, this is the verse I looked up for him, and had him read.  This is from the NKJV

What could be simpler to understand!

Hi everyone: we have the truck now and will be loading up as soon as it cools off a little bit. So far the gnats haven't showed up yet today.Ok thats allfor now gonna disconnect the computer pretty soon and pack it up.

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I'm so glad you decided to join us here. Glad thelink helped.

Hi Judy...

That's certainly a good verse!

Now, can you put it in words that will fit the little hymn "God Is So Good"?

We're trying to add verses to that hymn (like Karma did).

Ohhh, I see what you were asking....

How about:  He died for me...

                      I Love Him So....

                       

After re-listening to the music of the first hymn Iain mentioned., it sounded to me like the hymn we sing called: "My Jesus I Love Thee"., I know Thou art mine, etc.  The last line reads something like this: "If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus 'tis now".

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

WELCOME, JENNY!! We are so glad to have you join us here!

"Just As I Am".......oh, the memories that hymn brings to mind, of the little church of my childhood!  Thanks for the history of it, Pat.

Judy, fruit flies are about four times the size of gnats.  Gnats are just about the peskiest, most aggravating little things you can imagine!  They love to get into your eyes, ears, and nose, and just swarm around your head!  They do the same to dogs and other animals.  They are a little bigger than a chigger, and don't bite and make you itch like chiggers, but, boy, can they make you miserable!

From my Webster's Dictionary:

Gnat: 1. Any of various, unrelated, small, two-winged insects, some of which can bite or sting.  2. [Brit.] a mosquito----Strain at a gnat: to hesitate or have scruples about trifles. Matt. 23:24

After reading that, I guess I'm wrong!  So maybe chiggers are sometimes called gnats.  But the ones we always called gnats didn't bite or sting, just bothered a lot!

Beth and I are going to the movies tonight to see "Finding Nemo."  Talk to you tomorrow!

JUDY Mc ~  That is exactly the song I have always sung to that tune!  My Jesus I love Thee I know thou art mine; for Thee all the follies of sin I resign ... My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;  If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now ...

We had a wonderful time at the nursing home this afternoon.  Nita came ... this is the same nursing home where her mother was, and this is the first time Nita has been able to return there.  Our Pastor Ron (Bev's husband) came, too!    He told us that Bev has been moved from ICU so ... she is "movin' on up!"   God is so good ... ALL THE TIME!

Marilyn, take it easy in the heat ... but save lots of memories because you will not be seeing temperatures in the triple digits once you get to McKinleyville!    

I can't comment on each of the posts I've enjoyed, but just to say "I love y'all...and I am wishing you all a very pleasant evening and memorable weekend ... IN HIS PRESENCE!

Many hymns use the same tune.  My Jesus I Love Thee is to the same tune that we have for the one Iain asked about.  The tune is called "Gordon".