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  "Grace in the soul is heaven in that soul."
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Morning Devotional...


He called the name of that place Beth-el.      
Gen.  28:19

He built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el.      
Gen 35:7

When God spoke to Jacob at a place called Luz, Jacob changed the name to Beth-el, the "house of God".

Through the many years that followed, God proved Himself wholly faithful to Jacob. He was even able to say that he had seen God face to face (Gen. 32:30).

Returning to Beth-el, Jacob changed the name to "El-beth-el", "The God of the House of God". Jacob realized the importance of The Person rather than The Place.

Surely we will never forget the Place called Calvary, but oh to be occupied with the Person called Christ!
-A. Fiebig

Hi Brother Bob!

We'd wait for you...  Don't hurry your post!  We usually watch and see if someone is posting and we'll very gladly wait.

Still praising the Lord with you and that new hearing, Bob!

Thanks everyone, (Iain, Larry Hanna, Etta Sue, and of course Pat Scott)  sorry I haven't been here to much lately. Where I also am a mod, we have been dealing with trolls. That and I have been listening to the sounds, I've never heard before. It is simply amazing what you all hear. I've heard my cats, dogs,cattle, horses, cars, ect., ect.  I now know what you all have been hearing for years. This is such a new and wonderful gift God, has given me. I am still trying to sort, everything out.

I will try and let you all know what happens at Chruch tommorrow. See right now, it's only 11:48 pm.,saturday.

God is Great!!
Bob

I am hoping it isn't as bad on the roads as predicted.  I am ready to get my coat on and try it.  If I am back online soon you will know that it is too rough out there to try the 25 mile drive to church. 

Have a great GodDay!

I am back in the house....my car battery is dead.  When I started it yesterday, it didn't want to start.  But I probably didn't run it long enough to charge it up good.  So I called the head of the Audio/Visual team at church and told him I wouldn't be there nor Jerry.  I called Jerry and told him I wasn't going.  I sent a V-Text to my son to come put the battery charger on the car for me.  I have never done that so I would be afraid to do it for fear I would be doing it wrong.  Then Ivalou called me and now I am going to church with her.  I called Tony on the phone .... woke him up and told him I wouldn't be home until 1 p.m....there is going to be a dinner at Ivalou's church after church.  Then I had someone else call me while talking to Tony....call waiting.  It was Jerry.  His car started so he is going to go to church after all.  Busy morning. 

Whew!

Etta Sue I will give you the instructions to putting the battery charger on your car.
1. open the hood
2. Put the red clamp on the positive post ( the one with the + on the top)
3. put the black clamp on the other post (or ground it to anything metal like the hood or something)
4. plug in the charger and turn it on.

You need to learn how to do it yourself, what if you couldn't get in touch with anyone. I know, I know you would call AAA. We single women need to know these things.No need to be afraid.  ;D

Got to get ready for church now.

TTYL

Hi everyone.  We didn't blow away in the strong wind last night and after a very foggy day yesterday it is bright and sunny, but cold this morning.  Pat and I will be headed to Sunday School and church in a few minutes and will probably go out to lunch with some of our friends.

Etta Sue, those car batteries don't like the cold and seem to go down in the worst of weather.  Glad you will be able to get to church.  I was watching the news this morning and they were showing the blizzard conditions now in the northeast.  Makes me very glad that I live in Georgia.

Maryland, next year you might want to save yourself some money on the taxes and use something called Tax Act.  They have a free version that I have used for several years and you can then print out your tax return.  You can also file e-tax for a small fee.  I know what you met about it being a good feeling when that is behind you each year.  I am still waiting for some of the documents I need to file our returns. 

Bob, those of us that have never experienced a hearing loss probably can't begin to know the joy you are experiencing in hearing sounds you haven't heard in a long time, if ever.  I guess it would be like going into a candy store. 

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.  This afternoon I will be watching the Atlanta Falcons play football.  I don't envy those folks that will be attending the game and sitting out in the cold.  I just don't understand that mentality.

tbear waving at Larry ( and yes we do have snow here in OHIO too & we also have drifts & cold temperatures outside too )... & telling everyone else that I'll be back later to post & share all sorts of news with you ... so stay warm Etta !!

Good morning everyone!

I am off to church like the rest of you. 

Etta Sue, glad you made it to church. 

It is supposed to get up to at least :o 50 degrees out. :o Wow! I don't remember it ever being that warm in these parts in January.  I think I will go take pictures after church. ;D

later
Soni

It was 14.6 degrees when I got up this morning.  brrrrrr.  Enjoy the 50's soni!!  It is supposed to be up towards 40 tomorrow.

We had alot of wind last night, but not too much snow.  Only about an inch.  Of course, the wind was blowing so hard the snow didn't hardly have a chance to touch the ground.  Somewhere in NC, there is probably a monster snow drift where it all piled up.

We didn't have church this morning or this evening.  Not sure if it was the frigid air, the snow, or the ice that seems to be on the road under the snow. <wink>  Some of the men of the church discovered a week or so ago that someone was stealing our oil, so we may not even have heat at the church.

Sad, isn't it.  Those exact same people could tell us they needed oil, and we would probably buy it for them, but they choose to steal it, making many suffer.  <shudder>

have a good day.  I'm trying to stay at the 'puter as little as possible because sitting with my feet on the floor makes them swell really bad.  So, I'm off to put my feet back up!!

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I am back home now. 

What a wonderful service at Ivalou's church.  I probably know more people at her church than my own.  They give out a lot of love and hugs at Ivalou's church.  As I was getting ready, I was listening to the radio and people were calling in to say when they think of heaven, what they think about.  The sermon was about heaven.  Then on the radio, the song 'I Can Only Imagine' was sung.  At church, my neighbors grandson sang, 'I Can Only Imagine'....better than on the radio, too.  Then a neighbor was asked to give prayer and she mentioned in her morning devotion it was about a little girl asking her grandmother about heaven and wanted to go NOW!  I read that same devotion.  So it seems everything was double this morning.  How kewl is that?

They eliminated Sunday School today and right after church, all was invited to attend a Missionary lunch of Chili and all the fixin's.  About 12-15 from this small church is going to Mexico in June on a missionary trip.  The lunch was to help raise money for the one's going.  Really nice lunch and wonderful conversations.

When we were coming down my road, I noticed that Tony was here.  He charged my car with my battery charger...and yes, Marilyn, he told me how to do it the next time...exactly like you said.  My problem will be if I don't have to do it until a couple of years from now, I won't remember again.  I need to type out the instructions and seal it in plastic and hang it in my garage.  But if I couldn't have gotten Tony to come do it, I am sure that all I needed to do was mention it at the church this morning and one of those gracious men would have been here in a minute.  Anyway, Tony seems to think that my dome light was on.  I don't remember of hitting it or anything but maybe I did and didn't notice.  He said while the battery was charging, he noticed the dome light was on and turned it off.  Oh, well! 

It has been a busy, unusual Sunday and I feel a nap coming on....ZZZZzzzzzz!

January 23   

Personal Life: It May Not Be Convenient

But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I
have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. 
--1 Corinthians 9:27

What must our Lord think of us if His work and His witness depend
upon the convenience of His people? The truth is that every advance
that we make for God and for His cause must be made at our
inconvenience. If it does not inconvenience us at all, there is no
cross in it! If we have been able to reduce spirituality to a
smooth pattern and it costs us nothing--no disturbance, no bother
and no element of sacrifice in it--we are not getting anywhere with
God. We have stopped and pitched our unworthy tent halfway between
the swamp and the peak.

We are mediocre Christians!

Was there ever a cross that was convenient? Was there ever a
convenient way to die? I have never heard of any, and judgment is
not going to be a matter of convenience, either! Yet we look around
for convenience, thinking we can reach the mountain peak
conveniently and without trouble or danger to ourselves.

Actually, mountain climbers are always in peril and they are always
advancing at their inconvenience.  I Talk Back to the Devil, 48.

"Lord, I don't know what You have in store for me today, in Your
sovereign plan for my life. Help me to serve You faithfully, with
full discipline, whether it's convenient or not. Amen."

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EttaSue, an old trick if cold weather is expected is to lift the bonnet and lay a heavy old coat or blanket over the engine, then it will start better, but leave yourself a note about it!!
I once had to untangle a coat from my fanbelt. lol

Happy Sunday, Y'all!  We did go to church this morning, even Beth!  We missed Sunday School, or most of it, because my sister from upstate was here, along with her son and daughter, and her son's wife were here, and were going to be leaving very soon.  So we went in to my other sister's to visit them a bit.  They were in the area for a family wedding, one of my great nieces.  

Beth is feeling a lot better today, and we are thankful for that.  They had her come to the front of the church, annointed her with oil and prayed for her.  We are putting all our faith in God, knowing He will do the very best for Beth.

Our church was saddened and very disappointed this week when the pastor who had accepted the call to our church, called and said he isn't coming after all.  But we know that God has even better things in store for us, so we will go forward with joy and confidence, knowing He does all things well.

Abby brought a beautiful red velvet dress with "sparkles" to wear to church, but when she got dressed, she said "Oh!  I forgot the importantest part!  I forgot my Sunday shoes!"  She put her sneakers on, looked in the mirror and started crying.  I told her to just wear her slacks, it would be just fine, I didn't want her to be uncomfortable and think she looked bad.  So she wore pants, and when we got to church, every little girl her age also was wearing pants.  God is good!

Beth put a roast on this morning, so Abby is eating lunch with her.  I need to go see what the refrigerator holds for me!  ;)

Larry, the hospital is 200 miles from us, I will be staying the entire time with Beth.  Her older sister (Abby's Mom) is going with me for the first 2 or 3 days, because Darrel has a job he must complete on Friday.  Then Darrel will come down and switch places with Diane, as she has a family and a store and many responsibilities at home.  I don't mind being there alone, but I need a car!  And I really am happy that I will have Diane or Darrel with me for support.  Thank you, God, for caring family---and friends, too.

I'm going over to see how many have looked at the photos I posted yesterday.  Be back after a while.

WOW ... just in case nobody has heard the news today but Johnny Carson former host of ~ The Tonight Show passed away today. WOW ... he was so good too. Well, just thought that you all might have liked to hear the news. I'll be back later !!

 Hi everyone,I got my computer back and running again but still have some bugs>I had to reload java in order to get into my NF chat rm and then it would not let me stay in it booted me out like 20 times on fri and sat it let me stay in and talk ,but then sat nite it started booting me out again soon as I entered and tried to post any of you computer techies have any helpful ideas for me as I'd like to stay longer than 20 seconds.Well on wed I go to Amarillo to dr office to pick up some papers then over to hospitial for preop tests or whateverI need done.Thurs morn before 6am I need to get up and go to hospitial to check in and my surgery will be at 8am.I was told will be between 2 and 3 hours and they will keep me for 3 to 5 days,they kept me 3 days when I had my back surgery so this may be a day or so longer being that it is more important and serious.I'm not afraid ,I refuse to let fear enter in and take away the joy I have been given these last 6 months,I'm sure my nerves will start  wed ,for sure by thursday.Thank you everyone for all your prayers,God is good and he will allow this situation to be for His Glory and I will come out fine.I'm willing to go with whatever happens,knowing it is His will.I have to call John as soon as I can it won't be untill I am out of recovery thogh he doesn't get home until 2pm easten time may have to have mom call him though to give him number of rm and phone so he can call me.This is not something one looks forward to but it's going to give me a shot of getting out of the wheelchair and I look forward to doing that if it happens.My sister will be going with us and keeping mom company for the first couple days then Darrel will come and pick us up I hope I am able to sit normally coming home and be able to stay home on my own too since I am sleeping already in a hospital bed over here.I really do not like the bed at all but  I have stopped complaining about it and just put up with it now.Well I think my bird is ok now I tramatised her on wed eve and she did not eat or drink for a few days but I thought I'd really hurt her and she isn't hurt so I'm glad about that ,I'd like to sell her and get a little money from her and my killing her would not help.I still want to move to NY this summer or sooner if I could all I want is to be closer to John where I can spend lots of time with him ,I miss him now so much it hurts knowing he is 1700 miles away ,he even misses me too and for me its hard to believe cause I've never had someone miss me or love me  that was not a parent.Well this is getting to be long and drawn out so I will stop for now again thank you all for the prayers and I'll come back and post as soon as I can and know my mom will beat me to it so you'll hear from her first.Pat as always ty for the days devotional,I have to go finish it ,the one done on Sat really spoke to me also.TY ,Beth

Beth -- You are correct.  Killing the bird is no way to prepare for selling it.  heheh.  I'm glad to see you are in good spirits.  I am praying for you as you prepare for this surgery.  Jesus is the Great Physician, and I am praying that He is the head of your surgical team. 

Still cold here.  But i think it is up to the 20s now. :-)

Just rushing around here as I want to attend the evening service and it's in 35 minutes so...

This is a hymn we sang this morning in church and it sure causes you to think, doesn't it?

Quote from: Larry Hanna on January 23, 2005, 09:42:18 AM

Bob, those of us that have never experienced a hearing loss probably can't begin to know the joy you are experiencing in hearing sounds you haven't heard in a long time, if ever.  I guess it would be like going into a candy store. 

Larry, I feel like a kid in the candy store. :)  My doctor went to services with me, I believe the hook has been planted. I will be working on him, this week. He just wants a little time, "to figure some of this stuff out."  ::) 

Resting peacfully with the Lord.
Bob

Bob, do you mind if I ask if your hearing problem was congenital, or did you lose your hearing later?  I am still so thrilled about your miracle, I smile every time I think about it!  :)

Beth, good to see your optimistic post!  You're in good hands with GOD.

Abby had a good 2 1/2 hours at the park today, as there were lots of other kids there to play with, and she has never yet met a stranger.  I will need to take her home soon.

Hi, Karma!  I will try to send you some of this lovely weather.  How's that?

BETH - You are such a sweetheart... and I love your posts.  I have to agree with Karma, though...killing the bird is no preparation for selling it....LOL

What kind of bird do you have?

Bob - I wanted to ask Janet's question...was your hearing loss a recent thing?

I am so thrilled for you...and I am thanking the Lord right along with you!

I really missed going to church this morning too.  Norm and I are still just getting over the flu, and we thought it wise to stay indoors.  I do miss the fellowship though

Glad your car is up and running now, Etta Sue.  What a wonderful church Ivalou must attend!!  Sounds like MY kind of church!!

- Blessings to all..... Judy

                    God is So Good.....(Pat - can we sing that sometime?)

                 

Quote from: Janet on January 23, 2005, 07:06:32 PM
Bob, do you mind if I ask if your hearing problem was congenital, or did you lose your hearing later?  I am still so thrilled about your miracle, I smile every time I think about it!  :)

I was born this way, both of my parents had perfect hearing. My brothers, and sister, have great hearing as well.

Beth, so good to see your very positive posting today.  Glad you were able to attend church today. 

Bob, that is just amazing that you have never been able to hear as you do now.  It certainly is a miracle.  I know your heart was gladened to see the doctor attending church with you.  He must be a man of his word.

Welcome djyeo.  We are happy to have you here on CP.

We had a wonderful church service this morning and then three others joined Pat and I at a new place we hadn't eaten before.  It was so nice as there were a brother and sister (older folks) who were playing and singing gospel songs and then sang a few old time songs.  This was a buffet and the food was homemade and very reasonable.  I hope the place survives as this is about the 4th ownership in the past couple of years. 

Please PRAY---we just received news a few minutes ago that Beth's dad passed away this afternoon in his sleep.  Gunther was my first husband and the father of my children.  Beth is devastated; and they are trying to plan the funeral so as not to have to postpone Beth's surgery, and allow her to attend.

Ohh, Janet, what next?  I'm so sorry about this news.  Thanks for bringing it here and yes, I'm sure we'll all be praying.

For Janet...

Friends, God has walked each step with me this weekend in Atlanta.

I was able to defuse a touchy situation with the baby being really awful and hurting both her mommy and her big sister with no discipline. A quiet firm time-out helped, and maybe will serve as an example of another way to discipline her when she is fixated on a naughty behavior.

I was able to explain to Kassie why Pam asked her to stand-in at the altar and be anointed for her mommy for relief from pain and for a successful back surgery this coming Wednesday.  God helped me find the scripture in James that instructs us for this prayer of healing and to figure out a way to help Kassie see the significance of her act.

Then, I was given strength far beyond what I have had for several weeks to be able to help around the house and I even cooked a whole meal for the family!

And, I could go on and on. He also prompted the next door neighbor to call and I've prayed for an opening to testify to her for 15 years. God provided that opening tonight and she and I shed tears together on the phone. Praise His name!

And my prayer partner at church phoned to find out why I was absent and again we had a time of worshipping and praying together on the phone.

And, God provided just the sermon I needed to hear as I was driving home. And the worshipful music blessed me so much at one point that I had to cry sweet tears of thanksgiving.

And, thankfully, He allowed me safe travel over a road that was iced over and dangerous. I asked Him last night why I had to stay another night, and I believe from the above, you can see He showed me exactly why.

Thanks be to God for His wonderful gift of love, his Son Christ Jesus.

Ruth Ann

Oh, yes, and when we arrived home from church today, Pam (for the first time in 4 nights) had fallen asleep and slept comfortably the entire time we were at church. Kassie's mouth dropped open and she said, "GRANDMA! God is REALLY answering our prayers!"

 Â                 Thank you Pat for the beautiful card,this is not what I wanted to hear at all but as long as he is with the Lord I'll get thru.I was getting to be so much closer to my dad than I have for yrs.We were never very close and just started a better relationship the last  few years. ,Beth

Ruth Ann = Praise the Lord.  Isn't He awesome. 

Beth - I am so sorry.  I lost my dad just over three years ago, and there is just something about a father/daughter relationship that cannot be replaced.  I will be praying that God's comfort, grace, and love shower you and surround you in ways you've never known before.

Take care all, and good night.

Beth:  I don't know how to do the cards and fancy things on here like some others can., BUT - please accept my sincerest sympathy on the passing of your dad.

Its wonderful to know that he is with the Lord.  I'm praying that you will be able to attend his funeral service, and that your surgery won't have to be postponed.

Ruth Ann - I am praising the Lord along with you.

Larry:  My love to you and Pat.  I'm so happy for you, that you were able to attend church and have sweet fellowship with your friends after the service.

Lovingly to all.,
Judy

I thank our God that he's with our Lord, Beth, but I also echo Karma's prayer.


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