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Sonja, my user name is suzanne1 on dpc.
I am still learning so I haven't posted much there.\
Lab work isnt' too bad, but the nights sure do get to you after awhile.
I really like this site alot already. I can't wait to see if I can use it from work

Hi Everyone...

It's so nice to come and read all of your messages.  Larry is now back into the hospital and I expect that is where he will stay now.  It was a difficult night.  I'm just about to go  and just spend some time with Diana in the hospital lobby.  Such a sad and difficult time for her.

Suzanne, do you go to work tonight?  We'll be here so hopefully, you can login from work.

I'll be back.

I apologize if you've sent photos to post and haven't seen them yet.  I promise to get to them very soon.

A hearty welcome to the latest newcomers!!!

And, a just as hearty greeting this wonderful day of our Lord to all you oldtimers.
No reference to age, just to the fact that there is a great, familiar fellowship going on here and that for some it has been going on longer than for others, yet their welcome is extended to all, new and old alike.

Had a great service today, we are so blessed to have been guided to this church.  It was truly a service where God has free reign, the Holy Spirit was able to minister leaving the formality of the usual service behind to lead us in worship and prayer, communion and more prayer and worship, opening us to receive more of God, more Refiner's Fire, more letting go of self to seperate chaff from wheat.
The Lord spoke to us from Malachi chapter four.

And, dear Jenny, we finished out the afternoon with having lunch with friends from church, here in Astley, at the Heritage House. It was not Chris' treat, but only because he treated us all the last time we were together, so now the friends took a turn.
All this, just to say, am not good at goose catching, so I do have to count on Chris providing for the meal......hahaaaaaaaaa. If there is a chauvenistic tendency I'm sure to break it, as Chris say's I'm much a "free spirit".

Thanks for looking out for me though, tell you what, when we ever are down Birmingham way we'll both let Chris treat us.  In the meantime, find a good place where three free spirits can have a great meal and fellowship, wouldn't miss either the food nor the fellowship with you, my dear sister. God bless.

God bless you all.

In His love, Margit

          Dear Pat,
please don't overdo it, you need your sleep,
we love you and want you to be fit and well, not rundown, and overtired, sister, study the great words of this hymn, and rest in Him Who loves you so.
Our love to you, Chris and Margit.





O, this is blessing, this is rest —

Unto Thine arms, O Lord, I flee:

I hide me in Thy faithful breast,

And pour out all my soul to Thee.

There is a host dissuading me, —

But, all their voices far above,

I hear Thy words — "O taste and see

The comfort of a Savior's love."

And, hushing every adverse sound,

Songs of defence my soul surround,

As if all saints encamped about

One trusting heart pursued by doubt,

56


And O, how solemn, yet how sweet

Their one assured, persuasive strain!

"The Lord of hosts is thy retreat,

The Man who bore thy sin, thy pain.

Still in His hand thy times remain —

Still of his body thou art part;

And He will prove his right to reign

O'er all things that concern thy heart."

O tenderness — O truth divine!

Lord, I am altogether thine.

I have bowed down — I need not flee —

Peace, peace is mine in trusting Thee.

And now I count supremely kind,

The rule that once I thought severe;

And, precious to my altered mind,

At length, Thy least reproofs appear.

Now to the love that casts out fear,

Mercy and truth, indeed seem one;

Why should I hold my ease so dear?

The work of training must be done,

I must be taught what I would know —

I must be led where I would go —

And all the rest ordained for me,

Till that which is not seen I see

Is to be found in trusting Thee

Hello all!!  I hope everyone is having a great day.  Church was awesome.  Travis behaved (woohoo) and three guys got saved.  A bit WOOHOO!!  One of them had been an object of prayer for many months.  I just love it when that happens.  


Lee:  ((((((((((hug)))))))))))))

Welcome again to the "newbies."  Don't worry, after a few posts, we won't call you that anymore!  

My name is Karma, and I'm married to Bernard (nards656), I'm also on dpc alot (probably too much ).

Oh yea, I bought the Purpose Driven Life last night.  There is a Mary Kay retreat in January I want to go to, and to attend we have to meet so many specific qualifications.  One of them was to read this book.  So, I am going to read it "straight through," then get a notebook and do it for 40 days, like I am supposed to    Also, the women's Bible study I meet with is considering it for out study after Christmas (we are just finishing Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby), so I should know my purpose (though I have an idea already) soon enough.  

Take care all, and I hope to see youns around later!

         FEAR NOT I AM WITH THEE.


In heavenly love abiding, no change my heart shall fear.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/n/inhlovea.htm

Rachelle~I know what you mean with sickness staying in the house.  That is why I like to keep antibacteria wipes everywhere, but when one of the kids get sick we all seem to get it and with 6 in the house like you it takes us 8 weeks to get over everthing and sometimes the first one who caught the sickness to begin with gets it again or something new.  Why does it always happen around the holidays?    I will keep you in my prayers. (((hug)))

Thanks so much everyone for your kind thoughts during this very trying time of caring for my friends Larry and Diane.


Larry passed away at 10 past 3.

I'm going to go and spend some time with the family.

"And safe is such confiding, for nothing changes here"...Amen!

Thank-you dearest Margit and Chris..Lord Jesus undertake for Pat as she ministers to Diane this night...Amen!

God Bless everyone ,
In Jesus Name.
Amen!

PAT my deepest sympathy with Diana also
you may God give you power.

SONJA  when it is tomorrow foggy here i send it to
you


I think i have a cold i am going to my bed
i am feeling me not good

I wish you all a goodnight and i hope till tomorrow and i hope that i am feeling me tomorrow a
little bit better

BYE LOVE RIA

Pat, I understand (and have experienced) how your heart is breaking over the loss of Larry. My condolences to you and to Diane and the family.

The upheaval in my home hasn't yet disconnected my computer, so I was able to read for several minutes this afternoon.

Thanks for your prayers.

Ruth Ann

Pat, a difficult day but I am sure your presence with Dianna and family will be a beacon of light and a source of comfort at this time of loss.  

We started a study of David in our Sunday School class this morning and it was so interesting that the three choir members were late to choir practice before our morning service.  We had an awesome service this morning and our choir sang "Go Not Far From Me O God" al capella.  The minister preached on Mark 13:1-13 on "The End Is Near".  After the service about 11 of us went out to eat lunch together.

A BIG WELCOME TO KAREN!! We are so happy to have you join us.....and you have great looking kids, too!  (I love kids!)  Mine are not kids any more, and now the grandkids are growing up way too fast, too!  The youngest is now 6 years old.

I want to live my life with enthusiasm!
A preacher I was listening to this morning said the word ENTHUSIASM comes from the two words "Christ" and "within"........so it literally means to live with the Lord within you!  I really like that!

Sonja, I hope Lila Mae is much better by now, and that you are, too.  Can't be bogged down by "bugs" with the holidays coming!

We went to Bethel Friends Church this morning, and the message was about debt, and how to get out of debt.  Curtis was home for the weekend, so I got some great hugs!  Even finagled a few from Mark, and of course, Abby is always lavish with hers! (My grandkids, for you who are new!)

I didn't sleep at all well last night, and am feeling the lack of it now.  Must go help Darrel get the washer, dryer and cabinet back into place!  Sure glad to have that part of the tile done!

Pat, my thoughts and prayers are with you and Diana and her family today.  ((((hugs))))

We had a wonderful service this morning,  and after church the Pastor, his wife and daughter took me out for lunch, we had a great visit and I really enjoyed myself. Between me and Regina (the daughter) we talked the pastor into having the whole church read the Purpose Driven Life and discussing it on Wednesday nights.

I got home just in time to watch the Ice Skating.  skate canada. But I missed about 1/2 of it. Drat!

On to other things for now.

TTYL

Pat S. ~ You have my sympathy and so does the family.

I am saddened to read Pat's message where her good friend, Larry passed away.  I know Pat will be such a great source of comfort to Diane., having gone through this herself. I just hope Pat gets her rest., and dosen't overdue it.

A very warm welcome to FullyFocused. (Karen).,  You can be sure, we will be referring to you as KAREN before long.  We are a friendly group here...don't really care for names other than what our parents' named us!!..lol (guess I'd better state thats my own personal opinion).

I missed church this morning., but my husband went on his own.  For you newer members here., Norm, my hsband, has only been saved a short time., so for him to go to church on his own,is reallt something!!
(especially when he comes home, and remarks what a terrific service I missed).  I think to myself..."is this really Norm talking".

Well, I'm off to do some needed chores around here., so hopefully I'll be back a little later on.


..........Judy Mc.

Thank you Pat for the devotional this morning... It reminds me of the song that says

"Amazing grace, how can it be
That Thou My God, shouldst die for me"



I have been away because my computer was broken.   Right now it's semi fixed.   The colour was all pink and even though pink is supposed to be a relaxing colour to paint your walls, it is very stressful to look at on your monitor.  It is now a dull white.  Apparently a wire is loose on the monitor cable.

After I read some posts, I will post again.  

Love Ruthie

WELCOME FULLY FOCUSED
Hope you have a fun time here at CP.    Your children look beautiful.   I have 3 boys, but they are in their 30's and have children of their own.


God Bless

Ruthie

HI Ruthie!

Pat I will keep you and the Diana and her family in my prayers.  

Larry and Sonja ~ Thanks loads for the lovely comments on my Welcome graphic.  Lots of layers there and the hardest part was finding tubes for 7 little blocks.  Of course, I like cats and coffee!  Tea for those across the pond.  

Sonja ~ I took my camera this morning...as I do most every where I go.  The fog wasn't too bad...I could see a quarter of a mile or more.  It wasn't patchy fog...that is when you drive into it and can't see the hood of your car.  But there wasn't much light.  That is when the fog is pretty...when sunlight is beaming through the fog.  No pictures were taken.  

Margit ~ What is 'goose catching'?  

Karma ~ That is great that Mary Kay requires you to read "The Purpose Driven Life".  I must not have known they were a Christian business.  Now if the name was Tammy Faye instead of Mary Kay....well.   I think by January, you will know your purpose!!!

Pat ~ My heart goes out to you and Larry's family.  I pray God gives all of you comfort.

Marilyn ~ I like to watch Ice Skating, too.  I know they do those moves on skates but still seems impossible to do.  

Church was wonderful.  Today the sermon was still on the '40 Days of Focus' but about missionary work.  Ministry work is for believers...missionary work is for non-believers.  Last week we had tables set up in our Great Hallway for ministry work...all the various ministries that our church has to offer.  This week, it was missionary work....where our church sponsors missionaries out of the country as well as our own county.  It really hit home when nine men walked down the aisle during church service and placed the flags in stands that represented the countries where we sponsor missionaries.  

Between services, Jerry and I duplicated the sermon so people can take the tapes to shut-ins. That is Jerry and I's ministry.  Then Jerry and I had breakfast at Bob Evans.  I took a three hour nap on his (Jerry's, not Bob Evans!) couch while Jerry watched the NASCAR race.  Elliot led most of the race and DeBonte won when Elliot got car trouble on the last lap!  Then we went to Hardees for hamburgers.  I took Jerry back home and I came on home.  It is starting to get foggy again.  

Sonja, I am trying to remember....think bold!  

Is anyone else here seeing some of the type in small vey light type? Not here but on the index page.

Are you speaking of the page that you're at when you click on "My Community"?

Everything on this page is the same for me.

Yes Pat all the small print  like the names of he last posters, is real light barely visible and vey small.

Hi Sonja


Pat...Please pass on my condolenses to Diane.   I know Larry and Diane were good friends to you and Jack and few years ago.  May God Bless Diane.


Friday I went to a banquet for Partner's International.   There were 230 people at a sit down dinner.   A man told his story about being in the World Trade Centre.   His office was on the 89th floor, above where the plane hit in the second tower.  

He remembers a miracle happening when he stopped to pull a big man out of the rubble on the way down  and how he felt a bubble of fresh air around his head when all the others were coughing and choking because of the dust.  God gave him supernatural strength to pull out this big man.  He got out with his friend that he rescued when the tower collapsed.  He is here to tell of the miracle.   He will probably never be the same.  

He said "God is still doing miracles today!"

Love Ruthie

Thanks for all the nice messages for Dianne.  I'm copying them and I'm going to give them to her.


Marilyn, maybe if you re-boot, you'll see things as they were.  Everything is the same for me as it always has been.

Dear Pat..........

Sorry to hear about your friend Larry.  Especially because of the circumstances.  Is Diane a Christan?  If not, your task will be harder than before.  You (and all Christians) are messengers for the Lord.  All we can do is give them the Word and the rest is between them and the Lord.  


Ruthie........

I did receive your message and I am very grateful for your wonderful Christian love.  I'm sorry to not have written back, but I don't know how to use IM.  Pat told me one time but didn't use it then, so it quickly passed me by. I have been writing a book for the last two years and have spent most of my winter days working on it.  I've promised myself I'd try and finish it this winter.  It's on one of our favorite subjects.

Pat:  I am sorry to read that your neighbor has passed on, I know that you will be a comfort to his wife.

Sue: I hope that you will introduce yourself to Suzanne.

A warm welcome and hello to all of our new members.

Last evening was the company's yearly dinner and awards presentation. (Years of safe driving.)  First of all dinner was an hour late ?? following that they ran out of food (garden salad & potatoes) as for the rest of the selections very little left overs for the hearty eaters among the crowd.
So much for my grumbling I rec'd a 31 year safe driving pin and I have been with the company as a School Bus Driver for the last 33 years, I have a lot to be thankful for when a safe trip is the most important part of a days work.

Time to move on
Ruth

Hi Judy Mc and Heather.....I'm just getting caught up on the posts from yesterday because my computer was down.

Grover Crosby's wife is Faith and we were and still are the best of friends all our lives.   Faith sometimes says "We have known each other when we were babes in arms!"  I was in her wedding and she was in mine away back in 1959.

Faith has been a wonderful speaker for groups like Women Alive or Women who Win, etc.   When I went to the Partner's banquet, Grover was there, but Faith was speaking somewhere.   They have 4 children like I do, 3 boys and 1 girl, Paul, Steven, David, and Ruthie is the daughter.

Grover left for India with Partners again.  He has said it would be great if I would go one day and so I am praying about this.

Well I'm just about caught up with the posts from yesterday.     God Bless.


Ruthie

Hi Lee..... What a wonderful thing to do to write a book.    Just two weeks ago, Harold Fuller, a missionary and author asked me if I had ever considered writing a book.   I said that I had, but had never got going at it.  So that's another thing I need to start.

What are you writing about?   Your life story?  That would be an awesome book!  I would be the first to buy your book.    

God bless,


Ruthie