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 "Grace in the soul is heaven in that soul."
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Some News We Should Know About...

• Ministers Continue N.Y.'s Homosexual "Marriages"
  Another 25 same-sex couples were married by Unitarian Universalist ministers here Saturday, even as prosecutors consider filing charges against the clergywomen.

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Morning Devotional...

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Ps.  108:12

Trouble is mentioned more in the book of Psalms than any other in the Bible.

King David reminds us in this particular psalm that when trouble comes, we should look to the Lord for help rather than man.

The agencies of government and other charitable organizations may have their place, but the ultimate resource is our heavenly Provider: "a very present help in trouble" (46:1).

Man may be unavailable or unable to help, or simply disinterested in our problems; but the God of the universe has time for His own. Is today a time of trouble for you? "Call upon Me in the day of trouble" (50:15).

He will meet your need.
--Wm. Gustafson

Hello everyone,  I trust you have all had a good day.  

We went to be with hubby's sister in the nursing home again today, as we do almost every day.  Sometimes twice.  She is about 12 miles away from us.  She is 94 and is in such poor condition now.  She is very confused, and has been having nausea quite a lot.  We try to encourage her, but she is so hard of hearing, and in a confused state.  We just hope some of what we try to do is getting through to her.  She is sick and we feel like her life is slowly ebbing away.

But through it all, Christ Jesus remains the same!

I am tired and sleepy.  Guess I best go to bed, we have to get up early as we are going to take the AARP/55Alive course the next two days, 8:00 AM to noon.  I don't exactly look forward to that – sitting a long time is not easy to do.  

Hasta Manana, y'all.  God be with you till we meet again!
Love,  Janice

The Senior Citizens have, in God's providence, a kind of priority.  They are in the outer chamber waiting for the final entry into the Kingdom. That should be a cause of peace, a cause of joy; one day forward, one step nearer.

Is this too rosy a picture of what life is like, or should be like? After all, our energy and our strength today is not what it was yesterday.  There are problems and there are aches and pains which we did not know in the afternoon of our lives. At such times, it is only by looking at Christ crucified on the Cross that we can ever make sense of what befalls us.  When asked to share those sufferings we should accept it as a gift.  All pain is mysteriously also a gift from God because pain can purify and prepare us for the vision of Him whose love is stronger than the strongest love of a woman for her child, or a lover for the beloved.

Basil Hume OSB

GOOD MORNING ALL/Goedemorgen allemaal 11.28AM in Holland.

PAT thank you for the devotional this morning and the Links and the nice hymn yesterday
"Lord, I'm coming Home."

PAPA JOHN nice to see you you are in my prayers every day have a nice time in Florida.

JANET yes i am thinking about the same thing as you and i am still not out. Love your enemies
how far must we go and how far can we go.
In the normal life is that for me not such a problem then i can say i forgive you. And then i also talk never more about what has been. Our pastor it was a good sermon but he also has not give the answer but he say think about that. Yesterday i have writen about that problem  but i am still not out. But i think it is for every own love your enemies a problem. How can we love the people who are doing such bad things.
Every day in my prayers i ask God or he will open the eyes from people who are doing such bad things and i pray for this world wich is in great distress.

JudyB i am sorry to read that you are fallen i am hoping that you have today not such a lot pain.Yes i was sleepless this night you have seen that i was online but Ko was so snoring i am going downstairs

This afternoon i am going to the nursing home 2 -2 1/2 hours. There are such a lot people there is never
someone coming and also are the people light demented they also are happy when there someone
is coming. My own mother was after she have had 2 strokes also light demented but what was she happy
when there someone was coming. My fahter has every day going to here and i also a lot but also in that time
i have talk with a lot other people when they are alone.



My husband must now to a hospital in the city
in the hospital where he has been they can not help him.
Also my first husband was very snoring when he has problems
with is heart.  That is also being his death. So we have new sorrows. That is also a reason that i go do a little bit work so that i not the hole day are thinking.

Help me, Lord, to reassure and strengthen
Others by what I speak today;
I would always try to be affirming,
As I meet with friends along the way.
                                              HESS

LOVE and PRAYERS I LOVE YOU ALL
RIA          

NEWS...


Four missionaries shot to death in Iraq

Boy we are a quiet lot today.  

Pat thankyou for that link about the missionaries, it is sad that there is such little value put on life over there.  God knows and understands. This too will be turned around for His Glory.

Very sore today.  Lots of bruising.  The worst is the headaches.  This is going to take time to heal I think.

Well I need to move to a more comfortable chair.

Love to all
JudyB

Janice I received this in my mail today, and thought of your hubby's sister.  

Old Barn

A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking.   He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway. I told him right off he was crazy. He was a city type, you could tell by his clothes, his car, his hands, and the way he talked. He said he was driving by and saw that beautiful barn sitting out in the tall grass and wanted to know if it was for sale. I told him he had a funny idea of beauty.

Sure, it was a handsome building in its day. But then, there's been a lot of winters pass with their snow and ice and howling wind. The summer sun's beat down on that old barn till all the paint's gone, and the wood has turned silver gray. Now the old building leans a good deal, looking kind of tired. Yet, that fellow called it beautiful.

That set me to thinking. I walked out to the field and just stood there, gazing at that old barn. The stranger said he planned to use the lumber to line the walls of his den in a new country home he's building down the road. He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful. Only years of standing in the weather, bearing the storms and corching sun, only that can produce beautiful barn wood.

It came to me then. We're a lot like that, you and I. Only it's on the inside that the beauty grows with us. Sure we turn silver gray too. and lean a bit more than we did when we were young and full of sap. But the Good Lord knows what He's doing. And as the years pass He's busy using the hard wealth of our lives, the dry spells and the stormy seasons, to do a job of beautifying our souls that nothing else can produce. And to think how often folks holler because they want life easy!

They took the old barn down today and hauled it away to beautify a rich man's house. And I reckon someday you and I'll be hauled off to Heaven to take on whatever chores the Good Lord has for us on the Great Sky Ranch.

And I suspect we'll be more beautiful then for the seasons we've been through here ... and just maybe even add a bit of beauty to our Father's house.

One day she will beautify our Fathers house don't you think?

Judy B., sorry about your fall.  But I'm glad it isn't worse.  Several years ago Cornelia slipped on the ice and broke her shoulder.  It took about a year for her to get over it.

Ria, I thank you for your prayers.  

Pat, it is so sad to read about the missionaries being killed in Iraq.

Jenny, Christian Senior Citizens ARE at a special time in their lives.  There is an old hymn "It Won't be Very Long."  It has a special meaning to us today.

Rev 22:20-21
20   He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
21   The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
(NKJ)



--- Papa John    <)))><<
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Good morning everyone!!!

Ms.JudyB, That is true! How we get is like an old Barn but God still loves us!

Good morning Ms. Jenny!

and Hi to everynoe else!!

Zachery

I liked very much the story of the old barn.  That's me!  But our God will use everything to make our eternal state even more beautiful.

Subj: Insight for Leaders  
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March 16    

Pastoral Ministry: Spiritual Discernment

Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your
people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to
judge this great people of Yours?  
--1 Samuel 3:9

That so-called Bible religion in our times is suffering rapid
decline is so evident as to need no proof, but just what has brought
about this decline is not so easy to discover. I can only say that I
have observed one significant lack among evangelical Christians
which might turn out to be the real cause of most of our spiritual
troubles. Of course, if that were true, then the supplying of that
lack would be our most critical need.

The great deficiency to which I refer is the lack of spiritual
discernment, especially among our leaders. How there can be so much
Bible knowledge and so little insight, so little moral penetration,
is one of the enigmas of the religious world today....

If not the greatest need, then surely one of the greatest is for
the appearance of Christian leaders with prophetic vision. We
desperately need seers who can see through the mist. Unless they
come soon, it will be too late for this generation. And if they do
come, we will no doubt crucify a few of them in the name of our
worldly orthodoxy. But the cross is always the harbinger of the
resurrection.  We Travel an Appointed Way, 111-112.

"Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your
people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to
judge this great people of Yours? Amen."

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In Indiana, and I am sure elsewhere as well, the weathermen predict the weather.  Seems they talk the loudest when it is bad weather.  Also it seems they aren't right half the time.  So yesterday it was predicted that we were to get 6" of snow!  After all this mild weather and springlike temperatures, SNOW?  

Well, this time the weathermen were right.  Maybe not 6" of snow yet but it is still snowing and everything is pure white...well, all but my paved driveway...it is melting there.  It is only 27° so a nice temperature for snow.  

Janet ~ Thanks for the comment on the Easter Pageant.  I want to visit the site and see if I can purchase a video of the Pageant.  I would like that.  

All ~ Those who missed reading about the Easter Pageant I saw, you can read it here.   Reply #20.

Tonight is our small groups Bible study!  I told Jerry earlier that I just wasn't into driving in this snow.  Maybe they will call and say it is cancelled.  I have mixed feelings....
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"Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted."

Jerry asked me to read Richard Innes' Daily Encounter.  Today it is on 'The Passion of the Christ' movie.  Jerry and I, both, thought it was interesting reading....

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WHO KILLED JESUS?

"He [Jesus Christ] was despised and rejected by men, a man
of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom
men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him
not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our
sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by
him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his
wounds we are healed" (Isaiah 53:3-5, NIV).

Many readers would have seen the Mel Gibson movie, The
Passion of the Christ. Many have raved about this movie.
Many have sharply criticized it claiming that it blames the
Jews for crucifying Jesus and as a result, will stir up
renewed anti-Semitism. Others claim that it is far too
violent.

Yes, I have seen the movie. Yes it is violent. And yes, it
does appear that the Jews were responsible for the death of
Jesus and yet it was the Romans that violently beat and
crucified him. (See Friday's Daily Encounter for a medical
doctor's description of the unbelievable brutality of Roman
crucifixions.)

No matter how violent or how brutal the physical torture of
Christ, as gruesome as that was, no movie, no painting, no
book, no article, or no sermon could ever depict the far
greater suffering of the Christ when he, the holy and
divine Son of God, took upon himself the sin of all mankind
and who, while hanging on that cross, was forsaken by God
the Heavenly Father. As humans we cannot even begin to
imagine the depth of this pain and suffering that Jesus
Christ endured to pay the penalty of our sins--and to save
us from a lost eternity in hell.

The fact is that Jesus gave his life willingly. No Jew,
Roman, or anyone else could take his life from him. He was
the Son of God. He could have called on ten thousand angels
to save him. But he didn't because he was giving his life
as a ransom for your sins and mine. The Jews of his day and
the Romans were only the instruments of his torturous
death. It was for your sins and mine that he gave his life
and suffered such intense agony.

As God's Word says, "But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his
wounds we are healed."

Because of Christ's death for us, God now offers you and me
a total pardon for all our sins and the gift of eternal
life. So the crucial issue is NOT who killed the Christ,
but have you accepted God's full and free pardon and the
gift of eternal life? To help you do this, be sure to read
the article in [2] below: "How to Be Sure You're a Real
Christian" (Christ-one).

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, how can I ever thank you
enough for giving your Son, the Christ, to die for my sins?
And Lord Jesus how can I ever thank you enough for
suffering such an agonizing death to pay the penalty for
all my sins? Lord I believe. Have mercy on me, a sinner,
and save me. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.
Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

P.S. Again ... be sure to read the article in [2] below:
"How to Be Sure You're a Real Christian (Christ-one).

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[2] FOR HELP to be sure you have accepted Jesus as your
   Savior, click on the "Find God" link at:
   http://www.actsweb.org/htbs1.htm (or cut and paste
   the URL in your browser) for the article,
   "How to Be Sure You're a Real Christian."

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Thank you![/b]

Janet, you have an awesome talent with your painting.  Those paintings are awesome!

Good morning folks and afternoon Ria and Jenny!

How are you all doing today?  Is the weather fairing you right?   Mainly asking Jeanne Lee.

Zachery has a dr. appointment this morning.

Lila Mae fell off her bed last night.  Thank goodness it is just a few inches off the floor and I didn't get much sleep.  <sigh> I think I will take a nap today.

Great devotion, Pat.  We should turn to God with our problems and not man.  Well said!  Now if I can just remember that I will do ok.  

QuoteBy Janice~AARP/55Alive course

What is this?  
I am sorry to hear about our SIL.  I hope she is feeling no pain.  

I better head out of here.  Later folks.

Love
Soni

Hey Zach  Here is one for you!  

My Dad saw me putting on a bit of makeup one day.  He said,  "Even an old barn needs a paint job now and then!" HAHA

Yes Papa John It could have been worse.  I am tender but mobile.

It is -5*C here today.  Cold.  Etta Sue please don't send me more sonw, we have enough of our own!  We all have had enough of the white stuff.

Be back later.
Judy

Hi Etta Sue!

Judy ~ We have to take some bad with the good.  We have been blessed with mild weather and this is still March, so we will keep the snow.  

That is really funny Ms.JudyB!!

Did he really say that?

Zachery

Good Morning. I have been here to read thn off to put those missionaries families on the prayer chain, have breakfast and get ready for work. Now allthat is done I am back to say Good morning to all y-all.

Going to Bea's today and only 2 more days until I get to meet Jane. I sure am looking forward to haveing a nice visit with her.

Going to now to read the other folders.

TTYL

Boy are we all quiet in here today.  Was talking to Ria on MSN and she is busy answering e-mails, but, where is everyone else?

Yes indeed Zach he did say that.  It was too funney wasn't it!

Etta Sue You are right we do take the good with the bad.  I would love more good weather though!

The kidlets are outside enjoying the snow, and I have had a chance to rest my back.

Good afternoon Marilyn

I need to work with Melaura on Math so I am off again.

JudyB

afternoon, JudyB.  I agree it is pretty quiet in here.  I wonder if anyone is taking a nap.  I know i need to.

Zachery went to the doctor this morning and good news.  His bloodtest levels were the best they were since last April.  woohoo...the prayers are being answered.  The doctor is going to keep a real close eye on him still to make sure he stays healthy, so that means more lab work and stuff like that.  

I am off to deliver papers with the boys.

The chiropractor says I may have a ruptured disc in my neck, or a bone spur.  He told me to STAY OFF the computer, and use my arm as little as possible for a while.  That also would mean no painting.........  But in the interest of getting better without an MRI and surgery, I guess I will try to be a good girl.  I will check in and read, but probably not be posting much.  Now I think I will take a pain pill and try to take a nap.

Blessings to you all.

Janet

Ohhh, Janet...  I'm so sorry.  I'll be praying for you along with Beth.  Rest lots.

Talk to you later.

I came back to say thank you, Soni, for the nice compliment on the paintings.  Would that one of you girls look good on your wall???  

Quote from: Sonifo on March 16, 2004, 03:30:53 PM
Zachery went to the doctor this morning and good news.  His bloodtest levels were the best they were since last April.  woohoo...the prayers are being answered.  The doctor is going to keep a real close eye on him still to make sure he stays healthy, so that means more lab work and stuff like that.  

Soni, this is terrific news.  I'm so happy for you and our Zac.

Thanks for letting us know.  We have a wonderful Saviour.

Aren't the words to this just wonderful?  Does Jesus thrill you?

(I also like the music!)







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I sad/mad/frustrated.  My students came in today, and their mother asked me if I had heard about the missionaries in Iraq.  I told them I had seen the headline, but hadn't read it, yet.  Then, she told me they were Elliots and had worked in Honduras for like 20 years before going there and were doing well digging and stuff.  Three red flags went up.

On one of my trips to Honduras, I had the opportunity to be with Jean briefly.   I don't remember the particulars, now, but I do know they were good friends with the ones who organized the mission trips at my brother's church, and had been there to speak a couple of times.

I am not a happy camper.

It is so sad about the missionaries, I put the families and the two surviving ones on the prayer chain at church.

I had a nice surprise when  came home from work. Sarah is home on Spring break this week and she mowed my front yard. The G-kid are going tocome over to hang out with g-ma this afternoon.


Janet I know the feeling when the Doc says stay off the computer. I had to rearrange the way miune is set up to make is more  friendly to my neck and shoulders. But I am not on here as mucha s before.

Pat on the PSP lessons do they have to be completed in a certain length of time or can a person take their time with them? I am expecting my very own copy to arrive any day now. so I will have the manual, as well as the CD.

Karma, I wondered if you would know them when I read the news.

I understand what you are feeling.  The looses have been great lately haven't they?

May God be with you as you go through this difficult season.

Pat How bout Our God Reigns?

Hey kids!  

What is going on.  Not to many post here today.  

I have been doing a new thing.  Taking a Photo a Day with my new camera.  I am on day 2.  I will see how it goes.  You all want to see them?
Here is my live journal if you are interested.
Journal

So what are you all up to today?  Get anything accomplished?  I didn't.  

Your welcome Janet.  I sure hope you feel better and I will miss seeing your post.  You take it easy, girl. (hug)

I better scoot. (soni thinks of Jenny when saying scoot) I have to cook some dinner.

Later
Soni