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Morning Devotional...

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified.
2 Thessalonians 3:1

The apostle and those with him were concerned.

The Word of God is living and powerful, but it does not always have free course. Sometimes those who preach it water it down, omit parts, add to it, or alter the meaning.

Sometimes they are silent when they should speak, and the Word is bottled up.

Are we as concerned about it as the early Christians were?

Do we speak about the Scriptures to others, or stifle them? Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Let us take in the Word, and give it out to others, too!
--Carl Knott

Hi Pat!  

Hi sweetie!  So good to see you!

Hi Pat and Janice..
I see your both online, I am just about ready to sign off the puter but, wanted to drop by and say hello..I just finished my first blinkie, I was so excited..Guess what I get my new camera sooner then I thought-I am excited about that too-Im buying a canon s50, my girlfriend has it and the shots she has taken have been so clear and fine detail. she took a shot of a lion 14 ft. and it is so close...Anyway my husband is taking me to look at it on Wensday
Well, I need to go but, wanted to say Hi!
Hi to everyone else..
Rachelle

Here I am showing up late again.  10:50 my time.
Have had a busy day, and feeling tired right now.  I am making an angel costume for our church's Easter drama/musical.  Working on all white fabric, two layers of it, a white broadcloth underneath, and a shiny white nylon fabric on top.  
I hope to finish it tomorrow or for sure by Wednesday.  They are having a dress rehearsal on Wednesday night so I must be finished by then.

Soni, I believe you asked recently what is AARP 55/Alive?  It is a refresher course in driving for us seniors, sponsored by AARP.  We renew it every 3 years, and as Larry has said, you get a small discount off your insurance.  Sometimes I wonder if it is worth it – you have a 4 hour class for 2 days!  That is very hard for me to handle.  Especially when the instructor this time was a woman who does not have a lot of volume to her voice.  I have been hearing impaired all my life (deaf in right ear, and hearing aid in the other).  I have had tinnitus as long as I can remember.  That will drive you crazy if you let it!

Our pastor is preaching on the Seven last words of Christ, as a series leading up to Easter.  I have learned so much from his preaching and teaching.  

Must get to bed, I have Bible study tomorrow morning, also OASIS choir after that.  Can't get to the sewing until after lunch.  I hope all of you will have a great day tomorrow (today by the time you read this!)

Love, Janice

Hi Rachelle, I see you online now as well>

Rachelle, what is a blinkie?

Pat, how good to see you here too.  Get a good rest tonight, and a lovely spring day tomorrow!

GOOD MORNING ALL 11.03AM in Holland

PAT thank you very much for the devotional this morning it is always good the read in the morning and also for all the links I have read all the  Member Testimonies very good.

JANICE nice to see you but we have a very great time difference. You write it was 10.50 PM then it is in Holland 7.00AM. You are going to bed and we must wake up.

JANE i am happy to read that you are come home safely i think you have had a lovely time.


RUTH ANN i am sorry to read that you have battle dizziness i pray for you dear Ruth ANN.


It is still very strange that my husband the hole day is home. Others the computer was always for me. But now sometimes he also is going on the computer he is playing pool on the computer. But now he is to the postoffice and i also love it to be a time alone.

Yesterday i have been a time to the nursing home but yesterday two people are dying and the woman they always must hear Psalm 23 was angry
no reading. Yes that can also happen with people who are demented. But the nursus say to me sometimes they have a good day and then they will going home.
But that can no more. That was also what this lady say
now i will go home. It is sad when you are being demented.

1 Kings 19 : 11-12
But the Lord was not in the wind...not
in the eartquake ... not in the fire.
And after the fire came a gentle whisper.

 QUIET MY HEART
 Help me to step back, Lord,
 from the noise of the crowd,
 the tumult af life's problems,
 the glamor and confusion of the world...
           Quiet my heart
 that i may hear Your whisper.

LOVE and PRAYERFULLY FOR YOU ALL
RIA                      

 

   M BRADY  TO  CP

        RIA

Ria, I seldom get to respond to your posts, but I read them every day. Yes, dementia is really a sad condition. God will richly reward you for your nursing home visits. And, I personally thank you for those of us who cannot go because of time restrictions.

Y'all have a good day.

Ruth Ann

Hi, Everyone.  

I know that I need to be much more sensitive to the opportunities that the Spirit opens to me to speak His Truth.  There are a lot of people who are looking for a bit of truth.

Hope you all have a good day in whatever God has planned for you today.  

His Truth is Light.

Thanks for the words of truth, Pat.

Hi Pat!  I am so glad that you sent the message to my e-mail as I have been unable to find CP in Google and other search.  We have a new laptop and I now have this again under favorites.  It is good to see that all is going well here.  We have enjoyed much Christian fellowship with a few relatives and some new friends during these two months away from home.  Carol

Good morning to Carol (so nice to see you here again!) Kathy, Ruth Ann, Ria, Janice, Rachelle and Pat!

I do NOT like skipping my swimming, but my arm is a little better, so guess I will wait a few more days to swim.  Maybe I will go out for a good walk later instead.

We are very concerned about my first husband, the father of my kids.  He is in the hospital, has had thyroid surgery and is suffering fromn congestive heart failure.  I hope we get some word today, and that he is much better.

The sun is shining brightly today, promising another nice warm day.  Welcome, Spring!

Thank you, Chris, for sharing your love story.  Yes, God had his hand in that.  Maybe He invented the wide world on the web!!

Karma ~ I didn't feel valuable until I finally realized that God created me to love me and for me to love him.  He chose me to be in His family.

Sarah ~ Do I 'ever feel this way'?  I wish everyone felt this way.  The simple life is so much better than the hustle bustling life.  Stop and smell the roses.  That's what I like about retirement.

Jane ~ I am so happy you had a wonderful weekend and trip...meeting new friends, old friends and loving family.  You must be filled to the nth!

Carol ~ Hi there!  Welcome back!  I have missed your posts!  Glad you found us again!!

Ivalou called last evening and invited me over for lunch today.  It seems she fixed too much food for a pitch-in at the Lion's Club meeting.  Then this evening, Jerry and I are going to a meeting at church.  It is bright and sunny today...that always makes one feel good.  It is only 39° but it is suppose to get to 52°.  That is good.

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"Laughter is like changing a baby's diaper--it doesn't permanently solve any problems, but it makes things more acceptable for a while."

Hi everyone.  I wanted to get here much earlier than I did the last couple of days, although have another busy day today.  I have walked at the "Y", had coffee with my retired friends at the local cafe and been to the grocery store.  This afternoon I have a phyiscal scheduled and then have to stop at another grocery store for more shopping.  It seems the cupboards were getting bare.

Jane, I am happy for you that you had such a fine trip and were able to see the four members of your family.  I take it that you went to highschool in Marin county.  I was priviledged to attend a meeting in Marin County about 3 years ago and my that is beautiful country.  

Ria, always good to see your postings.  You and your husband will have to work out what is best for you.  My wife and I have separate computers in separate rooms.  We are within speaking distance of each other but not on top of each other.  She can listen to her books on tape and I can listen to music without disturbing the other.  You are on the right track with your volunteering in the nursing home and hopefully he will find some volunteer work or activities that give him a reason to get out of the house.  That is one reason I go to coffee six days a week as it gets me out of the house.  I always have projects to do on the computer so never run out of things to stay as busy as I want to be.

Karma, I certainly hope that Zachery hasn't been hurt if response to his quizes and questions have not met what he would have desired.  I know that I am guilty of being so busy that I don't ever get back to trying to respond, such as his request for some art or the Bible quizes.  The thing we quickly learn on discussion boards like this is that we can't predict what others will or will not do.  I think we all have developed a special place in our hearts for him and the other young people who participate here.  

Carol, glad you found your way back to CP and do hope you are enjoying that new laptop.  

Janet, sure hope your arm continues to improve and you can return to swimming soon as I can tell that is very important to you.  I also will pray for your first husband that his health improve.  I know you had said earlier that he was quite ill.

kwestt, glad to see you posting and what you said can apply to probably all of us.

Rachelle, we will be looking forward to seeing some nifty photos from that new camera if you buy it.  

Hi to Pat, Ruth Ann, Janice and everyone who posted yesterday and will post here later today.  

Larry~thanks for your concern about Zachery.  He has found another Christian site that he post on for kids his age.  He is enjoying it.  He say's hi to everyone here.

Thank you, Janice for explaining that for me.  I think it is a great idea, but I do agree they need to be louder.  I have a problem with my hearing, but it is the other way.  I hear to much and when in busy places with alot of talking it hurts my ears and I can't listen to one person without hearing everyone elses conversations.  

Hi Ria!  My favorite Hollander.    Is it starting to warm up there?  You always have the best poems.

Good day to everyone else, Kim, Rachelle, Pat, Papa John Etta Sue, and Janet.

I just dropped in quickly as I must go out and a friend is picking me up in a few minutes.

I see online with me...

Sonifo, Mullet
Hi to you both!

It's snowing out here!!!  Not heavy--just powdery stuff
but it's S-N-O-W!!!

This just came in my email from a friend...

My Beautiful Bouquet

Morning Pat!

Morning Pat

Couldn't sleep last night so I finished a Oliver North Fiction, The Jerico Sanction  It was an excellent book, and well worth reading.

I have a big job ahead of me today so I had better sign off, and get moving.

Have a good day all

JudyB

   GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!!!

    I got my pictures on CP now! so u guys should go look at them

     Well love ya'll  

       Love,
            Angel

                                               GOOD MORNING!!!!!

'Morning Angel!

Hey! I've already checked out your photos...really good job!  

PAT~ that is a beautiful poem.  I learned that several of the flowers from my bouquet are now gone--people my own age that I knew in high school.  It was also good to reunite with several that remember me (although a lot of the girls remembered me as "Bob's sister").

LARRY~I lived in Marin County from 6th grade on, until I moved to Sacramento area in 1961.  Attended, and graduated from, Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California.  It really is beautiful country although not the same as when I was there!  Soooo many houses and businesses have "grown" there.  I know that's progress, but I remember roaming the hills and riding my bike along the road ... can't do that any more.  

Thanks, everyone, for the welcome home!  

Just a quick hello!  Hope all of you have a great day.  

Nard

Hey, Zachery! I am happy you found a teen site, but please don't leave all us gramas and grampas here who love you!  We still want to read your cheery posts, you know!  (((((hugs))))))

Diane said she called her Dad and that he is doing pretty well, may come home on Thursday.  He is in the Clayton, New Mexico hospital.

It is a little windy, but I think I will go out and walk a couple of miles anyway.  I get to feeling rotten and not worth much, if I don't get some exercise!

Larry, thanks for your kind words today.  I sure appreciate you!

Later, folks!  

Quote from: Sonifo on March 23, 2004, 11:13:14 AM


Morning Pat!

Ohhh, Soni, that's so cute!  That's our blinking eye gal with roses!  HAHAHAHA!  (I've lifted that one!)

Well, I have car problems!  Just what I need with all my trips to London.

Since I fell last week I hadn't been out in my car so yesterday, I thought I'd try to see if I could get my crazy leg to work.

The car wouldn't start!  Dead!

So, I called CAA and they came and boosted me and I let it run about 20 minutes before I went to the supermarket and after picking up a few things in there, I came out, started the car and came home.  Today, it's dead!

So, not sure what it is but not sure either what I can do about it.  I've got a call in for Andrew to come and have a look and hopefully he'll do that later!


Yes, I agree with you Janet!  Zachery, we're happy if you've found another Teen site but don't stop posting here!  We love to see you here and you're a breath of fresh air to CP!  

Janet, I'm happy about the news of the kids' Dad.  We sure don't like to hear of anyone with these problems.  Hope you enjoy your walk.  I'm going to go and walk on Jack's treadmill for awhile and see if it makes me feel some better.


Hey, Jane!  I'm glad you enjoyed that poem.  Biscuit on SeniorNet sent that to me and I thought it was lovely so decided to share it with all of my special friends here on CP.  Speaking of SN, Jane, it's been so long since we've heard from Beverly on here.  Maybe you could write her and tell her that we miss her?


Larry, I get tired reading your posts!    You are always so busy!  I'm glad that we get to share you sometimes!


Nice to see Nards drop in and say "Hi!"


Angel, I saw your photos and they are just wonderful!  I hope everyone drops over to the photos area and has a look at them.  You sure are following in your Grandma's footsteps.  You have an eye for the good shots!  If you haven't seen them yet, folks, here's a link:

Angel's Photos


So, did everyone get their letter?

We had only a few returned because of bad email addresses and if we can't contact those folks, I'll be deleting their registration so that we can keep our data base up to date.

Hi!

dropping by to say hello before I start my day-for some reason I woke up really tired this morning..I found a couple places that have my camera Im looking for so today I am going to go look at it. Courtney is busy doing school work- Pat, I am sorry to hear that your car isn't working-I will pray that you can fix it soon and it isn't anything major for you. Hi to everyone else!
Whats happened to Lee?

Hello everyone. ThanksPat for the deovtional and the links. I read them all this morning and talked with Jenny on Im for almost an hour, so I didn't post here before I went to work.

Came home early and Bea's son was taking her shopping today andI finished cleaning her house and came home. It is so hard to clean with  both of them there.

Now I am going to take the dogs out for a walk,one at a time of course.  I had to chase Happydog down again yesterday I found him across the street inthe neighbor's back yard. Good thing I was doing the dishes and saw him run across the street fromt he kitchen window.

Pat are you referring to the email re:  poll. That is the only one I got.

TTYL

Quote from: Marilyn Fisher on March 23, 2004, 02:41:18 PM
Pat are you referring to the email re:  poll. That is the only one I got.

Yes, that's the letter I was speaking of, Marilyn.