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• Why Does God Allow Us To Suffer? (http://www.oneagleswings.me.uk/whydoesgod.html)  There are many, many ideas on this subject and this is one of them.  I was very interested in reading this lady's webpage about ME and Dr. Peter Master's article.

• Creation Moment (http://www.creationmoments.com/radio/archives.asp) Listen to the Creation Moment every day for a new creation moment!  We can learn a lot from these!  Terrific if you are home schooling.

Verse for Today...[/font]

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Quote of the Day...[/font]

 "God's choice acquaintances are humble men."
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Some News We Should Know About...

• New Testament translated into sign language (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/03/20/deaf.bible.ap/index.html)COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- After 23 years of work by some 60 people, a ministry group for the deaf has finished translating the entire New Testament into American Sign Language.  Translators appear on camera, signing the New Testament's 7,959 verses. After editing is completed, the translation should be available on DVD and videotape this summer.

• Photo Moment: Polar Bear Investigates Submarine USS Connecticut  [/b] (http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details.asp?ID=14298)  

From our forums...

• What does the Christian look forward to after death?[/b] (http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=2563) Let's talk about questions like "What is heaven like?" "Will we know each other in heaven?" "What is hell?" "Will we know our loved ones?"  Join us there.
  
  
  
• A New Kind of Christian (http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=25;action=display;threadid=2549) Gregg is looking for someone to read this book with him.  Anyone read it?
  
  
  
• Mmmmmm.... White Chocolate Cheesecake (http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=500)  Sound good?  There are many, many recipes "In the Kitchen"!
  
  
  
• SIGNS OF SPRING (http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=38;action=display;threadid=2433) Post your photos or send them to Pat.  Show us your signs of spring in your area.
  
  
  
• POSTCARDS (http://christianphotographers.com/yabbse/index.php?board=24;action=display;threadid=2519) Make some postcards of where you live and share them in our newest challenge!  
  

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Here's a question that maybe we could discuss in here today...

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Morning Devotional...

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21

These words succinctly express Paul's spiritual autobiography.

Christ was the sum of all his desires. Physical death is the Christian's last enemy (1 Cor. 15:26), and by itself death is no gain.

It is our state after death that is gain. Paul wanted nothing out of life but to live for Christ, and nothing out of death but to be with Christ.

Death for the Christian is not a bereavement; it is a translation. I like what Patrick said of this text: "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is more of Christ."

Are you genuinely living for Him?
--W. Ross Rainey

Well, just as I got to the last post reading all of them from today, the door got locked, so I didn't get to say,

WELCOME NEAL!!!!!
WELCOME RACHEL!!!!![/color]
I can't believe it - a Brit who doesn't want hot tea?

A BIG welcome to Rachel and Neal... Wow... We're getting a lot of new people in here. This is great. Anyone decided to pick up "A New Kind of Christian" yet?

So I working on doing some monthly scrapbook ideas for my new website. Just doin some fun hang out shots with friends. Nothing too special but I saw one of my friends doing it on his web page and it looked like fun.

Also helping some friends book some tour dates for a West Coast tour and they want me to go on tour with them. I'd be gone for a week and take tour photos and put them into a scrapbook... We'll see what happens.

Other than that I have really been working on some ideas for new photos as well as looking for props, trying to find models, and designing flyers to find new talent to help with my photography (hairdressers, make up artists, fashion designers, etc).

Hi, Hope everyone is doing well-I got my new camera today but there was a problem with it, so we have to take it back in the morning. Were heading up to Hope, Idaho and going to take the kids to feed the deer-so hopefully tomorrow I will have new pictures of the kids to upload here. I can't wait to see the clarity of these pictures-according to my girlfriend-there alot better then our last camera-my husband said my relationship with my girlfriend is expensive lol. He was kidding of course..
Anyway-Have a blessed day everyone!
Hugs
Rachelle

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PAT thank you very much for the devotional this morning all the links and the very nice
hymns yesterday evening i think you all have had a funny evening can you me also wake up on other time
because then we have night   :o
And the mail they you have receive yesterday MY BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET is awesome.

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RUTH ANN thank you for your lovely words i also am happy when i see you on CP :-*


JANET i am happy that your neck is a little bit better. ;)

JANE a lovely photo from you :D


LARRY i love always your writings but my husband has still problems that he has no work more. I think every thing is going to soon. So has he work and 3 days later no more. I think we must him give time.

In Holland 75% have a cremation when they are death. IN Holland and specially in the great city's in no place more for cemetry's. Also my first husband have had a cremation but he has a little urn grave. I also shall have when i am gone a cremation and my urn is then also coming in the little urngrave by
my first husband.The churches in Holland have there no problems with. When my first husband has had his cremation there have been 5 pastors also from other churches because he was in the church counsil and he had a lot contact with the others pastors. They all have been.On his cremation there have been 200 people but that want i not my cremation will happen in
silence after his cremation a people have promised me to come soon. But i have never some one seen. It is so easy to promise
something. But is happen never. That has me upset in that time
so now i go in silence only when i then have family and my dear friends.

There are coming problems when the old Queen will have here bury in the large state tomb March 30.
On this moment here husband is not feeling good.
psychical and corporality but he is doing everything so that he can go but it is not sure he also is 92 years old.
One son in law from the Old Queen is in th hospital he has had an operation on his back. The wife of own of the sons of Queen Beatrix has just get a baby we must wait how she is on March 30. And there are family problems with one granddaughter from the Old
Queen.So you can see problems in the we not alone in the familys also in the Royal familys are problems.
Today she is going to an other palace till today she was in here own home there she is also embalm.
But today she is going to a palace in DEN HAAG then canthe government first and then the people take farewell from here.

Jeremiah 31 : 3-4
The Lord to us in the past,
saying: I have loved you with an
everlasting love; I will build you up again.

    A BEACON OF HOPE

Treasure the memories of all God has done
   in the past to sustain and restore us...
Call them to mind like a beacon of hope,
always shining with promise before us.

Now i must hurry i go a view hour to the nursinghome.

LOVE and PRAYERFULLY FOR YOU ALL
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PrmseKpr  and RACHEL to CP

         RIA

Good morning to yo all.......the sun is shining right now and the temp. will be going up to 6c. wow.....now that is really nice for a change.

God bless you all and will drop by later if I can. bye

Good Morning Everyone!

It's such a lovely sunny day here in Guelph as Paulette has said!  Wooooeeee!  Good photo taking day!  Now, if my car will only go!  Haven't tried it yet.  It's still early here. ???

Great to see you all...

I have a few things I must do this morning for other sites where I volunteer so I'll be back and forth on here.

Good Morning especially to Neal and Rachel!  Have a good day today.

Something to wake you all up!!

Late start this morning, so I will keep it short.

I am so glad that the promises of Christ in John chapter 14 are there for us.  "I go to prepare a place for you... " so that we will be with Him in eternity and also, His promises of never leaving us alone.  We have his Holy Spirit to be our helper and teacher.  We only need to be careful not to greive or hinder the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  

So my prayer for today is that I be more sensitive to the working of the Holy Spirit in my life each moment of each day.

Keep the faith and see the Sonshine in life!
Have a good day, everyone.

:D

Thanks Kathy!   You have a great day too.  Talk to you later on!

Before I start:  Welcome NEAL & RACHEL.  You will find that you are amongst friends here.

ON TO THE TOPIC:  Cremation...Yes or No?  

My opinion of cremation is slowly changing.

I used to think that I didn't want that, now I don't think it will matter that much.  With the way funeral's have changed, what happens next doesn't matter.

You can be laid out and people can see you and then you can be put in the ground whole or in ashes.

In the USA, if you are a veteran and want the government issue marker, you have to own a burial plot....you don't have to be in it, just own it.

So, knowing what I know about eternity..it really doesn't matter, I'm gonna get a new spiritual body.

Good Mornin g. Again Pat thank you for the links. I think is is great that CNN of all people is reporting on the Sign Language translation of the Bible. Also I was unaware that ME is also CFS. On Eagles Wings is a lovely web site. The Frog graphic is so cute. How often do we feel that way in the morning.

Ria Good Morning, I suppose your TV stations are full of the news on the Old Queen these days. WE are always fascinated by the news about royalty.

Cremation: Well my mother as cremated and her ashes are in a little place just for Urns.  At one time I had a hand out from church all about why we shouldn't be cremated. I don't know what happened to it.  Personally I prefer not to be cremated. I do know that fire has always been the way of purification and also of sacrificing animals. It is confusing to me. Fire is associated with hell, too.

At the price of funerals today going  ever upward, many families can not afford to have thier loved ones put to rest any other way than cremation. So whatever my  son decides will be alright with me. WE will get new bodies anyway when we get to heaven. in Israel they put only the bones in the ossuaries (did I spell that right) and they are above ground.

Am I alone?  I keep hearing how much money the movie, 'The Passion of the Christ' is making and the negative views of that much money being made.  Me?  Well, each time I hear how much the movie is making, I think.....YEAH!  The more money it makes means more people are viewing the movie!  YEAH!!!!!  I delight in thinking how Hollywood is eating crow...and quite often, too.  I can't wait to get to heaven to find out what Jesus thinks of his portrayal on screen.  I just know that many more people will be in heaven someday because of this movie.  And that is another....Yeah!!!!!

Laundry day here today.  Need to sweep or throw out grass seed on the carpets... ::)  Then totally relax... ???...whatever that is!!

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"Joy thrives best in the soil of thankfulness."

Pat Your grafic of the frog is cute.  Shows how I feel today.  

The girls are straightening their room so I am taking some undisturbed time on the puter.

Welcome to our newcomers! ! ! ;D

John will be home tomorrow night.  I am looking forward to that.  He has said he will help me get rid of some books our of the library I have.  I will take them to a used book store.  Larry these are craft books and the like so nothing for here!

We have french, art and Karate today.  Jay the Karate teacher takes all the meditation and focuses on Jesus Christ.  He is focuses the minds of the children he teaches on our Saviour, I am so impressed.  He leaves in April for Japan to teach english as a second language for a year.  Then when he comes back the lessons will resume.

I got an email this week and it was 21 Wise Sayings.  Here are two.  

The best way to get even is to forget.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

Have you forgotten what that person has done to you yet?  Forgetfulness is possible, contrary to what some people believe.

NEM sure does feeed our faith.  Are our doubts starving yet?

WellI am off will be back tonight.

JudyB

I agree!  Of our Lord could make our complex bodies out of nothing originally, then He certainly would have no problem giving us our new bodies when He comes!  So I don't think it matters whether we bury them or cremate them now.  Besides, we're helping to care for the earth when we cremate (I think).

Congrats Sonja!!! I really like those photos of your little one.... Good job!

Hi everyone.  I had hoped to get here earlier today but find the morning got away from me.  I had to do more grocery shopping as didn't have time to stop last evening after my doctor's appointment as we had plans to meet our friends and go out to dinner and I didn't leave the doctor's office until 4 pm.  We went about 20 miles to the place we wanted to eat and found the place was closed yesterday.  Fortunately it was a beautiful day and still sunny so we enjoyed the ride in the country-side.  We went to another place close to home owned by the same people as the place that was closed and had a delicious meal.  Then went to the friends house and plays games for awhile.

Pat, I loved that graphic and thought the fast paced hymn that followed it was sure appropriate.  Both eyes would be open with the peppy tune.

Congratulations Sonja on your prize at DPC.  I liked that picture very much.

Etta Sue, at least every dollar that "The Passion" brings in is a dollor that is not going to the filth mongers that make some of these terrible movies that are totally amoral.  God works in wondrous ways and I have to feel we are seeing his work in this situation.

It is good to see the new folks here and Rachael it is nice to have another Georgian here in CP.  

I have lots of webpage work to do so guess I had better be brief today and get with it.  

Hey everyone! Thank you for the welcome :)

SONJA  CONGRATULATIONS WITH YOUR PRICE  :o

PAT thank you very much for all the hymns today
i love that  ;)

We have had a very sunny afternoon it was warm outsite in the sun. I was going at 12.00AM till 3.00AM to the nursing home but also there we have sit outsite with the people.

Marylin is that also on the American TV the programms about the death from our old Queen.

I wish you all a nice time in Holland it is now 8.00PM
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Hello all,
have a God filled day.
http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh130.sht

Thanks folks.   :D  

I have been pretty busy on and off the computer all morning and now I am off to start the papers with the boys.  I'll be back later.

soni

Hello, Friends!  My connection to the internet was down for about 24 hours.  The repairman finally came this afternoon and took his trusty wire cutters, cut out a hunk of the cable and spliced back in.  So I hope we are back online for a long time now.  I missed being able to check in and see what was happening.

The Pledge of Allegiance case if being argued in the Supreme Court today.  Many prayers are needed for our country during these dark days.

Welcome to PromiseKpr and Rachel!  We are so glad to have you with us!

Etta Sue, I am with you!  I am very happy Mel Gibson is being rewarded for risking $80 million of his own money to make The Passion, and I also agree with Larry that it is good to see a GREAT movie making the money instead of garbage.  The movie will be here beginning on April 2 and I intend to see it at least two more times.

I need to check my email, see you later!

My are we ever a quiet bunch today.  Here it is 7:45 pm eastern and we are only on page 2.  Perhaps I will start page 3? ???

We had a good day in North Bay.  The kids are getting better at their french.  Art is mainly a fun time of childrens chatter and light hearted learning.  Janet I wish I had your painting skill, they would really learn then.  I enjoy watching the Christian friendships that are being formed.

Here are 4 more from the list a Mature 21.

3.     God wants spiritual fruit not, religious nuts.........

4.     Some marriages are made in heaven, but they ALL have to be maintained on earth........

5.     Unless you can create the Whole universe in 5 days, then perhaps giving "advice" to God isn't such a good idea.

6.     Some people wear their halos much too tight.....

It is good to see each one day.  Also a welcome to the new members.

We had a busy day today.  We went over to St. Petersburg and had lunch with some SeniorNetters and that took all morning and most of the afternoon.  I didn't get in my swim today.

I agree that cremation or burial, either one would be all right.  Cornelia and I plan to be buried.  We already have a place reserved in a family cemetery and we have prepaid for the funeral so it won't be any expense for our children.  Also the price can't go up for the funeral.  As has been pointed out we are going to get a new body anyway and I am glad because this old one is about worn out.  And the new one never will.  Praise God.

1Thes 4:14-18
14   We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
15   According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16   For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17   After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
18   Therefore encourage each other with these words.
(NIV)

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Marilyn, I like the new picture.  Actually you look a lot younger but I know it was recently made because I think I saw it in the mini bash. ;D

--- Old Papa John    <:))))><<
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Reports of robins in the area - but they'd have a really hard time finding anything to eat in our back yard.  It's still completely covered with snow.  Even though it did hit 50 this afternoon.   :-\  The next few days are supposed to be at least in the 40's so maybe we'll have some robins soon.  I'ts almost time to put out the dryer lint and some pieces of bright colored yarn for nests, too.

Jeanne what a wonderful idea to put out the dryer lint and bright colored yarn for the nests. you have given me some ideas too.

I already have a bird feeder, and a hummingbird feeder hanging from the eaves on the front porch, then I throw out little pieces of bread almost every day for the  birds who don't come to the feeders.

I usually see the robins on the ground so I have thown some blueberries and more birdseed on the ground for them. They don't seem to like the blueberries.

Yesterday I bought a pot of lavender and one of sage and some basil seeds, I have them on the front porch too. I don't want to put anything in the back that the dogs might destroy or spray on.

There is a nice little place for a garden but The dogs have used it and I don't want to plant anything there. So I will garden in pots.  I am so looking forfward to be able to grow a few things this year. For all those years (10) in the desert I couldn't grow anything.

Yes Papa John that photo was taken last week, thank you for the compliment.

Marilyn You look like a teenager in this new picture!

Papa John, I understand your feeling your body wearing out, but you still have a lot of wisdom to impart to a lot of family and here on CP.  We pray for you.

Well it is getting late, I am going to sign off and spend time with Melaura.

Night all

Welcome to all of our new comers.  

I have enjoyed listening to all of the music as well, I will sure miss it when I shut down for the night.

Yes Mel Gibson has done something so very wonderful in the making of the film and the majority of the folk are so very thankful for his rewards.

Marilyn I like your new picture.

Zachery: Please do not forget to return. Your youth makes us feel young again.

Sarah: It to is lovely to read your posts as you head off to school and I in a different way do the same. Keep studying girl.

Pat: I trust that you sick car will get fixed soon.



Blessings
Ruth

Hi all...thought I'd drop by to say "hi"!  I'm over at a friends home taking care of her mother so I'm not at my own computer.  

Marilyn..I really like your new picture.  Wish I could take a picture and take 30 years off! hahah

This weekend I'm planning a photo trip to Caddo Lake along with some folks from WebAperature and Creative Photography.  We know each other from the web so it will be fun to finally get to meet them and trade photography secrets!   ;D  We'll be staying the weekend so I hope we'll get some smashing photos!

My job isn't keeping me very busy, so I'm looking again.  Anybody got some leads let me know.  heheh!

Pinkie, what a great sounding weekend!  I'm looking forward to seeing your many photos when you get home!  

Locking the door a wee bit early tonight.

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