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Morning Devotional...

And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Exodus 4:19


How frustrating it is when we are attempting to fulfill certain tasks in life that we feel the Lord has directed us to, and there seem to be delays.

But take note of this passage. God always has reasons for His delays. Moses waited forty years, but by then all his main enemies in Egypt were dead.

Remember that God's delays are not always His denials, and that His timing is always perfect.
--Brian Russell

Hi to...


Ruthie, Regular Guy, karmat, JudyB, Rachelle

Sure hope none of you got your heads bumped as I locked the door!

No bump on this noggin!  I was a-waiting for you to open the new door before i came in!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Friday.  Bernard and the group he is in is playing tonight (Friday night) at some kind of youth thing.    Please keep them in your prayers (and the youth that will hear them)

I'm whupped so off to bed I go!!
karmat

Thanks everyone for your prayers... My mom's surgery went well... they had to take a bone chip out of her heel as well as put pins into her ankle which will be there for five to six months. She is staying overnight as the last time she had surgery she had an allergic reaction to the anesthsia (spelling??). She will come home tomorrow morning. Spent way too much time at the hosptial 7 AM to 8:15PM... I felt live I was living there today!!!  

I thought that I would have a lot of time to read "A New Kind of Christian" today while I was at the hospital, but I spent more time worrying or doing other things... writing down ideas for new photo shoots, drawing, but mostly praying that God would take away my worry. I think I got a whole page read of the book, which I don't remember much of.

Well that's my day... Thanks again for everyone's prayers....

Thanks for the update, Gregg!  Just to let you know, we have a topic just for your mother where we can remind people to pray for her during this time.

Please have a look here.

God bless you, Gregg.

GOODMORNING ALL 11.11AM in Holland

Pat thank you for the devotional this morning and the links it is always so good to read your
devotionals.

ETTA SUE i was first thinking there is a new one but then i say your name your new photo is awesome.

JOHN and JUDY also your photo is awesome i have saved the photo i love family photo's
Judy thank you also for your writing yesterday what we must learn it was very good

LARRY i am just as you i also shall be cremated but i have now a urngrave in the little place where i also am born. I that grave is now the urn of my first husband but there is place for 2 urns so after my
cremation my urn is also coming there. The place Veendam where i now live is being terrible. Now i say when my son has found his place and is going out home  but i think that i a long time must wait before he is going. Then i think that i go live in the little village where i also am born.

SONJA the photo's of your boys and Chandraya are awesome.

There is in Holland an illness under the chicken that has a name but i can not find that word in my dictionary. But a lot chickens must death the
illnes under the chickens have we also had the last year and since that time chicken is very expensive.But the illness is not dangerous for people but we may it no eat.
But the illness is also in other country's that have i hear
on the TV.

MARYLIN you say i have a body from 27 in a body from 64  but today i have i think a body from 70 in a body from 53. I am dizzy i have had a bad night my husband was against so snoring so i am going on an other bed but that was also strange i can not come in sleep. Terrible i think i take this noon a little nap.

AND MY MSN IS AGAIN NOT WORKING NOW I WAIT TILL OUR FRIEND HAS TIME I HAVE CALLED HIM BUT HE IS VER BUSY BUT MY SON AND HIS FRIEND THEY
KNOW IT ALSO NO MORE.

LIZ when you take a look on CP i am sorry about the death from your friend Al but you are in my prayers
and i hope you are coming back.

DEUTERONOMY  33 : 27
The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.

  When I'm convinced
    I cannot go another step,
You sweep me into Your mighty arms
 and carry me the rest of the way.

LOVE AND PRAYERFULLY FOR YOU ALL
RIA                  

Pat, thank you for the good devotional this morning.

Janet, I am so happy that Beth finally got her approval for Social Security.

Marilyn, I am so sorry to hear about your friend Bryan's son.  It is so sad when a youngster loses his life in an accident like that.  I ask God to bless this family in their grief.

Greg, we hope your mother has a good recovery.

Hello Ria, it is always good to see you every morning.

I wonder if someone can tell me what happened to Jenny from England?

Yesterday we walked on the beach and the tide was way in and we had to walk in the soft sand and it was difficult.  I am a little sore today.  Tomorrow we come to the end of our second week here in vacation land.  Our youngest daughter, Rachel with Martin her husband and their youngest son, David will come at least for a few days.

Rom 8:35-39
35   Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
36   As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
37   No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38   For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
39   neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(NIV)



--- Old Papa John    
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Good Morning to  you all....
What a blessed day it is here in Guelph today....the rain is coming down and the temp. is very mild.....+15c to be exact....and to me ....that spells  S P R I N G!!!! well at least the beginning of spring....

Just a little quote from A.W.Tozer...."The things that are closest to our hearts are the things we talk about, and if God is close to yoru heart....you will talk about Him!!"

Well I must also tell you all that at this time....I or we feel as a family that at this time....it is very necessary for us to drop the internet from our household....our money is very tight right now and we are trying to cut costs in as many areas as we can.....and I am very sad and sorry to be leaving here...this blessed place of fellowship....which I must say is a great place to be to learn and to be with others of a like mind...
I will miss you all very much ....and I do intend to keep Pat up to date on all the wedding plans....and so on.....so.....at this time I am saying to goodbye to you all and I pray that you all send me a bit of news through Pat..... so.....may God be with you all and richly bless you as you have all been such a blessing to me.
Paulette.

Paulette - we're certainly going to miss you!  If you can possibly get to a public library that has an internet connection, then please do that once in a while.

Judy/John - wonderful new picture!

Papa John - I've had correspondence with Jenny.  She feels that she must budget her time better, and, since she has other internet connections, she feels that she simply cannot maintain this one as well.

QuoteBy Pat~Remember that God's delays are not always His denials, and that His timing is always perfect.

Thanks Pat for that devotion!  I will keep that in mind.  I know I expect things now sometimes.  Patients is what I need sometimes.

QuoteBy Paulette~"The things that are closest to our hearts are the things we talk about, and if God is close to yoru heart....you will talk about Him!!"

Paulette~Please don't delete your membership here.  Like Al had said, there is internet service at the library for free.  If you go there with your children you could get on and say hi.

Morning Larry~Did you take your morning ?      Hope you have a good day.

Hi Ria!  I am sorry you didn't sleep very well.  I know it can be hard to go through a day being tired.  Glad you are able to take a

QuoteBy Papa John~38   For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
39   neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Papa John~Praise God!  Thanks for those words this morning.

Gregg~ I am glad your come out of the surgery ok.  I will keep her in my

Karma~Maybe someday my boys will beable to hear Bernards sing in his  I would also like to hear him play.  It would be fun because Lila Mae and Travis could play together too.    I will keep them in my prayers.

Morning to the rest of you!  I best get moving if I plan to work out before lunch.

Soni

I am praying for those who are ill or have friends/family that are ill, for those who have lost loved ones or have friends/family that have lost loved ones and for those who have left Christian Photograhers.  May all of you find comfort in God's loving hands.

And praises sure goes out to Beth and Janet.  It has been a long time coming...God's will.  

And I thank those of you who have commented on my profile photo.  Self made...you can probably tell...

Today it is nice and warm, 58°, but raining out.  I can hear the flowers pushing through the soil and hear the grass growing.  I sure hope the cost of gas goes down before having to fill my gas containers for the lawn mower.  I filled the car up last evening at $1.78.9 a gallon.  I don't think I have ever put in $18.00 at one time in my car and I wasn't on empty!!

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Etta Sue~
Our gas prices went up .09 cents too.  They got to get those tourists.  I always fill my van up with about $25.00-$30.00 each time and that is usually on empty. hehee.. I don't like to do the gas thing.  

Etta Sue I love your new picture.  Looks really good.

Didn't sleep well last night.  Only sparotic.  so today my eyes feel like sandpaper.  Interesting question, How do our eyes know what sandpaper feel like?

The melting of snow is really going fast.  There are larg muddy patches.  UG this is a dirty time of year, it will be so much better when the wind dries everything.

Well I have uniforms to iron for the girls,  Melaura has an inspection on Sunday I think, so It needs to be done well.

Cheerio for now

Judy

Good Morning: I am still devastated over the death of my friend's son, it is hard not to think of the wasted lives of those who are atheists. i feel so bad that this young boy did not know Jesus.  Please go to prayers and pray for this family.

TTYL

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I read this verse and thought I would share it.




Jesus said, "If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want.  They must be willing to guve up their lives daily to follow me."Luke 9:23 NCV

Hi everyone.  Lots of things happening in the lives of the CP family since yesterdad.  

Liz, certainly sorry to hear of Al's passing although know he will be much better off than the suffering he has experienced for so long.  

Marilyn, so sorry to hear of the death of the young man.  It is hard enough to accept the death of an elderly person but at least they have had a lifetime while the young person's life was so short.  

Paulette, certainly sorry to hear that you need to be away from the Internet but sure all of us who have the responsibility for familes understand that we must set priorities as to where we spend our money and Internet access certainly isn't essential.

JudyB, sorry to hear that Jake isn't doing well.  I agree with you on how dirty things look as snow melts and before things green up.  

Etta Sue, our gas prices are up to $160.9 for regular unleaded, which is a new high for Georgia.  We don't have as many state taxes on gas as a lot of other states.  I do think we are being taken for a ride by the oil companies.

Soni, I did get to the "Y" at 6:25 this morning to walk as the Friday men's coffee is at 7:30.  Where did you get that picture of me?  Didn't know I was so round.

Al, I was thinking of the same thing if the libraries in Canada have internet connections available to the public.  All of our libraries around here have access.  When I was having trouble a few weeks ago I stopped by the library a couple of time to get access.

Papa John, I really don't like to walk in soft sand and I know what you were talking about.  It takes a lot of energy.

Ria, I sure hope that the chicken disease doesn't get to the USA as we eat lots of chicken and it is about the only reasonably priced meat now on the market.  Fish used to be fairly inexpensive but no more.

Gregg, glad to hear your mother came through the surgery well.  I sure know what you mean about how tiring it is to spend a lot of time waiting in the hospital, especially when someone is awaiting or in surgery.  It isn't easy to concentrate when our minds are on our loved one.

Janet, I am so happy to hear that the battle for social security disability is finally over for Beth.  Know she must be greatly relieved and hope the back payment will help her get caught up on the bills that keep coming.  Know you and Darrell must be greatly relieved.  Hope her tests today go well.

Eddie, I couldn't agree with you more on the expenses of a funeral.  

Bonesy, glad you are safely home.  JudyB, know you are glad when he is safely off the road even though he has to go again.

Nards, I understand how much time maintaining website can take as find I am always behind and I am retired so don't have to be away at work all day.  Hope your weekend gig goes well.

Chris, I have been enjoying the Tozar writing you have been posting as well as the beautiful photos with scripture verses.  I don't often comment on them but enjoy each one.

Carol, it seems like you just went to Arizona.  The time certainly goes quickly when you are having fun.

Hello all:  It was interesting something my aunt had said to me this morning.  The first day of spring we had rain and don't be surprised if we get a little rain until the first day of summer.  I will be watching.


Ruth

California's gas prices are the highest in the nation, right now here in McKinleyville it is $2.25 for regular and goes up from there. We have a lot of gas taxes here and thenthe smong controls also put restrictions on the gas, we have to have additives in the gas that  keeps the emissions down. It is ridiculous here. My gas tank is a 10 gallon tank so if i let it get empty it is $20.00 to fill it, but I never let it get empty.

Gas in Guelph yesterday when my brother and his wife took me out for lunch was 80.9 cents per liter!!!!

Quote from: Sonifo on March 26, 2004, 12:21:44 PM


I read this verse and thought I would share it.




Jesus said, "If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want.  They must be willing to guve up their lives daily to follow me."Luke 9:23 NCV

Thanks Soni for bringing that verse in here today.   That's a very important one indeed.  I believe that as Christians, we must be willing to give up things that we love in order to follow Jesus.  But I don't feel that means necessarily that the Lord will make us do that.  I think that we must show the willingness to do that.   Daily, we must be willing to give up ALL for our Saviour.  It helps to realize just what He did for us when He died on Calvary's cross.


What do the rest of you think?


What does this verse mean to you?

Beth and I are home from Guymon, and her tests show everything to be normal.  She does have some irritation in her stomach, so a biopsy was taken of that and she may need a couple of weeks of antibiotics.

Thank you for praising God with us re the SS Disability.  Yes, Larry, it is a tremendous relief!

I think I need a bit of lunch and then a nap.  I'm not used to getting up at 5:00 AM.

I will come back for another visit later.

Marilyn, I'm not that great with the "converter" thingies but I think that right now our gas prices are something like $3.04 CAD for an American gallon.

Now, I guess I have to figure out what $3.04 is in US $$$

HAHAHA!  All this high finance stuff isn't my thing!

With regard to the verse that Soni brought here today, I was thinking about this hymn...  

Is "Jesus" the sweetest name you know?





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Pat I have no idea how to convert Canadian dollars to American Dollars or the other way around.

Just went to a Currency Converter on the net and found this:


3.04 CAD Canada Dollars    =   2.30417 USD US Dollars  
1 CAD = 0.757951 USD   1 USD = 1.31935 CAD  

Good morning!!  It's still morning for 1/2 hour where I am.

Quote from: Ursula on March 26, 2004, 02:31:36 PM
Good morning!!  It's still morning for 1/2 hour where I am.

Hi Ursula!  Great to see you in here!

Nice photo!  

Now, we need to see more of your lovely photography.  If you have trouble posting it yourself, please just send it to me or point me to it and I'll look after posting.

Folks!  This lady is a wonderful photographer!  And I mean that.

Thank Pat!

I just looked out my window, and it's started to snow!!!  About 1/4 hour ago it was sunny.  Weird.  The ski-bums should like this.  IT'S TURNING TO HAIL OR SOMETHING, and it's starting to make noise.  In Ottawa I forgot how strange the weather can be in the mountains.

Ursula