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Morning Devotional...


Does anyone of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?  Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world?  And if the world is judged by you,  are you not competent to constitute  the smallest law courts?  Do you not know that we shall judge angels?  How much more,  matters of this life? 

                                                                           1 Corinthians 6:1-3

God meant for His Church to govern themselves so that true justice would be served.  But He also intended that the believers work out their differences in love.   Today men and women have quit counting on the power of God to rule in their lives and have turned instead to the "courts of the unbelievers," where they have not found justice.

Perhaps we should adjust the scales on the statue of the woman who has come to symbolize justice.  Spend some time talking to people whose children have been victimized and you will find that their hearts were broken once by the initial crime and then all over again by the judicial system. Our laws must be rewritten with the victim in mind.

The verses above are meant to give you hope.  For the saints of God will one day judge those who operate within this world system of injustice.  As God brings down His own pair of legal scales to weigh and measure, they will be held accountable to Him.



Prayer~Lord, help me remember the meaning of justice.  May my court of law be governed by Your Holy Spirit in my heart.

Quote from: Sonifo on November 12, 2004, 11:37:15 PM

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Prayer~Lord, help me remember the meaning of justice. May my court of law be governed by Your Holy Spirit in my heart.

SONI~ This is so good!  Thanks for the good thoughts in the devotional today. 

Well ... I see folks are talking about sssss ... sssss <I know I can do this> ssss ... snow ... but here on the Oregon coast we have our beloved RAIN!!  :D   I love it!!!

I'm not too sure what I'm going to be doing this weekend but I know it will be awesome 'cuz my Father always has something special for us to do together! 

I'll get back to y'all soon(er) than later .... Just wanted to stop by and put my mark on the chart.

Love, Jane

I, too, am so glad that God was in Elkhart, IN, the 11th.  I have the faith that God is everywhere watching over us and intervening for us.

Nards, have you all been sick?  Gosh, that is no fun.  Got to get better for Turkey day AND Santa!

Jane, Jacob will be fine.  I have a great-nephew that was born with the very same problem.  He is fine today.....at least 30 years after surgery.

Al, I hope when that new Imac let's you use it, that you will be unstoppable.

Chris, great devotional. 

Larry, illegal aliens, perhaps.  Uninsured, perhaps.  Under the influence of alcohol, perhaps.  Under the influence of drugs, perhaps.  Perhaps all of above.  Oh, Larry...I am praying that the spot on your lung is just a granoma (your spelling). 

Ursula, I, too, am looking forward to heaven.  Sometimes when someone is dying and I see people crying or not wanting their loved ones to leave, I think...why do you want them to stay here?  Let them go.  Let them go to heaven.  We are selfish while we are here in this world...not wanting loved ones to leave us.

Ruth Ann, I am praying you will feel better each and every morning.  My son will be 44 in January so I know what it is to have a child in midlife.  Proud of him, too.

Alma, glad the cold is behind you.  Having a cold is a waste of time.  Feeling bad is a waste of time. 

Janet, how much snow did you get?  None here so far.  Did you get to go to your painting meeting?

Sarah, snow there, too?  Did you go to your Academic Bowl?  That sounds fun.

Marilyn, glad you got your flu shot.  Jerry got his last week but I haven't gotten mine yet.  If the doctor has one available when I go the end of November, I will get one then.  If not, I will just have to take care of myself and try to not get the flu.

Pat, the Royal Winter Fair sounds great!  The food sounds great, too!  How does Geordie like his frisbie?  Glad you got a blessing from the devotional.

Great devotional today, Sonja!  The world twists justice until there is no justice today, it seems.

I am going to leave within the hour to get Jerry and meet Dennis and Julie for lunch.  Dennis and Julie are the couple that built my deck and did the landscaping.  Also Bubba, the Fat Cat, owns Dennis and Julie.

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"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk."

Just dropping in the say hi,

Sonifo:  Sonja, great devotional subject and so true. I enjoyed visiting your webpages.  Your daughter, Chandraya, (an unusual name) is so cute. Six is such a great age. She did a great job on her own little page. Your prints are very nice, too.

Jane:  It's really turning cold here at night in Arkansas, too.  Daytime is still nice but I'm sure it won't last much longer.

Etta Sue:  We haven't been able to get flu shots this year. Have taken them for the last 10 years so hopefully will have a little leftover protection. Going to visit the recipe section to find something good to fix for supper. 

Gwen

Hi everyone and a special welcome to Mandnelwood.

Just back from coffee at the cafe.  There were only 5 of us there today, including my new friend I spoke of yesterday.  I plan on just working on my computer today in updating some webpages and some other chores and then will watch the Georgia-Auburn football game this afternoon around 3:30.  This is a very iimportant game for both schools so should be a good game.

Janet, you have been mentioning a lot of framing recently so that must be keeping you quite busy.  It is great that this is a business you can do from your home workshop and not have to work in a store front that takes all your time.  Hope you don't get much snow.  That is not something we have to worry much about down here and I am certainly glad.  There is no way I could shovel snow anymore and when I moved to this house I sold my snow shovel.  When it does snow it usually melts away within 24 hours, at least on the paved areas.

Sonja, a very good devotional thought for today.  We certainly see the inequities of the justice system on an almost daily basis.

Pat and Judy McK, that Royal Winter Fair sounds like something worth attending.  That apple dumpling you had sounds just great.  I love caramel on things but don't often have it.  It is especially good with apple.

Jane, hope you have a very special weekend.  I can see you are anticipating it and there is an old saying that we often get what we expect.

Sarah, hope your team does very well in the academic bowl today and that you aren't covered over with snow.

Marilyn, it sounds like Fay has a lot of confidence in you.  Know you do a great job in caring for the folks for whom you work.

Alma, I saw a poster in the doctor's office on Thurday about folds and flu and it indicated that two weeks in about normal for the cold or flu to last and it suggested that over the counter treatments were the way to go as antibiotics don't work on viruses.  Hope you are feeling better today.  I am feeling better and think the shortness of breath is less pronounced today.  Noticed I had lost 1/2 pound this morning so perhaps there is some fluid accumulation that the diaurtic will take care of.

Ruth Ann, hope you are able to get some extra rest this weekend and that you are feeling better now.  I know what you mean regarding the age of our children.  My son turned 41 in October and our daughter will be 40 at the end of January.

Guess I had better get busy on some of my planned projects for today.  Think I feel like tackling them for the first time all week. 

Etta Sue, enjoy your lunch today and say hi to Jerry.  I miss seeing him posting very often.

Gwen, they announced on the TV yesterday that Kaiser here in Atlanta had gotten an unexpected 12,000 units of flu vaccine and were offering the shots today to not only Kaiser members but also non-Kaiser folks who meet the critieria that has been established.  Do hope you will be able to get yours soon if you are in a high risk category.  Please keep that cold away from Georgia. 

Good morning, friends,

I feel a bit better this morning. So, Leslie and I are going out for breakfast and then I'm taking him to purchase a new jacket for his birthday.

Then, to lunch with friends. And after that an afternoon of work.

Y'all have a wonderful day.

Ruth Ann

Good Day!
I just wanted to post this quote:
                    From Jennifer___________ Sorry I have now forgotten the name. 
                   
                   What are you leaving your children?

"The most important parenting skill we can hone is prayer. Through prayer, we can reach into the lives of our children, our grandchildren, and all of our descendants, touching their lives at the deepest places"

Now, I am going back to read all the posts I have missed. 
Carol

no snow here yet... they say the worst will hit about noon and last through sunday.... i need to go get dressed and ready for the academic bowl today ttyl
Sarah

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Well ... The rain was mostly yesterday evening and last night. The sun is shining beautifully right now and I just may take a drive out to the ocean today.  I have been sitting here watching the deer wander past my window in search of breakfast. They keep my plants trimmed that way!

ETTA SUE~I know Jacob will be just fine.  There was never a thought otherwise.  I have a great granddaughter who had an even more difficult and delicate "birth defect" in her bowel area....She wore a colostomy bag for about a year and finally got the proper surgery to correct it.  She will be 6 on Christmas, and is doing fantastically! 

Thanks, LARRY ~ I hope you have a great weekend as well.  Enjoy the game!!

Good day!  Thanks folks!

No snow here, YES!

I am going to take a few shots today.  Hoping they turn out.  It always seems to look better in your mind.

I best be off.  Have a good day, folks.

Soni

Hope Luke comes in so we can all say "Happy Birthday" to him.

Fun being 18!

I remember my 18th Birthday!

Brrr!!, from chilly Vancouver Island.  No snow, simply fog, damp and cold.  Misty didn't want to stay outside this morning...so is on her blanket in the garage.  Not certain what we will do when it turns even colder.  Wish they had heated cat beds.....

Nice devotional, thanks Sonja.  Enjoyed yours also Etta Sue.  Even tho' one day late in reading the posts.  Sorry about all the car problems and happy that it was not more serious.  Yes, God does watch over us in all circumstances.

Keep telling myself that lately.  New eye drops again causing problems, so guess will have to try the 'Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty' that may or not stop the optic nerve ends from deteriorating.  Had a bunch of eye x-rays and more unpleasant tests on Thursday.  Have to go back again this week.  Problem is that I am a bleeder and prone to infections....so hesitate to try something that may not work anyway!!!  Growing  older with dignity is certainly a challenge

The kids are away for the football game in Vancouver and Amanda and I are left to hold the fort.  Taking her to the 'Serious Coffee Shop' for a bite and will cook something non gourmet for dinner.  Like chicken strips and chips....

The Gaither Hour was on TV last night and I really enjoyed the Gospel Bluebrass they were playing.  Had a lot of the greats in bluegrass performing.  That is music to really stir the spirit.


Must go and do more of my laundry.  Busy day today!

Pleasant Day and God Bless.

LIz

November 13   

Spiritual Warfare and Sin: Wrong Judgment

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that
he will also reap. 
--Galatians 6:7

Sin, I repeat, in addition to anything else it may be, is always an
act of wrong judgment. To commit a sin a man must for the moment
believe that things are different from what they really are; he must
confound values; he must see the moral universe out of focus; he
must accept a lie as truth and see truth as a lie; he must ignore
the signs on the highway and drive with his eyes shut; he must act
as if he had no soul, and was not accountable for his moral choices.

Sin is never a thing to be proud of. No act is wise that ignores
remote consequences, and sin always does. Sin sees only today, or at
most tomorrow; never the day after tomorrow, next month or next
year. Death and judgment are pushed aside as if they did not exist
and the sinner becomes for the time a practical atheist who by his
act denies not only the existence of God but the concept of life
after death....

The notion that the careless sinner is the smart fellow and the
serious-minded Christian, though well-intentioned, is a stupid dolt
altogether out of touch with life will not stand up under scrutiny.
Sin is basically an act of moral folly, and the greater the folly
the greater the fool.  Man: The Dwelling Place of God, 47-48.

"Keep me from sin today. To sin is indeed so foolish, and yet the
tendency is so strong! Deliver me from 'moral folly,' again in the
power of Your Holy Spirit. Amen."

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Have gotten back from having lunch and decided to catch up on the net.  About done with that.  I have a load of clothes in the dryer and need to fold them when dry.  Also I have a salad to make for a pitch-in dinner and then dishes to wash.  Hopefully then I can recline and watch some TV.  Oh, yes, and make a Chemo Hat.  A lady at church is giving out knitted and crochet patterns to make these cute head coverings for ladies who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy.  They are made of that fun fur yarn...warm and colorful.  I have made 2 and will make the third one so I can take them to church tomorrow.

I want to thank everyone who had a welcome message for me.  I am not sure how to run this site, but I imagine I will figure it out.  Do I have to have a website to display a self-portrait??   Well I am so glad to see that this site is going after work of the Lord.  I love photography and I love Jesus so how cool is this.  Most all the other photography websites have some sort of crude photos, while most all the Christian websites have Chee-Z photos.  How 'bout this site, cool photos and cool Yshua (Jesus' hebrew name- that is what his friends called Him) God bless all of you.  Matt Elwood
At all times, preach the Gospel, and if you have to, use words!!!!

Matt, if you click on my name and send a nice photo of yourself, I'll upload it in quick time for you and put it in your profile.  I do it for most of the folks on here.

My email address will be on that Welcome letter you got from me last night too so you can just click "Reply" and attach the file.  Send a nice big one and I can do the cropping and re-sizing.

Well, Matt, if you love Jesus and Photography, you will enjoy yourself here!

http://christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=3667.msg64313#msg64313

Pat I am not sure I have a nice photo of myself but I do have one that tells you who I am, is that O-K??

Quote from: Mandnelwood on November 13, 2004, 03:10:57 PM
Pat I am not sure I have a nice photo of myself but I do have one that tells you who I am, is that O-K??

Whatever you want.

I'll resize it to the sizes of the others on here and put it in your profile.

You can send me another when you get one and we can change it.  The one I have showing is about my 6th or 7th one!  LOL

Did you take that pic "puffed up"  that is pretty cool,  do you have others???  how do I check out peoples galleries??

I have that photo of Chris and Margit large somewhere.

In our Photos Here area are many photos but lots of Chris Saunders' work is in the Photos with Scripture Messages.  They are wonderful.

Also, I've just recently opened a Gallery for those who would like to use it if you click on the button above that says "Gallery".

Pat I am so sorry that you had to drive through Nebraska,  It is so flat.  I just checked out your gallery and you take some good photos.  I see you do digital work as well.  I like the digital frame you put on the river. 

Here's the photo of Chris and Margit...

http://christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=701.0

Want to know something?  I loved Nebraska!  I loved driving along the Platte River!  And we ran into the remnants of a tornado at Aurora, Nebraska too and then drove right to Cheyenne!

Thanks Matt!  I use Paint Shop Pro and that river was to demonstrate that frame.  It's the Oxtongue River here in Ontario up at Algonquin Park.  We were up there before my husband passed away.  There's a special place where dialysis patients can go for a week or 10 days and it's just a beautiful place.