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Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Psalm 4:7

"As a Christian, I'm happier now when I'm sad than I was as an unbeliever when I was glad!"

We knew what our friend was saying, even though he got a bit tongue tied in the process.

The Psalmist wrote the same thing in this song, but even reading this verse requires some consideration to appreciate the truth.

That's why Peter says it's "joy inexpressible and full of glory."
--Rex Trogdon









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A good link...

Dear IE, I'm leaving you for good (http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-7297_16-5570819.html)

Thanks, PAT, for this devotional.... We used to sing a song that the chorus went like this: It is Joy unspeakable and full of glory ... full of glory ... full of glory. Oh! the half has never yet been known.... Truly I can say Amazing Love ... How can it be that Thou my King shouldst die for me....   

I'm on my way to bed, just passing through... I wish y'all a most wondrous day with the Lord and I'll be checking back later ...

Love, Jane

A Good Morning to all.  Here it is 36 degrees and looks like it will be a beautiful sunny day. 

Truly, Pat, Jesus is all that thrills my soul!  I  loved the song. 

Tonight is choir and prayer meeting  along with the Wed nite supper :). 

May each of you have a wonderful day just knowing our Savior is walking with us all the way.   :)

Good morning, friends,

Jane, you set my heart to singing this morning. Yes, I've always really loved that song.

I'm on early - must see the doctor for an adjustment to my new prescription shoes. The left one wants to slip up and down on my heel and I don't want any irritation to develop as a result of that.

There seem to be other health issues in my life right now, so I'll explain more as more becomes apparent. Thanks for this wonderful, comforting, loving community of believers. I love each of you.

Ruth Ann

good morning just running through while i get everything ready for school today... gotta go though ttyl
Sarah

Good Morning Everyone...

Yes, Jane, I love that chorus that you've written about.  I haven't heard that for a long time.


We've had the saddest thing happen in our part of Ontario.  I think I mentioned it last week but here's some links for you all to look at.


House fire claims mother and seven children (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/11/09/fire041109.html)


Hundreds attend Woerlen funeral (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/11/13/funeral041113.html)


No blaming for Woerlen after devastating house fire (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/11/16/woerlen-interview-041116.html)


November 13, 2004~See unedited video of Marc Woerlen speaking at the funeral service for his wife and children. (http://www.pulse24.com/In_The_Raw/Raw_Video/20041113-001/Video-5-2.asx)


What a testimony!

Pat:  Thank you ever so much for the sweet old song today - some of these songs just bring back so many memories. Such a heartbreaking story you had on the entire family dying in a house fire.  What a testimony that the husband/father gave. 

Ursula:  We have had healing services (separate) in our Lutheran church.  Sometimes the need is so overwhelming that it seems like the necessary thing - it helps heal the hearts of those who are involved.  It is very peaceful and moving. 

Carol

Good Morning, Can't stay for coffee this morning, I'll take a raincheck on the coffee. Good devotional Pat. thanks.


I agree Carol, the healing services are  peaceful and moving. The ones I have been involved with gave me such a good feeling for the rest of the day.

I too have been healed from carpel tunnel, and mitral valve prolapse and depression 6 years ago. I have had some mile depression on occassion since then but nothing like the time before I got healed.

Good morning all.

Pat, the words to that song are so wonderful.  And so true.  He does thrill my heart.  Sometimes my heart feels old and tired, and  I have to pray and ask the Lord to touch me again, to stir my love for Him.....give me the passion again.  Even in loving Him, I have to ask for help.   Our Lord is so precious, so loving.  How could we not love Someone who is Love?  He does have my heart, and I can't imagine how people make it without Him in this world today.  It must be so lonely for them.

I checked your link re IE, Pat.  That's the reason I went with FF.  I just wish I could use it in the gallery.

I have two little puppies at my feet, wanting me to play, so will get off here and on the floor for awhile. :)
Getting up again is the slowest part.  :)

Greetings to all you Wonderful CP'ers,

   Pat, Thank you for this great devotional,  that is so awful about that family and the fire.. I feel sick in my heart for the Father of that family.. May God our Father hold him tight in his arms and give him the comfort only God can give in times like that..

  Ruth Ann, I hope you are well..  

   Jane, Kathy, Sarah, Good Morning to all of you, May your day be a blessing to you and those you come in contact with..

  Marilyn, Are you still working full time??

   Ursula, I have been to many healing services and what a great impact they have on you.. I too have been healed of many sickness',..

   I have been trying to get ready for the Thanksgiving Day..I am cooking for about 25 people, I love to cook.. I have a young girl that will come help me in the house and with cleaning..


 May God the Father be with all  of you today and always..

   ALMA

 

Hello, everyone!  Like others, so sorry to be MIA so much lately.  Life, as usual, seems to be more of a zoo than usual.... hmmm, check the irony there!

Lots of things going on: church struggles (I'm on the "board of directors" and the pastor has been ill for several weeks), terribly busy at work, internet aggravations (click on phone line from neighbor's electric fence), financial struggles (Karma's insurance ran out the first of the month), Travis has gotten really interested in Flight Sim (at least an hour each night "flying" with him - great fun!), Karma's tired a lot, I was pretty sick for a few days, and probably a few dozen other things, but anyway....  We've made a bit of a conscious effort to not be so "Internet centric" that we completely lose our cool when we can't connect.  I haven't had much chance to check CP from work, so I've been kinda invisible.  I wish that weren't true, but it is.  I'm going to try to do better :)

The Holy Spirit reminded me that if I were as concerned about my connection to God as I am my connection to the Internet, my life would probably be much different.....

Bye for now!

During my residence at Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, I became acquainted with W. W. Walford, the blind preacher, a man of obscure birth and connections and no education, but of strong mind and most retentive memory.

In the pulpit he never failed to select a lesson well adapted to his subject, giving chapter and verse with unerring precision and scarcely ever misplacing a word in his repetition of the Psalms, every part of the New Testament, the prophecies, and some of the histories, so as to have the reputation of "knowing the whole Bible by heart."

He actually sat in the chimney corner, employing his mind in composing a sermon or two for Sabbath delivery, and his hands in cutting, shaping and polishing bones for shoe horns and other little useful implements. At intervals he attempted poetry.

On one occasion, paying him a visit, he repeated two or three pieces which he had composed, and having no friend at home to commit them to paper, he had laid them up in the storehouse within.

"How will this do?" asked he, as he repeated the following lines, with a complacent smile touched with some light lines of fear lest he subject himself to criticism. I rapidly copied the lines with my pencil, as he uttered them, and sent them for insertion in the Observer, if you should think them worthy of preservation.

Music: William B. Bradbury, Golden Chain (New York: 1861)
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Howdy all!

Nice thought there, Nards!

That link was great, Pat!  IE is out of here. :)

Hope you all have a fine day.

We are all back from the Birthday breakfast.  Kaye Don and Barb had great news to tell us.  They have bought a home in Pleasant Lake RV Resort in Bradenton, FL, just west of I-75 on 53rd Street/SR 40.  It is a Park Model with a 20' x' 30' built on.  Living room, kitchen, dining room, 1 bath, 1 bedroom and a big utility room.  Comes furnished all except the dining room table and chairs, which includes leather couch which makes into a bed, 2 leather recliners, 27" console TV, microwave, washer and dryer AND a golf cart.  It is lakeside, too, and in the same Resort where they have taken the RV for about 10 years now.  It is fully landscaped with flowers and such and even some lawn furniture will stay.  AND it only costs a couple of thousand more than a Park Model that was 12' x 40'.  And Kaye Don and Barb won't have to do anything to it except take their clothes and personal items such as kitchen stuff, linens, etc.  I have already told them that if they can't take everything in the turck when they get it back, that Ivalou and I will take a load down in my car.  What a deal!!  They want to go down December 26th for the season and come back mid-April.  Ivalou and I will only stay a week or two if we go.  Hope Jerry can kitty sit for me!!!

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"Something to be thankful for is that you're here to be thankful."

Soni, do you use Firefox?  Can you help Nita?  Do you see all the buttons in the CP Gallery?

Good morning!  I'm late today, had some things to do, with Darrel's help.  He called a pet store in Liberal, and if they have some empty cages tomorrow they will take the puppies.  Darrel has to go to Liberal to finish an alarm job anyway, so that will solve the puppy crisis!  I really wanted to keep the one little girl, but winter isn't a good time to train a puppy, and with us being gone for nearly three weeks..........

Pat, that is so sad about the terrible fire and the loss of the poor man's family.  I will go and see the links when I get this done.  I remember there was a similar thing a few years ago in Canada that my friend Dr. Sue told me about.

Did you all read Beth's post from last night?  Isn't it wonderful how God is blessing her?  "Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."  Beth is seeing this coming true in her life, and I am praising God for His goodness!

I want to clean the house today so we can come home to a clean house.  We will only have a few days to get ready for Christmas when we get home!  Darrel was reading today in a little book we got, that if you need clothes in Thailand, you can buy a complete wardrobe there for about the price of a pair of designer jeans here!!!  I think I may UNpack some stuff!!  ;D ;D

Yes, Pat, we will be spending Thanksgiving Day in Bangkok.  Maybe we will be eating noodles.......or rice!  But we love trying new foods and we both enjoy rice or noodles.

I'd better get with it, the day is passing fast.  I really enjoyed reading the history of Sweet Hour of Prayer, a song I have loved since childhood.

Quote from: Pat Scott on November 17, 2004, 11:12:05 AM

Soni, do you use Firefox?  Can you help Nita?  Do you see all the buttons in the CP Gallery?

I do see them all.  Not sure why Nita wouldn't. hmm.. 

Hey, Nards!  Sure is good to see you today.  I hope things settle down for your little family soon, and all sickness is gone from you!  We really miss you and Karma when you can't be with us.

Hi, Soni!  Is your oldest son still swimming??  I was thinking about him today while I was swimming.  ((hugs))

Hi, Nita!  Hi, Jane!  Hi Marilyn!  Hi, Etta Sue!  Hi, Alma!  And a big hello to all the rest who come in later, as well.

November 17   

Spiritual Warfare and Sin: Resentment

Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any
root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many
become defiled.
--Hebrews 12:15

In the course of scores of conferences and hundreds of conversations
I have many times heard people say, "I resent that." But I repeat: I
have never heard the words used by a victorious man. Resentment
simply cannot dwell in a loving heart. Before resentfulness can
enter, love must take its flight and bitterness take over. The bitter
soul will compile a list of slights at which it takes offense and
will watch over itself like a mother bear over her cubs. And the
figure is apt, for the resentful heart is always surly and suspicious
like a she-bear.

Few sights are more depressing than that of a professed Christian
defending his supposed rights and bitterly resisting any attempt to
violate them. Such a Christian has never accepted the way of the
cross. The sweet graces of meekness and humility are unknown to him.
He grows every day harder and more acrimonious as he defends his
reputation, his rights, his ministry, against his imagined foes.

The only cure for this sort of thing is to die to self and rise with
Christ into newness of life.  Of God and Men, 105-106.

"Lord, I have all too often seen the destruction caused by resentment
that has turned into bitterness--or bitterness turned into resentment.
Keep me, I pray, in the way of the cross, the way of meekness and
humility. Amen."

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Dear Nards, you certainly don't have your troubles to seek!  :)
Yet how true it is that we Christians believe that God works ALL things together for good to those who love Him.
Sometimes we smile through the pain, and walk on gritting our teeth, and ALWAYS we come to an oasis  where we can sit and be refreshed,then it's up and off again.
One hard, difficult, day as a believer is still worth all the years of unbelief and darkness.
I pray that God will soon bring you both to refreshing times for soul and body.
Regards, Chris.

Following on from yesterday's thread, Jesus Christ is the Same, yesterday, today and tomorrow!
Healing is available, through doctors, medicine and also through the annointing with oil and the laying on of hands,
I have been prayed for and healed, and prayed for and not healed,
our faith has nothing very much to do with this and dont ever feel that your lack of faith has let you go unhealed.
Lazarus was dead and had no faith, neither had the widow of Nain's son!
Jesus can raise the dead and heal the sick, it is His faith we lay hold on.
Word of faith, name it and claim it preachers, are in my opinion preaching a very unscriptural doctrine, which sometimes puts beleivers under a false condemnation, while they pretend that as it was your lack of faith, so it's not the preachers fault that you were not healed!!
That fact is that God does not always want to heal us at the time we desire Him to, but when He does, we receive healing instantly and completely.
"Not my will but Your's Lord" should always be our prayer.
Never let a "not yet" stop you from continuing to pray.
I remember once some years ago pulling a muscle in my back at work, and I had to come home early, I was in agony, my late wife said " I guess no prayer meeting tonight then!"
I replied " you must be joking! I am definately going and I will be asking for healing."
As I entered the house where we met for prayer I said " I'm in agony, and am asking you all to pray and lay hands on me at the end of the meeting."
There were gulps from some of them as they had never been asked to do this before, as they were young in the faith and perhaps thought that a lot was expected of them, but not at all, I was expecting from God not them, I just wanted them to be channels only of the Blessed Saviour.
When the time seemed right I said "ok, lets ask God on my behalf." and struggled down on my knees, they laid hands on me and prayed, and I felt like someone was tickling me, but from the inside and I experienced a feeling of joy and peace, when I rose to my feet and stretched this way and that, all pain was gone and we began to give thanks and praise to the Lord our Gracious, loving, caring God.
That meeting did wonders for the young people there,it showed them that prayer worked!
Regards Chris.

Now we are talking about prayer and healing I see we have some spiritist, new age, healing ads at the top of the page!
I hope everyone will ignore them.

Quote from: Chris & Margit Saunders on November 17, 2004, 02:38:29 PM
Now we are talking about prayer and healing I see we have some spiritist, new age, healing ads at the top of the page!
I hope everyone will ignore them.

If you can just right click on the link, "copy" the address, and PM or email it to Pat, she can put them on the list of undesired links and we should never see that particular ad again.  Good catch, Chris.  I haven't seen them, myself. 

 Yes,everyone I am full of Joy and His Glory!Hope your not tired of hearing it cause I'm not going to stop sharing.Tommorow I go see my DR and I am going to ask him what would happen were I to get off the steroids for a while my feet are so fat I can barely get my shoes on and I am gaining weight I do not want,plus my face looks like I have 3 chins and my stomach has  extra that makes my clothes tight.John keeps saying it's not going to hurt me to gain weight but he's not the one having to push me up my ramp either or in the wheelchair.John you better start building up your muscles cause you got your work cut out for you pushing a big fat Rhino around better hope the car can take the weight too.Aww mom I was looking forward to puppysitting while you were gone I have not seen the puppies almost since they were born so bring them over for a visit before you take them.Well God Bless you all and John you need to post in here again and soon,Beth

It's strange how these links work.

This is what I'm seeing...four ads on Dining Room furniture.  And the first post under the ads is Etta Sue's comments about furniture so maybe you're the only one seeing these ones, Chris.

it is great you are doing so well Beth that is wonderful. not sure you should get off the steroids though but good luck with it if your Doctor goes along. You really aren't all that big or at least weren't the last time I saw you in July. incidentally as I am typing this there are now 30 days 20 hours and 51 minutes till I touch Down in Dodge City.

Hello there, John! Good to see Beth and you here again today!  Hope you're feeling better, too.  The doctor told us Beth might not be able to take the steroids for a long period of time, but it's only been about three weeks, so.........tomorrow we will see what he says.

Chris, I have to disagree with you about Word of Faith preachers!  I have NEVER heard one of them blame the person who wasn't healed, or act as if it were their fault!  And I have been in Word of Faith  for close to 30 years now!  I am so blessed by their teachings, and my faith has grown by leaps and bounds under their tutelage.

I know misunderstandings happen, especailly if we only hear a portion of a teaching, and no doubt there have been some who spoke as you said.  I'm just saying---not in my hearing!

I really enjoy the Tozer thoughts you bring us, thanks so much.

I'm making progress on my to-do list today!! ;D ;D ;D

Microsoft is giving away Photo Story 3,

Read about it here (http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/photostory3.asp)


Download it here (http://www.microsoft

Sweet Hour of Prayer     

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PAT: I like knowing the circumstances under which hymns have been written.  Thanks.

Not a lot to report from this "neck of the woods".  Pat - I love reading the history of the old hymns.

Thanks too for the links pertaining to the terrible house fire.  The church where the funerals were held, is the same church where my parent's attended.  Did anyone notice, from the picture, that the mother who perished in the fire...her 10 siblings, sang at the memorial service.  I heard from a mutual friend, that the memorial service, was such a tribute to the Lord.  The mourners really heard the gospel!

Glad you enjoyed the hymn stories, Ed and Judy.

I'll see what I can do to find more.  Larry and I have a few of them.

Yes, Judy, that was quite a funeral.  It was really nice to see Monika's 10 brothers singing.

Marilyn:  Thanks, I am checking out Photo Story.  I have Paint Shop Pro but this looks like it can do more.  Could not download it for some reason.  I wanted to comment on your feeling better/different and recovering quicker after your healing service.  There are studies that do show people going into surgery with prayers offered - sometimes by the surgeon and nurses - tend to heal quicker.  I don't have the statistics anymore but that is what a study in Oklahoma showed years ago. 

Nards:  Sorry that you have lost the health insurance now.  Having had that happen twice in my lifetime, and having two babies without that insurance - you can get through it!  I am praying for you and your sweet family.

Carol

hello everyone.. i'm here... sore and tired and on the run but i'm here..... just kinda passing through... i have to be down at the school in about 35 minutes to help clean things up for the senior concession stand.... hope ya'lls days have been good ttyl
Sarah

Well, at nine this morning we caught the bus in front of our resort.  We spent most of the day going to and being exposed to the history and points of interest in Savannah, Georgia.  It was an interesting day but kind of tiring for old people like us.  When we got back to Hilton Head I lay down for a nap and slept for an hour and a half.

Tomorrow is our last day here.  Friday morning we leave and drive back home to Nashville.

Etta Sue, Bradenton is a good place to spend the winter.  We have been going down there for a month, mid-March to mid-April for about twelve years.

Janet, I hope you enjoy your visit to Bangkok.  We visited there some years ago and really did enjoy it, everything except the traffic.  Be careful.  My brother, Steve, just got back from Bangkok.  He travels a lot and Thailand is one of his favorite places to visit.

Hope you all have a nice rest this evening.

Matt 6:28-33
28   "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29   Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30   If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31   So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32   For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33   But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
(NIV)

--- Papa John          <;D)))><<   
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Hey, OK Tom!

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WELCOME TO CP, OK TOM!! And please sing loudly, so we can all hear you!   ;)  I really hope you will love it here on CP as much as I do.

PAT WROTE: I'll see what I can do to find more.  Larry and I have a few of them.

A fella that used to go to our church had a book on the origin of old hymns.  Don't member the name of it though

HYMN HISTORY:

~He Lives


       â€œWhy should I worship a dead Jew?”

       This challenging question was posed by a sincere young Jewish student who had been attending evangelistic meetings conducted by the author and composer of this hymn, Alfred H. Ackley.

       Mr. Ackley’s answer to this searching question, ultimately prompted the writing of this popular gospel hymn, He Lives.

       The composer answered his inquirer: He lives! I tell you, He is not dead, but lives here and now! Jesus Christ is more alive today than ever before. I can prove it by my own experience, as well as the testimony of countless thousands.

       Mr. Ackley’s forthright, emphatic answer, together with his subsequent successful effort to win the man for Christ, flowered forth into song and crystallized into a convincing sermon in hymn on He Lives!

       So he sat down at the piano and voiced that conclusion in song. He says, The thought of His ever-living presence brought the music promptly and easily.

 

Sister Pat and Sister Janet,

Thanks for the warm welcome and the beautiful hymn. YES!, my Saviour does LIVE! That was a particularly nice piano arrangement.

By the way, I can only sing in the shower when my wife isn't home.   :D  Just kidding - she just has to be on the other side of the house.

Colossians 3:4  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Not only does "He Live" - He is our life.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Hey it serves me right for not being around for awhile as I just got kicked out.

Having coffee with a few friends this morning it was mentioned;  that mom of the family that perished in the fire came from Woodbridge, Ontario. 

Hi everyone.  I think this is the latest I have ever posted here in CP but wanted to read through the messages.  I had a very busy day trying to learn some new software that I needed to use for a couple of the webpages I maintain.  Think I finally solved the problems but it took me all afternoon.

We went to church tonight and we had a traditional Thanksgiving meal for our Wednesday Night dinner and it was superb.  Our cook has just finished culinary school and is a very good cook.

It is too late to make individual comments.  So will just say goodnight.

Look who's online right now!

This is wonderful!!!

Quote from: Pat Scott on November 17, 2004, 03:12:13 PM
It's strange how these links work.

This is what I'm seeing...four ads on Dining Room furniture.  And the first post under the ads is Etta Sue's comments about furniture so maybe you're the only one seeing these ones, Chris.

Are you saying that the ads are a result of what we talk about here?  Weird.

Welcome OK Tom!!!

Quote from: Carol on November 17, 2004, 07:52:13 PM
Marilyn:  Thanks, I am checking out Photo Story.  I have Paint Shop Pro but this looks like it can do more.  Could not download it for some reason.  I wanted to comment on your feeling better/different and recovering quicker after your healing service.  There are studies that do show people going into surgery with prayers offered - sometimes by the surgeon and nurses - tend to heal quicker.  I don't have the statistics anymore but that is what a study in Oklahoma showed years ago. 

Nards:  Sorry that you have lost the health insurance now.  Having had that happen twice in my lifetime, and having two babies without that insurance - you can get through it!  I am praying for you and your sweet family.

Carol

Here's the link again, it was somehow "messed up" before:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

I haven't tried it, but I doubt it's better than PSP.  Paint Shop Pro is a really powerful, good program, in many ways quite comparable to Photoshop.  I doubt that Microsoft would just give away something that good.

I hope Paint Shop Pro doesn't go expensive now that JASC (the company that produces PSP) was bought up by Corel Corp.  I'm planning to try Photo Story tomorrow.

QuoteHaving coffee with a few friends this morning it was mentioned;  that mom of the family that perished in the fire came from Woodbridge, Ontario. 

Mom, after we got off the phone, I started to look through my yearbooks.  Monica was two years behind me and was smiling with both her eyes and her mouth in her picture.

Time for bed.  I have fulfilled my Civic Duty this past three days (the 4th time in 20 years I may also add) as a prospective Juror, and now must get some rest as my desk has piled up a little bit.

Oh, my Sue...  She looked like such a happy young lady in all of the photos I've seen of her.  What a catastrophe!


Ursula, I'm going to look at that link as well and see about downloading it.  I agree with you that not much could be a lot better than PSP--especially PSP9.  But all of these little programs are useful.  Thanks Marilyn for sharing it with us.


I'll be back in a few minutes....

Oh, yes, I meant to say too, Ursula, yes the ads are "content related".  Our site is constantly being "spidered" by google to give us the ads that are most beneficial to the majority of posters.

Keep clicking on them!  LOL

Now, it's time to lock the door.

See you in tomorrow's NEM...  CLICK HERE (http://christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=3697.0)