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Morning Devotional...


By the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:10


Commenting on this verse, the erstwhile slave runner John Newton exclaimed,

"I am not what I ought to be! Ah, how imperfect and deficient! I am not what I wish to be! I abhor that which is evil, and would cleave to that which is good. I am not what I hope to be! Soon, soon I shall put off mortality and with it all sin and imperfection. Yet though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say I am not what I once was!"[/list]

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Hi Mieka and Jane!  

Hey there, PAT!  

Hi Pat..
Thank You for the Welcome! My name is Rachelle and I am a Homeschool Mom of 4 Blessings!
I love to Scrapbook, Rubberstamp,Crochet,Crossstitch and do many other things-I love to take Pictures.
I am looking forward to getting to know everyone-
Rachelle

Hello Ms Rachelle,

I am Mieka, It is a wonderful to see you today. There are so many kind people here i know you will soon have 109 more friends.  

It will be fun to see all the pictures you do take. Everyone here will love to see them too.

It is very late for me, so I will wish for you a good night and I hope to see you again here soon.

Your new friend,

~mi  

Wow, you must be a very busy Mum!

Rachelle, we're so happy to have you join us.  I couldn't sleep so got up and thought I'd check out CP (as we affectionately call this site) and I was just in time to welcome you.

I'm in Ontario, Canada.  Where are you?

I must try to get back to sleep now though.  But pull up a chair and get to know all of us.

How did you find this site?

Hi Mieka!

  MS PAT ---- GO TO ASLEEP !

Ms Pat I have a worry for you when you are awake so late as this. I know you have a very long journey tomorrow and it is my wish that you get a good rest. You will be sick if you do not get a rest.

So you get a mad face, and a wonderful to see you face too.

(((hug)))  - I love you Ms Pat, Please get a rest.

I'm going back to bed now,    MISS MIEKA  

(You see, Rachelle, we're a very friendly group here and I'm looked after very well by a lovely person in California!!!)  

  I wish for you many wonderful dreams then.

A good night again Mum Pat  

Good morning all 9.50 AM

Pat thank you for the devotional this morning

Are you online Pat and Mieke it is to early for you

I have been to my practice area but don't take a look
it is terrible i am not coming on size 3 - 7
I am learning Bad very bad

I am feeling me not good i think i have a little bit flue
pain in my throat warm cold

I wish you all a good day
Maybe i come back
Bye for now
RIA

Hi Mieka,
Thank You for the welcome-I am looking forward to being part of this board. I would love to share photos but, am not sure how-maybe someone can share that with me.
Rachelle

Quote from: Mieka on October 20, 2003, 03:46:39 AM
Hello Ms Rachelle,

I am Mieka, It is a wonderful to see you today. There are so many kind people here i know you will soon have 109 more friends.  

It will be fun to see all the pictures you do take. Everyone here will love to see them too.

It is very late for me, so I will wish for you a good night and I hope to see you again here soon.

Your new friend,

~mi  

Hi Pat! It is actaully very late here and I need to go to bed so I can get up in the morning..Lol..I live in Northern Idaho-we were just up to Canada in September-we went to Seattle, Washington and the Lord allowed me to find my childrens birth certificates that i misplaced 3 years ago-(thats another story)anyway-so we went to Victoria..It was so beautiful ..we were only able to stay a night..We plan on going back next year.
I found this site by another person who is in the same Paint shop Pro class that I am in-they have their pictures on this website. So, I clicked on the link-to learn more about you..I shared this site with a friend of mine too-I hope she joins.
Anyway-Got to go to bed lol.
night..
Rachelle

Quote from: Pat Scott on October 20, 2003, 03:46:54 AM
Wow, you must be a very busy Mum!

Rachelle, we're so happy to have you join us.  I couldn't sleep so got up and thought I'd check out CP (as we affectionately call this site) and I was just in time to welcome you.

I'm in Ontario, Canada.  Where are you?

I must try to get back to sleep now though.  But pull up a chair and get to know all of us.

How did you find this site?

Hi Ria..
Just thought I would say hello to you-I am sorry that your not feeling well, I have had 2 sick kids with the cough and sore throat and low grade temps..I don't like it when there sick ..Anyway I will be praying for you and pray that you will start feeling better..
Hugs in Jesus
Rachelle
Its 1:10 am here lol.

Quote from: Ria on October 20, 2003, 04:00:03 AM
Good morning all 9.50 AM

Pat thank you for the devotional this morning

Are you online Pat and Mieke it is to early for you

I have been to my practice area but don't take a look
it is terrible i am not coming on size 3 - 7
I am learning Bad very bad

I am feeling me not good i think i have a little bit flue
pain in my throat warm cold

I wish you all a good day
Maybe i come back
Bye for now
RIA

WELCOME YOYFULHRT OR MAY I SAY RACHELLE



                          RIA





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Good Morning,  Ria!  It is 3:40 am here in Kansas, and I am having a sleepless night!  I don't know why, it just happens sometimes.  
Since I am at my kids' house, I can get on the computer without disturbing anyone, so here I am!  I see you are learning some new tricks here on CP!  Good going!

WELCOME, RACHELLE!!  You will find other homeschooling Moms here, and certainly others who love to take pictures, and I love scrapbooking, so you will feel right at home!

Hey Meeks! I did figure out how to find CP from my grandson's computer, so you don't have to miss me, after all!  

Pat, I don't see you online now, so I hope you are making ZZZZZZZZs!

I guess I will go back to bed and see if I can go to sleep.  7:00 will be here all too soon!

I'm here having a restless night as well, Janet!  Guess you don't have Yahoo on that computer.

Oh well...  I'm going to try again.

I have to drive to London to have this tooth pulled today too!  

10.30 A.M. ENGLAND

PAT I don't suppose I should say "goodmorning" to you as you are off to the dentist.....Ouch!.......Thinking of you.  Journeying mercies on the roads dear, take care!

Thanks for the devotional.  It seems to fit because I was thinking of King Henry 8th this morning, probably because I watched the last  part of a two parter play about him last night. I always thought he was a Baddie, but now I have to admit I can't find any saving graces for him...AT ALL. I know I mustn't judge but he certainly wasn't what he should have been. AFTER HE DIED THE NEW ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP CALMLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE KING HAD DIED IN THE FAITH OF CHRIST! This was after the murder of many Roman Catholics and the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
O.K. I know God used this to bring about REFORM but I think the Politicians used the church for their own ends and the play showed this "puppeteering"......EXCELLENT! DID YOU WATCH, CHRIS AND MARGIT?

WINTER IS HERE.  

ETTA SUE Please send me some of that 70 degrees you talked about!.....Just a bit would do!

PAPA JOHN Hello! Hope you are resting and getting really well. Love you!

MIEKA Hello Little One.   Glad you are still here! Will miss you HEAPS!

RIA Hope you aren't getting flu! TAKE CARE SIS!  Love You Lots.

RACHELLE Hello.  You will really enjoy being part of this family.  I do.

God Bless Everyone,
Love Jenny X

Good Morning to all  and a very chilly day it is here in South Carolina.  My temp says 46 F. and although it is not near as cold as the UK, Holland and Canada..to me it is chilly.  I have veeeery thin  blood!

Pat, I do pray you will be able to drive and have that tooth extraction without being too worn out from being up all  night!  Thanks for the devotional and the thoughts of John Newton.  God  certainly has plans for each of us and uses the ones who seem to be the most unlikely to get His message through to us. Praise God!

Ria, please take care of yourself and drink plenty of fluids, rest, take extra antioxidents, drink green tea, etc. etc. etc.  We cannot have any more of our CP'rs getting sick like Jenny was last week! I will be praying for you!  

WELCOME to our newest member, RACHELLE[/size]

Well, I must get ready for work..it's after 7AM

I'm way behind on my reading due to the weekend.

God Bless to all

Good morning everyone!!!  

I am sorry I wasn't here all weekend!  Thank you all so much for the lovely cards and greetings.  What a pleasant surprise to come back to!  I had a wonderful birthday.  My fiancee took me to see the Royal Botanical Gardens.  It was amazing, the outdoor roses were still in bloom, and full!  Then we drove down to Niagara Falls (I haven't seen the Falls since I was eight).

Then when we came home, my family had bought me a brand new Pentax Manual camera!!!!!  I am soooo excited!  I just have to learn how to use it now .  Pat, I guess I'll have to come over and get some lessons from you.

A GREAT BIG WELCOME TO JOYFULHEART!!
I'm heading off to work for now.  Again, thank you all so much.  God bless.  Jen.

Good morning all ... and welcome Rachelle  

Today it is cold here, and I am not looking forward to the cold season it heralds.

RE:

QuoteBy the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:10

and,

Quote. . . Yet though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say I am not what I once was!"

We all take the guidance from the Lord, and from our life experiences and change... for better preferably. I am not what I once was either, but the original passage holds true anyway "I am what I am". Sometimes I do good things, and think good things. Sometimes I don't. But I think I learn along the way, and I mostly feel I am on a positive path. I am what I am: Human. Excuse? No. Fact.
But Jesus knows this, and walks beside me anyway.

Have a good day!

Hey Ya'll how are your days going! i'm here waiting for my time to leave. i actually slept most of last night so i'm more awake today than i have been for awhile. so i have some spare time this morning. wow everyone is night owls or early birds but my guess is more night owls! sorry i haven't been on here this past weekend, mom and dad didn't like the arrangment of the living room so sat we rearranged it and then sunday they didn't like that so we did it agian!   too much work for me i rearrange my room maybe 1 or 2 times a year! well i need to finish checking on the site before i leave for school ttyl
Sarah

Pat and Janet i hope the coming nights are better
for you.

Kathy thank for your advises  now i am starting
with cough  my throat is a little bit better but i am still warm
and cold.

PAR ARE YOU SLEEPLESS FROM ME ?
LARGE I KNOW BUT COLOR  NO

RIA
I have sleep this afternoon

Hi everyone and a big welcome to Rachelle.  It is another beautiful morning here in Georgia and they are predicting it will get up close to 80 today, although the nights are very cool.  

When I got home from coffee the cleaning ladies were here and my wife had taken down the curtain from all over the house to wash and have all the blinds cleaned.  Our house will be so clean that we won't be able to stand it.    The cleaning ladies do such a good job and we feel very fortunate to have found them.  The yard men will come tomorrow so everything will be spiffy.  

Janet, glad to see you were able to sign on from where you are staying but sorry to see that you weren't sleeping well.  Also, Pat, was sorry to see that you also were having trouble sleeping.  Do hope the tooth extraction isn't too bad and that you feel up to driving home.  It seems this dental work has been going on for a long time and it must seem like an even longer time for you.

Good to see so many posting.  I am going to have another quiet day.

Mieka ~ I really don't like mowing.  But I do like the solitude that mowing gives me.  It is my time to spend with God and solve the world's problems.  Mowing leaves is a lot easier than raking on this ol' body.  Besides mulch is good for the grass...puts nutrients in the ground for growing next year.  My belief and I am sticking to it!!!  Also my mower is like an ATV.  Fun to drive.  

Karma ~ You signed your post with 'Cheerios!'  Was that an exclamation or an accident...as in TAS accident??

Papa John ~ You are an inspiration.  I know God is smiling down upon you because you praise and please him so much.  God loves us and enjoys us when we praise Him.

WELCOME JOYFULHRT!!!  (aka Rachelle)
Jerry and I about ready to leave for a business meeting for him.  Then he needs to go to the pharmacy and then back home.  I took the day off from the computer yesterday.  I felt God telling me to meditate on Him and what better way than being on my mower.  Now I know my arm hurts from the sitting here.  It didn't hurt until I sat down this morning.  Soooo......  

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"Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends argue, all the while knowing they are both wrong."

WELCOME RACHELLE!!!!!!![/size][/color]

Certainly good to have you here - you'll love it!  By the way, we have another member who lives up your way - Lee Kirkwood - he lives over near Lake Pend'oreil (spelling?) in Hope, Idaho.  Are you on that side or the side near Lake courD'alene?

Hello there, Larry!  When those cleaning ladies finish there, would you please send them over to my house?   Thanks!  It is really a good feeling when you get the entire house all cleaned and shining at the same time! I have the kitchen all shined up, but by the time I get through the rest of the house, it will likely have a "protective coating" (dust) on it again.

We are having absolutely glorious weather here in southwest Kansas!  Yesterday's temps approached the 90 mark, and this is another lovely morning.  It is our Indian Summer, which we usually don't have until after a killing frost.  We haven't had one of those as yet, but soon will, I'm sure.  But we are really enjoying this fine weather.

Abby is excitedly waiting for her best friend, Erin, to come over and play.  She told me "And, Grandma, Erin and I don't care if our rooms are not cleaned when we visit each other!"  Maybe we should all be more child-like at heart!  They will go to Kindergarten this afternoon.

Ria, follow that good advice you've been given, and I might add.....wash your hands thoroughly and often!  We know that, but it's even more important when dealing with cold germs.  And it really does make a difference, too.  

I finally got to sleep about 5:30, up at 7:54 as Mark was to be at school by 8!  He was frantically searching for his wallet and car keys----of course, he found them right where he dropped them last night!  So it was a hectic few minutes there.  I do know that God had the better plan, by giving us our children when we are younger!  Grandkids are the most wonderful things in the world, but it's much better when they are raised by their parents, thus leaving us grandparents to just enjoy them and enrich their lives (with our vast stores of wisdom! )  Really, I do think grandparents can have very positive influence in the lives of our grandkids, if we are allowed that privilege.  I thank God that Jeff and Diane have always shared these kids so unselfishly with me.

I think I know someone who may grap a nap when Abby goes to school today!

Hey there, It's good to see you here.  You're another in "my" part of the country.