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Morning Devotional...


He took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.  And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him.
Luke 24:30-31

In any day we do a multitude of ordinary things. Great hours seldom come for us.

But for the Lord Jesus, the common and the usual became great when He was involved.

In this circumstance it was breaking bread at supper. In an ordinary moment, with ordinary bread, everything was changed. In that one act this couple's lives were transformed from gloom to glory!

They might have said with the Psalmist centuries before: "In His presence is fullness of joy"--an experience open to all of us today. He makes even the simple things sparkle with His joy.

Is His presence blessing us?
--Drew Craig







The author of the words of this beau­ti­ful hymn was a high-caste na­tive of In­dia. Af­ter her con­ver­sion to Christ­i­an­i­ty, it is said, she spent some years in the home of an Eng­lish cler­gy­man, and wrote the po­em…there. It made its ap­pear­ance in a book of po­ems of which she was the au­thor…The hymn was first sung by [George Steb­bins] as an of­fer­to­ry in one of the church­es in Brook­lyn, New York. It was oft­en re­peat­ed as an of­fer­to­ry, and on oc­ca­sions was sung in evan­gel­is­tic ser­vic­es. But it had its larg­er in­tro­duct­ion to the pub­lic dur­ing the All-Winter Mis­sion con­duct­ed by Mr. Moo­dy and my­self in Lon­don in the win­ter of 1883-84, when I sang it fre­quent­ly, as did Mr. Steb­bins, who spent sev­er­al months as­sist­ing in the mis­sion. It was al­so oft­en sung by Miss Beau­cham, daugh­ter of the late La­dy Beau­cham and since the wife of Col­onel Dru­ry-Lowe, one of the he­roes of the In­di­an Mu­ti­ny, and un­cle of Lord Cur­zon, Vi­ce­roy and Gov­er­nor-Gen­er­al of In­dia. The hymn at once came in­to gen­er­al fa­vor, and the deep­ly spir­i­tu­al tone of the words brought bless­ing to ma­ny. The song was af­ter­wards pub­lished in “Gos­pel Hymns,” and in “Sacred Songs and Solos.” Ve­ry soon it found its way in­to all parts of the world. Dr. Hud­son Tay­lor, head of the great Chi­na In­land Mis­sion, stat­ed at North­field [Mass­a­chu­setts] that it was the fa­vo­rite hymn of his mis­sion­ar­ies.

The win­ter of 1890-91 Mr. and Mrs. Steb­bins spent in In­dia. While vi­sit­ing the ci­ty of Al­la­ha­bad, the home of Miss Go­reh, Mr. Steb­bins sought her out and made her ac­quaint­ance. He found her en­gaged in mis­sion work among the wo­men of In­dia, a mo­dest, de­vot­ed Christ­ian, held in high es­teem by mis­sion­ar­ies of all de­nom­in­a­tions and by all who knew her. Thus the two sing­ers whose names had be­come as­so­ci­at­ed in Christ­ian song met each otherâ€"one from the far East, and one from be­yond far West­ern seasâ€"both in­spired by the same Lord, in the sec­ret of whose pre­sence they long since came to abide.

Pat thank-you.  That was a beautiful start to what has begun as another very cold and rainy day here in Birmigham.  I have put a marker in my "Sacred Songs and Solos."

I can't stop on as I am expecting Charlie the Scooter man to bring my little Rascal home.  He should have changed the batteries and serviced her yesterday but there was a problem.....not with the scooter.....When I phoned the workshop to inquire why the half hour which he said he would take was stretching out to the whole day, Sue the receptionist told me she was sorry, Charlie had put ordinary oil in his diesel car by mistake and was having to sort the mess out. Gosh!!!

Ria.  Hello dear, when you call in.  Lovely to see you back. 

God Bless all.
Jenny

GOODMORNING ALL 10.50AM in Holland

PAT thank you for the great devotional i love always to read that have i also have done in the time that i not was writing. And when i was so depressed.

I say also where we must write there we are seeing small letters but i can see
it now but when i have post then i see large letters i have also changed the lettertype in my computer.

LARRY daily shall i pray for you dear brother in Christ.

This afternoon we are going to friends he is always coming to us when we have problems with the computers and they have a little boy from 17 months i have no seen the boy for a long time so we are going this afternoon to them.
And this evening we go to my father there are coming this evening people to sing all old Dutch
songs he is loving that and we are staying with him.
When we are coming 10 minutes later then my father call us are you not coming but we are going every evening. My brother is not go a lot to him. But so long as my father is on this earth
i take care about him.

The last weeks we have had a lot rain but then it was to warm for the time of the year 16*C mostly.
But today it is 4*C but this morning it was first a little bit foggy and now it is sunny very lovely.
But the weather in Holland is very variable.

               BUT NEVER VARIABLE IS OUR GOD.
God is the same today as yesterday.
He has given us His Spirit to guide us on our journey.
He ask for our faith and trust, our willingness to wait for His timing,
and our readiness to go at His command.

Psalm 92:4
For You make me glad by Your deeds, o Lord;
I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

                       EVERYDAY GIFTS OF SPLENDOR

                               Loving Creator, Thank You
                           for the everyday gifts of splendor
                               we so often take for granted.
                               Remind us to open our eyes
                               and see Your divine touch
                                 in all things around us.

Bye love Ria  



                                 

         


                   
                               JoyfullHagion

                                   RIA

               

Larry.


"Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight."

This is a very old saying indeed.  Handed down throughout the ages.
My grandfather used to say this to me.

God bless Larry

Good morning, Pat.

Thanks for that great devotional.  I have a busy day ahead but wanted to pop in and say hello.
I'm overwhelmed by everyone's warm welcomes. 

Marilyn, I visited your website and browsed your pictures. Loved the Jesus pics and thanks for the large-sized welcome.
Pinkie, Thanks for the tip about enlarging the font. 
Etta Sue - Love your graphics. especially the: "We're too blessed to be depressed."
Al - I only had time to read two of your psalms messages.  They were great.  I want to read all of them when I have some time.

Thanks again everyone.  I know I'm going to learn a lot from you all.

Gwen

Good morning, friends,

Jenny, my grandma taught me the same rhyme, but she used the word "sailor" where you use the word "shepherd."

I wish y'all could see my two dogs. They are lying here at my feet with their sides touching - one is facing "south" and the other "north." And, when we travel with them, my golden retriever always chooses to face the rear of the vehicle.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the comments this morning and even had a bit of time to read all the comments from yesterday as well.

I'm anxious to check out the new word game.

Y'all have a good day.

Ruth Ann

Jenny: I learned the poem as a sailor's warning.  Isn't that funny?


Larry:  It was O.K. - we travel so often that we don't even have a newspaper.  We have a friend who had an implant and he is doing very well.  It is a good answer for you.  Conservative medical care is sometimes the best.

Beth:  Terrific news and thanks for sharing your super news with all of us.

 

I tried the scrolling with Cntrl key and my page jumps all over the place.  Must be doing something wrong.  Carol

It is 8:18 here and I thought I would sneak in here while Chandraya was watching cartoons. hehehe...

I love the new word game, Pat!

Nice to see you posting, Gwen!

LOL@ Janet.  I know I am in and out of here so quick.   

Today is a very busy day for me.  Lots of dancing. 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Did I mention how glad I am that Ria is back?   

Soni

Good Morning Everyone!

It's so good to see Gwen posting.  Just keep on posting Gwen and pretty soon, you'll know all of us so well.  There's fresh coffee in the pot and water just about coming to the boil if you like freshly steeped hot tea! You'll find them over on the counter and I've brought some freshly baked Irish Wheaten Bread today with homemade Lemon Curd to put on it. 


Have you clicked on this lately?     CLICK HERE


Glad you like the Word Association Game, Soni!  I'm enjoying it too.  I saw one similar on another site and they are on page 273 today!!!!

CLICK HERE FOR GAME


Ria, I can't tell you how happy I am to read your lovely post!    :-*   What a lovely little poem you've shared with all of us, Ria.  Thanks.  I'm going to repeat it here...




We also learned "Sailor's" warning here in Canada but when we lived in Northern Ireland, we heard "Shepherd's" warning.  Time to get the sheep into the fold!


Jenny, is that hymn in "Sacred Songs and Solos"?  I'm hunting for a good midi file for it.


Well, I have to hurry and get my Avon order finished and delivered to another house.

BUT I'll be back!

thank you for the devotional. Pat and or your added words Ria.

Pat Happy was never trained to a  leash out in the desert, he never had  to be on one until I moved here. The one time in the desert that he was on a leash for about a week he did very well.  However that was during a time when he was injured and I couldn't let him just run loose. I am going to work on training him now, even though he is 6 years old from what I have read Border Collies never cease to learn new things. It is part of their nature. I have experimented with some different things geting him to do something for a treat. It is working fine. so today we will start  with the new collar. It doesn't hurt him just make it uncomfortable if he pulls on the leash. As much as he like to run free I can not let him do that here.

Beth your news deserves a great big

PRAISE THE LORD

Be back Later

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                              In The Secret of His Presence



Pat.  Your devotional stated it was published in Sacred Songs and Solos, so I went to mine and found it as Number 565.  Mine is an old edition given as a gift to my mother in 1923.

O.K?
Jenny Wren.

Pinkie ~ Neat trick.  I like that.  Sometimes I can't read the small print and I have good eyes!!!

Beth ~ What great news that the steroids are working for you.  Let's pray that you continue getting better and better.

Liz ~ So glad that Pinkie has helped you in reading the type.  Have you thought about using WORD and then copying and pasting it to 'reply' to post?

Gwen ~ I clicked on your name and I love your email address!!!  I also see you are from Arkansas...a beautiful state!!!

Ria ~ Good morning...well, it is afternoon for you.  I love your little prayer.  Without out God, there are no mornings.  We are all busy and so come in and post whenever you can and wish.  Just don't go away.  We, across the pond, love seeing your name on a post.

Janet ~ Your funny reminded me of when I was working.  I worked in a fun place...well, it was until a few month before I was downsized/laid off/retired.  A couple of the girls would sing Happy Birthday in person, over the phone, even on the P.A. system....very off key!!!!!  And I mean very off key.  Some thought it was hilarious....some hated it.  But it was all meant well.  I wonder if they still sing off key???

Larry ~ I am glad that you are having the radioactive seed implants done instead of the external radiation.  Sounds like your doctor knows what he is doing as well as the facility where he will be doing the procedure.  But, truthfully, I think you being quiet after the procedure will be the hardest for you to do.  You are an active man and that is good but there are times when we need to listen to the doctor and the man above!!!
I just wish the labs would discover the procedures to prevent the cancers as well as getting rid of the cancers.  

Ruth Ann ~ I know when we have loss of sleep, it impairs everything we do.  I am praying that the new meds will ease the pain in your leg and foot and allows you to have many great nights of rest!

Al ~ Good morning...at least, it is morning here.  

Pat ~ The words association game was fun.  I tried to answer before scrolling...I agreed sometimes...sometimes not.

Marilyn ~ You are a busy one.  Just don't get too used to unemployment.  It does run out!

Jenny ~ Is your Little Rascal home yet?  I am sure that is just like any mode of transportation...when it is unavailable, you think of dozens of things to do and places to go.  Right?

Carol ~ Hey, if you are ever traveling in or through Indiana, let me know.  Would love to have a visit from you and Don.

Sonja ~ What was Chandraya's theme today at school?

It is cloudy and rainy today.  Tonight is Small Groups.  Jerry is coming over here and we will leave around 5 to stop at Tony and Charlene's house.  I want to look at the pictures of the wedding on their computer and I am taking some stuff to preserve some flowers from some bouquets in the wedding.  

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"Better to better thyself...than the other fellow."

mmmm....coffee sounds so good right now, Pat!

<soni runs upstairs to make a pot>

Etta Sue, it is sports day.  I didn't get a picture...she took to long eating breakfast.  But maybe this afternoon.

Hi everyone.  Busy place here this morning as while I was reading the new messages since yesterday there were four more postings. 

Welcome Joyfulhagion to CP.

I will check out the new word game in a few minutes.

Not much to write about today.  Did go to coffee and the "Y" and stopped at the store for a few items.  Tonight is choir practice.  I doubt that we will go to the church for Dinner and Vespers as Pat has been there all morning and I am sure she will be exhausted by the time she gets home.  She went to help fold and prepare our monthly "Messenger" for mailing and then was going to baste one of her quilts with the assistance of one of her dear friends.  She can put the tables together in one of the rooms at the church and it makes the basting much easier.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Good Evening Folks.  teatime here in U.K.

Etta Sue.
You are right.  My little girl is home and guess what...it's raining and blowiong a gale.  yesterday was glorious and of course I couldnt go out as Charlie had taken her away.  He usually does the work here.

Well it is still raining and very very cold here.  I am calling in now as I shall have a book to read tonight and according to the Amazon review I shall not be able to put it down.  It is "Elli" by Livia E. Bitton Jackson.

I am going to have a meal and curl up by the fire.  Pushkin is in here with me.  he's curled up asleep.  Bless him!

See you all tomorrow.

Jenny .

Just to remind you about the saying of red at night, you can go all the way back to Jesus' day, for he said:

Matthew 16:2  He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' ³and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

Thanks for that, Skief--I was thinking about it, but didn't know the reference without going to my concordance.  We also learned it as "sailor take warning....."  Interesting to learn the differences between our countries.  Similar, but different.

I just got home from a most busy day.  I had an eye appointment at 8 this morning, and overslept!  I woke at 10 till 8, so you can imagine how I scrambled to get dressed and get to town!!  Whew!  They dialated my eyes, and it hasn't completely worn off yet.  I was really relieved to learn I have no sign of cataracts, but the difference in my vision from morning to later in the day is caused by differing pressure inside my eyes.  I can live with it.  He could make me yet another pair of glasses to wear in the morning, but I can just wait do do any reading until around 10 AM when they even out again.

Then I came home and got Beth, took her to the doctor.  He was amazed at the improvement in her mobility and strength!!  He did warn us it will likely be a temporary improvement, but we are thanking God for it while it does last!  We had several other stops to make; pick up her lumbar cushion for her wheelchair, to Dollar General, to lunch, to the beauty shop for haircuts, to the medical supply place so they could adjust her brakes; to the grocery store.  I'm beat!  I think a cup of tea sound wonderful about now.

I'm off to make that cup of tea, then will be back to check the other threads.

Don't forget to click on the Google Ads!

Nita told me to keep reminding you.

What Google ads, Pat?

Gwen

Hi Gwen...

Up at the top of the page under the bank of buttons that say Home, Help, Gallery, Search, etc. do you see four Google Ads?

They are different on every page you go to as they are related to the content of the page.

We're trying to get some extra money to increase my bandwidth on the site for the photos.

I can't click on them as if I do, they take that much off anyway if it's from my I.P. adddress.

Let's sing!

Altogether now, 1, 2 and 3....






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Gwen - at the top of the page, just under the headers, there are links to various ads.  If you click on them, Google pays Pat a few cents.  If she gets enough clicks it helps pay the cost of Christian Photographers website.  Otherwise, Pat has to pay for it herself.

Etta Sue I won't have time to get too used to unemployment. I am going back to work for Fay when she gets to come home. We will know more after Nov.2nd, her next Dr. appointment. I wouldn't just qwuite working for her. I will be with her until she goes to meet the Lord. It was a cancer that was removed from her colon, she said they told her that they got it all. I did go visit her today and she was so glad to see me.


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Anyone taking photos of the eclipse of the moon tonight?

I have my camera on the tripod outside on the back step!  Thought it was going to be cloudy but here in Guelph, it's pretty clear.