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October 31, 1517 is a day to remember.

We hardly look back to this date when the end of October rolls around. We are too consumed with Halloween to commemorate Reformation Day. Yet, however much we try, we cannot actually rewrite history. And as much as we may find it distasteful, the Reformation is an event that changed the historical landscape for all time.

A German monk by the name of Martin Luther was a central figure. He suffered terrible pains of conscience. No matter what he did, the inner pain remained. He paced back and forth in a little room in the monastery. He wore a path in the stone floor. He prayed. He read. He studied. He did penance. Nothing took away his deep sense of guilt before God.

Then a light dawned. "The righteous man shall live by faith" (Romans 1:17, Habakkuk 2:4). Being right with God does not depend upon our good works. Being right with God depends on Christ's good works. We live through faith in Christ, His perfect life, and sacrificial death. Luther found freedom from oppressive guilt through faith in Christ.

This new found freedom was profound and refreshing. Luther protested against traditional teaching. He promoted reform. Protestantism was born. The Reformation began. The face of our world changed. October 31 is the anniversary.

It is Reformation Day.



From:  Daily Wisdom

Pat..........

WHEW, I beat you by 12 seconds.


All Christians must surely know that "Martin Luther " was God ordained.  What a wonderful awakening this man's life was for all of mankind.  We've seen two autobiographies of his life.  What a man of conviction he was.

Or did I beat you??  LOL

Pat........

Nope My post is there  However, you did in fact close the door before I could read it as posted

Pat.  Do men wear hats in Ontario.  Not baseball caps, but men's hats?  I just purchased a soft wool felt hat and I like wearing it.  Ah, the neat thing about being an old duck I can wear anything I want.

HI EVERYONE

Been a busy day-today was dear hubbys day off so we spent the day together as a family.
I only lost 0.08 lbs last week   but, I will do better this coming week. I ordered our flat screen today so hopefully it will get her soon-this other monitor is driving me nuts-it flashes from greens/blues etc..my husband said it is the red color circutry..(sorry spelling).
I will check out that book PAT..
This day has been a tough one emotionally and I am just asking for your prayers-
Rachelle

MEIKA

I really enjoyed visiting with you tonight on Yahoo-you lifted my spirits..I hope you have a restful night-and hopefully we can chat again soon.
Hugs
Rachelle

Good morning All 9.25AM

Thank you Pat for the good devotional this morning
Reformationday.
People who are going to a Luther church in Holland
i not they are now to Wittenberg where Martin Luther
has live from 1483-1546.
But the Luther churches has no Dutch pastors they
have German pastors. There are not a lot Luther churches in Holland. In Germany there you find them.

Pat thank also for the hymn that is a great hymn from Martin Luther  "A Mighty Fortress is our God"
That song in a lot churches in Holland people are singing that on Sunday.

My prayers are for the little Cecilia and her parents.
also
For the people in South Calofornia.

It is dark and raining this morning in Holland

               BLESSED ASSURANCE
 Lord of All Peace,
 Blessed Assurance...
 Your Precence gladdens my heart,
  Your Promises renew my hope.....
Your Power strengthens my desire
to seek Your will and quikly obey

   Ruth 2:12
May you be richly rewarded by the
Lord, the God of Israel, Under whose
wings you have come to take refuge.

I wish you all a Blessed Day

Bye for now
Love RIA

Pat - A clear simple effective message. God made it simple, it is us who complicate it.

Jeanne Lee - Dear sis if I can help you in any way with Frontpage and WinXP then please get in touch. I use both regularly and I have no difficulty with either.

Rachelle - Sis, you will notice a huge difference in your photographs when you get your flat screen. It is far easier on the yes also when reading text. Hope you enjoy it.

Etta Sue - Good grief lass, you had me reaching for my dictionary last night with your VCR, ABC, CIA, FBI & MFI!!! Did you have alphabetti spaghetti for tea?

Tee Hee!!

Ria & Jenny - Please keep the rain down your way. It's blowing a gale here today but at least it is dry.

LOL

Pat, great message, so many, many people had no idea reformation day was anywhere near Halloween, let alone on the exact day!  It's a wonderful reminder for us.  And it's true, it's definitely a day that changed history for us.  It's soldiers like Martin Luther that pioneered the way for us.

Good Morning Everyone...

I'm sitting here listening to this morning's hymn.  What great words in that hymn.  So often we sing in church and the words really don't sink in.  We're thinking of what we're going to have for lunch when the service is over or whether we even turned the oven on!  I know that I fall into this category so often.


Today, I have Sears' Repair men coming to check over my fridge that I bought last December.  It's got a slab of ice in the bottom of the freezing compartment about an inch thick!  And very often my food in the freezer is covered with a coating of frost that looks like a layer of snow.  Someone said that this might be caused by a unit not level.  So we'll see.


I don't feel level myself!  I thought I was going to fall out of my bed in the night and I got up to get a drink of water and nearly fell over with dizziness.  So instead of water, I took a drink of lemon juice and went back to bed.  I'm still dizzy so I'm having a cup of hot black tea with lemon in it and I've just taken a gravol.  Not sure what must have brought this on.


I'll be back.  I'm going to go and let Geordie in (he's barking--must be a squirrel out there) and finish my tea.

We have an URGENT PRAYER REQUEST for our dear member, Diana_g.

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Iain promise we hold the rain in Holland today
it is still raining here

I wish you all a good afternoon and evening but it is on this moment not so cold but dark and raining
it is 3.25PM in Holland

Bye  LOL     RIA

I agree with Jenny, Pat!  Just back off a little - just a little.  Give yourself a minute to relax occasionally - the world will go on!  Now see here, Mum, do what you're told!

I agree, Pat SCOTT, you need to take it a little easier!  WE love your taking care of all of us, but you need some care, too!  Maybe you could have the "bug" that caused Jen to pass out?  I do hope it is nothing that won't pass quickly.

Darrel and I are going to the nurse's office this morning to get flu and pneumonia shots.  Ouch!

Be back later!

RELAX PAT TODAY

Good morning. Pat I didn't know that Oct. 31 was Reformation Day until I read it here on CP in the Halloween thread. I did know about Matrin Luther thought.

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It is a beautiful day here, the sun is shining and  only a few clouds here in McKinleyville, It may be different in Arcata, where Al lives. It is chilly but very nice.

Going to check out the prayer requests now.
TTYL

Hi everyone.  Pat, your devotional on Reformation makes me think of our former Interim Associate Pastor, who always gave the Reformation Sunday sermon.  The reason for this is that he had a special robe, it was actually more like a cape, that looked like it came from Transavania and that you see on the evil counts or barons in the scary movies.  It actually was the robe his grandfather or great grandfather had worn in Romainia, where he was a minister.  It was a bit startling based on the robes usually worn today by our clergy but it gave him the perfect base for discussing the Reformation and its importance in his sermon.  This same minister will be back with us on Sunday to preach a combined communion/dedication service as we close our annual stewardship drive.

Pat, I agree with the other that you must take care of yourself.  We all worry about you and pray for you to have strength and well-being.

Rachelle, I do pray that today will be an easier day for you and the same for all who are facing difficulties with illness, pain or emotional stress for whatever reason.

Have work to do on our church webpage so better get busy.  It is another beautiful day here in Georgia and I enjoy sitting at my desk and seeing the bright day.  It is to be in the 70s again today.  We have yet to have a touch of frost.

I worked on my web page a litle bit last night, making some corrections, deleting a couple of things and adding a "Contact Me" link for emails and prayer requests. Check it out.

I was really surprised to see over 2600 hits. 27 yesterday.

I had such a nice post & then the computer was knocked offline.  

Pat:  As far as being dizzy, please be sure that you are drinking enough water as dehydration is the first thing they think about in our higher altitude.  Put your feet up!

Iaian:  We have such a fast-paced culture that it is difficult to keep up with all of the new products out there and technology is interesting and convenient.  Also, frustrating as today.  So, I have to really think about  Etta Sue's short letters and sometimes I don't know what they are either - she is a whiz!

Janet:  I had the flu and pnuemonia shots last month and Don gets his flu shot through the VA on Monday.

On reformation - we certainly hear a lot about it since we are Lutheran members.  We have also heard about the shortcoming of Martin Luther and he was human form also.  I have not yet been to see the film but do believe in supporting anything religious that Hollywood puts out if it is appropriate and it seems that the film may be alright.  It would be nice to send Hollywood a message that we are interested in good films about good people.  What say you?  

Carol

Ms Pat,  

When you make my eyes go down like this   then you know it is a big trouble.

Who will be there to help you if you need a help  

If you are to be my Mum here on the CP for many more years then you will need to take a better care and get a rest.  

PLEASE MS PAT  

Awwww...  my sweet Mi!

I love you.

Love

Mum

Pat! Just chill ok?
The world will run  without you for a day,
so chill out with your feet up and a nice Christian video, some cakes, yum!
and a Big cup of tea.
We dont want you getting overtired,
we love you too much to see you tired.


"Rest In The Lord

This word "rest" means "to be silent." We want our answers yesterday. And God is saying, "Hush! Rest in Me!" Friend, God isn't interested in time. He's interested in timing. He's never in a hurry. And He's never late. Waiting on the Lord is like waiting for the sun to rise. You can't hurry it. And you can't stop it."
Amen??

Isn't it wonderful that Jesus declared,"I am the WAY,
the TRUTH,
the LIFE.
What a great promise!
For without the way there is no going!
Without the truth there is no knowing!
Without the life there is no living!
But now, we know the way, and know where we are going.
We know the truth and cannot be deceived.
We know the Life and we are Living!
Really living!
Living in Him our Beloved.
What a joy it is to rest in His finished work.
Everything has been done, we are on our way to Heaven, be it soon or late, for He has completed the work that His Father gave Him to do.
Amen??





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Hi Everyone..

I am doing much better  LARRY Thank You--
Iian thankyou on your comment about the flat screen monitor-I almost thought about buying a crt one but, I knew after looking at the flat screen so much I wouldn't be happy lol...thats good to hear that my photos will even look better. God provided that money from a refund from an old computer and we also have enough left over to get new tires for both cars..Praise God.
My husband said it was 16 degrees this morning when he left from work-its only 25 right now..I have to go get groceries and am not sure I want to go out-its suppose to get down to 11 tonight..It is so cold out there.
MEIKA You will be in my prayers tomorrow and I will be thinking of you..I hope that you can keep in touch my new friend.
I am praying for the rest of you and just wanted to say hi..
PAT you need to rest today-take it easy..
Hugs
Rachelle

Good Morning.  I have sat down and started a post twice now and first the Realtor came to show my Condo a little early.  Then she came back up to say the Lady is very interested and will contact her in about two hours.  She looked like a nice lady, small like me and older, like me....So will leave the rest in Gods care.

The devotional was really interesting Pat and I confess to not thinking about The Reformation much the last few years.  Good to be reminded about these things and enjoyed the comments from others.

Agree that you need to rest more as I was beginning to think you only took catnaps rather than have real sleep.  Oh, thanks for posting my little pictures.  I have not done much painting lately and anything worthwhile was sold long ago.  Mostly do little pictures and plan to start getting serious again, when and if my Condo sells and I relocate.  Will pay Amanda to give me lessons now as she is far superior as an artist.

Cold today and growing colder.  -2C earlier and now about 10C.  Judy B. can explain that to dear Ria.

Must go now as all atwitter about stuff.  Will have to go back and read all the posts again as my mind seems to be more blank than usual.  God Bless.

Iain and Carol ~ I read that you were confused with my alphabet soup post and I had forgotten what I was talking about....must have been interesting to me, even...NOT!!!  So I went back to see.  I said...

QuoteWhew!  Another day of just now getting to post on NEM New Every Morning.  First of all, I discovered why I am so tired lately!!!  Well, the clock on my VCR Video Cassette Recorder in the living room was set for Daylight Savings and it went back an hour Sunday morn.  Indiana is always EST Eastern StandardTime.  So the VCR Video Cassette Recorder was CST Central Standard Time.  BUT (the word 'but' in capitals   )my bedroom clock was EST Eastern Standard Time.  I noticed when I went to bed last night that I thought it was after 11 by the VCR Video Cassette Recorder.  But when I went into the bedroom it was after 12.  So for 4 nights I have missed an hour of sleep.  My story and I am sticking to it.  

Are you more confused now?  I shall refrain from alphabet soup in the future.  I know how confused I am when I get updates from my retirement company.  

Seems that God is telling me to make different priorities.  This morning my phone rang and it was a girl friend from high school.  Wanted to know if I would like to go out for breakfast.  Sure!!!  So we met for breakfast.  Just before parting and returning for home she said..."Now I feel better.  Today is the third anniversary of Bob's death. " I feel blessed that she called me.  I know how that is...been there, done that.  Those anniversary are sometimes tough!  

Then when I got home, Ivalou had called me.  I called her back and she was pulling a Sonja on me.  She was really enthused/jazzed.  A friend brought her "The Purpose Driven Life".  She glanced through it last night and knows that the book came to her at just the right time.  Wow!  The power of the words in this book is doing remarkable things for people.  Giving them a purpose and knowing they are loved by God.

Anyway, here it is 1:30 p.m. in Indiana and I am just now posting on New Every Morning....no initials...

I am praying that everyone has a God Bless Day!!!

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"I know that there's a thin person inside me screaming to get out.  Unfortunately, she has trouble being heard through all this fat!"
Now this Ponder, I can really relate to!!!  Geesh!

Etta Sue - Sorry for the hassle sis. Did not mean to put you through it. You would get on well with my kids and the way that they type when send IM's.

CU L8R - DUh!! I think.

LOL

Pat...........

Some years ago I had an awful dizzy spell that knocked me for a loop and I was taken to emergency.  My doctor at that time prescribed "Anti-Vert" which stops the dizziness.  The same thing happened around a year ago and my doctor up here recommended "Anti-Vert", which no longer is in prescription form and you can buy it over the counter.  It's called Meclizine Hydrochloride, chewable tablets 25 mg. (Antiemetic).  The bottle also says: Prevents motion sickness.  I'm not saying this is a cure, it only helps when you are having a dizzy spell. Now go and see your doctor

Chris...........

Amen to yoru last two posts.


Rachelle..........

Remember this about "Flat" screens.  The warranty is much shorter.  I believe two years.  I have a friend who works at Staples and he recommended yesterday I not purchase one.