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Morning Devotional...Psalm 53This psalm is exactly like Psalm 14, except that the Hebrew word for "God" is different in verse 2. In Psalm 14, the word was "Jehovah," meaning "the covenant Lord" of Israel. In that psalm the verse read, "God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek the covenant Lord." Here it reads, " . . . who seek God." The question of Psalm 14 was whether anyone was seeking Israel's Covenant Lord. The question here is whether anyone is even seeking the one true God. The answer is still "no."
We could paraphrase, "Not only are there very few Christians out there in the world, but there are very, very few who even consider the possibility of a God at all."
It's not a happy theme. It seems reasonable that this portion of the psalm would be sung in a very minor key, possibly with accompanying dissonance. It's a dismal picture of dismal world, a world of total unbelief, a world that hates believers and seeks to be rid of them!
The results of such a world are predictable. The song has to say about it, "They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good!" It reads the way the headlines of our modern newspapers should read if they were entirely truthful! It's a prediction from ancient times of the development of human depravity in our own day, with all the rampant political corruption, all the demands for homosexual "rights," all the schoolground shootings, and all the releases of dangerous criminals from prison to prey upon society again and again.!
Our own prayers should echo those of Israel: "Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!" If you can tolerate the evil that surrounds the people of God in our day, if you can simply ignore the corruption that has been foisted upon God's good creation, if you can easily ignore the rebellion against God's rule that is all around you - without crying out a prayer like this one for the return of Christ, for release and relief from the rebellion of this world against God - then perhaps He isn't your God at all!
But if He is our God, then should we not sing this prayer in its minor key and plead for the soon return of the Lord of righteousness?
But we have a better way . . .
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Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness (http://christianphotographers.com/sounds/germany.mp3)
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Author: Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760
Trans. By John Wesley, 1703-1791
Musician: William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom
decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10
Jesus, your blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
Bold shall I stand in that great day,
Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;
For by your cross absolved I am
From sin and guilt, from fear and shame.
Lord, I believe your precious blood,
Which at the mercy seat of God
Pleads for the captives’ liberty,
Was also shed in love for me.
Lord, I believe, were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
You have for all a ransom paid,
For all a full atonement made.
When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
This then shall be my only plea:
Christ Jesus lived and died for me.
Then shall I praise you and adore
Your blessed name forevermore,
Who once, for me and all you made,
An everlasting ransom paid.
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Al: Thanks for the song - the piano music sounded familiar when I heard it. Yes, too much is tolerated and accepted in so many churches. Love the sinner, hate the sin.
One of our sons recently told us that he won't go to a Best Buy store anymore because they won't have Christmas in their word but that the word Holiday is used.
And if they won't even use the word "Christmas" (which is the name for a Roman Catholic special mass day), what would they do with the words "Christ's birth?" Surely they would ban that! But if they were words from the Koran, they'd probably accept them.
Thanks, Al. I do have other keyboards, but this is my laptop giving th trouble. I'm off to work, back later.
Hi everyone. It wasn't quite as hot here this morning and think the humidity is down. However, by afternoon suppose to be up to about 94. The only thing on my schedule today is to attend my Monday men's luncheon. We are going to the fairly new Asian buffet that has about 6 different long food bars. I have to be really careful not to eat too much.
Yesterday morning, before church, I was able to do the restore to factory condition of our daughter's computer that had a miserable virus attack. Then yesterday afternoon and this morning I am working on getting various programs uninstalled and installed. I didn't have a firewall on it so put that on plus various spyware and malware type programs that will hopefully prevent this from happening again. I am also installing a few other programs that she might need.
Janet, it sounds like there is a problem with the keyboard contacts on your laptop keyboard. They can get stuck so that they don't work. Has it been a year since you got that computer? If not, it should still be under warranty. It doesn't sound like a software problem but rather a hardware problem.
Al, thanks for the fine devotional for this week and the hymn.
Time to get back to the other computer project.
Hello all,
I haven't been on here in a while. I've been having issues from computer, to eyesight, to vacation, to just being plain busy. I hope you're all doing well. We"re about to start our 16th. year of homeschooling. My youngest is starting 11th. grade. The planning keeps me busy this time of year. My oldest daughter's full length movie premieres in two weeks, and we are all very excited about that. You can read more about the movie and view the trailers here...http://www.freewebs.com/akbproductions/onmyown.htm
My eyes continue to make photography more difficult for me, especially the outdoor which is what I love! The need to upgrade my equipment to make focusing and other issues easier for me grows more and more immediate, but the finances just aren't there right now. Please continue to pray for me.
That's it for now, I suppose. Take care, friends. Blessings, Kathleen
Kathleen: The movie has to be a hit - it my birthday! Nice pictures of everyone. You are so positive and a roll model for someone facing adversity - hugs to you & prayers as well.
Larry: That Asian buffet sounds really good to me right now since I haven't planned "What's for dinner?".
Marilyn: I see that the Random Image shows Bebe at 9 years of age - Is she slowing down a bit? One of our daughter's dogs (Gigi) has a blood disorder of some type that is making her really destructive when she has never been - hyper too. It is so strange & she is hard to live with right now. I hope they find out what is wrong.
We are watching weather - must go to a store & everyday is a wild storm in the afternoon. Heavy rain & hail. Oh, Colorado. The mornings are beautiful but then, be aware.
Bebe is slowing down a little bit but not much. She goes to bed by herself around 6:30
I went to the doctor today everything is fine I have my Mammo the 19th and don't go back to see him for a year unless something comes up. He changed my inhaler again this time to Spireva which is once per day.
I'm Home......so are John and Kassie.
We had a wonderful time, vacationing and with Pat. She has taught me a lot.
We are tired, and looking forward to our beds.
Have a great evening/night I will read all the posts tomorrow!
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Busy day! Just got here home from Guild. Great time.
Diane came at 8:30am to work on the photos for the church. We had lunch and finally got done around 3pm. 14 hours of work and 124 photos. But we are done. Then I was at Kitty's at 4pm to go out to eat and then to Guild.
I hope to go swimming tomorrow. (^)^(^)(^)^(^)(^)^(^)(^)^(^)(^)^(^)(^)^(^)(^)^(^)(^)^(
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Hi, friends, I'm peeking in and leaving a "placemarker" for me. Tomorrow's a really busy day, so will return as quickly as I can.
Much love to all.
Ruth Ann
Yawn....I am so sleepy. Very little sleep last night, up early to work, now I am home again. This is the pits! I will try to avoid taking a nap today and see if that helps. Phooey.
Judy, the only thing I see wrong with yours and Pat's visit is, it was too short!
Must go, still have sticky keys! :ticked:
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Whew! Photo Guild was great...what awesome photos.
I forgot to tell you that our Sunday sermon was on Heaven. No one knows what heaven will be like or what it looks like...we just know we want to go there and know we won't be disappointed. Rev. Steve said when you look at a sunset or sunrise and think how awesome, spectacular, colorful, amazing and beautiful it is, to remember that is the bottom side of Heaven. We can't imagine what the other side of the sunset or sunrise could possibly be but we just know it will be more perfect than that sunrise or sunset! WOW!
This morning, I got routine things done and went swimming by myself. I swam 36 laps...900 yards. No walking laps. Then since I am always hungry after swimming I went to McD's and then to WalMart for cat food and some items for this weekend's family get-together and Euchre at Ivalou's next Tuesday.
I have showered and gotten the chlorine out of my hair and body. Now doing some laundry...seems like I just did laundry!
It has been rumbling thunder all day but no rain yet. 94° though! And always humid in Indiana. Glad I am in for the day! @_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@_@
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You are right it was too short. I may be going back down around the middle of September, that is IF Pat is up north!
I had a busy day but not too much accomplished. I went to the sewing store and found out that my serger is no longer on the market it seems another company bought them out. I have to return next week to check on getting repairs when the store owners return from France.
I visited with Sue at her place of employment as it was on part of my travels long enough to say hello and be on my way. Earlier I had baked blueberry muffins, again on my way home I dropped a couple off for my aunt to enjoy oh yes I must say the Sue got some as well.
Hello to everyone Ruth
A question for the photographers out there. Why is it when you crop a picture it goes out of focus?
Had a busy day, to 2 different local towns, and back home. Kass and I enjoyed our travels. It was blistering hot with the humidity, so Kass went for a quick dip in the river.
Home for a quiet evening, and computer work to be done. Heading to bed with a good book soon.
Hey, friends, I'm in and mighty tired tonight.
I played piano and sang for the devotions service downstairs, which took up the morning. Then back to my apartment to get a form from the internet and print it out. NATURALLY :( the printer got a page stuck, so that took extra time and concentration. Finally got it fixed well enough to print just the pages I need to send in.
Ate a quick refrigerator-review meal, then took a blind friend to the eye doctor. Since she goes to work at 6:30 am, she's ready for her supper much earlier than I am. That precipitated a stop by a nice hamburger place.
Brought her home, filled out that form, called the office and learned I can scan it and attach the scan to an email, thus keeping me from having to take it to the office.
Next, learned that the Rx had finally been okayed by my doctor, so drove 10 miles to the pharmacy to pick it up.
Then, hurried to our seniors' bible study at church.
Now, I'm here with y'all. whew!
Y'all have a great rest, and then a wonderful day tomorrow.
Ruth Ann
Ruth Ann You are retired you are supposed to slow down??? I know dad always said her was busier after her retired. He wondered how he found time to work!
Judy B - The only thing I can come up with at the moment as to why when you crop a photo, it loses focus is that it might be losing quality. If you crop a photo to a really small portion (for example, you take a picture of a lion that's far away and then just crop the image to look at the eye) and try to make it large, in some cases (depending on the amount of megapixels and how large you are wanting the shot), the photo will look pixelated or out of focus in some ways. I might be barking up the wrong tree, so I apologize if I didn't help much!
As for my week, it's been rather exciting. I just joined this forum, which I was so thankful to find! I've been on the phone quite a bit with my college in an attempt to sort out some financial aid issues. I just finished reading the book Isolation by Travis Thrasher and I've started a new book. My husband and I have started a bible study in John as of yesterday and that's going well.
However, things are really starting to pick up. Last year we (husband and myself) hosted an event called The Cross Valley Revolution (a 5-day revival) that was really hard on us financially and in some ways, spiritually. We're thinking about doing it again this year, but we only have til next month (the event is in November) to raise the funds, set up all the bands and book speakers. It's a bit rough, but I'm sure things will pull through! We had Seventh Day Slumber as one of our bands last year and the lead singer, Joseph Rojas, had an AMAZING testimony and around 300 - 400 people were saved that evening. If you haven't heard of him or his testimony, I highly recommend looking it up :)
VisualCatalyst, I was wondering about that. Yet some of our photographers can do that kind of crop and not loose the focus. Mystery to me!
Got to go out and pick beans again! Getting weary of beans!
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I have probably spent 12 hours out of the last 20 hours working on the pictures for the 150th Celebration at church. At 2am I finally conquered a 'movie'. Then up at 8am and made a Power Point Presentation that can be loaded right into Sunday Plus which is our projector program at church. I saved it as a Presentation, not a Slide Show. But Sunday Plus kept saying it was not a .ppt file. I finally renamed it to xxxxxx.ppt and it worked!! I have the movies on CD's and the Presentations (one is 6.35 minutes, the other is 8.44minutes) on Flash...and a folder with photos on them that could be played as a Slide Show also. Covered all bases.
Then today, I went to the bank and took my cans to fill with gas for the mowers! Two mowers now! And I topped the car tank also. Then I decided to have pizza at Pizza King. The sky was black to the northwest and lightening and just as I opened the car door to go into Pizza King, the sky opened! Looked like Niagara Falls out there! But it stopped raining before I left and the sun is shining now!!
That's my day. A great day so far and I am praying that you all have a great day also!^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+^+
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Hello, friends! Hey! I took a leaf from Etta Sue's book, did a system restore back to about 10 days ago, and it seems to have remedied the skipping letters problem! Praise God! That makes me happy. Now I can chatter away at you. (Doesn't that make your day? ;))
This is a great day for me. I was SO happy to not have to be up and out and at work by 6 AM. I got up a bit after 6, went for a mile walk while it was nice and cool, home to watch Joyce Meyer, then stripped the bed; did three loads of laundry; put the hem back in a pair of Darrel's dress pants (been procrastinating on that!) helped Darrel try to start the big compressor he used to fill scuba tanks, then helped him get it pulled out and hitched to the pickup, so he could take it to town for repairs; then helped him get it backed back into place when he got back. Went into my crafting/painting room and made several cards, got all clothes folded, hung, and put away. And just generally enjoyed being HOME. And that was all before noon! :D
I stopped by here to greet all of you, now I am off to see what else I can get into today!
Jeanne managed to get on line today. Check the link in Prayer and Praise. Also she posted in the challenge. It will take her a bit to get back to full strength. Lets continue to pray for full strength.
Peas are half picked, and there are 6 1/2 rows of beans to get to. Boy is it ever hot out there. Kass is working on yellow beans.... we are about beaned out. it is only half the job, the picking. then comes the cleaning and freezing.
Must go.
Hi everyone. I haven't had time to visit here for a couple of days.
Yesterday I had a commitment that took up the morning and then headed to our daughter's apartment. The batteries in her wheelchair were failing after four months. I had to remove them and take them to Batteries Plus to be checked, which showed they were failing. They had a one year replacement warranty so they gave me to two new batteries. I hurried back to her apartment and installed them. The only problem I had was getting up from having to be on the floor to work on the wheelchair. Getting old! I then headed home and got here about 6 pm, took a quick shower, ate dinner and we headed out to pick up friends to go to another friend's home to play dominos. Needless to say I was really tired by the time we got home.
Today we resumed our Wednesday morning Bible study with our pastor, where we started the study of the Gospel of John. We then went to Dunkin' Donuts and at noon to the nearly restaurant for lunch. I left from there and went to my dental appointment and had two teeth filled, which took about 90 minutes. Stopped at the library for a few minutes and came home and took a short nap. Now I have to leave in about 10 minutes to go to choir practice. Sure hope tomorrow is a quieter day.
Pat saw the dentist yesterday and had her teeth cleaned and learned she has an abscessed tooth that she needs to have removed as soon as possible. So we see the dental specialist tomorrow about that. This is going to be another year of large dental bills.
Janet, I remember hearing of another situation where a restore corrected a keyboard problem. In fact, think I had that happen one time where the keys produced the wrong letters. However, didn't think of that as a solution until you mentioned it. Glad it corrected the problem and you can now type away.
Read all the messages but not time to comment to everyone tonight. Headed off to choir.
It seems that everyone had a much busier day than I had although hubby and I went to 3 different towns but the one farthest away was the one we had to go to the others we stopped for a short visit as they were on our way home. We took 2 different routes taking note of the mileage and when we checked only l mile difference, so now we know.
Judy: Beans and more beans is a bother but think ahead to the winter. We have a little patch and we are enjoying them very much. We also had a tomatoe from our garden this evening for dinner.
The update notices will not leave me alone so the best solution is to finish here and return tomorrow. Have a wonderful evening.
Ruth I have 75 bags of beans in the freezer...with a lot more coming!
This has been another sweltering day. Working in the garden was brutal. Ohh to be back at Sabal Beach!
Heading to bed
See y'all tomorrow
Hi, friends, Isn't it great that we can welcome a NEW FRIEND! VisualCatalyst, this is a wonderful group. Oh, hes, while we have that cuppa each day with friends, we also consume totally calorie-free concoctions that in real life would be forbidden. :)
Jeanne, it's so good to begin hearing your voice again. Still praying for you as you recover.
It's been another of those busy days, pant, pant, so, tomorrow's gonna be a "me" day. I hope to do absolutely NOTHING!
G'nite, friends,
Ruth Ann
How can hope for the future help me live today?
What we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later. For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Against its will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse. All creation anticipates the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. And even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has promised us. Now that we are saved, we eagerly look forward to this freedom. For if you already have something, you don't need to hope for it. But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently.
Romans 8:18-25 NLT
"Everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will have eternal life."
Matthew 19:29 NLT
Facing trials
We have strength and courage to face the trials of this life because we can look beyond them to the glory that God has in store for us. We know the sacrifices we make now will be rewarded by God.
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When in doubt, restore the system! That seems to be the fix. It works but it doesn't let you know what was wrong so if it is your doing, you may do it again.
Today is my class lunch....we are going to Art's Pizza where they have a buffet. Art's Pizza was the first pizza pie place in our area way back in the '50's! So good and one bite told me, 'Yes, this is Art's pizza!'
Tomorrow Kitty and I are planning on leaving real early for the State Fair. I have no idea when I will be back but if I am back in time, I want to mow the grass since Saturday is our family outing back in the woods! So I probably won't be on CP tomorrow! + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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Hi everyone. Ruth Ann I am like you and was happy to have today with nothing much on the schedule. Pat and I are going to go to Chili's for lunch in a little bit. Then this afternoon I will take her for a 2 pm appointment with the oral surgeon. I doubt that he will pull the tooth today but if he does we won't have to worry about dinner tonight having had a big lunch. If he doesn't, Pat still won't have to make a big dinner. I seldom eat dinner when I have gone out for lunch.
Judy, it sounds like you will be eating a lot of beans this winter. What type beans are these. My mother used to can a lot of green beans and we would have them all year long until the next crop.
Ruth, I have often thought I should check the mileage with a couple of routes we drive often to see if there is any significant difference. It sounds like you enjoyed your visit to the three different towns.
Larry I am so beanned out it isn't funny. We have green, yellow and purple. The purple are my favourite, they are tender and turn dark green when cooked. I am beginning to pull plants, the ones that don't have bloom or small beans on. I figure one more picking. We have one more picking of peas, and one more of green and yellow beans.
I have suffered with the heat today. Came in flushed and elevated heart rate. I am being ordered by Heather to stay inside. I think I will have a shower and cool off more.
For sure beans are a lot of work! We haven't had even one "mess" of fresh beans this summer. Don't have a garden, either, except for a few tomato plants in pots. And I agree on the heat, it is awful! About 104 here today, phew.
Larry, glad the batteries for the chair were still under warranty, as they are quite expensive. Sorry you and Pat are having dental problems, hope they are soon remedied.
I worked today, was getting ready to leave around 10, and discovered I was on the schedule until 1:30. It was a rather difficult day, and I am trying to keep from feeling down about it. I really should quit. :-\
I think I will go 'play' in my craft room a while, that should cheer me up.
Hi, Ruth! Hi, Etta Sue!
The new Challenge has now been posted. See the details HERE (http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=10499.new#new).
Hi, folks, a bit of a pain-to-live-through day - stuck with someone who whined several hours, and then lotsa pain and swelling, as well as foot cramps in the foot with the broken toe.
So, I came home to my cool cave, and vegged out the rest of this evening.
Ah, well, as Lamentations tells us, our wonderful Lord prepares a new day for us that is a fresh hope for life on that new day. It's so wonderful not only to know of, but to EXPERIENCE His daily faithfulness to us.
Great is His faithfulness.
Love to everyone,
Ruth Ann
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I woke up 5 minutes before the alarm. I am all ready to go to the fair. We are taking our swimsuits in case it gets too hot for us. We will go swimming, no doubt. I am sitting here in my cool living room glistening!! I took a letter to the mailbox...it is soooo humid out! And it is to be 97 degrees....hottest day so far!
Oh, well! As long as I don't have to go anywhere in an ambulance, it will be a great day! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord; point out the right road for me to follow.
Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.
Psalm 25:4-5 NLT
Pay attention and grow wise, for I am giving you good guidance. Don't turn away from my teaching.
Proverbs 4:1-2 NLT
I will teach you wisdom's ways and lead you in straight paths. If you live a life guided by wisdom, you won't limp or stumble as you run.
Proverbs 4:11-12 NLT
Facing options
Sometimes we're faced with several options, and we don't know which way to go. In Psalm 25, David asked God for guidance. Perhaps he remembered when, as a shepherd boy, he had to show the right path to his sheep who were wandering away. Just as he knew which path would lead to safety for his sheep, God knew the path that would lead to everlasting life. Just as those sheep that looked to him for direction were in the least danger, so David knew he needed to look to God for direction.
Today, God still leads us by his truth—his written Word and his Spirit, which helps us to understand it. Are you not sure which path to take? Pray as David did and read what God has already said in his written Word. He will show the right road to follow.
Hi everyone. It seems like 100+ here today but I just checked and it is 90 but the humidity must be very high. We went to walk at the gym this morning and was only able to walk 6 rounds before I was so breathless I needed to sit down and rest. I then walked only 4 more laps and called it a day.
Pat did get her tooth pulled yesterday and the dentist had a hard time getting it out as one of the roots had grown around the bone. She said he really had to apply a lot of pressure. She isn't feeling too good today but is sitting in the family room now and just had some tomato soup. Think she plans on having a toasted cheese sandwich this evening as it suppose to eat things that are not hard. She has pain medication and is taking penicillin for the infection. That is enough to make a person not feel well.
I had a commitment for this morning but fortunately it was canceled so am able to stay in the rest of the day.
Ok Praying for you and Pat, Larry.
Judy B: I thought you loved the hot weather no matter the temp.
In the summer we are constantly complaining of the extreme heat and when winter arrives we will do the same about the cold.
I have been out most of the day with my aunt, I am almost certain that she is in a better state of physical repair than myself which brings me here saying that I am glad to be home. Grocery shopping was the main item for us along with lunch which is usual, we generally go to Wal Mart for the groceries and Swiss Chalet for lunch, and now I will have to go to another store as they Wal Mart does not carry Shredded Wheat (the pillow type) Muffets yes both are made by different company's I find this frustrating as I very much like the idea of one store does all.
The afternoon is coming to a close and I will be heading to a shady spot outside to read for a while.
Ruth I do love the heat. I was just out in the humidity too long, and that was the problem.
I had a trip to Orillia today and am finally back home. It was wonderful having the windows open and driving in comparative coolness. JOhn will be home soon, So I am getting off for tonight.
Hi, friends, it's likely I won't be back for a few days. I have a couple of granddaughters who are to be baptized Sunday, and if God allows, I would like to be there to praise his name.
Ruth Ann
Hi everyone. It is a misty and cool morning here. We had quite a bit of rain in two different downpours yesterday. We lost our power for about 30 minutes each time. I think more of the same is in store for today.
I have decided to stay home the rest of the day. Think I just need a couple of days of not running a lot once in a while and just resting. I do want to be able to go to church tomorrow. Pat is still feeling the effects of having her tooth pulled but had a good nights sleep. I brought her something from McDonald's for her breakfast.
Ruth Ann, hope you are able to attend the baptizes of your granddaughters. It is a special family time.
Judy, glad to see you had a safe trip yesterday and that the weather was cooler for you.
Ruth, it is kind of you to take your aunt shopping and out to eat. I am sure she appreciates and enjoys the time spent with you.
Hi, Jeanne. <3
I'm just here for a minute to check in and see what everyone is up to.
Judy, I'm praying for you today. In fact, I'll do it right now after I get of the computer, and again during the day.
Larry, yes to the resting! We don't do enough of that. You deserve it.
Have a blessed day........let God love you. :)
Thank you for praying. Love you all.
I had the opportunity to sleep in today. Got up just before Kassie and John came home. John came in with the words..."You aren't going to like this but beans are ready to be picked!" I think we will give them away, if no where else to the food bank. We have enough for 2 bags a week in the freezer. We will be pulling the plants this time.
Must run...literally!!!!
Paul points the way
On the Sabbath [Paul and Barnabas] went to the synagogue for the services. After the usual readings from the books of Moses and from the Prophets, those in charge of the service sent them this message: "Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for us, come and give it."
[After recounting God's plan from Moses to Jesus, Paul said] "Brothers, listen! In this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins. Everyone who believes in him is freed from all guilt and declared right with God—something the Jewish law could never do. Be careful! Don't let the prophets' words apply to you. For they said, 'Look you mockers, be amazed and die! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn't believe even if someone told you about it.'"
Acts 14:13-41 NLT
About this week's promise
Have you ever had a guilty feeling about something? Perhaps you did something wrong and felt guilty about it. Perhaps you have magnified the feeling of guilt beyond the "wrongness" of the act that precipitated the guilty feeling. Or perhaps you feel justly guilty for a sin, and you don't know what to do about it. The best way to relieve justifiable guilt is to confess the sin to God and ask him to forgive you. Forgiveness is the only cleansing agent that can remove both guilt and a guilty feeling about a sin.
We went to the local Farmers' Market this morning. I picked up three nice tomatoes and a handful of "no heat" jalapeno peppers, and the total was almost $10.00!! Yikes! :yikes: I could hardly believe it!
I have apricots cooking, those I got from my daughter about a week ago. They kept well in the refrigerator, so I am "putting them up" today.
I helped Darrel load scuba tanks this morning. Those babies are HEAVY--80# each. I carred two the first trip, then just one from then on. I can pick them up using one hand on the valve and the other under the bottom pretty easily, but carrying one in each hand by the valves hurts my hands. He is teaching a scuba class this afternoon, and again tomorrow afternoon.
Ruth, I often wish I had someone who would enjoy going places with me, also out to eat. Most of my friends are really just acquaintences, only a very few qualify as real friends. And I am blessed to have them. I am not complaining, just commenting. For a lot of years I considered them all friends, but have learned the difference.
Yes, Larry, please do take it easy.
I have been thinking a lot lately about how close the coming of Jesus for His church is. Just watching the news or reading a paper confirms that our time here is short indeed. I am so thankful to know the Lord, but want many more to come to Him before that day.
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Kitty and I got to the State Fairgrounds around 8:45am. First thing we did was purchase a wrist band to ride the shuttle. Senior citizens can do that and ride as many times as they want around the fair. We walked. We sat. We ate. We drank. We rode. We left around 3 something and went to the new Hobby Lobby in Carmel. We walked some more!
Then we went to Subway in Lapel. I ate my dinner while Kitty had a coke. Bob and her were going out to eat around 7:30pm. Then I took her home and came home. I changed clothes and mowed my lawn. THEN looked at the temperature...94°. Not a dry stitch on me. A cool shower felt so good!
I was so tired I went to bed at 10pm but also too tired to go to sleep! Seems every position I tried, I would get a cramp or a 'stitch'. I finally took an ibuprofen. My best sleeping though was between 7am and 9am.
Then up with another shower...this time washing my hair. Breakfast. Baked some Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies. Chopped 2 onions for the dogs and brats. Kept all the dishes washed up. Read my morning devotions and ate a fried egg sandwich! Tony is coming around 2-2:30 to start the fire in the woods. He likes to cook dogs and brats over hot coals instead of a blazing fire. I called Kaye Don to see if the toilet needed cleaned...cobwebs and bug sprayed...and if we need to take back water to prime the pitcher pump but had to leave a message. And praying that it doesn't rain on our 6th FROGGS picnic in the woods!
We will still have a great time!! Thank you, God, for friends and family!(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)
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We were out most of the day. Bought Cauliflower and broccoli, enough for freezing. I had a bag of rhubarb, it is now in the freezer. Our freezers are filling up. One is really small, apartment size, the other is a chest freezer. And I have even more beans to do. Anyone want some beans?
I am tired and going to bed.
Night all!
I would love some beans, Judy. Unfortunately, they would either cook or wilt before they got here in this heat.
I have to work today from 6 to 1:30. I do not like to work on Sunday, but will help out this time. Must go!
Hi everyone. After spending about 12 hours in bed last night I am up and ready to go to church in an hour. Pat will not go this morning as still recovering from the tooth extraction. She is doing better so maybe by tomorrow she will feel like doing something again.
I used my heat pad on my back last evening and it really helped. Sitting in my easy chair was not comfortable so about 8:30 just went to bed and watched TV. We are really enjoying our new bed and it is so nice to be able to adjust the positions.
After church I have nothing else on my schedule for today. Just hoping the back ache doesn't return. It is not structural and I have to wonder if it might be weather related as have been having a lot of wet and damp weather the last couple of days.
Nita, I don't know about deserving to rest but do it anyway. Nice to see you posting.
Judy, you must have a big garden with all the canning and freezing you do. Do you freeze most of the beans? My mother used to can the green beans but froze a lot of other things. Eventually they got rid of the big chest freezer and got a much smaller one. Mother always kept a rug on top of the freezer so it wouldn't be marred by sitting something on it. I know that fact isn't very important but it sure brought back a nice memory of my mother this morning.
Janet, those scuba tanks sound like they are very heavy. Hope you don't have a tough day working today. Friends are wonderful and I am very fortunate to have my coffee drinking friends, our church friends, and my Monday men's luncheon group of friends and a considerable group of others. I also have a couple of very close friends. I also have a large group of folks from the Internet that I consider friends because the bonds we make become pretty strong as we talk to each other and pray for each other.
Etta Sue, hope your family get together today is a great joy and well attended and that you don't get rained out. Being able to ride the shuttle sounds wonderful. There is no way I will ever attend another fair or event with a lot of walking. Those days are behind me. It sounds like you and your friend had a great time.
QuoteI picked up three nice tomatoes and a handful of "no heat" jalapeno peppers, and the total was almost $10.00!! Yikes! yikes I could hardly believe it!
Janet that is one expensive Farmers Market. I got 9 tomatoes and a whole pound of mixed lettuce for $8.00 at our Farmers Market.
We have been to Walmart and now I think I will go to TV church.
It is time to start a new week on Christian Photographers. Let's pray it is a cooler week...okay?
A nice cool devotions is here (http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=10514.msg153831#msg153831).