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Thanks Judy.  I knew the music for the chorus, but did not know how the verse went.  I love the words to that hymn.  They are very encouraging.

Anthony.

Carol I thought  had been here and posted  my website,  It's HERE There isn't much on it yet.

It is too cold  today to take the dogs out for their walks especially since Happy has been shaved down. Poor old dog has been cold, I put a sweatshirt on him yesterday and today he is wearing on of my T shirts. I have been trying to keep him here in the computer room where it is warmer than the rest of the house.

Janet you never did tell us the results of all those biopsies that Darrell had before he  went to Vegas. How did those turn out.

Larry sorry to hear you are still not feeling well.

I am trying to get  things done around here before I leave on Friday I still have to  get a card and Gift card for Forest. Gilbert said not to give him cash because he would go down the street and spend it on candy. Kmart is just about the only store we have in common, unless I went to Macy's of some of the mall stores. NOT!!!

I will be leaving for California  about noon thirty on Friday and arriving there about 4:30 or 5PM. I will be staying at Willa's while  I am there. I will return hom after church on Sunday. Hopefully I will be here by 6PM or  before.

Very windy here today - the car is packed and all we have to do is visit one last time with good friends then head out.  I cleaned as we packed so this place looks better than when we arrived - a very nice landlady though and we enjoyed visiting with her. 

Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday and we will miss service and sure do not think we will make it home by Friday night's service. 

Larry:  The retreat sounds very special and I imagine shrubs and flowers will be blooming in Georgia.  Enjoy your respite. 

Marilyn:  The Dream Frame is especially striking.   

Janet:  Sending prayers for you, Darell and Beth. 

Wishing all a blessed Easter. 

Thank you Carol.

Anthony, Thanks for letting me know that I am not alone.

Marilyn, Safe driving and enjoy your little vacation with the family

I went to see the Dr. yet again and he wants to see me again in 2 wks.

We have been having lovely weather, the small tomato plants were put out to enjoy the sun but looking at them it seems to be a little to early. Something I do not like doing, but I will put a plastic over on my dining room table and keep them in the only right spot in the house. Yes I will watch them grow.

About the nice sunny days in the sheltered areas there is still snow and a town not to far north of us still has ice on their large pond (shallow lake)

Janet It was wonderful of you to prepare a special breakfast for Beth but I bet you would do the same for any resident in need.

We never ask about your mom how is she these days?

Larry & Al, Do take care of yourselves.

Have a great evening.   Ruth

Marilyn, I guess you missed the post in which I praised God for Darrel's biopsies all being negative for cancer.  God is so good!  Enjoy your trip.

Ruth, yes, Beth still likes Mom's cooking.  And I do cook each resident's breakfast to order!  The other gals just fix them whatever they (cooks) choose, but  I take their coffee and water, and ask them what they feel like eating.  They all like it when I am on duty.    

Anthony, it is good you are getting another client as you finish with one.  I'm glad you enjoy your work.  I like "It is No Secret" too.  That is one I learned many years ago.

Larry, hope you had a nice visit with your cousin.  Even if a short one!

I finally got my second wind, but am sure glad I am not working every day.  I went and did another special scrapbook page today, this one for Easter.  Now I need some special photos to use on it.

I need to decide what else to cook to go with the spiral cut ham for Easter.  Diane, Jeff and Abby are coming, and I will go bring Beth out, too.

Good night, all!

Just a very quick 'hi before I go off to work.  Have a good day everyone.  See you later on in the day.

Anthony.

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I do not know how it was in your area but March came in like a lamb and went out the same way according to the news yesterday we had no snow fall in the month as well I know it was not that way in other areas.

As for today it is April fools day, a fun morning for the children to play little tricks, perhaps you tied your shoes in a knot or even forgot to wear your glasses.   

Now I must move on to do whatever needs done.      Ruth 

April Fool!!

What a busy morning.  Unproductive at the time.  I took movies on the Flash drive to upload at church and then they didn't work there.  So I came home to make a DVD of them.  It would almost be done burning and a window would come up saying...Unspecified Error.  I did burn one but it wouldn't work on a DVD player...only in a computer.  Then I discovered that the same movies wouldn't work on my Sunday Plus on my computer unless I would drag them to Sunday Plus instead of installing.  Hopefully that will work at church also. 

Ivalou has company...her daughter, Jo, is here from Ohio.  I went over to visit but they were gone!  Will check back later. 

I am mentally bushed right now.  I haven't even read my morning devotions yet! 

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A question was asked on Facebook, was the suffering of our Lord necessary?  Lets discuss that here.  Was it?  or would beheading, or a sword into the heart have sufficed?  I know what I believe....what do you believe.

Judy, re the question on Facebook, all I can say is,

Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

It had to be Crucifixion as it was the way God planned it.  Sometimes, it annoys me when questions like this are asked that suggest that maybe things could have been done differently but we must always remember that our God is a Perfect God and He planned it all and it's His way.  Through Christ's shed blood, we are gloriously saved...and there is no other way to get to Heaven.


Hello Everyone!

Life has been so difficult since last October when I injured my shoulder and arm.  I haven't been back to Virginia since Nov. 2 when I drove home with it.  Lots of doctors' visits, etc. but maybe it might be a wee bit better but not sure.  It's very painful to type.

It's so nice to read up on your posts and see what you are all doing.

Thanks Judy for the lovely hymns.  I've played them all!

Hello Pat, nice to hear from you but I am sorry about your injury.  I do pray that you will have a complete recovery.

It is good, I think, to question sometimes why things happen.  I am reading on the atonement at the moment .  Looking at it from one angle in particular, I can see why Christ had to die.  My crimes have been so severe that a God of Justice could do nothing else other than sentence me to death.  Although He is a God of mercy He could never undermine the law that condemns me.  So he sent Christ to die.  The law, that demands my death, is still upheld but because of His loving mercy He came Himself to take my punishment upon Himself.  This, really, is why Christ had to suffer.  When we really understand this it will cause us to serve Him out of love for all He has done for us.

I should be in bed now (must be up at 5.30am) but I cann't get to sleep.  I must try though, so God bless all and see y'all in the morning.

Anthony.

Anthony, you are working on Good Friday??

It's nice to read your posts.

Pat, I am working tomorrow, too.  Then will go back to the home to see their little hat parade and see whose hats won; then they are having a Good Friday program.

Anthony, I have to get up at 5 in order to be at work at 6, so I know how it feels!

When I really think of all Jesus suffered for me, it is so humbling and so hard to really take it in.  What a Savior!  What a God!  We could never, ever do anything to earn even a crumb of the mighty, overcoming love He sheds on us daily!  Thank you, Jesus!  Thank you, God!

I went to the store today, so think I have all the necessary ingredients for Sunday's dinner.  Diane's family doesn't often get to come, so it will be a treat having them here for a few hours.  Neither of the boys will get to be here, though.

And now I had better get myself to bed.  G'Night!

Goodnight, Janet!

Luvyu loads

Janet, Pat never said she luvd me loads    I am gutted 

I read this on a friends profile on Facebook, I thought I could share it here.

"Jesus came to earth, To show us how to live, How to put others first, How to love and how to give. He could have saved Himself, Calling angels from above, But He chose to pay our price for sin; He paid it out of love. Our Lord died on Good Friday, But the cross did not destroy His resurrection on Easter morn That fills our hearts with joy."

I am thankful that God has filled my heart with joy and taken away all of the misery.

Anthony.

 

Good morning everyone.  It's a beautiful sunny morning and the temperatures are supposed to get into the 70's by this afternoon!!!  Lots to do, so I'd better get to it.   

I called Pastor Steve about the movies that I finally got to work on my laptop and if he was going to be at the church last evening to call me and I would bring what I needed and we would make sure it works.  I also copied an installer for QuickTime.  I am glad because none of the movies worked there but when I installed QuickTime again, they worked!   Now we will have sound movies for tonight, sunrise service and Easter Sunday Service. 

Since I am fairly new at being a Christian...why is it called Good Friday when it was pain and suffering for our Christ before He died on the cross for the sins of mankind?  It was good for all of us but not for Christ.  Oh, he knew he was going to die for us...all God's plan.  But...why is it called 'Good Friday' today?  Also...where did the name 'Easter' come from?  Why not Resurrection Sunday?  Just wondering. 

I did get to visit with Jo and Lydia yesterday.  Always good to see Ivalou's family. 

The phone woke me this morning.  A classmate wanted to bring her 'All About Me' which should have been turned in March 31.  She lives about a block away and just found the time today to bring it to me.     And then she said 10am and it was almost 10:15...and then she was going to a funeral.  Dare I say that she procrastinates?

I have windows open.  I cleaned my air-purifier and my AC/Heat Pump filter.  Now I am all ready for a typical Indiana spring day...furnace on in the morning...turn it off...open windows and let the warm breezes in...then shut windows and turn on the A/C...all typical for Indiana!  And all in a 15 hour period!  I am more cold-natured this year so maybe I won't have to have the A/C on so early this year.   $$$ savings!!

Tonight is our Good Friday service at church.  Nothing else is planned.

My question about Easter, which nobody yet has answered to my satisfaction is this:  Didn't Jesus die on Thursday, rather than Friday?  Because the Word says He spent three days and three nights in the belly of the earth (tomb) and there are not three days and three nights between Friday afternoon and Sunday Morning.  Care to comment?

It doesn't really matter, except that I just wonder.  What matters is that Jesus suffered and died for my sins, shed His blood for me, and gave me life instead of death.  What a wonderful Savior!

Boy, I was beat after working five hours.  My feet hurt so much I would have cried if I'd thought it would help.  I took a couple Tylenol and rested a while, then got up, changed clothes and went to see the doctor who operated on my tongue.  He says it is doing really well and that the strange tingling sensation should go away in time.  Wants to see me in another month.

Then I went back to the care home for the hat parade.  It was fun; one Chaplain's husband sang "In Your Easter Bonnet" to the ladies, they gave prizes to the top three hats as they were judged.  Then Grace Baptist Church did a really nice Good Friday service for all of us.  They have a wonderful and talented group of young people who sang and played violins and bass violins and cellos.  Great service and I felt I'd been to church!    Then refreshments of cut-up fruit, cheese and crackers were served to everyone.

God bless you all.

Janet, the Apostle's Creed says "...On the third day, He rose again...".  Sunday would be the third day, counting Friday as the first day. 

  To late for coffee as I might have problems with sleep

Carol: About the e-mail our daughter forwarded it was just yesterday that hubby read it and his feeling was not to have any contact, yes there is much more to the story which is so very sad.  Is that not true of almost any situation?

Pat: Good seeing you posting but praying for your health.

Earlier in the day I phoned someone that lives near Barrie and I was able to give them news that they had not heard as yet, sad to say it was a planned break and enter not one of us would like to experience such a thing.

We have had a very lovely day.   

QuoteSince I am fairly new at being a Christian...why is it called Good Friday when it was pain and suffering for our Christ before He died on the cross for the sins of mankind?  It was good for all of us but not for Christ.  Oh, he knew he was going to die for us...all God's plan.  But...why is it called 'Good Friday' today?  Also...where did the name 'Easter' come from?  Why not Resurrection Sunday?  Just wondering.

Etta Sue, I heard the answer on the radio today, as I was driving to Yountville to see about Tom.  The pastor said "good" is an archaic form of the word "Holy" .. so it would be more correct to say Holy Friday ... This is considered the Holy Week, so that makes sense.

I am sorry for the brief post again.  I have read all of the messages and was interested to read the questions and answers about 'Good Friday' and Christ rising on the third day.  Thanks for that.

I've got tomorrow off, so I am chilling now and relaxing a bit.  I've got my Internet radio working - it was a doddle to set up.  I've got an Italian Gospel station and Transworld Radio in English.  I am enjoying it a lot.  The Italian station read from "una parola per oggi" which is the word for the day calendar that our church uses - amazing.

We had a business meeting at church yesterday. Although the congregation is only small, it has somehow managed to pay off 50% of the mortgage in only three years.  Everyone was astounded when the accountant read it out.  The Lord really does provide.

Anyway, God bless and look forward to reading everyone's posts later on.

Anthony.

GOD IS SO GOOD!!!  Just a couple of hours after I had posted my question, I watched Hal Lindsay's program, and he talked about that very thing!!  God will answer our sincere questions!  The verse about three days and three nights is found in Matthew 12:38-40.  The reason we have assumed that the crucifixion was on Friday was because of the Sabbath.  Well, it was Passover, and Friday was a Sabbath, the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  Then Saturday was the regular Sabbath, so they had two Sabbaths, back-to-back.  The crucifixion really WAS on THURSDAY!!  That question has niggled at me for so many years, and the answer is so simple!  I had heard it explained about the Jews counting a day as from 6 AM to 6 PM, etc., but none of it really made sense, and now I finally KNOW.  Thank you, God!!

Jeanne, what you said accounts for the days, but where is the third night?  Do you see why I was troubled by this?

Anthony, glad to hear you got your Christian radio stations you wanted.  You will enjoy those.

I will do all I can for dinner tomorrow today, then it will be easy to finish it up after church tomorrow.

I wish you all a blessed Easter, full of thanksgiving for what Jesus did for us.

Good Friday service was very touching.  We had prayer then sang songs appropriate for Good Friday.  Our theme for the sermons the last few weeks have been 'Do You See It?'  We saw a video of Christ carrying the cross through the streets.  Saw Him being beaten.  Saw Him being nailed to the cross.  Saw Him being hung on the cross.  Saw Him dying on the cross.  Saw the pain that His loved ones had when He died.  Saw Him taken down from the cross and His mother cradling Him in her arms crying.  Then we listened to music as images taken from 'Passion of the Christ' were put on the overhead screen.  The minister gave a short sermon and then we had communion.  We were told after the final prayer that we were dismissed but to leave the church quietly and not talk much until we were outside.  Very touching.  Quite an impression to 'see it'. 

Today it is cloudy and gloomy.  Windy.  Only 58° right now.  Not much planned for today.  About the same as tomorrow. 

I plan to go to Sunrise Service and then the elders prepare breakfast for everyone.  Then come home and change clothes and get Ivalou and go back to church.  I will bring her back home since she is going to her son's for Easter.  I don't know what I will do.  I don't have any dinner plans as of yet.  I may go back to town for some fast food instead of finding something here. 

Holidays are sad for this widow.

Why a cross and not some other form of death?  One answer, one I believe is most touching, is that crucifixion was at that time considered to be the worst possible punishment, the cruelest possible death.  It was reserved for those considered the worst possible individuals.  Jesus our Lord took the place of the worst of the worst - those least deserving mercy, most deserving wrath.  He did this so that none could say they were too undeserving, to sinful, too deserving of death.  His mercy reaches ALL!