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Psalm 8:6-8.  "You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands.  You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen - even the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas."

Plainly stated, these verses tell us that mankind is special - lord of the earth and ruler of nature.  He's capable of beautifying it or of destroying it.

Unfortunately for creation, Adam - along with all the rest of us - failed.  The earth is indeed showing the effects of that failure, and it would be easy to assume a dismal conclusion for everything.

But that's not God's purpose!  There is one Man Who did not fail!  God says of that Man that "He must reign until He (God the Father) has put all enemies under His feet. (1 Cor. 15:25)  The "enemies" are all that oppose God's glorious purpose.  They're all going to be placed under the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ!

If you are even now bowing at His feet and calling Him Lord, then you will see and welcome Him at His final coming to rule and reign! (Rev. 20:6)  You will experience the true and final triumph of man in the eternal triumph of your Lord Jesus Christ!  (see also Rom. 18-21)
Al Moak

Oh, I love that chorus, Al!  I have it playing here now as I type.

Thanks also for the good devotional this evening.

Who's Thankful?

Can you take any photos of things, people, items, places that you are thankful for?

Let's see them in the Challenge!

Pat:  I am thankful for the beautiful music I could listen to this morning - thanks to Al!

This house is in a wild state right now as we took everything out of the kitchen and new cabinets arrive today - that doesn't mean that we will get them put up today or this week - we hope to find out today when the kitchen work begings. 

Carol

Carol, I don't wish anything bad upon you, but I must admit - I'm glad it's you, not me!  I'm gettin' too old for that sort of thing!  May our Father bless you with strength and patience!

Carol, are you doing the work yourself or is someone else doing it for you?  We are going to gut our kitchen sometime in January and hope to do it ourselves (Oh joy!  )  Terry seems to think he can have it finished in a weeks time. 

He seems to be doing better spiritually and physically, and I appreciate all the prayers sent in his behalf.  Y'all are a great group of people and even though I don't post every day, I really enjoy reading about everyone and the things you all are doing.

I'm still working on my new camera and have taken lots of pictures of my kids, but they are not all that good.

Bless you all,

Samantha

Good Morning I see we have changed the title to Thoughts for the Week from NEM. I like that.

Carol winter time and not Abe to use your kitchen, oh my. How are you preparing your meals?

Good devotional Al thanks.

Today I am not  going to work out until around noon. I am going to clean the Stockwell's house today instead of last Friday, after my Tai Chi class., then go workout, I have to d some vacuuming in my own hose today since I didn't do it on Saturday.

See y-all later.

Hello everyone! I don't know how many of you remember me but I am Trisha.  I haven't been on the site in awhile because I have been busy with my son Daniel (aka Danny) husband Jacob and the one to be expected (we believe it to be a girl). Want to know anymore just ask.
Have a wonderful day
Trisha

Hi, Trisha!  I remember you!  So number two is on the way.  Do you have any photos to post of your new family?  When is that little believed to be a girl due?  Oh, I am glad you stopped in! 

Not much on the home front today.  Not envying Carol and the mess in her house.  I have messy enough house at it is. 

It was cold walking the trash to Kaye Don's drive today.  I don't like wishing my life away but I wish it were March and winter was over.  Snow is beautiful if you are on the inside looking out!  But I think I would take mowing to shoveling any day!

Hi, Trisha.  It's good to see you again.   I'm sure you're busy.  I know when I know when my kids were still kids and home, I was really busy.   

Speaking of Bible versions.  I was "raised" on the Living version.  I didn't meet Jesus until I was 40.  My kids had gotten me a Bible not too long before.  I can't remember if I'd asked for one, or they were just desperate, but they gave me the Living Bible version.  I devoured the Words as I fell in love with Jesus.  Mostly I devoured the Words as He poured His love into me.  I marked, highlighted, cried over, caressed, kissed, and hugged the Words written in my green padded Bible.  This was all before I'd ever been to church, and with no Christian friends.  I've often said that I think, at that time, and in my innocent so in love with Jesus feelings, He would have commanded a  Montgomery Ward's Catalog to proclaim His love for me.  I need to know that.  Oh, how I needed to believe that.  So I have my torn, and marked Living Bible on my book shelf.  Now I have more versions, and seldom read that one.  Sometimes when I feel the depth of His Love all over again, I still clasp that old Bible, Living version, to my heart and cry out my awe and gratitude for someone like Him, looking for me, finding me, choosing me, and then pouring all His love into me.

It's the supernatural power of God, it's His supernatural Love, it's the Holy Spirit alone who contains us and keeps us from error.  I, too, would be hesitant to give a new believer a King James.  I want them to know Jesus in a way that speaks to their own hearts, in their own language.   More than anything, I want them to know the sound of His voice speaking to them alone.   I want them to feel the warmth of His own heart when they are with Him.  This comes before Bible training, and this is what keeps us.  If every Written Word disappeared, we would know Him, because we have KNOWN Him.  God is ever speaking.

I didn't mean to come and post this.    You don't have to read it if it's too long. haha

Al, I really like that song!  It's really powerful, isn't it?

Gotta go watch the wind in the trees.  Blessings,  Nita

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It's the supernatural power of God, it's His supernatural Love, it's the Holy Spirit alone who contains us and keeps us from error.  I, too, would be hesitant to give a new believer a King James.

My dear, dear Nita.  Your post is why I love you so!  That's the kind of posts on SeniorNet that I grew to love way, way back in the 1990's   Never stop writing them.

As for versions, I really don't mind what a person reads but I do wonder how we have had in the past such great preachers like Moody, Billy Graham, Tozer, John Gill, etc. when they used nothing but the older versions.  Great Christians have been on this earth and grew to love their Saviour as the Holy Spirit spoke to them through the word.  I never saw anything but a King James version till I went to Bible School.  And I loved reading them but always came back to my own precious Bible for my quiet times.  So really, the Holy Spirit does help with the difficult words. 

I must tell you a very short story about a person named "Quasi".  Dr. Quasi Agerman is from Ghana and currently resides there but at the time of this story, he was a philosophy professor in York University in Toronto.  He's written many essays and long articles trying to prove that there is no God.

We met Quasi and he and Jack became close friends and he used to travel from Toronto to Guelph a couple of times a week just to speak with Jack about the bible and to argue with Jack that he (Jack) knew nothing about what he was speaking about. 

He was given a Gospel of John to read and he read this.  He came back one day and we saw that that little gospel was so dog-eared and torn from heavy use that Jack (being a Gideon back then) gave him a Gideon New Testament which also became quite dog-eared over the next couple of weeks.

To shorten the story, Jack went out and bought Quasi (whose mother tongue was definitely not English being from Ghana and spoke with a very, very heavy accent) a King James Bible and Quasi read that along with a Greek and Hebrew Bible which he could read like we read English!

Quasi was saved!  Jack had the privilege of baptizing Quasi and it's an experience that Jack never stopped speaking of.  As Quasi went under the water, his face broke out into the broadest of grins and smiles and his white teeth against his dark skin was a site that Jack described as so beautiful to see.

Quasi came up out of the water and shouted, "Hallelujah!" and did some kind of a little jig from Ghana and he's never stopped smiling since I don't think.

But this is just a wee incident to show that it really is possible to use older versions.  I am NOT one of the folks who say that the King James version is the only one.  I've said that I use quite often the New King James and now am using the "English Standard Version" as I'm going through the Book of Romans.  I would never hesitate to give a new believer or someone that the Lord is drawing close to Himself, a King James version or the NKJV.

Lots of time now I use the New King James and that's nice as well.  But for me, the word that I'm reading or listening to on tape MUST BE SOUND DOCTRINALLY.  I (and I'm speaking only for myself) cannot abide by any version that is consistently different from the original Greek or Hebrew that it was written in. 

Anyway, my dear Nita.  I love your post.  Keep looking up my friend.  You have no idea how much of an encourager you've been to me over the years--when Jack was so ill, after he died and even now as I read your lovely messages in here.

AND... I love your photography! 

Al,

Thanks for the good Word today.

Nita,

Wonderful testimony, and so nicely written!  And not nearly long enough!  Write more!

Pat,

Thanks for sharing about Quasi!  Thank God for His saving power!

I am off today and tomorrow.  Time to recharge

This is what I'll be chewin' on this morning...

Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let's not let it slip through our fingers.  We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin.  So let's walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.

In His Grip,
Kevin

Hard to follow the magnificent posts from Nita and Pat  

I can't tell you how much it means when someone acknowledges my menial postings of the day.  It it absolutely a sweet feeling that someone cares.  And, it doesn't have to be done all of the time.  Just once in a blue moon -

Al:  Thanks for the prayer for strength.  Ever since Don had a silent heart attack 1 1/2 years ago, he does tire easily and after moving something heavy, he takes a break - thank heaven! 

Samantha:  A week would be really fast - can't imagine it going that fast here as there are two different companies doing the work - one for counter-top & floors.  good for your guy!  That is really nice news.

Marilyn:  We have a portable microwave & a little sink in the basement & the refrigerator is supposed to be put in the garage.  We can make it work.  Have a little freezer there as well so just planning on cereal & easy food & hope it doesn't take too long.  There is a BBQ grill outside.  Winter?  It is about 70 degrees & sunny outside now so I raked leaves & Don is power washing the sidewalk & we hope it stays nice.

Trisha:  When is the new baby due? 

Etta Sue:  I haven't even started thinking of Christmas and all - don't wish it over too quickly. 

Nita:  Your story is amazing.  It is always a treat to read/listen to someone touched by the Spirit.

Here is my question for anyone.  How should I, as a Christian, feel about the death penalty?  There are some vile people out there and I just don't know how my feeling SHOULD lean, or if I go with my heart and head.  I read that the Pope is against the death penalty for Saddam & then started wondering once again - why do I look at it differently & so forth.  I'll come back later to see if anyone has posted an answer.

Carol

My goodness, so much food for thought here today!

Nita, I LOVE your postings, and thank you for sharing your beautiful and unique testimony with us.  I agree, it could be longer, and I would savor every word!

Kevin, I enjoy what you have to say each day, and agree that a person will read the version of the Word which speaks to him/her in their own language.  I'm now in those "senior years" and the KJV is the one I memorized many verses from as a child, so that's the reason I have such a fondness for it.  Other versions are more easily understood, though. 

Nita, the Living Bible is the one I first read all the way through, and I enjoyed it so much!  Mine is also the green padded one.   
When a person is truly hungry for the Word and the Love of God, I think any version will speak to his heart!

Carol, I hope your kitchen won't be torn up for too long!  But I know the end result will be something you will really enjoy.  And it will be much easier to deal with, without having to try to prepare meals in the midst of it, and simple eating can be a good thing. 

TRISHA!!  I am SO happy to see you posting!  You, Jacob, Danny and now the maybe girl........such a lovely little family!  I am still attempting to restore my MSN and Yahoo contacts.  I really miss chatting with you and Jacob.  Also miss my overseas contacts.    I really miss Mieka---if you peek in, Mi, I love you!

Good devotional today, Al.  And by the way, you're only as OLD as you feel!  (How old is that, anyway?) 

Etta Sue, have you ever tried mowing snow?   Wonder if that might work instead of using a snow blower?  It has warmed up nicely again here, for how long is anybody's guess.

Pat, thanks for sharing the story about Quasi, I enjoyed that a lot.

I have had a really busy day, and must get back to it.

Lots of interesting posts here today. The KJV is the one I memorized verses from as a child and he one I have now has all the  pronunciation marks in it, I often go to t for correct pronunciation of the names. Our Sunday school teacher uses the Amplified and my pastor uses the NLT. This year I am currently reading the New Century version. Out women's' Bible study teacher used the NIV. I have all of those and also a parallel KJV and NLT that I hardly ever use. I like the message and have that too. Also an Nasb and and RSV. I think I have about 6 or 7 versions.
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My NKJV that I was given when I  got saved Bebe got hold of that one and ate some and tore up some, so she is my Holy dog.  I loved that one and that is the one I could not stop reading I caressed it hugged it  kissed it and cried over it.

Nita I had heard a little of your testimony from Jane when she was down here the last time. You have an awesome testimony.

Well I am going to the Chirporactor again this afternoon, the one I wen to last week messed up my neck and I have to get Dr. Bill here in Mckinleyville to fix it.. Tomorrow night I am going to a sit down catered dinner business meeting for  Univera.

TTYL

Carol, do you have any before and after photos of your renovation?  I'd like to see them.


Hi Marilyn...  That's too bad about Bebe getting your "sword"! 

Kevin, you have a wonderful day.  Get lots of photos.  I'm so enjoying them.

Janet, feeling better?

Trisha, if you look in, WELCOME!!!

I'm sure I've forgotten someone but please forgive.  Not intentional.

Thoughts for the Week...

So, as many of you have noticed, the Admin and Mods have decided that since not so many folks have been posting for several months in here each day, we've gone to a once per week topic and we've changed the name to "Thoughts for the Week".

It's been a great deal of work for those of us doing the devotional to post it and have only 7 or 8 different folks read it or comment so we hope you'll enjoy this.

And I want to say a great big Thank You to Etta Sue who has worked very, very hard today in designing our special graphic for the first post.

Thanks so much Etta Sue!

And during the week, if you have any little thoughts you'd like to discuss or add (like the fantastic ones Kevin adds each day), please feel free to do this.

HYMN HISTORY:

Rev. Alfred Ackey (1887-1960) was preaching during an evangelistic crusade. After the service he was trying to persuade a young man to give his heart to Christ, when the man said, "Why should I worship a dead Jew?" Ackey stated, "HE LIVES! I tell you, He is not dead, but lives here and now! Jesus Christ is more alive today than ever before. I can prove it by my own experience, as well as the testimony of countless thousands." Later that evening the young man gave his heart to Christ. It was during this experience that Ackey wrote not only the words but also the tune for our hymn, "He Lives."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I serve a risen Savior, He's in the world today;
I know that He is living, whatever men may say;
I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer,
And just the time I need Him He's always near.

In all the world round me I see His loving care, And tho my heart grows weary I never will despair;
I know that He is leading thru all the stormy blast,
The day of His appearing will come at last.

Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, lift up your voice and sing
Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ the King!
The hope of all who seek Him, the help of all who find,
None other is so loving, so good and kind.

He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have so enjoyed reading about the different versions we all read. 

I, too, have the green padded Living Bible.  I will confess, I never looked at it much.  Given to me at a time when I didn't think God needed to be in my life.  Then I got the NIV version and have read it through 2-3 times.  I have the KJV and I will always say The Lord's Prayer and the 23rd Psalm in the KJV.  I read daily for my devotions the CEV...Contemporary English Version.  And now I have The Message in my purse and read it while waiting for the nurse to call me into the room, for food at a restaurant or any place while waiting for something.  Truthfully when I see the words Thee and Thou and Ye, I am programmed that I will not understand the rest of the sentence so why try.  I shouldn't be that way but that's the way it is.  Reads like an insurance policy for me.  So I am thankful that in this day and age that we have several versions of the Bible and that anyone seeking the Lord will find a version that they will read and understand and grow closer to Christ each and every day. 

My church used to use the NIV...we have the verses printed on the overhead screen with Power Point.  But since Rick Warren came out with 'The 40 Days of Purpose' and used about every version of the Bible in his book, my church uses different versions also. 

So many versions of the Bible has just came out in the last 50 years....maybe that is why there hasn't been many 'famous' preachers using versions other than KJV.  I know Danny, our teen and post-teen minister said he grew up with NIV.  So maybe we are too old or not young enough!!

And Janet ~ Remember my fiasco when mowing leaves?  I have no idea what snow would do to my mower! 

And Carol ~ I wouldn't mind having Christmas in 70°F weather.  Better yet, let's keep it 70°F until Christmas Eve evening.  Then before midnight, lets get a big snow...the kind that the flakes float to earth...big flakes.  Then we can open presents and eat Christmas dinner looking out the windows at the new fallen snow.  Then when we wake up the 26th, it is 70°F again!!  How's that for a dream?

Wow Etta Sue you really are dreamin' 70° the snow and back to 70°all in a matter of 24 hours.  :

Bebe also got hold of my first  NIV that one has been replaced but idon't have an NKJV at all anymore.

Nothing esle  to talk about from here.

I've really been thinking about all that's been said the last day or two about versions.  I use the NKJV.  One of my seminary profs was on one of the committees doing the NIV, so we got first-hand info on how they were going about it.  There are two philosophies (with variations) on translation.  In one, the person(s) doing it reads the Greek version of approximately a phrase or paragraph, asks himself what it said, and types it out as his translation.  It takes more work than that, but that's the basic idea.  In the othere method, the person(s) reads the Greek words and translates each one into the closest possible equivalent in English.  

The former method is actually not really, strictly, translation - it's interpretation, for the translator is asking him/herself what a phrase/para. means.  When that's done, then it's fairly easy to make a modern version, because the meaning just naturally comes out in the phrase-by-phrase or paragraph-by-paragraph translation.  The other method still needs smoothing out before it's truly readable in English, though in most cases it's a more accurate translation, though perhaps a bit "wooden."

Then there's also the matter of what you're translating - which manuscripts you consider to be the good ones, etc.  Most of our modern versions are translated from manuscripts that rely heavily on what's called the Siniaticus or upon the other popular one, the Vaticanus.  These are not really early manuscripts.  The Siniaticus is a 5th cen. one, and the Vaticanus (Latin) is in the same era.  The KJV and NKJV versions rely heavily upon an entirely different manuscript background.  They really rely very heavily upon the Peshita version, an ancient Syriac version of the NT.  The Peshita version was used by many in the Byzantine Empire for several hundred years.  The Greek translations of it are quoted by very, very early writers, including at least one disciple of the Apostle John.  The last part of the Lord's Prayer is an excellent example ("For Thine is the power...).  The Siniaticus/Vaticanus leave this out entirely, but the older Greek writings have it entirely.

I like the NKJV ecause it takes advantage of all the latest archeological finds, etc, while maintaining integrity with the Byzantine text.  For these reasons, I feel it's the most accurate, though perhaps not the most readable.

We ought not to depend upon "easy-reading" versions for the conversion of our friends/loved ones, though.  The Holy Spirit - alone - is the One Who does the work.  Let's depend upon Him.  All that being said, though, I still like to use some of the modern versions as helps to understanding, as they make good commentaries.

So there you have my thoroughly biased opinion!  And, by the way, if any of you are using one of my least-favorite versions, then, by all means, READ ON!  ENJOY!  LOVE YOUR LORD!

QuoteAnd Carol ~ I wouldn't mind having Christmas in 70°F weather.  Better yet, let's keep it 70°F until Christmas Eve evening.  Then before midnight, lets get a big snow...the kind that the flakes float to earth...big flakes.  Then we can open presents and eat Christmas dinner looking out the windows at the new fallen snow.  Then when we wake up the 26th, it is 70°F again!!  How's that for a dream?

Etta Sue, I'm with you.  Snow at Christmas would be so beautiful.  Big floating flakes, and not slushy rain/snow/sleety stuff.  Yep, I'm with you.   Oh, yes...and just for the rest of you, 70 degree weather right after. lol

We are having rain and wind, that's not unusual, but the warm weather is.  There has been flooding, I saw on the news, but not here. 

Pat, I like the new name for this discussion. I like Thoughts For The Week.   I'm trying to understand about the once a week topic.  Does that mean we have to talk about one thing for a week?   You know us..  Nita

Hi, Al.  You posted while I was editing.

And, Etta Sue.  I really like your graphic to go with the new name.

Hi everyone.  I really like the new graphic that Etta Sue has prepared for our new "Thoughts for the Week".  I think was a very good idea as it will be less burdensome for those preparing and having the responsibility for posting these headings.  We would probably all benefit by more than one reading of the Thoughts anyway.

Nita, what a wonderful testimony you have given today.  Having grown up in the church and accepting Christ at a fairly early stage in my life I find your testimony particularly powerful. 

Pat, thanks for sharing your special recollections today concerning Jack's ministry with the man from Ghana. 

Once again I have enjoyed the discussions from several of you regarding the version of the Bible that you have and read.  I also have several different versions and am going to get a good leather bound Bible in the near future.  I have looked at several and think I want one that is a study Bible.  We have a fine Bible bookstore and a very nice young man spent considerable time showing me various versions of the Bible.  The last few months I have started to attend the midweek Bible study with our minister which I have found very good and something that I needed.  We also have a very good Sunday School class and we have been studying the books of the Bible.

Marilyn, sure hope the chiropractor is able to help your neck as know you have said you have been feeling better.   Are you enjoying your new garage?

Janet, like you the verses of the Bible I learned as a child were from the KJV and I am sure that is what I will always remember.

Carol, I always enjoy your postings as you and Don have such a busy and active family life with your children and grandchildren.  I don't envy you having your kitchen torn up but sure you will feel it was worthwhile when you get the project completed and have everything back in place. 

Trisha, I certainly do remember you and it is nice to see you posting again.  It is nice that you little one will soon have a sibling.

We had a very nice day today as we picked up our daughter at the bus station this morning and she came to the house for a few minutes.  We then went out to eat and took her to the grocery store.  She is to start her job next week but still has to eat this week so she should be fixed up until Thanksgiving.  I then took her to her apartment and we had about an hour to visit before I had to come back home.  God is truly blessing her at this time as she looks to him to direct her life and help her get her life back. 

This evening we celebrated our son's 43rd birthday (which was actually on Oct 25th).  We took he and his wife out to eat.  They will be over tomorrow after some doctor appointments and we will have lunch together.

So it has been a good day.

What a great discussion!

Al, I thoroughly enjoyed your disertation about the various versions.

Nita, no, we don't have to talk about the same thing for a week!  If someone has something to share tomorrow, please do.

BE THANKFUL FOR:

Today before you think of saying an unkind word, think of someone who
can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food, think of someone
who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife, think of someone
who's crying out to God for a companion.

Today before you complain about life, think of someone who went too
early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children, think of someone who desires
children but they're barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or
sweep, think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive, think of someone who
walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of the
unemployed, the disabled and those who wished
they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another,
remember that not one of is without sin and we all answer to one
maker.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down, put a smile on
your face, and thank God you're alive and still around.

Life is a gift
Live it...
Enjoy it...
Celebrate it...
And fulfill it.

Janet, that's lovely.  I'm going to copy that and keep a copy in my Bible.

Good evening!

I am waiting for dinner, and it smells soooo good.  Today was a restful day.  Very nice.  I got some reading in, took some pictures, wrestled with Jazz, helped Midori with this and that, and was I was fairly lazy, too.

With all the discussion about Scripture lately, I thought this might be appropriate.  It's something I read just minutes ago.

Scripture is not about us, either. It is about God. God has revealed God's self to us in scripture so that we might know and respond to God, understand where we are in God's creation, what it means to be called into a life of God's salvation. We do not primarily read scripture in order to develop a better self-image, or to discover the hidden treasures in our lives. Scripture is not about us. Basically, we are listening to God revealing God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We do, in fact, find ourselves included. We are addressed, we are invited, we are commanded, we are promised, we are immersed in a world where God rules and saves and blesses—us.


In His Grip,
Kevin

A very good idea to change to a week format. 

We were told that someone to work in the kitchen would be here as soon as the cabinets arrive.  They did.  Now, after the kitchen is entirely emptied, we have been told that our house is "penciled in" for the 20th of this month.  Needless to say, Don told them what we were led to believe & is actually written on the order but now that man is on a vacation.  Oh, yoy!

Janet:  I just know that it will end sometime.  Thanks for your list of things to be thankful about. 

Marilyn:  Good Luck with your neck problem.  A pain in the neck hinders too many things.

Pat:  This may take some time but I will try to remember to send you an after picture.  The walls used to me a green color that I did like, but now the color of wheat.  I like this lighter color better.

Etta Sue:  It won't stay this warm, that is for sure.  We don't mind snow except if we have to get on the freeway & you know how everyone else is aiming for you.

Nita:  I always remember Thanksgiving time being so stormy in Seattle - losing power & everything.  I certainly hope you don't have that kind of month. 

Larry:  Nice note about your daughter and bless her new beginnings.  We go to Wednesday evening study & the retired pastor leads us in writings he chooses - none of us have cared for this last one but it is good to learn something new & he is a friend as well.  I would like to get involved in another weekly bible study as well but they are on Wed. morning and I also go to Wed. quilting at the church - it would mean three trips there in one day so I hesitate.  Need that study though so I might do it later.

It sure is dark in the mornings now. 

Carol

Good Mornng:

janet what a wonderful article you have posted.

Carol my neck is all better now that Dr. Bill ixed it yesterday.

Here is an excerpt of someting I received in  my email this morning. You may have seen it before.


George Carlin's Views on Aging
This was writitin shortly after his wife passed away.

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height.  Let the doctors worry about them.  That is why you pay "them "

2. Keep only cheerful friends .  The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning.  Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.  Never let the brain idle.  "An idle mind is the devil's workshop."  And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud.  Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen.  Endure, grieve, and move on.  The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.  Be ALIVE while you are alive

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets,keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.  ! Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health:  If it is good, preserve it.  If it is unstable, improve it.  If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9 Don't take guilt trips.  Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

But do share this with someone. We all need to live life to its fullest each day!!

Well, I went to my chiropractor yesterday.  I had lower back pain, couldn't bend over much at all.  He fixed it, then had me spend 15 minutes on an ice (blue ice) pack, then sent me on my way.  Voila!  I'm feeling much better today!  Thank You for such mercy, Father.  Now Marbeth has a cold, so now we've got to get rid of that.  All human illnesses came in when the first sin was committed.  I'm very glad to remember that all human illnesses will depart when our Lord returns!