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It's not sunny here, Judy.  It's cloudy and chilly and windy.  But the snow has (so far) been limited to the higher elevations in the Adirondacks.

I got word last night that a neighbor has been diagnosed with cancer in her jaw.  The same thing her husband died of about 7 or 8 years ago.  Apparently she started having some discomfort last August but put off checking into it until a few weeks ago.   

Jean you have the weather we got yesterday.  But I still have the fire going.

I am sorry about your neighbour.  I just wish people would get things checked out sooner.

This is a song we used to sing when I was a child....no one seems to know it now.

Well, here I am at the HandyMart...  It's 31 cents a scoop night at Baskin Robins and the crowd buying icecream is huge!  I'm sitting in the car and the reception is good.

I have such memories, Judy of "Master the Tempest is Raging" while sitting around the piano.  Mum sure loved that hymn and sang out loudly!  (She'd be 99 years old this year!!!)

What would I say if I saw the Master?  I think I'd say, "My Saviour and my God!"  But I don't really know.

Pat Amy Passfield loved that hymn as well.  She would sing it as she would lead VBS!

That's so true, Judy.  She did like that.



I've found a radio station I'd love to get in Canada but at least we can get it on the internet.  It's BBN  (Bible Broadcasting Network) and I get it here at 101.3 FM and it's wonderful.  I went online to read while here at the HandiMart and they have courses you can take, etc.  What a wonderful radio station.

http://www.bbnradio.org/WCM4/tabid/70/Default.aspx





Bible Broadcasting Network
BBN Stations

State:

State   City   Call Letters   Frequency
AL    Anniston    WYFK Translator    101.7 FM
AL    Decatur/Huntsville    WYFD    91.7 FM
AL    Dothan    WGTF    89.5 FM
AL    Florence    WYFD Translator    103.9 FM
AL    Gadsden    WYFK Translator    93.9 FM
AZ    Springerville    Satellator    91.5 FM
AR    El Dorado    KYFL Translator    105.1 FM
AR    Springdale    Satellator    88.5 FM
DE    Lewes    Satellator    91.7 FM
FL    Crystal River    WYFE Translator    100.9 FM
FL    Gainesville    WYFB    90.5 FM
FL    Lakeland    WYFO    91.9 FM
FL    Leesburg    WYFZ Translator    99.3 FM
FL    Ocala    WYFZ    91.3 FM
FL    Palm Coast    WYFB Translator    97.7 FM
FL    Port St. Joe    WDBW-LP    97.3 FM
FL    Sarasota    WYFO Translator    97.3 FM
FL    Sebring    WYFO Translator    89.3 FM
FL    Tarpon Springs/Tampa    WYFE    88.9 FM
GA    Albany    WYFK Translator    102.5 FM
GA    Columbus    WYFK    89.5 FM
GA    Griffin    WYFK Translator    105.9 FM
GA    Macon    WYFK Translator    104.3 FM
GA    Savannah    WYFS    89.5 FM
GA    Waynesboro/Augusta    WYFA    107.1 FM
GA    Winder    WYFW    89.5 FM
IL    Pontiac    Satellator    89.5 FM
IL    Taylorville    Satellator    88.9 FM
IN    Jasper    Satellator    89.7 FM
IN    Wakarusa    WYBV    89.9 FM
IN    Washington    Satellator    90.1 FM
IA    Marshalltown    Satellator    88.9 FM
KS    Hutchinson    KYFW Translator    99.5 FM
KS    McPherson    KYFW Translator    88.7 FM
KS    Newton    KYFW Translator    93.5 FM
KS    Wichita    KYFW    88.3 FM
KY    Frankfort    Satellator    88.3 FM
KY    Hopkinsville    Satellator    88.1 FM
LA    Alexandria    Satellator    101.3 FM
LA    Minden    KYFL Translator    105.9 FM
LA    Monroe    KYFL    89.5 FM
LA    New Iberia    Satellator    91.7 FM
LA    Pineville    Satellator    91.3 FM
ME    Biddeford    WYFP Translator    103.3 FM
ME    Harpswell/Portland    WYFP    91.9 FM
MI    Coldwater    WCWB    90.1 FM
MS    Laurel    Satellator    91.5 FM
MS    Natchez    Satellator    91.9 FM
MO    Poplar Bluff    Satellator    88.7 FM
NE    Grand Island    Satellator    91.9 FM
NE    Kearney    Satellator    89.7 FM
NE    Omaha    KYFG    88.9 FM
NE    Schuyler    KYFG Translator    103.1 FM
NE    Scottsbluff    Satellator    89.5 FM
NM    Clovis    Satellator    89.9 FM
NY    Cortland    WYBY    920 AM
NY    Jamestown    Satellator    88.9 FM
NY    Rome    WYFY    1450 AM
NY    Schroon Lake    Satellator    91.1 FM
NC    Charlotte/Wadesboro    WYFQ    93.5FM, 930AM
NC    Fayetteville    WYBH    91.1 FM
NC    Fuquay-Varina    WYFL Translator    98.9 FM
NC    Goldsboro    WYFL Translator    105.3 FM
NC    Greenville    WYFL Translator    105.3 FM
NC    Henderson/Raleigh    WYFL    92.5 FM
NC    High Point    WHPE    95.5 FM
NC    Kinston    WYFL Translator    95.9 FM
NC    Manteo    Satellator    91.7 FM
NC    Southern Pines    WYFQ Translator    105.9 FM
NC    Statesville    WHPE Translator    91.9 FM
ND    Bismarck    Satellator    88.7 FM
OH    Ashland    Satellator    89.9 FM
OH    Belpre/Parkersburg    WCVV    89.5 FM
OH    Cambridge    Satellator    88.1 FM
OH    McConnellsville    WCVV Translator    103.9 FM
OH    New Philadephia    Satellator    89.5 FM
OH    Sandusky    Satellator    88.3 FM
OH    Willard    Satellator    91.5 FM
OH    Wooster    Satellator    91.9 FM
OK    Ponca City    KYFW Translator    103.5 FM
PA    Johnstown    Satellator    91.7 FM
PA    Masontown    WYFU    88.5 FM
SC    Anderson    Satellator    91.9 FM
SC    Cayce/Columbia    WYFV    88.5 FM
SC    Gaffney/Spartanburg    WYFG    91.1 FM
SC    Georgetown    WYFH Translator    99.9 FM
SC    Greenwood    WYFG Translator    102.7 FM
SC    Laurens    WYFG Translator    105.9 FM
SC    Lugoff    WYFV Translator    92.5 FM
SC    N. Charleston/Charleston    WYFH    90.7 FM
SC    Orangeburg    WYFH Translator    96.1 FM
SC    Sumter    WYFH Translator    96.3 FM
TN    Clinton/Knoxville    WYFC    95.3 FM
TN    Columbia    Satellator    91.9 FM
TN    Dyersburg    Satellator    88.3 FM
TN    Lafollette    WYFC Translator    93.7 FM
TN    Lawrenceburg    Satellator    88.9 FM
TN    Morristown    WYFC Translator    105.1 FM
TN    Nashville    WYFN    980 AM
TN    Tullahoma    Satellator    89.9 FM
TN    Winchester    WYFD Translator    95.7 FM
TX    Denison    KYFB    91.5 FM
TX    Greenville    Satellator    91.5 FM
TX    Lufkin    Satellator    88.5 FM
TX    Palestine    KYFP    89.1 FM
TX    Paris    Satellator    91.3 FM
TX    San Antonio    KYFS    90.9 FM
UK    Bermuda    VSB    1280 AM
UT    Ogden/SaltLakeCity    KYFO    95.5 FM
UT    SaltLakeCity/Centerville    KYFO Translator    91.3 FM
VA    Accomac    Satellator    91.9 FM
VA    Ashland/Richmond    WYFJ    100.1 FM
VA    Bassett Forks    WHPE Translator    107.1 FM
VA    Blacksburg    WHPE Translator    100.1 FM
VA    Charlottesville    WYFJ Translator    95.9 FM
VA    Christiansburg    WHPE Translator    100.1 FM
VA    Danville    WHPE Translator    92.7 FM
VA    Fairlawn    WHPE Translator    100.1 FM
VA    Fredericksburg    WYFJ Translator    88.7 FM
VA    Harrisonburg    WYFT Translator    107.1 FM
VA    Luray/Harrisonburg    WYFT    103.9 FM
VA    Martinsville    WHPE Translator    107.1 FM
VA    Norfolk    WYFI    99.7 FM
VA    Pulaski    WHPE Translator    97.7 FM
VA    Radford    WHPE Translator    100.1 FM
VA    Roanoke    WHPE Translator    97.7 FM
VA    Salem    WHPE Translator    97.7 FM
VA    Waynesboro    WYFT Translator    101.5 FM
VA    Westover Hills    WHPE Translator    92.7 FM
VA    Winchester    WYFT Translator    101.3 FM
VA    Wythevillle    WHPE Translator    92.7 FM
WA    Roy    KWFJ    89.7 FM
WV    Fairmont    Satellator    89.7 FM
WV    Princeton    WHPE Translator    96.7 FM
WY    Laramie    Satellator    91.3 FM

I am so tired tonight, Yesterday  shampooed the family room carpet, today I shampooed the dining room, living room, 1 bedroom, the master bath and the hall. I  am praying that my back doesn't tell me tomorrow that I did too much today. The I slipped on some water on the kitchen floor and   landed on my right knee. so far that  doesn't hurt.

We have had all sorts of weather here today, however there was a window this afternoon that gave me to opportunity to get out and walk the dogs. The sun is out now, we have had rain, hail and wind all in one day.

(from our Bulletin at church on Sunday...)



No Man

No man could quench the crimson flood that crowned the sacred hill.
No man could grasp this picture of submission to God's will.
As on a dark and cruel cross, He wrought salvation's plan
And paid for the eternal loss of vile and hopeless man.

No man could feel the anguish there as Abba turned away.
No man could understand His prayer or where His purpose lay.
As there beneath a crown of thorn, He laid aside His glory
Clothed instead with body torn to write love's greatest story.

No man could understand the power as He cried, "It is finished."
Or realized here dawned the hour where death's defeat diminished.
And as the minds of feeble man saw death's finality,
No man could see love's endless span secured at Calvary.

No man could bar the Holy Tomb where Heaven's Master lay.
No man could know a Perfect Groom now waits his Wedding Day.
No man could know the sacrifice of this One Perfect Lamb,
Or r3ealize the total price paid by the great I AM.

But now all men may know He lives; He sets the captive free.
In love and mercy He forgives our vast iniquity.
Who-so-ever will may come and now all men can know
He waits to welcome sinners home redeemed in Calbary's flow.

-Janet Martin-

What a blessing to sit here in my quiet little space sharing God's love with y'all.

I also love the song of today. When life is difficult, it's easy to think of our Master standing in the brow of our boat, fully in command of what's going on.

This afternoon has been one of blessings for me - how great to have the time to serve our Master. Three of us cleaned the church, then grabbed a bit of lunch at Captain D's, returned to church to prepared and receive food donations for dinner that we then took to members of our church who are having many dire health issues - all sisters with the youngest being almost 90 and the oldest nearly 100. I'll remember for a long time the sacred moment of prayer when we all joined hands and thanked God for our blessings, for long lives, and for sure knowledge that He knows and understands.

I've been thinking of the music and words of another old song of the church, "What Can I Give Thee, Master?" How MUCH that song has meant to me over the years.

May God bless us all tonight.

Ruth Ann

Pat I would listen to those stations when I was driving to LA.  Loved them.  Also John still listens to them states side.  They are so much better than what we have up here.

Ruth Ann  Welcome back!  You have been missed.  So glad your computer is working now.

Up a little earlier than normal this morning, but makes for a pleasant beginning to what should be a lovely day.
Water on the lake is like glass and the birds are singing now.
Pat: You're right the BBN is wonderful I listen to them regularly here in Tn.

Hi everyone.  I am sitting in the eye surgeons waiting room.  We arrived at 6 am and spent the night in a motel about 5 miles from here.  We checked out this place yesterday afternoon.

They have taken her back to have the cataract removed.  She was a little hyper about.

They said it would be about 90 minutes.

I was surprised when I turned on my iPod touch and found a connection here in the surgery center.

Ruth Ann, it is so good to see you back posting.

Going to sign off for today as am using a touch screen keyboard with one finger typing.

Good morning. 

I got Ivalou to rehab and then we ate at O'Charleys.  Great meal and much better than something frozen, nukes or leftovers at home!

Going to be a busy day today, I hope.  That means, I hope I get some more crystal cleaned and wood surfaces polished.  I started yesterday on the fireplace and all on that wall.  Then Tony called.  He is a bachelor this week since Charlene is in Michigan with her newest granddaughter, Claire.  We talked about an hour and a half! 

Then I finished that wall and watched TV. 

Today I want to move onto another wall, then eat lunch and then mow the yard.  Maybe not in that order.  Looks windy out there and still not very warm but is suppose to get in the 70's so I will wait until it is warmer.

Larry, I'll pray for your  wife. Glad you were able to find the technology to share.

Ruth Ann, it's very nice to meet you.   I'm Connie. I'm new here.

I'm off work today. I teach music for a Christian school. We just had our big spring play--last performance was Tuesday, I worked yesterday and today took a day off to rest up. So instead of resting I plan to go through Mom's paperwork and make sure she gets established as a resident of my state. She just moved close by to a very nice "lightly assisted" living facility. She's struggling with the early stages of dementia, but we don't know what type.

I'm finding as I go along that all the paperwork involved in being a senior citizen can be overwhelming. No wonder she was so stressed! It's like playing whack-a-mole. One expense taken care of and another pops up.

Before February she was hundreds of miles away, and very stressed over everything. I'm so glad she's close to me--five minutes in the car and I can be there with her.

Anyhow, so I'm off work, going through her files, and maybe getting out with the camera. Just read in I John about how in God there's no darkness.  That's so comforting. I'm thinking of myself as a camera today--if my settings are off, God's light seems overwhelming. So I position myself to have fellowship with God--I am an imperfect eye, much like the camera, so I carefully set myself up by spending time with Him, adjusting my speed, aperture, and--very important--the focus has to be right.

Larry, I think everyone, regardless how many times we're told cataract removal is a cinch, feels stressed about it beforehand.  Great that you found internet access while you waited.

Connie, what a wonderful analogy you use in your walk with God!

It's still chilly and windy here but this afternoon I absolutely must get to Town Hall and pick an application for a state grant to get my roof repaired and new railings on my decks.

Hello!!
I don't post often, however I'm here reading and praying for you, almost every day. My husband and I got back from Toronto, dental appointments, at 1:30 this morning. I am under the periodontists  instructions to have an "easy day." Good thing I'm not looking after grandchildren until Saturday.
Connie - I hope you don't mind me sharing your analogy with my son & husband. I found it really spoke to me!!

Hi Ruth!

Larry praying for your wife.

Had a day in town today and did some pricing.  I need a trellis archway and some soil so I have the prices I need.

I needed to pick up some new shoes for Mother and kass needed some Sunday dress shoes.  That was my day.  I am off and heading to other things I need to do.

Do not be afraid

The Lord who created you says: "Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you."


Isaiah 43:1-2 NLT


Two Margarets

Margaret MacLachlan and Margaret Wilson, Covenanters in Wigtown, Scotland, were tried for their faith on April 13, 1685, for refusing to take the Oath of Abjuration, which stated that the Church of God is a department of the State. Found guilty of rebellion, attending field meetings, and worshipping in places other than a church, they were ordered to receive their sentences on their knees. When they refused to bow before anyone but God, they were forced down to their knees and then were sentenced to death by drowning.

On May 11, 1685, the two faithful Margarets were tied to posts and staked in the sea as the tide was rising. The older Margaret (MacLachlan) was farther out. They were given many chances to recant their beliefs, but they stood firm and resolute.

Margaret MacLachlan remained silent, her eyes closed throughout the ordeal, communing with Christ until death. As the tide rose eighteen-year-old Margaret Wilson began to sing a Covenanter rendition of Psalm 25:7. Then, she recited from Romans 8: "We are more than conquerors through him that loves us...."

After the waves washed over her head, the soldiers pulled her out, pleading with her one last time to "pray for the king!" She prayed, but her pray was, "Lord, give him repentance, forgiveness, and salvation, if it be Thy holy will." The angry soldiers threw her back into the water, and she joined Margaret MacLachlan before the throne.

We may never face the rising tide of the sea, but the deep waters of trouble and loss can be just as overwhelming. How do you react when you feel you are about to drown in the rising tide of your own troubles?

I haven't had time to read ALL the posts since I was here last, but I wanted to let y'all know that I visited with Tom at the Veteran's Home hospital today, and talked with his doctor and dietitian ... the progress is really amazing!  In fact, they are discussing a meeting next week when they will decide if he is ready to return to his own room in the Annex.  His speech is much improved and he is "eating" at lunch time, now ... granted, it's pureed and spoon-fed, but he has been gaining weight, so they have cut back on his G-tube intake -- at lunchtime at least.  That's the only time they give him food by mouth.

I am truly impressed with the quality of care he is getting and the love with which all the staff treat him.  God is still in the miracle working business!

AMEN Jane, God is so good and always in control

This is for Ruth Ann

Thank you Larry for all your work.

Jane I am so pleased that he is doing so well.  Continuing to pray for you.

Hi, to new friends and old, alike. Yes, I know...I'm crazy for being here at this time of the ni er, morning. 

Well, at least I'm here. Judy, thanks for the song. As I was doing errands today, I felt led to sing that church next week when I'm doing the music for the devotions downstairs here in the apartment building.

I'm excited - my high school class is having a joint "birthday party" to celebrate our 70th birthdays this year. It starts at 4 pm today. And, then tomorrow will be the reunion (52nd). Since our school was closed many years ago, all classes hold one reunion at a local hotel each year. This year, my brother's class ('67) will be honored, and he's been asked to pray the benediction prayer.

Well, now, I think it's time to toddle off to bed and get some VERY MUCH NEEDED "beauty sleep."

G'nite, friends.

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  Other than putting up with the annoyance of the eye patch and some minor discomfort Pat got along great yesterday.  She couldn't wear her glasses because of the patch but she slept most of the afternoon and retired early last night and slept through the night.  We will see the eye doctor at 11 am this morning and the patch will come off.  He even called her last evening to check on how she was doing. 

Today our men's Friday coffee group is meeting at McDonalds instead of the Senior Center.  Apparently the census people are taking over the senior center today. 

Whistlinsadler, it is nice to see your posting here and hope you will post here regularly.  I am sure having your music program over is a big relief. 

Thank you all for your expressions of concern for Pat. 

I have a long list of things I need to be working on.  I did get several little projects done yesterday including having blood tests (which came back within normal range) and getting an uninterrupted power supply and also a case to build my own external hard drive using the backup disk I have on the shelf.  This way I will be able to use the Bounce Back program.

Hope everyone has a good day. 

Ruth Ann, I sure hope you're sleeping in this morning after such a late night!

Larry, I'm glad to hear Pat is through with the cataract surgery.  You seem to have accomplished quite a lot yesterday.

Judy, thanks for that beautiful hymn.

Now I'm off to take care of some chores.   

I pray every day for my friends and family so even if I don't mention names on here, you all have my prayers. 

I had a very busy day yesterday.  Breakfast, Bible devotions, catching up online, a load of laundry, cleaned some crystal and shelves, lunch, cleaned three cat litter boxes and put in new litter, mowed the lawn, showered AND relaxed.  Whew!

Today has been changing the bed linens, laundry, breakfast, talked to Ivalou an hour or more, read devotions, now catching up online.  Then lunch and clean more crystal and shelves.  When I say crystal that means crystal and what-nots.  When I say shelves that means two floor to ceiling built-in bookcases full of crystal and what-nots.  When my husband was alive we went to garage sales and flea markets and purchased crystal in various patterns and uses.  All clear crystal. 

It is quite windy here today and yesterday!  My home if very sound and I can hear the wind.  Makes you want to yell STOP!  I guess that is one way to get those whirly-gigs (seeds) off the maple trees!  And it is bright and sunny and in the 70's!  Too nice to be inside but...

Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.


Proverbs 4:23 NLT

Let us learn to cast our hearts into God.

Bernard of Clairvaux


Guard the inside

If you're typical, you think of guarding your heart in terms of keeping things out. Corruption, false ideas, temptations—all are to be held at arm's length, never to be allowed in the inner depths of your affections. But there's another side to this vigilance. We are to keep things in. In fact, if we can master that, the corruptions and temptations will often take care of themselves.

Think about it: The things that can assail a heart from the outside are innumerable, far too overwhelming to manage. But the things we are told to keep within—the spirit of Jesus, the humility and gentleness, the servanthood and sacrifice, the worship and thankfulness—these are one Spirit. Most religions tell us to avoid the bad; God tells us to embrace Him. We are better equipped to focus on His character than on the enemy's devices. Nowhere are we told to live against the sinful nature and hope that the Spirit will show up. We're told to live by the Spirit and expect the sinful nature to have no power. We often get confused about that.

Too many Christians guard the way into their hearts to keep things out. That may be appropriate at times, but try a different approach. Guard the way out. Stand at the inside of the gate, and be careful about what may be leaving. Once in a while, we get a life-altering glimpse of true worship. By all means, keep it in! From time to time, we'll see a picture of true servanthood. Don't let that picture go! Hold on to these things! Treasuring the wellspring that God has birthed in your heart will leave little room for those corruptions you once obsessed over. And the wellspring is a much more pleasant preoccupation.

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John is home.  Night all!