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Morning Devotional...


And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. --1 Corinthians 2:4-5

There is today an evangelical rationalism not unlike the rationalism taught by the scribes and Pharisees. They said the truth is in the word, and if you want to know the truth, go to the rabbi and learn the word. If you get the word, you have the truth....

But revelation is not enough! There must be illumination before revelation can get to a person's soul. It is not enough that I hold an inspired book in my hands. I must have an inspired heart. There is the difference, in spite of the evangelical rationalist who insists that revelation is enough....

In His days Christ's conflict was with the theological rationalist. It revealed itself in the Sermon on the Mount and in the whole book of John. Just as Colossians argues against Manichaeism and Galatians argues against Jewish legalism, so the book of John is a long, inspired, passionately outpoured book trying to save us from
evangelical rationalism--the doctrine that says the text is enough. Textualism is as deadly as liberalism.
Dr. Tozer in Faith Beyond Reason, pp.23-24.

"Lord, I believe strongly in the inspiration and authority of the
Scriptures; I am committed to expository preaching. So I see the
danger and pray that You might keep me from this error of 'textualism.' Amen."

I just thought I'd put in here a post that Mrs. Barbarian put that I had merged with last week's "Thoughts" but since many might miss it, I'm going to put it in this week's "Thoughts".

Quote from: Mrs.Barbarian on May 10, 2009, 07:35:24 PM
To All Our Friends at Christian Photographers:  Mr. Barbarian says you have been asking after me and wonder why I do not post much.  Please don't be offended.  I do use Mr.Barbarian to keep me up to date with all of you.  The reason that I don't  post much is that I still work full time in the billing unit in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern, the state medical school, in Dallas, Texas.  I commute to work because we live in a metropolitan area and we do not prefer to live in the middle of Dallas.  Anyway, I work on a computer all day long--which happens to be more than an 8 hour day always, and by the time I get home, sitting down at a computer again is the last thing I want to do.  I like to take pictures and I like sharing this with Mr. Barbarian.  I really like the community of Christian Photographers and hope you understand if I let my husband do the technical stuff with posting.  He shows me all of your good pictures and tells me all about your conversations.  It is so good that this is a group that is positive and supportive.  There are too many  people ready to criticize and jump on others when someone shows their vulnerable side.  And showing your pictures to others can really be a risk taking experience!  I am still shy about that but Mr. Barbarian is building up my courage.




P.S.  I just posted my first picture with Mr. Barbarian's help.

   Good evening to all.  We had a wonderful service at our churchthis morning the praise team that I am in took place today also we had a ladies quartet and also a soloist so that was good.  Then one of the young boys plaid his violin for his mother so that was good to.

Yesterday we had a very busy day as we had up to 14 people in the house as all the ladies and there daughters go out for mothers day somewhere special then they came back here for supper so it was lots of fun.

Pat:  Hope you and Paul are well. I mentioned to you if you are going to be in the states when we are going to be at my sister-in-laws.  12th. June till the 22nd. so let me know by email. by sis.

To all others have a wonderful week and may the Lord richly bless you.  Gord.

PAt thank you for that.

Mrs Barbarian that is a beautiful picture.  Well done and you have done well in posting it!

Good morning Gord.  Give Noreen a hug from me.  We are all well.

Hi everyone.  I woke up this morning to a little thunderstorm and shower but it seems to have passed for now. 

We had an interesting day yesterday.  We did not attend our own church but went downtown to attend church with our daughter.  She lives across the street from the Shepard Center, which is a world renown facility for spinal and brain injury care and recovery.  It is a special hospital that has helped many people. 

They have a chaplain service and on Sunday afternoon they conduct a non-denominational church service.  We ate lunch in the cafeteria there and then at 1:30 attended their services.  A lady sang and lead the singing who had operatic training but who has served with her husband in mission work all over the world.  She sang three different solos in the service, including the last one to the famous Puccini piece from Madame Butterfly  called Un bel dì ("One beautiful day"). She had rewritten the words to a Christian message and her voice was really something and very high.  There were readings and a message of hope given by the chaplain.

We then went back to our daughter's apartment where she had a little gift for her mother and a Mother's Day decorated cake that we all shared a piece of.  It was about 4:30 last evening before we got home and I was really tired and went to bed very early but it was a nice day.

Pat, thanks for the devotional for this week. 

Marilyn, those are lovely graphics in your birthday and mother's day good wishes.

Gord, is the ladies going out together on Mother's Day a long-standing tradition?  It sounds like everyone had a good time.

Mrs. Barbarian, good to see your posting and your lovely photo that you shared.  It is certainly understandable that you don't want to spend much time on the computer when you have been working on it all day long.

Papa John, a belated Happy Birthday.

Just have a men's luncheon to attend today and then hope to have a quiet remainder of the day with the opportunity for some rest this afternoon.  About time to leave for morning coffee at McDonald's and walking at the gym.

Good morning...for a few more minutes.

Just a reminder...stamps are now 44 cents so add 2 cent stamps to those 42 cent stamps that you have in your desk!

Yesterday was a great day!  Church, Sunday School, lunch with the ladies at church, a cook out at my g-nieces, phone call from son and Happy Mother's Day wishes by emails.  Great day! 

Tonight is Kilbuck Photo Guild.  It is always enjoyable to view photos from the members.  Great photographers! 

A bright and sunny day in Indiana today.  A little nippy though...only 56 degrees right now! 

 :)Good morning to all.   It is a beautiful day in Canada at least where I live and this morning we are having a snall railing put on at the front of our house it is in a colonial style railings and it looks very nice.

Larry:  The ladies going out is a tradition that has gone on for a while and they do enjoy it a lot and also it lets them get together as sisters and all the little ones go also..

Judy B. and John.:  Glad to here that all is well.   Noreen is still having lots of bad days and the odd good day so please continue to pray for her. talk to you sis.

God bless to all.

I would like to say a big thank you to those of you who are consistant in being here each and every day as well as recognizing each and every post.  I fail to be here every day but like dieting I try to visit every day then something comes along and then it can be days before I return. 
As you all know we have a border (my choice because I opened my mouth) the computer is in the borders room so I only feel free when he is not home which in the day time hours and not necessarily on weekends.

Today I have made bread and a batch of blueberry muffins and considering the time I should be getting dinner ready for Mel & myself, it will be called open the frig and see what comes out.   

Chat later.    Ruth 

I bet your house smells yummy, Ruth.

I'm going to make a batch of Amish Friendship Bread today or tomorrow.  The batter is ready to use.

I love blueberries but can't eat them. Really a bad reaction to them

Pat I will have some of that Amish bread!

We need two front tires on the lawn tractor....At $40 a shot.  Ouch.  Then I will e able to start mowing....

Soon strawberries will be ready and I am planning to make jam.  We are getting into eating a jar of jam a week, so that will save the $$$$ in the long run.

I have to run tonight is cadets.

Hello everyone!  We returned home last night after a really nice weekend with kids and grandkids.  Family is everything, isn't it?  I know some who have no family, or only a few and never see them, and that is so sad.

Grandson Mark graduated with a dual degree:  Professional Pilot and Aviation safety.  He will go to school another year and get his Masters in Professional Aviation.  An ironic thing happened the day before graduation--one of the guys who was getting his Professional Pilot's degree landed a plane without deploying the landing gear!!  Talk about    I'll bet he was embarrassed!  He happened to be a foreign student from Japan.  He wasn't hurt, but sure messed up the plane.

When we got back to Hugoton, we stayed for Abby's dance recital (well, for her parts in it).  She did a great job, and looked very pretty.  (In Grandma's opinion, at least.)

Mrs. Barbarian, welcome!  I loved the "tophat flowers!"  Those grow wild here, and I think they are so cute.  Great capture, and do come back and visit when you aren't computer burned out!  

Larry, glad you had a nice day with your daughter, as well as Gord.  

Etta Sue, sounds like you had a nice day as well.

Ruth, hello!  Always good to read your posts.

Beth is so sick.  I'm really worried about her.  They are trying their best to get her doctor and her surgeon in to see her today, so far, no luck.  She got me one of those cards that you can record a little message in, it was so sweet.

Where is Liz???  I miss her!  Come back and play with us, Liz!  I love your little smiles and your poems.

I have more stuff to do, best get with it.  Beth wants us to come eat supper with her, as it is National Nursing Home Week.  I just hope she will feel like eating.  They had a balloon lift-off this morning, that was so pretty.

Hello, Judy!  I love blueberries, you can send me your share!     Tires are really expensive these days, for sure.

See you later!

Well .... here I am just now getting online!  I had one of those do-nothing days and I still feel pretty blah ... 

Mothers Day was spent in listening to my daughter's tearful phone calls of frustration over her 15 yr. old ... I can't help her, and she knows that, but she needs someone who will listen once in a while and that is what I do.

I don't post here too often simply because I have a lot of "issues" with which I must deal and I just can't come up with much to talk to y'all about.

I do read here (nearly) every day, and pray for each of you and your concerns as I read of them.

Please be assured that I care a lot for all of you and will try my very best to be more communicative in the future -- no promises, though.   

Hi, friends,

Yesterday was a lovely day, but very busy. So, it was great to hear from each of the kids, but I'm also grateful that today was lunch with my daughter and also a beautiful bouquet of flowers from my son in England.

I'm surely tired...more at a later time.

May God's blessings rest with each person.

It looks as though I'm the first one here this morning.  It's a pretty day here in northern New York, but the sun doesn't seem to be warming things up yet.   

Maybe a good way to start the day is with a little chuckle - you folks who enjoy golf may appreciate this one:


*Golf Friendless*

"Bob, why don't you play golf with John anymore?" asked a friend.

"Would you play golf with a guy who moved the ball with his foot when you weren't watching?" Bob asked.

"Well, no," admitted the friend.

"Neither will John," replied Bob.

*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh

A calm and sunny morning here - I have to get some sewing almost finished before tomorrow's hand stitching club meeting. 

Mother's Day was so different for me.  One son is building a cabin & needed our help so we rode with him and his wife to paint - yes, put the primer on the living area and loft, etc.  At 10,500 ft. we did get winded a couple of times - we had to finish because he needs to return the scaffolding.  Paint all over us - no running water or electricity.  A fantastic view and very isolated.  It was good to help him as he has been just exhausted over the work.  That is what moms are for -   

Mrs. Barbarian:  Lovely, clear picture of your flowers.  Thank you. 

Larry:  The best part of your Sunday is that you spent it with your daughter and had a new church experience. 

Time to start moving around here. 

Good morning for about an hour from Indiana. 

Photo Guild was great!  We passed out the new rosters and I found out I had been typing 'Kilbuck' instead of 'Killbuck'...two 'L's'... Then I looked at my membership card and it has one L so really wasn't my fault!  Also got two new members last night and a few more that were there should be paying but haven't yet! 

Before the meeting us four females ate at a Mexican restaurant.  Why is it I can drink a couple of cups of coffee around 9am and I can take a nap at 1pm, but when I drink a caffeinated drink for dinner, I can't get to sleep that night?  I got back up and watched the two hour show of 'Dancing with the Stars'. 

Today is bright and sunny.  I think I am home alone.  I saw Kaye Don and Barb go west in their little red car and then I heard car doors slam...today is Ivalou's high school class lunch and someone drove to her house to ride with her.  So I am here all by myself...    I do need to go to Lapel to the bank so I might just do that and get me a Subway sandwich to eat!

Good morning:  We have a lovely sunny day, after lunch we will be going to a funeral visitation then following that since it is Mel's birthday we will be going to a  Chinese Restaurant in Newmarket, the birthday person eats free.  

Pat: Amish bread I would love to try that one how is it made.

Judy:  Do you have a tire depot or such place that you could purchase slightly used tires, it sure helps with the cost.

Jane:  I do not always do any posting because I feel that I have nothing of interest to say, I do like to be private. One thing I do is some copy & pasting of Etta Sue's pictures to forward to a couple of house bound folk which gives them a little cheer.

Janet: Let Beth know that we care about her. Are both you and Darrel feeling better?

To all the rest have a wonderful day.

Quote from: Ruth on May 12, 2009, 11:27:50 AM

Jane:  I do not always do any posting because I feel that I have nothing of interest to say, I do like to be private.

Pretty much the way I feel, too, Ruth.   

I said I did nothing yesterday but that was wrong .... I put together two jigsaw puzzles.     Not too sure what I'll be doing today.  Maybe I'll get the vacuum out and push it around a bit.   

Ruth I never thought of that...There is only one place that I could get the tires.  I will make a call today.

Pat will need to gift you with some starter....it is a bit of a process to build it up into the product needed for the friendship bread.  Adding milk and sugar on the correct day, I tend to forget what day I am on.  When done there is enough to give some away and make some delicious bread for yourself.  I used all but 2 starters, kept one and gave one.

It is a cool day.  In this old house we stay quite cool till the middle of July or so.  Once the heat gets into the house we find we only need to open the upper windows and the cross breezes cool us nicely.  It is in the 60'sF outside but we still need the furnace going inside.

Jane and Ruth, you both have plenty to say. I often feel the same and can tall about the girls.  How about telling us what the Lord is doing in your life!

Kassie had her class to teach yesterday at cadets.  She got an 87% on the class and with this she has completed the requirements for the level.  This means she will probably be promoted to Sargent on the 6th at Annual Inspection.  From here on in the promotions are not automatic, each and every one needs to be earned.

I must go I have a lot I want to accomplish today.

I managed to flip a switch at the power box with my heater, radio, iron and such all on in my basement sewing room.  This was a first - it is nice and warm upstairs but always feels cool there unless the sun is shining right into the window.

Please be very careful when buying tires - my mother always said good tires are like having cheap insurance.  I have seen a lot of cars being driven around here with things unfixed and I have seen some smooth tires.  Patched tires are not too safe for our high speeds either.  Sorry - I do worry about you. 

Good Morning I have baked a cake, washed a few dishes and shampooed my hair this morning already it is now 9:09 am.

We have an appointment to go to the Pre-Diabetic Education class on July 9th. We have the choice of going either  from 1-3 or 6- 8  we will be going to the evening class. Keith had a little bit of a high blood sugar  at his last blood draw.

Yesterday it was so wonderful to hear from (my 2nd to the youngest) Roger yesterday and hear all the news of the rest of that part of the family. The baby that was born in December to his oldest son is growing fast. He is a big baby too. My grand daughter just got engaged  two weeks ago, and his youngest son got married Valentines day and his wife is also expecting. Gerad the youngest son, was working for the big Caterpillar plant in Denver where Obama made one of his speeches. Shortly after the speech 200 workers were laid off Gerad being the first as he was the last hired.

My 2nd oldest was out from No. Carolina  for a funeral  of someone in his wife's family so he got to spend some time with his siblings, he had not been back to California for about 17 years. He was in the hospital last week in a mild diabetic coma and didn't even know he was diabetic. Their father was diabetic.

My oldest son is having major back problems and the VA tells him there is nothing they can do about it. He was born breech  coming out all folded in half bottom first. I wonder if that has anything to do with his current problems.

My daughter ( Roger's twin) is being her usual  bi---y self and not coming to family thing where my oldest son is present. She has always acted like she was better than the rest of the family.

My dogs went to spend a couple of hours visiting the people  that will be boarding them when we go to Sunriver next month. They will go for another visit next week.

Al I don't know what you meant about my last post being a question mark,  my last post  was Sunday with the mother's day card and the birthday greeting for Papa John. Would you care to elaborate?

I don't post much anymore as I don;'t have much to say but you sure can't tell that from this post. I have just been busy with living my life and taking the PSP classes online.

The tires I need are turf tires.  They are the wide ones.  The ones that are on the lawn tractor now have cracks in the sidewalls that have gone right through... Not too bad for 13 years of use I would say.  The tire guy that the company John works for quoted us $40 each.  that is $80 for the pair.

With the van tires we are very careful, but the lawn tractor doesn't go that fast.... just put puts along.

How nice to read a few "chatty" posts today!  I know ALL of you have something to say, and we ARE interested, even if you think not!

Jane, good to "see" you today.  Ruth, you and Jane always have something to tell us, and you don't have to get too personal or tell anything that you don't want to tell.  We are all such individuals and that is what makes it fun!

Carol, that sounds like quite a chore you and Don helped with at the cabin!  And it feels good to be able to help the kids sometimes, doesn't it?

Marilyn, glad you had news of your family, I know sometimes that doesn't happen as you'd like it to.

Thanks, Ruth, I will tell Beth what you said.  And I am feeling like my old self again, which is great, but Darrel is still having a lot of nerve pain from those darn shingles.

Boy, my "helping out for a few days" is turning into a full-time, half day job!  They called last night and want me to work every day this week except Thursday, right through the weekend.  One of the girls failed to show up or call last weekend and really left them in the lurch!  (They have an automatic termination policy for no-show, no-calls, so guess she won't be back!)  I guess they tried to call me, but I was out of town!  I told them I will work until the end of this month, then I'm out of there, as I have my painting class the first week of June, then family reunion is to be the following weekend, in Minnesota!

We did go eat with Beth last night, because she said if I wasn't coming, she wasn't eating, and I thought she needed to eat.  The doctor finally showed up, and he said if she wasn't a lot better by this morning for them to bring her to the hospital for more x-rays.  She was still sleeping when I left this morning at 10:30, so I will be going to check on her again later.

I have some framing in progress, also need to get sketches done for the upcoming class.  And for Shirley's book cover, which she has asked me to do! 

Nope, lawn tractors aren't made to go too fast!  And the tires do rot on them if left outdoors a long time.  Judy, do you have a shed or somewhere to keep yours in out of the weather?  That's a big help, but not always possible.

The weeds are doing great around here, and nobody seems inclined to get out there and mow them. 

Hi everyone.  It seems like this day has really gone by quickly.  I just did the usual coffee with the guys, walking at the gym and then attended a meeting.  However, after the meeting I invited a new friend to go out to lunch and he and I had a nice visit over a buffet lunch.  It was about 2 pm when I got home and so I rested awhile.  Glad I don't have to go anywhere this evening. 

Great posting from you all since I posted yesterday.  So sorry to read that Beth isn't feeling better. 

I believe it is the connection with each other through the the postings here on CP and our feeling of being a community that is important more than the words we actually write.

I did it!! 

I not only got the vacuum out, but I actually vacuumed all the floors in my place.  Then ... I just got back from Wally world where I needed to buy a card to celebrate my former sister-in-law's 80th birthday.  Hey, I'm doing good today, doncha think?

Awesome Jane

Hi Marilyn - good to read that you are taking care of yourself & your guy - those classes are good.  I could benefit by going to some myself.

Hi Jane!  Sounds like you had a nice day.

Janet:  Sorry that Beth still isn't better.  Yes, that was a tough day to paint - we had paint all over our hands & old clothes, and it is 1 1/2 hours each way to drive to that remote place.  Coming back (we sat in the back seat of a truck bouncing all the way) and I said that there was no way I was going to cook so just Don and I went to a drive-thru for a fish meal.  His hands were covered with white primer paint & we had paint in hair & on clothes - they were quite rude to us at the drive-in.  Hey, our money was clean    I was so glad that we didn't run into anyone we knew.

Back tonight from watching a school concert of 7th & 8th graders.  Just great.  They improve each concert.  Our grandson plays the trumpet and he is in the band and the jazz band as well.  I looked for trumpet & gospel on YouTube and found some great stuff.  He loves to find new music. 

My 94 year old aunt who died Friday kept saying that she wanted to die to be with The Lord - so peaceful for her that I am glad for her and the family. 

Janet Yes we keep the tractor inside for the most part all summer...and all winter for sure.  I am sure it does help.

The girls leave at noon on Friday for Pitch and Praise at the Paris camp grounds.  They will have a good time, and knowing there will be upwards to 2000 teens there I can't wait to hear how they enjoyed it all.

Must run. I have spent the evening reading a good book and lost track of time. 

Night all!

It's a new day - the Lord has sent us a pretty one, although it's still pretty chilly.  It looks warmer than it really is.   

I spent some time this morning shredding old papers and now I really, really need to vacuum.  Dumping the crosscut shredding, no matter how careful I am, I always seem to get a good bit on the floor.  And then, of course, I manage to spread those little bits and pieces all over the house.   

But the vacuum can wait a little longer, while I check things out here.   

I didn't do much yesterday but it seems I was busy all day.  I did go to the bank and to Dollar General.  And I rewarded myself with a cappuchino (sp) at the local convenient store!!  Really good. 

When I got home I had a message from Ivalou.  We have a new g-g-nephew!  Born yesterday morning around 4am and he weighed in a whopping 8½ pound and a short 19 inches long.  A little butter ball!  We knew my g-niece was having a boy but now we have a name...Elijah Tracy...Tracy is my nephew's name!  Before birth he was called Bud.  So I don't know what he will be called...Elijah, Eli or Bud!  Hope he has red hair.  G-niece Angie has red hair!  As did my Mom, Kaye Don and Ivalou.  And my son, Tony!  And several other nieces and nephews.  Cousins and aunts and uncles. Well, you get the picture...several in my family have/had red hair!!

Gloomy day today.  Not planning on doing anything but open to a phone call asking me to go somewhere.  Just give me time to clean up a bit. 

Kind of cold here in the house.  Not sunny enough for the solar heat to turn on so I may have to turn on the fireplace.