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Welcome to our weekly topic entitled, "Thoughts for the Week"!


Each week we start a new topic which begins with a short devotional and/or a hymn and then we share all week with other, our comings and goings in our daily life.

If you wish to share a scripture verse, tell us about an outing that was special, talk about your problems with your car, or whatever it might be, please feel free to join us.

This week's devotional is entitled, "Why Imitate Christ" by Alistair Begg

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Morning Devotional...







Why Imitate Christ
Allistair Begg

Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
1 John 2:6

Why should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be spiritually healthy--if they want to escape the sickness of sin and enjoy the vigor of growing grace, Jesus must be their model. For their own happiness' sake, if they would drink deeply of His love, if they would enjoy holy and happy communion with Jesus, if they would be lifted up above the cares and troubles of this world, let them walk even as He walked. There is nothing that is able to assist you in walking directly toward heaven like wearing the image of Jesus on your heart to rule all its emotions. It is when, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you are enabled to walk with Jesus in His very footsteps that you are most happy and most known to be the sons of God. Peter at a distance is both unsafe and uneasy.

Next, for religion's sake strive to be like Jesus. Poor religion, you have been fiercely attacked by cruel foes, but you have not been wounded half as much by your enemies as you have by your friends. Who made those wounds in the fair hand of godliness? The professing Christian who used the dagger of hypocrisy. The man who with disguises enters the fold, being nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing, worries the flock more than the lion outside. There is no weapon half so deadly as a Judas-kiss. Inconsistent professing Christians injure the Gospel more than the sneering critic or the heretic.

But especially for Christ's own sake, imitate His example. Christian, do you love your Savior? Is His name precious to you? Is His cause dear to you? Would you see the kingdoms of the world become His? Is it your desire that He should be glorified? Are you longing that souls should be won to Him? If so, imitate Jesus; be "a letter of Christ . . . known and read by all."<sup>1

1</sup> - 2 Corinthians 2:2



MORE LIKE THE MASTER
Charles H. Gabriel

More like the Master I would ever be,
More of His meekness, more humility;
More zeal to labor, more courage to be true,
More consecration for work He bids me do.

Refrain:
Take Thou my heart, I would be Thine alone;
Take Thou my heart, and make it all Thine own.
Purge me from sin, O Lord, I now implore,
Wash me and keep me Thine forevermore.

More like the Master is my daily prayer;
More strength to carry crosses I must bear;
More earnest effort to bring His kingdom in;
More of His Spirit, the wanderer to win.

More like the Master I would live and grow;
More of His love to others I would show;
More self-denial, like His in Galilee,
More like the Master I long to ever be.

Another Hymn that ties in to your devotional Pat.




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We are having another beautiful day today.  Sun is shining, If the could stay away we will have a chance for some lake sunset pictures!  An evening to play!!!

I have mowing to do, and hopefully John will be able to till the garden, and we can plant it.

If anyone gets a request to join Linkedin from John or I ignore them,  He didn't send any requests.

I am off and getting at the mowing!

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee and going to Kroger's for some things to take to Stacey's as she is released from the hospital this morning and to help her get settled back into her apartment.  I will need to go to the drug store down there for her as she will have a new prescription to pick up.  It was very foggy here this morning but it seems to have cleared now.  I will not be going to my men's lunch as we wouldn't be back from Atlanta in time.  Yesterday Pat got out in the light rain and went to a Mexican restaurant for a buffet lunch.

Judy, don't be too hard on yourself over the accounting test as those don't sound like too serious of mistakes, especially the not drawing the double line.  Your friend is right as I expect there are few, if any, businesses that don't now use software for their bookkeeping.  However, you do need to know the principles involved.  I take it that you have more to do on your class?  There is nothing wrong with that picture as it is beautiful. 

Jane, glad to see you are safely back home.  It sounds like you will be busy planning the family reunion but fun to anticipate. 

Pat, thanks you for this week's devotional thoughts. 

Thanks Pat for devotions.  I seem to remember a baritone singing "More About Jesus" and wondering if it was George B Shea.  It is interesting and so nice to see the older songs in here.  Funny about music staying in one's head for many years.

JudyB:  Kudos to you for taking on an Accounting class.  I really had trouble with that one class but interestingly enough was able to do bookwork when we had a business.  Sounds like you are staying with the program so you will conquer it soon.  Pat on the back .....

Jane:  Your trips to meet close relatives sounds so fun.  Enjoy as much as you can. 

I had quite the experience at lunch the other day when ordering a Salmon roll with a soup.  If you ever see a green paste on the side, don't assume it is an avocado.   Mine was Wasabi - wicked thing brought tears to my eyes and it felt just awful all the way up my nose to my brain.  Did survive.  ......Just had to stop and find an alarm that was set on a radio and I am sure that I did not touch it....  The day is just beginning. 

Larry, I just looked and I can't find any software disc for my Printer.  It prints fine from my Corel PSP X5 but doesnt recognize the scanner to import to PSP X5. 

Pat, thanks for the devotion.

Jane, glad you are back.  I agree.  The same drives we used to do takes longer than they use to do so therefore, they are tiring!  Seeing loved ones out ways the tiredness.

JudyB, I get emails into my Junk folder all the time from LinkedIn.  I delete them and then delete them from the Delete folder.

Carol, I have never eaten Wasabi but now I don't think I want to either.  If food hurts your mouth or makes your eyes water, I don't want it!

The yard is mowed.  Yeah! 

Ivalou is having Euchre at her house so I am going over when I cool off and get her card tables and chairs out of the garage into the house.  I want to set them up for her also.  I am so glad that I bought another set of a card table and chairs for myself.  Now I can set up one table in the living room, one in the utility room (it's almost as big as my living room) and then we can all eat at the dining room table when we are through playing cards. 

Best get to Ivalou's and then I can shower!

Etta Sue Good for you not accepting the Linkedin Requests  John got a request from a friend and from that acceptance requests have gone out to a lot of contacts.  He was alerted when I asked him why he sent me a request when I wasn't interested.

Thank you for the pats on the back with my course.  It has my mind working hard!!!

Good to hear Stacey is home, and it sounds like Pat is getting around better..  That is always good news.

Carol. Wasabi John and I would love it.  Anything hot John loves, Hot peppers, hot horseradish, and hot pepper jelly.  That is something I have to make again this year. 

Well John has tilled the garden and I have most of the lawn remowed.  The battery on the mower needs to be replaced that will be sometime this week.

Have a great evening everyone.

Pat: I like your closing comments to end the week and start a new one.

This is our 24th of May long weekend  we sat out front to watch the little town parade it was very nice, lots of activity at the community center but we stayed home then around 10 p.m. (dusk) it will be the big fire works show and yes it is big people come from the surrounding area to watch.  We can watch it from our back yard that is good for me as I am having knee issues.

It is good to know that Stacey is home and I hope all works out well.

Praying for the families in Moore, Oklahoma.  It looks like it is a night of terror for many other areas as well. 

Praying for Oklahoma!!!

Good morning everyone!!!  School is out for the summer, and my internet is working (for now) so here I am!!!  God has blessed us with a very beautiful day today and I am so thankful.  We may be getting some of the storms that hit the midwest yesterday, so later on we will be watching.  Lord, please be with the folks in OK.  My heart was broke yesterday for the parents of those children, and everyone else caught in the tornado..

The county I live in is "dry" and we are voting today on whether to keep it that way or go "wet". This is the first election my daughter is getting to vote in and I realized that its not just her that will be able to vote this time, but a whole new generation.  But how many of them were raised in a christian home?  The outcome is in God's hands but I love my little corner of the world, and I love the fact that there is no alcohol sold here. I would appreciate any prayers sent up in this matter.  Those who are for it always bring up the tax dollars that we would be getting, but never think about the bad stuff that goes along with it.

Praise the Lord for the day, bless all who come through here and have a good one!!!

Later,
Samantha

Hi everyone,  It is a beautiful morning here in Georgia.  I plan on a relatively easy day today as need to rest up from the trip downtown yesterday.  Stacey did get home about 1:30 and we arrived their just a few minutes after she did. I got her prescriptions filled but had to do a lot of walking.  She did tell us that she used the alert system to call the EMTs and they stayed on line with her until the EMTs arrived.  By the time we got home I was beat so did not attend my normal Monday evening meeting.  I was watching TV as it showed that horrible hurricane approaching and destroying so much of Moore, OK and then saw the pictures of the destruction, which is unbelievable.  Our first home was in Moore back in the 60s and Stacey was born while we lived there so feel a bond to that area.  It was a relatively small community that was just developing when we were there.  I am just hearing that there are new storms coming across Oklahoma as I write and these may impact other states as well.

Etta Sue, you can always find the printer software on the web by searching with the printer name and number to the manufacturers website and searching on their site.  I have done this many times.

I have read all the postings and glad to see Samantha back with us.  I have enjoyed all the the postings but am not making other individual comments this morning.

I'm at a loss to know what to say this morning, the devastation is terrible.

Praying for Oklahoma!

Larry, I don't feel I have a problem with my printer, scanner and copier.  Corel PSP X2 on my Toshiba laptop imports by scanning on said scanner.  Corel PSP X5 does not recognize said scanner.  I feel it is X5!  I wonder if I can go to C:/Program Files/Corel PSP X2 on the Toshiba and find the file for Twain Source...copy it to a flash drive and install it on Corel PSP X5 on the Asus laptop.  I might try that!  TMI!  Larry might know what I am talking about.

I didn't know about the Oklahoma Tornadoes until I was watching 'Dancing with the Stars'.  Remember....I don't watch the news.  But I did Google it and saw some devastating videos!!  So sad.

At 3:30am I was woken by debris hitting my bedroom windows.  Not lightening, not thunder, not rain but debris and wind!!  It calmed down and I went back to sleep.  I woke again at 4:15am and turned on the TV.  First thing I heard was 'a roof on a gas station near Riverview Hospital was torn off but no other damage has been reported.'  I go right by that station to go to the pool.

I got up at 8am and was on my way to the pool.  Sure enough, there were limbs down in Noblesville and some electricity out.  Traffic was backed up 6-7 blocks from downtown Noblesville.  I turned south and went as far as White River and got back on SR32.  And sure enough, at the top of a little hill was the roof damaged at the gas station near Riverview Hospital.  It was closed and cherry pickers were removing lose roofing.  Then I wondered if the Rehab Center would be open. 

It was open since they have generators.  Upon leaving I notice the stop light west of the rehab wasn't working AND the gas station was open for business. 

It rained on me going to the rehab center and now the sun is shining bright with tiny whispy clouds in the sky!  But we are to get more rain tonight!

PLEASE go to this topic and congratulate the winners of our latest challenge...

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We only had 12 people on our whole site vote for a winner and I'm wondering why this might be.  Even if you aren't a photographer, even if you don't take photos, even if you didn't enter, you can vote!!! 


Thanks everyone!

On Photography Cafe, one of our members put a link to a news story that I also saw on FOX news and I'd love to share it with you all...


Tornado Survivor Finds Dog During TV Interview

Miraculous stories of survival emerge after one of the strongest tornadoes in history tore through an Oklahoma suburb.

http://news.sky.com/story/1093711/tornado-survivor-finds-dog-during-tv-interview


(I'm hoping that Chocky will join us here at CP as she has wonderful bird photos and videos too that she's made)   

Ah Yes Here I am
I see you have uploaded this here
It is a Miracle before every ones eyes. Abslute proof
I sobbed with joy when that lady who had lost her home and every thong then her Little dog  was found .
I sat here and cried God blessed that little dog and the lady

Pat:  Thanks for the video.  Teary eyed just watching and to think the little dog was alright.  It is nice to see some good news out of this monster storm.  The house was really gone and it is amazing and a miracle that more people weren't hurt or killed by the debris.  I loved it when the teacher said that she prayed and added that she probably wasn't supposed to do it.  Praying with the children while a storm was hovering and that little group was alright.  What a strange government we endure when Christian prayer, a basis of our entire country, cannot be done in school.   

Sipping coffee  after a little while on the treadmill.  Today is the neighborhood book club that  formed last fall.  Over a dozen participate. 

I have noticed since messing with this laptop over the weekend that I don't have those annoying adds at the bottom and the right side of my screen.  Yeah for one thing! 

A little bunny is playing in my front yard.  He sure has grown! 

There are times when I notice that only 2 or 3 post after I post in a days time on here.  I don't have time to do much on the laptop but the things I like to do.  Sometimes I think, why am I posting?

Today is rainy and cloudy.  Ivalou and I are getting haircuts and then probably Chinese.

Well I am back at the studies, this is a 2 week section again, and the first week it is basically just a recording and work to do, the second week has an instruction lesson on Monday  then assignment to be handed in next Friday.  That will leave 2 weeks till our exam. 

We have a cloudy day here and Pat's area is expecting thunderstorms. 

Have a great day everyone.

Hi everyone.  We are suppose to have a pretty much sunny day with a chance of late afternoon shower, which is normal for this time of year.  Yesterday Pat and I went to Chili's for lunch and I had a coupon for a free dessert and it was good.  Needless to say there was no supper needed.  Pat had her church ladies book club meeting at 5 pm so that worked out well.  Pat had a brief call from Stacey yesterday morning but someone was at Stacey's door so she had to hang up and she didn't call back and she hasn't called yet today.  At least we knew she was all right for the day, which is why we ask her to call everyday.  Today Pat went with a friend to pick out new glasses.  It has been a number of years since she had any new frames and is looking forward to getting them.  She drop me off at Bible Study at church and then picked me up from Dunkin' Donut.   

Etta Sue, do you have different operating systems on your desktop and laptop?  If so, it is possible that your printer software doesn't have a driver for the newer system.  I have found occasions where the software maker did not update drivers for the Windows 7.  I guess this is so they can sell new software.  I would be very surprised if what you suggest using a flash drive would work.  Glad you didn't have any damage from the bad winds.

Pat, I met to vote and simply never got around to it.  I will try to do so next time.  I saw that interview that was occurring when the little dog came out of the debris and it was very touching. 

Chocky, welcome to the Thoughts discussion.  I look forward to getting to know you and hope you will post here often. 

Carol, I saw the interview with the teacher who said she had prayed and isn't it sad she even has to worry about being disciplined for praying for safety for the the school children.  Good for her.

Etta Sue, perish the thought about not posting.  I look forward to all the postings when I come here.

Judy, it sounds like you will be busy with your course and then preparing the for the final test. 

  It's great to have Chocky (Beryl) in here.   




Beryl is in England in Devon where Jack and I did a lot of hiking when we did the South-West Coast Path.  When we were in the south Devon area, we stayed in a caravan at Beer Head which Beryl will know of very well.  All the places she mentions, I know so well and it really makes me "HOMESICK" for the UK.

Quote from: Etta Sue on May 22, 2013, 10:16:07 AM

There are times when I notice that only 2 or 3 post after I post in a days time on here.  I don't have time to do much on the laptop but the things I like to do.  Sometimes I think, why am I posting?

Etta Sue, for the past year or so, I've been feeling similar about the Photography area of our site.   Our name is "Christian Photographers".   So, I understand your comment.       I think and think about things that could be interesting for our registered members but then it seems I was wrong. 

We also love our members who don't take photos but the whole site is open to all and we really appreciate it when those who don't take photos post or vote in the Photography section.  So, Etta Sue, please continue to post you newsy posts daily.  I know of several who mention in conversations to me how they love your fantastic graphics you put in every day and I also find them so funny or... thought provoking!   

I also know of many who come here and sit and quietly read and when they've read all the posts, they leave.    That's sad.  I wish that they would even say something like, "Good devotional this week!" or,  "Praying for you at this time, xxx", or, "xxx hope you're feeling better" or, "nice you had a good time with your family, xxx".   These sorts of comments are so encouraging for some to read and realize that their post was at least read by someone.

Thanks Etta Sue for prodding us ALL!

This is the day after that terrible storm towns north of us also got hit with the terrible winds.  Today so far we have had sun and some rain.  Early this morning I headed out to have my hair made beautiful again.  The sad part is that I will need to return to the hairdresser in approx 6 weeks.  to have it done all over again.

Y'all have a great rest of the day.

Ruth Hope you like the way your hair turns out!

There are times I don't post to comments here, mainly because my days are so boring to me and I feel I have nothing to contribute to the conversation.  What I do post seems so inadequate at times.  How many others feel the same?

It is still raining here, drizzly rain, overall a good day to get my work done.  This is the final chapter with an assignment and test, then there is a wrap up assignment to do.  I am doing well enough that even if I choke on the exam I will pass the course.

We have a TV  channel called   Galaxie The Light.  It is all Christian music, some oldies and some new.  I find it is calming to work with it on.  The benefit of satellite TV.

Have a great day folks.

Quote from: Ruth on May 22, 2013, 02:42:12 PM
This is the day after that terrible storm towns north of us also got hit with the terrible winds.  Today so far we have had sun and some rain.  Early this morning I headed out to have my hair made beautiful again.  The sad part is that I will need to return to the hairdresser in approx 6 weeks.  to have it done all over again.

Y'all have a great rest of the day.

You sound like me, Ruth.  I was hoping to be made "boootiful" (as my Grandchildren used to say) this week but guess I'll wait till next week.

Anyone know when Janet comes home?  I'm happy that she's missed all the tornado weather--if she's still in Turkey!

I am a day late for voting on the photos but I did see some that I really would have liked to vote on.

It is pouring rain right now, been raining off and on for 2 days. Some sleet last evening left ice all over the deck and lawn.
Not much else going one here today,I did make a loaf of bread in my machine, went to the gym and created a tag for one of my groups.
Now I am going to do some more creating , i am trying to get ahead  a couple of weeks because we will be gone on Vacation from June 15th to the 23rd. Also I am going to California for Forest's 8th grade graduation on the 12th.