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Morning Devotional...




Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. --2 Corinthians 5:17

In our churches we often sing, "Arise, my soul, shake off thy guilty fears." But nothing happens and we keep our fears. Why do we claim on one hand that our sins are gone and on the other act just as though they are not gone?

Brethren, we have been declared "Not Guilty!" by the highest court in all the universe. Still there are honest Christians, earnestly seeking the face of God, who cannot seem to break loose and find real freedom. The grave clothes trip them up every time they try to move on a little faster. Satan uses their past sins to terrify them.

Now, on the basis of grace as taught in the Word of God, when God forgives a man, He trusts him as though he had never sinned. God did not have mental reservations about any of us when we became His children by faith. When God forgives a man, He doesn't think, 'I will have to watch this fellow because he has a bad record.' No, He starts with him again as though he had just been created and as if there had been no past at all! That is the basis of our Christian assurance--and God wants us to be happy in it.
Dr. Tozer in I Talk Back to the Devil, pp. 6-7

"Thank You, Father, for that glorious freedom of forgiveness. Thank You for Your marvelous grace. No past at all! What a wonderful, incomprehensible truth! I humbly and joyfully worship You this morning. Amen."

you know what, whenever I feel unsure of God's love and forgiveness, I go back to this verse. it's hard to leave the past behind especially if there are people who insist on reminding me of what i did in the past, but i am SURE that God loves me and that He has already forgiven me. it's a big source of comfort.

Amen  pao_alfonso!

I sure understand the power of God's forgiveness even if some family members still carry that unforgiveness for the  deeds of my past. It is their loss not mine.  We have to let go and let God and live in  the His forgiveness. the hurts will still be there  regarding family members but we also have to forgive them for their unbelief, let them know that we love them anyway and sometimes we have to just move on.

 Amen good devotional today.
God does forgive our past and he tells us in His word has far has the East is from the west he has removed our transgressions from us  never to be remembered again.
So If any one is trying to bring up your past sins its like going around and around in circles  and finding nothing. Because God has removed our sins and put them in the sea of his forgetfulness never to be remembered again. Its amazing grace. So we don`t have to live in condemnation anymore !!
Praise The Lord!!! :thumbsup: <3

It is wonderfully true that, for those who have once entered the Kingdom, the past is GONE.  However, there is another side to this that hasn't yet been mentioned.  The queston that first needs to be answered is, "Have I ever actually and really entered His Kingdom?"  Once there, I'm absoluely forgiven, but AM I THERE?  At that point, though, we can do one of two things: we can go away from Christ or we can come to Him.  He's promised that if we come to Him, He'll NEVER cast us out.  If you wonder, therefore, whether you are accepted because you wonder if you've ever really come to Him, then COME NOW!  He won't cast you out!

Hi everyone.  Pat, that is a very powerful devotional today reminding us of God's unfathomable love for us and the his grace.

I have my Monday luncheon at 1 pm today and am looking forward to it.  This morning I am reinstalling Windows XP on a computer my friend Rod gave me.  I am going to use it to replace the one I gave our housekeeper the other day.  It is twice as fast and I think it will make a better computer for her.  After I get the software installed I will have to move the wireless card from one computer to the other.  There is a bit of work to do to setup this computer as have to do all the updates.  Right now am installing Service Pack 2 and then will install Service Pack 3 and other needed software.

It is another beautiful day here today and they are predicting a little rain for us on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Welcome, Pao!!!  My maternal grandfather's given name was Alfonso!  But he was called Lon!  Don't know how they got Lon out of Alfonso but, really, I didn't know his real name until he passed away.  

Again...it is really getting fallish here.  So many farmers in the fields getting in soy beans and corn.  Pretty soon the crossroads will be clear and we can see the cross traffic.  Can't do that if corn is planted there.  Still not many trees changing color yet.  Just hope that happens before the leaves fall.  It has been a dry fall so far.  

Lots of piddly things to do today...making some greeting cards and putting up things.

Quote from: Al Moak on October 06, 2008, 10:31:35 AM
It is wonderfully true that, for those who have once entered the Kingdom, the past is GONE.  However, there is another side to this that hasn't yet been mentioned.  The queston that first needs to be answered is, "Have I ever actually and really entered His Kingdom?"  Once there, I'm absoluely forgiven, but AM I THERE?  At that point, though, we can do one of two things: we can go away from Christ or we can come to Him.  He's promised that if we come to Him, He'll NEVER cast us out.  If you wonder, therefore, whether you are accepted because you wonder if you've ever really come to Him, then COME NOW!  He won't cast you out!

What a wonderful reminder, Alan!  This is so true.

Thank you so much!

Quote from: Larry Hanna on October 06, 2008, 10:54:27 AM

After I get the software installed I will have to move the wireless card from one computer to the other.  There is a bit of work to do to setup this computer as have to do all the updates.  Right now am installing Service Pack 2 and then will install Service Pack 3 and other needed software.

Larry, I keep getting a message that I should install Service Pack 3 and have said "Later" as I'm always leary (is that a word?) of doing this.  So, should I just go ahead and let it install?

Great reminder Pat, and also a good point by Al.

Another day of rain!  No doubt about Fall now...

Went to town today and Wendy saw the doctor.  The results are good.  They are going to do more tests in four months, feel the lump is not cancer.  Would rather it was removed...That is the way it used to be done.  Grateful for answered prayer and will leave matters in God's hands.

Ralph has been having bad stomach pain and saw the dr.  He has to go for many tests.  So we are now worried about him as the dr. is also concerned.  All of these problems certainly keep me in close touch with God.  Think Larry, Janet and I need to form our own little worry club :'(

Have put out all the shoes for everyone in the house and will now go and clean, polish and waterproof for the winter.  Should get finished by dinner with a bit of luck.  Squeek is down here helping me ::)

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

Pat,  I have installed Service Pack 3 on several computers, including one I was working on today where I reinstalled Windows XP and had to do all the updates.  It went well and if you have been doing the updates as they individually came out you probably already have most of it installed.  This was a roll-up package of a lot of weekly updates.

Quote from: Marilyn on October 06, 2008, 09:46:37 AM
I sure understand the power of God's forgiveness even if some family members still carry that unforgiveness for the  deeds of my past. It is their loss not mine.  We have to let go and let God and live in the forgiveness. The hurts will still be there regarding family members but we also have to forgive them for their unbelief, let them know that we love them anyway and sometimes we have to just move on.

hello all,
Yes, this really resonates with me as we have a large family. Many are spread out too and do not see each other so often,then it is harder to heal old transgressions.

If we just remember to love everyone every day, treat them with kindness----it will be the way God intended it to be!

Welcome to the group Cparkinson, Glad to have you join our happy little group.This is the forum where we meet each day  to  talk about whatever is in our minds, plan for the day, what we've been doing etc. Please come back often. Tell us about yourself.

I live in northern California, not a fantastic photographer but I sure do try. I lot to take pictures.

Enjoyed the devotion and the added response by P. Al. 

Larry:  I read much too quickly and miss things often - how sweet of your son and DIL to give your daughter, Stacey, a scooter chair.  You sound busy and into computers right now.

We had the first half of the AARP 55 Alive class today and really the teacher is very nice and the time went much quicker.  Ran over to donate two light fixtures to Goodwill and we found two matching mugs for our kitchen - they match two others perfectly.  49 cents each instead of $7.00 each.  Lest you believe I would ever in my life pay $7.00 for a mug, I must say that we bought the others at a thrift shop as well. There are bargains to behold!  Donate something - then shop.

Son called & feeling down as all the money they set aside for our grandson's college is really down right now - in the market.  Grim news but they will survive as we all do over the valleys and mountains in life.  Thank heaven that everyone in the family is working. 

Ruth Ann:  I see that you are "on" right now.  I hope that your headache is gone gone gone. 

Quote from: Carol on October 06, 2008, 08:29:53 PM
Enjoyed the devotion and the added response by P. Al. 

Carol, what is P.Al.?

A big :welcome: to CP, cparkinson

Hope you see this topic:  http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=7517.0

Pat P. Al is Pastor Al.

hello all,
it rained most of the day here and right now is setting at about 60F was reading thru the forcast and its supposed to start droping to around 35F at night :( not to excited about that. anyways just thought i'd drop in and make sure ya'll know i'm still around just not as much as usual due to homework. hope everyone has a good day tomorrow
sarah

Quote from: Marilyn on October 06, 2008, 09:13:05 PM
Pat P. Al is Pastor Al.

:)  Thanks Marilyn!

Hi everyone.  A special welcome to cparkinson.  You will soon get to know us and we would like to get to know you.  I live in the Atlanta area and am retired for quite a few years and have totally enjoy computers.

I have a few minutes before going to coffee and then have a busy day ahead.  This morning I have a meeting to attend and have some preparatory work to do in advance.  This afternoon I will continue to work on a couple of computers that I am trying to get fixed up.  I think I pretty well finished with the one computer that I was working on yesterday but the lady for whom I am fixing these up stopped by yesterday afternoon with an older computer.  I am going to try to get off some of her files and possibly put in an ethernet card for that computer.  She also wants me to look at her daughter's computer, which isn't working at this time.

I have also agreed to help a lady in our church with replacing an older computer where the hard disk crashed and the clock has gone bad.  I seem to jump out of one frying pan right into the fire but this should be an easy one.  This lady is a novice at using the computer and still uses dialup although I am trying to talk her into getting DSL light.

 Good morning to you all. The day is cooler and it is no doubt that is going to be the way from now on :D

I have just come home from a early morning prayer meeting. We started 6:00 am to 8 am.
We believe if we are to see God move it will come by prayer.

Praying you will all have a good day in the Lord. :thumbsup:

Pat:  I have been a church secretary for two pastors & using the P. Al is just a flippant way to note a loving pastor in this case.  Meaning no disrespect in any way.  I see that our new pastor signs his notes - P. Doug 

Melody: 

QuoteI have just come home from a early morning prayer meeting.

We really need to pray for our leaders right now.  I am praying for an end to this war and for the election - that people will really think carefully before they vote because it matters like nothing else right now. 

              That is an early time for you to go to church.  It sounds like sunrise service. 

Dark outside and the temp is 41* F.  - The heat didn't come on so I nudged it on this morning - it was 63* in here and we set it a point higher at night.  Otherwise, we haven't had the heat on so that is good. 

The family and I are trying to plan a surprise birthday open house for Don's 70th. - we may have to do this about three weeks early -sometime in mid-November. 

I had thought that P.Al referred to our newest member, Pao Alfonso.

Welcome, cparkinson!  Hope you post many posts so we will get to know you and you get to know us.  I am from central Indiana.

Kind of cloudy out today but Ivalou, Jane (neighbor) and I are going to SAM's (Senior Adult Ministry) lunch at a restaurant called Claude and Annies.  After that we plan to go to the new IMAX theater (16 theaters) and see a movie.  Should be fun! 

It is so nice to not have to have the A/C or the heat on.  Hope my electric bill reflects it. 

Hi Carol...

When I was fast reading, I missed the period and thought of something like "Pal"

Good morning, friends,

I posted right after Marilyn yesterday evening, but POOF! it went away between then and later in the evening. So, here's what I wrote in CP, then copy/pasted into SN.

Here's how my day ended up...

Well, today I listened to a new CD a friend gave me, and it seemed that I needed to listen over and over to one of the songs that essentially talked about if you've got problems, etc., then "I let go" and the song talks about living in faith, not shouldering all our problems ourselves.

How true that was for me today.

One block from my home, I was rear ended. There's probably several hundred dollars of damage to my little PT Cruiser, and looks like collection might be a problem based on some of the issues I heard the policeman discussing with the young lady who hit me.

So, I'm grateful that right now, my main pains are my left shoulder blade, left side of neck (I was belted in sitting at a stop sign with foot on the brake - T shaped intersection - looking to my left at oncoming traffic, when there weren't any squealing brakes, just a hard bump that pushed me about 5 feet forward). Thankfully that red car coming down the hill swerved away from me so I didn't hit that car.

Now, here's an update from today:

I'm still SO thankful that things weren't any worse. I have uninsured motorist coverage, so am very thankful for that. Have a doctor's appointment for late this afternoon to be seen about the very sore shoulder joint, collar bone, and both sides of the neck. Both the neck popped when I tried to raise my arm a bit earlier and also I feel some pain and popping between my shoulder blades.

Today will be very busy with calling repair places and getting estimates.

Isn't it wonderful that I was wearing my seat belt, so my new knee seems to be doing OK and I know it didn't bump the dashboard.

Carol, thanks for inquiring about my headache. The Sunday one went away, and of course I developed the new one after the accident. Oh, well, hopefully that, too, will pass. :)

Ruth Ann -glad that accident wasn't any worst but praying for you that the pain will go way.
Carol-we just met for an early morning prayer meeting, it was not a service.
  yes, I agree with you and I  am prayer for your elections also. may God give you leaders to lead in a Godly fashion. <3

Ohhhh, Ruth Ann!!!  I'm so glad you were wearing your seatbelt!  My goodness, you sure don't need anything else at this time.

Hi, I'm in a rental PT Cruiser (silver in color), and about to head to the surgeon for knee checkup.

God really is GOOD, all the time, isn't He!

Ohh, lovely Ruth Ann!

I like those little cars--almost as much as "Coopers"! 

I didn't mean to ignore

Welcome to Pao

Another big welcome to cparkinson

Ruth Ann:  Whew!  You surely didn't need that!  You are lucky that you can walk today because it is so traumatic to be hit from behind - no insurance on the other driver.  That just frosts me.  Thankful prayer for you.

Melody:  All prayers for leaders are appreciated. 

Is Janet coming back soon? 

As far as I know, Carol, Janet said that she'd be away most of October.  :(

Hi everyone.  This will be another relatively busy day.  This morning we have Bible Study with the pastor, after I go to coffee with my retired friends.  Pat and I sometimes then go out to lunch but don't know that we will do that today.  Tonight is choir practice and I need to work with my CD of the Messiah as it has my part on it.  I have the individual pieces in my Palm so they are very handy. 

Yesterday I tried to work on an old computer that our housekeeper brought over but nothing seemed to work and it is so outdated.  I had an ethernet card to try to put in it but couldn't because the motherboard wouldn't take it.  So I removed the hard drive and will try to salvage the pictures and items on it for her.  It is only an eight gig hard drive and it is basically full.  She brought over her daughter's computer yesterday afternoon when she picked up the one I had fixed up for her.  I will have to see what I can do with it.

Ruth Ann, glad you seem to be OK after your car accident.  I had read your posting on SeniorNet yesterday.  Glad your knee seems to be OK.

Good Morning everyone. Not much going on here at the moment. I have been to Curves for my  daily morning workout. I will be going to Tai Chi practice at 8:30 then on to work to take the lady and her two dogs for their walk. I have an appointment to have my nails done this afternoon. I have swept the kitchen floor and will be doing some of the last minute cleaning up things before I go off on my trip tomorrow, so that I come home to a clean house.

I have put the dog food in the car already and will add their beds tomorrow morning and put a pan with some water on the floor of the back seat for them as they travel.

Ruth Ann ~ So glad you weren't hurt badly in you accident.  At least they gave you a rental PT while yours is in the hospital. 

Today is Red Hats day.  We are going to a Tea Room in downtown Indy.  It is at White River Park but I doubt that we will be doing much walking since it is rainy.  May eat and come back home.  But I doubt it.  The driver is a marathon shopper so I imagine we will be stopping somewhere to shop.  Don't have a thing to look for since I got my lapdesk the last time. 

I got a phone call from Phoenix this morning.  My classmate from Mexico is in Phoenix seeing his doctors and friends.  He is leaving to go back to Mexico this afternoon.  His cell costs nothing to call me while he is in the states but costly while in Mexico.  Good to hear him talk.  He sounds strong after his bouts with the hospital and floods in Mexico. 

Again, it is rainy and cold in Indiana.  Only 60° right now and not to get much higher.  Glad I have a red jacket to go with my red and purple!!

Larry, did you see my question the other day about Service Pack 3 for Windows XP?

Just wondering if it's a good thing to just go ahead and install it.

Pat, I did see it and answered.  I would recommend you go ahead and install it.  I have done that on several computers and had no problems.  If you have been keeping your updates current for Windows you probably already have a lot of it installed and it is a compilation of weekly updates (as I understand it).

I wanted to share the following that I just received via e-mai.  Thought you all might get a chuckle from it--I hadn't seen this before:


            

Oops!  I didn't see your answer to me, Larry and I get so frightened about adding techie stuff!  :(

Not much activity here today. Where is everyone? hey come out of your corners and say a few words. Don't quote me now and just type "A Few Words". 

Not much going on here, for now. I am already for the trip and the dogs have more stuff to take than I do. Their bed and blankets, food, treats, food and water bowls and toys. I want them to be comfortable with their own things.

I will be leaving here about 12:30 pm.

TTYL

Good morning :coffee:
Its Thursday and it seems like the week goes so quickly.
Today I am headed to the grocery store to get a turkey to cook for the weekend.
Its Thanksgiving weekend here. So it will be lots of turkey and dressing and vegetables and desserts. Yummy :D

Yea - Don is going to be gone most of this day and I am trying to get him out of the house because I am planning a surprise 70th. birthday for him.  There will be an Open House three weeks prior to his birthday so he won't suspect and the boys are responsible for taking him to the mountains or somewhere - one is building a cabin so that is the excuse. 

Pat:  Thanks - I knew Janet was on a trip just not how long.  When will your house be finished? 

Melody:  I tried to buy a turkey on sale last week & they were all gone in a half day with no replacements.  Usually, there are sales galore at this time of the year and we buy for the baskets as well.

Larry:  I copied your catchy phrases and will hand them to our new pastor.  We will always remember one winter blizzard drive in the mountains & the radio played "Nearer My God To Thee" - laughable but scary drive. 

Our newsletter says that the big church & the tiny one we attend are trying to make 1,000 food baskets this year.  We are going to help put them together.  We used to deliver baskets but I don't know if we can this year - we just don't know this area that well.  Gasoline has gone down a little.  I felt sorry for a young man yesterday who pre-paid and he had $5.50 in change.  He was going to work.  Driving close to the inner city yesterday to buy two chairs - there are people all over - homeless.  Rough looking & drinking.  Sleeping all day & they have just given up.  The weather is just beautiful here and it just isn't understandable when they don't line up for the job place.  These are our own citizens.

Going for a  :coffee:

Bright and sunny again today.  A tad bit cooler.  Seems each day is a degree or two cooler than the previous day.  Not looking forward to the gas bills for heat. 

Today is 60 Chix and I may see if I can find what I am looking for at a Party supply place.  Need some small containers for dips.  We are going to Red Lobster for lunch. 

Good Morning Everyone!

It's a lovely sunny cool day here.  I've been putting chairs from the deck away for the winter.  It's been raining so much lately that it's kind of mucky and muddy out but it's ok.

Enjoy your turkey, Melody!  I'll be alone this weekend but that's ok.  All the kids are on the road travelling to somewhere or other.

Must go and see what else I can do here.

Hi everyone.  It looks like the rain is over but we had somewhere close to 4 inches of rain yesterday and it was raining early this morning.  We are so thankful for the rain and our drought continues.

Not much on the schedule today.  I am still working on the computer (second one) for our housekeeper and am going to install a Linux operating system as it is free and we have no other licenses for Windows XP to use between my friend and I.  I had Linux on a computer and it worked well but I removed it as decided there was no reason to learn it and it wouldn't work with my printers.  However, it was easy to use and give Internet access and did the other things you want from a computer.  They don't have a printer so this shouldn't be a problem and the other computer I gave the housekeeper has Windows XP on it so would work with a printer.

Carol, to fill 1,000 baskets is a really big job and would take a lot of food.  

Pat, we need to put our deck cushions upstairs for the winter.  Pat is washing some of them today as we have a terrible problem here in the south with mildrew.  We have covers for each chair but have had a couple uncovered this summer and the mildew built up on them.

Etta Sue, sounds like you have a fun day planned--enjoy.

Melody, Pat, Liz, Gord and all of our Canadian CP friend, Happy Thanksgiving.

Marilyn, the dogs seem to require about as much as traveling with babies or small children.  Hope eyou have a good trip.

I will be pulling out of here about 12:15. After I get back from walking the lady and her dogs I will load my car have some lunch make sure my dogs have taken care of their business,  put some water in the car for them and we are outta here after that.

I will check in from my fiance's house.

Shalom

Hi, my monitor went out, and then I've also been really groggy from the muscle relaxer medication that's helping my soreness. So, won't say much, but wanted to thank God for my son lending me his monitor and also for God's saving grace.

That's wonderful, Ruth Ann that your son loaned you his.

Which reminds me that I am going to phone you and talk to you about Excel!  Not sure when yet but I'm going to.


Travel safe, Marilyn.

I've been sick the past few days so I haven't been able to post much. :( Still feeling sick today but I'm in front of the computer because I miss reading my daily blogs. :) it's Friday here in the philippines. looking forward to enjoying the weekend.

Ohh, Get well soon, Pao!

Big hugs for you:

I would appreciate prayers for travel mercies and that the dogs will get along with the cat. It is  :rain: in Oregon, at least it was this morning.

the dog are  excited to "go for a ride in the car"


Thank you

I'd like to share with you all about a part of our site that many of you may not have looked at before.

We have on our site a wonderful writer and that's Pastor Al Moak.

Paul and I have been going through his Songs of Worship section on here and have been receiving such a blessing from them.  At first, we were reading the Psalm first and then what Alan wrote but we've now decided that we're going to read his devotional first and then we'll go to the scripture.  Since we've been doing it that way, our eyes are sure opened to what is being written in the Psalm.

Today we read Psalm 72

Have you seen them?

CLICK HERE (http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?board=33.0)

Maybe you'd like to read from Psalm 1 to the end or maybe you have just some interest in one of the Psalms because you read a verse from one.

Just go to the Board and click on "Subject" and they will all be sorted according to number...well almost.  They will be like 1, 10, 100 and something like that but easy to find.

Enjoy!

While you're there, how about leaving Alan a comment as this will certainly encourage him.  (It may take awhile for Alan to get back to your comment but I'm sure he will).  ;)

If you see the little "New" icon, I guarantee that there are some posts in that topic that you've never read.

Marilyn, your fiance's house?!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Hi y'all!!

I'm still hanging in there, things are getting better, slowly.  Thanks for all the prayers. <3

Samantha

So glad you're doing better, Samantha!

Love your profile picture!

Larry, those hymn title references were absolutely wild and wonderful!  Thank you for them.  Pat - thanks for all the kind words.  May our Father bless his Word to us.

My back is hurting some today, and I am hoping I don't have to go to the chiropracter with it.  But I shouldn't complain - the level of health I have is far better than I deserve.  Nevertheless, I long for the everlasting kingdom!  God bless y'all.

Larry, thanks for those comical hymn titles!  I'm sharing them with some others.

:)

 :)  Good Evening to all on C.P. I had a beautiful gift given to my wife and I and that was a 19" monitor and is so clear. Roght after that our computer gave us some trouble and of course I could not figure out what it was.  I asked a friend if he would come over and he did and he was able to get everything working again so praise the Lord.  My daughter has finished her pregnancy leave and gone back to work so we have to help her with our grandson and it is long days so please pray for my wife as it is very hard for her with her bad back.

We are having our other kids for our thanksgiving this weekend so it will be again very busy as our granddaughter will be here also but it is lots of fun. I have looked over the post's and very interesting as per usual and again WELCOME  to our new members.  May the Lord richly bless you all and give you a great time this weekend in the house of the Lord. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the reminder to look in on Pastor Al's words on the Psalms. 

If Gord Brown says that this weekend he will be celebrating Thanksgiving then it must be Canada's Thanksgiving time.  Have a wonderful holiday. 

Hi Samantha!  Love that picture - it is good that you are feeling better.

This has been a rough week.  I have been fluish all week, and very drained.   Hopefully extra rest this weekend will help.

John will be gone over thanksgiving, he is working.  He has had 2 days off during the week instead.  That is how the ball bounced this week.

That is all for now, be back later .

Happy Thanksgiving, all you wonderful northern neighbors!  That's something we can all do all the time - give THANKS!

Hi everyone.  We had coffee a the senior center and then a couple of guys and I went and walked some laps at the church gym that is close by.  We need to reestablish our routine as it is helpful to us all. 

I have two meetings today at the other Senior Center.  The first is our SeniorNet computer volunteers meeting and the second is for our PC User Group.  Our program today is on ergonomics, which should be very interesting as it relates to using the computer.

Pao, sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well.

Gord, that was a very nice gift.  I know you will enjoy the larger monitor.

Yesterday I installed a Linux operating system called Ubuntu on the computer I am fixing for our housekeeper.  It is very easy to use and found the Internet without any effort on my part.  I am working on getting it setup and understanding the differences from Windows.  It is free and certainly is usable with icons and it uses Firefox and a lot of the free programs such as the GIMP graphics program.

Quote from: Pat on October 09, 2008, 01:15:52 PM
Ohh, Get well soon, Pao!

Big hugs for you:

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Thanks! that's a lotta hugs! :) I do feel a bit better today.

Morning y'all!

Pat and Carol, thanks for the comments about my picture.  My daughter, Olivia, took that with Terry's cell phone!  I think she has a natural talent for photography, but is too young to pursue it. 

Later,
Samantha

Hello dear friends, (old and new)  :grouphug:

:coffee: Ah, I am sipping my morning java..."the elixir of life." (as my hubby likes to say)

I'm still hanging in there and living life as abundantly as possible.  Posting is a time consuming chore with my left index finger broken, but I will try.  I will likely have to retrain my brain again to type when my splint comes off.

Today's is Friday and I will be going into town for lunch with my mother, as is our tradition since my kids were little.  And, our other tradition...the kids stay the night with grandma and my hubby and I have a date night.  We've had more family nights on Fridays rather than date nights since our eldest daughter started courting.  We know, Lord willing, we will have many nights for dates again when our kids are grown and gone...if the Lord tarries.

The weather is finally changing.  The leaves are turning and we may even get our first snowfall this weekend!  I just love fall, but around here it's often too soon that the snow flies and the winds blow all the leaves away before I can capture them at their peak.  We will see what happens this year.

Larry, I loved the thing you posted about all the hymns.  I read it aloud to my kids and they got a chuckle, too.  It would be fun to do that as a post in another section for people to add hymns to.  I have another optometrist idea..."Be Thou My Vision."

Marilyn-Praying for you as you travel.

Pao & Judy B-(others?)  I pray that you are again at 100% health very soon.

Al-I can surely relate to your pain, and will continue to pray for you.

Pao-I went to your blog and saw the jeepney(i probably spelled that wrong).  My hubby spent 4 years in the PI at Subic Bay.  His father was in civil service there.  He has told me about the jeepneys, so it was fun to see your picture, too. 

Hello everyone else!!!  :hello: :wave: :hello: :wave:

I'm off...maybe I'll hunt down my fourth porch this weekend.  :)

Yesterday was so much fun, as usual, with my old classmates.  We have really grown close in the last three years of meeting monthly after years of not seeing each other.  A highlight of my month. 

Today I had nothing to do.  Ha!  Change the bed, wash clothes, dry clothes, fold clothes, clean litter boxes, take old litter outside and put in holes, fill with new litter, fix and eat breakfast, makes some cookies, wash dishes, read devotions, exercise, enhance photos I took yesterday and email them out to classmates, fix and eat lunch, wash dishes and here I am.  Nothing to do.  Ha! 

It is a nice sunny day today and the leaves are starting to turn.  My friend in Mexico wants some fall foliage photos so I have to keep an eye out for vibrant colors. 

I am praying for travel mercies, health issues and praises for you all. 

Hello from Oregon, Been busy this morning baking cookies and a Vanilla cake. Did a little laundry too.

Bebe and the kitty became fast friends after Bebe's initial fear of Fritzy, after th behind sniffing was all over they were friends and the cat follow Bebe everywhere.

Happy has been a real pill, I ended up have  to put him in the garage  car about 2 am as he would not stop with some weird little bark his kept doing. He has been at ia all day too, I now have him out on the tie-out.

Samantha that is sure a great new photo I love it.

Hi, friends,

Today was my first day out after those 2 quiet days with the muscle relaxers. Physical therapy showed me some really sore spots, and the folk there watched me carefully and adjusted the exercises to the soreness they could detect on my face.

Doggone it, everyone can read my emotions - always have been able to do so. Oh, well, that just means I need to stay in our Father's arms, nestled and safe there. 

Glad to hear that Bebe and Fritzy got along, Marilyn. I've had dogs and kitties for years, so am well acquainted with the "get to know you" time.

Well, my son asked if I was planning to fix dinner, so I laughingly said, "Hey, it's about time you cooked!" So, he treated me to one of my favorite meals - kraut and smoked sausage. Yum Yum!

We have the construction dumpster and the storage POD coming on Monday and my son from Atlanta comes Tuesday. So, this rampage - ummmm - repair on my house starts on Tuesday! The bankers were kind today, thank goodness.

Pat, please send me an address and I can mail you a big Office 97 book. It covers several software pkgs by Microsoft, including Excel. I can get it to you maybe just a bit easier by sending to Paul, but will be more than happy to send to your Guelph address as well.

Then, maybe it would make it easier for you to ask questions, once the book is in your hands.

Tomorrow's lunch with friends, so I'm thankful for the evening meal cooked by my son tonight! :)

  Good evening to all :)   Today was a very long day for my wife and I as we baby-sat our grandson and we had to get up so very early as my daughter and her husband had to leave for work at 7-00a.m. so it was a very long one.  I also had to go to my cardiac classes at the Y.M.C.A. and then do my own program after finishing that.  Then at 1-30 I had a traing session for our up and coming election next week as I am going to be a poll clerk.

These kind of days are just to long but thank goodness this does not happen to often.

I am hopeing that I can receive the post's as I am having a hard time getting into them but I will keep on trying and I don't want to miss whats going on at C.P.

May you all hav a wonderful weekend and stay safe as you travel.  God Bless :coffee:

I just had to share this Dr. Tozer devotional with you all today.  It really hits the nail on the head of how many Christians in the world feel today.  They think it's necessary to be "popular" in the world.

But...  is it?




Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
--Matthew 5:11-12

Popular Judaism slew the prophets and crucified Christ. Popular Christianity killed the Reformers, jailed the Quakers and drove John Wesley into the streets. When it comes to religion, the crowds are always wrong. At any time there are a few who see, and the rest are blinded. To stand by the truth of God against the current religious vogue is always unpopular and may be downright dangerous....

Christianity's scramble for popularity today is an unconscious acknowledgment of spiritual decline. Her eager fawning at the feet of the world's great is a grief to the Holy Spirit and an embarrassment to the sons of God. The lick-spittle attitude of
popular Christian leaders toward the world's celebrities would make such men as Elijah or George Fox sick to the stomach....

Lot was a popular believer. He sat in the gates of Sodom. But when trouble struck, he had to send quick for Abraham to get him out of the jam. And where did they find Abraham? Out on the hillside, far away from the fashionable crowds. It has always been so. For every Elijah there have always been 400 popular prophets of Baal. For
every Noah there is always a vast multitude who will not believe it is going to rain.

We are sent to bless the world, but never are we told to compromise with it.
Dr. Tozer in The Next Chapter After the Last, 20-21.

"Lord, give me the spirit of Elijah; give me the faith of Noah.  Deliver me from the scramble for popularity and strengthen me to serve alone, oblivious to the roar of the crowds. Amen."


What do YOU think?

Hi everyone.  Pat, thanks for sharing the Tozer piece. 

It is overcast but otherwise a cool and lovely day here.  We will attend a meeting this morning and then have nothing on the schedule for the rest of the day.  I will put the dolly for moving boxes in the car and a few other things in preparation for our daughter's move to a different apartment tomorrow afternoon.  She has two made arrangements with two men who live in the apartments to do the physical work of the moving.  Her friend, the lady who is now our housekeeper, plans on being there to help with final packing up in the morning. 

I am going to church and will stay until after the anthem as we have so few men in our choir but will leave early so we can get downtown to help with the move.  Our plan is to have our daughter go to her new apartment to direct where she wants things put, Pat will stay in the old apartment and I will stay at the freight elevator to keep an eye on things as they load into it.  Then we will help her get unpacked and settled in her new apartment, which is basically like the one she has been living in.

Hope those who haven't been feeling well are feeling better today.

Good morning, friends,

Yesterday's activities were tiring, so I'm a bit slow this morning. Life will be extremely busy for the next few weeks at our house. The long-awaited renovation project begins.

Maybe winter will be warmer, summers cooler, etc. when all this is done.

So, may not be present much - but y'all know I love each of you and will think of you while all this is happening.

Another beautiful day in Indiana.  Not too cold...not too hot.  Just right for me.  The trees are beginning to look fallish with the changing of their colors. 

This afternoon, Charlene's daughter...step-granddaughter to me...is getting married the second time.  They will become a blended family since Audrey has Donovan and Brad has Morgan.  All of them will be in the ceremony.  Today is also Charlene's birthday and Audrey's paternal grandmother's birthday.  Big day.

Then after the wedding and reception, I am coming back home.  Then Ivalou and I will be going to our cousin's for a hayride/weiner roast.  Larry has this every year but it has always been too cold to be out in the evening or after dark.  He is having it a couple of weeks early this year.  Warmer.  It will be a big meal since we are to take a dish to share besides our hot dogs and buns. 

Not sure how late we will be out...maybe not much after dark. 

Good day all.
This is Thanksgiving weekend here and I am having my turkey supper today.
Have the Turkey in the oven with lots of homemade stuffing.
Two puddings made and vegetables and of course lots of gravy. :lol:
Can't wait --and cream cheese cake for dessert.
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What time's supper?  I'm on my way.   ;)

Tonight, we are going to have supper at youngest son's home.  Last night, I fixed quiche and salad and had #2 son & wife over for supper.  I found a recipe for making a basic soup on the net and made a huge amount then struggled to find containers to freeze small batches.  It can be eaten alone or a person can add other things to make about 4 or 5 different kinds of soup.  I have been experimenting with breads too - not really feeling the pinch of the economy yet but it is there - not buying anything either. 

Pat:  Thank you for the notes referring to the state of things at the moment.  It is so hard for people to look past the moment and realize that things change all throughout life.

If only we had instant transportation!  I'd be at Melody's front door in minutes!  Probably would have Jane with us.

Al I will leave some just in case you and Jane make it. :)
I 'm sure  it would be very good to sit and talk about the things of God.

Yesterday was a wonderful day.  The wedding went off great.  It would have only lasted 5 minutes if the little flower girl, the groom's daughter, would have walked down the aisle like she was suppose to walk.  But she got scared the last few minutes and Daddy had to go get her and take her to his parents.  Lots of food afterwards and then I was off to come back home. 

When I got home I had two messages on my answering machine.  Calls from one of my step-daughters that lives 50 miles away.  She had called my cell phone also but I didn't take it in with me to the wedding.  I was putting ice in my cooler when the doorbell rang.  Thinking it was Ivalou, I said, 'Come in.'  It was two of Bud's daughters.  They had been to a funeral about 50 miles south of me and stopped by to chat.  I hadn't seen either of them for about 3 years. 

They left and I went over to get Ivalou and head to the hayride/weiner roast.  Sooooo many people.  I would guess at least 150 people.  Both of us on the way said we weren't going to go on the hayride but Larry had a load ready to go when we got there so we went.  I sure didn't realize that Larry had that much woods on his property...45 acres.  And hilly!!!  Nice ride...some parts a little scary but nice.  The trees there were beautiful.  I got to talk to a lot of relatives and some I hadn't seen for 40 years!!! 

We didn't get home until 10 something last night. 

Now I am ready for church. 

Great weekend so far!

Hi everyone.  It is still overcast here today, as it was all day yesterday.  This will be a bit of a strange day.  I will go to church but only stay through the anthem this morning.  I don't remember ever doing this before but it was either do this or not go and with so few men in the choir I really hate to miss if it can be avoided.  I will come back home, eat a quick bite of lunch, and then we will head down to Atlanta to help our daughter with the move.  A lot of it may be done by the time we get there as the two men she has helping are suppose to be there at noon and we won't be there much before 1 pm.  However, we can help unpack and resettle in as she doesn't have much energy and can't lift anything beyond about 5 pounds.  She will be exhausted when this day is over.

Etta Sue, it sounds like you did have a wonderful day yesterday.  It certainly was a full day.  I can't remember the last time I went on a hayride but it is a fun thing to do.

Melody, it sounds like you all had a wonderful meal to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Carol, your soup recipe sounds good.  Pat has a great Brunswick Stew recipe and we had some of it this last week.  She also has a good soup recipe that is made with a lot of cabbage, with meat chunks and other things that is very good. 

Ruth Ann, it always takes some discomfort in our living arrangements to get things in our homes fixed but usually very much worth it.  A house requires a lot of maintenance.  I was very careful when I bought my current home to make it as maintenance proof as possible on the outside and have really nothing to paint outside except my storage shed.  Everything is covered in vinyl and the house looks as good as when we moved in in 1996 and will never need to be painted.  The only outside maintenance I will need to have done is a new roof put on one of these days, hopefully not for another 2 or 3 years.

A special hi from Atlanta to those who stop by here later today.

Larry - are you to the south of Atlanta, the east of it, the north of it, or the west of it?  Pure and simple curiosity.

Good day . I just  got home from Curch . I have finished dinner and guess what I had -left over Turkey and salads :lol:
This mornings message was

Quotelook up.

In light of what happening economically across the world we need to see it in light of God's word and realize for the child of God it means to look up because the Lor dis returning for His church has he told us in his word. :thumbsup:
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  Good afternoon to all.  We have had a wonderful week end and our grandchildren have been ot our house and they are so beautiful and wonderful and so much fun.  They are so close together and it is hard to believe that our little girl is already almost 13 months and our grandson will be one year on hallowen :cool:

Larry:  It is so nice that you are able to continue to help your daughter but don't overdo it.

Our weather here is sp warm and the sunshine and blue skies are to be enjoyed as we will get into winter to soon 8)

Judy B.  Hope all is well and you also are not doing more than you should be,  say hi to Heather God bless SIS. :thumbsup:

Colin:  Where are you hope that all is well and not to much rain over there.

To all Canadians on the site.   HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND DON'T EAT TO MUCH.

Our senior pastor spoke on the parable of the sower and he came dressed as a farmer and even had one of the oldest pieces of equipment that the farmer would use to spread the seed's and it hung around his neck so it must have taken him a ling time to seed his farm with this small seeder which is not the right name.  He made it a woderful sermon and it was very easy to understand if it was your first time at church but of course the main point was there.

To all C.P. have a wonderful week and may the Lord give you many oppertunities to witness for him.  God Bless. :coffee:  Gord and Noreen. :)

Gosh you guys are always eating in here! Never heard the like of all these big feeds! <3 I am still painting and decorating and all that nice stuff.
Hi Gordon...I am doing ok. Come on over and check out my new website  www.freewebs.com/irishchristianpoets and why not join it too! O yes you can! :thumbsup: Invitation open to anyone!

O well....back to bread and jam :(

God bless

We enjoyed another great sermon today - and a talk by one of the women who went to Haiti with others from the big church.  We tried to stay for coffee but the machine dropped dead this morning.  How on earth can Lutherans survive without coffee?  Not too well. 

Don has been off and on watching the Broncos play and we took a long walk in the coolish mist today.  I have a rye bread in the machine but it is going to be finished too late today.  We worked this afternoon on getting a room ready to paint tomorrow.

Colin:  I will check it out. 

Did anyone here send an invitation to join something on email?  I don't want to open it unless I know it is from one of you.  It is some kind of chat thing - which I am not around enough to enjoy so I just wanted to ask if anyone is on this thing. 

Thanks for that thought for today, its just the word I needed, I struggle with past guilt, and confusion, does God really exist and cares for us, are are we left alone here, at the whims and fickleness of all the forces in the universe, and all the forces for evil and confusion. In spite of all the Bible has to say, and just how deep our understanding of the scriptures, doubt and darkness and the fears of our past creep back in, and threaten to overwhelm our sanity, its times like these we/I need something to reassure me there is a God who did create this universe, and He alone is in charge, an He does love His creation. But what then is love? Well to me its something I don't really understand, certainly not to feel wanted, if that's what love is. I try to take inspiration from such words, but it doesn't help a great deal.

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Did anyone here send an invitation to join something on email?  I don't want to open it unless I know it is from one of you.  It is some kind of chat thing - which I am not around enough to enjoy so I just wanted to ask if anyone is on this thing. 

Carol, I got that invitation too.  It just says a friend or someone I know .... I didn't do anything with it either ... it's still sitting in my inbox!  I await further instructions ...  :D

Hi, Karmat! Sure hope your birthday has been wonderful. I'm sitting here contemplating all the fun that y'all surely have had.  :thumbsup:

It's good to hear from everyone today. I'm just about recovered from that "bender fender" the other day. I understand my little purple PT Josie will be all better by Tuesday. Thank goodness for uninsured motorist coverage.

Thanks for the kind words about the mountainous task we face with disposing of, selling, or giving away 41 years of living in the same home.  Yikes!  Would appreciate prayers that our Lord will reign supreme during this stressful time.

I threw that "invitation" away. I strongly suspect this is spam with malicious intent to harm our computers.

Y'all have a great rest of the day, and I'll try to get in as much as time will allow next week.

Time to lock the door here for this week.

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