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A HARVEST THANK YOU

Autumn mists creep across the fields
To labouring hands giving up their yields
Of maize and corn, potatoes, wheat
And all other crops good to eat
The fruit that decked the leafy bough
Are gathered in the harvest now

Of bounty now of land and sea
We come O Lord to give thanks to thee
You promised a time for sowing seed
A time of harvest to supply our need
To nourish the body you let us know
We would reap what we did sow

Give we thanks Lord, to you our praise
For the bountiful harvest that you did raise
For we know Lord in faith we planted
But for this yield it was you who granted
So mighty God all that's left to do
Is to give you the glory with a Harvest thank you

Colin Moffett

Oh, Janet and all others, I am sorry I misinterpreted Nick and his English.  Nick speaks great English and some Spanish to get his point across.  What I meant is he said he didn't think he needed to know what words are adverb or pronouns and such.  Or how to dissect a sentence.  That why he failed English a few times back and finally got it this time.  No, I agree.  I would like someone to speak enough of my language to calm me in emergencies.  He said it was College English so harder than High School English. 

What a great yesterday!  I am finally back to myself.  What a long three days. 

I am all ready for church...ready to put this laptop down and go out the door.  It is bright and sunny...not a puffy thing in the sky!!  Promising to be a great day.  Today we are to see a video of our future building proposition.  And some pamphlets to take home and of course, an awesome sermon of God. 

Ivalou and I are going to church together.  We will probably go out to eat somewhere and then home.

This evening I want to go to a funeral visitation.  My ex sister-in-law passed away on my birthday.

Beautiful Colin!

I pray everyone has a good day in the house of the Lord! for This is the day that the Lord has made!!!

Do you have the joy of God's presence?

On that day the announcement to Jerusalem will be, "Cheer up, Zion! Don't be afraid! For the Lord your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you with great gladness. With his love, he will calm all our fears. He will exult over you by singing a happy song."

Zephaniah 3:16-17 NLT

I know the Lord is always with me, I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is filled with joy, and my mouth shouts his praises!
Psalm 16:8-9 NLT

Happy are those who obey his decrees and search for him with all their hearts.
Psalm 119:2 NLT


Real joy
Is joy, or happiness, a passing emotion or a permanent state? The Bible says it can be both. There is happiness that reacts to happenings (which is temporary and volatile), and there is happiness that overrules happenings (which is strong and lasting). Happiness based on happenings is part of life, but if that is all we can count on we have to keep feeding ourselves with events to keep us upbeat. Those who know the joy that comes from God don't need happenings to keep them happy. They learn how to develop inner joy because they know, no matter what happens, God offers hope and promise.

Hi everyone.  We had a very stormy late afternoon, evening and night.  I haven't heard how much rain we had but am sure it was quite a bit.  We sure needed it as things were getting very dry.

I am ready for church and then we plan on going out to eat with the group as long as they don't decide to go to this one Mexican place we really dislike. 

I watched a lot of football yesterday but it wasn't a winning day for my team or my best friends team.  Glad there is always next week.  I will watch some pro football this afternoon and probably evening.  Glad the regular season is underway. 

Colin, so nice to see your poetry once again and thanks for sharing the harvest poem.  How are you doing?  It has been quite awhile since we heard from you. 

Judy, glad to see you back posting and know you are online again.  Thanks for the Bible postings and comments.  I don't often comment on them but do appreciate them and your effort to post them for us.

Etta Sue, sorry to hear of the death of your ex sister-in-law.  Glad you are feeling better and also that you got your Droid fixed.  Glad you also got some much needed rain.  It does seem this is early for harvest. I would think it would be much cheaper to have your Bible page printed at Office Depot.  The last time I had printing done I think it was about four or five cents a sheet and certainly a lot less work.  Ink is so expensive for our printers.

Janet, sounds like you had a great time yesterday and so glad you were able to go and do one of the things that gives you such enjoyment.  I don't understand why your church would have something to honor your pastor if his behavior has been bad and he has shown a lack of integrity.  It sounds like you and Darrel have made the right decision for yourselves.

We are home from church.  Pastor was good today. After church we had a luncheon.  There is a lady who only comes to church when there is a luncheon as she likes to cool, and brings a lot of food.  She is the lady who works the food bank that had Kassie working with her.  We are praying for her salvation.  As a result we have more luncheons than most churches. 

We are going out for supper this evening.  RuthV who is here on CP has invited us out for dinner.  It will be good to visit with her. 

I have read all the posts,  with the concern of missing someone who have posted, I won't comment.  Just know you have all been prayed for.

Etta Sue, thanks for the explanation.  And thanks for not being offended by what I said, I worried a bit about that later.  Yes, College English is difficult, really so for some.  I used to love diagramming sentences, naming the parts of speech, etc; but it is so hard for some.  Darrel hated English in school.

We are packed and ready to depart by 6 AM.  Will be back home on Friday night.  I think I will take my laptop this time, just for kicks, but might not have time to post, as it is going to be a very busy 5 days.  The hotel does have free WIFI and a nice pool, so we are going prepared.

Darrel missed church today, as just as we were getting dressed, he got a call and had to go to Liberal to repair an alarm system.  The job took 15 minutes, but the trip over and back took 2 hours.  That's the way those things usually are.

You kids behave now while I'm gone!    

I think I have missed something.....Where has Janet gone?

We have had a great time with Ruth and her hubby tonight.  Ruth Kassie and I went off and played on the computer, while the men talked.  Great time of fellowship!.

We have dentist and doctor appointments tomorrow so I won't be on till late evening.

Have a good night's sleep and a God day tomorrow.

Time to lock the door and hope that you'll all meet with us in our new Thoughts for the Week HERE.

See you there!