RAMBLING

I was listening tonight song on the radio...hosted by Bill Peirce I have been hearing this program now  for nearly 50 years... from the hampton street days on TRANSWORLD RADIO. It seemed strange to me that I was hearing the "pop" (secular) song on this religious program Anne Murray was singing you needed me.... I was just about to go see if the dial had shifted when I heard the deep voice of the announcer "this is night sound" NIGHTSOUND WEBSITE "You Needed Me" is a song written by Randy Goodrum, who describes it as being about "unconditional undeserved love."[1] It was a number one single in the United States in 1978 for Canadian singer Anne Murray. The song, included on her 1978 album Let's Keep It That Way, was also a top-five country single and won Song of the Year at the Academy of Country Music awards. The Anne Murray version was number one in Malaysia for ten weeks. WIKI You gave me strength to stand alone again To face the world out on my own again You put me high upon a pedestal So high that I could almost see eternity You needed me, you needed me WIKI "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris. The song was rated number nine on George Carlin's 10 Most Embarrassing Songs of All Time. [Napalm & Silly Putty (New York: Comedy Concepts, Inc., 2001), 187.] First I was afraid I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side But I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong I grew strong I learned how to carry on and so you're back from outer space I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face I should have changed my stupid lock I should have made you leave your key If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother me Go on now go walk out the door just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore I got off wondering about these songs... no..the second one was not played on nightsound.. and I didn't catch what the program was about. I used to work in an orpanage as a houseparent that was where I first heard the survive song.. some kids were really belting it out... I never forgot it.... I was thinking on thanksgiving listening to someone on the radio read first Corinthians chapter thirteen it dawned on me that I am seeing that love in my home everyday... maybe not all the time but...yes it is definately there... ...and I am thankful to God and to my family for the love. 1 Corinthians 13 4 Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn't jealous. It doesn't sing its own praises. It isn't arrogant. 5 It isn't rude. It doesn't think about itself. It isn't irritable. It doesn't keep track of wrongs. 6 It isn't happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth. 7 Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up. 8 Love never comes to an end. There is the gift of speaking what God has revealed, but it will no longer be used. There is the gift of speaking in other languages, but it will stop by itself. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will no longer be used. 9 Our knowledge is incomplete and our ability to speak what God has revealed is incomplete. 10 But when what is complete comes, then what is incomplete will no longer be used.

born to warn

this is so beautiful.... how can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?   In 1739, wen the Count was mak­ing a sea voy­age from Saint Thom­as, West In­dies, he wrote this re­mark­a­ble hymn. Al­though as a boy he was ed­u­cat­ed in pi­e­tis­tic teach­ings, he is said to have been con­vert­ed by see­ing the fa­mous paint­ing, "Ecce Homo," which hangs in the Düss­el­dorf Gal­le­ry and pic­tures the bowed head of Christ, crowned with thorns. Per­haps he still cher­ished in his mem­o­ry that vi­sion of the Man of Sor­rows, when in this hymn he wrote of the "ho­ly, meek, un­spot­ted Lamb," "Who died for me, e'en me t' atone." Price, p. 57 Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; 'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head.   Bold shall I stand in Thy great day; For who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully absolved through these I am From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.   The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, Who from the Father's bosom came, Who died for me, e'en me to atone, Now for my Lord and God I own.   Lord, I believe Thy precious blood, Which, at the mercy seat of God, Forever doth for sinners plead, For me, e'en for my soul, was shed.   Lord, I believe were sinners more Than sands upon the ocean shore, Thou hast for all a ransom paid, For all a full atonement made.   When from the dust of death I rise To claim my mansion in the skies, Ev'n then this shall be all my plea, Jesus hath lived, hath died, for me.   This spotless robe the same appears, When ruined nature sinks in years; No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Christ is ever new.   Jesus, the endless praise to Thee, Whose boundless mercy hath for me— For me a full atonement made, An everlasting ransom paid.   O let the dead now hear Thy voice; Now bid Thy banished ones rejoice; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness.   HEAR IT HERE

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capitalists not all greedy

money can be neutral political systems may be neutral it is the human mind that when it is MADE UP produces the effects and realities that we experience and call life. some of these effects include poverty which can be painful but not always the BIBLE SAYS be ye kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving one another even as GOD for CHRIST's sake has FORGIVEN YOU some want to have a long debate about capitalism VS socialism I do beleive that if a mind is made up for and by the GOD of the BIBLE where kindness and other biblical and Godly principles are applied THEN GREED IS NOT PRODUCED A christian capitalist while acquiring private property and competing in a free market is guided by kindness and is conscious of boundaries and of market shares and of the "HAVE-NOTS" an example of such a person that comes to my mind is American businessman R.G.LeTourneau. Find the story here another notable example is ANDREW CARNEGIE Many persons of wealth have contributed to charity, but Carnegie was perhaps the first to state publicly that the rich have a moral obligation to give away their fortunes. In 1889 he wrote The Gospel of Wealth, in which he asserted that all personal wealth beyond that required to supply the needs of one's family should be regarded as a trust fund to be administered for the benefit of the community. read a biography here

thanksgiving...renewing my mind

MARY: I don’t know about you, but I find that I am frequently having to re-learn something from last year or last month or last week. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could learn everything we need to know just once, and that’s it! But life is not that way and we are all prone to forget—prone to wander from what we know—prone to do our own thing and go our own way. So, if we’re going to become spiritually mature, we have to be good at re-learning.


For example, we often need to learn to be content. Most of us are victims at times of looking on the other side of our fence and deciding that the grass over there sure looks greener than our grass. It just sometimes seems like our lives are painted drab gray and everybody else has bright red or yellow!


ME: Mathematics and Mind - As I was driving along from the bank, I heard a news report about the senate vote on the health bill. I was struck by the fact that both sides were making opposing claims about what the new laws would do. Everyone starts with the same FACTS, namely x number of people are without health insurance. The disagreement seems to be about what effect the new law will have on that number. Another number that is in contention is what the cost will be.

FROM POLITICAL HOTSHEET
"Democrats called a revamp of the
nation's health care system long overdue"

"Republicans cast the bill as a costly government
takeover, built on budget gimmicks."
(http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/19/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5713960.shtml)

MARY: Someone once wrote: "The uncommon life is the product of the day lived in the uncommon way." That means that a person whose life is exciting and full is one who finds meaning and satisfaction in the seemingly insignificant, daily things in life.


Let me give you a very simple example: I have some china that I really love. And it gives me great pleasure to set my table with that china, to hold it, even to wash it. I enjoy my china. I remember once, when my daughter was much younger, that she found it rather strange to hear me getting excited about this china which I had owned for years.


And I said to her, "If you can find pleasure and joy in the little things in your life, your life will be full of pleasure and joy. Otherwise, it's going to be very drab most of the time, with a few high points only now and then."

ME: Just this week two teanagers walked in the front door of our house making reports. The thing that sruck me was that the one who pretty much always had high grades was significantly down on one grade only. The other who was always pretty much happy to pull in C’s and D’s was now proudly displaying this one A.

So me, as usual always looking for DEEPER meaning in life... immediately noticed that there was a common denominator. The one low grade was a math related subject and the one high grade was also a math related subject.

So what is the connection betwen the senators and the students?
Our senses bring us knowledge or facts...but UNDERSTANDING.....that is something else.


MARY: Regardless of how humble and unpretentious your daily life may seem, you can elevate it if you can learn to enjoy and appreciate what you have. As the Apostle Paul tells us in Philippians 4, it is learning the secret of being content in any and every situation. Contentment brings meaning to our daily lives, and frees us from the dreariness of looking over our fence at someone else's grass.


Have you enrolled in the school of contentment? You can begin today by appreciating the small things, smelling the roses that are in your life, instead of being focused on what you don't have and looking over your fence all the time.

ME: More and more I am hearing from teenagers and young adults...the expression...
YOU ARE NOT MAKING SENSE or that makes no sense at all.
So what am I to make of this?
A. I can conclude that I am just going the way of the world – senility....OR
B. I can delude myself into the generation gap theory....OR
C. I can put up a fight and be gang bashed every time....another option
D. Is to just shut up and leave stuff alone...in other words mind your own business
But out or whaterver...you are no longer relevant...D can include A,B &C.

None of these options are useful..so As our president so astutely observed there is a time when one retreats into faith for refuge, of course his way of saying it, was a little less encouraging.

HERE ARE THE SCRIPTURES Proverbs 3
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

So, in making our decisions the FACTS are only a part of the equation.
Once we put the facts through the BLACK BOX of our thinking, the conclusions that we draw will be determined by the principles and beleifs that are in OUR MIND. The mathematics of our mind.

HERE is what we are asked to do.....

Don't become like the people of this world. Instead, change the way you think. Then you will always be able to determine what God really wants-what is good, pleasing, and perfect.
Romans 12 GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)

Most popular television programming produces an effect that runs counter to the mind renewing mentioned here......

here is more of Mary

Another thing high on the list of things I have to relearn is how and when to let go. You know, there are times when we simply have to let go and turn situations over to God. Letting go does not mean that we don't care, nor that we wouldn't do whatever we could do to help the situation. It simply means that we recognize where our abilities end and where we relinquish situations to God's control.


For instance, most parents face this "let go" decision with their children. You raise your children the best you can, you try to teach them biblical principles, but at some point, you let them go. Perhaps you let them go make their own mistakes, but you know there's no other way for them to learn. You let them go make their own decisions, even if you could make better ones for them.


I answered a letter from a listener who was struggling with letting go of his dream to be married. He really wanted a partner and was obsessed with that dream and just could not let go of it. You know, often we have to let our dreams go—those cherished things we've been hoping and longing for. They may be very good things, like getting married. But God often wants to know if we love him more than we love our dream. And so we have to let go. Sometimes those dreams are returned to us fulfilled later on; sometimes they are not. But until we let go, they will possess us and rob us of joy and contentment.


We have to learn to let our burdens go. Jesus has told us to turn our heavy burdens over to him and accept his light one in exchange. I think many of us feel guilty when there's a problem in our life if we aren't feeling the burden all the time. But that's not the way God wants us to respond. He wants us to drop our burdens at his feet a­nd just keep letting them go. I can tell you that many times I verbally tell God, "Lord, I'm dropping this right here. I'm letting it go, because it's too heavy for me."


What is it that God wants you to let go of today? Let me encourage you to do it. You can trust God. He's able to take care of the situation, but first you have to give it over to him. Unclinch those fists right now, and just keep learning to let go.


Here’s another one: We need to learn and re-learn how to humble ourselves. In Numbers 12:3 Moses is identified as a "very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth." What was it that made Moses so humble? After all, he had great power and wealth, and the highest position in his country. He had spiritual privileges, talking with God face-to-face, and he performed incredible miracles. How could he be so humble?


Well, first, he spent 40 years in the desert, because of a failure on his part. Humbling ourselves means we have to learn that in our own strength, we are failures. For ten years of my life, I thought I could make things happen, as we say. I had to learn that in myself I can do nothing.


Then, you remember that Moses had a speech impediment. He stuttered and couldn't give a speech, so Aaron became his spokesperson. That had to be humbling for a great leader. It was a constant reminder to him that his talents and skills were not sufficient. The Apostle Paul had that same experience—a thorn in the flesh, he called it—which God did not remove because he knew Paul would need that thorn to remind him of where his strength came from, to keep him humble.


I encourage you to learn to be thankful for the impediments you have, the things missing in your life, which contribute to helping you learn humility. It's extremely important that we be truly humble, and, like Moses, we need reminders of our needs so that we can humble ourselves.


One reason Moses was able to be humble is that the highest priority of his life was to know God. Moses knew God better than any other person on earth. He spent lots of time alone with God. You know, when we start to focus our lives on knowing God, humility is an inevitable result. You learn true humility as you learn who you are in comparison to who God is.


In Philippians 2 we read that Jesus humbled himself to become a servant. Servanthood is one revealing sign of true humility. Recently someone was complaining about the fact that when he came to church, no one gave him any attention and he couldn't form any real strong relationships because people weren't friendly. And I thought to myself: A servant doesn't react that way. A servant doesn't come into a group to see what that group can do for him or her, but rather, comes ready to do something for others. We learn to humble ourselves as we learn to serve others.


Have you learned when to ignore people? Well, you may need to re-learn it! Of course it's important for us to be good listeners, but the opposite side of that truth is that there are times we should absolutely ignore what other people are saying to us. Let me give you an example.


In Mark 5:36, we read, "Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, 'Don't be afraid; just believe.'" This was the man who asked Jesus to come and heal his sick daughter. On the way to his house some of his friends met them and reported that his daughter was dead, so there was no need to bother Jesus anymore. And in response to those words of death and doom, Jesus told Jairus to believe and not be afraid, and he completely ignored their bad report.


When he got to the house and announced that the child was not dead, everyone laughed at him. But Jesus ignored that, too. He just went in and brought the girl to her feet, alive and well.


It seems there are always people around to give us negative, discouraging words. They may be well-intentioned; they may be your best friends. But if their words of advice and information are faith-destroying words, then you should ignore them.


Jairus had to choose to believe Jesus in spite of what his friends said to him, even when they laughed at him. If others are giving you faith-destroying words, you too can choose to ignore them, refuse to be afraid, and continue to place your trust in the word of the Lord. Jesus gives us words of life and hope. We must cling to them and not be afraid. He is faithful to do what he has promised. You can trust him. So, learn to ignore others when they give you faith-destroying words and advice.


And the last thing we need to re-learn is to persevere. Lots of people make good starts; not too many complete the course.


We read in Hebrews 12:1 that we should run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Note that each of us has a unique race marked out. Your race may be different from mine, but the important thing is to hang in there and cross the finish line.


The night is darkest just before the dawn, and all too often we quit the race when it gets dark and bleak, when the finish line is just around the corner. In the first chapter of James we read that "perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Without perseverance we won't reach spiritual maturity. That's why we need to learn and re-learn perseverance.


How often do you feel like quitting? I can remember saying to the Lord at one point, "What use is it, Lord? I don't see light at the end of the tunnel and I'd just like to walk away from the whole thing." You know, if you have those kinds of thoughts you might as well talk to God about them. He knows what you're thinking anyway. But God reminded me that I'm called to be faithful, to persevere, and I had to learn it all over again.


Hebrews 12:13 says, "Don't wander away from the path but forge steadily onward. On the right path the limping foot recovers strength and does not collapse." Therefore, we need to make certain we're on the right path, and then, stay on it regardless. Even if you're just limping along, don't stop. As we hang in there, our limps are healed and we're able to cross the finish line.


How often do we quit as soon as we develop a limp? We failed, we weren't able to accomplish something we had planned, the resources we were counting on didn't come through, things didn't go as smoothly as we hoped. We quit! But the Bible says keep going on the right path even with your limp.


Paul wrote to the Corinthians "Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2). Proving faithful is perseverance, and we can learn to be faithful and to persevere. I'm telling you, I'll take a faithful person any day over one with bigger talents or gifts who isn't willing to hang in and get the job done—to stick with it through thick and thin times.


I want to encourage you today to learn perseverance. Quitters don't win and winners don't quit, and God's looking for people with endurance. Let's stick by the stuff and make it to the finish line by his grace.


So, I hope you’ll remember to re-learn to be content, to let go when you should, to be humble, to ignore faith-destroying words, and to endure to the end. Five things we have to learn and re-learn.

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antimicrobial peptides..?? ! !

Virus Killer:
Swine Flu, H1N1,
Tuberculosis,
even the Common Cold

Dear Friends,

By the way, if you ask anybody who takes 5000 units of Vitamin D3 a day, they'll tell you they just don't get sick anymore; the colds and flu just don't happen. How that works is amazing. Your body makes hundreds of naturally occurring antibiotics called antimicrobial peptides and people have been looking for a long time to see what up-regulates genetic production of them, what increases productions of antimicrobial peptides.

Just in the past couple of years is has been discovered that Vitamin D really up-regulates productions of antimicrobial peptides. Of course it makes sense. Do you get many colds and flu's in the summer time? No, not really. People have always thought that the reason for that is that people are crowded in the winter time but it turns out it's probably simply due to the fact that your Vitamin D levels in the winter are a quarter or sometimes one-third what they are in the summer time.

You know a lot of times when even scientists talk about science they confuse facts and theories. For example, it is a fact that children with rickets get lots of infections. But scientists will tell you that children with rickets get lots of infections because their rib cages are soft. But even the scientists don't know. The statement they just made: one part is fact and one part is theory.

Or, more people get heart attacks in the winter because they are shoveling snow or because they're crowded or because of influenza: there are a lot of theories about it. The fact is they get more heart attacks in the winter; everything else is theory. It's important to separate fact and theory.

Read on to unlock the simple secrets of this effective supplement!
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hiding the shame

Graven Images - show us the father and it sufficeth us. My cousin Lennon Alanzo has the same birthday as myself. My twin brothers were born on the day before our birthday. I am a second child...and have a tendency to play supportive roles in most of "my movies"....but cousin Len has consistently played leading roles in all of his movies and so has my sister Grace. Grace and Len, you see, are FIRST children. As is Terry. and Loma..I beleive...Len however, has an added element.... he is also AN ONLY CHILD. I was trying to remember wether our cousin Trever was older Than his sister...without actually knowing the facts I thought about it a LITTLE (no pun intended) and am willing to bet that His sister is older. {let me know if I am wrong} Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. A while ago I came across a book titled THE BIRTH ORDER FACTOR. I did not read it through...but I never forgot the idea suggested by the title.... that where you fall in the family among siblings will affect your personality ...period.!!! Furthermore, wherever you end up in life you will demonstrate characteristics similar to others  in your "birth order group" Recently cousin Len was doing a construction project and I was his helper. He kept diving one idea into my head. RON YOU HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT.....did I mention that I was older than him...it don't matter...he (tink he) de boss !!! As we forgive those who trespass against us... to be continued in the CHRONICLE <click here

thanks Grace

Jamaica's Jerome Jordan impresses NBA great Isiah Thomas

BY PAUL BURROWES Observer writer

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

JAMAICAN seven-foot centre of Tulsa University Jerome Jordan has impressed NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas whose charges Florida International University (FIU) lost on Sunday at the Donald Reynolds Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

JORDAN. said to be definitely a pro potential and pro player

The 23-year-old Jordan played for 24 minutes and scored 12 points after sinking six of his seven field goals. He grabbed seven rebounds and effected six blocks as Tulsa punished the Golden Panthers 81-49 in the second game of their regular season in Conference USA.

Tulsa, nicknamed the Golden Hurricane, won their season opener last Friday, beating Division Two team St Mary's of Texas 72-47, with Jordan scoring nine points and grabbing 11 rebounds.

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dazzle

THE REALITY O let me feel Thee near me The world is ever near I see the sights that dazzle The tempting sounds I hear now I desparately pray... I know He answers, already calling my attention away.... THE PRAYER O guide me call me draw me uphold me to the end and then in heaven receive me my Saviour my friend AMEN today this song came back to mind from across the years.... ..it was a morning devotion song at Wolmers HEAR IT HERE TODAY I looked in the MIRROR.... I did not like what I saw ..... he is like a person who looks at his face in a mirror, 24 studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 However, the person who continues to study God's perfect teachings that make people free and who remains committed to them will be blessed. People like that don't merely listen and forget; they actually do what God's teachings say.<< James 1:23 >>

Did YOU look in THE MIRROR today?

UNWILLING

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: Conflict is a contest of wills. It first started when we learned to say no.... and some of us become chronic objectors..... our first impulse is to resist. ++++++++++++++++++ I first suspected that I might be a rebel when in the 9th grade I began to feel an attraction to the man FALSTAFF. ++++++++++++++++++ Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare as a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. A fat, vainglorious, and cowardly knight, Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, but he is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king. Falstaff is a central element in the two parts of Henry IV, a natural portion of their structure. Yet he does at times seem to be mainly a fun-maker, a character whom we both laugh with and laugh at, and almost in the same breath. What makes portly Sir John so entertaining? How is it, when his actions would repulse many in both a modern and medieval context, we find ourselves so attracted to this lying tub of lard? - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ++++++++++++++++++ ...but, as time goes by we may become more refined in our rebellion or objections. Conscientious objectors.... objecting for a cause...... if these tendencies are not soon corrected we could grow old and become just outright contentious ...or  when trying to put it in a "good" light we will say that we are just a bit competitive. and the final stages of this disorder... they say we are cantankerous 1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: (dictionary.com) 2. difficult or irritating to deal with (Mirriam-Webster online) ++++++++++++++++++ << James 4 >> 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Aren't they caused by the selfish desires that fight to control you? 2 You want what you don't have, so you commit murder. You're determined to have things, but you can't get what you want. You quarrel and fight. You don't have the things you want, because you don't pray for them. 3 When you pray for things, you don't get them because you want them for the wrong reason-for your own pleasure. 4 You unfaithful people! Don't you know that love for this evil world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God. 5 Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, "The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own." 6 But God shows us even more kindness. Scripture says, "God opposes arrogant people, but he is kind to humble people." 7 So place yourselves under God's authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. 8 Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters. 9 Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the Lord's presence. Then he will give you a high position. << Matthew 5 >> 39 But I tell you not to oppose an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn your other cheek to him as well. 40 If someone wants to sue you in order to take your shirt, let him have your coat too. 41 If someone forces you to go one mile, go two miles with him. 42 Give to everyone who asks you for something. Don't turn anyone away who wants to borrow something from you. 43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you this: Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you. 45 In this way you show that you are children of your Father in heaven. He makes his sun rise on people whether they are good or evil. He lets rain fall on them whether they are just or unjust. 46 If you love those who love you, do you deserve a reward? Even the tax collectors do that! 47 Are you doing anything remarkable if you welcome only your friends? Everyone does that! 48 That is why you must be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect. Don't Do Good Works to Be Praised by People

Free to choose

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of the inheritance that our father left us." 14 Jesus said to him, "Who appointed me to be your judge or to divide your inheritance?" 15 He told the people, "Be careful to guard yourselves from every kind of greed. Life is not about having a lot of material possessions." 16 Then he used this illustration. He said, "A rich man had land that produced good crops. 17 He thought, 'What should I do? I don't have enough room to store my crops.' 18 He said, 'I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones so that I can store all my grain and goods in them. 19 Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up a lot of good things for years to come. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! I will demand your life from you tonight! Now who will get what you've accumulated?' 21 That's how it is when a person has material riches but is not rich in his relationship with God." Luke 12:13-21

P.S...this teaching from Jesus came to me after I was listening
to a very good friend tell about his plans to find a nice younger woman
to marry maybe...but at least to live with. My friend is over 50 and like
myself had made some bad choices earlier in life. He had separated from his wife.
He had a son with another woman with whom he was now living in what
seemed like much misery.....and he was thinking seriously about finding
and "settling down with a younger woman"

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seed ideas for future rambling
Freedom
competition
choice
conscience
right & rights
good vs bad
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Richard the ruler
loses his soles (soul)

Now he is richard the looser

so is everyone that layeth up for himself treasure
and is not rich towards GOD

Run fast....

principles for living

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress......Barack Obama ========================== 1 Kings 15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. ========================== 1 Samuel 12:14  If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.

Funerals

Why does the preist / pastor always say at the funeral that humans are born for trouble?   I do beleive that people tend not to bother with "the GOD  stuff" until they are really in trouble.   so my attitude these days is if there is no trouble I get a bit nervous.... if you know what I mean.   I need God so badly. If you think you can figure it all out, you are making a mistake.   We all like to start these projects on our own, and we inevitebly get "stuck".   Why not include God RIGHT FROM THE START.   In all thy ways acknowledge HIM HE will direct your path.   DOU YOU REALLY BELEIVE THAT ? try it.. and remember.... THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH !!!

Faithfully loving Your own

HEAR IT HERE   Wonderful, merciful Savior Precious Redeemer and friend Who would have thought that a lamb could Rescue the souls of men Oh, You rescue the souls of men Counselor, Comforter, Keeper Spirit we long to embrace You offer hope when our hearts have Hopelessly lost the way Oh, we hopelessly lost the way ~Chorus~ You are the one that we praise You are the one we adore You give the healing and grace Our hearts always hunger for Oh, our hearts always hunger for Almighty, infinite Father Faithfully loving Your own Here in our weakness You find us Falling before Your throne Oh, we're falling before Your throne

we celebrate

It’s a black & white affair
as we celebrate Mollyan’s
80th birthday
Come join her
family and Friends
West Palm Beach, FL


Sunday, November 15, 2009 3:00 p.m.
Attire: Black & White/Black or White
Kindly reply before November 8, 2009