Come over here and post please...this is for us...it's not a messed up page and if someone messes it up by writing hhhahahahahahaa or something else all over it...just make a new topic with the same title. Someone likes us over here.
I agree. But I figured the best way to beat them is to ignore them and start this topic again...and again...and again...why not. I'm not sure who's idea this was, but I'll keep it going this way..better than having to scroll all the way across the page to read it. JMO
Me, too. In and out and then the storm will knock me off the line and I have to get back on and all. But we do need the rain. If it slows down enough, I have to go out and make sure the culverts are clean [bar ditches?].
Mimi
'When we stop learning, we die.'
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God Summoned a beast from the field and He said, "Behold man, created in my image. Therefore adore him. You shall protect him in the wilderness, shepherd his flocks, watch over his children, accompany him wherever he may go - even unto civilization. You shall be his companion, his ally, his slave."
"To do these things," God said, "I endow you with these instincts uncommon to other beasts: faithfulness, devotion, and understanding surpassing those of man himself. Lest it impair your courage, you shall never foresee your death. Lest it impair your loyalty, you shall be blind to the faults of man. Lest it impair your understanding, you are denied the power of words. Let no fault of language cleave an accord beyond that of man with any other beast - or even man with man. Speak to your master only with your mind, and through your honest eyes.
"Walk by his side; sleep in his doorway; forage for him, ward off his enemies, carry his burdens, share his afflictions; love him and comfort him. And in return for this, man will fulfill your needs and wants - which shall be only food, shelter, and affection.
"So be silent, and be a friend to man. Guide him through the perils along the way to the land that I have promised him. This shall be your destiny and your immortality." So spake the Lord.
And the dog heard and was content.
This was someone's thought..not mine, but it is interesting.
At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really didn't know Him. But later on when I met Christ, it seemed as though life were rather like a bike ride, but it was a tandem bike, and I noticed that Christ was in the back helping me pedal. I don't know just when it was that He suggested we change places, but life has not been the same since.
When I had control, I knew the way. It was rather boring, but predictable. It was the shortest distance between two points. But when He took the lead, He knew delightful long cuts, up mountains, and through rocky places at breakneck speeds. It was all I could do to hang on!
Even though it looked like madness, He said, "Pedal!" I worried and was anxious and asked, "Where are you taking me?" He laughed and didn't answer, and I started to learn to trust. I forgot my boring life and entered into the adventure, and when I'd say, "I'm scared," He'd lean back and touch my hand. I gained love, peace, acceptance and joy; gifts to take on my journey, My Lord's and mine. And we were off again.
He said, "Give the gifts away. They're extra baggage, too much weight." So I did, to the people we met, and I found that in giving I received, and still our burden was light. I did not trust Him, at first, in control of my life. I thought He'd wreck it; but he knows bike secrets, knows how to make it bend to take sharp corners, knows how to jump to clear high rocks, knows how to fly to shorten, scary passages. And I am learning to shut up and pedal in the strangest places, and I'm beginning to enjoy the view and the cool breeze on my face with my delightful constant companion, Jesus Christ.
And when I'm sure I just can't do it anymore, He just smiles and says... "Pedal."
YOUR CROSS
Whatever your cross Whatever your pain There will always be sunshine. After the rain
Perhaps you may stumble Perhaps even fall But God's always there To help you through it all.
It seems when life is the most difficult, I just can not release and offer my problems up to God. I want to stay in control.
Once in a very difficult job situation, I just could not stop trying to solve the problem. I felt like a bird trapped in a room with no open windows. When I finally began to pray and converse with God over the situation, it was literally taken out of my hands. At the time I thought He had led me into an even worse situation. Now, I can see His plans for me.
The Road of Life is a wonderful reminder of God's plans for our lives. He sees all. Our view point is so microscopic. He will guide us, if we just let Him.