Christmas cards for Everyone,
Take your pick, Choose a few if traveling or just staying home there is some that will fit.
Carole, Prayers for Dave and Jan as they face, I believe, one of life's saddest moment. May they be safe and find comfort in God.
Roy, thank you so much for all the beautiful and meaningful cards.
Hello Everyone,
My graandmother was a avid Bonanza & Gunsmoke fan. I used to go over and watch them with her. Anyway about 47 years ago She shared this with me on a 45 record. I have just came across it again and wish to share it with everyone. Some may have heard it before
It is thereal reason for the saeson
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trhrfHxlU2M
Another reason for the season with Love and uplifting inspiration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=FcLF5wopyjo
Love to All
That was interesting. I remember the Lorne Greene recording.
I never thought of I Will Follow Him as a hymn, but when they sing it that way, meaning our Lord instead of a boyfriend, it sure is. Thank you.
Hello Again Everyone,
It is late. I have to go to the hospital later today! I have been having problems lately. The good Lord has allowed me a lot of extra time so far I hope this is something that can be take care of and not the alternative.
Anyway I am having problems sleeping just wondering. I need to be there at 8am and will be there most of the day for tests etc. There is a posibility my other organs or some of them are quitting!
Just thought I would share and if something does happen I sure hope it happens in january or later not at Christmas that is a real concern.
Yove you All
Roy
We can trust a God who suffers with us:
One of God’s first words to describe himself in Exodus 34:6 is “compassionate.” That means “to suffer with.”
Isaiah 63:9 says, “In all their (Israel’s) distress he (God) too was distressed.”
When Lazarus died, recounted in John 11:35, Jesus wept with the mourners.
And Jesus says in Matthew 25:40, “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” He is so close to those who suffer that he says we relieve his pain when we relieve their pain. And sometimes we are “the least of these.”
How can God truly love us and not suffer with us? Love means identification with the beloved, to the extent of tender empathy.
The Biblical God is a purpose-driven God. He means to create a family who loves him. In order to fulfill that purpose, he gives us a choice to walk with him or walk away. That choice costs both us and him. And his purpose is worth the pain. Writing to the Romans, 8:18 Paul asserts “our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
God has healed and redeemed that pain. He has held my hand as we’ve walked together into a rich and satisfying life.
If we wrestle with him until he blesses us, know there is always more to learn, and believe he means to give us an abundant life, we can find the joy that the Lord desires for us.
Remember how he must have suffered when he gave his only son to die on a cross for our sins.
Thats Love
Roy, I continue to have much compassion for you since I came on PRT. Your story is so much like Nancy's, my sister who lost her fight with congestive heart failure in 2002. Your family and friends are so fortunate to still be able to hear your voice and touch you.
Keeping all prayer requests
Blessings continue. Melanie just called to tell me that the butcher shop we use is having their pork sale and country ribs, chops and steaks are all 99 cents per pound. As pork is no longer the fatty product of old, we really like it and use it in many ways. We are off for a drive to fill our freezers.
I have three racks of baby back ribs soaking in a brine solution and will be cooking them later today, picking up Alli after Girl Scouts and we all will have some great BBQd ribs at Melanie's place tonight.
http://Lynn, that sounds quite delicious. I would much rather have lean pork than chicken or beef. I hope you have a wonderful meal.
Love and Joy to all. Jan
