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Posted on 08/06/2009 6:00:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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When I was in college, my co-worker Bud, a fork-truck driver, often enriched my life with his pithy wisdom. We were eating lunch one day, sitting on the back of his fork truck, when I announced that I was transferring to another school.
“Why?” he asked.
“All my friends are transferring,” I answered.
Bud chewed his sandwich for a moment and then replied quietly and with subtle irony, “I guess that’s one way to pick a school.”
His words struck me with rare force. Of course, I thought. But is this the only way to choose a school? Will I follow my friends for the rest of my days, or will I follow Jesus? Will I seek His face and His will and go where He wants me to go?
Twenty-five times in the New Testament, Jesus said to His disciples, “Follow Me.” In Mark 8:34, He said, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” No matter what others do or what direction their lives may take, we must do what He asks us to do.
The words of an old song come to mind: “My Lord knows the way through the wilderness; all I have to do is follow!”
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What a beautifull, straight up on the hour thread Ma & thank you for it! *hugs*
WOO-HOO! You made it with a thread on the Purple Heart.
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Shoot...late to this parade!
Happy Birthday Purple Heart!
U.S. Marines use heavy equipment to flatten the ground to build new observation posts for Marines living on Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 30, 2009. The Marines constructing the post are assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, and the Marines living on the base are assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall
U.S. Marines use heavy equipment to flatten the ground to build new observation posts on Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 30, 2009. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. McCall
You are only delayed for a good thing. Did it rain?
For about 5 seconds this morning, yes.
We’re having a strange Monsoon this year...there’s been nowhere near as much rain here as normal.
OTOH, Tucson has been getting hammered lately.
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