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Posted on 10/31/2011 9:52:30 PM PDT by JustAmy
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for such thoughtful, colorful, graphics, poems, music, statements, and prayers today.
Your daily postings are always so wonderful but Sunday brings out the real beauties.
Again....THANK YOU ALL!
Beautiful..I agree.
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Rest well tonight, Dear Megs!
And wishing all a terrific Thanksgiving week!
Thanks so much for the ping. Very much appreciate it.
Hi, Patty! I hope you are having a nice, peaceful evening, and will come back soon!
Thanks! I’ll be back whenever I can. Good night!
Hilarious, yorkie! Thanks for the bedtime laugh!!
oh dear, LOL! A dog would not like it in our house, and I could completely see our alpha cat (who does like dogs) batting one like that. Hahahahha!
Good night, and yes, adding prayers for our special FRiends here. Thanks, Meg!!
The Craftsman’s Touch
November 21, 2011
I recently saw a documentary about the making of a Steinway piano. It traced the meticulous care that goes into crafting this fine instrument. From the cutting of trees until the piano appears on a showroom floor, it goes through countless delicate adjustments by skilled craftsmen. When the year-long process is complete, accomplished musicians play the piano and often comment on how the same rich sounds could never be produced by a computerized assembly line. The secret to the final product is the craftsman’s touch.
When the tabernacle was built, we see that God also valued the craftsman’s touch. He chose the craftsman Bezalel and said of him: “I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood” (Ex. 31:3-5).
Today God dwells in the hearts of believers. Yet the call to craftsmanship has not ended. Now each individual believer is God’s “workmanship” (Eph. 2:10). The Master Craftsman is the Holy Spirit, who chips away at flaws in our character to make each of us like Jesus (Rom. 8:28-29). And as we yield to His workmanship, we will find that the secret to the final product is the Craftsman’s touch.
"The Father gave us the Spirit to make us like His Son.
AMEN!
What will YOU wish for?
Magic Moments?
Happy Memories?
Simple Pleasures?
Fun Adventure?
Sweet Surprises?
Joyful Journeys?
Together Times?
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Here is the tale of the Wishbone Tradition:
Apparently the origins of the Thanksgiving tradition of breaking the wishbone
date back to 2,400 years ago with the Etruscans who lived on the Italian peninsula.
The Etruscans believed fowl were fortune tellers
because the hen announced she would be laying an egg with a squawk
and the rooster told of the coming of a new day with his early morning crowing.
A circle was drawn in the dirt and divided into twenty wedges
that represented the twenty letters in the Etruscan alphabet.
A piece of grain would be placed in each wedge.
A hen would then be allowed to peck at the grain.
As she ate, a scribe would list the letters in order
and those letters would be interpreted
by the high priests to answer questions.
When one of these chickens was killed,
its collarbone was considered sacred
and left under the hot sun to dry.
Anyone was permitted to stroke an unbroken bone
and make a wish, thus, the name wishbone.
The Romans took many of the Etruscan customs as their own
and since everyone wanted good fortune,
they fought over the bones, breaking them.
It is said that the phrases “I need a lucky break”
or “I never get a break”
comes from being the loser in this tug of chicken bone contest.
The English heard of this superstition from the Romans
and called their wishbones merrythoughts
after the merry or happy wishes that most people desired.
When the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock in the New World,
they brought along the custom of breaking the wishbone.
When they discovered the northeastern woods of North America
were filled with turkeys,
they changed their custom
from the chicken bone to the turkey bone.
So cute and interesting history..Thank you, yorkie
Busy day..at least the FReepathon is finally OVER! Yea!
SYL
Thank you, Meg! I always wondered about the wishbone - so when I found out, I wanted to share it!
The video was so sweet - it reminded me of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell...
YAY! FReepathon is OVER! Thanks to everybody for keeping this great place online!
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