[jaycee]

I’m planning to bring my country fried chicken....you can’t buy it like what you fry yourself, even though its a big job and worth it. I will have two skillets going! Sounds like a wonderful picnic especially those wonderful baked beans....YUM!! And potato salad is one of my favorites. My mouth is watering! I will also bring some wonderful iced tea!

I think we will have plenty of food, don’t you all?

[The Mayor]

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Eternal Eyesight
July 4, 2013

I received good news at my eye checkup last month—my faraway vision has improved. Well, I thought it was good news until a friend informed me: “Faraway vision can improve as we age; close-up vision may diminish.”

The report made me think of another kind of improved faraway vision that I have observed in some Christians. Those who have known the Lord for a long time or who have gone through great trials seem to have a better heavenly vision than the rest of us. Their eternal eyesight has gotten better and their close-up “earthly” vision is diminishing.

Because the apostle Paul had that type of eternal vision, he encouraged the church in Corinth: “Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory . . . . The things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:17-18).

For now we struggle with our “eyesight.” There’s a tension between enjoying all that God has given us in this life, yet still believing what theologian Jonathan Edwards said about our future: “To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.” Seeing Him will bring perfect vision.

Lord, we know that our life on this earth is but
a moment compared to eternity. Help us to enjoy
the time we’ve been given, and use us to tell of Your
love and goodness until that day when we see You.

Keep your eyes fixed on the prize.

Read: 2 Corinthians 4:16–5:8

We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. —2 Corinthians 4:18

Bible in a Year:
Job 28-29; Acts 13:1-25

[yorkie]

"I'm planning to bring my country fried chicken......(TWO skillets!)"

OMG, JC! My mouth is WATERING!
I hope to grab TWO drumsticks,
before they are all gone!

Hot dogs sizzling on the grill
Grandma's potato salad
Amy's wonderful fresh fruit salad
Meg's steaming pot of baked beans
Teenie's grilled corn on the cob - buttered while hot
A HUGE platter of JC's fried chicken
and pitchers full of iced tea for all,
AND, cinnamon rolls to DIE for, from Kitty Mittens

[jaycee]

Good Morning FRiends,

Just to say hello before I get on my way. I have a doctor’s appointment today...ugh! Always glad to get that over with. I hate getting ready to go, etc. I’d rather take a nap...LOL!

I will get that nap in sometimes though, you can bet on it!

Hope all of you have a good day. Its still a little dreary day but the sun is trying to shine! It probably will shine
before the day is over (I hope).

See you all later in the day, I hope. I hope all of you enjoyed that delicious picnic we had yesterday....LOL! “Oh what fun it is to play.”

See ya’ll later! ((((HUGS))))