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Posted on 12/31/2014 10:18:45 PM PST by JustAmy
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Hi Gail, sorry about the hip trouble! I have had sleepless nights with hip pain this winter too. Mine was bursitis in my right hip joint. It would also be quite painful at times during the daytime. Advil had no effect. Anyway, mine got better the last 2 weeks. It plagued me most of the winter. I never had such pain in a joint before. It was horrible. Thank goodness it seems to have subsided.
Best of luck at the Ortho.
According to researchers from the University of Bristol, the European rock ant may be better than we are at staying on top of the housing market. The researchers found that the ant colonies use scout ants to continually monitor their colonies’ living conditions. Using social skills complex enough to stun the scientists, the rock ants work together to find the right living space, darkness, and security needed to give the queen mother and her larvae the best available housing.
In the days of Moses, the families of Israel were looking for a new home. The slave yards of Egypt had been brutal. The wilderness of Sinai was no place to settle down. But there was a problem. According to Israelite scouts, the homeland to which God was leading them was already occupied—by walled cities and giants who made the scouts feel like grasshoppers in their own eyes (Num. 13:28,33).
Sometimes it may be helpful to compare ourselves to insects. House-hunting rock ants instinctively follow the ways of their Creator. But we often let our fears keep us from following and trusting God. When we rest in the assurance of His presence and love, we can say, “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.”
Wow...your message today was on the same Scripture as mine in the jerusalem thread!
How COOL is that!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3264005/posts?q=1&;page=21
Excellent! I was late posting but have not missed a day in many years.
Wow...your message today was on the same Scripture as mine in the jerusalem thread!
How COOL is that!
Thanks, blessings and ((hugs)) to both of you.
God must have definitely wanted that particular message to get through to FR today! :-)
I call them Mell Notes—little comments my daughter Melissa made in her Bible to help her apply a passage to her life.
In Matthew 7, for instance, she had drawn a box around verses 1 and 2 that talk about not judging others because, when you do, “with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Next to it she wrote this Mell Note: “Look at what you are doing before you look at others.”
Melissa was an “others-oriented” teen. She lived the words of Philippians 2:4. Her classmate Matt, who knew her from church nursery through her final days in the eleventh grade when she died in a car accident, said of Melissa at her memorial service: “I don’t think I ever saw you without a smile or something that brightened up people’s days.” Her friend Tara said this: “Thanks for being my friend, even when no one else was as nice and cheerful as you.”
In a day in which harsh judgment of others seems to be the rule, it’s good to remember that love starts with us. The words of Paul come to mind: “Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor. 13:13).
What a difference we’ll make if, when we look at others, we say, “Love starts with me.” And wouldn’t that be a great reflection of God’s love for us?
INSIGHT
: In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul is extolling the value of love, but it is not just any kind of love. In Greek, there are a variety of words for love that range in meaning from physical to fraternal. Here, the word translated “love” is agape, which speaks of supreme love—the kind that sacrifices itself for the one loved. This is the love God demonstrated for us by giving His Son to pay the price for our sins (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8).
Amen, for His agape love.
Wonderful lesson of love, Rus.
Thank you always for ODB
Thank you for your dedication in getting us ODB everyday. You and your message are important to Amy’s Place and FReeRepublic.
Happy to see you made it home safely.
((((( Hugs )))))
The graphic is so sweet, Meg.
I join you in being thankful for the joys of life.
I find myself in this position when I stop at an intersection. Looking at the driver across the way, I often mutter under my breath that it would have been helpful if he had used his signals so that I would know what he intended.
Then I look at my own dashboard and say, "Oops!"
Joining you in thanking Him for all of His blessings, Meg.
Happy Thankful Thursday, indeed ;-)
Stay warm and safe.
Ha! Been there, done that, too, Bob.
When I get frustrated with folks I try to remind myself that there is no telling what challenges they might be going through, that might be causing them to do ____. Whether it’s in traffic, at the store, etc.
While driving, I’m frustrated by the slow-pokey morons in front of me, and the maniacal speed-demons behind me.
In other words, those people who drive just like me.
Thank you Meg, for the blessing. Thank you Mayor, for the lesson. And thank you Jane, for forcing me to look up the word “agape” : )
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