[JustAmy]

9-20-04
Graphic by MamaBear

EARLY MORNING

Come right on in! You’re welcome here!
You’re just in time for chores.
Someone else is milking, Amy got the eggs,
So, see that pile of used up hay? Well, that one will be yours.

Now don’t feel like you’re put upon,
We all work around here.
There’s lots of puttin’ up to do,
‘Specially this time of year!

We’re getting ready for a time,
When darkness comes on fast.
And life is just uncomfortable,
Unless you’ve busted ...
Unless you’ve mowed the grass.

NicknamedBob . . . September 17, 2004
© 2004

[The Mayor]

September 20, 2004

If Doubtful, Don't!

Read: Romans 14:14-23

He who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin. —Romans 14:23

Bible In One Year: Ecclesiastes 4-6; 2 Corinthians 12

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In his book Illustrations of Bible Truth, H. A. Ironside tells about a man who was getting ready to attend a banquet. He wanted to put on a white shirt he had worn on a previous occasion, so he was inspecting it carefully to see if it was too dirty. His wife noticed what he was doing and called out, "Remember, dear, if it's doubtful, don't." The issue was settled. The man threw the shirt into the laundry hamper.

That wife's advice reminds me of the principle in today's text. It's a principle that can be applied to questionable matters of conscience. If doubtful, don't.

The doubtful things the apostle Paul wrote about in Romans 14 had to do with meat and wine considered to be "unclean" by some but not by others (vv.14,21). He indicated that if we have doubts about whether an action is right or wrong and we do it anyway, our action is not from faith and is therefore a sin (v.23). He also pointed out that it is wrong to do anything by which a brother in Christ "stumbles or is offended or is made weak" (v.21). We must never give another Christian a reason to violate his or her conscience.

When faced with questionable practices and a troubled conscience, we would do well to make this our guideline: If it's doubtful, don't! —Richard De Haan

There is a treasure you can own
That's greater than a crown or throne;
This treasure is a conscience clear
That brings the sweetest peace and cheer. —Isenhour

One little word can spare us a lot of trouble. It's NO.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday!

Have a cup while you Freep !

[JustAmy]

Migraine

The world looks very different
Through the eyes of a migraine
Distorted
Fractured
Like broken glass stirred in water
The chaotic vision
Like the calm before the storm
The view is a nuisance
but it is nothing compared to the pain
which follows

StarfireIV ...... 09/18/04

[JustAmy]

[JustAmy]

Today's Graphic and poem is cute and funny!!

Thank you for sharing your talents.
We appreciate you.

[SpookBrat]

Just stopping in to greet everyone. We have 10 boys over right now for cub scouts. I snuck away to Freep. :)