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Posted on 02/01/2008 6:50:12 AM PST by JustAmy
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LOL
Good advice.
That is beautiful, Jaycee.
Thanks, Amy....I have been trying those simple frames and I thought it looked like a camouflaged frame.
I have been busy today and still am so I will see you all later. Your new sweet thread is doing real well with so many pretty graphics.....I do enjoy it!
No, its not your computer! I tried about an hour ago and could not get anywhere....kept giving me error reports. After a few tries I just stopped...busy anyway but I do like to check in now and then.
I love that, GeeBee....I have had it in my files a long time..I expect its so lovable that everyone keeps it, don’t you?
Hi Jaycee
This one is so cute. :)
Excellent!
Speaking of which, it sure is a "Super Tuesday", if for no other reason, IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY! I am going to celebrate with a super-huge piece of chocolate cake. LOL
What Billie said..........’not to worry’. :-)
That is awesome Old Sarge. I loved that photo when I saw it yesterday and you had already written the perfect poem to go with it. Congratulations, I just love it.
To answer your question about Chachi; he continues to improve very slowly. Still is wobbly sometimes on his back legs, but he doesn't seem to know he is gimpy. He wants to run and play like he always has. The surgeon says he can't over-exert for three months because it takes that long for the soft tissue to heal. Keeping him quiet and sedate is going to be nearly impossible. But we are thankful he is doing so well, what a blessing to see him free of pain.
Like you, I can't imagine putting so much work into something that is going to end up a big puddle. Thank goodness for photography, huh? At least these works of art can be saved that way.
February 5, 2008
READ: Matthew 18:23-35
The master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. —Matthew 18:27
From childhood we are taught how to succeed in the world of ungrace. “You get what you pay for.” “The early bird gets the worm.” “No pain, no gain.” I know these rules well because I live by them. I work for what I earn; I like to win; I insist on my rights. I want people to get what they deserve.
But Jesus’ parables about grace teach a radically different concept. In Matthew 18, no one could accumulate a debt as huge as the servant did (vv.23-24). This underscores the point: The debt is unforgivable. Nevertheless, the master let the servant off scot-free.
The more I reflect on Jesus’ parables proclaiming grace, the more tempted I am to apply the word atrocious to describe the mathematics of the gospel. I believe Jesus gave us these stories to call us to step completely outside our tit-for-tat world of ungrace and enter into God’s realm of infinite grace.
If I care to listen, I hear a loud whisper from the gospel that I did not get what I deserved. I deserved punishment and got forgiveness. I deserved wrath and got love. I deserved debtor’s prison and got instead a clean credit history. I deserved stern lectures and crawl-on-your-knees repentance. Instead, I got a banquet spread for me.
Absolutely beautiful, Fewz.
Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Thanks, Jaycee. Your compliments are appreciated.
I like to try graphics but I don’t seem to improve with practice. Looks like I need to spend more time on them. : )
We vote at the school so we voted when we picked up PrissyMissy.
We always get absentee ballots and then drop them at the polling place.
Chocolate cake sounds sooo good; guess that I need to settle for ice cream. No chocolate cake (or any other kind) in the house.
I remember doing the same thing about 3 years ago.
I’ve put Billie’s name on the cardinal graphic so it shouldn’t happen again with THAT graphic. : )
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