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That was vewwy, vewwy BAD of you! ">

1,203 posted on 02/07/2009 7:23:20 AM PST by luvie (SARAH PALIN FOR PRESIDENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!)
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February 7, 2009
Turkish Delight
Your law is my delight. —Psalm 119:174

In C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the White Witch needed to know only one thing about Edmund to get him to betray his siblings. By asking a few simple questions, the witch learned that Edmund’s weakness was his love for a candy called Turkish Delight. The piece she gave to Edmund was more delicious than anything he had ever tasted. Soon Edmund could think only about “trying to shovel down as much Turkish Delight as he could, and the more he ate the more he wanted.”

Each of us has a vulnerability like Edmund’s that Satan is eager to exploit. It may be something addictive like drugs or alcohol, or it may be something seemingly harmless and perhaps even good like food, friendship, or work.

After His resurrection, Jesus asked Peter this personal and probing question: “Do you love Me more than these?” (John 21:15). Many have speculated as to what Jesus meant by the word “these,” but it’s probably better that we don’t know. It allows each of us to personalize the question and ask ourselves, “What do I love more than Jesus?”

When Satan finds out what we love more than God, he knows how to manipulate us. But he loses his power over us when we delight in the Lord.

I love Thee, because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now. —Featherstone

God takes delight in us—how can we help but delight in Him?


Bible in One Year: Leviticus 1-3; Matthew 24:1-28


1,204 posted on 02/07/2009 7:27:38 AM PST by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: LUV W

LOL~~~caught that when looking for innocent graphics. There it was begging to be picked! ;o)


1,205 posted on 02/07/2009 7:33:31 AM PST by jaycee
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To: LUV W

Luvie, that gif is one of the cutest one I have ever seen! I just love it!!!


1,210 posted on 02/07/2009 7:55:36 AM PST by yorkie (Grandmas are antique little girls)
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To: LUV W

Those dangly feet on that birdy get a smile and a chuckle out of me every time!
:)


2,911 posted on 02/16/2009 7:00:22 AM PST by Majie Purple ( Testing...1,2,3,testing...)
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