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To: All
Happy Caturday!

Laundry done!
Now I take a "cat" nap
Or "cat" nip!!
LOL!


139 posted on 12/03/2011 7:18:59 AM PST by tiapam
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Sandcastles

December 3, 2011

When our kids were young, my wife Martie and I enjoyed family vacations in Florida visiting our parents. It was especially wonderful to be there in the warmth for a brief respite from the Michigan wind-chill factor. I couldn’t wait to just relax on the beach with a good book. But my kids had other ideas. They wanted my help building sandcastles. Reluctantly, I’d get up to help, only to be quickly consumed by the project at hand. Before I knew it, I had spent hours creating an impressive castle—not thinking that it was only a matter of time until the tide would wash away all my hard work.

We often make the same mistake in life, spending lots of time and energy building our own little “castles” of stuff and basking in our accomplishments. It all may seem worthwhile, but in the end it’s worthless.

In Luke 12, Jesus challenged His followers to sell their possessions and give to the poor, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (v.34). In other words, the way we spend our time and resources says a lot about our eternal perspective. As the old hymn goes, “Only one life, ’twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.” So what have you done today that will last for eternity?

Who measures how we’ve done in life
And judges our success?
Our God, who gives rewards to those
Who live in righteousness. —Branon

God wants you to spend your time and treasure building His kingdom, not your own.

Read: Luke 12:22-34

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Luke 12:34
Bible in a year:
Ezekiel 45-46; 1 John 2


140 posted on 12/03/2011 7:32:43 AM PST by The Mayor ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
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To: tiapam

So cute, tiapam! Thank you!


143 posted on 12/03/2011 9:44:25 AM PST by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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~~Happy Caturday/Dogurday~~

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146 posted on 12/03/2011 11:30:38 AM PST by oldteen
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To: tiapam
Too cute, t-pammy!

I vote cat "nip" for kitty! ;)

154 posted on 12/03/2011 11:49:04 AM PST by oldteen
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To: tiapam

Awww..so cute, pam!


164 posted on 12/03/2011 12:13:05 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men And Women)
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