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1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

Posted on 01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST by JustAmy

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[luvie]

LOL! Same here with tea and diet coke. Gotta have that caffeine!

[TheConservativeParty]

Yeah, was an unexpected tornado. No warnings that time. Poor guy lost a lot of barns, and then a day later it snowed on the rubble. News video had a neighbor saying he’s going to help in cleaning up the mess.

When I was 10 years old our farm buildings were wiped out by a tornado. It is a horrible thing to go through. I feel bad for that guy.

[left that other site]

Love it. :-D

[left that other site]

My cousin lives in Oklahoma near Tulsa. She gets them a lot.

I have only been in one tornado. ON MY HARLEY.

Long Story.

[TheConservativeParty]

Oh boy. Not good on a Harley. Me likey basement.

[left that other site]

It was just a wee little tornado. But it flipped the bike.

[TheConservativeParty]

Oh wow, flipping the Harely is never good.
😟

[left that other site]

Oh wow, flipping the Harely is never good.

Except for the great campfire story for years afterward! :-)

[The Mayor]

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Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
March 8, 2022

Beautiful Feet

Read: Isaiah 52:7–10

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news. Isaiah 52:7

John Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994, recognizing his pioneering work in mathematics. His equations have since been used by businesses around the world in understanding the dynamics of competition and rivalry. A book and a full-length movie have documented his life and refer to him as having “a beautiful mind”—not because his brain had any particular aesthetic appeal, but because of what it did. 

The Old Testament prophet Isaiah uses the word beautiful to describe feet—not because of any visible physical attribute but because he saw beauty in what they did. “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news” (Isaiah 52:7). After seventy years of captivity in Babylon resulting from their unfaithfulness to God, messengers arrived with encouraging words that God’s people would soon be returning home because “the Lord has . . . redeemed Jerusalem” (v. 9). 

The good news wasn’t attributed to the military might of the Israelites or any other human effort. Rather it was the work of God’s “holy arm” on their behalf (v. 10). The same is true today, as we have victory over our spiritual enemy through Christ’s sacrifice for us. In response, we become the messengers of good news, proclaiming peace, good tidings, and salvation to those around us. And we do so with beautiful feet.   — Kirsten Holmberg

Who brought you the good news of Christ’s sacrifice? To whom can you deliver that news?

Thank You, Father, for sending people into my life to share the news of Christ’s sacrifice. Help me to share it joyously with others.

Read Evangelism: Reaching Out Through Relationships.

Bible in a year: Deuteronomy 5–7; Mark 11:1–18

[luvie]

Some day you gotta tell the story!

[luvie]

Happy GratiTuesday!

[left that other site]

I have, but I will again!

Ya can’t shut me up. LOL.

[left that other site]

Happy Gratituesday!

I Am Grateful For This Bright, Bright, Sunshiny Day!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

WooHoo for sunshine! Is the snow about all gone?

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi there, it was 40 here today so most of our recent snow is gone. Spent the day in a greenhouse planting pansy seedlings into flats. Working on my farmer tan already! 😅

[left that other site]

All the snow is gone, except for some huge plow-piles in parking lots. They take forever to melt.

Spring is only two weeks away, but that means nothing around here. We have had blizzards in April.

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Wednesday,
March 9, 2022

All Creatures Great and Small

Read: Psalm 36:5–10

You, Lord, preserve both people and animals. Psalm 36:6

Michelle Grant trained a baby beaver named Timber to return to the wild. When she took him for swims in a pond, he’d come back to her kayak to snuggle and rub noses. One morning Timber didn’t return. Michelle scoured the pond for six hours before giving up. Weeks later she found a beaver skull. Assuming it was Timber, she began to cry.

My soul ached for Michelle and Timber. I told myself, “Snap out of it. He’s just a large, aquatic rodent.” But the truth is, I cared—and so does God. His love reaches high to the heavens and down to the smallest creature, part of the creation He calls us to steward well (Genesis 1:28). He preserves “both people and animals” (Psalm 36:6), providing “food for the cattle and for the young ravens” (147:9).

One day Michelle was kayaking in a neighbor’s pond and—surprise—there was Timber! He’d found a beaver family and was helping them raise two kits. He surfaced beside Michelle’s kayak. She smiled, “You look well. You have a beautiful family.” He cooed, splashed his tail, and swam to his new mom.

I love happy endings, especially my own! Jesus promised that as His Father feeds the birds, so He will supply whatever we need (Matthew 6:25–26). Not one sparrow falls “to the ground outside your Father’s care. . . . So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” (10:29–31). — Mike Wittmer

What care do you need to give to your heavenly Father? What need of others might He want you to meet?

Father, I lift up my cares and worries to You.

Bible in a year: Deuteronomy 8–10; Mark 11:19–33

[luvie]

Peaches' Tail--Perfect Foot-Warmer!
Happy Warm & Fuzzy
Wednesday!

[left that other site]

Happy Wednesday.

Stay Warm.
Stay Fuzzy.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Aaaaawwwwwwwwwww! That little cutie doesn’t even look real. LOL!