Posted on 06/14/2004 4:17:01 AM PDT by The Mayor
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THE WEEKEND THREAD
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Good Morning all; hope you all had a nice weekend and have a great week.
Coffee's on
Good Morning nicmarlo !
Mornin Gail! Thankyou!
Mornin' Gail! Did ya'll go camping this weekend? How's the quilting? Any new projects?
Thanks for the pot of coffee. Today I need a whole pot!
I am wearing a t-shirt with Old Glory on it.
Rain? We should ship you some, we have had more than enough.
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I Need to make one out of this.
Read: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8
We are . . . well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.2 Corinthians 5:8
Bible In One Year: Ezra 9-10; Acts 1
Parker found great comfort in being reminded that though his wife's body had been placed in the grave, the "real" Mrs. Parker had been transported to heaven and into the presence of her Savior. When Parker himself died, his friends made sure that his gravestone read:
ASCENDED NOVEMBER 28, 1902
When a believing loved one dies, or when we ourselves face the process of dying, there's great comfort in the fact
that "to be absent from the body" is "to be present with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:8)
Death for us is not a dark journey into the unknown. It is not a lonely walk into a strange and friendless place. Rather, it is a glorious transition from the trials of earth into the joys of heaven, where we will be reunited with our loved ones in Christ who have gone before. Best of all, we will enjoy the presence of our Lord forever.
Yes, when a believer dies, the body is buried but not the soul. It has ascended! Richard De Haan
Oh, how blessed is the promise
When our spirit is set free:
To be absent from the body
Means to live, O Lord, with Thee! Bosch
For the Christian, death is the doorway to Glory.
I kept trying to highlight an excerpt from your post and make some comment. They all fell short so, I'll just say, "GREAT POST".
Morning
Hello there, Mayor. I'm working on getting better at some regular attendance back in here, lol! : )
Morning, I know just what you mean.
Thanks!
I know I haven't seen you around in a while.
I've finished the tops for 6 lap quilts that will go to the spinal cord unit of the Memphis Vets Hospital this Christmas. Our unit of the American Legion Ladies Aux provided 60 last year, and we want to do the same this year. We had lap quilts and afgans both knit and crochet. They are quick...only 3 ft by 3 ft.
Now I have to sandwich them and top quit them by machine. I'm not the greatest machine quilter, much prefer hand quilting, but these will be laundered to many times to use hand quilting on.
Wow! 60 for the vets! Great work; kudos to your guild.
Our little guild in Wisconsin did a similar thing but on a much smaller scale. We would make a couple of quilts to give to those who couldn't afford decent warm bedding. I don't need to tell you how cold it could get in Wisconsin winters.
Thanks for keeping me up on your quilting projects. I've not started back quilting yet but I miss it.
People think I'm daft but I miss living in Memphis, too! And think we were almost neighbors and didn't know it :-(
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