A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...06-25-26-27-04...T.G.I.F at the Finest!

Aquamarine: Billie

[Aquamarine]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay or a profile of another FReeper.

On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY

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We're having fun and hope you are!
~ Billie, Mama_Bear, dansangel, dutchess, Aquamarine ~

Bush - Cheney 04

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dansangel, Dutchess, Aquamarine ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


06-21-04 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

06-22-04 ~ The Fine Art of Waving
By Billie

06-23-04 ~ Original Intent of the First Amendment (rerun)
By Aquamarine

06-24-04 ~ No Iraq-Qaeda ties, we're told: True or false?
Written by JohnHuang2
Illustrated by Dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

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[The Mayor]

June 27, 2004

Psalms, Incense, Praise

Read: Psalm 150

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. —Psalm 150:6

Bible In One Year: Job 8-10; Acts 8:26-40

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The well-known English preacher Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) wrote something that would be good to remember at the start of each day: "Let your thoughts be psalms, your prayers incense, and your breath praise." Let's look at each of these phrases.

Let your thoughts be psalms. The 150 psalms have a variety of themes, including praise, God's character, and expressions of dependence on the Lord. Throughout the day we can turn our thoughts into psalms by meditating on God's holiness, His worthiness of our worship, and how much we need Him.

Let your prayers be incense. In the tabernacle of the Jews, incense was burned continually to offer a sweet savor to the Lord (Exodus 30:7-8). Our prayers are like incense to God (Psalm 141:2), bringing to His nostrils the pleasing scent of our adoration and need for Him.

Let your breath be praise. The book of Psalms concludes with the words, "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!" (Psalm 150:6). Talking about God and offering Him words of praise should be as natural to us as breathing.

Keep the Lord in your thoughts, prayers, and speech today. —Dave Egner

Worship, praise, and adoration
All belong to Jesus' name;
Freely give your heart's devotion,
Constantly His love proclaim. —Anon.

A heart filled with praise brings pleasure to God.

[Billie]

That's such a pretty *card*, Dansy and Dan. Thank you so much for being here Friday - it's wonderful to see you again. Not long until your getaway - know you will really enjoy that!

(((((((((((Angel and her Man)))))))))))

[Billie]

Hope you (Billie) get your computer problems straightened away. Thank you Aqua for bringing us the TGIF thread.

Wish it would have been sooner than late yesterday afternoon! Thank you again, Aqua, for posting the thread.

[Billie]

Oh, how pretty! Lori, I love that rose and feel so special every time I see you post it. Thank you, Amy, for posting for her, and for being here, and for inviting *Amy's Place* to have cake with us *here* (as well as at your place) :)

[Billie]

You are a dear friend, Colleen, and so very thoughtful of each and every one of us. Thank you for my special bluebonnet and wild flowers birthday card.

(P.S. All those cheery balloons make me smile.) :)

[Billie]

Thank you for the birthday wishes, Meekie - you're a sweetie. :)

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks ! I've uploaded it and posted it to SheLion on another thread this morning. I love it.

[Billie]

You're under arrest, wolfie! For being too clever with your 'candid camera'! (I love my hair!)

Signed,
Sheriff BillieBlue :*

[MeekOneGOP]

Meek, meet my sister I am working with her to teach her how to navigate FR.

Oh, that's great ! So very nice to meet you, Miss Hudson. I think you will like this place a lot. FreeReblic.com is ..... well, I'll let Dubya tell ya:

Dubya: Meek, you're right! FreeRepublic.com IS the "Best site on the 'Net!"

hehe! I love that ! :^D

If there is anything I can help you with, let me know, okay ?? I will post a little thing below that you may find helpful in getting acquainted with FR and HTML posting.

You have a very nice brother, too, btw !

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Here is a link. Go to post #116 first (link should take you right to that post), and look under "Pictures". That will give a walk-thru for picture posting. That article gives a lot of very useful and helpful tips on HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), which you need to post on FR. There are other related links and information there as well.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/735087/posts?page=116#116

You might want to bookmark that article. Bookmarking puts an article on your FReeper Profile page for quick and easy referencing. See post #53 & 59 for bookmarking instructions.

If you have any questions or problems, feel free to send me a Freep mail or a note and we’ll work through it.

[MeekOneGOP]

Rut-roh ! It's Billie ! aka "Pistol Packin' Momma!" LOL !

[MeekOneGOP]

:^D

[Billie]

Billie, I spent a lot of time and effort in creating this special birthday greeting because nothing's too good for you. :-)

Oh, Don, thank you so much for your beautiful and special birthday card! I'm just overwhelmed that you went to so much trouble.....all for ME!

Signed,
Donna

[Billie]

Please make some kind of announcement to The Finest Ping List if this one will be ongoing until Monday.

With Billie having problems, she will have a heap of wishes to acknowledge when she does get back online!

Know it's been straightened out already, but I can't help but smile, knowing that two weekends in a row, *we've* left off the Saturday and Sunday dates in the weekend thread and didn't realize it until you pointed it out, Maggie! Thanks to the Admin Mod for fixing it for us both times!

[Billie]

Ah, another Sneaky Sistah! :) Thank you for your sweet card, Sistah Dutchess and Giz, and thank you Sistah Aqua for posting it for her.

Dutchess, when you read your mail, you'll wonder if *your* little black cloud drifted way out here over *my* house Friday and Saturday. :)

[Billie]

Since I was extra nice this year, I wonder if I'll get a Billie Hug.
She didn't like my birhtday wishes last year. :(

(((((((((((JustFrank)))))))))))))

You handsome devil you! :)

[Billie]

That's such a pretty card, Amy! Pink tulips and birdhouses - hard to beat that combination! Love it, JustFRiend!

[Billie]

Your post brought tears to my eyes, Maggie. Thank you for the unique and loving way you say things. :)

Whitewater days - seems so long ago, and yet that smarmy face is everywhere again. :(

[Billie]

Thanks, Aeronaut - hope you got some cake - I don't think there was any left for today. :(

:)

[Billie]

Thanks, Miss Pip, for the birthday wishes! Haven't seen much of you lately. Hope all is well. :)

[Billie]

Wow, isn't this weird? I've been sooooo busy and haven't been here forever, plus from work we're not to go to posting sites anymore -- drat! -- which really just leaves me weekends and nights. But for some reason a little voice told me to pop in today and wouldn't you know it's your birthday.

It is WONDERFUL to hear from you, Freezie - I've been worried about you because we haven't 'seen' you in so long! I love what you did with my birthday 'gift'! LOL! You are so cute.

Hey, we miss you!