A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-07-04....The South's Secret Weapon

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[Mama_Bear]

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[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Wednesday !

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Mama.

[dixie sass]

I do so Pledge!!!!!

[dixie sass]

Absolutely wonderful thread and layout! Not that I'm predjudiced or anything, lol, well, okay, I'll admit it. I am place proud. Being a Charlestonian is the next best thing to heaven and if you are a history buff, this is the place to be.

Thank you Mama Bear.

[dixie sass]

Morning Meekie!

[dixie sass]

Hi ya, Flyboy. Got the fancy wings on today I see.

[Aeronaut]

G'morning Dixie.

[dixie sass]

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[dixie sass]

Oh my gosh, I just noticed it's daylight. I guess that I'd better go to bed for a while.

[Texagirl4W]

What a beautiful story, MB. Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday. I'll be back later.

[WVNan]

Lovely story to begin the day MB. I had to chuckle affectionately though. What kind of idiots were the first to go under the sea in a boat and expect to survive? It had to be those Southern boys. I can just hear them now, "Hey ya'll watch this!"

[The Mayor]

July 7, 2004

Make A Difference

Read: Luke 3:1-20

While Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. —Luke 3:2

Bible In One Year: Job 34-35; Acts 15:1-21

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Seven men are mentioned in Luke 3, who had political, economic, and religious control over Israel: Roman Emperor Tiberias Caesar, Governor Pontius Pilate, the tetrarchs Herod, Philip, and Lysanias, along with high priests Annas and Caiaphas. While they were in power,“The word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins”(vv.2-3).

What possible difference could it make for a person with no money and power to respond to God’s word when it seemed that others were so firmly in control? How could the actions of one insignificant person change anything? The answer is revealed in John the Baptist’s message of repentance, his announcement of the coming Messiah (vv.16-17), and his bold confronting of Herod (v.19). John’s role was to prepare the way for Jesus the Messiah, and the world was blessed by his obedience.

Today our task as Christians is to reflect the crucified and risen Savior in everything we do, and to tell others about Him. God calls each of us to live according to His instructions in the Bible. And our response will make all the difference in the world. —David McCasland

The laws of God are true and right;
They stand as firm today
As when He put them in His Word
And told us to obey. —Fasick

Obedience to God is the key to a lasting influence.

[Pippin]

HEY EVERYBODY!

How was your Independance Day holiday!?

I had a great weekend!

I went with my sister and her husband and daughter to East Tennessee for my cousin's annual 4th of July cookout. I got to meet his first two grandsons for the first time. I didn't get to see him though because he was delivering a car to the West Coast.

But we visited with his wife and sons and his wife's family from (guess where?)

INDIANA!

I was disappointed in one thing, though, here I was boasting about the area I was in being very conservative Republican and all that. and I was really looking forward to "escaping" liberals and Bush haters for a while>

Only to run into them in Knoxville of all places!

I think I'll never get away from DEMOCRATS!

Oh! Well!

I still wore my Bush pin and everyone better beware 'cause this is WAR! LOL!

But to leave off with the whining like a liberal

I wanna tell you that it was a wonderful trip as we drove from Baltimore to Jonesborough (took us about 11 hours)

My back suffered from the long drive, but it was worth it!

All the time I was thinking what a beautiful country we live in and what a pity that not enough folks take time out to see it and drink in the magnificants and the splender of God's creating beauty.

The mountiand and the farmlands and the over all peacefulness of the place makes you relax and wonder why you are so worried and tense about anything.

I beleave God resides in those mountians and the countryside of Virginia, West Virginia, Southwestern Maryland and East Tennessee!

And the folks in Greeneville and Knoxville as well as Johnson City in Tennessee as well as those we met in Virginia are just about the most hospitable and wonderful folks you ever hope to meet. Kinda made going back to Baltimore such a downer!

I really enjoyed it there!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin' ! :^D

[Darksheare]

I spent the weekend and a bit of yesterday without internet connection..
:-(

[JRPerry]

Good Mornin'!

This was a good read. I attended he Hunley Ceremony and it was there that a friend mentioned to me about something he had read on the FReep.

Oh if you had only read the post burial services columns (around the country) by the liberal press ... it was typically reverse discriminatory of them as most referred to those of us in attendance as racist, hickish, etc.

Go figure.

[Mama_Bear]

Mornin' Meekie! Looks like you were first to arrive this morning.

Have a good day. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning to you, Aeronaut!