[Aquamarine]

Posting this early along with a hot cup of coffee for those
who just can't wait for their weekly dose of JohnHuang2.

[DollyCali]

Lovely display & great essay with wonderful satire. Thanks! and of course it is a Great Hat

[JustAmy]

Wonderful layout, Aqua.

Thank you for today's Finest Thread.

[Diver Dave]

John and Aqua, I think you've hit the motherlode with this "My 2 Cents".

(If there's one thing Clinton was very good at, it was staying away from Vietnam.) is priceless!

Forget "2 Cents" - Thar's Gold in them thar Words...

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Aqua.

[The Mayor]

September 9, 2004

Unfamiliar Roads

Read: Psalm 119:105-112

Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a smooth path. —Psalm 27:11

Bible In One Year: Proverbs 6-7; 2 Corinthians 2

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Trouble often lies ahead when we go down unfamiliar roads.

I know a teenager who decided to take a different way to work one morning. As he tried to navigate unfamiliar city streets, he went through an intersection without seeing the red octagonal sign that said Stop.

Within a few seconds, he did stop, but not for a stop sign. He was pulled over by a helpful gentleman in a police car, who reminded him that he should have stopped. It cost him $80 to learn about unfamiliar roads.

What would have happened if a guide had accompanied this young driver? What if someone had been next to him to tell him which way to go and to alert him to danger ahead? He wouldn't be out the $80, that's for sure.

In life, we often have to walk down unfamiliar paths—paths that may feel threatening. So how do we do that without making costly mistakes?

We take Someone along who knows the way. The psalmist recognized that Guide when he wrote, "Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness . . . make Your way straight before my face" (Psalm 5:8).

Does your path today seem unfamiliar? Ask your Father to travel the road with you. —Dave Branon

Take Jesus with you as your faithful guide,
You cannot fail when He is at your side;
You may encounter trouble on life's road,
But He will help to lift your heavy load. —Hess

The Spirit within us will faithfully guide us.

[The Mayor]

Fantastic!

Beautiful layout, love the dolphin.
John your right on the money!

[Kitty Mittens]

Your Essay was FANTASTIC, as usual, talented Freeper JohnHuang! Thank you, and thank you, Aqua!

[LadyX]

Ah, JuanHernando, you indeed have the - um... - 'bull' by the - um - horns - this time!

We have frantically making snap decisions about which
to employ - Recycle myth Bin # 1 - # 2 - # 3 - etc. ?????

He burst on the scene with this bravado image -

Then we perceived this one -

How now, Boston Brown Cow??
Does he still believe the Old Polls??!!

WHAAAT??

Now you/ve done it, JH - brought tears to his eyes - - - ..:))

Hugs,

~ LadyX

[Mama_Bear]

Kudos and thank you to our "John's Two Cents Team". As always, beautifully written and illustrated.

Love that first photo of our President and First Lady, Aqua. Aren't they a handsome, happy couple?

And your "spitball" graphic is so funny, Billie. Aqua told me that you were making one for her. I've been trying my hand at animations again. Was up until 3:00 AM trying to learn PhotoShop's ImageReady program. Managed to make one animation and it ended up being WAY too large to ever post (over 700K), even after I optimized it! This is not easy. LOL

Wish I could stay around but I still have a long list of things to do before the FR picnic this weekend......like a ton of fruit to cut up and tri-tip to pick up and marinade.

Hugs all around!