1 posted on 12/03/2004 12:11:53 AM PST by Mama_Bear

To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; FreeTheHostages; .45MAN; Aeronaut; Aquamarine; Calpernia; ..

Good morning and happy TGIF. I am posting the Friday thread for Billie so she can enjoy a much deserved weekend off. I have company coming, so I won't be around much either, but I'm opening the doors and starting the coffee for you all. Have a great weekend, friends!

2 posted on 12/03/2004 12:12:49 AM PST by Mama_Bear

3 posted on 12/03/2004 12:19:45 AM PST by Mama_Bear

4 posted on 12/03/2004 12:24:26 AM PST by Mama_Bear

5 posted on 12/03/2004 1:30:48 AM PST by Aeronaut (This is no ordinary time. And George W. Bush is no ordinary leader." --George Pataki)

Hi, (((Lori)))!

had to get here through yesterday's thread. I didn't have this thread on my comments page.

6 posted on 12/03/2004 3:00:57 AM PST by Pippin (HO! HO! HO!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN!!!!!!

:o)

7 posted on 12/03/2004 3:02:17 AM PST by Pippin (HO! HO! HO!)

To: ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; dansangel; Billie; Aeronaut; deadhead; Diver Dave; ...

December 3, 2004

Looking For God?

Read: Matthew 21:28-32

Tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. —Matthew 21:31

Bible In One Year: Ezekiel 45-46; 1 John 2

My wife and I were having dinner with another couple at a fishing lodge in Montana. It was interrupted when a fellow fisherman in a drunken rant began to regale us with tales of the houses of ill-repute he had visited.

Though his comments were crass and offensive, I caught a note of pathos in his voice and thought of something G. K. Chesterton had said: "Even when men knock on the door of a brothel they're looking for God."

Chesterton was right. Many desires are evidence of a deeper hunger for God. This man, who seemed so far from God, was closer than he realized.

Every man knows he was made for lofty pursuits, yet he easily wanders into paths that demean and debase him. He becomes less manly than he ought to be, and he knows it. There's a nagging feeling that he ought to be something more. Some cover it up with self-righteousness, as the Pharisees did, or else they ignore it. Others know they have lost their way. That elusive feeling, when followed up, may bring them to God.

"Tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you," Jesus told the Pharisees (Matthew 21:31). That's why I think the drunken fisherman is much more likely to repent than the Pharisees were. —David Roper

Our heart is made for God alone,
For only He can satisfy;
But oh how much we yearn for things
That in the end are but a lie. —D. DeHaan

Within each one of us there is a God-shaped vacuum that only God can fill. —Pascal

8 posted on 12/03/2004 3:44:11 AM PST by The Mayor (If Jesus lives within us, sin need not overwhelm us.)

To: Mama_Bear; All

Good morning FInest.

9 posted on 12/03/2004 4:10:15 AM PST by GailA (Praise GOD and our Lord Jesus that GW won.)

10 posted on 12/03/2004 4:14:15 AM PST by firewalk

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday

11 posted on 12/03/2004 4:15:39 AM PST by firewalk

To: Mama_Bear; WVNan; All

Good morning MB, everyone!

Happy, happy Birthday Nan!!

12 posted on 12/03/2004 4:58:38 AM PST by Molly Pitcher (We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*)

13 posted on 12/03/2004 5:00:24 AM PST by Molly Pitcher (We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN!!!! Hope you have a wonderful birthday and make many memories with your dear family.

14 posted on 12/03/2004 5:32:51 AM PST by Donaeus (Let the people rejoice...great things HE has promised...great things HE has done!!!)

To: All; WVNan; Mama_Bear; LadyX; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; Aquamarine; The Mayor; Temple Owl; ...

Good Morning All :-)

Happy Birthday Nan

15 posted on 12/03/2004 6:20:29 AM PST by deadhead (God Bless Our Troops and Veterans Bush/Cheney '04)

Have a Happy Birthday (((((Nan))))))
- and Many More!
dansy and .45MAN

16 posted on 12/03/2004 6:42:28 AM PST by dansangel (Thank you Veterans past and present!)

Okay.......somebody (Mama always said she was a blabbermouth) spilled the beans.

THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GREETING LORI.

17 posted on 12/03/2004 6:43:35 AM PST by WVNan

Thank you (((((((Pippin)))))))). I was born in 1933. I'll let you do the math. Have a nice day.

18 posted on 12/03/2004 6:44:37 AM PST by WVNan

To: BeforeISleep

19 posted on 12/03/2004 6:45:30 AM PST by WVNan (.)

To: Molly Pitcher

Thank you Molly. Wish I could see you to get a big ((((((Molly)))))).

20 posted on 12/03/2004 6:46:11 AM PST by WVNan (.)

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