A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-03,04,05-04...T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

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

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THIS WEEK'S THREADS


11-29-04 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

11-30 & 12-01-04 ~ It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
By Billie

12-02-04 ~ Oh, how I love this story!
By JohnHuang2
Presented by dansangel

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[The Mayor]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1293125/posts
School Bus Driver Fired for Stem Cell Talk ^

This story has gone international..
My wife got fired and the media has really picked up on it.
ABC, CNN, Reuters, AP, all over google.

[tuliptree76]

Does the 76 signifiy your birth year? If so, you are young.

Hi Nan! Yes, the 76 signifies my birth year. I'm 28, soon to be 29. :-)

[JulieRNR21]

Happy Birthday, Dear Nan!

[Kudsman]

Checking in Lady.

Hope you had and have a great birthday and a Blessed, Merry Christmas Nan.

[Kitty Mittens]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET NAN!

Sending much Love and many *** Hugs!***

[Barlowmaker]

One of the most sublime moments on FR was when you and LadyX met in person. Two world class women, peers and pals, real friends smack talking each other forever. Great stuff.

That poignant marker, absent the Eagle Eyed observers round here, could have been lost in the latest "All Republicans are RINOs", "Nuke Somebody Swarthy Already", and "Illegal Immigrants Just Repossessed My 1983 Camaro" threads.

[dansangel]

Just posted to you on the other thread. I had no idea.

The persecution of the conservatives continues. I wonder when it will end.

(((((Rus))))))

[GailA]

Good morning

[GailA]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN

[dansangel]

((((((Gail and Rocky))))))))

Hope you have a great day!

[WVNan]

Here I am responding to last night's posts. Well, you are just a baby. I can't even remember when I was 27.

[WVNan]

Thank you for the birthday wishes, Julie.

[WVNan]

Thankk you for the good wishes.

[WVNan]

Sorry I didn't see your roses and good wishes until this morning. Thanks Kitty.

[WVNan]

That meeting was one of the highlights of my life. The reporting of it by Sistah was what made it a Free Republic classic. Maggie Malone hasn't reported much since then. I think maybe that assignment was too much for her.

[WVNan]

Thank you Gail. I'm keeping you in my prayers. ((((Gail))))

[The Mayor]

December 4, 2004

Read All Of It

Read: Psalm 119:97-112

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. —2 Timothy 3:16

Bible In One Year: Ezekiel 47-48; 1 John 3

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Some Christian families follow the practice of reading through the whole Bible. After evening meals, they read a chapter or two. They read from Genesis to Revelation, skipping nothing. Even the genealogies with their hard-to-pronounce names are read aloud.

We might question the relevance of such a method for small children, but it does acquaint all the family members with the entirety of God's Word. It also exposes children to the sinful depths and spiritual heights of which we are capable, and it teaches them right and wrong.

If you've never done so, why not embark on your own program of reading the Bible straight through? Try doing it as a family or for your personal devotions.

There are two persuasive reasons for resolving to undertake such a program. One is Paul's declaration that all Scripture is God-breathed and profitable (2 Timothy 3:16). The other is the testimony of believers whose lives have been changed by following such a practice.

Read God's Word straight through and you'll begin to see the unfolding plan of God's redeeming grace, and that you were the object of His love even before you were born. Do it once, and you'll want to do it again. —Vernon Grounds

Oh, may these heavenly pages be
My ever dear delight,
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light. —Steele

Those who only sample the Bible never acquire a taste for it.

[Bahbah]

I now keep my Bible on the shelf next to my computer. This is your doing. ;)

[LadyX]

"One of the most sublime moments on FR was when you and LadyX met in person. Two world class women, peers and pals, real friends smack talking each other forever. Great stuff."

{{ Hugs }} for the reminder of one of the Greatest Moments in Life, Barlowmaker..:))

Nan and I first 'met' a few years back when she was RevNan, finding we had parallel paths in our lives, but were diverted temporarily into other ones.
About two years ago, God decided it was "The Time" to reconnect us for His purposes, and the rest is history -- the bond is real and deep.

With it grew our determination to meet in person, not deterred by the distance between the banks of the Ohio River in West Virginia and my location in western South Carolina.

In the summer of 2003, she and Jack planned to visit her brother in Asheville, NC, and we decided we could rendezvous in Spartanbug, SC, right on two Interstates' intersection -- and a short shot for them up to Asheville from there..

That thread -"A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-21-03..Sistahs of the Spirit" - is located at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/956433/posts - HERE for those who missed it.
(Billie had me do the writeup in my 3rd person self - Maggie Malone, with several pictures throughout the thread.)

Yes - those were 20 action-packed hours, leaving our husbands to their own devices, talking rapid fire until later than 2 a.m.; the last part outside the hotel entrance in the warm night air.

The timing was surely His, for we parted Saturday, and Monday I had a bit of news for which this meeting was His fortification...Divine Providence at work, as has been so throughout my life...

Thanks for the memory reminder, Barlowmaker.
(you, too, are one of His messengers..:))

[The Mayor]

I'll accept the blame for that..

Look here too.
http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&passage=isaih+7&version=KJV