[Kathy in Alaska]

Elvis! Good job, Kid!!

[AZamericonnie]

God bless all who serve

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on candle or flag at the top to hear the music)

[MoJo2001]

Hi Ma!
The thanks don't go to MoJo!
MoJo's mom deserves the credit. She's the Elvis Fanatic!
Hehe!

[The Mayor]

January 8, 2005

What's Worth Keeping?

Read: Genesis 25:27-34

For one morsel of food [Esau] sold his birthright. —Hebrews 12:16

Bible In One Year: Genesis 23-26

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A story is told of a man who loved old books. He met an acquaintance who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. "I couldn't read it," the friend explained. "Somebody named Guten-something had printed it." "Not Gutenberg!" the book lover exclaimed in horror. "That Bible was one of the first books ever printed. A copy just sold for over two million dollars!"

His friend was unimpressed. "Mine wouldn't have brought a dollar. Some fellow named Martin Luther had scribbled all over it in German."

This fictitious story shows how a person can treat as worthless that which is valuable. That's what Esau did. Although he was a nice enough fellow, Esau was a "profane" man because he sold his spiritual birthright "for one morsel of food" (Hebrews 12:16). Only when it was too late to undo his wretched bargain did he realize that he had sacrificed the permanent on the altar of the immediate.

We had better be careful of the "bargains" we make in life. Our culture places a high price on what is worthless and throws away as worthless what is of eternal value.

Ask the Lord to help you discern what's worth keeping and what is best discarded. —Haddon Robinson

The little choices we must make
Will chart the course of life we take;
We either choose the path of light
Or wander off in darkest night. —D. De Haan

Why pay the high price for this world's bargains when eternal life is free?

[MamaB]

I am from a small MS town and our 2 daughters and I were going to see my parents the week or weekend that he died. We were going right by his old home in Tupelo and stopped by. I have never ever seen so many flowers and tributes than we saw that day. It was a very sad day, too, since I grew up listening to him. When he was just starting out, he came to my hometown where only a very few people showed up. I do not remember the year but I was very young. His show was at the National Guard Armory. I really admired him after seeing his humble beginnings and saw that he had reached the American Dream. He was a great singer.