A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-12-05...."He's Free" (Pippin's tribute to Pope John Paul II)

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~ ~ He’s Free ~ ~
~ by Pippin ~

     On Saturday, April 2, 2005 Pope John Paul II was set free.

Free to be with God, free of suffering and pain. No longer trapped in a mortal body that was failing and worn out in the service of God and the people.

He was an inspiration to me, though I knew it not for a long time. I took for granted his continued strong presence and his kindness and love for all God’s people, not only Roman Catholics, but Protestants and people of other religions and creeds.

His faith sustained him in hard times as well as the joyful ones. It was his faith that moved him to forgive and to pray for the one who tried to take his life back in 1981.

God had plans for John Paul II and He was not to be put off!

No, not by a crazed would-be assassin or a world gone mad.

He was a man of peace, a man of faith and courage and an inner strength.

What touched me most about the Pope is the way he reached out to all the people, especially the young people, and they in turn, responded in kind.

I've prayed that God would grant me that kind of faith; it has been waning ever since 09/11/01, much to my dismay and fear.

I’ve prayed and cried.

But watching what Pope John Paul II has gone through these past several years has taught me that there is no shame in suffering as long as it’s done with dignity.

So instead of complaining about my own infirmities and short comings, I’ll think of him and remember, as he’s always done, that God is in charge and He will never abandon us. After all, God did not abandon John Paul II, He freed him! ~ Marie (Pippin)

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[Mama_Bear]

This is just beautiful!....your words, Pippin, and your presentation, Billie.

Pippin, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

Billie, thank you for sharing your talent. The colors you chose are perfect. This was such a lovely, touching post to wake up to this morning.

[Aquamarine]

Hi everyone, it's good to be back.

This is such a special post, both Pippin and Billie have created something very beautiful here.
Pope John Paul II was a good man whose presence on earth will be missed but not forgotten.

[DollyCali]

Good Morning all your Wonderful Finest Folks! Oh and hi to the grumps also !!! - :) HAR!

LOVELY PRESENTATION BILLIE and LOVELY WORDS FROM THE HEART PIPPIN~ Thank you both for sharing.

Was at Cleveland's home opener yesterday.. and true to form & not surprise faithful fans - we lost. But the weather was wonderful & everyone had a good time.

LOTS going on here on the Northcoast in NE Ohio.. great weather & need to spend some time in yard before a marathon of meetings today.

My yard is large & extensively landscaped & last year pretty neglected & so I really am making an effort this year to get presentable again. I have Lots of flower beds mostly with the English Garden format. LOTS of rocks & driftwood

Billie, I have successfully loaded Word & Word Perfect & transferred your documents. NOW I am having trouble getting my computer to "SEE" the external hard drive with the photo work.

THat was an understandable problem with Windows 98 (plug & pray version).. but with XP should not be an issue. Have reinstalled & stood on my head praying but so far no luck.

And the printer has decided it doesn't want to interface also.. grrrrr.

I will be working toward the end of month time frame we discussed. It will all fall together I am sure.

If things ever went smoothly around here I would go into shock!

[Pippin]

Thanks,Billie, what beautiful graphics!

You outdid yourself! :o)

Although I wrote the words, I was getting teared up at reading them again with the graphics.

[Pippin]

Good Morning, Louie! :o)

[Pippin]

Hi, CG!

[Pippin]

Good Morning Flyer!

[Pippin]

Good Morning. TM!

[Pippin]

Hi, Gail!

[Pippin]

Hi, Lori!

[Billie]

Morning, Gail. I read yesterday that you had been sick. Hope you are feeling all well today.

[Pippin]

Hi, Aqua!

Welcome home!

[Pippin]

Hi, Dolly!

[Billie]

Billie, thank you for sharing your talent. The colors you chose are perfect. This was such a lovely, touching post to wake up to this morning.

That's so nice to hear, Lori. Thank you - I'm glad you think so. I enjoy doing all of them; these colors just seemed right for the occasion.

[Billie]

It's great to have you home, Aqua! Welcome back!

This is such a special post, both Pippin and Billie have created something very beautiful here.

Thank you - it's really nice to hear you think that.

[visualops]

That was wonderful Pippin, thank you both!

[Diver Dave]

Beautiful tribute in word and graphics.

Thank you, ladies.

[Billie]

LOVELY PRESENTATION BILLIE and LOVELY WORDS FROM THE HEART PIPPIN~ Thank you both for sharing.

Dolly, thank you for such sweet words. :)

Now, about your transferring my html text files to Word, and the graphics not showing. I'm not SURE how Lori and Aqua and dutchess have done theirs with XP, but do think that in the beginning at least, they all used NOTEPAD as I STILL DO (the text program in "My Documents"). If you paste the text in *that*, and change the file extension to .htm, you WILL see the whole thing as you would see it on the forum.

Sistahs? Help please? Thanks!

[Billie]

Thanks,Billie, what beautiful graphics! You outdid yourself! :o)

Although I wrote the words, I was getting teared up at reading them again with the graphics.

Over and over, I have said this is your best writing yet, and a pleasure to do the presentation, for it touched my heart, too. I've had it finished since Friday! :)

[iceskater]

Thank you both. Even though I'm not Catholic, I think it is a wonderful tribute to the Pope who I admire tremendously.