A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....01-10-06....Turning the Tables

Billie

[Billie]

[Billie]

       

[luvie]

How beautiful! Especially to a fellow Texan!

[Billie]

Thanks, Luv, and from one Texan to another, when I saw *this* one, I thought "That's Luv!"

[Mama_Bear]

Wow, Billie! You have really put some time into this! I know that many of our Finest FRiends are going to have fun playing with your code and backgrounds and fonts. I am looking forward to some beautiful table posts. :-)

It's good to have you back, cowgirl.

[Billie]

Hi, Lori! Thank you - time, yes - but it wasn't in making *my* post knock-down gorgeous! I wish I could have kept on and on adding more background images for everyone to play with, but it was getting very long and don't want to make everyone start yawning! :)

Thank you for posting the weekend thread, and your Thursday Finest Excuses was so cute.

[luvie]

Oh! she's adorable! Can I have her? She'll fit right in with my other "LUVs"! :o)

[Billie]

Sure, you can have her - don't know anyone else who's a Texan and who has that color hair! :)

[luvie]

Thanks, sweetie! What a lovely gift!

[Billie]

Now *this* cowgirl's gonna turn in. Back tomorrow.

[Mama_Bear]

Good night, Billie.

[Diver Dave]

I think I better bookmark this one for sure.

I sure hope there won't be a test cuz I haven't studied and you know what they say about us old dogs.

[luvie]

'Nite! Sweet dreams....see you tomorrow. Thanks for another fun thread to learn something from. I am having a time finding my "control panel" to save the new fonts in, but I'll figure it out tomorrow when I'm not punchy! LOL!

[Billie]

This one is so *you*, Mz Bear. :)

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, yes....It IS me!!! That is adorable. Thank you, sistah.

[Billie]

See you in the morning, Dave - you know who I had in mind for one of those pictures/backgrounds. :)

[Mama_Bear]

I might just make a little table featuring her for tomorrow. :-)

[Billie]

Thought you just might. :) REALLY gone now! Nite!

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you, Billie, for this precious bear.

[The Mayor]

January 10, 2006

Drawn By The Cross

Read:
John 12:23-36

I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself. —John 12:32

Bible In One Year: Genesis 25-26; Matthew 8:1-17

Towering above New York Harbor is the Statue of Liberty. That stately lady, with freedom's torch held high, has beckoned millions of people who were choking from the stifling air of tyranny or oppression. They've been drawn to what that monument symbolizes—freedom.

Inscribed on Lady Liberty's pedestal are these words by Emma Lazarus from her poem "The New Colossus":

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse
of your teeming shore;
Send these, the homeless,
tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

A different monument towers over history, offering spiritual freedom to enslaved peoples everywhere. It's the cross where Jesus hung 2,000 years ago. At first the scene repels us. Then we see the sinless Son of God dying in our place for our sins. From the cross we hear the words "Father, forgive them" (Luke 23:34) and "It is finished!" (John 19:30). As we trust in Christ as our Savior, the heavy burden of guilt rolls from our sin-weary souls. We are free for all eternity.

Have you heard and responded to the invitation of the cross? —Dennis De Haan

Lord Jesus, I know I'm a sinner and cannot save myself. I need You as my Savior. Thank You for dying in my place and rising again. I believe in You. Please set me free from my sin. I want to live with You in heaven someday. Amen.

Our greatest freedom is freedom from sin.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Does God Grade On A Curve?