To: jaycee; pookie18; Gucho; retrokitten; Badray; proud_yank; Nowhere Man; Rca2000; cibco; eleni121; ...

whew! thanks jaycee!

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HORRORSCOPES

Ascaryus (Jan 20-Feb 18): This Halloween looks to be a scary one for you. But before you go around crying, "Ooh, I want my mummy! I want my mummy!" think about this: You want more lovin’, right? Well, if you run around like a scaredycat, you will, to quoth the raven, "Neverscore."

Pieces (Feb 19-Mar 20): Vampires are evil, hypnotic people who will emerge in the night and drain you. Sounds like someone I used to date. You need to be careful because you may have closed the metaphoric coffin lid on a relationship, only to find that this person will rise from the graveyard of your heart to worm their way back into your life. One word of advice from "Buffy The Vampire Slayer": A vampire can only come in if you invite them.

Scaries (Mar 21-Apr 19): You've got to pick up every stitch this Halloween because, unless I miss my guess, it must be the Season of the Witch. If only every holiday could be commemorated with a bad Donovan song. Wouldn't it be great, on Thanksgiving, to sit around the table, giving thanks for the bounty we are to receive by singing a rousing round of "Mellow Yellow"? That is truly the most horrifying thought you can be faced with this Halloween.

Tarot (Apr 20-May 20): Sure, you ladies have been looking for some lovin'. But you don't want to go for just any Tom Dick and Harry. And heaven forfend you go for any Jack you find, especially when that Jack is some hollow-headed grinning gap-toothed idiot. But then again, despite his weird exterior, if you look inside, you'll see a flame burning bright. This might be the season of the witch, but if you try not to act so witchy and look past the odd exterior, you'll find hidden depths in the ugliest places.

OnlyOneEye (May 21- Jun 20): Horror is in the eye of the beholder, whether that eye be bloodshot and yellow, peering at you from the shadows of the night, or whether the eye is a horrible dismembered giant radioactive eye. What is truly scary? A werewolf? A werewolf is not so much a horrible half-man half-beast as a chronic undershaver. A headless horseman is just the victim of a particularly bad hair day. In much the same way, you can find the brighter side of anything that comes your way, no matter how horrific or annoying.

Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22): Scary is relative, and we don't just mean your crazy relatives who threaten to come visit for six weeks, but rather the idea that whereas a movie with monsters made out of cardboard boxes and paper mache may have been the scariest thing you'd ever seen when you were eight, it now looks like crap. You must get over your initial fears of a new project or relationship; although it seems insurmountable now, if you stick with it, you will eventually be able to overcome it.

Tao (Jul 23-Aug 22): Frankenstein's monster was, of course, made out of the parts of a couple dozen other people, which must have been hell when it came to custody hearings. Nothing's more awkward at a family reunion than having one-tenth of Cousin Harry show up at the buffet. You, too, feel like you're being pulled in twenty different directions, but you'll soon receive the jolt you'll need to get on your feet again.

Vertigo (Aug 23-Sep 22): Pity the poor skeleton who wanders around on Halloween, looking so unfashionable in all-white a full two months after Memorial Day. Of course, he can't help it, and he is actually successful in the love department; after all, he is "ribbed" for her pleasure. This week you'll find that you attract more flies with honey than even dead zombie flesh, and being inherently nice to the opposite sex will make them flock to you like vultures to a skeleton.

Webra (Sep 23-Oct 22): Zombies are pretty well-known for trying to suck the brains out of people's heads. As was every high school algebra teacher I ever had. Coincidence? Considering that those people were always pale on the point of being green, had trouble communicating more than moans and incoherent screams, and had awkward, stumbling walks down the hallway, I think it's lucky I escaped without some horrible "Night of the Living Dead scenario." You escape a horrific fate worse than death , if you can steer clear of boring people at parties.

Scareio (Oct 23-Nov 21): You think you're being slick, but the truth is that you're like a ghost; people can see through you, and all the noise you're making is more effective scaring small children and dogs than actually doing anything. It's time to leave your old haunts and take care of that grave matter that's all your vault.

Sekeltarious (Nov 22-Dec 21): Boo! Scared ya!

Capricandycorn (Dec 22-Jan 19): You're in the zone this week! The Twilight Zone, that is, and it's going to be a creepy thrill ride with an incredibly ironic twist at the end that serves as a commentary on our mixed-up Cold War nuclear society. Don't let the creepy situations you get yourself into this week get you skittish. Let them get you Skittles; why not go Trick-or-Treating? It's fun to dress up, get given stuff, and not have to give ten percent to a big guy named Huggy Bear. And Halloween candy doesn't count as calories!

61 posted on 10/31/2006 5:34:41 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mrs Mayor; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; ...

October 31, 2006

More Joy In Heaven

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READ: Luke 15:4-7

There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. —Luke 15:7 dreaded the idea of attending a memorial service for an old friend. Fred had rejected the need for Jesus in his life, and because of that I was sure he was lost forever.

Yet Fred's many friendships had included followers of Jesus. At the service, as one of those friends spoke of a conversation he had in Fred's last months, my eyes filled with tears.

Fred had asked him, "Do you think I'll go to heaven?" The friend had honestly replied, "No, Fred. I don't think so." As they talked, Fred's wall of resistance began to fall, and he said, "Philip, I believe that what the Bible says is true." After a lifetime of rejecting the free gift of salvation, Fred finally accepted Jesus as his Savior.

With happy tears, I thought about the verse: "There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance" (Luke 15:7). Jesus and the angels were rejoicing with me.

As Fred had requested, we stood and sang, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so!" To my friend, those familiar words had become a personal reality.

Let's bring more joy to heaven by spreading the good news: Jesus loves us—this we know! —Cindy Hess Kasper

The great God who made the heavens,
Keeps the stars within their bound,
Still rejoices with His angels
When a poor lost soul is found! —Bosch

All heaven rejoices over one sinner who repents.

Bible in One Year Jeremiah 22-23; Titus 1

62 posted on 10/31/2006 5:59:56 AM PST by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)

To: DollyCali; Billie; dutchess; ST.LOUIE1; JustAmy; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; Colonel_Flagg; snugs; ..

Happy
Halloween
From LUV W
~~~~~
BOOOOOOOOO!!!

63 posted on 10/31/2006 6:40:24 AM PST by luvie (We didn’t lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)

Love the graphic - I will have to photo my pumpkin that I bought to make some pumpkin pie.

64 posted on 10/31/2006 6:47:26 AM PST by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))

Oh, yes, that would be neat! I hope to see it before tonight! :D

How are you doing? And your Dad?

65 posted on 10/31/2006 6:54:51 AM PST by luvie (We didn’t lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)

To: LUV W; snugs; GodBlessUSA; lonestar; All

66 posted on 10/31/2006 7:18:04 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

To: The Raven; Jemian

(see how I get you together?) lol

Hangman

(click)

67 posted on 10/31/2006 7:19:54 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

Peter , Peter , pumpkin-eater,

Had a wife and couldn't keep her;

He put her in a pumpkin shell,

And there he kept her very well.

68 posted on 10/31/2006 7:23:56 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

69 posted on 10/31/2006 7:24:43 AM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)

70 posted on 10/31/2006 7:29:50 AM PST by vigilante2 (Thank You Veterans)

71 posted on 10/31/2006 7:31:20 AM PST by luvie (We didn’t lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)

Happy Halloween, SheLion! Hope your day is "spook-tacular!"

72 posted on 10/31/2006 7:39:10 AM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)

Happy All Hollows Eve to all who post at FreeRepublic. Some of those Jacko's Lanterns reminds me of a number of the Democratic polititions.

73 posted on 10/31/2006 7:41:37 AM PST by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)

The cats are wonderful in this thread.

74 posted on 10/31/2006 7:42:34 AM PST by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)

wow.. those are wonderful graphics!!! thank you!

I can change the way I have your "adopted" 2nd son posted. I misunderstood his relationship. didn't know he was friend of your families..

thought he was an "adopted" son via the many Internet match up sites

75 posted on 10/31/2006 7:47:17 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

To: Biggirl; SheLion

Did you see the Finest "liger" (BIG kitty) thread on Thursday?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726217/posts

76 posted on 10/31/2006 7:51:56 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

To: LUV W; DollyCali

77 posted on 10/31/2006 8:02:20 AM PST by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))

Thank-you for the link.

78 posted on 10/31/2006 8:02:22 AM PST by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)

what a cutie.. are you going to carve it?

We should (or I SHOULD HAVE) thought this all through sooner & we could have had a show & tell of pumpkins.. we get them & carve them & post pix.

79 posted on 10/31/2006 8:08:36 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

To: Biggirl; Slings and Arrows

your welcome. I dont think Slings pinged her list(if you are on her kitty ping list). It is a cat lover's thread for sure

80 posted on 10/31/2006 8:09:39 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

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