A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....1-04-07....New Year's Resolutions

January 4, 2006 | Dolly Howard

[DollyCali]

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

ping for future.

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I resolve to never reply to any post unless treated with the utmost of respect.

[DollyCali]

[DollyCali]

Good one.. AND.. your profile page quickly answered question if you were a guy or gal (Unless you REALLY like rainbows)

Lol

welcome to the Finest! A friendly, NO FIGHTING, thread where we DO respect our friends who visit & chat.

[MEG33]

If I don't make em..I can't break em..LOL

Thanks for the pretty thread..Good advice!

[stopem]

Awwww Meg......;)

LOL

I think I will keep mine private at the moment.Thanks Dolly
for the suggestions of how to be specific when writing goals.This thread was a great idea.

Just one thing tho...I refuse to spend LESS time with my FRiends here on FR ;)

[DollyCali]

Good morning Meg, sistahs, Rus...

This thread was a "little surprise" for even me!

I overslept...usually get up between 4 & 6 each morning. But today it was 7:30. But I figured, that is okay. I can get this thread up - the JH2 threads are a breeze. (I guess I still have a sleep deficit from weekend of R & R.)

Had seen the JH2 note in my FReep Mail.. figuring it was the essay.. WRONG..Instead a "dear dolly" -no essay this week.....normally I can punch a JH2 out in one hour.. well..there was nothing to punch out & nothing in my just waking up brain..semi-panic

well, we do our best.. figured a rerun of Lance or Star Wars would NOT go over too well!!!

Must go to tackle the day now.. will check in when I can - but what I wrote does incorporate much of what I have as my resolutions.

[MEG33]

Use Flower Power For Your Resolutions(Grin)

[DollyCali]

The Canteen had two resolutions threads this week...I have not had time to visit, but if I know the great participants, they will be full of humor, graphics & wisdom!!!!

Here are the two links:

Resolutions Part 1 Mrs. Nooseman, poster

Resolutions Part 2 AZamericonnie, poster

well OF COURSE, you can STEAL borrow some of the good stuff for here...lol!

[DollyCali]

great table & wow..on the link. Thanks!!!

have to feed mom & pets now.. The pets particularly are letting me know they are hungry!!!

[Texagirl4W]

Happy New Year, Dolly. I could probably keep most of those except the last. After all these years, and I've had plenty of them, I'm more disorganized every day. May all Freepers have a safe, blessed, and Happy New Year.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

You are the Best....reasonable resolutions on the fly. No one would know you didn't have this thread planned for days. You're hired!!

[MEG33]

I Resolve To "Post" More Flowers.....LOL!

~Good Morning To The Finest~

[The Mayor]

January 4, 2007

Our Dwelling Place

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READ: Genesis 12:1-8

By faith Abraham obeyed . . . . And he went out, not knowing where he was going. —Hebrews 11:8

When Abraham was 75 years old, God called him to leave the land of his father. And so, advanced in years, he departed for the land of Canaan. He was rootless, homeless, "not knowing where he was going" (Heb. 11:8). That was the story of Abraham’s life.

Age brings change and uncertainty. It means transition from a familiar past to an uncertain future. It can mean movement from a family home to a smaller place, to a daughter’s home, to a retirement village, to a nursing home—the "final resort." Like Abraham, some of us make our way from one location to another, always traveling and not knowing where we’re going.

Yet we can be at home in any dwelling, for our safekeeping lies not in the place where we live but in God Himself. We can dwell "in the secret place of the Most High" and "abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (Ps. 91:1). There, in His presence, under His wings, we find refuge (v.4). The eternal God becomes our dwelling place (v.9).

Though our dwelling place here on earth may be uncertain, God will be our companion and friend until our traveling days are over and we reach our heart’s true home—heaven. Until that day, let’s shed the light of God’s lovingkindness on other travelers. 

Someday my earthly house will fall—
I cannot tell how soon ’twill be;
But this I know—my All in All
Has now a place in heaven for me. —Crosby

For the Christian, heaven is spelled H-O-M-E.

Bible in One Year:  Genesis 10-12; Matthew 4

[MEG33]

Amen! Wonderful lesson, Mayor..Thank you for our Daily Bread.

[The Mayor]

Great job and idea Dolly!

[The Mayor]

I said the same thing after I read it Meg.. : )

[MEG33]

;)

[stopem]

Good one Meg, keep'em coming, you do post some gorgeous ones!