A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-02,03,04-07....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

February 2, 2007 | Billie

[Lady Jag]

Happy Friday, all!!!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

woohoo!!!!!!

Howdy red, I mean Lady Jag!

[Lady Jag]

Hi PAL!! How's it going?

[MEG33]

Sorry I missed seeing your question! Those flowers are Anemones.

[Lady Jag]

Independence Day America

Independence Day America to begin once again, to let American to have the freedom, the dreams, the wishes, equal right and also equal under God ect They hold these truths to be self-evident. Once Again, May Lord Godbless America. Natasa Tocuc

[jaycee]

What a glorious Pledge....late getting in today~~

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Sorry, I was working & now it's time to go home. Have a good weekend!

[Kitty Mittens]

I Love your Pledge Graphic! Praying Everyone has a Blessed Weekend.

[MEG33]

Thank you, LadyJ! Lovely words.

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL Billie she is so cute. :)

[La Enchiladita]

Full Moon Tonight

On the ragged edge of the world
I'll roam
And the home of the wolf
Will be my home

- by Robert Service

[stopem]

Hi LE, yes it sure was a bright full moon last night.

Happy weekend!

SuperBowl weekend. Are you ready for some football?

GO Bears!!!!

[MEG33]

Roses and Geraniums

The sun is shining but it's Brrr..cold..I just had to
break the ice and pour warm water in the bird bath..
Have A Great Weekend Everyone..

[NicknamedBob]

Flowers From The Garden

There is a window in your heart, that opens on a garden,
A place you can retreat to when you need to ask for pardon,
For having been abusive, to the child that lives in you,
By simply asking way too much, for any child to do.

Don’t ask for the surrender, of childhood dreams so gay,
That they could always bring a smile, despite a rainy day.
The toys we had as children, were of the simplest sort,
A cardboard tube became a sword, a cardboard box a fort.

Children can be happy, they’ve learned the art of play,
Try not to lose that talent as you go about your day.
With all the noise and bustle that distracts you from that art,
Take time to smell the flowers from the garden in your heart.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . May 11, 2004
© 2004

[MEG33]

I love your poem..Thank (((you)))!

[NicknamedBob]

Like your picture, it seems to brighten a bleak Winter day.

[MEG33]

Indeed..We do have sun after many gray days..I am so glad to see the blue skies !
I love to hunt for flowers most in winter when it's too cold to get out in the yard and there are no flowers to be seen. Flower searching and posting them is like playing to me.;)

[The Mayor]

February 3, 2007

Our Living Hope

READ: John 6:39-54

God . . . has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. —1 Peter 1:3

The morning after my mother died, I was reading the Bible and talking to the Lord about my sadness. The Bible-In-One-Year reading for that day was John 6.

When I came to verse 39, the Lord whispered comfort to my sad heart: "This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day." Mom’s spirit was with the Lord already, but I knew that one day she would be raised and given a new body.

As I continued reading, I noticed three other times in John 6 that Jesus said He will raise His people from the dead at the last day. He was repeating this truth to those who were listening long ago as well as to my heart that day.

Our hope of resurrection will be realized when Jesus returns. "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed" (1 Cor. 15:52). After the resurrection, believers in Jesus will receive their new bodies and rewards for their faithful service (1 Cor. 3:12-15; 2 Cor. 5:9-11).

The resurrection is the living hope of the Christian. Do you have that hope?

Jesus arose and conquered death;
He robbed it of its fear and power;
And one day He’ll return to earth,
Though we know not the day nor hour. —D. De Haan

The risen Christ will come from heaven to take His own to heaven.

Bible in One Year:   Exodus 31-33; Matthew 22:1-22

[Lady Jag]

MEG, those are the most beautiful roses!!

Here's a summer goldfinch in his bath:

[Kitty Mittens]

Oh, what a Beautiful Pic!! As I'm Freeping, there are Many Birds Outside my Windows, Including a Flock of Meadowlarks, a Cardinal and his Wife, and a Woodpecker Wearing a Bright Red Cap. Some Kind of Small Birds are Foraging in the Leaf Litter for Insects and Worms, and it's Cute how they are Using their Little Stomachs and Shoulders to Knock the Leaves Out of the Way.

It's a Beautiful Day, Praise be to our Lord! Hugs to the Finest!