[Billie]

[Billie]

[El Gato]

I know it's not the usual Valentine's Day symbol, nor the usual sentiment, but it is for the one who is, and always will be my FReeper Valentine, and Heroine Extraordinary:

LadyX

Semper Fi, Maggie Marine

[DollyCali]

Lovely thread Billie & thanks for archives of past days (here is graphic from one of them)

Happy 2 day V celebration to all here at the Finest.

As much of the NE is going to be hammered & socked in, we can have maybe a little more time to visit in next few days. Looking forward to the graphics & creativity that always seems to manifest at holidays.

[The Mayor]

February 13, 2007

Raised In Glory

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READ: 1 Corinthians 15:42-49

The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. —1 Corinthians 15:42

Years ago, I heard a story about a man looking for flowers for spring planting. At the greenhouse he came across a golden chrysanthemum, bursting with blooms. To his surprise, it was hidden in a corner and growing in an old, dented rusty bucket.

"If this were my flower," he said to himself, "I would place it in a beautiful pot and display it proudly! Why is it confined in this old bucket and hidden away in this concealed place?"

When he remarked to the owner about the flower, she explained, "Oh, I started the plant in that old bucket until it blossomed. But it’s just for a short time. Soon I’ll transplant it to my garden."

The man laughed, and imagined such a scene in heaven. "There’s a beautiful one," God will say, "the product of My lovingkindness and grace. Now it’s confined in a broken body and in obscurity, but soon, in My garden, how tall and lovely this soul will stand!"

So we may now be "planted" in bent and battered containers for a short time while our Lord beautifies our souls. But, "as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man" (1 Cor. 15:49). Then He will display His handiwork and our loveliness for all to see. This is our assurance and delight.

In bodies that will ne’er grow old,
We’ll reign with Him through years untold;
O precious thought: We all shall be
With Christ through all eternity.  —Watson

While God is preparing a place for us, He is preparing us for that place.

Bible in One Year:   Leviticus 14; Matthew 26:51-75

[jaycee]

I have been admiring all the pretty things you have posted today and went back to 2005 and looked at those. I would hate to have to choose the best. I am a blubbery romantic at Valentine Day and get a bit blue. I still think its a glorious day for people who love!!

[Temple Owl]

Happy Valentine's Day.

[Aquamarine]

This is such a beautiful Post Billie, the pledge and welcome graphics are all so pretty. It's nice the way you included all the past Valentines Post.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

...to the Finest.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Happy Valentine's Day, and thank you for all the great threads.

[Biggirl]

Nice pictures!