A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-21-07....Warm Fuzzy Wednesday

March 21, 2007 | Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Welcome to Warm Fuzzy Wednesday at the Finest. For those who start counting the days on Monday until the weekend, we're halfway there! So we're here to banish those doldrums and make you smile inside! Please feel free to post sweet graphics and/or little stories that make you feel all warm and fuzzy - or just come by and give us a smile. Only two more days 'til the weekend!

01-09-07 ~ Hall of Fame #18

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 03-19-07 Military Monday 03-20-07 Yay, It's Spring!

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Billie]

[Billie]

It may be raining cats and dogs but....



...it's the first day of Spring, and....

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' Billie.
Putting on another pot o' coffee for the morning crowd. :)

[Billie]

[Billie]

Hi, Dave - thanks - it 's time for mid-morning coffee break here. :)

[The Mayor]

March 21, 2007

An Atheist’s Witness

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READ: 1 John 3:11-18

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. —Matthew 22:37

Aware that love of God and neighbor is a central teaching of Scripture, I did my doctoral dissertation on “The Concept of Love in the Psychology of Sigmund Freud.” I learned that though this influential thinker had no faith in God, he stressed the supreme importance of love.

Freud wrote, for example, that the best way to “escape from the cares of life” and “forget real misery” is to follow the path “that expects all satisfaction to come from loving and being loved.” On this point, Freud was in agreement with the Bible, which focuses on love.

Scripture teaches that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). It also teaches the importance of “faith working through love” (Gal. 5:6). So the great problem we all face is how to rid ourselves of sinful self-love while sincerely loving God and neighbor (Matt. 22:37-39; 1 John 3:14). The gospel with its message of the life-transforming love of Christ provides the only answer to that problem. Paul declared in Romans 5:5, “The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.”

Have you experienced the infilling of God’s love? Only when you trust Jesus as Savior will the Holy Spirit of love begin to flow in and through you.

Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven to earth come down;
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown.  —Wesley

God pours His love into our hearts to flow out to others.

Bible in One Year:   Joshua 7-9; Luke 1:21-38

[The Mayor]

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday, Billie! I'm chained to the desk and won't be able to post much today.

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning. I like that Billie Blue signature. That's cute. :)

[Kitty Mittens]

Hi, Sweet (((((Billie))))) and All the Finest! I Hope Everyone is having a Good Day.

*Happy Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday!*

[Texagirl4W]

Good morning Billie. Great graphics. I love the 'raining cats and dogs'. It looks like that's what we're in for this afternoon.

[MEG33]

*Happy Warm Fuzzy Wednesday To The Finest*

It's a gray spring day here but the birds are singing and
I have finished my "create an office" project..
Now on to using it...LOL
Have A Wonderful Day!

[beachn4fun]

HAPPY WEDNESDAY, Finest.

[GodBlessUSA]

Happy Warm Fuzzy Wednesday!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Afternoon (((Dita)))
It's spring and it's a beautiful day too!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Afternoon Meg, How are you feeling today? I hope your back is not hurting.

It's very nice today. There are birds everywhere. The rabbit I told you we saw, may be living under our deck. I suspect, maybe babies. I put out some bunny hay and some food. I love living here. ;) The call I hear at night may be a spring toad.

[GodBlessUSA]

[ST.LOUIE1]

Afternoon, darlin' BillieBlue!
Since it was raining cats and dogs.....I snagged this one. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Hi Rus! Love that pup! I see he also plays piano. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Howdy, Megsie! Cute graphic. : )