To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; Aquamarine; The Mayor; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; deadhead; ...

I couldn't resist posting one more baby ;)

2 posted on 08/31/2007 6:45:55 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. Prayers said for our Heroes!)

Morning GeeBee.. thanks for the kick off for the week-end. I am about ready to leave computer & tackle day. WIll pick raspberries later (yum) and tonight is football/marching band. whoopie

Here is one pix from a thread I posted on Diana

4 posted on 08/31/2007 6:50:09 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

To: GodBlessUSA; The Mayor; DollyCali; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; Billie; Allegra; lonestar; ...

Happy TGIF

Good Morning To The Finest!
Love the pledge and ping, GeeBee!

Wear Red On Friday To Support Our Troops

9 posted on 08/31/2007 7:06:22 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

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

10 posted on 08/31/2007 7:09:53 AM PDT by luvie (Thompson)

RELAX???? I have to WORK on Labor Day! Sheesh!

Only have a minute to say “hi”. See ya later today!

(((hugs))))

Great TGIF!

12 posted on 08/31/2007 7:15:30 AM PDT by luvie (Thompson)

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

August 31, 2007

Where Was God?

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READ: Hebrews 13:5-8

Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. —Isaiah 53:4

Was God sadistically absent? That’s what Robert McClory, professor emeritus of journalism at the Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, asked after Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans area of the US.

We may want to try to exonerate the Almighty for permitting disasters that rip apart vulnerable communities. But is God absent in such situations? No, McClory insists. Talking about the Katrina tragedy, he said that God was invisibly present “with the suffering and the dying. He was in the individuals, communities, churches, and schools that organized aid for the victims and took evacuees into their cities and homes. He was with the hundreds of thousands who showed compassion by prayer and financial assistance.”

So it is in our own lives when a heartbreaking tragedy occurs, such as the death of someone we love. We have no completely satisfactory answer to life’s painful problems. We do know, however, that the Lord is present with us, for He said He would never leave us (Heb. 13:5). Jesus’ name “Immanuel” literally means “God with us” (Matt. 1:23).

Even though suffering baffles our minds, we can trust God to be near and to work out His purposes.

God’s unseen presence comforts me,
I know He’s always near;
And when life’s storms besiege our soul,
He says, “My child, I’m here.” —D. De Haan

The storms of our life prove the strength of our Anchor.

Bible in One Year: Psalms 132-134; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

23 posted on 08/31/2007 7:27:26 AM PDT by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)

To: GodBlessUSA; Finest FRiends

Have a lovely weekend... take it easy...:)
I have got to make busy, busy now.

38 posted on 08/31/2007 10:43:08 AM PDT by La Enchiladita

To: GodBlessUSA; MEG33; LUV W; The Mayor

Thanks so much for Your pings this day;every day!!!!

42 posted on 08/31/2007 10:48:38 AM PDT by Majie Purple (I (Heart Shape Here) JESUS. ..and my Bro and FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)

To: GodBlessUSA; dutchess; DollyCali; Aquamarine; The Mayor; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; MEG33; Billie; ...

Happy weekend to all!

56 posted on 08/31/2007 1:30:45 PM PDT by Lady Jag (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)

Thank you for the ping!

57 posted on 08/31/2007 1:32:35 PM PDT by .30Carbine (And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. ~1Cor.14:32)

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