A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-23,24-08 - Warm Fuzzy Wednesday & Thursday

April 23, 2008 | 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!

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THIS WEEK'S THREADS 04-21,22-08 ~ Military Tribute

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

[jaycee]

1st Prize, GeeBee. That is so precious! Just got on the computer a little bit ago and my SIL called and there went another hour! I hate the old fashioned telephone talk~~LOL~~don’t they know I have computer business to take care of?? Being silly, of course!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Evening Jaycee
LOL! :)

How are you tonight?
Thanks!

[GodBlessUSA]

Doggie is adorable!

LOL shredding boxes. ;)

[Mama_Bear]

We are treating Rusty at a university teaching hospital.

That's great. It's a good choice. I have heard so many good things about the teaching hospitals. We were going to have Chachi's back surgery done at UC Davis because they are known as one of the best veterinary universities in the country, but as it turned out we found a wonderful veterinary neurosurgeon who has a practice near Davis and could take Chachi immediately. As it turned out, we found out that Dr. Kortz lectures in the veterinary neurosurgery department at UC Davis. So we felt God led us to him. He's the best of the best. He did a wonderful job for Chachi. Because of the skilled and compassionate surgeon and the prayers of so many people here, we have our happy little boy back.

I will pray continually for Rusty; that he not suffer and that the chemo puts his cancer in remission. I will continually pray for you and Mr. D. too. I know how difficult this is for you. Yes, we do love our freeperpets and we all know what yuou are going through. Love you, dutchess. Dear God, let there be a miracle healing for your precious creation, Rusty.

[Mama_Bear]

LOL. Look at that!! You find some of the most interesting and funny and pertinent graphics, Lady Jag. I always enjoy them.

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY WARM AND FUZZY WEDNESDAY!

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[jaycee]

That is so precious, Dita! I just can’t get finished with looking at everything tonight.

[jaycee]

Isn’t that the cat on Prozac? LOL~~

[JustAmy]

LOL

Aren’t those Warm Fuzzy puppies adorable?

Thank you for the ping, Conor.

[jaycee]

I copied this off so I can look at it tomorrow. I am so tired. Sleep well, All!

[Temple Owl]

Prayers for Rusty from me and Peewee. I hope he makes a full recovery.

[lonestar]

Oh, no!

lonestar, all the critters and I will pray for you and Rusty. I remember that you were always there for me, Aunt dutchess.

[Kitty Mittens]

Rusty will Continue to be in my Prayers, Dear dutchess, and I'm So Sorry he is ill. :( Our Loving Savior Send Mercies and Grace to Cover this Situation, and Touch Rusty with a Healing Hand.

[Kitty Mittens]

Sending Thank you's to Everyone for your Kind Comments about my Sweet Doggie, and Thank you also for All the Fun Graphics that Brightened Up my Night! Billie, you Asked what Breed she is, and her Name; she is a Lab Mix, and her Name is Doggie, Lol. : ) Snugs, she is the Only Dog I have, and we have had her for about a Week and a Half Now, and she is a Blessing. : ) Tajgirvan, I Join you in Praying that Josiah will be on the Earth for a Long Time to Come.

Have a Good Night, my Dear Finest FRiends.

[MEG33]

I love your graphics!
;o)

[The Mayor]

April 24, 2008

A Sailing Ship

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READ: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. —2 Corinthians 5:8

Dorothy, an elderly woman, was near death. She loved the Lord and longed to be with Him. The nurse told her family that Dorothy would probably hold on until she could see her daughter, who was on her way to say goodbye. The nurse said, "It's as if Dorothy has one foot here and the other in heaven. She wants to take that last step soon."

That reminds me of the following beautiful description of dying by Henry van Dyke:

"I am standing at the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud, just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. . . . And just at the moment when someone at my side says: 'There, she is gone!' there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: 'Here she comes!' And that is dying."

Even more comforting for the loved ones of a believer who dies are the words of the apostle Paul: "If our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" (2 Cor. 5:1). We can rejoice in our sorrow knowing our departed loved ones are now present with the Lord (v.8).

The death of people whom we love
Brings sorrow and deep pain;
But if our loved ones know the Lord,
Our loss becomes their gain. —Sper

Because Christ lives, death is not tragedy but triumph.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 7–9; Proverbs 9:1-9

[dutchess]

Sadly, Rusty passed away this morning. He had been sleeping comfortably and they saw no signs of distress. We always said he came to us to be with dad. We can’t help but feel that mom and dad (AND dutchess, codee and fredthecat) were there to greet him at rainbow bridge. Thanks all of you for your thoughts and prayers.

[jaycee]

I am so sorry, dutchess! This has made me cry and I'm sure I am not the only one~~ I'll be thinking of you all. Have to go again today so I won't be around probably till late!

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, no. Dutchess, I am so sorry. I know how much Rusty meant to you. He went quickly though, and that is a good thing. He didn't linger on for months and months. That is a blessing, I think. Yes, now he is with your dad who he loved so much.

Rusty had an angel watching over him when God brought him to you and your dad. You gave him a wonderful home. He's a very special dog. My heart is breaking for you and Mr. D. I am so very sorry.

[Billie]

I didn’t expect to see this, and can’t stop the tears. I’m so so sorry, dutchess. But yes, a happy reunion for him at Rainbow Bridge.