Posted on 04/13/2009 5:59:36 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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A Chinese festival called Qing Ming is a time to express grief for lost relatives. Customs include grooming gravesites and taking walks with loved ones in the countryside. Legend has it that it began when a youths rude and foolish behavior resulted in the death of his mother. So he decided that henceforth he would visit her grave every year to remember what she had done for him. Sadly, it was only after her death that he remembered her.
How differently God deals with us! In Genesis, we read how the flood destroyed the world. Only those who were with Noah in the ark remained alive. But God remembered them (8:1) and sent a wind to dry the waters so that they could leave the ark.
God also remembered Hannah when she prayed for a son (1 Sam. 1:19). He gave her a child, Samuel.
Jesus remembered the dying thief who said, Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. Jesus replied, Today You will be with Me in Paradise (Luke 23:42-43).
God remembers us wherever we are. Our concerns are His concerns. Our pain is His pain. Commit your challenges and difficulties to Him. He is the all-seeing God who remembers us as a mother remembers her children, and He waits to meet our needs.
I wouldn’t want to take a road trip there.
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I’d love to take a road trip there, especially at night lol.
The closest I have been is on the road to Rachael Nevada.
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The second picture down, the picture of the warning sign. I was in Goldfield last year visiting in-laws. The test range runs right up to highway 95 there at Goldfield and the folks took me to take a gander. I thought it might be a good idea to jump the barbwire fence and run the 25 yards out to the warming sign, have them take my pic, and run back. They were adamant that the Esmerelda county sheriff would have been there to greet me by the time I returned from my excursion.
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I’d love to take a road trip there too!
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