The FReeper Foxhole - Memorial Day - Freedom Is Not Free - May 29th, 2006

[Professional Engineer]

The word for the day is:

Favwit

Translation:

Favorite

Usage:

Dis my favwit

Usage translation:

Dad, this peppermint candy is my favorite breakfast.

[Professional Engineer]

Time to don my alter ego:

Manuel Lab Ore

We're off to rescue agiant swingset from the ravages of a homebuyer. Er, the cousins have moved and the new buyers don't want/need to playset.

Bittygirl is gonna love her very own favwit paygown.

[The Mayor]

June 24, 2006

Dartboard Or Pipeline?

READ: Colossians 1:24-29

To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. —Colossians 1:29 One day during my devotional time, this thought came to my mind: “Don’t let life happen to you. Let life happen through you.”

The first phrase described me to a T, for I tended to see life as something coming at me. I felt like a worn-out dartboard. I was using all my energies to shield myself from the darts of life’s trials.

But the second phrase, “Let life happen through you,” presented a different approach. Instead of dodging life’s fiery darts, I was to let God’s life and love be channeled through me, blessing me on its way to blessing others.

I chose that day to become God’s pipeline instead of life’s dartboard. Then I could begin living more effectively for Him.

Some days I revert to being a dartboard, but I soon run out of the love and power to bless others. Then through confession, faith, and obedience, I reconnect myself to my heavenly supply center and resume pipeline living.

In his letter to the Colossians, Paul mentioned the many troubles he was facing. Yet he was determined to be a channel of blessing by allowing God to work through him.

What about you? Are you a dartboard or a pipeline? It’s a challenge and a choice for every believer. —Joanie Yoder -->

Give as ’twas given to you in your need,
Love as the Master loved you;
Be to the helpless a helper indeed,
Unto your mission be true.  —Wilson
© Renewal 1952 by The Rodeheaver Co.

God blesses you to bless others.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Esther 9-10; Acts 7:1-21

[alfa6]

Mid Afternoon Rain Delay Bump for the Freeper Foxhole.

I have been helping the daughter put in her brick patio yesterday afternoon and today. We just got the bricks laid and I was marking the timbers for the border when the rain came. So we decided to take a couple hour rain delay. Hopefully we will be done later this afternoon or this evening. Only got about an hour or so to go.

BTW, we have had the bricks for almost 4 years, wouldn't want to rush into anything now, would we :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[The Mayor]

4 years?.. Your right tho, no need to rush.
Pics, we will need pics, 4 years is long enough to wait.

[alfa6]

Sunday Mornning Bump for the Freeper Foxhole

Picture taken about 4 years ago

I have looked and don't have any realy good recent pics of that area, will check to see if the daughter has a couple :-)

Well I have to go shovel off what was about half a ton of dry sand. Of course after the inch and a half of rain yesterday it has proably doubled in weight :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[The Mayor]

June 25, 2006

Tug-Of-War

READ: Philippians 2:1-4; 4:1-3

Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. —Philippians 2:2

A college in our area has an interesting annual rite—a tug-of-war. Two teams train and prepare to pull together on their end of the rope to win the competition, hoping to avoid the mud-pit between the teams and gain campus bragging rights for another year. For a fun competition, it can become intense.

As believers in Jesus, we often face the challenge of learning how to pull together. Self-interest, personal agendas, and power struggles get in the way of genuine ministry and hinder the work of Christ.

Such was the case in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, where he had to plead with Euodia and Syntyche to “be of the same mind” (4:2). Their personal friction created a roadblock to their spiritual service, and their “tug-of-war” was harming the life of the church.

Paul’s appeal was for them to pull together and work for the honor of the Master. It is an appeal that serves us well today. When we feel distanced from our fellow believers, we must look for the common ground we have in the Savior.

Church is no place for a tug-of-war. It’s imperative that we work together for the advancement of God’s kingdom. He can use us in wonderful ways when we lay aside our personal differences and pull together on the rope. —Bill Crowder

I pray, O Lord, reveal to me
If I have caused disunity,
For You would have Your children one
In praise and love for Your dear Son.  —Branon

A believer at war with another Christian cannot be at peace with the Father.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Job 3-4; Acts 7:44-60

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

[The Mayor]

Well from that pic the final should look great.

[snippy_about_it]

That's an itty bitty thing.

[Samwise]

We just bought bricks so Hubby could make a path from the deck to the garage. I hope he doesn't take four years to do it. Maybe you can stop by and help him.....when you run out of things to do, that is. ;^)

[The Mayor]

June 26, 2006

Two Great Fears

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READ: Psalm 107:23-32

He guides them to their desired haven. —Psalm 107:30

Psalm 107 tells of “those who go down to the sea in ships” (v.23). Along their journey at sea, they see God as the One behind the tempestuous storm and the One who calms it. In the world of sailing vessels there were two great fears. One fear was of a terrible gale, and the other was of having no wind at all.

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) describes tempests and doldrums at sea. Two lines have become household words:

Water, water everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

In doldrum latitudes, the wind dies down and a sailing ship remains stationary. Captain and crew are “stuck,” with no relief in sight. Eventually, with no wind, their water supply runs out.

Sometimes life demands that we weather a storm. At other times it puts us to the test of tedium. We may feel stuck. What we want most is just out of reach. But whether we find ourselves in a crisis of circumstance or in a place where the spiritual wind has been taken out of our sails, we need to trust God for guidance. The Lord, who is sovereign over changing circumstances, will eventually guide us to our desired haven (v.30). —Dennis Fisher

I will not fear the howling storms of doubt,
Nor shudder when I feel I’m all alone;
But I will trust my Savior as I shout:
“The Lord’s my helper—He is on the throne!”  —Hess

God orders our stops as well as our steps.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Job 5-7; Acts 8:1-25

[alfa6]

We happened to be in Home Depot about 4 years ago as we were finisihing up the daughters house and low and behold there was a pallet or two of these interlocking pavers on clearance. I think we paid about a third of the regular price, hate to pass up a good deal :-)

It wasn't the 300 bricks that was so bad it was the two tons of AB-2, that's limestone dust for the uninatiated :-), and the plate compactor that did not want to work that created all the fun.

Have to go over this morning after I take her to the foot doc and finish up a few minor details on the patio and then I get to install a new hot water heater as well.

And the hits just keep on coming :-)

Here is a repost of pic of her back yard after I reworkeds it back in April of this year. I will try to remember to take the camera over today.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[alfa6]

Official Monday bump for the Freeper Foxhole

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning FOXHOLE.

[snippy_about_it]

Awww. What a bunch of cute kittens.

[The Mayor]

June 27, 2006

Virus

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READ: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

[Bring] every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. —2 Corinthians 10:5

Some days my computer helps me fly like an eagle. Other times, it bogs me down like a hippopotamus. On “eagle days” I’m grateful for my computer. But there are those “hippo days” when I rue the day I bought one.

Recently I’ve had to contend with a virus that invaded my computer. What bothers me most is that viruses are created maliciously. Bright people who live with a darkness in their lives want to make other people miserable. What’s worse, I permitted the virus to enter my machine by opening what I thought was an innocent e-mail.

Sin resembles a computer virus. Satan wants to destroy Christians by infecting their minds. But the apostle Paul urged the believers at Corinth to bring “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Just as we let a virus into our computers, we also let darkness into our lives when we open ourselves unthinkingly to the godless messages that permeate our culture. We let down our guard and hardly notice the sin that infects our minds.

But by confessing our sin, reading God’s Word, and praying, we build a firewall, or barrier, to safeguard our minds. With the help of the Spirit, we’ll keep our minds from becoming unwitting hosts for unwanted guests. —Haddon W. Robinson

Heavenly Father, I’m often careless with what I allow to enter my mind. By Your Spirit, please help me to guard my mind today. By Your grace, keep me from situations that wage war on my thought life. Amen.

Guard your thoughts as you would your wallet.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Job 8-10; Acts 8:26-40

[The Mayor]

I started building this deck yesterday..

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

[Professional Engineer]

We brought home a "new" pidgeon pad last weekend. Msdrby's aunt's kids have outgrown it.

General Spiderboy on the lookout for injuns.

Bittygirl tries the slide, and the ground. Doggie helps out.

Back for more.

Going for a test drive.

Bittygirl HAS to try the big one. "My swing" she said.

Now she's happy.