Posted on 05/29/2006 5:16:06 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
Hi Feather.
Hi Mayor, do you have sun today??
More roofing in the rain. Ugh.
We have overcast skies today with showers predicted for this afternoon.
I finished the big roof Friday but I have a small repair job to do today. Then I move indoors for a drywall job and then replacing 12 windows in a house.
We are cloudy today with a chance of rain too.
IT'S RAINING HERE!
Yeeeeeee Haaaaaaawwwwwww!
Oh good!
One of the poets from the Lair lives in Texas also, she has been praying for rain for weeks now.
August 29, 2006
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Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings. —Psalm 17:8 In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the southern United States, displaced families and individuals were often referred to in the media as “refugees.” For some, this term was viewed as insulting, so it prompted reporters to scramble for another word that would not be perceived as negative. They decided on the word evacuees.
In actuality, the word refugee is filled with hope. One dictionary defines it as “one who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution.” Refugee comes from the word refuge, which speaks of safety, protection, and care for the hurting. It speaks of a safe haven in a storm-filled world.
For those who have been battered by the storms, tragedies, and disasters of life, refuge is what they long for most. They may seek shelter in the arms of God, who alone can give us refuge and who longs to cover us and protect us and preserve us.
Jesus said to the broken people of His day, “How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings” (Matthew 23:37). He continues to offer refuge to the hurting hearts of our day if we will but seek His care and trust His heart.
Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year: Psalms 126-128; 1 Corinthians 10:19-33
Tuesday AM Bump for the Foxhole
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Harleyspankentruppen!
I know the flag is in there somewhere, but I just can't find it. All I see is . . . .
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
August 30, 2006
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Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps. —1 Peter 2:21
In AD 64, someone set fire to Rome. A few days later, two-thirds of the city lay in smoldering ruins. A rumor spread that the emperor Nero had set the fire because he wanted to rebuild the city and name it after himself. Needing a scapegoat to get himself off the proverbial hot-seat, he chose to blame a defenseless and unpopular minority—Christians. He then initiated such intense persecution that he’s been referred to as the first Antichrist. It’s believed that both Peter and Paul were martyred during this time.
Because Christianity was new and its followers still relatively few, the sadistic treatment that Nero leveled against believers, which included using them as human torches to light his palace garden, continued with little opposition.
His persecution eventually backfired, however. Instead of weakening the new faith, it strengthened it. History tells us that within a few hundred years Christianity became so influential that Emperor Constantine made it the official religion of the Roman Empire.
God always has a purpose in persecution. He will use it for good if we follow the example of Christ, who, “when He suffered, He . . . committed Himself to Him who judges righteously” (1 Peter 2:23).
Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year: Psalms 129-131; 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
Ooops, sorry Mayor, forgot to add you to the ping.
Mernin'.
by Jason Kaye
August 29, 2006
Soldiers from A Co., 2nd Battalion, 23 Infantry, train with the new Stryker Mobile Gun System.
That is a "wolverine". They're ferocious.
Every Cats Dream
Regards
alfa6 ;.}
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