A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-18-04....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay or a profile of another FReeper.

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Bush - Cheney 04

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dutchess, Aquamarine ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


06-14-04 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

06-15-04 ~ Celebrate Summer
By Mama_Bear

06-16-04 ~ Celebrate Living #6
By Dutchess

06-17-04 ~ Why Kerry's Face Keeps Getting Longer and Longer
By JohnHuang2
Presented by Aquamarine

Have a wonderful weekend!

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[The Mayor]

June 20, 2004

A Father's Blessing

Read: 1 Peter 3:8-12

Be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil . . . , but on the contrary blessing. —1 Peter 3:8-9

Bible In One Year: Esther 1-2; Acts 5:1-21

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A man who was grieving the death of his father said, "I am crying not only for my father, but for me. His death means that I'll never hear the words I always wanted to hear from him: that he was proud of me, proud of the family I've raised and the life I've lived."

Instead of repeating his father's mistake, the man later gave his own son the words of encouragement he himself had never heard, saying he was proud of him and the life he had made.

Too often, tension between fathers and children are left unresolved. Old wounds remain unhealed. We are unwilling to forgive the angry words and hurts from the past. But for the sake of ourselves and our families, we need to do what we can to dismantle the walls of separation between us.

How can we begin? The Bible's command for all our relationships is: "Love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous, not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing . . . . Turn away from evil and do good; . . . seek peace and pursue it" (1 Peter 3:8-9,11).

Let's determine by God's grace to break the cycle of anger and give our children what they long to hear from us—words of blessing and love. —David McCasland

Our children need to know we care,
That when they need us we'll be there;
For deep within they need to hear
That they are loved by someone dear. —D. De Haan

The best thing you spend on your children is your time.

[Texagirl4W]

Not a chance. I'm just getting to it now and am happy to see you. ((( Billie )))

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Sunday !

[lonestar]

I work for the Social Security Adm. Talk about left wing loonies.

Oooooooh! NOoooooooo!

[LadyX]

PSALM 23 with thoughts
by Author Unknown

This an eye opener; probably we never thought nor looked at this Psalm in this way,
even though we say it over and over again.

The Lord is my Shepherd
- That's Relationship.

I shall not want
- That's Supply.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
- That's Rest.

He leadeth me beside the still waters
- That's Refreshment.

He restoreth my soul
- That' s Healing.

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
- That's Guidance.

For His name sake
- That's Purpose.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death - That's Testing.

I will fear no evil
- That' s Protection.

For Thou art with me
- That's Faithfulness.

Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me
- That's Discipline.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies
- That's Hope.

Thou annointest my head with oil
- That's Consecration.

My cup runneth over
- That's Abundance.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
- That's Blessing.

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
- That's Security.

Forever
- That's Eternity!

What is most valuable is not what we have in our lives,
but WHO we have in our lives - - -

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[The Mayor]

Be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil . . . , but on the contrary blessing. -1 Peter 3:8-9

The best thing you spend on your children is your time.

[The Mayor]

I Love that!

[SpookBrat]

That's beautiful. I'm going to keep this.

[LadyX]

How wonderful to see you here, SpookBrat!
We've missed your presence....hope things go well for you.

[LadyX]

Good morning, Your Honor.
As always, we thank you for our important Daily Bread.

[The Mayor]

off to Church, see ya soon!

[SpookBrat]

I'm at home this morning, forsaking the assembly. Sigh. Seems like my week is missing something if I don't get to church on Sunday. I wanted to go, but Tim made me stay, and since I promised to obey him when we got married, I didn't go. I put in a tape of our church singing to get my music fix.

I guess I'll go for now. I'm feeling uncontrollably chatty at the moment thanks to my meds. HA!

[Temple Owl]

Happy Father's Day to all FReeper dads everywhere. A happy day to all moms too.

[Conspiracy Guy]

The best thing you spend on your children is your time.

If every parent knew that, and abided by it, the world would be different, in a better way.

[The Mayor]

absolutley right!!

[firewalk]

That's really wonderful
hope your weekend is too
(thanks for the ping)

Happy Father's Day to everyone

[Victoria Delsoul]

Happy Father's Day, Mayor, and to all fathers our there.

[Aquamarine]

Hi MoJo.
Looks like I missed The Name Game party last night. :(

[Aquamarine]

I love this post Lady.

Hope you're doing well. :)

[LadyX]

Sent you an e-mail you'll like, Aqua, about the 23rd Psalm - -