A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-25-02....Christmas Day

Billie and daisyscarlett

[daisyscarlett]

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THE CHRSTMAS STORY
As told by Matthew

THE NATIVITY

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

WISE MEN

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: "'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'" Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

GIFTS

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."

FLEEING TO EGYPT

So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."

So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

--Matthew 1:18 - 2:23 New International Version

JESUS IS THE REASON
FOR THE SEASON

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

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[GailA]

Morning ALL it's a beautiful sunny day here in Memphis, not to cold. UPDATE on the situation with my son. Wife is about half a mile away with Matthew. She got a restraining order to keep James from taking Matthew away from her. He has filed for divorce on Friday siting abandonment. Her excuse he won't do housework. What's with these wimpy girls? I worked 40 hours a week, took 100% care of my boys and my home as a divorced mom of 2.

She couldn't handle work, 50% care of Matthew, and 75% of the house work. Guess her CRANK was more important.

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING, MEEKIE!!!

WAKE UP! and remember wich thread you are on! LOL!!

[ladtx]

In memory of my fellow helicopter pilots who were killed in the Vietnam War the following were lost on DEC 26 thru DEC 29. God bless them all.

DEC 26th

1967 CW2 Joseph T. Clark (USAR) -- 334 AHC, Age 31, Davenport, Washington
1967 WO1 Robert E. Woods (USAR) -- 334 AHC, Age 23, Treasure Island, Florida

DEC 27th

1967 WO1 Howard D. Anderson (USAR) -- D/3/4 CAV, Age 20, Marathon Shores, Florida
1967 WO1 Mark V. Schmidt (USAR) -- D/3/4 CAV, Age 26, Leeds, New York
1969 WO1 Michael R. Earl (USAR) -- C/3/17 CAV, Age 25, Las Vegas, New Mexico
1970 WO1 Raymond R. Cooreman (USAR) -- 1 BDE 101 ABN, Age 21, Tracy, Minnesota
1971 1LT Robert H. Aldrich (USMCR) -- HMM-165, Age 24, Port Washington, New York
1971 1LT Allen G. Scurlock (USMCR) -- HMM-165, Age 23, Reston, Virginia

DEC 28th

1963 2LT Lynn H. Rothenbuhler (USAR) -- 118 AML, Age 29, Ft Wayne, Indiana
1965 CW2 Jesse D. Phelps (USAR) -- A/229 AHB 1 CAV, Age 29, Boise, Idaho
1965 CW2 Kenneth L. Stancil (USAR) -- A/229 AHB 1 CAV, Age 32, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1968 WO1 Gerald D. Markland (USAR) -- 187 AHC, Age 20, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1968 MAJ William E. McDonald Jr. (USA) -- HHC/10 CAB, Age 33, Pttsburgh, Pennsylvania
1968 WO1 Richard C. Pugh (USAR) -- 155 AHC, Age 21, Sherman Oaks, California
1968 WO1 Donald J. Shang (USAR) -- HHC/10 CAB, Age 30, Highpoint, North Carolina
1969 1LT Charles K. Butler (USMCR) -- HMM-364, Age 24, Charlottesville, Virginia
1969 1LT William P. Higgins (USMCR) -- HMM-364, Age 26, Algona, Iowa

DEC 29th

1967 WO1 Ronnie H. Beals (USAR) -- C/2/20 ARA 1 CAV, Age 24, Sacramento, California
1967 WO1 Larry R. Doyle (USAR) -- C/2/20 ARA 1 CAV, Age 25, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1967 WO1 Glenn C. Hopes (USAR) -- 2 BDE 1 INF, Age 21, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
1968 1LT Barry D. Kingman (USAR) -- C/1/9 CAV 1 CAV, Age 24, Palo Alto, California
1968 CW2 Henry J.W. Tews (USAR) -- 174 AHC, Age 22, Shoshone, Idaho

SCOUTS OUT!

[Pippin]

May they rest in peace!

[Aquamarine]

[Pippin]

Well, Let's see!

I wonder if anyone is here

YOOOOOOHOOOOO!

ECHO!

Time for another skate down the long empty hall, LOL!!

Now I got that silly bit of nonsense out of the way, let me say.

Before the thread is shot dead!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

I thought I'd bring a friend along!

Aragorn will take care of Saddam!

If not!

Frodo will! <p. HEH! HEH! HEH!

[Pippin]

Good evening, Aqua!

[Aquamarine]

Hi Pippin. This thread's not dead, see post #465 it still has a pulse. LOL!

[Pippin]

Yep! I see the ole thread's still GOT THE POWER!

[Pippin]

Aqua, Do you think we can push it up to 500 posts?

[Aquamarine]

Not without alot of help I'm watching a movie at 9.

[MistyCA]

Hi,Pippin! Skate? I still haven't got the hand of that!

[Pippin]

Ah, Misty, You need a hand?

[Pippin]

Well, It was worth a thought! LOL!!

[Mixer]

Happy New Year to you too Pippin. I see you are psyched over the new LOTR. I saw it today and though it was incedible. Even better then the first.

Anyway hope to talk to you this week. Can not believe New Year's Eve/Day is this week. Where did 2002 go?

[Pippin]

I can't beleave 2003 is right around the corner!

[MeekOneGOP]

Man. Life dishes out challenges, doesn't it? I hope things get worked out ok for him....

[MeekOneGOP]

hee hee !

[Pippin]

((((MEEKIE))))

[GailA]

You and I both for Matt's sake. He needs both parents. His mom is smoking crank 1-2 times a week it seems. She filed a restraining order to keep my son from taking Matt away from her. Siting that he hit her. Strange in nearly 7 years of being together he has NEVER laid a hand on her. He did push her away from him when SHE attacked him with a metal rod one day while she was high on CRANK. This one is a he/she said, no witnesses, no police report. Same with the drugs it's just my son's word against her's.