Posted on 04/10/2006 8:17:15 PM PDT by bittygirl
Ma Bell (in the original form).
Interesting weapons you guys have.
LOL. We see you!
Belated Best Birthday wishes to you E.G.C :-)
snippy/SAM did ya finally get the rest of your goodies from the Eviiil Moooving Co.
Well I have to get going as I am playing dirt mover at the oldest daughters house today. Got three flower boxes to till up and 17 yards of topsoil-compost mix to fill the flower boxes with as well as try to grade out part of the yard and alley.
And the hits just keep on coming.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
It's hot here too. Forecast high low 90's.
| April 14, 2006
House Of Symbols
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Our neighbor was startled when two young men walked into her home uninvited. She screamed, and they ran out. Yet no one would accuse her of failing to be hospitable. If you enter someone's house, you come in on that person's terms.
We sometimes forget that the same principle applies to our entering into the presence of God. This was made clear in the Old Testament "house of symbols" known as the tabernacle (Exodus 25-27). Its construction and the arrangement of the objects within it teach us that we come into God's presence only on His conditions.
Consider, for example, the bronze altar of sacrifice (27:1-8). Bronze in Scripture stands for divine judgment of sin. The slaughtering of sheep and goats on the altar symbolized the results of sin. An unmerciful death for innocent animals pointed forward to a coming substitute, the sinless "Lamb of God." When Jesus died on the cross of Calvary, His sacrifice was more than adequate to atone for the sin of all people (John 1:29). The only way to approach God is on His terms. We must receive the forgiveness He offers to us through Christ.
Have you accepted Jesus, the Lamb of God, as your Savior from sin? —Mart De Haan
Christ will receive you if you will believe Him.
Bonnie Blue
On September 11, 1810 a troop of West Florida dragoons set out for the provincial capitol at Baton Rouge under this flag. They were joined by other republican forces and captured Baton Rouge. On September 23, 1810 they raised their Bonnie Blue flag over the Fort of Baton Rouge.
We are a band of brothers
And native to the soil
Fighting for our liberty
With treasure blood, and toil
And when our rights were threatened,
The cry rose near and far
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star!
Refrain:
Hurrah!
Hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star.
As long as the Union
Was faithful to her trust
Like friends and brethren,
Kind were we, and just
But now, when Northern treachery
Attempts our rights to mar
We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star.
First gallant South Carolina
Nobly made the stand
Then came Alabama
And took her by the hand
Next, quickly Mississippi,
Georgia, and Florida
All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star.
Ye men of valor gather
Round the banner of the right
Texas and fair Louisiana
Join us in the fight
Davis, our loved President,
And Stephens statesmen are
Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star.
And here's to brave Virginia
The Old Dominion state
With the young Confederacy
At length has linked her fate
Impelled by her example
Now other states prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears the single star.
Then here's to our Confederacy
Strong we are and brave
Like patriots of old we'll fight
Our heritage to save
And rather than submit to shame
To die we would prefer
So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears the single star.
Then cheer boys cheer
Raise the joyous shout
For Arkansas and North Carolina
Now have both gone out
And let another rousing cheer
For Tennessee be given
The single star on the Bonnie Blue Flag
Has grown to be eleven.
And to Missouri we
Extend both heart and hand
And welcome her a sister
Of our Confederate band
Tho surrounded by oppression
No one dare deter
Her adding to our Bonnie Blue Flag
Her bright and twelfth star!
Beautiful tulips. Good afternoon miss feather.
A Happy Easter wish to all in the Foxhole who celebrate the day!
Good ol' LBJ. Not all Texans are worthy of the name.
San Jacinto was as well timed a counter attack as I can recollect. (The Bulge counter attack was well timed. Montgomery, by the way.) Even the Wehrmacht would have counter attacked much sooner than Houston did.
Don't forget Houston's retreat to San Jacinto. Withdrawal in the face of the enemy while under pursuit and amongst a horde of civilians and with an undisciplined force, and then to time exactly the counter attack - gives one pleasure to contemplate it.
| April 15, 2006
Supreme Motive
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A first-grader beamed with satisfaction as he handed me a spelling test on which his teacher had written a large "100%—Good work!" The boy said, "I showed this to Mom and Dad because I knew it would please them." I could just see him riding home on the bus, hardly able to wait for the moment when his parents would express their excitement with how well he had done. His desire to make Mom and Dad happy was obviously a very important motivating factor in his life.
In 2 Timothy 2:3, Paul used the image of a soldier who serves with single-minded devotion to please his commanding officer. He wanted Timothy to know the supreme reason for serving God, even when the going gets tough. Wholehearted devotion, marked by hard work and careful attention to God's rules, brings the greatest glory to the Lord when it comes from a yielded and loving heart.
In His humanity, our Savior desired that the prospect of a cruel death and of becoming the sin-offering for mankind would pass from Him. Nevertheless He prayed, "Not My will, but Yours, be done" (Luke 22:42). Jesus' supreme motive was a desire to please His Father. That should be our incentive too. —Herb Vander Lugt
Others see what we do, but God sees why we do it.
Oh my goodness, those are adorable!
Morning. We are about to go off to the church to deliver food for a needy family, and then... The Egg Hunt. Woohoo!
It is a beutiful day for an egg hunt. We'll take the camera, see if maybe there are some wildflowers worth capturing. Well, and also take pictures of the hunt.
Good morning! I thought most folks would like to see them.
What an excellent way to spend the day!
Have fun.
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