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I hear you knocking!
 
"We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.""
Aristotle Our life work has been with the Louisville Police Department, Military, and Hospice.
I will be working to get Doug Hawkins elected as our new metro councilman. Our Klinton loving Governor, Paul Patton, will be replaced by a Republican...because we have had enough! I love this place! Where else can you go to get a great discussion about Politics AND Religion...my passions? 
VACATION 2002! WALLINS CREEK REUNION PAGE PAULA'S HOME MILES J STANFORD
T hings Mothers Learn
| I gave you life, but cannot live it for you I can give you directions, but I cannot be there to lead you. I can allow you freedom, but I cannot account for it I can teach you right from wrong, but I cannot decide for you. I can offer you advice, but I cannot accept it for you. I can give you love, but I cannot force it upon you. I can teach you to share, but I cannot make you unselfish. I can teach you respect, but I cannot force you to show honor. I can advise you about friends, but cannot choose them for you. I can advise you about sex, but I cannot keep you pure. I can tell you about drink, but I can't say "no" for you. I can warn you about drugs, but I can't prevent you from using them. I can tell you about lofty goals, but I can't achieve them for you. I can teach you about kindness, but I can't force you to be gracious. I can pray for you, but I cannot make you walk with God. I can tell you how to live, but I cannot give you eternal life. 
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 "There being no cause in the creature why Grace should be shown, the creature must be brought off from trying to give cause to God for His Grace… He has been accepted in Christ, who is his standing! He is not ‘on probation.’ As to his life past, it does not exist before God: he died at the cross, and Christ is his Life. Grace, once bestowed, is not withdrawn: for God knew all the human exigencies beforehand: His action was independent of them, not dependent upon them…
"The Proper Attitude of Man Under Grace:
"To believe, and to consent to be loved while unworthy, is the great secret. " To refuse to make ‘resolutions’ and ‘vows’; for that is to trust in the flesh. " To expect to be blessed, though realizing more and more lack of worth… " To rely on God’s chastening [child training] hand as a mark of His kindness…
" Things Which Gracious Souls Discover:
"To ‘hope to be better’ [hence acceptable] is to fail to see yourself in Christ only. " To be disappointed with yourself, is to have believed in yourself. " To be discouraged is unbelief,—as to God’s purpose and plan of blessing for you. " To be proud, is to be blind! For we have no standing before God, in ourselves. " The lack of Divine blessing, therefore, comes from unbelief, and not from failure of devotion… " To preach devotion first, and blessing second, is to reverse God’s order, and preach law, not grace. The Law made man’s blessing depend on devotion; Grace confers undeserved, unconditional blessing: our devotion may follow, but does not always do so,—in proper measure." Romans, Verse by Verse, Wm. R. Newell
Irish Blessing
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