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Freezing here in SOUTH TEXAS (well a little South more Central Texas) forecast is SNOW! YIPPEE!

All I can say is RAISE IT! A single mother cannot work for minium wage and pay rent and regular bills much less insurance on a car and for the kids. It is crazy!

Absolutely... the children that came to the place I worked at where sent there by the courts and children that had been taken away from their parents, only to come to a place that medicated them and didn't respect them whatsoever. This was a Lutheran facility and they wouldn't even allow you to speak of God on the campus. It was the hardest job I ever had and it was the greatest day when I left.

I worked for several years in a children's treatment center here in Texas , as well as my brother who worked directly with the girls in this facility. These children are so medicated, some need it but a mojority of them are simply children acting like children, normal behavors, however, they are medicatedas well. I saw a few files while working there where they had made mistakes in meds by giving some children the wrong meds and giving too much. But nothing was reported to their case workers but kept quiet with in the office where I worked. it was a night mare working there, such an emotional strain!

"Study the Four Gospels" It would be well if professing Christians in modern days studied the four Gospels more than they do. No doubt all Scripture is profitable. It is not wise to exalt one part of the Bible at the expense of another. But I think it would be good for some who are very familiar with the Epistles, if they knew a little more about Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Now, why do I say this? I say it because I want professing Christians to know more about Christ. It is well to be acquainted with all the doctrines and principles of Christianity. It is better to be acquainted with Christ Himself. It is well to be familiar with faith and grace and justification and sanctification. They are all matters 'pertaining to the King'. But it is far better to be familiar with Jesus Himself, to see the King's own face, and to behold His beauty. This is one secret of eminent holiness. He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself. Now the Gospels were written to make us acquainted with Christ. The Holy Ghost has told us the story of His life and death, His sayings and His doings, four times over. Four different inspired hands have drawn the picture of the Saviour. His ways, His manners, His feelings, His wisdom, His grace, His patience, His love, His power are graciously unfolded to us by four different witnesses. Ought not the patient to be familiar with the Physician? Ought not the bride to be familiar with the Bridegroom? Ought not the sinner to be familiar with Saviour? Beyond doubt it ought to be so. The Gospels were written to make men familiar with Christ, and therefore I wish men to study the Gospels......Surely we cannot know this Christ too well! Surely there is not a word, nor a deed, nor a day, nor a step, nor a thought in the record of His life, which ought not to be precious to us. We should labour to be familiar with every line that is written about Jesus.

Yes it is a sad day. The only thing I can say is ..We do not know about his final moments left here on earth. Even atheist can find the Lord before their last breath. His salvation or lack of ONLY God knows now. I just pray as I would with anyone who has passed on that before their spirit left their body that God gave them one more chance to come to Him. I do not want to see ANYONE miss their chance.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...id=502&ncid=716 BEDFORD, N.Y. - Christopher Reeve, the star of the "Superman" movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said. He was 52. Reeve fell into a coma Saturday after going into cardiac arrest while at his New York home, his publicist, Wesley Combs told The Associated Press by phone from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night. Reeve was being treated at Northern Westchester Hospital for a pressure wound, a common complication for people living with paralysis. In the past week, the wound had become severely infected, resulting in a serious systemic infection. "On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank Northern Westchester Hospital for the excellent care they provided to my husband," Dana Reeve, Christopher's wife, said in a statement. "I also want to thank his personal staff of nurses and aides, as well as the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years." Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 when he was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Va. Enduring months of therapy to allow him to breathe for longer and longer periods without a respirator, Reeve emerged to lobby Congress for better insurance protection against catastrophic injury and to move an Academy Award audience to tears with a call for more films about social issues. He returned to directing, and even returned to acting in a 1998 production of "Rear Window," a modern update of the Hitchcock thriller about a man in a wheelchair who becomes convinced a neighbor has been murdered. Reeve won a Screen Actors Guild (news - web sites) award for best actor in a television movie or miniseries. "I was worried that only acting with my voice and my face, I might not be able to communicate effectively enough to tell the story," Reeve said. "But I was surprised to find that if I really concentrated, and just let the thoughts happen, that they would read on my face. With so many close-ups, I knew that my every thought would count." In his public appearances, he was as handsome as ever, his blue eyes bright and his voice clear. "Hollywood needs to do more," he said in the March 1996 Oscar awards appearance. "Let's continue to take risks. Let's tackle the issues. In many ways our film community can do it better than anyone else. There is no challenge, artistic or otherwise, that we can't meet." In 2000, Reeve was able to move his index finger, and a specialized workout regimen made his legs and arms stronger. He also regained sensation in other parts of his body. Reeve's support of stem cell research helped it emerge as a major campaign issue between President Bush (news - web sites) and John Kerry (news - web sites). His name was even mentioned by Kerry earlier this month during the second presidential debate. As for the strain of traveling to Hollywood, Reeve said: "I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. I don't mean to be reckless, but setting a goal that seems a bit daunting actually is very helpful toward recovery." His athletic, 6-foot-4-inch frame and love of adventure made him a natural, if largely unknown, choice for the title role in the first "Superman" movie in 1978. He insisted on performing his own stunts. Although he reprised the role three times, Reeve often worried about being typecast as an action hero. "Look, I've flown, I've become evil, loved, stopped and turned the world backward, I've faced my peers, I've befriended children and small animals and I've rescued cats from trees," Reeve told the Los Angeles Times in 1983, just before the release of the third "Superman" movie. "What else is there left for Superman to do that hasn't been done?" Though he owed his fame to it, Reeve made a concerted effort to, as he often put it, "escape the cape." He played an embittered, crippled Vietnam veteran in the 1980 Broadway play "Fifth of July," a lovestruck time-traveler in the 1980 movie "Somewhere in Time," and an aspiring playwright in the 1982 suspense thriller "Deathtrap." "After the first `Superman,' I had the compulsion to do parts that were really weird," Reeve told The Associated Press in 1987. "That freaked people out. I've passed that." More recent films included John Carpenter's "Village of the Damned," and the HBO movies "Above Suspicion" and "In the Gloaming," which he directed. Among his other film credits are "The Remains of the Day," "The Aviator," and "Morning Glory." Yet Reeve always will be known to movie fans as the strapping, boyishly handsome stage veteran whose charm and humor brought a new dimension to the characters of Superman and his alter-ego, Clark Kent. The film co-starred Margot Kidder as Lois Lane. Reeve said in public appearances promoting the "Superman" films, he tried to get children to better themselves. "They should be looking for Superman's qualities

I just read on another site that Christopher Reeves has passed away. This is shocking.

I just had a very scary thought . . . A Hillary Clinton - Arnold Schwarzenegger presidential ticket. DON'T DO THAT TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!! SCARED ME TO DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But seriously...scary!

I feel like I have learned something today. I now do not have aproblem with using God as G-d I understand now. However, I still will use God. Thanks!

I agree too gypse and cats...just as I have always thought if we knew everything about the AIDS virus we would be in a panic. I believe the government with holds ALOT of info from us.

Good job Ted!

I wondered the same thing. I don't like seeing it like that..I guess it's just me.

Oh my! That is too scary! Can you give me link to this story? Oh WOW!

Ok Ok..I got caught up in the moment! I was still stuck on the beginning! FORGIVE ME! Although, I did read the entire post it still kind of hit me wrong, a little!:sweating:

After all the people(HEROS) we lost in WWII ...Should we ben speaking of the reasons why it was wrong now. I think it is disrespectful to our heros that sacrificed their lives. What we need to be worried about is the present time and whats going on today.

Awe Cat...You made me cry. I can relate.

AWESOME!

Well, Jessi Jackson has done it for years, using the pulpit to spread his venom...Kerry just HAD to fit in yet again..Whatever it calls for Kerry will do and mold himself into. He has no back bone nor can he stand on his two feet!

HEHEHE - Ted you sneaky thing you!... I have to agree..There is need to get ugly...Everyone is entitled to their opinion. We do not have accept either.

What an excellent thing to do. Sounds just like you prayingwife! Open mouth insert foot! LOL I love ya girl! You'll learn around here don't react, pray! LOL :hug: