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That is true of one but not the other.

Just because I really dislike tats doesn't mean I dislike the people who have them. Two favorite granddaughters have them as well as many friends. Granddaughters were 18 when they get theirs.

Can't remember what I posted about smoking. My husband and I quit together back in the 60s when cigarettes weren't as high in nicotine. Three. Yes, 3 different doctors advised me to quit. I call that a challenge. Hubby and I had each tried to quit separately at times but had failed. Finally we quit together and made it in July of 1967, the longest month of our lives. Smoke was irritating my asthma while I was pregnant and threatening the health of our baby. I had smoked a pack and a half a day for just under 4 years, hubby smoked 3 unfiltered packs a day and had for about 10 years. What do I remember most about smoking? Time after time hubby would be driving and accidentally drop a lit cigarette onto the seat. It would quickly roll under his crouch causing a real problem in traffic, not to mention his discomfort.

The expression Christian was originally a derogatory name the meant "little Christs". A Christian is a person who is indwell by His Spirit, the Holy Spirit. As such we should be loving the unlovable and forgiving the unforgivable just has Christ has loved and forgiven us. We are to walk in the Spirit.

It always ticked off Omega when I told him I am pan-trib, that it will all pan out in the end. Hey, when we have the Lord with us, all things work together for good. He gives us grace in time of need and not before. Our God is so good. It is a matter of trusting Him. Omega just couldn't understand my faith and thought I was being flip. It is the only thing I can remember him getting angry about. Now maybe he understands, now that he is with Jesus. Omega was a great teacher and the Holy Spirit used him on many occasions to open my eyes to the truth. I can't imagine Worthy without him, or life without him. I hope he will have a great reunion with Fresno Joe, Nigel and so many others that have helped to shape Worthy. It is a reminder that we all need to treasure each other here. Since I was diagnosed with CHF around the time that he was I understood some of what he was enduring and on many occasions prayed intensely for his relief. Relief came, but not in the way I selfishly had hoped.

Actually it is from north of the Spokane area and Kettle Falls in Eastern WA through Pasco and Kennewick, through eastern OR at Pendleton. I-5 goes through western WA and OR.

Yeah, about 30 miles south of where I live in WA I have watched a cutting horse work with a cattle dog to cut cattle from a herd. I pulled off the road to watch from about 40 feet away. They worked in sync, anticipating the movement of the steer and moving it. Fascinating and beautiful to watch. We have seen sheep being driven down the center of SR 395, a highway that extends from the Canadian border to the Mexican. It wouldn't seem that the "old west" could still be happening today. I love eastern OR and its pacific coast. The area between has gone to the dogs, esp. Portland where there is anarchy like Seattle.

Would love to see that. There is a "ghost town" in Oregon that has a barber shop from the mid 1800s next to an old saloon. The barber shop had old catalogs and cheese tins that I remember in particular. The saloon had a 15 foot mirror that made it there by ship going around the horn to the west coast, a miracle in itself. It had a dirt floor and the back opened up with a barn door. It wasn't a tourist trap--it was a surviving part of an old town in north central Oregon.

I need my car. In this area, smaller towns and suburban, we are several miles from grocery stores. Some of us are unable to walk that far any more. But I sure do whine when my computer doesn't work.

Loved Mr. Magoo. Hated the snow. We have several inches and 8 or 10 inches more are predicted during the next week. This time of year I want to see Mr. Magoo with you in Miami.

I concur. We told our kids the truth about Santa Clause, that someone's daddy was dressed up in the costume. I figured if I lied to my kids about Santa how would they believe me about the Christ. Today my kids are saved, their kids are saved and have married godly spouses. It is largely because I wanted my attitudes and values to always be about bringing them to know Christ. It was bringing them up in the way they should go.

These things are impossible for us to do in ourselves. It is possible to do through Christ in us. We will not be perfect, we may not be able to do it every time. However, it is possible by walking in the Holy Spirit.

It has been pointed out to me that a message to the church is in fact prophecy and in not the interpretation of a tongue. The latter is interpreting praise and adoration to God so that the congregation can agree with it. The people would not need to say amen to a prophecy.

Others of us avoid versions that omit Holy Scripture for any supposed reason. Thank you for using it, Joshua!

Latin did wonders for my English vocabulary as well as helping to prepare for my education as a nurse.

Just saying, I read Caesar's Gaelic Wars in Latin Classes and eventually Italy was overrun by the "barbarians", the Gauls. Of course, read that 65 years ago so I could be wrong. Doubt it.

Italy was overrun by the barbarians, the Gauls.

I use New King James or else ESV, and occasionally Amplified or ALT3. Never use 1769 or 1611 because I am dyslexic and have enough problems with comprehension without the use of antiquated English.

We are definitely to love all people as they are--as God loves them. That doesn't mean we have to condone their beliefs. God sees us as lost or else saved. He reaches out to the lost. The fact remains that Jesus said "no man comes to the Father but by Me". All of us need to be born again to go to heaven. So tolerating another person's religion is not the best option if we truly have compassion for the lost. Paul argued with the philosophers, he told them about the "unknown God", but he did NOT condone the beliefs that were leading them to hell. No idolatry was condoned at all. Those missionaries that have allowed people groups to retain their heathen religion and just add Christianity to the mix will likely be held accountable for this abomination.

I am not sure where you got your information that Billy Graham was Anglican--I don't find anywhere that he was anything but a Baptist/Protestant pastor and evangelist. William Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and according to a biographer, was "among the most influential Christian leaders" of the 20th century.[2] I also believe that there are Christians in most denominations (possibly excluding cults). This is known as the "invisible" universal church of true believers. A Christian is a person in whom Christ lives by His Spirit. Jesus also said that "no man comes to the Father but by Me". No one goes to heaven by being a good person except for Jesus Himself Who had to be perfect to go to heaven by His works. The rest of us get there by God's grace, receiving that the blood of Christ was payment for our sins, the gift of faith, and being born of the Holy Spirit. It is His presence within us that makes us acceptable to the Father, not ourselves. It is this Treasure, the Holy Spirit, in earthen vessels.

Beautiful! My favorite psalm is actually the 84th, which is somewhat similar.

There are times in our lives that we can continue to give out, forgive and forbear, and there are times that our own need is so great that we can't take the added assault. That is when we need to draw the line. Love you, too, dear Kwikie. Still praying; my heart is with you even though the continent separates us.

We are also told to bless those who persecute us and pray for those who spitefully use us. Try showering the person with kindness. Mat 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 1Pe 3:9. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 1Th 5:15. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

While I used salvation as an example, the same holds true that when we recognize our need, that we have done all that we know how to do or that the Bible instructs us to do and are at the end of our selves, that then we cast ourselves on God's grace. This can apply to answers to desperate prayer needs as well. Eph 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.