Willa

1 hour ago, farouk said:

@Willa So when they were old enough both granddaughters had it done, then; maybe both of them in Bible/faith based themes?

Seems like it's become a coming of age thing for Christian young ppl; like, from the outset of adulthood ready to proclaim quietly their convictions.

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.

9 hours ago, farouk said:

(And I guess the US/Canada border at Blaine and the US Mexico border at San Diego/Tijuana is rather different, also....)

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.  

31 minutes ago, farouk said:

A group of us friends go regularly to a restaurant and they have old ads on the wall that go back decades and decades..........

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.

5 hours ago, Vine Abider said:

So how possible is this Christian life as outlined in this chapter?  I got to be honest here, I say it's pretty much impossible . . . how could we possibly do and be these things Jesus expects of us? 

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.

On 9/15/2020 at 6:46 PM, Buddy D. Mouse said:

But a part of our ELEPHANT is the man that speaketh in the spirit to God - that this is something different than a message to the church that needs to be interpreted is significant.

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!  

7 hours ago, farouk said:

@MonicaWifeBefore John Newton, the author, was truly converted, he was rather a rogue........

I vaguely remember that Newton was  Slave trader.

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

7 hours ago, R. Hartono said:

The Roman defeated the Gauls at the 1st Century as well as wiping off the Hebrew from Israel. Because they have killed the Messiah.

 

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.

We are east of you and snow was predicted for next week. which usually means we will have some on the surrounding hills if enough moisture comes our way.  Lows are predicted to be 20F and highs in the low 30s by Wednesday.  Right now we are having warm chinook winds with highs in the 60s, and we have had light rain this past week. We needed it badly.  No rain since early July.  

My grand kids have flown the coop these past couple of weeks.  Youngest girl moved out (she's 19).  Youngest grandson of other family left for the other side of the continent to be with his fiancé, and where they will marry.  He has a job in construction there.  Other granddaughter is moving back to Alaska as soon as their second child is born.  Her husband is already there but there was no housing available for her at this time.  

So much drama going on right now!!!  

Heb 13:5 AMP  Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] [Jos 1:5]

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.  

9 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

Billy Graham was Anglican (Episcopal), not Catholic or Protestant. So he believed in the universal (catholic) church. 

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.