tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493831045649584212024-03-19T17:09:40.087-05:00JUST TALKINGRandom thoughts...Short stories...Food...etc.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-90832612543418936392018-01-09T11:25:00.001-06:002018-01-09T11:30:07.274-06:00Pastor’s Wife Read!<div class="_39k2" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 40px 0px; position: relative;">
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<span style="color: #073763;"><a class="_2yug" href="https://www.facebook.com/debra.burks1" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank">DEBRA G BURKS</a><span class="_4_mg" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 0px 6px;">·</span><a class="uiLinkSubtle" href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/debra-g-burks/pastors-wife-read/1702397096447243/" style="font-family: inherit;">TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018</a><span class="_4_mf" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 8px; text-transform: none;"><span display="inline" style="font-family: inherit;"><a aria-label="Shared with: Public" class="uiStreamPrivacy inlineBlock fbStreamPrivacy fbPrivacyAudienceIndicator" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Shared with: Public" href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/debra-g-burks/pastors-wife-read/1702397096447243/#" id="u_39_0" role="button" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;"><i class="lock img sp_fMuce2RR-zQ sx_3f356c" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/yt/r/y3aJo_q07Aa.png"); background-position: -105px -168px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: auto; bottom: -1px; display: inline-block; height: 12px; margin-bottom: -5px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; width: 12px;"></i></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Please read Bro. Ballestero’s post first.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">My response: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I am a pastor’s wife. We pastor a decent size church, and our church has continual flow of young preachers going out into the kingdom. This, I feel, is what the church is designed for… sending laborers into the field.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">We also have people who have left and gone to other churches. However, for every person we are allowed to “plant” somewhere else, God always sends a replacement. I have learned, that if people who are disgruntled stay within our congregation, we just end up with more disgruntled people. As a result, I send up prayers for the pastor and the pastor’s wife who are assuming the responsibility of pastoring the dissatisfied, disgruntled, discontent, and unhappy people, and I thank God for the relief. And did I say that I look forward to the replacements that God sends our way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I admit, there are times when I wish we could keep them all, but through His Word, I am comforted, my spirit is hushed and quietened and any ill will I might wand to harbor is subdued by this message, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 KJV –</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-83505745831613982012014-05-28T11:40:00.000-05:002014-05-29T08:38:34.804-05:00I Gotta Make It!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: magenta;"><i><b style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I have seen this several times and it reminds me of a message that I heard Rev. James Kilgore preach about not removing landmarks that are detrimental to our salvation. Sometime we not only find ourselves jumping the rail, we also are guilt</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">y of actually moving the fence! Once a landmark is removed or changed, it becomes very hard to retract the action and put it back into place. I have come to this conclusion; if I perchance, am acting on a principal or a land mark that may not be necessary for my soul to enter the pearly gates, so be it! I would definitely rather be safe and make the rapture than to remove a landmark or a principal from my life and then learn at the judgement seat that I should have left it in place! It is my greatest desire to make it to heaven and to see my family and my church family walk through those gates made of pearl and walk on streets of gold with me!<br />"It will be Worth it All!" </span></b></i></span><br />
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1 lb jumbo cooked
shrimp, peeled and deveined, chopped<br />
1 medium tomato,
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<span class="textexposedshow">1 avocado, diced</span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow">1 jalapeno, seeds removed, diced fine</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">2 limes, juice of</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow">1 tbsp chopped cilantro</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1 stick real, unsalted butter</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3 cups brown rice with vermicilli </span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3 cups water</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3/4 cup of frozen green peas</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1/2 tsp sea salt</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />1/4 tsp large grain Black Pepper<br />2 chicken breast halves cubed (small)<br />coconut oil spray<br />2/3 cup frozen seasasoning blend<br />2 eggs<br />1 Tbs. coconut oil<br />3 to 4 tbs. Soy Sauce or enough to suit your taste</span></span><br />
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only real and lasting peace comes from knowing Jesus Christ in the power of the
Holy Ghost. When you can come to Him in complete distress and He can wrap
His love around you like a the softest knitted afghan and bring peace
to your troubled spirit. That is when you know that you have found real
peace. </span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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this truth has caused me to combine two of the most pleasurable things I know.
I knit and pray and thus my peace becomes complete! These two
things have carried me through some rough times in my life, and they have
helped me find my way when trouble was on every hand.</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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a course that flows like this,</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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"The only real
peace that I have</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Dear Lord is in You </span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The only real peace that I have</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Dear Lord is in You</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Through all
life's frustrations
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I need You and I know I do </span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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The only real peace that
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Dear Lord is in you"</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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Burks at <a href="http://debarebyes.blogspot.com/2012/04/peace.html" title="permanent link"><span style="color: #ddbb99; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">12:29 PM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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A Christmas stocking customized with a name and a full-size Santa on the
front. Yesterday, I looked on Itsy for knitted products, and I ran across a
simple version of this Christmas stocking. They have it priced at $50.00;
I almost fainted. I wonder......Can I do that?</span></b><b style="background-color: #882222;"><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /><span style="background-color: #882222;">
I </span><span style="background-color: #660000;">still have a lot of work to do on this pattern, but maybe......down the road!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<b><span style="background-color: #660000; color: #eeddcc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Posted by Debra Burks at <a href="http://debarebyes.blogspot.com/2012/05/5000-well-blow-me-down.html" title="permanent link"><span style="color: #ddbb99; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6:39 AM</span></a> </span></b><br />
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Saturday morning, 5th of December, and I was making Oreo Cookie Balls for a
Christmas party that night! I began to giggle as my mind traveled back in
time about 46 years. This is always an interesting past time, remembering
an age of innocence where kids could roam and play without worries!<br />
In this current memory, my brothers and I were down on our knees beside Hwy
1416, encouraging our very own doodle bugs to “move it buster!” The bugs
were each rolling their own little ball of ‘cow paddy,’ and we kids wanted our
beetle to win. The cookie balls looked exactly like the doodle bug balls!<br />
Glenn walked into the kitchen and asked, “What’s so funny!”<br />
Laughingly I told him where my mind had gone, and we begin to reminisce about
those days on innocence!<br />
Behind our home place there was a ‘patch’ of woods where we were allowed to
play for hours. Under the cool shade of tall pines, huge oaks, and around
a few squatty bushes we had created a fairy tale play ground! We had
houses with wall divisions made of pine-straw, furniture created from fallen
branches, and enough kids to people each house with moms, dads, and kids.</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
We built caves, cooked mud pies, squabbled, had prayer meetings, and played
church. At any given moment we could shout, talk in tongues, and sing as
good as any saint in our home church. We could do the two-step like
Adeline Dougharty, Glenn’s Grandmother, or we could mock to a tee, Sis. Bertie
Rashall’s obeisance dance (I do not know any other way to describe it!). We
would kneel down and pray like Sis. Florien Brown (sort of machine-gun style),
or stand to testify and break out in song like Sis. Linnie Stivender as she
waved her hanky in her left hand!</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
This was not mockery in a hurtful sense, rather, as children we had learned to
worship God from the examples set before us; sometime our play was so real that
we would be crying for real. Looking back now, I realize that there were
times that we felt God’s presence. I can remember Delbert, my brother
preaching under the anointing, and at that time we did not even know what
anointing meant.<br />
Precious Memories, how they linger!</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: "Cherry Cream Soda","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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At the Party...with sweet friends!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-61657438217358837472014-04-11T13:22:00.002-05:002014-04-11T13:22:32.497-05:00My Heart <br />
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I looked and looked...for as long as I was at the front... I looked for my girl
to come in. I see her regularly, talk to her daily, but it has been a
number of years since she spent Mother's Day, in church, with me. She
came to family lunch, and I did so enjoy getting to see her; BUT, my
heart is broken because she is missing from my church life... There is a
barrier that seems to be always erected, one that I dare not broach, one that
she built, for reasons of her own.... I am holding on to Hope that
someday she will come back... I need to have my baby in God's House with
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-30170911709420150862014-04-11T13:17:00.002-05:002014-04-11T13:23:45.188-05:00String Hobby <b><span style="background-color: #882222; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #fff2cc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 13pt;">Just a sample of my favorite hobby....I love to take a string and create a garment....the definition of Crochet and Knit....for me is: The art of creating fabric and garments from a string! That is my personal application!</span></b><b><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></b><br />
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possibilities of fun times are limitless…Tuesday afternoon three of us got
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needles found in my forays to thrift stores. It is so exciting to say,
“Hey, look what I got for only a few dollars! Do you need any of it
for your next project? I declare it is more fun than a barrel full of
monkeys. We delve into my stack of finds and have ourselves a blast deciding
what project needs which thread. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and one brown. They were in the stash but were already declared as my
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afternoon I started my basket. Using the green thread and the single
crochet stitch, I crocheted a flat round piece. I increased as I went
until the piece was about 20 to 24 inches in diameter. The next row I did
not increase at all, which began the sides of my basket. I then changed
to the brown, and crocheting in the back loops only, I continued with the
single crochet for two rows. The next two rows I changed to double crochet
and continued to crochet in the back loops. I love the effect this gives,
although if I had been using a regular thread, it would not have been sturdy
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row I created handles. With the left over brown thread, I put a top
edging of single crochet on the basket and completed my thrift store project. It is perfect.</span></span></b><br />
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What a glorious event, February 8th! Mr. Greyson entered this world and created a family of three! Lauralee and Darwin Burks became proud parents, and we became proud grandparents for the second time. Never has the word love meant more to us than when we look around at the sweet and wonderful family that God has blessed us with! Here are some pics of our newest addition.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Sitting in the recliner that has become my resting place at home, I am contemplating family and what it actually means to be family. I looked it up in the dictionary and found that all the people who are descended from a common ancestor, a group of people who are closely related by birth, marriage, or adoption, or a child or set of children born to somebody are considered family. This was not the definition that I was seeking. I needed something that described the unconditional love that I thought existed between my siblings and myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">All of my life I had thought that being part of a particular family meant caring for one another, and standing up for one another. I felt, that as a sister to my siblings, I would fight hell in order to stand by them and give them my absolute support. Loyalty to my brothers and my sisters was a prerequisite to being a part of my family! I really believed that our clan was a family unit that could not be destroyed by anything, and in a way I was right. There was nothing outside the ranks of our family circle that could have touched the closeness and love that was a constant in our home as we grew up. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">However, I never realized that destruction can come from inside the close knit love of family. I was devastated the first time the innermost parts of my family begin to crumble. The damage was so severe that something precious was destroyed and today no longer exists. The bond of love and hope between children can be damaged so severely that something stops existing and can never return to its normal state. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I am sick at heart to realize that this has happened to my family. I want to cry buckets of tears, and I would if I thought it would help some of us open our eyes to the devastation and destruction that we are not only causing among ourselves but also to the chaos that will be passed to future generations. Will our actions cause division that can never be bridged for our offspring? Oh, oh, what will the end of this be! </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-40234395580896238462010-02-26T22:57:00.002-06:002010-02-26T23:16:07.996-06:00He is Faithful<span xmlns=""> <p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">God still answers prayer! I am overwhelmed, as I watch his fingers on the keyboard of life. So carefully He hits the notes and creates the sweetest melodies! He changes note after note until they fit into His song of victory. He has, this day answered prayers that I have been praying for a while! This song has the beginning sound of celebration!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I am reminded:<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"> Jesus never fails; Jesus never fails. You might as well get the behind me satan, you cannot prevail because Jesus never fails!!</span></p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-15696958832984471582009-12-28T06:27:00.001-06:002009-12-28T06:31:25.990-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GtepXtzr3yRXYkFk5qwycuaNZ-kSlErU6KtE9aptMZMb6qH8l5j4ulpcTXgI362tckL3CJB_LRHs-rulbVKMAZvKKKztTo-5eKit5zCeMuqWQzTFEgMtoN08omBLbXVlvDz6BXyYsQM/s1600-h/Carter+Chms+11+2009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 245px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420263183845259666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GtepXtzr3yRXYkFk5qwycuaNZ-kSlErU6KtE9aptMZMb6qH8l5j4ulpcTXgI362tckL3CJB_LRHs-rulbVKMAZvKKKztTo-5eKit5zCeMuqWQzTFEgMtoN08omBLbXVlvDz6BXyYsQM/s400/Carter+Chms+11+2009.jpg" /></a> Christmas! What a lovely time for Family! <br /><div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-36021134081353675572009-12-07T17:09:00.003-06:002009-12-08T06:33:52.106-06:00Saturday Morning<span xmlns=""> <p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">Saturday morning, 5<sup>th</sup> of December, and I was making Oreo Cookie Balls for a Christmas party that night! I began to giggle as my mind traveled back in time about 46 years. This is always an interesting past time, remembering an age of innocence where kids could roam and play without worries!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">In this current memory, my brothers and I were down on our knees beside Hwy 1416, encouraging our very own doodle bugs to "move it buster!" The bugs were each rolling their own little ball of 'cow paddy,' and we kids wanted our beetle to win. The cookie balls looked exactly like the doodle bug balls!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">Glenn walked into the kitchen and asked, "What's so funny!"<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">Laughingly I told him where my mind had gone, and we begin to reminisce about those days of innocence!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">Behind our home place there was a 'patch' of woods where we were allowed to play for hours. Under the cool shade of tall pines, huge oaks, and around a few squatty bushes we had created a fairy tale play ground! We had houses with wall divisions made of pine-straw, furniture created from fallen branches, and enough kids to people each house with moms, dads, and kids.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">We built caves, cooked mud pies, squabbled, had prayer meetings, and played church. At any given moment we could shout, talk in tongues, and sing as good as any saint in our home church. We could do the two-step like Adeline Dougharty, Glenn's Grandmother, or we could mock to a tee, Sis. Bertie Rashall's obeisance dance (I do not know any other way to describe it!). We would kneel down and pray like Sis. Florene Brown (sort of machine-gun style), or stand to testify and break out in song like Sis. Linnie Stivender as she waved her hanky in her left hand!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">This was not mockery in a hurtful sense, rather, as children we had learned to worship God from the examples set before us; sometime our play was so real that we would be crying for real. Looking back now, I realize that there were times that we felt God's presence. I can remember Delbert, my brother preaching under the anointing, and at that time we did not even know what anointing meant. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;"><span style="color:#990000;">Isn't it amazing how we forget the simple things of life when we get so caught up in everyday living. I am glad for the cookie ball reminders!<br /></span></p></span><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#990000;">Precious Memories, how they linger!<br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;color:#943634;"><br /></span></p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-1689714206363928742009-11-25T20:29:00.001-06:002009-11-25T20:29:27.366-06:00Thankful, I Am<span xmlns=''><p>It is Thanksgiving time, and I am ready to give my God all the praise and thanks for blessings too numerous to name. However, I will tell a few of the things that I am thankful for!! First of all my God has been so good to me. He is great and greatly to be praised. Next would be my '<em>sweet'</em> family…I have a wonderful Husband, and two beautiful children, a great daughter-in-law, and a (hopefully) soon to be son-in-law! This year, however, I have been blessed with my first grandchild!! Beautiful, handsome, full of personality, Carter Malcolm Isom!!! What a joy! There is nothing to compare to this precious sweet lil' man. I wonder, Recon my firstborn might have another little joy bundle to add to our family before long?? I do have room in my heart for another sweet blessing!!! God Will!! <br /></p><p>I am thankful for my brothers and sisters and the heritage in God that we share! I also give thanks for my church family! They are a great bunch!<br /></p><p><br /> </p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-76674726848881229542009-08-08T09:21:00.004-05:002009-08-08T12:18:53.995-05:00Lasting Love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbx9DGykoZHeTrHKzzSHTX98Tn7FKgMLc4yPOJXGpzypg71IvRHTF1YYLJaRKQz3TyQuLmIsj3hRbSLv8oLP_KqHCa04uUKKofb92vcSHJekQdc5v3CiG-fSBTWaHODrZ4hMCzTiCc2EI/s1600-h/2008+Senior+Bnqt13.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 197px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367643344868923266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbx9DGykoZHeTrHKzzSHTX98Tn7FKgMLc4yPOJXGpzypg71IvRHTF1YYLJaRKQz3TyQuLmIsj3hRbSLv8oLP_KqHCa04uUKKofb92vcSHJekQdc5v3CiG-fSBTWaHODrZ4hMCzTiCc2EI/s200/2008+Senior+Bnqt13.JPG" /></a><br /><div><span xmlns=""><br /><p><span style="font-family:Courier New;color:black;">E-Mail, what great subjects are sometimes addressed! This is awesome! </span><span style="font-family:Courier New;color:black;">I worked as a secretary at a nursing home, and we had an elderly gentleman who did this same thing for his wife! It was a beautiful thing to watch as he expressed his love and care in so many ways, and his wife never knew. </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><span style="font-family:Courier New;color:black;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span>"It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00.<br />I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided since I was not busy with another patient; I would evaluate his wound. On examining it I saw it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors and got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.<br />While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while, and that she is a victim of Alzheimer's disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.<br />He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised and asked him, "Why do you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?"<br />He smiled as he patted my hand and said, 'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.' </span><span style="font-family:Courier New;color:black;">I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm and thought, "My friend that is the kind of love I want in my life.""<br /></p></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Courier New;color:black;">WOW!!<br /></span></p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-88361441426839447372009-07-28T11:26:00.003-05:002009-07-28T14:16:04.186-05:00Mother Memories<span xmlns=""> <p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:14;">Last night as I wrestled with a physical ailment, I picked up an Apostolic Sentinel and read several comments, from various ladies, about their mothers. The topic seemed to be about advice, given by the mothers, that had proven true and steadfast. My mind immediately flew to my mom and how she prayed! She gave advice aplenty like all moms, but the thing that has stuck in my mind with absolute clarity is the way she prayed. My mother was not a 'part-time' prayer person. Her prayer schedule included daily sessions, and most of the time she prayed two or three times a day. We lived in a small community with neighbors on every side, but across the street, at a diagonal angle, lived a little lady named Florene Brown. Aunt Rene was Mother's prayer partner. She owned a small grocery store, and she lived as simply as any person in our rural town. Her home, however, was the neighborhood prayer room, and my mother visited it as often as possible. Many a battle in the spirit world was fought and won by those two ladies on bended knees. While Mother managed to pray at least once a day at home, she always managed to pray with Aunt Rene too. As an adult I have come to realize that the prayers Mother prayed, when everything was going right, were like a huge savings account when things went wrong. There are times when, I am sure, Mother turned her face to the wall like Hezekiah, of the Old Testament, and said, "Oh God, remember my faithfulness and hear my cry." I believe that my mother's voice was so familiar to God that he never had any trouble recognizing her or coming to her rescue. This is the advice that I received from my mom, not from her spoken word but from her living example. "Pray when the sun is shining, and when the storm clouds arise, God will be your sustaining strength!" </span></p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-86063366181922326932009-07-25T09:09:00.000-05:002009-07-25T12:08:24.514-05:00Happy 80th Birthday Missionary Perdue<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVQsdrI8Gm7XIX0DXzYZv_Ib7dOo3k7EtFW3-VbxkH8-rND0ITSY6j96v8R2fdVElDsi-lkGgSyAEGoIVEXdGW4wXUE0PWnbLSEOnIjx-g17puEnq9Oy2KQmhguw9RnEgdsppVgP3iu4/s1600-h/Bro+Perdue2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 97px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362379510886142338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVQsdrI8Gm7XIX0DXzYZv_Ib7dOo3k7EtFW3-VbxkH8-rND0ITSY6j96v8R2fdVElDsi-lkGgSyAEGoIVEXdGW4wXUE0PWnbLSEOnIjx-g17puEnq9Oy2KQmhguw9RnEgdsppVgP3iu4/s200/Bro+Perdue2.jpg" /></a><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358482619055621442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTA4JwlspyTCCMoDdLLNvrSelXT6xy1o7PKu1BrqsQELNF-w8LGJQwpBvVQvk6JW44ORXW2g0raXQ0kyp9tcNp2w9_ZlxhDZeArn_YG76yT_vv5MuselymPLiB__st2a78mS0nMBDJzw/s320/birthday.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVXo33KJw73AQxTyw8a7rluThlRK_MQOO2qgjwsot71IPiQvggRzJyqSEkL3Oeocq6YnoRkWbrM0LZVz8B4CAPFn9TEhhhN8hjVp7SMLYxlw6v_FqRTua7w9sXl_ZHyR576c7TROxrrs/s1600-h/125.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355722787055671682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVXo33KJw73AQxTyw8a7rluThlRK_MQOO2qgjwsot71IPiQvggRzJyqSEkL3Oeocq6YnoRkWbrM0LZVz8B4CAPFn9TEhhhN8hjVp7SMLYxlw6v_FqRTua7w9sXl_ZHyR576c7TROxrrs/s320/125.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWKRmtar9OpLmVleqgpYIbP6fjtUDU1mFiFPa-RpMT3CYRTSb3e5zxyuacwpOoxqb50UvjSnHhNVKPfBIMQUicycumHVf4OmUrYkv0Fv5TI0WZbfilE6003U_4rhkDO-LjIumrzjcE6Q/s1600-h/075.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355721559657333858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWKRmtar9OpLmVleqgpYIbP6fjtUDU1mFiFPa-RpMT3CYRTSb3e5zxyuacwpOoxqb50UvjSnHhNVKPfBIMQUicycumHVf4OmUrYkv0Fv5TI0WZbfilE6003U_4rhkDO-LjIumrzjcE6Q/s320/075.JPG" /></a><span xmlns=""><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>July 26, 2009 </em></span><div><p><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>Dear Bro. Perdue,</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>Just this afternoon I sat and began to contemplate about the years of knowing you. My earliest memories centered around the home of my parents, Elward and Eldora Jordan. I am sure it would have been a Sunday afternoon, and there would have been many others present. I can see in my mind the gathering of folks, most on their knees, seeking the face of God. However, you never stayed kneeling long. You would come to your feet and began pacing the floor, worshiping God with your whole heart, as the prayers of the saints were offered up. </em></span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>I am also sure that as a small tot, I was more interested in watching the proceedings than I was in praying! I can imagine my eyes, as big as saucers, as I followed your progress around the room. You never failed to notice us kids, and you would open your rather large hand wide, ruffle our hair, smile down and never miss a beat in your prayer! It was during those Sunday afternoons that I began to see you as a hero. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>Later, when I was just below the age of the church youth group, you accepted the leadership of the Bon Wier, U.P.C. youth. I had older brothers and sisters whose age allowed them to participate, but as a child I could only look on in awe and wonder. I remember the hugs you so freely gave us and the words of praise and encouragement as we grew older. It seemed as though you always had time for us kids.<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>You truly cared about the young people, and gave so freely of you time so that they were all involved in wholesome activities. Volley Ball games that were exciting to play, youth services with scripture matches that mostly ended with George and Roger Dale tied. Powerful services that brought about consecration and dedication of youthful souls were sure to happen with you at the helm. One of the most impressive things I remember seeing was a skit about the widow whose oil and meal never ran out. Thank you for giving and giving and giving again!<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>Then off to foreign fields you flew to do the will of God! The many things you accomplished in South America will only be known to all when we reach the glory world! I remember getting to see you at General Conference; how excited Glenn and I, as young evangelist would be, getting to visit with you and Sis.Perdue in the display area. We always went looking, searching especially for your booth! What fun, we knew the Missionary in a personal way! It seemed so special to us.<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>We were delighted when you invited us to South America. We made memories, and got a first-hand view of the churches under your ministry! I cried buckets of tears over the poverty in the cities we visited, yet saw some of the most astounding works of God, both in the churches and in the beautiful scenery. We were overwhelmed by the hunger for God in the hearts of the people in South America. Their seeking and worship of God helped us to understand the deep love and burden that you carry for that beautiful country and those sweet people!<br /></em></span><em><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;">And now, you are back in the States, attending the church where we pastor. What an honor to have your knowledge and wisdom, your understanding of human nature, and someone with your </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;">'</span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;">walk with God</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;">'</span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;">, as a part of our church and community. What did we ever do without you here? You are truly a great example to our church and a compassionate mentor to our family! You gave me some of the best advice I ever had, when I was going through one of the roughest times of my life. Darwin looks at you as though you were his grandfather in the Lord! Your loving guidance in his life has not escaped our attention.<br /></span></em><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>Thank you for your daily support in prayer. We feel the effect of those prayers all the time and need their continual out-pouring. We Love you, and we are indebted to God for placing you in our lives. </em></span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>While I could go on and on, I must close. I am asking God to be close to you and Sis. Perdue and to save your children and grand children!<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>In His service, </em></span><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>Debbie (Jordan) Burks</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em>Glenn too!<br /></p></em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-family:DFKai-SB;"><em><br /></em></span><br /></p></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-16000317200366003692009-07-20T22:23:00.003-05:002009-07-25T12:07:54.777-05:00Old BarnsI recieved this as an e-mail today. It blessed m<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2JARMLpx9EgYudOfw9N4I6ZPXZzIQhzOr6cC9x9VVh5aAYcZqOtxYE3RWLgdCwDI4E2tQmvB_Q2wN3mEThOaxUw_Zi9smFXtnxTVPIhsucyEzw6yQJv7yyIy7vqtukWVSAMQcNlys4E/s1600-h/barn.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 95px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360750699623851106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2JARMLpx9EgYudOfw9N4I6ZPXZzIQhzOr6cC9x9VVh5aAYcZqOtxYE3RWLgdCwDI4E2tQmvB_Q2wN3mEThOaxUw_Zi9smFXtnxTVPIhsucyEzw6yQJv7yyIy7vqtukWVSAMQcNlys4E/s200/barn.jpg" /></a>e, so I thought I would pass it on!<br /><div><span xmlns=""><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-family:Script MT Bold;color:maroon;">The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. Psalm 145:17</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p><div></div><div><br /><table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border="0"><colgroup><span style="font-size:85%;"><colgroup><col style="WIDTH: 624px"></span></colgroup><tbody valign="top"><tr><td><p><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:blue;"><strong><em>Old Barns, Old People and Old Friends, I love them all!!!</em></strong></span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;color:navy;">A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking.</span><span style="color:black;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway. I told him right off he was crazy.</span><br /><span style="color:navy;">He was a city type, you could tell by his clothes,</span> <span style="color:navy;">his car, his hands, and the way he talked.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">He said he was driving by and saw that beautiful barn sitting out in the tall grass and wanted to know if it</span> <span style="color:navy;">was for sale. </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">I told him he had a funny idea of beauty. Sure, it was a handsome building in its day, but then, there's been a lot of winters pass with their snow and</span> <span style="color:navy;">ice and howling wind.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:navy;">The summer sun's beat down on that old barn till all the paint's gone, and the wood has turned silver gray. </span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">Now the old building leans a good deal,</span> <span style="color:navy;">looking kind of tired. Yet, that fellow called it beautiful.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">That set me to thinking. I walked out to the field and just stood there, gazing at that old barn. The stranger said he planned to use the lumber to</span> <span style="color:navy;">line the walls of his den in a new country home he's building down the road.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful.</span> <span style="color:navy;">Only years of standing in the weather,</span> <span style="color:navy;">bearing the storms and scorching sun,</span> <span style="color:navy;">only that can produce beautiful barn wood. </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">It came to me then. We're a lot like that, you and I.</span><span style="color:black;"> </span><span style="color:navy;">Only it's on the inside that the beauty grows with us. Sure we turn silver gray too... and lean a bit more</span> <span style="color:navy;">than</span><span style="color:black;"> </span><span style="color:navy;">we did when we were young and full of sap.</span> <span style="color:navy;">But the Good Lord knows what He's doing, and as the years pass He's busy</span> <span style="color:navy;">using the hard weather of our lives, the dry spells and the stormy seasons</span> <span style="color:navy;">to do a job of beautifying on our</span> <span style="color:navy;">souls that nothing else can produce.</span> <span style="color:navy;">And to think how often folks 'holler'</span> <span style="color:navy;">because they want life easy! </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;">They took the old barn down today and hauled</span> <span style="color:navy;">it away</span><span style="color:black;"> </span><span style="color:navy;">to beautify a rich man's house.</span> <span style="color:navy;">I reckon someday you and I will be hauled off</span><span style="color:black;"> </span><span style="color:navy;">to Heaven to take on whatever chores the Good Lord has for us on the Great Sky Ranch.</span> <span style="color:navy;">I suspect we'll be more beautiful then</span>, <span style="color:navy;">for the seasons we've been through here, and just maybe we might even add a bit of beauty</span> <span style="color:navy;">to our Father's house. </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:navy;"><strong>I do sincerely thank God</strong></span> <span style="color:navy;"><strong>for my wonderful friends and family who care about me even </strong></span><span style="color:navy;"><strong>though I show signs of weathering!</strong></span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-22355699271966154092009-07-18T20:03:00.002-05:002009-07-18T20:06:37.804-05:00Duh….<span xmlns=""> <p>Wow!! I am learning more all the time about blogging. If I wish to keep a copy of my blog for personal use, I have just realized that I need to type it up in Word and post it to my blog. Now, how come it took me so long to figure that one out?????</p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249383104564958421.post-7298970787029728002009-07-14T14:43:00.006-05:002014-03-20T15:38:33.560-05:00Jesus Knocking?<span xmlns=""> </span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;"><strong>An e-mail I received in the mail this morning has gotten my mind on fast forward………</strong></span></span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Blue Highway;"><em><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 130%;"><strong>A</strong> <strong>nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the little ones chests, would plug the stethoscope into their ears and let them listen to their own hearts. Their eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a response equal to four-year old David's comment. </strong></span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;" xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Blue Highway; font-size: 130%;"><strong><em>Gently she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. "Listen," she said. Then asked, "What do you suppose that is?"</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: Blue Highway;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span><br />
<span xmlns=""><span style="font-family: Blue Highway;"><strong><em><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 130%;">He drew his eyebrows together in a puzzled line and looked up as if he was lost in the mystery of the strange tap - tap - tapping deep in his chest. Then his face broke out in a wondrous grin as he asked, "Is that Jesus knocking?"</span></em></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>I wonder if we are attuned enough to hear as God knocks continually at our hearts door. Maybe, He just needs to visit, or He could he possibly wish to heal: a broken heart, a wounded soul, a maligned body, or a tortured spirit! </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Maybe he would like to bring peace to our hearts! </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Could he have a special job for us to do?</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Whatever, He is knocking for I want to hear the knocking!</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>So God, if I need a spiritual stethoscope, my heart is open to Your knocking.</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><strong><em>"Where He leads me I will follow.</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><em><strong>Where He leads me I will follow.</strong></em></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><strong><em>Where He leads me I will follow.</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><em><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">I'll go with Him, With Him, all the way."</span></strong></em></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581540056572937188noreply@blogger.com2