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July 28 Is your life anchored?by, John Bevere... Is your life anchored?I can remember when I was a young boy fishing in my rowboat, and I would get so focused on fishing that before long I would look up and not even recognize the shoreline. Why? Because I was not anchored, thus allowing the boat to drift wherever the current led. Three times in the book of Hebrews it is written, “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts,” Hebrews 3:7, 3:15, 4:7. His voice is in His word…His voice is the soft whispers of the Holy Spirit…His voice is available to us all. Whether we are intentionally listening is up to us. Why is this so important? Because it is the word of God that anchors our lives and keeps us from drifting from the truth. “Since all this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths that we have heard, lest in any way we drift past them and slip away.” Hebrews 2:1 AMP Drifting away from truth doesn't begin the moment sin is acted out. Rather, it begins long before, when one isn’t intentional with anchoring his or her life daily in the word of God. The drifting occurs without even realizing it. The enemy does not appear to us blatantly trying to steal, kill and destroy our lives, but rather, he is sneaky and cunning, and his goal is to have us slowly drift from the truth. How can we be confident? The word of God needs to be engrafted in our hearts in order for our lives to be anchored. Hebrews 5:13-14 puts it so well, “For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word… but solid food belongs to those who by reason of use (consistent reading) have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” We must daily be in the Word of God so that we can be confident that our anchor is securely fastened. Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-2 NIV Give Anyway ( "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Prov 4:23)
 People are often unreasonable, illogical and selfcentered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy over night; Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happyness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.  The good you do today people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough; Give the best you've got anyway. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` You see in the final analysis, it's between you and God. It never was between you and them anyway. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Cast your cares upon Him, for He cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is gone, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. -Matthew 6:25-34 December 14 Christian Web Sites hmmm...
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For teen guys: ---> http://www.breakawaymag.com/ (ok, wanna know why I go to this um, guy site?
Teens / young adult: Movie/game reviews & more --> http://www.pluggedinonline.com
Everyone: inspiring stories --> http://www.simpletruths.com/index.asp
College and singles:
Other: Music--> http://www.worshiptogether.com/index.aspx?c=1181838251609 HomeSchool --> http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/ December 06 Gratefulness...~"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may realize that they are the big things."~ "The hardest arithmetic to master is According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet he filled his leather canteen so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher. After a four-day journey he presented the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart. Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It apparently had become stale because of the old leather container. The student challenged his teacher: "Master, the water was foul. Why did you pretend to like it?" The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of living-kindness and nothing could be sweeter." Self-motivation without gratitude is impossible. Our energy is "sapped" when our entire focus is on what's wrong instead of what is right with our lives. One of our greatest challenges is to live and love in spite of pain and disappointment...to find gratitude in the midst of it all. Reflect for a moment on this beautiful quote from Melody Beattie: "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." May 09 The reasonI blog, because it is a place for me to put the things I like. Often I come here to use it to encourage myself. By keeping the things that inspire, encourage, and make me laugh in one place, it becomes a place to come when I'm feeling down and need a lift. I often collect things that relate with what I'm dealing with at the moment or that tends to help me in the direction I wish to go...not nessisarely cause I'm already there! I hope everyone else who comes by & stays a while will find something that will lighten and or challenge them to more as well... if not, Oh well, just go look else where then!
 lol. IDEAS: We are what we think about.-As far as morality goes, there is no such thing as being nutral. Life is a series of choices which we make. Eather you're moving forward or you're sliding bakward... but Never are you standing standing still.
-“We habitually refer to the conversion of Constantine. I think it’s more appropriate to say that under Constantine we have the conversion of Christianity.” - http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=265
Here are some of my favorites for you to enjoy if you so wish: ;)
from Simpletruths.com - http://www.doyouwalkthetalk.com/
October 15 BLESS A SOLDIER TODAY
BLESS A SOLDIER TODAY
YOU CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORLD SEND A FREE CARD TO A SOLDIER IN IRAQ FREE CARD BY XEROX - You can pick out a card and Xerox will print it, it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a serviceman / servicewoman of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card today. It is FREE and it only takes a second. http://www.letssaythanks.com
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They've got some good articals! Check out what "Zack Hunter" is doing! ) 
| Your Element Is Water |
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A bit of a contradiction, you can seem both lighthearted and serious. |
| Your Interpersonal Intelligence Score: 65% |
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Your Interpersonal Intelligence is High |
| You Communicate Like a Man |
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When you communicate, you like to get to the point. |
lol)| The Part of You That No One Sees |
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You are innocent, sweet, and young at heart. |
| You Should Own a Beagle |
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Low maintenance, very friendly, and sturdy. |
| You Follow Your Head |
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You're rational, collected, and logical. |
| Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 40% General American English |
| 25% Yankee |
| 20% Dixie |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
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What the car says about its owner: Believe it or not, this person is not a risk-taker, but would very much like to be. “More often than not, this kind of person’s life is pretty routine; he or she is super responsible,” Dr. Orbuch says. “However, this person has a slightly immature streak (that’s OK, by the way) that wants to step out and go wild. This car helps the owner express that part of his or her character; this individual wants to be perceived as young, carefree and spontaneous.”
What the car says about its owner’s love style: Because this driver is most likely not much of a risk-taker, when looking for a partner, he or she will be seeking someone who is. “He or she is up for something exciting and unpredictable and is probably looking for someone who is adventurous.” While the owner of this car is probably very tolerant of high-maintenance people and drama queens or kings, ultimately, Dr. Orbuch says, his or her main criteria in a mate is someone who knows how to have fun.
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Thank you my siblings (especially Grace and Lisa) for helping me with this space and taking time to show me how to do things with the computer! Yes it's true, I don't know what I'd do without you Grace, so quit asking! "Ha ha.
Just teasing you Grace, ya know I love ya!" 
Just thought you'd like to know...
On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.
That won't ever happen again in our life time... ( except in the afternoon! lol thanks Yasmine
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You may now return to your normal stuff.
Interesting history/ Politics/ money
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Tax cuts- How they really workSometimes Politicians can exclaim; "It's just a tax cut for the rich!", and it is just accepted to be fact. But what does that really mean? Just in case you are not completely clear on this issue, we hope the following will help. Tax Cuts - A Simple Lesson In Economics This is how the cookie crumbles. Please read it carefully. Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily meal by $20." So, now dinner for the ten only cost $80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So, the first four men were unaffected. They would still eat for free. But what about the other six, the paying customers? How could they divvy up the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share'? The six men realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being 'PAID' to eat their meal. So, the restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so: Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to eat for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man "but he got $10!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than me!" "That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!" The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for dinner, so the nine sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill! And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up at the table anymore. There are lots of good restaurants in Europe and the Caribbean. David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D "The One Dollar Bill" Take out a one dollar bill and look at it. The one dollar bill you're looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We've all washed it without it falling apart. A special blend of ink is used, the contents we will never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to make it water resistant and pressed to give it that nice crisp look. If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for the balance-a balanced budget. In the center you have a carpenter's T-square, a tool used for an even cut. Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury. That's all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on the back of that dollar bill is something we should all know. If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the United States. The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men come up with a Seal. It took them four years to accomplish this task and another two years to get it approved. If you look at the left hand circle, you will see a Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted and the western side is dark. This country was just beginning. We had not begun to explore the West or decided what we could do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is uncapped, again signifying that we were not even close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have the all-seeing eye, and ancient symbol for divinity. It was Franklin's belief that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of God, could do anything. "IN GOD WE TRUST" is on this currency. The Latin above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means "God has favored our undertaking." The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means "a new order has begun." At the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776. If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it carefully, you will learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States. It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery and is the centerpiece of most hero's monuments. Slightly modified, it is the seal of the President of the United States and it is always visible whenever he speaks, yet no one knows what the symbols mean. The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons: first, he is not afraid of a storm; he is strong and he is smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you will read, "E PLURIBUS UNUM", meaning "one nation from many people." Above the Eagle you have thirteen stars representing the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we were coming together as one. Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows. They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a worldwide belief. You will usually never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13th floor. But, think about this: 13 original colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13 letters in "E Pluribus Unum", 13 stars above the Eagle, 13 plumes of feathers on each span of the Eagle's wing, 13 bars on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And for minorities: the 13th Amendment. "Why don't you know this?" Your children don't know this and most of their history teachers don't know this. Too many veterans have given up too much to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming home to an America that didn't care. Too many veterans never came home at all. |
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Have a history teacher explain this if they can?
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost a child while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both Presidents were shot in the head. Now it gets really weird. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. Both assassins were known by their three! names. Both names are composed of fifteen letters. Now hang on to your seat Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford." Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford." Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials. And here's the "kicker": A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe. AND..................... Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse..... Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater... Interesting, huh? Hey, this is one history lesson people don't mind reading... |
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