Category Archives: Meme

Thursday Thirteen #7 ~ Sites in Great Britain

Thirteen Places you should visit in Great Britain…

1. London    2. Oxford    3. Cambridge 

4. Cotswolds    5. Bath    6. York

7. The Lake District   8. Oban  9. Isle of Iona

10. Edinburgh  11. Castle Doune 12. Conwy, Wales

Our favorites in blue are places we’d go back to again. Castle Doune (N.W. of Edinburgh) is of Monty Python and the Holy Grail fame. They even give you coconut shells to clip clop as you tour the castle. Fun times…

13. And last but not least are Bed and Breakfasts. We’ve enjoyed most all that we’ve stayed in.

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In Other Words Tuesday ~ Oct. 30

“The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection.  And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.” ~ A.W. Towzer ~

I really don’t have anything profound to share as I consider this quote. It was suggested to me that the very shortest route to spiritual perfection for a believer saved by grace would be death, but I digress….

A suggestion that I do have that is helping me in a profound way this year is my Bible reading strategy. I’ve read the Bible through a couple of times and this year it was suggested to me to take a different approach to my Bible reading. This year I started with the shortest books of the Bible progressing up to the longer books and I read each book 20 times before I move on. First I just read it straight through. Then further into my 20 times I begin to dissect and break down each paragraph or chapter to get a deeper understanding of what is being revealed. I have found that with this approach I can remember themes in a book better. It helps me get the big picture. We can rely on the Holy Spirit to teach us and to guide us into all truth. For me spiritual growth has not been short or quick. It has taken years of plugging along for me to get to where I am today, which is no where near perfection. I thank God that He is the one that brings me along by His grace to spiritual growth in Him. I want to be ready and willing to receive His grace and his teaching and respond in obedience and perseverance. This reading the Bible approach I’ve started in 2007 will probably not be completed till I die 🙂

Be encouraged to keep moving forward in your walk with the Lord. Ask Him to teach you and lead you in your Bible reading and studying. Each day is a new day with the Lord. Open his word and enjoy it and Him.

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Friday Feast #7

Appetizer
Name a great website you would recommend to others.

Well since you didn’t say blog site, I’m going with Bible Study Light http://www.studylight.org/  or Amazon.com.

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how often do you dream at night?

I’m thinking I’m on the lower end of this scale. I’m going to say 4. I might dream more but I sure don’t remember if I do.

Salad
Did you have a pet as a child?  If so, what kind and what was its name?

Well for a while my father raised pigeons and my pet pigeon was named Green Neck. Can you guess why it’s name was Green Neck? 🙂  Anyway the very sad ending to this pet was that we were really poor and when things got real bad my parents killed our pigeons and made soup with them. Us kids had an eating strike and refused to eat the soup! Strange but true. I’m also happy to say that we all recovered from this incident…

Main Course
If you had the chance to star in a commercial, what would you choose to advertise?

Something good to eat or a wonderful restaurant where I get to eat after the commercial is completed.

Dessert
What is your favorite kind of hard candy?

Peanut Brittle

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California Fires!

Somewhat Wordless…

Pray for the Firefighters! Pray for comfort for those who have lost their homes in Southern California! The winds are suppose to die down by this afternoon, pray that they do.

2 Corinthians 1:3, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

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Thankful Thursday ~ I Will Always Love Your Name

 

I Will Always Love Your Name

Here I am and I have come

To thank You, Lord, for all You’ve done

Thank You, Lord

You paid the price at Calvary

You shed Your blood, You set me free

Thank You, Lord

No greater love was ever shown

No better life ever was laid down

And I will always love Your name

And I will always sing Your praise

You took my sin, You took my shame

You drank my cup, You bore my pain

Thank You, Lord

You broke the curse, You broke the chains

In victory form death You rose again

Thank You Lord

and not by works, but by Your grace

You clothe me now in Your righteousness

You bid me come, You make me whole

You give me peace, You restore my soul

Thank you, Lord

You’re making me to be like You

To do the works of the Father, too.

written by Paul Oakley (copyright 1997 Kingsway Thankyou Music/PRs/EMI Christian Music Publishing

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