***It's Independence Day***
Friday, July 4, 2008

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Happy Independence Day America!

America For Me

by Henry Van Dyke

'TIS fine to see the Old World and travel up and down
Among the famous palaces and cities of renown,
To admire the crumbly castles and the statues and kings
But now I think I've had enough of antiquated things.

So it's home again, and home again, America for me!
My heart is turning home again and there I long to be,
In the land of youth and freedom, beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air;
And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair;
And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome;
But when it comes to living there is no place like home.

I like the German fir-woods in green battalions drilled;
I like the gardens of Versailles with flashing fountains filled;
But, oh, to take your hand, my dear, and ramble for a day
In the friendly western woodland where Nature has her sway!

I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack!
The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.
But the glory of the Present is to make the Future free--
We love our land for what she is and what she is to be.

Oh, it's home again, and home again, America for me!
I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea,
To the blessed Land of Room Enough, beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

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*** Call for Prayer please ***
Friday, February 22, 2008

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Hi Everyone!  I'm sending out this post to pray for my brother in law Charles.  Could you keep him in your prayers today please?  He has a tough test today in Seminary and they are going over everything he learned from the past four years.  He could use prayers for clarity, peace in His spirit, and Victory over nervousness. 

He and my sister in law have our two nieces and three nephews and they are looking for a pastoring position in Childrens ministry that will fit them.  Please pray that doors and windows of opportunity would open for them for his career as he graduates, that God would hand-pick the perfect job for them, and that offers would come knocking on their door. 

I know They've all worked so very hard.  Diane homeschools the kids, the kids have worked so hard at being patient with daddy's studies while sharing time with his school and charles and put forth SO much work in order to provide fully for his family in the future.  He and my Sister in law Diane are truely an inspiration and a testimony to what God can provide if only we would trust in Him.  I pray He would find the perfect job for them. 

We ALL would love them back home in Central NY, but if there is place somewhere else within driving distance, I'm sure we'd all be gracious.  But they would like a job with any church that will help them provide for their family while also ministering to the children they love and care for so much.  Did I tell you that they have gone on several missionary trips both in the U.S. AND outside to work with orphans and other ministries?  They truely have the hearts of servants.  Even our young nieces and nephews have darling hearts of compassion.  My cup runneth Over. 

Thanks for all your prayers!

Rebekah 

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***Words from Eleanor Roosevelt***
Sunday, February 17, 2008

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"You must do the thing you think you cannot do"

~Eleanor Roosevelt~

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*** Words to live by from Aesop ***
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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The Fox & The Crow

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~ Aesop's Fables

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***Come Rest Awhile***
Monday, January 28, 2008

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Come, Rest Awhile

Come, rest awhile, and let us idly stray
In glimmering valleys, cool and far away.

Come from the greedy mart, the troubled street,
And listen to the music, faint and sweet,

That echoes ever to a listening ear,
Unheard by those who will not pause to hear­

The wayward chimes of memory's pensive bells,
Wind-blown o'er misty hills and curtained dells.

One step aside and dewy buds unclose
The sweetness of the violet and the rose;

Song and romance still linger in the green,
Emblossomed ways by you so seldom seen,

And near at hand, would you but see them, lie
All lovely things beloved in days gone by.

You have forgotten what it is to smile
In your too busy life­, come, rest awhile.

~ Lucy Maud Montgomery ~

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