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Daily Devotion 339
Posted on Friday, December 5, 2008 at 04:47 by Sister Lori - 0 Comments - Link
December 5
Honesty
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 7:2
Honesty is a fruit of a Spirit-filled life. Loving our neighbor as our self prohibits our being dishonest with him.
The story is told of a farmer who delivered a pound of butter to the baker each week. In turn, he would purchase a loaf of bread from the baker. The baker noticed that the pound of butter seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. One day he confronted the farmer about the apparent problem.
“Don’t you have scales to weigh your butter?” he asked.
“No,” the farmer replied.
“Well,” asked the baker, “how do you know you are giving me a pound of butter if you have no scales?”
The farmer answered, “I always use your loaf of bread, which is labeled one pound, as a balance.”
Verse 12 of our Scripture reading teaches us to do to others as we would have them do to us. Verses 18–20 remind us that a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Our daily conduct should reflect an attitude of putting others first. Let us always be sure to be honest in all our dealings.
Melvin L. Yoder, Gambier, OH
The best way to teach the Word is to live it.
Bible Reading: Matthew 7
One Year Bible Reading Plan:
1 John 3
Daniel 3, 4
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Daily Devotion 338
Posted on Friday, December 5, 2008 at 02:08 by Sister Lori - 0 Comments - Link
December 4
The Sunset
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21
Traveling home from the distant town of Jinotega late one afternoon, we were all tired. The road was bad, the vehicle was crowded, and it was one of those times when it would have felt really good to have been at home NOW instead of traveling another two or three hours. Jinotega is situated in a valley, among the beautiful rugged
mountains of Nicaragua. Naturally, the road is a genuine mountain road, winding through the hills and hollows. As we rounded a curve, to our right unfolded one of the most beautiful sunsets one could ever hope to see. Out across a valley, behind a distant mountain, the sun was setting in full grandeur, like a golden ball of fire. Being from the western plains, we viewed the awesome scene with something like a holy emotion.
We say the elderly are in the sunset of life, but in reality, none of us, whether middle aged or young, know just where our “sun” is positioned on the horizon. The apostle Paul said in Philippians 1:20 whether by life or death his desire was to magnify Christ.
There is a feeling akin to a holy awe that comes over us when we take a tiny infant into our arms for the first time. The miracle of life is awesome. Is it any less awesome to stand by the still form of a loved one who has won the battle and gone to meet his Maker and his Savior? There is rejoicing in heaven over one soul that is saved, but what must take place when one saved soul returns to the God who gave it, having magnified the name of Christ first by his life, and then again by death?
Ivan Petre, Masaya, Nicaragua
To die is but to live—for eternity.
Bible Reading: Philippians 1
One Year Bible Reading Plan:
1 John 2
Daniel 1, 2
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Phone: 877-488-0901
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New puppy.
Posted on Friday, December 5, 2008 at 01:23 by Annette and Shawn D - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link
I'm tired since I've been at work all evening, but wanted to post a pic of our new family member--- not yet named,but a cutie-- male yellow lab mix.
For the Curious and young at heart... a give away
Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11:49 by R&Rsmom - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link
Ok, guys. Look at this tree. What do you think it is made of? You'll never believe it.
Cheryl is having a tour of trees on her blog. This tree is posted. For the fun of it I'm going to do a give away. Take a look at her site and find out what this tree is made out of. Looks are deceiving; It isn't your normal tree. Then come back and leave me a comment. Sssshhh don't tell me in your comment what it is made of I want others to find out for themselves. In your comment tell me if your tree is up or not? Are you ready for the holidays? If you want to leave me a link to see your tree just post it and I'll take a look. I love looking at Christmas lights. Anyway back to the give away then I'll put everyone's name in a pot and draw for a winner. I'll give away Wanda Brunstetter's and DiAnn Mills' book.
Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you if you are the winner.
Here's the link you need to go to see what this tree is made of :
From the heart of ..... Cheryl St. John and no it isn't my tree. I haven't even gotten mine up yet.
It's a mystery when this will end.. Guess it depends on how busy I get. How long it will run.  So hurry and check it out and get back.
Productive day
Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM by Mommy of Two Little Blessings - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link
Good evening. Today I got to have the pleasure of getting another project off my stack. Both of our little ones got a Christmas quilt with binding on the edges, much the the unwillingness of my bobbin. *smile*
Now I am hoping to get the little bit of laundy folded and fishished up and I also hope to get another thing off my pile of projects to get to. I have a quilt that my great great cousin did most of by hand and then I took to it with my machine, it puckers REALLY bad and it is done at a diagonal. I don't see enough blocks to finish the pattern she started long ago so will now proceed to where the pattern could end and as I am used to straight edges I will "square" it off. It will actually be a rectangel. *smile* Then I will add some boarders to it to make it complete, but the step right now is to trim it up. Then I will get to the deciding of what kind of boarder to put on it. Probably a plain one of some kind as there are several different types of fabric in it already. *smile* It is a beautiful quilt and I want it to look really nice when it is done. *smile* This evening we took a drive to see all the different ways people decorate their homes for the most important day of the year...Christmas! *smile* It was a lot of fun to ride around in our warm van, listening to A Very Veggie Christmas (and singing along of corse*smile*), and enjoying the lights as a family! *smile*
I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful season. Hoping for snow soon. *smile* Winter blessings to you all. *smile* Remember to pray always.-Me-(Mommy of two little blessings)
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