"The world offers promises full of emptiness. But Easter offers emptiness full of promise."
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Friday, April 22, 2011
"The Greatest Shortcut Never Taken"
Other than the Bible, this may just be the best 30-second read of your day!
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
#God of #Grace #Video
I find it really hard to believe that this video only has 1500 hits - it is BEAUTIFUL, very moving...touches the heart...
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Home Is Where My Heart Is #Video
When looking across the landscape of the world, discouragement and trouble can only follow...look UP!
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wind At My Back
As fan who recently discovered this amazingly marvelous wonderful show (a few months ago) I was anticipating yesterday's movie "finale" that promised to bring it all together with great excitement. In fact, I planned my day around it (no mean feat!).
To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement. Nothing was tied together that really mattered, except learning that Van was killed in the war at the very beginning. And it appeared that the Suttons were out of the hotel and in a home or apartment of their own now. But so many of the major characters were missing so as to make it seem like a spin-off, rather than the actual show. And the main storyline introduced a whole new plot and character that we'd never seen before and had no attachment to!
I can't imagine New Bedford without May Bailey, Grace Mainwaring, Prichard Flett, the Cramps...and others who've arrived and become main characters...or rather, I couldn't have, until yesterday. So I'm not really sure what the point of the movie was, and it certainly didn't deliver on its promises.
Today the Insp Network started showing the series again, from the beginning. I am so glad that I've already seen the final episodes, because if this first episode of constant doom and gloom had been the first episode I'd ever seen, I would have never turned it on again. Seriously. Not that it wasn't well-done, because it certainly was! As well-done as any I've seen in fact. And I know that it had to set the stage for what was to come, which grew out of this dark depressing first episode of the series. But I don't like dark and depressing, especially an hour of it without respite.
I will continue to watch, thankful that Insp shows it 3 times a day so if I miss one I can catch it later...but I just had to write my thoughts about the movie especially. I am still a fan because I've read the back of the book, as it were. And I will still HIGHLY recommend the series, even though I am left feeling so morose after today's episode. Knowing that the storyline will get better will hold my interest, and the excellent writing, acting, and direction will keep me watching. In spite of yesterday's disappointment, and today's misery in the Bailey family.
To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement. Nothing was tied together that really mattered, except learning that Van was killed in the war at the very beginning. And it appeared that the Suttons were out of the hotel and in a home or apartment of their own now. But so many of the major characters were missing so as to make it seem like a spin-off, rather than the actual show. And the main storyline introduced a whole new plot and character that we'd never seen before and had no attachment to!
I can't imagine New Bedford without May Bailey, Grace Mainwaring, Prichard Flett, the Cramps...and others who've arrived and become main characters...or rather, I couldn't have, until yesterday. So I'm not really sure what the point of the movie was, and it certainly didn't deliver on its promises.
Today the Insp Network started showing the series again, from the beginning. I am so glad that I've already seen the final episodes, because if this first episode of constant doom and gloom had been the first episode I'd ever seen, I would have never turned it on again. Seriously. Not that it wasn't well-done, because it certainly was! As well-done as any I've seen in fact. And I know that it had to set the stage for what was to come, which grew out of this dark depressing first episode of the series. But I don't like dark and depressing, especially an hour of it without respite.
I will continue to watch, thankful that Insp shows it 3 times a day so if I miss one I can catch it later...but I just had to write my thoughts about the movie especially. I am still a fan because I've read the back of the book, as it were. And I will still HIGHLY recommend the series, even though I am left feeling so morose after today's episode. Knowing that the storyline will get better will hold my interest, and the excellent writing, acting, and direction will keep me watching. In spite of yesterday's disappointment, and today's misery in the Bailey family.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Prosperity and Labor
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 -
Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life. And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God. (NLT)
2 Timothy 2:6 -
The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. (NIV)
2 Thess. 3:10-12 -
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. (NIV)
Psalm 128:2 -
You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. (NIV)
Proverbs 13:11 -
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. (KJV)
Ephesians 4:28 -
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. (NIV)
1 Cor. 3:8 -
The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. (NIV)
Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life. And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God. (NLT)
2 Timothy 2:6 -
The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. (NIV)
2 Thess. 3:10-12 -
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. (NIV)
Psalm 128:2 -
You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. (NIV)
Proverbs 13:11 -
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. (KJV)
Ephesians 4:28 -
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. (NIV)
1 Cor. 3:8 -
The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. (NIV)
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