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Pio
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![[Eek!]](eek.gif) sorry, I put the above in the wrong thread. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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When reading the article something jumped out at me right away. I get the impression he "ran away" to preaching school. When he said that secular college was to evil for him it concerns me. We do not and can not tolerate sin. We have to be in this world but not of this world. He seems to have run away to an ideal in his head. the problem is that we must first love the people we are around whether they know Christ, or live their faith. Jesus was around sinners all the time, granted he did take time away to fast and pray. And probably spent some "retreat" time with the disciples, but that is different from what I sence this guy doing.
Preach always, use words when necessary - St. Francis
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shadowmaker
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My grandpa was a great checker player, not braggin but he simply was. He has all kinds of trophies and tied the world champion at a exhibit.
Anyways,I m the only kid or grandkid that ever took the time to learn to play and it simply made his day to beat me and brag about it. He would talk about it for weeks and tell everyone and tell them how he had wrote a book, and I really needed to read it.
Its been several yrs since we ve played and he now has Alheimers (sp). I have been regretting not playing with him more and really miss it. Recently we thought he had a stroke and I thought I had missed out on my choice to play one last time. Thank God, it wasnt.
This week, I had to stay with him while my grandma went for a doctors visit and she said, I left the checker board out for you 2. With tears in my eyes now, I got to play with him again. He wasnt the same and the disease had taken alot of his mind. I let him win most of the games, made moves I normally wouldnt, just to make sure he got to laugh. But surprising, the more we played the more came back to him. Thank God I got to play at least one more time. Plan on making some more time this week.
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barrykind
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My good friend sent this to me i love it and hope you will too: ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me
to take another woman out to dinner and a movie.
She said I love you but I know this other woman
loves you and would love to spend some time with
you.
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was
my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years,
but the demands of my work and my three children had made
it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.
"What's wrong, are you well," she asked? My mother is the type of woman
who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign
of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to be with you," I responded.
"Just the two of us."
She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that
very much."
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up. I was a bit
nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to
be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She
had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to
celebrate her last wedding anniversary.
She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's.
"I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they
were impressed, "she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to
hear about our meeting". We went to a restaurant that, although not
elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the
First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Half way through
the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A
nostalgic smile was on her lips
"It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she
said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I
responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing
extraordinary, but catching up on recent events of each other's life.
We talked so much that we missed the movie.
As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you
again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed.
"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice.
Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened
so suddenly that I did to not get to do anything for her.
Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant
receipt from the same place mother and I had dined.An attached note said:
"I paid this bill in advance.
I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two
plates - one for you and the other for your wife.
You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son."
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE
YOU!" and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in
life is more important than God and your family.
Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off
till "some other time."
Pass this along to everyone with an aging parent, to a child, to an
adult, to anyone with a parent. Here's hoping today is better
thanyesterday and tomorrow.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
moments that take our breath away!"
Thanks
barry
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John 3:3;Mark 8:34-38;James 1:27
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