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Originally posted by HisGrace:
Sometimes after human effort has done its best and failed, is God's power alone free to work.

Corrie ten Boom - The Hiding Place

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here is a website for her!!


http://www.corrietenboom.com/exhibits.htm


"No Jesus No Peace, Know Jesus Know Peace!!"


Blessings, \o/
 

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Posted by Favor Minded (Member # 3636) on :
 
"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a car." ~Laurence J. Peter
 

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Posted by Favor Minded (Member # 3636) on :
 
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." ~Vincent T. Lombardi

"It's always to early to quit." ~Norman Vincent Peale

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." ~Franklin Delanor Roosevelt

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
 

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Posted by helpforhomeschoolers (Member # 15) on :
 
If God be for us, who can be against us?
(Paul)
 

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Posted by TEXASGRANDMA (Member # 847) on :
 
The Quilt
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As I faced my Maker at the last Judgment,

I knelt before the Lord along with the other souls.



Before each of us laid our lives,

like the squares of a quilt, in many piles.

An angel sat before each of us sewing quilt

squares together into tapestries that represented our lives.



As my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile,

I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares was.

They were filled with giant holes.

Each square was labeled

with a part of my life that had been difficult,

the challenges and temptations

I was faced with in everyday life.

I saw hardships that I had endured,

which were the largest holes of all.

I glanced around me. No one else had such squares.

Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries

were filled with rich color and bright hues of worldly fortune.



I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened.

My angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together,

threadbare and empty.



Finally, the time came when each life was to be displayed,

held up to the light. . . the scrutiny of truth.

The others arose, each in turn, holding up their tapestries.

So filled their lives had been!

My angel looked upon me, and nodded for me to arise.

My gaze dropped to the ground in shame.

I hadn't had all the earthly fortunes.

I had had love in my life, and laughter.



But there had also been trials of illness and death,

and false accusations that took from me my world as I knew it.

I had to start over many times. I often struggled with

the temptation to quit, only to somehow muster

the strength to pick up and begin again.



I had spent many nights on my knees in prayer,

asking for help and guidance in my life.

I had often been held up to ridicule, which I

endured painfully; each time offering it up

to the Father in hopes that I would not melt

within my skin beneath the critical

gaze of those who unfairly judged me.

And now, I had to face the truth. My life was what

it was, and I had to accept it for what it had been.

I arose and slowly lifted the combined

squares of my life to the light.

An awe-filled gasp filled the air.

I gazed around at the others who stared at me with eyes wide.

Then, I looked upon the tapestry before me.

Light flooded the many holes, creating an image.

The face of Christ.

Our Lord then stood before me, with warmth and love in His eyes.

He said, "Every time you gave over your life to Me,

it became My life, My hardships, and My struggles.

Each point of light in your life is when you stepped aside

and let Me shine through, until there was more

of Me than there was of you.

May all our quilts be threadbare and worn, allowing Christ to shine through.

Author Unknown
 

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Posted by Favor Minded (Member # 3636) on :
 
WOW!

That was so AWESOME Betty...

Others may have seen or heard it, but that was the first time for me and,

It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear this morning! God IS truly awesome and his Holy Spirit never fails to work and share with us at the most opportune, or GOD Timely moments...

Thanks for sharing that -

Jim


 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
Stop remembering what God has forgotten.
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
Casting your care upon him, for he careth for you.
I Peter 5:7
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 

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Originally posted by HisGrace:
The Rose
Living our lives is like trying to open a rose with our bare hands. If we try to force things we only end up doing damage.

But if we are patient and leave things to God's design, we are blessed with a beautiful rose. Trust in Him who opens up all good things to us. (Unknown )

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Originally posted by Favor Minded:
WOW!

That was so AWESOME Betty...

Others may have seen or heard it, but that was the first time for me and,

It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear this morning! God IS truly awesome and his Holy Spirit never fails to work and share with us at the most opportune, or GOD Timely moments...

Thanks for sharing that -Jim

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Hi Jim and Betty,

Those are awesome thoughts, and it's wonderful to be able to appreciate the handiwork of the Lord...and you're right, Jim--the Holy Spirit never fails us just when we need Him the most!

(How does the song go? "He may not come when you call Him....but He's right on time"!)


Thank you both,
CBJ
 

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Posted by David (Member # 1) on :
 
"Tolerance is a virtue of a man without convictions" - G.K. Chesterton
 

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Posted by helpforhomeschoolers (Member # 15) on :
 
Hey hey, here is to intolerance
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
God tells us to burden Him with what burdens us.
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
Is anyone just about ready to give up and needs encouragement back to the road of victory?

Isaiah 40:28-31
Don't you know that the Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the Earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

He gives power to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted and young men will give up. But those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary They will walk and not faint.
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
God gives us strength to fit the load, not a load to fit the strength.
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
God is a lot better at giving, than we are at receiving.
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
 

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