Greetings in the Lord!

Hello Michelle,

This is Carla, one of TheNET Moderators. Welcome to the Wonderful Family of Jesus Followers! We're glad you are here!

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Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. I look forward to getting to know you.

In Christ, Carla/NET Moderator

Welcome Michelle
Glad you joined our wonderful internet family, sharing the love of Christ, learning and growing in your spiritual life.And as a bonus making wonderful friends.

May you experience a wonderful fellowship and growth with all the others by joining in the groups and forums and share the love of Christ.
Blessings Nienie

Michelle,
Welcome! I would like to be one of your friends. I live in California, U.S.A. I don't know what part of Africa Garden Route is? I've visited So. Africa. I would love to hear about your life & your journey with the Lord of Glory!

LIFE'S LITTLE LESSONS...

Don't go for looks, they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile.

There are moments in life
when you really miss someone
that you want to pick them up
from your dreams and hug them.
Hope you dream of that someone.
Dream what you want to dream,
go where you want to go,
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things
you want in life.

May you have...
Enough happiness to make you sweet
Enough trials to make you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you human
Enough hope to make you happy
And enough money to buy gifts.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens.
But we often took so long at the closed door,
that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the one
you could sit on a porch, swing with,
never saying a word and then walk away feeling
like that was the best conversation you've had.

It's true that we don't know
what we've got until we lose it,
but it's also true that we don't know what
we've been missing until it arrives.

Always put yourself in other's shoes.
If you feel that it hurts you,
it probably does hurt the person too.
A careless word may kindle a strife;
A cruel word may wreck a life
A timely word may level stress
A lovely word may heal and bless.

The beginning of love is to let those we love
be perfectly themselves and
not to twist them with our own image,
otherwise we love only the reflection
of ourselves we find in them.

The happiest people don't necessarily
have the best of everything,
they just make the most of everything
that comes along the way.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people
before meeting the right one so that
when we finally meet the right person,
we should know how to be grateful for that gift.
It takes a minute to have a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone and a day to love someone
- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Happiness lies for those who cry,
those who hurt,
those who have searched
and those who have tried.
For only they can appreciate the importance
of people who have touched their lives.

Love is when you take away the feeling,
the passion, the romance
and find out you still care for that person.
A sad thing about life is that when you meet
someone who means a lot to you
only to find out in the end that it was never
bound to be and you just have to let go.

Love starts with a smile,
develops with a kiss
and ends with a tear.
Love comes to those who still hope
even though they've been disappointed,
to those who still believe
even though they've been betrayed,
need to love those who still love,
even though they've been hurt before.
It hurts to love someone,
and not to be loved in return
but what is most painful is to love someone
and never finds the courage
to let the person know how you feel.

The brightest future will always
be based on a forgotten past.
You can't go on well in life until you let go
of your past failures and heartaches.

Never say goodbye when you still want to try;
Never give up when you still feel you can take it;
Never say you don't love that person anymore
when you can't let go.

Giving someone all your love
is never an assurance that they'll love you back.
Don't expect love in return,
just wait for it to grow in their hearts
but if it doesn't,
be content it grew in yours.

There are things you love to hear
but you would never hear it from
the person whom you would like to hear it from,
but don't be deaf to hear it from the person
who says it with his heart.

When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life to the fullest so that when you die,
you're smiling and everyone around you is crying.
~Author Unknown~


LIVE A LOVING LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. I love hearing about the different places! I didn't get any farther than Johanesburg & Rustenburg. We visited a few churches. It was an apostolic conferance, of sorts, so I met people from all over Africa, but , of corse, I couldn't differenciate between their accents. I'm so sorry about the loss of your baby. May the Lord bless you & fulfill your heart's desire for children! The picture is of my GRAND-children! I'm 52. They are precious, but i don't think I could handle them full time at my age! (Maybe so, God knows.) The USA has more different kinds of landscapes & weather than anyone could imagine being in one country. I'm in a desert, maybe an hour or two from the West coast. It's hot!

Hi Michelle thanks for your comment. Yes our sunny South Africa, just the place God intended us to stay!Glad you are here hope you enjoy the fellowship and that you find a lot of new friends and grow in your relationship with Jesus!
Have a blessed weekend!