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November 2007 Blog Posts (6)

New in the Community

Hello, I am new to this community, not new as a Christian but believe I have a lot of room to grow in my faith as I continue to seek Him and find His will for me in my life. As I slowly creep along these pages, I will become familiar with everything so I hope you all will have patience with me. I finally figured out how to put my picture on my profile, had to do a lot of searching around before I realized the instructions were practically under my nose! I promise to update with a better photo… Continue

Added by Mary on November 29, 2007 at 9:02pm — No Comments

Five (5) lessons about the way we treat people.

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one:

'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?'

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?

I handed in my paper,… Continue

Added by SquirrelWolfs on November 29, 2007 at 10:01am — 6 Comments

The Net

At dawn the disciples saw Jesus standing on the beach, but they couldn't see who he was. He called out, "Friends, have you caught any fish?"

"No," they replied.

Then he said, "Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you'll get plenty of fish!" So they did, and they couldn't draw in the net because there were so many fish in it.

John 21:4-6, NLT

This story in the book of John is a powerful and wonderful picture illustrative…

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Added by AAG Netguy on November 21, 2007 at 12:26pm — 7 Comments

The Blessing Of Thorns

Sandra felt as low as the heels of her shoes as she pushed against a November gust and the florist shop door. Her life had been easy, like a spring breeze. Then in the fourth month of her second pregnancy, a minor automobile accident stole her ease.

During this Thanksgiving week she would have delivered a son.She grieved over her loss. As if that weren't enough, her husband's company threatened a transfer. Then her sister, whose annual holiday…

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Added by SquirrelWolfs on November 21, 2007 at 6:06am — 3 Comments

One in a million odds for this one!

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Added by SquirrelWolfs on November 21, 2007 at 6:05am — 2 Comments

Cherokee Legend

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage?

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone.

He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it.He cannot cry out for help to anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.He cannot tell the other boys of this experience because each lad must come into…

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Added by SquirrelWolfs on November 12, 2007 at 12:32pm — No Comments