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To: All; JustAmy; Billie; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; LUV W; MEG33; La Enchiladita; jaycee; Kitty Mittens; ...

Wishing you all a good day! :)
1,071 posted on 03/10/2009 5:29:45 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless Our Military Heroes! ) ((Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them))
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March 10, 2009
For The Birds
You shall not covet . . . anything that is your neighbor’s. —Exodus 20:17

The bird feeder attached to my office window is just beyond the reach of the squirrels. But one squirrel has made it his mission to get the seeds meant for the birds. Having seen his tiny neighbors nibbling noisily from the abundant supply, the squirrel is fixated on enjoying the same pleasure. He has tried coming at the feeder from every direction but without success. He clawed his way up the wooden window casing to within inches of the feeder but slid down the slippery glass. He climbed the thin branches of the forsythia bush. Then he reached so far that he fell to the ground.

The squirrel’s tireless attempts to get what isn’t meant to be his calls to mind a man and woman who reached for food that wasn’t meant to be theirs. They too suffered a fall—a fall so severe that it hurt the whole human race. Because they were disobedient and helped themselves to food that God told them not to eat, He put them where they could no longer reach it. As a result of their disobedience, they and their descendants must now work hard to get what He originally had given as a gift—food (see Gen. 2–3).

May our desire to have what God has kept from us not keep us from enjoying what He has given to us (Heb. 13:5).

Thinking It Through
What (or who) am I looking to for happiness?
Is this wise? Or do I need to make some changes?
How may I be content? (Heb. 13:5).

Godliness with contentment is great gain. —1 Timothy 6:6


Bible in One Year: Deuteronomy 11-13; Mark 12:1-27


1,072 posted on 03/10/2009 5:33:33 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: GodBlessUSA

Good Morning, GeeBee!
Wishing you a very good day!
Sweet little bird (a wren, I think?)


1,075 posted on 03/10/2009 6:10:05 AM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. ")
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To: GodBlessUSA

Good Morning. I love the porch...and the sweet bird.
Polly


1,085 posted on 03/10/2009 7:32:33 AM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: GodBlessUSA

PS Precious wren..I have had one here more than usual..He even ate from the tube feeder.


1,097 posted on 03/10/2009 8:48:28 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: GodBlessUSA

What a sweet picture!! Thank you, Gee Bee!


1,101 posted on 03/10/2009 10:33:18 AM PDT by yorkie
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To: GodBlessUSA

Your picture of the bird (don’t know what kind it is) outside the sunroom/porch is so pretty, GeeBee. How I’d love to have a porch like that!


1,142 posted on 03/10/2009 3:36:14 PM PDT by Billie
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To: GodBlessUSA

Awww! that bird on a fence post and the greeting are a dear sight,from You,always is/are dear!!


1,284 posted on 03/12/2009 9:05:10 AM PDT by Majie Purple (~Scraps and crumbs,no thanks, please pass me the meat and lumpy mashed potatoes!!!~)
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