A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-30-03....Hall of Fame #6

Billie

[Billie]

Thank you to all our Hall of Famers and to all of you who have become part of our Finest Family ... as regular contributors and supporters who drop in every day to say hello and give a 'pat on the back' to the "Freeper of the Day" and the hostesses.  We wouldn't be here without you. : )

We're into our second year now, and we're still having fun. We hope you are. As promised, for your information and perusal, here is our sixth "Hall of Fame" - a list of all those who've held center stage ... from Monday, June 24, 2002 through Monday, December 29, 2003.

"Getting to Know You"

Previous Hall of Fame Threads

09-23-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #1
12-31-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #2
03-24-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #3
06-25-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #4
09-30-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #5

October 2003

10-01-03 ................................................MUSCLE CAR MANIA!
10-02-03 ....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
10-03-03 ....................NEW MEXICO, LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
10-06-03 .....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
10-07-03 .................................NEW YORK FREEPER PIZZA-AZZ
10-08-03 .......................................THE BEST IS YET TO COME
10-09-03 ....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
10-10-03 .....................HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION
10-13-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
10-14-03 ...........................RELAX, YOU'RE IN GEORGIA NOW
10-15-03 .....................................................JUNK MAIL BLUES
10-16-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
10-17-03 ....LOUISIANA, COME AS YOU ARE, LEAVE DIFFERENT
10-20-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
10-21-03 .................THE BEST DEFENSE..GOD LUVS AMERICA
10-22-03 .........................MICHIGAN - A WATER WONDERLAND
10-23-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
10-24-03...................................................PIPPIN'S FANTASIES
10-27-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
10-28-03 .................GOD BLESS THE USA - LIFT EVERY VOICE
10-29-03 ..............................IS SPOOKBRAT REALLY SPOOKY?
10-30-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
10-31-03 ...................HALLOWEEN - VERY SCARY DEMOCRATS

November 2003

11-03-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
11-04-03 .....SOUTH DAKOTA ~ GREAT FACES, GREAT PLACES
11-05-03 .................FREEPETS - CALPERNIA'S KITIES & MORE
11-06-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
11-07-03 .......................................................MEET THE MAYOR
11-10-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
11-11-03 ..................................A TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS
11-12-03 .............................SAPELO ISLAND, GA LIGHTHOUSE
11-13-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
11-14-03 .............................CALIFORNIA, THE GOLDEN STATE
11-17-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
11-18-03 .......................CHIEF DISRUPTER CHAD FAIRBANKS
11-19-03 ...................................A VISIT TO RAINBOW BRIDGE
11-20-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
11-21-03 .......................................MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE
11-24-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
11-25-03 ...............................COUNTDOWN TO THE HOLIDAYS
11-26-03 .....................................JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE
11-27 THRU 11-30-03 .........................................THANKSGIVING

December 2003

12-01-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
12-02-03 .......................HOLIDAY CONTEST - RUMSFELD DOLL
12-03-03 ...............................I LOVE LUCY (DEADHEAD'S PET)
12-04-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
12-05-03 .................................NAME THAT (FREEPER) SANTA!
12-08-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
12-09-03 .................................................OH CHRISTMAS TREE
12-10-03 .................DONAEUS - THE EXCLUSIVE INQUISITION
12-11-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
12-12-03 .....................................A BRACEBRIDGE CHRISTMAS
12-15-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
12-16-03 ................................................SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP
12-17-03..GILLIGAN, A SPLASH OF..WHATEVER! (FLYER'S PET)
12-18-03 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
12-19-03 ...................A CHRISTMAS CONTEST (PLAY SANTA)
12-22-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
12-23-03 ....................................FINEST'S CHRISTMAS MUSIC
12-24 THRU 12-26-03........CHRISTMAS EVE, MERRY CHRISTMAS
12-29-03 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY

We're Here Because of You.

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 12-30-03 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

Click on the photo to view the album. To
submit your photo, please contact danbh59@yahoo.com
and include Freeper Photo Album in subject line.

[Billie]

[Billie]

Thank you for a year and a half of Friendship and Fun.

[The Mayor]

His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. —Revelation 22:3-4

Those who love and serve God on earth will feel at home in heaven.

[The Mayor]

What a GREAT message today, I even changed my tagline..
Have a good day I'm running out the door....Thread looks beautiful Billie!

December 30, 2003

What Will We Do In Heaven?

Read: Revelation 22:1-5

His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. —Revelation 22:3-4

Bible In One Year: Revelation 16-18

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I'm sometimes asked what we'll do in heaven. Will we sit on clouds and strum celestial harps? Will we flit about on gossamer wings? In his vision, John the apostle saw three future heavenly activities.

The first one is serving (Revelation 22:3). Perhaps we'll explore an unknown corner of the universe, or, as C. S. Lewis suggests, govern a distant star. Whatever that service may entail, there will be no sense of inadequacy, no weakness, no weariness. In heaven we'll have minds and bodies equal to the task to which we're assigned.

The second activity is seeing: We "shall see His face" (v.4). "Now we see in a mirror, dimly" (1 Corinthians 13:12), but in heaven we shall see our Savior face to face, and we "shall be like Him" (1 John 3:2). This is what Revelation 22:4 means when it says, "His name shall be on their foreheads." The name of God represents His perfect character, so to bear His name means to be like Him. In heaven we will never again struggle with sin but will reflect the beauty of His holiness forever.

Finally, there is reigning. We shall serve our King by ruling and reigning with Him "forever and ever" (v.5).

What will we do in heaven? We'll serve God, see our Savior, and reign with Him forever. We'll be busy! —David Roper

In heaven we'll see our Savior
And like Him we will be;
We'll praise Him and we'll serve Him
For all eternity! —Fitzhugh

Those who love and serve God on earth will feel at home in heaven.

[Billie]

Good morning, Rus. It's a beautiful thing we've built here; each one who comes back again and again is the glue that holds our little place together.

[The Raven]

Mornin' Billie. (I was cleaning up my bookmarks and came across this

[Billie]

LOL! Hi, Raven - I checked it - don't know what happened to the "Spinning" and "Head in Sand" awards! I must have moved them somewhere else. Thanks for the Memories! :)

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Billie.

[The Raven]

I was checking out the screen names...most are still here.

[Billie]

Morning, Aeronaut. Hope that you are back up to 100%!

[Aeronaut]

Hope that you are back up to 100%!

Thanks, I can answer that in the affirmative.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Tuesday ! Happy Eve of New Years Eve !

[FreeTheHostages]

[FreeTheHostages]

My reverend says that words like "serve" -- when you go back to the original language, they are more celebratory, along the lines of "praise" and "worship." He says that we will feel a wonderful joy of knowing the Truth and of praising our Savior, and that it is beyond our knowledge and means to understand the nature of the experience exactly.

[Texagirl4W]

Oh, Billie. It's so nice to have this post everyday to linger through. I come back several times every day to see all the new little funnies/pretties. One day I'll slow down long enough to learn how to do this. I'm still playing catchup from the time I was out for back surgery this year. You all have a very Happy New Year.

[FreeTheHostages]

And Happy New Year to you!

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, Billie and The Finest!!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day.
Thank you for today's thread, Billie Blue!!

[FreeTheHostages]

My year end statistics here at FR are summarized on the top of the manage profile page. FR tells me: "You've posted a total of 40 threads and 9,651 replies."

So says the Free Republic statistics. Over half of the threads have been Freeper's Finest threads.

A good piece of work. Here's to reply number 9,652. I can stop any time. Really.

[Temple Owl]

Good morning all of you fine FReepers. Have a wonderful rest of the year and, of course, all of the new one.

[Billie]

I was checking out the screen names...most are still here.

Shhhhhh, there are those who don't want to hear that. They like to think that FReepers are jumping ship right and left. :)

[Billie]

I'm happy to hear that!

[Billie]

Good morning, Meekie. :)

[Billie]

Hi, Freezie - thanks for your mail - so glad your Christmas was a good one! Happy quilting now!

[Billie]

Good morning! The Hall of Fame threads are good bookmarks, and each new one can replace the old one, because it's all there. :) For kicks, you should go back to the early threads and see how we've changed. :)

Hope your back surgery was a complete success and you're doing great now.

[Billie]

Oh my goodness! That is a beautiful bright bluebird! Thank you, Amy, and you have mail. :)

[Billie]

YIKES! I never looked at my 'statistics'! But I just did!

"You've posted a total of 414 threads and 27,869 replies."

[Billie]

Hi, Temple! You have a wonderful rest-of-this-year and all of next year, too!!!

[FreeTheHostages]

And a Happy New Year to you, Temple Owl!

[FreeTheHostages]

Wow, 414 threads!! Wow . . . . Billie, I think since the address for this thread includes the number 1048624 that there may be a million threads that have been posted here on FR altogether . . .

[JustAmy]

Got it ....... Thank you!!

[Texagirl4W]

I'll check out The Hall of Fame threads. My back surgery is progressing as it should. I am back at work and feeling well, thank you. The biggest disappointment about this is that I couldn't go home for Christmas. Couldn't sit in a car for 8 - 10 hours and couldn't handle luggage at the airport. But that's OK. There is always next year. lol

[The Thin Man]

Billie, I think you better scroll up and click on the link for 10-10-03. 

[dutchess]

Hi Billie. Stopping in for a quick hello. My last working day in 2003 so I am attempting to make it a productive one!

I just love the Hall of Fame threads...it's fun when there is time to sit back with a good cup of coffee and "graze" through them all.

Have a great day sistahs and Finest friends!

[Billie]

Darn! Any others?! This whole opening post is virtually ALL active links - my very least favorite thing to type. :( At least I know you're still checking for errors. You missed a very prominent one though! How about the date in the link for yesterday's thread. LOL!

I'm sorry, Dave. :( Of course, all the threads can be checked back and forth from one day to the next, so hopefully anyone would be able to find that one. (And it was such a good thread!) How I Spent My Summer Vacation

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, temp! : )

[Aeronaut]

Do you cut back in the winter season on flying?

Hi Kathy. Most of the people we fly get quite inactive near the holidays. Also, we are a bit more subject to weather cancellation.

Here's a cool pic I found on Powerline.

[Aeronaut]

Sorry Dutchess, somehow I got the previous one on the wrong thread. Duh!

[Mo1]

Good Afternoon Billie .. what a nice trip down memory lane .. thank you all for the hard work on these threads

[knighthawk]

Hi!

[Billie]

It only 'seems' like a million right here! LOL!

[Billie]

The biggest disappointment about this is that I couldn't go home for Christmas. Couldn't sit in a car for 8 - 10 hours and couldn't handle luggage at the airport. But that's OK. There is always next year. lol

Then NEXT year is going to be your best Christmas yet. :)

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' FR's Finest...

'Tis a GREAT gathering place you've put together, Billie. Lots of FRiendships established here. Joy, laughter, teasing, sadness and tears. Inspirational contributions and music to uplift and soothe. Yep, a great place.

Atta Girl, Billie!!!

[Diver Dave]

Don't tell Dave.

[Billie]

Morning, dear dutchess. I keep all of these H of F threads 'stored' in a folder in My Documents for easy access. I do hope the Summer Vacation link is the only one I messed up. :(

[The Thin Man]

You missed a very prominent one though! How about the date in the link for yesterday's thread. LOL!

What's wrong with the date? It looks fine to me. LOL!

One of us is losing our mind, and I hope it's not me. :-)

[Billie]

Thanks, Mo - they serve two purposes actually. LOL! (The lesser known purpose is that it's one less 'idea' to come up with for a topic!)

[Billie]

Hi! Are you getting ready for a big New Year's Eve party? :)

[Billie]

'Tis a GREAT gathering place you've put together, Billie. Lots of FRiendships established here. Joy, laughter, teasing, sadness and tears. Inspirational contributions and music to uplift and soothe. Yep, a great place.

Thanks for the AttaGirl Award, Dave! (I see you visited Raven's link) :) It has been a good 18 months, and with the new year on our heels, we already have a few nice surprises for 2004. :)

[knighthawk]

I won't party, just visiting some friends.

[The Thin Man]

Don't tell Dave.

I won't. I'm sure it would devastate him if he knew. :-)