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[Aquamarine]

Welcome to the Finest!

He's back!! After being on leave for a few weeks JohnHuang2 returns with an insightful and hilarious essay!

[Aquamarine]

Looks like we're the only ones still up.
Have had a slow connection all day and night so I might as well go too.

Good luck with the fundraising!

[Diver Dave]

Dean's record in Vermont is so well hidden, even Hans Blix wouldn't find it. (Not even with both Hans!)

LOL. That one's a keeper for sure.

Great layout, Aqua. You're gettin' really good at this. It'll certainly carry a lot of weight going into salary negotiations with Billie.

Welcome back, JH2. I've been in a funk - now I know why. No "two cents" for two weeks.

[JohnHuang2]

Absolutely, ASTOUNDINGLY EXCELLENT LAYOUT JOB, Aqua! Bravo! Bravo! Week after week, you keep out-doing yourself ;-)

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, good buddy -- and Happy New Year! :-)

[Libertina]

Thanks you two!
Have a wonderful day FR's Finest! :)

[Jumper]

Bump!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Thursday !

[The Mayor]

By faith [Abraham] dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country. —Hebrews 11:9

The more you look forward to heaven, the less you'll desire of earth.

[GailA]

Great piece John

[The Mayor]

January 8, 2004

Our Home Is Ahead

Read: Hebrews 11:8-10

By faith [Abraham] dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country. —Hebrews 11:9

Bible In One Year: Genesis 20-22; Matthew 6:19-34

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Now that I'm getting closer to the end of life's journey, I'm thinking more like a transient. I suppose it's natural. Abraham first described himself as "a foreigner and a visitor" when he was buying a burial plot for Sarah (Genesis 23:4). Time and death make you think about such things.

Most elderly believers say the same thing: There's no home for us this side of heaven. Like Pilgrim in Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, once we've caught sight of the Celestial City we can never be content with anything less. Like Abraham, we look for a city whose builder is God (Hebrews 11:10).

In Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, as Frodo and the other hobbits set out on their great adventure, they sing, "Home is behind, the world ahead." But for Christians, it's the other way around: The world is behind; our home is ahead.

There are no valleys of weeping there, for "God will wipe away every tear from [our] eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away" (Revelation 21:4). That promise makes the present journey easier to endure.

Put another way, it's the hope of going home that keeps me going. I can hardly wait to get there! —David Roper

I have a home in heaven above,
From sin and sorrow free,
A mansion which eternal love
Designed and formed for me. —Bennett

The more you look forward to heaven, the less you'll desire of earth.

[MEG33]

You teamed up for a home run!Those Dems do provide material.Great layout,Aqua.Thank you,John,I've missed your 2 cents!

[MEG33]

Good Morning to the Finest!Have a great day.

[nicmarlo]

.......good morning all the bodies!

[The Mayor]

The Democrat attacks are taking a devastating toll. On Democrats.

That is true everywhere but WNY, Dean is leading here, sad, how very sad....

Excellent job to you both!!!!

[OESY]

The next time you hear a politician use the words "billion" casually, think about whether you want that politician spending your tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases:

* A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
* A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
* A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
* A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.

The Democrats are complaining on how long the war is taking but consider this:

* It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.

* It took less time to find Saddam's sons in Iraq than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.

* It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Teddy Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sunk at Chappaquiddick.

* It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida.

Our military is GREAT!

[FreeTheHostages]

[MeekOneGOP]

(Most of these gaffes occur during unsupervised visits with reporters, away from his handlers, who should know better. At least John Hinckley Jr. got a court ruling for his).

LOL !