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2 posted on 04/13/2004 12:27:29 AM PDT by Mama_Bear (Lori)

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3 posted on 04/13/2004 12:38:39 AM PDT by Mama_Bear (Lori)

To: Mama_Bear; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; Aquamarine; The Mayor; SpookBrat; LadyX; nicmarlo; ...

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Tuesday !

5 posted on 04/13/2004 2:27:44 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Become a monthly donor on FR. No amount is too small and monthly giving is the way to go !)

7 posted on 04/13/2004 2:39:12 AM PDT by Aeronaut (If we are not 'one nation under God,' what are we?)

To: ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; Mama_Bear; FreeTheHostages; .45MAN; Aeronaut; ..

If you seek Him, He will be found by you. —1 Chronicles 28:9

Lord, I am seeking You with all my heart,
With all my soul and all my mind;
For wondrous blessings You alone impart
In seeking I will surely find.

To find God, we must be willing to seek Him.

10 posted on 04/13/2004 5:53:24 AM PDT by The Mayor (Death separates us for a time; Christ will reunite us forever.)

To: ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; Mama_Bear; FreeTheHostages; .45MAN; Aeronaut; ..

April 13, 2004

Finding God

Read: 1 Chronicles 28:1-10

If you seek Him, He will be found by you. —1 Chronicles 28:9.

Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 22-24; Luke 12:1-31

Tourists rarely take great photographs. They seldom make the effort to be at the right spot at the right time to get the right angle of light in the right weather conditions. To capture beautiful outdoor pictures, professional photographers are careful to view the scene from different angles, during different seasons, and at different times of day.

This makes me wonder if the reason some people don't have a clear picture of the beauty and glory of God is that they make snap judgments. They come to wrong conclusions about God based on a bad church experience, or an encounter with someone who claims to be a Christian but isn't living like one. They misjudge what the Lord is like and turn away from Him, feeling disillusioned.

The pursuit of God involves more than casual observation. King David told his son Solomon, "If you seek Him, He will be found by you" (1 Chronicles 28:9). The psalmist said, "Blessed are those who . . . seek Him with the whole heart!" (Psalm 119:2). And the author of Hebrews wrote that God rewards "those who diligently seek Him" (11:6).

To see and know God in all His fullness and glory, we can't approach Him like tourists. We need to seek Him at all times, with all our heart. —Julie Ackerman Link

Lord, I am seeking You with all my heart,
With all my soul and all my mind;
For wondrous blessings You alone impart—
In seeking I will surely find. —Hess

To find God, we must be willing to seek Him.

11 posted on 04/13/2004 5:54:52 AM PDT by The Mayor (Death separates us for a time; Christ will reunite us forever.)

To: Mama_Bear; All

Good morning, all. Love the post of Mississippi.

Well, vacation is over today. I'll be going back to Dallas this afternoon. I'll have to do some catching up on the post as I've not had a chance to read them all everyday.

Have a good Tuesday, everyone.

28 posted on 04/13/2004 7:31:23 AM PDT by Texagirl4W (Only when we have knelt before God, can we stand before man. -Anonymous)

WOW!

Great thread, fuzzy! And beautiful....like *you*. : )

31 posted on 04/13/2004 7:44:21 AM PDT by ST.LOUIE1

To: Mama_Bear; ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; FreeTheHostages; .45MAN; Aeronaut; Aquamarine

It's still morning, so good morning to all.

40 posted on 04/13/2004 8:49:18 AM PDT by Temple Owl

To: Mama_Bear; MeekOneGOP; SpookBrat; LadyX; Billie; Pippin; Aquamarine; deadhead; Lakeside; ...

Ah declare Dahlin', look at all those Georgous Mahgnolias! I just can't wait until June for our family vacation, we're supposed to go to Louisiana but after this how can we miss Mississippi? I'll have to mention it to my Mother tonight.

Mmm, I can taste those shrimps...shrimp po boys, shrimp kebobs, fried shrimp, boiled shrimp, lemon shrimp, shrimp gumbo, shrimp etoufee, shrimp jambalaya, shrimp cocktail, grilled shrimp, coconut shrimp, barbeque shrimp...that's about all I know about shrimp. Had to put in a lil sumpthin' for our best good friend Bubba of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. :) I had coconut shrimp for dinner last night but I might just have to have some more.

Everyone have a wonderful rest of the day.

Lakeside--you and your sons are added to my prayers. God bless and thank you for their service.

77 posted on 04/13/2004 12:40:13 PM PDT by Donaeus ( Change the world, not en mass, but by planting freedom in one heart/mind at a time.)

To: Mama_Bear; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; Aquamarine; All

Afternoon to the Finest and all the shrimp boats at sea (Gulf).

Great presentation MB. Traveled through Mississippi at very young age on the way to Grandma's House in neighboring Alabama.

You ladies are lookin' mighty gracious in those dresses. Does this mean there's gonna be a formal dance tonight?

88 posted on 04/13/2004 2:02:19 PM PDT by Diver Dave

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Wonderful Thread, Lori. Thank you.

Should have posted on Louisiana.

107 posted on 04/13/2004 4:53:56 PM PDT by JustAmy (God Bless our Troops! God Bless President Bush! God Bless America!!!)

To: Billie; dutchess; dansangel; Aquamarine; The Mayor; Aeronaut; MeekOneGOP; WVNan; Pippin; JustAmy; ..

Since I have pinged you all here to say good night, be sure not to miss the The Mississippi Squirrel Revival that WVNan posted.

Good night, all.

164 posted on 04/13/2004 8:29:18 PM PDT by Mama_Bear (Lori)

To: Mama_Bear; yall

This is such a wonderful thread,
I have bookmarked it.
Thank you Mama_Bear.
And thanks to everyone else's contributions.
They're all grand.

169 posted on 04/13/2004 8:48:14 PM PDT by onyx (Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)

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