A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-03,04,05-04...T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world.

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay or a profile of another FReeper.

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We're having fun and hope you are!
~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dutchess, Dansangel, Aquamarine ~

Bush - Cheney 04

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dutchess, Dansangel, Aquamarine ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


11-29-04 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

11-30 & 12-01-04 ~ It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
By Billie

12-02-04 ~ Oh, how I love this story!
By JohnHuang2
Presented by dansangel

Have a wonderful weekend!

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

Thanks, Mixer!

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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

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at
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[Mama_Bear]

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning and happy TGIF. I am posting the Friday thread for Billie so she can enjoy a much deserved weekend off. I have company coming, so I won't be around much either, but I'm opening the doors and starting the coffee for you all. Have a great weekend, friends!

[Mama_Bear]

:-)

[Mama_Bear]

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Mama.

[Pippin]

Hi, (((Lori)))!

had to get here through yesterday's thread. I didn't have this thread on my comments page.

[Pippin]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN!!!!!!

:o)

[The Mayor]

December 3, 2004

Looking For God?

Read: Matthew 21:28-32

Tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. —Matthew 21:31

Bible In One Year: Ezekiel 45-46; 1 John 2

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My wife and I were having dinner with another couple at a fishing lodge in Montana. It was interrupted when a fellow fisherman in a drunken rant began to regale us with tales of the houses of ill-repute he had visited.

Though his comments were crass and offensive, I caught a note of pathos in his voice and thought of something G. K. Chesterton had said: "Even when men knock on the door of a brothel they're looking for God."

Chesterton was right. Many desires are evidence of a deeper hunger for God. This man, who seemed so far from God, was closer than he realized.

Every man knows he was made for lofty pursuits, yet he easily wanders into paths that demean and debase him. He becomes less manly than he ought to be, and he knows it. There's a nagging feeling that he ought to be something more. Some cover it up with self-righteousness, as the Pharisees did, or else they ignore it. Others know they have lost their way. That elusive feeling, when followed up, may bring them to God.

"Tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you," Jesus told the Pharisees (Matthew 21:31). That's why I think the drunken fisherman is much more likely to repent than the Pharisees were. —David Roper

Our heart is made for God alone,
For only He can satisfy;
But oh how much we yearn for things
That in the end are but a lie. —D. DeHaan

Within each one of us there is a God-shaped vacuum that only God can fill. —Pascal

[GailA]

Good morning FInest.

[firewalk]

Good morning

[firewalk]

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday

[Molly Pitcher]

Good morning MB, everyone!

Happy, happy Birthday Nan!!

[Molly Pitcher]

[Donaeus]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN!!!! Hope you have a wonderful birthday and make many memories with your dear family.

[deadhead]

Good Morning All :-)

Happy Birthday Nan

[dansangel]

Have a Happy Birthday (((((Nan))))))
- and Many More!
dansy and .45MAN

[WVNan]

Okay.......somebody (Mama always said she was a blabbermouth) spilled the beans.

THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GREETING LORI.

[WVNan]

Thank you (((((((Pippin)))))))). I was born in 1933. I'll let you do the math. Have a nice day.

[WVNan]

THANK YOU BIS.

[WVNan]

Thank you Molly. Wish I could see you to get a big ((((((Molly)))))).