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!
had to get here through yesterday's thread. I didn't have this thread on my comments page.
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
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
Happy, happy Birthday Nan!!
Mornin' Lori, JK. Beautiful Pledge graphic today.
Good morning, Mama_Bear ... thank you for hanging out the shingle today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WVNAN!!!!!!!!!!!
My Friday has started out crisp and beautiful ... and lazy ... gonna be a Finest kinda day.
Wishing all my FRiends and neighbors a wonderful weekend ... )
MWD. Not the same as WMD, but you'll think he is if he bites you on the butt...
041201-N-5821P-011 Yokosuka, Japan (Dec. 1, 2004) - Master-at-Arms 1st Class Steven Richards of Camp Lejeune, N.C., excites Jack “President”, a Military Working Dog (MWD) assigned to Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, prior to unleashing during a bite exercise. While each MWD is trained for patrol work, some specialize in specific tasking which may include explosion or drug location. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jason T. Poplin (RELEASED)
041201-N-5821P-019 Yokosuka, Japan (Dec. 1, 2004) - Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Linell Tarver of Montgomery, Ala., braces for impact from Jack “President”, a Military Working Dog (MWD) assigned to Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, during a bite exercise. While each MWD is trained for patrol work, some specialize in specific tasking which may include explosion or drug location. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Jason T. Poplin (RELEASED)
041201-N-0874H-047 Jacksonville, Fla. (Dec. 1, 2004) - Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Jeremy Miller of Charleston, S.C., controls the rescue hoist aboard an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the “Dragonslayers” of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eleven (HS-11), during a search and rescue training mission off the coast of Jacksonville beach, Fla. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Charles Hill (RELEASED)
I hope you had a great day with people you love!