A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-30-05....Signs of Spring at the Finest

Mama_Bear

[The Mayor]

March 30, 2005

His Unseen Presence

Read:
John 14:19-28

He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. -John 14:21

Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 14-16

I feel uncomfortable at times with preachers who are always saying, "The Lord told me," as if they had just heard from God directly. They give the impression that we must believe that everything they say is true. After all, how can we argue with God.

In contrast, I have often been deeply moved when people in great sorrow or battling a grave illness have told me that the Lord had spoken to their heart and made Himself very real to them. I have come away with the sense that they truly did experience God's unseen presence.

G. K. Chesterton, trying to think of an analogy to what these believers feel, wrote: "Plato has told you a truth; but Plato is dead. Shakespeare has startled you with an image; but Shakespeare will startle you no more. But imagine what it would be to live with such men still living, to know that Plato may break out with an original lecture tomorrow, or that at any moment Shakespeare might shatter everything with a simple song."

Jesus is alive in every sense of the word and He is fully aware of each of us and our needs. As we live in obedience to Him, we can expect Him to keep His promise to manifest Himself to us (John 14:21). Then we can say with humility, "The Lord spoke to me." -Herb Vander Lugt

In the secret of His presence
How my soul delights to hide!
Oh, how precious are the lessons
Which I learn at Jesus' side! -Goreh

God speaks to those who are willing to hear Him.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
10 Reasons To Believe In The Christian Faith

[Aquamarine]

Springtime is the best time of the year!

Excellent job on the Opener and your "bearpaw" print welcome graphic is so cute.

April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. ~ William Shakespeare

[Aquamarine]

Thank you for the flowers ((((((LOUIE)))))) and the hug. It feels good to be appreciated.

[dutchess]

What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL thread. Simply stunning. And PERFECT for those of us in the midwest....it's actually FINALLY going to be in the 70's today with sunshine too!!!!!

P.S. Love your new military prayer too. It's very special. ((((lori))))) Sigh...now off to work.

[Temple Owl]

Good morning Mama and FReepers everywhere.

[StarCMC]

Good morning Mama Bear! I hope you'll not mind if I post this here!

 

 

Please welcome home

Marine Captain

Shannon Arnwine

Click here to post to a thread
that will be printed out and
delivered to his Nana.
 

 

[DollyCali]

I regularly each spring bring flowers(whole plants) from woods to my yard., Often from National Park which is a "no-no"..lEGALLY YOU CANT TAKE ANYTHING FROM PARK.. CUT FLOWERS, LEAVES IN FALL, WOOD, ROCKS - and the fines are VERY high if you are ticketed).... but I consider I am relocating flowers within the National Park (as my property is contiguous to the park) I am descrete.. put a bit in a back pack... don't walk out with buckets full & a shovel!

Do you know Jemain In Alabama? and Mozart Lover in Wisconsin? They are two FRiends on the ATRW daily thread.

Some of the early wildflowers I like(well there is a whole array, year round in the woodland, but the most in the spring that are well known)

Trillium

Dutchman Breeches

Jack in Pulpit

Phlox

Squirrel Corn

Blood root

May apple

[ST.LOUIE1]

I love chili ..
mine however is made with soy/crumbles..

Wolfie passes. LOL

Morning. Dolly. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

'S o.k. It was worth the wait!

Thank yooou! I'm also on a dial-up. : (

Good morning to the wolfie of St. Louie.

Good morning, missy Lakeside! Hope yours is a beautiful day! : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, Mayor!

Words to live by, for sure. : )

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

KARSHI-KHANABAD AIR BASE, Uzbekistan -- Security forces ride in Humvees to conduct mounted and dismounted foot patrols through local villages. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)

U.S.S. George H.W. Bush:
050308-N-0000X-002 Newport News, Va. (Mar. 8, 2005) – The 700-ton bow unit, the final keel section of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), is lowered into place in the dry dock at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. George H. W. Bush is being built using modular construction, a process where smaller sections of the ship below the waterline are lowered into place in dry dock. George H. W. Bush is the second carrier to have the new bulbous bow design that provides more buoyancy to the forward end of he ship and improves hull efficiency. George H. W. Bush is the tenth and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and her christening will occur in 2006 with delivery to the U.S. Navy in 2008. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News (RELEASED)

050323-N-7945K-116 Atlantic Ocean (Mar. 23, 2005) - An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to the “Argonauts” of Marine Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Two (VMX-22), prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4). Nassau worked with the Osprey tiltroters for the first time during a weeklong underway period. The Air Department aboard Nassau spent a month preparing for the evolution by sending personnel to Chambers Field, Norfolk, Va., to view the MV-22 Osprey during flight operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Andrew King (RRELEASED)

050326-N-7526R-009 South China Sea (Mar. 26, 2005) - Marines assigned to 2nd Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) Company, 3rd Platoon, fire their 9mm pistols at targets during a live fire small-arms familiarization exercise on the flight deck aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). In this portion of training, Marines could only use one arm to draw their weapon, shoot and reload, simulating a situation that might arise in combat. Blue Ridge, the Seventh Fleet command ship, is permanently forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Apprentice Marc Rockwell-Pate (RELEASED)

[ST.LOUIE1]

Thank you for the flowers ((((((LOUIE)))))) and the hug.

Wolfie loves huggin' pretty wimmen, which you are one. : )

It feels good to be appreciated.

You're welcome, doll. I think we sometimes forget how hard my.....er...'our' Finest Babes work to put together beautiful threads and/or even funny ones to please us.

You're all special and have special talents.

(((((((((Aqua))))))))))

[The Mayor]

Hi Louie..

[LadyX]

Your motion to express appreciation for Mama_Bear's
(always) OUTSTANDING presentation is hereby thirded!!

The flowers and verses and background colors are
so lovely, and the list of our current military loved ones
is easier to read with the lighter background.

Yes, indeed - our world would not be so
wonderfully bright were it not for The Finest!!

[lonestar]

I love Spring. My favorite thing about Spring is...

KITES!

Weinie

[MEG33]

"God speaks to those who are willing to hear Him."

Thank you, Mayor.

[MEG33]

Oh, Dolly..What a beautiful sight!..I LOVE this thread!

[MEG33]

Amen! Good spring morning, Lady X.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Yes, indeed - our world would not be so wonderfully bright were it not for The Finest!!

AMEN!

Morning, darlin' ((((((((Exie)))))))))

[LadyX]

""A young man's fancy"..... are you busy this evening? : )"

Hmmmmm -- refuse to be jealous about that, however,
since you did agree to let me in on your Final Four Party!
As an avid ACC basketball fan since going to live in North Carolina in 1974,
you can bet I'll be rooting for North Carolina --