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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-02-07....Warm Fuzzy Wednesday
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Posted on 05/02/2007 5:32:14 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA



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Welcome to Warm Fuzzy Wednesday at the Finest. For those who start counting the days on Monday until the weekend, we're halfway there! So we're here to banish those doldrums and make you smile inside! Please feel free to post sweet graphics and/or little stories that make you feel all warm and fuzzy - or just come by and give us a smile. Only two more days 'til the weekend!









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To: GodBlessUSA

Good job,GeeBee..I think I’ll find a painter on reflection..LOL


101 posted on 05/02/2007 9:56:16 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: La Enchiladita

I’ll be begging for rain in August ..I like rain..I just don;t like the storms.


102 posted on 05/02/2007 9:58:45 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: La Enchiladita; MEG33; Kitty Mittens
Good Morning Ladies :)
How are you this morning? It's a beautiful day! Must garden later. I was up very early and the birds are out in numbers. There are so many Chickadees in the yard.

The motrin helped my painting aches and pains. Now I get to go shopping for bath accessories. ;) The fun part. :)

Have a wonderful day!
103 posted on 05/03/2007 4:42:51 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: GodBlessUSA

That is fun and you deserve the reward..Have a good shopping trip! More thunderstorms last night..quack!

Time to go feed the birds..My chickadees are back after a brief absence at the feeder. Love ‘em.


104 posted on 05/03/2007 4:57:38 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: GodBlessUSA; The Mayor; DollyCali; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; Billie; Allegra; ...
Wanna learn to quack?

Good Morning Everyone!

105 posted on 05/03/2007 6:12:42 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: MEG33

Aw this picture is adorable and I love your caption. :)


106 posted on 05/03/2007 6:14:56 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: MEG33
We had thunderstorms the other night.

Don't you just love those little Chickadees. They were so active this morning. I really hope a pair take a house. I saw interest but so far no takers.
107 posted on 05/03/2007 6:18:46 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: GodBlessUSA

I do..I have a pair just about year round.

108 posted on 05/03/2007 6:36:06 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mrs Mayor; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; ...

May 3, 2007

Bold Persistence

READ: Matthew 15:21-28

Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” —Matthew 15:28

In 1953, a fledgling business called Rocket Chemical Company and its staff of three set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry. It took them 40 attempts to perfect their formula. The original secret formula for WD-40—which stands for Water Displacement, 40th attempt—is still in use today. What a story of persistence!

The gospel of Matthew records another story of bold persistence. A Canaanite woman had a daughter who was possessed by a demon. She had no hope for her daughter—until she heard that Jesus was in the region.

This desperate woman came to Jesus with her need because she believed He could help her. She cried out to Him even though everything and everybody seemed to be against her—race, religious background, gender, the disciples, Satan, and seemingly even Jesus (Matt. 15:22-27). Despite all of these obstacles, she did not give up. With bold persistence, she pushed her way through the dark corridors of difficulty, desperate need, and rejection. The result? Jesus commended her for her faith and healed her daughter (v.28).

We too are invited to approach Jesus with bold persistence. As we keep asking, seeking, and knocking, we will find grace and mercy in our time of need

Something happens when we pray,
Take our place and therein stay,
Wrestle on till break of day;
Ever let us pray. —Anon.

Persistence in prayer pleases God.


109 posted on 05/03/2007 6:42:48 AM PDT by The Mayor (http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: The Mayor
It's a new day. Please join us for a JohnHuang2 "tell it like it is" essay HERE
110 posted on 05/03/2007 7:42:33 AM PDT by dutchess
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To: GodBlessUSA; Lady Jag; MEG33; La Enchiladita; Jack Deth; All
Thank you All for the Beautiful Graphics and Jack's Poem on Warm Fuzzy Wednesday! I Hope you are All having a Good Day.

Meg, we had Storms Here at the King's Ranch Last Night, and what an Awesome Dislay of the Power of our King, as the Lightning Flashed and the Thunder Boomed. Over at my Metroplex Abode, the Storm was Apparently Worse and Uprooted a Small Tree in the Yard. I'm Thankful it wasn't the Huge Cottonwood we have; it might Crush my Mobile Home Like a Tin Can if it was to Fall Across it.

It's Clouding Up Again Now, but the Birds are still Singing, and a Hummingbird Came and Looked into my Kitchen Windows a Few Minutes Ago, and it was Real Cute. Have a Blessed Day, my Finest FRiends!

111 posted on 05/03/2007 8:40:18 AM PDT by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!!)
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To: MEG33
Wanna REALLY learn to quack?

112 posted on 05/03/2007 9:00:47 AM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: La Enchiladita

Lost my computer connection last night or I would have posted another bird musical. Glad you liked the one.


113 posted on 05/03/2007 9:17:08 AM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: La Enchiladita

Your little bird looks mighty powerful to be so little! I’d love to know what it is....


114 posted on 05/03/2007 2:46:04 PM PDT by jaycee (Just looking for a tagline)
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To: jaycee

Some kinda bluebird with a long beak. It looks almost hummingbird like... *sigh* ... I just cannot identify it.


115 posted on 05/03/2007 3:04:55 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Have mercy on us, and grant us Your peace.)
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To: La Enchiladita; jaycee

That beak is for catching fish..It’s a Kingfisher..One of my of my most fun bird watching finds closeby. I kept hearing a loud strange almost rattling bird song..so I got my binoculars and went hunting..He was up on a high electric line in a green belt two houses down.

They normally are near rivers and lakes ..Our lake is near but not that near I thought .Mine was a Belted Kingfisher as I believe your picture depicts. A dramatic looking bird indeed...larger than a robin.


116 posted on 05/03/2007 3:52:18 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: Kitty Mittens

My son was in the swaying B of A building downtown Dallas when the big winds hit..Awesome, loud and kinda spooky he said. He was glad he was on the 11th floor and not the 70th!

They just had their car repaired from hail damage so he was making calls to California and waiting out the storm before heading home.

I saw lots of trees down in the Dallas area on TV..There are some down in surrounding areas here..but we got no high winds in my yard. I have never unplugged my computer so much..The Lord gave us a powerful light and sound show indeed! I had another today.


117 posted on 05/03/2007 4:06:36 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: MEG33; jaycee

Glad you stopped by to identify the little bird, Meg. I like knowing the proper name of the species, but I am nowhere near a proper “birder”...LOL. I know people who keep lifetime lists... you will know what I mean...:)

Kingfisher, it is!!


118 posted on 05/03/2007 4:32:44 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Have mercy on us, and grant us Your peace.)
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To: La Enchiladita

I know what you mean..I am not proper birder either but I love identifying the ones I see..I do keep a journal of sorts..I started making notes in my Peterson Guide about 1993 after I moved here and started feeding the birds on my patio..

It’s great diary to read when I start worrying about not seeing this or that bird anymore..I only note “new” things now but the old one helps me remember April and really early May are very sparce months of bird watching here at my feeder although they are out there singing their hearts out.

The internet helped me identify my mystery bird, the orange crowned warbler, this winter. Peterson described it perfectly but the pictures on the net confirmed it for me.


119 posted on 05/03/2007 5:01:48 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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