A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-05-06....Deck the Halls, Ya'll

December 5, 2006 | Billie

[Billie]

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

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It's that time of year again when if you haven't already done your tree and decorated your house, you're at least thinking about it. I love to visit Christmas stores and Open Houses, and browse through magazines to get ideas, even if it's only to buy new ribbons and change the way they're swagged on the tree.

Wanted to share some pictures I've saved through the years, and though my own home has a traditional decor, if I ever had a more rustic home to decorate, I would want to do it just like the following photos!

       

The border for my post today is a picture of the Christmas tree in our living room, using a plug-in filter to make it tile seamlessly as a background. If only decorating the tree and the house were as easy!

  Happy Decorating!

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[Billie]

[Billie]

[Billie]

Way past my bedtime - will be back in the morning!

[MEG33]

Sitting in openmouthed awe looking at your beautiful thread. I thank you for sharing your talent and the beauty it brings here.

[Diver Dave]

The border for my post today is a picture of the Christmas tree in our living room, using a plug-in filter to make it tile seamlessly as a background. If only decorating the tree and the house were as easy!

Don't un-plug the filter!

I have no idea what yer talkin' about (filters and tile) but it sure is purty.

[SheLion]

What a beautiful thread.  And the artwork is gorgeous!!!

Thanks, Billie!

[MEG33]

~Happy Decorating Time To The Finest!~

[The Mayor]

December 5, 2006

Righteousness Endures Forever

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READ: Psalm 112:4-9

His righteousness endures forever. —Psalm 112:9

A good deal of our unhappiness as we grow older is caused by our pining for the “good old days”—those times when we enjoyed health, wealth, position, or power. But the things of this world don’t last. They are vacillating, changeable, capricious. In time, they may be taken away from us and replaced with poverty, isolation, weakness, and pain.

When we realize that this world and everything in it is unstable and unpredictable, we are left longing for something that lasts. What is left?

The psalmist wrote, “[God’s] righteousness endures forever” (112:9). It is untouched and unharmed by time and circumstances. Nothing that happens in this world can take it away. It endures when life has stripped us of every other possession.

This righteousness is ours as we draw near to God through faith in Jesus Christ (see Rom. 1:17; 3:21-26). He is our rock and our salvation and the only source of true and lasting happiness. Psalm 112:1 says, “Blessed [happy] is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in His commandments.”

Delight in the Lord and in His Word, and you’ll find true happiness. He alone offers a righteousness that endures for all eternity. —David H. Roper

I love Your truth, O Lord,
The Word which You have given;
Its precepts shall my soul delight
On earth as well as heaven.  —Bosch

Happiness is ours when we delight in the Lord.

Bible in One Year:   Daniel 1-2; 1 John 4

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Billie
Wow! Magnificent! If only my backgrounds were as easy as decorating the tree ;) I wish I could see your house. I know it looks gorgeous! :)

[GailA]

Good morning every one.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good Morning Billie.

Beautiful thread.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

[The Mayor]

Hi Gail, good to see you.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good Morning Mayor.

[The Mayor]

Great looking thread Billie.

[The Mayor]

Hi, Good day to you too!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Thank you.
How is Mrs.Mayor?

[The Mayor]

She is good, busy with Christmas coming and the regular grind of daily life..

[The Mayor]

The radio interview I did is now online at WBEN...

http://eod.liquidviewer.com/wben-od/wben/20061205_thompson.wma

If that doesn't work right for you go to http://www.wben.com/ and there is a link to it, it just has my name for the title. Rus Thompson

[Mrs.Nooseman]

It is good to hear that she is doing good.
Busy here as well with Christmas and daily grind.:)
Send my regards to your lovely wife.