A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-28-07 to 1-1-08....New Year's Eve In Times Square

Aquamarine

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, CMN

All is well. I am at home, drinking coffee, listening to music, FReeping.....what more could a girl want? LOL

Howz things with you?

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL! You look Marvelous Darlin :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Conor
Is this how early you are at work? You must be up before the birds. :)

[ConorMacNessa]

I’ve been here since 6:30. :)

[Aquamarine]

Very pretty tables MEG, love the animated sparkle. Had an animation I wanted to use but it had way too many bytes and would have locked the thread up.

[Aquamarine]

So happy you enjoyed the Post Dolly, think this may be the best way to experience Times Square on New Year's Eve. :) Always enjoy watching the event on TV every year.

I have been to Times Square once in the daytime and it was the most lively place I'd ever seen. You should go back sometime, think you would like it.

[beachn4fun]

Why thank ya, ma’am

LOL

Howdy, GB

[Aquamarine]

You're lucky to get to spend New Year's Eve in such wonderful places. Read your link and was amazed that a place like Severance Hall was built during the Depression years.

When you say concert do you mean Symphony concert? That's one thing I miss living in the country now is going to hear the Symphony. The best I ever heard was an outdoor concert at the base of Stone Mountain, the acoustics off the massive stone were awesome.

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning. Thanks for the pic of Ronny and Nancy, it’s always good to see them.

[The Mayor]

December 28, 2007

Dying To Live

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READ: Matthew 16:21-28

Whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. —Matthew 16:25

Western Michigan is plagued by snowy winters, requiring that salt be put on road surfaces to make them safer to travel. The problem is that salt eats away at a car’s metal body. So, going to a car wash is a frequent winter ritual.

Recently I was sitting in a car-wash facility near the end of the washing process when the machines began to spray a special liquid all over the car. The sign said it was a “drying agent,” but that struck me as odd. Wetting something down to dry it seems contrary to what you’d expect. Yet that is precisely what those chemicals are designed to do. It is counter-intuitive thinking—a paradox.

Jesus also dealt in counter-intuitive thinking when presenting His kingdom message to His followers. In Matthew 16:25, He said, “Whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” That doesn’t sound right. To save your life, you have to lose it? That seems like saying, “To dry something, you wet it down!” Yet, it is absolutely true. Only as we die to self, entrusting ownership of our lives to Christ, can we learn what it means to really live.

“Dying to live” may seem counter-intuitive, but it is the heart of the Christian experience.

Less of self and more of Jesus,
More and more each day like Thee;
Just to live in full surrender
For my Lord who ransomed me.  —Wonder

To live for Christ, we must learn to die to self.

Bible in One Year:   Zechariah 5-8; Revelation 19

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Aquamarine - thanks for a great thread and Pledge!

[Aquamarine]

Thanks. Have been enjoying the Michale Buble songs you provided, hope others are doing the same, think he has the best voice out there today. Look forward to listening to him over the years, he's still young around 31.

Used to think I'd like to be in Times Square during New Year's Eve back when I was younger, don't think I'd want to try it now.

[Aquamarine]

I like that doll it has everything including sparkles and kisses. :)

Let's not even talk about pounds accumulated over the Holiday's, I just weighed and it ruined my day. lol

[GodBlessUSA]

Whoa too big...redo ;)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, GeeBee - how’s it going?

[Aquamarine]

Good Morning Mayor. Appreciate the Daily message.

[lonestar]

opps... forgot to dress up

Dress up??? What if you had to wear the same coat for about 12 years!? It gives new meaning to "Wash and wear."

At least I don't have to worry about, "What should I wear?"

I don't have time for this non-sense! I have the "inmates" busy making confetti for the big New Year's Eve bash at the Bridge. None of us has to worry about what to wear! --so we can spent our time celebrating.

I don't allow alcohol because everybody would bring in the New Year fighting like cats and dogs!

Weinie

[GodBlessUSA]

Nothing but the best for my Friends..
Dom Perignon ;)

Praying we are Blessed
with a Republican President this year.
My Prayers for all my FRiends
May their lives be filled with Blessings!
Auld Lang Syne ~ Glenn Miller
Clink..Hugs! ;)

[Aquamarine]

Very funny Weinie, it must be nice not having to change your outfit everyday.

Hope you have a nice new year up on the Bridge.