42 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 9-29-15”

  3. HAPPY THRIVING MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY!!!
    GOD BLESS &♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡FOREVER

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  12. I am waiting in a room for Art to return from his test. I’ve seen three other people in here after their tests. One said it was nothing and another said it was horrible. They are finishing up with Art now for the main part. ♡ Thanks for prayers.

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  13. I know two people with Labradoodles. One has severe hip displasia and something else. Over-breeding. I have known several Standard Poodles and if I could afford one I would have one. They have the temperament of a Golden Retriever. One is a service dog that comes to the art show every year. His name is Remy and I would swear he remembers me from year to year. He is one of the best dogs I have ever been around.

    I would not recommend a Pit Bull/ Lab mix. The one that lives at my house is hard headed and needy. She wants 100 percent of the attention/ 100 percent of the time. She thinks all the toys belong to her, and if she makes up her mind that she is getting in your lap you can hardly stop her…this isn’t good when you have hot coffee. Her human has RUINED her—but oh he is such a strong disciplinarian! She ignores him at night when it is time to come in, but she will come when I call.

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  14. Happy Anniversary!

    Happy-Handsome puppy dog!

    Janice, hope Art’s experience was an easy one (or at least not a horrible one). 😦 You two have been through the wringer. Some light at the end of the tunnel yet?

    Slow week at work so far for me at work — we’re in a strange period where everything is very quiet from upper management, we’re all waiting for a shoe to drop. Meanwhile, another reporter at our nearby sister paper quit last Friday to stay home with her new (and 1st) baby (good life decision, of course, and her husband we suspect makes a lot of money & has better medical insurance than we do — plus she’s planning to freelance — so they should be fine without her modest salary coming in).

    But that’s one more down … She covered both the ports for us, so that leaves those of the rest of us to try to pick up on a more regular basis.

    Can’t believe it’s almost October already. It still feels summery out here, of course.

    Annie planted herself right smack in the middle of my bed for most of the night, very awkward for me, of course, having to twist and conform around her every time I tried to turn over. She’s little but when she’s right in the middle of your space like that it doesn’t matter much.

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  22. I almost got a standard poodle, a silver one named Pierre, when I was about 11.

    We were camping, and the people in the site next to me had several poodles, including Pierre. Now, I’ve never been much of a poodle person, but Pierre and I loved each other. The people could see the bond, and they told me that they had taken Pierre in (fostering him) but he needed a home, and I could have him if I wanted him. Our cocker was a young dog, maybe a year old, and Mom said if we hadn’t just had her spayed we could have cockapoos (a mix that she liked), but she and Dad said no.

    As we drove away from the campground a day or two later, Dad said aloud, “You know, she could have had that dog. It would have been OK.” At that point, I said, “Please, can we go back? Can we get him?” But Dad never liked to backtrack, and we didn’t. It would have been better if he had never said that. Because honestly I didn’t expect them to let me have him, I just hoped they would. But once I found out how close they came to saying “yes,” it hurt. I almost had a poodle named Pierre. Cricket was more my dog than anybody’s–I trained her and groomed her, and probably walked her more than anyone else did–but she was technically the family dog. But Pierre would have been my own dog.

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  24. The mortgage and title company sent over the HUD-1 today. We are going to closing tomorrow at 1pm. The way it all shook out, I will get the earnest money deposit back. I used funds from the small inheritance I received last December from the estate of my uncle. I can put it back in the savings account. So if those funds were from my dad’s brother, does this mean my daddy helped me buy a house? I like to think so.

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  25. We are home and relaxing. Miss Bosley has been hanging out with Art more than usual. She makes him happy. He has not turned on the tv so that makes her happy. I need to get that food processor over to UPS. It was a challenge to get everything back in the box properly, especially when Miss Bosley was trying to fit in it along with the food processor. 😉

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  27. Fourth day here and this is the first the rain has ceased to fall….it is cloudy but hey….there is no fog at the moment!! Going home tomorrow morning…I am so spoiled by the Colorado sunshine!! 🙂 (and to think I missed meeting Chas and Elvera by…..that much…. 😦 )
    And Happy Anniversary AJ and Cheryl!! ❤

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  28. A lot of us just walk into the enemy’s fortress, hands raised, accepting captivity, reasoning it is better than being held captive by God. “At least there, nobody will be telling me what to do.” Oh, wait, too late. But God is not hesitant to come after His own. Rescue is at hand. Now is the time.

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  29. Mumsee has unearthed Drill’s email address. I’ll contact him, but I’d like to point him to the date we all were telling his stories. When I did a search, the most recent one was March, and I know it’s been in the last couple weeks. Anyone have better skills finding that date than me?

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  36. Michelle, the post is vague and leaves more questions than answers. For instance, would he believe (as most Christians don’t) that Christians can be demon possessed? How do you know someone is suffering from the attack of demons? Who is supposed to cast them out?

    On this last point, he says: “When Jesus sent the disciples out, He told them to ‘heal the sick’ and ‘drive out demons’ (Matt. 10:7). That command was never rescinded.” That isn’t really helpful, actually. How can the command have been “rescinded”? The command was in fact given to the disciples as He sent them out, not to all Christians everywhere, so why would it need to be “rescinded”? The question is whether others (beyond the apostles) have been given that same command–and, if so, who has been given that command. Apostolic authority is not the same as the authority given to elders, and elders have an authority that everyday Christians do not. This is not mere semantics. Does a five-year-old earnest Christian have the power and authority to drive out demons? Or is it a different kind of power than, say, witnessing of the gospel, and one that is not given to everyone?

    See, I’ve seen “demons” blamed for all sorts of crazy things. I heard someone say her neighbor’s dogs barked in the wee hours of the morning, and it was obviously demons making her do it. I heard some preacher on a tape say that a young girl continued to wet the bed into her teens . . . until someone realized that she was hesitant about going to Bible college and that must have been Satan’s reason all along. (Is he ominscient?) I’ve heard references to “the demon of lust, the demon of gossip” and so forth. I heard of one guy who said if you ever dream about sex (even sex with your spouse) that means a demon has married you, and you have to delve into the spiritual realm and divorce that demon. I’ve seen Christians pray to God and in the middle of that prayer start talking to God (“And Satan, we rebuke you!”) as though he were a member of the Trinity.

    I believe that people can be possessed by demons. I believe there are places on the earth where that is much more common that it is in the U.S. But talking about the demonic in very vague terms isn’t helpful, because much error comes under the guise of teaching about demons.

    How was that?

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  37. I do not know enough about demons to comment except I do believe they are real in some form or another and they take part in spiritual warfare on at least the individual scale. I think there are places where they are more prevalent sort of like that lake with the moccasins. I suppose conditions are made right under certain circumstances like the person who cleared out the house and did not put good things in so evil spirits jumped in. In such cases I think spiritual healing can take place and some people may be gifted to do that. I am being vague because I have not researched this. Just getting a person well grounded in Scripture might be enough for some along with prayer and fasting for others. I tend to think that our prisons may be places where demons can thrive. I think our nation has more people in prison than other nations do.

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  38. Good evening from Hendersonville. Good .morning Jo. We decided to leave Williamsburg. The weather was wet and the forecast was for more rain. So, we went out for breakfast, and went to some stores that Elvera wanted to visit. When she finished, I asked what do you want to do now? She couldn’t think of anything. So after cogitating about five minutes, we decided we didn’t want to stay in that room and read and watch TV. So we packed up and came home. There’s nothing fun to do in Williamsburg in the rain. We could have gone out to Jamestown and Yorktown again, but we’ve done that.
    It was a seven hour drive, but we made it ok. Lots of rain.

    I have a rain gauge that measures tp to five inches. It was full. Good news, we were in a drought. I suppose it’s over. 

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  41. Happy Anniversary, AJ & Cheryl!

    Beautiful header photo, Kare! And your dog looks absolutely lovable!

    Janice, so sorry about all Art’s been through. I’ve been praying for both of you through all this.

    Thank you for all the prayers yesterday with the household schedule, kid’s school, etc. Today went very well, and we got everything done I’d hoped to accomplish for today. 🙂

    My computer is on its last leg, and we can’t afford to buy a new one at this time. So back I go to the offline world.

    And that’s OK. We will survive. 🙂

    Funny that the end of the computer’s life is coming right as I embark on reading a library book I checked out a while back: The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter, by Susan Pinker..

    But there really are no coincidences with God, are there?

    I’ll come back here on Mondays when I’m at the library to read through the week’s prayer requests.

    Blessings to you all, friends.

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  42. Keva says thanks for all the compliments.

    Palos would be a great name for Keva – he is very skinny – never been 50 pounds but taller than your average labradoodle. He’s a sweet dog who loves to play and run. He’s quite skittish about strange things (and familiar things that startle him). He doesn’t like to make eye contact and will stare at you when you’re eating something, but look away quickly if you look at him. If you offer him food, he will take it ever so cautiously and gently and carry it away, drop it and take a small nibble, decide if he likes it and THEN he’ll eat it – even treats!

    Happy anniversary Mr & Mrs TheReal.

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