Joy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 2:00 pm
Got a call a little while ago from our nephew's wife in Cape Town, South Africa. Her husband was assaulted while he was passing out tracts in a township/shantytown. They pulled knives on him, stole the car and his wallet. He "fought" them off and did get away to the police station. I doubt that he hit any of them, but he did get bitten, on the same index finger, I think, that a dog had bitten part off while he was passing out tracts.
We're thankful that he escaped mostly uninjured; he has five children who need him. Please pray that the car will be recovered; one of the windows was smashed a few weeks ago, and he was robbed then, too. But he cares about people--that's why he goes back to the poor areas to give them the Gospel.
Today .. Saturday.
hoping somene will come up with a fun game, quiz, challenge .. as would often happen on MD.
a revisit from missing members would be good. ragpicker. Bill Rushby. so many! Knight! haithabu. Wade. jcm. so many.
Falco. Country Boy.
temporal1 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 6:29 am
Today .. Saturday.
hoping somene will come up with a fun game, quiz, challenge .. as would often happen on MD.
a revisit from missing members would be good. ragpicker. Bill Rushby. so many! Knight! haithabu. Wade. jcm. so many.
Falco. Country Boy.
The economy is in the toilet! What will you do? Relax! This is nothing to worry about.
We're all just transitioning to a brighter future together!
Here are 9 reasons not to worry about the tanking economy:
1) Biden and Kamala have totally got this:
Never has there ever been a more brilliant pair of politicians than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They have something up their sleeve to save us all! ...Right?
2) $4 gas won't be a problem once you've been forced to buy a $100,000 electric car:
The Great Green Transition is underway!
3) Money isn't real anyway: Relaaaaxxxx!
4) You're probably fat and could use a few weeks without food: The economy is doing you a favor, fattie!
5) You can sleep easy at night knowing Ukraine just got another $12B in weapons:
You don't want Putin to murder democracy, do you?
6) It's worth it if the tanking economy saves just one climate:
Open your heart to rescuing a climate today.
7) The Middle Ages weren't that bad:
They owned nothing. And they were happy. For their entire 20-year lives.
8) Finally, you can get the last laugh on those jerks who invested in the stock market while you were loading up on Pogs:
And if you're interested in buying some Pogs, meet us behind the 7-Eleven on South Avenue in Hermosa Beach.
9) God owns everything and has promised to supply your every need: He promises to take care of those who seek him.
We like the sound of that.
Robert wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:54 am
Today, my heart is heavy, but God is strong enough to carry it.
This evening, i got a “glimmer of hope” for a terrible burden that has seemed impossible (for several years).
It’s not over, it’s not easy. But maybe one baby step has been accomplished.
Praying for patience to wait for God’s will and timing may be my most common prayer. It sure feels like it much of the time.
Thomas may be my fav Apostle.
John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas,
“Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."
Today .. July 4 .. quiet here.
i’m kinda recovering from the shock of seeing weird, and undeniable, images of a MACULAR HOLE in my right eye,
AND, learning there is effective repair surgery. i knew nothing. i should have a date scheduled soon.
i began noticing a strange vision change in March. no pain, redness, no other sign.
it would get worse without repair.
i believe it takes me longer to process things and rebound than it used to. trauma goes in “slower motion.”
i’m glad for a quiet day. it’s weird. but also interesting. “how things work.”
temporal1 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 6:29 am
Today .. Saturday.
hoping somene will come up with a fun game, quiz, challenge .. as would often happen on MD.
a revisit from missing members would be good. ragpicker. Bill Rushby. so many! Knight! haithabu. Wade. jcm. so many.
Falco. Country Boy.
Falco emailed. he said he’s doing well, he “sounded” great, is busy. doesn’t plan to return to MN.
i let him know he could ask admin, if he changes his mind.
Falco wrote:
If you would send a message to the forum from me, tell them I apologize for my behavior and wish them all well.
When my missionary brother was here a few weeks ago, he preached in an AME church nearby. One of the members told us that she was saved through my brother's ministry/our family's Bible clubs (five per week, with as many as 565 one week); and the last time he preached at her church, her daughter Precious turned her life over to Christ. A visitor also said he came to the Lord as a child through the Bible clubs. And last Sunday night at our church, a sweet lady recounted how her son became a believer as a boy in our Bible club.
Since those particular instances were around fifty or more years ago, not counting the daughter, I'd say they are "fruit that remains." (John 15:16)
i spoke with a banker named Jasper.
at the end, i told him i really liked his name, it was not new to me, but i’d never met anyone named Jasper before.
there is the stone, jasper.
i can’t say why it struck me metaphorically like it did. a classic name rarely used?
i like it.
