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Joshua 1:8 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242120570342901089noreply@blogger.comBlogger703125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059558423164493728.post-65853293826199173262020-11-01T13:56:00.004-08:002020-11-01T13:56:47.181-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiWPqTc7b1E3Ak6MnLWgvAwdY-BchV50JPsk3XOgF1dJKblvyZa0mkDZ7FJ6A6epTeYARVsyFJwoeEtxvR_p9UTeqV90mIsk7R66AGMmZX85cPJS_VXy23H2nxCFjNtRcUZPLIdB-Oao/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="311" height="1517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioiWPqTc7b1E3Ak6MnLWgvAwdY-BchV50JPsk3XOgF1dJKblvyZa0mkDZ7FJ6A6epTeYARVsyFJwoeEtxvR_p9UTeqV90mIsk7R66AGMmZX85cPJS_VXy23H2nxCFjNtRcUZPLIdB-Oao/w486-h1517/image.png" width="486" /></a></div> <br /><p></p>colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242120570342901089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059558423164493728.post-87242808544580139612020-09-13T13:05:00.000-07:002020-09-13T13:05:41.093-07:00<p> </p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>AUTUMN MY FAVORITE SEASON </b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Who doesn't enjoy
watching the leaves from the trees and plants changing into multi-colored works
of art<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>during autumn. </b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The
maple trees are especially vibrant with colors of red and golden-yellow then .</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Autumn is the perfect time for taking
beautiful scenic photos and spending time outdoors with your family.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>In my
opinion nothing can relax you and rejuvenate you more than enjoying nature and
its surrounding scenery.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>When the cooler
temperatures of fall start rolling in, we break out the flannel shirts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>jackets, coats, boots, scarves and hats in
preparation for the change in season.</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sunsets<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are beautiful as the season changes. The
glitter of frost or rain from the night before is always a beautiful sight. </b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Fall
was my mother's favorite season. </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Her
demeanor changed when the weather started getting cooler, as she would spend
more and more time outdoors. She had a sense of peace and thankfulness that I
hope to convey to those around me.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Of
course, we all have different memories scattered throughout different parts of
the year, but autumn brings back the best ones for me. </b></span></p>
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<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I leave
you with this great poem</b></span></p>
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<p style="color: #6da4ad; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"The Mist and All" </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #6da4ad; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #6da4ad; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like the fall,</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The
mist & all.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like
the night owl's</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lonely
call</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And
wailing sound</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Of wind
around.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like
the gray</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>November
day,</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And
bare, dead boughs</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>That
coldly sway</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Against
my pane.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like
the rain.</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like
to sit</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And
laugh at it</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And
tend</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>My cozy
fire a bit.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like
the fall</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The
mist and all.</b></span></p>
<p style="color: #4b4949; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>—Dixie
Willson</b></span></p>
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Schell</b></span></cite></p>colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242120570342901089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059558423164493728.post-89389111753235346922020-08-08T21:21:00.008-07:002020-08-17T08:07:07.827-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Watermelons</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Years ago when i was a youngster our family would slice up a home grown watermelon for us to eat when they were in season.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> My brothers and sisters and I would eat those slices of watermelon some as wide as our faces; leaning over the grass, while the juices dribbled down our chins and forearms,to spit out the seeds.</b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"> I recall the enjoyment we had, being kids but you had to know we </b><b style="font-family: arial;">weren't</b><b style="font-family: arial;"> going to be content with just eating the melon ; all it took to get a seed spitting fight going was for one of the siblings to spit a seed at one of the others .</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The war was on then, I've had my share of seeds down my collar before the seed spitting game would end</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Often it would get "what Dad called a little out of hand" and he would have to call a halt to the game.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Which then left us with a few smirks to throw at each other instead of seeds, "with out dad knowing or seeing of course".</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Nowadays watermelon is available in a seedless variety, that not only makes for better refined slurping, but on the other hand has put a damper on seed </b><b>spitting.</b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">I often think back when all the melons we grew were filled with seeds, in fact they had so many seeds you could hardly eat a slice with out raking the seeds off first..</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Progress in seed</b><b style="font-family: arial;"> genetics has changed the way melons are grown today, eliminating the little game we used to play "but we sure had fun while the seeds lasted".</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-family: arial;">August is watermelon Month, you should eat watermelon hardy while they're in season and if a little juice gets on your chin and forearms like it did for us, "so what" watermelons are a healthy wholesome food, and you are supposed to have fun eating them aye</b><b style="font-family: arial;">.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Coleman Schell</b></span></p>colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242120570342901089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059558423164493728.post-88164535403589950272020-07-24T13:44:00.001-07:002020-08-05T07:47:26.083-07:00<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Roastener's</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Summer time is the time when you can enjoy tender fresh corn on the cob, glistening with butter and sprinkled with salt.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Growing up in the South, I could hardly wait for sweet corn to produce its first ears in summer.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Our family called sweet corn roastener's, others refer to them as, corn on the cob either way is o.k. I reckon because sweet corn is good no matter how you fix it .</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Dad planted his corn patch as close to the house as possible, so he could keep an eye on it, for some reason birds and raccoons loved sweet corn about much as people, and if you weren't careful they would take more than their fair share when it got ripe</b></span><br />
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<span><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mother liked fixing boiled and fried corn for the family, I for one c</b><font face="helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b>ouldn't</b></font><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> get enough,when she made it</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>She fried corn more often than she boiled it, because her and Dad hadn't many front teeth left by then and it was challenging for them to bit corn from the cob.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Us kids didn't have any problems when we found ourselves face to face with a buttery salted ear of corn, we were much like a type writer zig-zaging back and forth across the ear until it was devoured.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>My sister Shirley who is diseased now, learned corn frying form mother and everyone said, Shirley's fried corn was as good as Mother's or maybe even better if that was possible.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Over the years as we had our family get together's Shirley was voted often, to fix her tasty corn for a side dish.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A pan of corn bread.....some fresh green beans with boiled potatoes..... ripe tomatoes.....sliced cucumbers.....fried or boiled corn.....will get your taste buds cranking like no other food on the planet, if you're a country boy like me. </b></span><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Coleman Schell</b></span></div>colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242120570342901089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059558423164493728.post-70588840283818077112020-07-20T20:10:00.000-07:002020-07-20T21:53:38.900-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Most of the time Mother wore an apron at home and I'm pretty sure she learned the habit from her mother, Grandma Parman, who I remember always had on a apron. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b> In the olden days, women’s dresses were worn more than once before laundering, so a apron was worn to protect the dress, but women found many other uses for their aprons.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>In my day women sewed most of their aprons from flour sacks.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I can just see Mother in the kitchen as she gathered up the folds of her apron to pick up handles of hot pans and iron skillets. If the day was particularly hot, she might pull the underside of the apron up and wiped her brow.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Aprons also came in handy as a container for , bringing eggs in from the nests, and a convenient “container” for bringing in vegetables picked in the garden. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b> After shelling peas and beans, the apron was handy for delivering hulls outside for the hogs and chickens.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>If Mother was outside in the hot sunshine she , sometimes pulled the apron from her waist and put it over her head to protection her from the sun. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>While sitting on the porch in the cool of the evenings, she'd pull the apron up over her arms to keep them warm, or she might use the apron to wrap up a toddler in her lap to rock it to sleep.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Today we have our handy “wipes” and other fancy cleaning gadgets , to polish the furniture, but with a wave of the apron, Mother could whisk the dust off our meager furniture in a hurry when she saw company coming.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The apron was a hiding place for shy children to get under when company came to visit, I also remember Mother saying a few times, “I’m going to turn you over my apron,” and us kids knew what she meant by that .</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Mother's apron dried tears from her children’s eyes, wiped off stains from their faces with a little dampening of spit. The apron pocket served as a place for a handkerchief of some kind for runny noses, a safety pin for emergencies.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Just thinking of Mother and her aprons stir up a few old memories for me, makes me long for another era, another world, another time when life was simple and just a new apron could make a woman happy.</b></span><br />
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colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242120570342901089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059558423164493728.post-2723642519981504372020-06-13T21:05:00.000-07:002020-06-14T23:37:37.236-07:00<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">NOTABLE SUMMER RECOLLECTIONS </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>When the clouds are gray, overhead and the birds stop their singing; usually foretells that rain is coming.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>And when the rain does arrive it can be ,rather sudden. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>During those kind of times in Kentucky where I was raised, you would often hear someone calling out, ‘the clothes, the clothes. They are almost dry!’</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b> Such an occasion presented an opportunity for us kid's to sprint to help Mother gather them in before they got wet.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sometimes rains like these would last all day, making it just the kind of day, barefooted youngster's loved. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Whether the rain was a down pour or a slow one , we didn't mind.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b> Because a little rain wasn't going to stop us from enjoying the day and getting our bare feet wet while it was raining</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>But for time being instead of honoring the ole saying (work while the Sun is shinning), we played while the rain was raining.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>(Catching Lightening Bugs) at night was a perfect thing for a bunch of adventurous kids in the Country to do.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>When it got dark after a rain, the fireflies would light up the yard, and that presented a challenge we weren't going to let waist, it was now time to get our Mason jars out (and the palm of your hands ready, to catch as many of them as you could.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Myths- Legends-Folklore about Lightening-bugs were common.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>One par-tickler one we'd heard about was, It had been said that Native Americans smeared glowing lightning-bugs on their faces for decoration.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>We never tried that one; thank God (but its a wonder we didn't), we did take some of them into the house while they were still in our jars and watch them flicker until we fell asleep. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>What simple ways to have fun, and be able to share it with your family and grand children later in life.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b> Life doesn't have to be complicated someone has said, God gives us all we need to enjoy life; He leaves the fun part up to us.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One night a lady
came home from her weekly prayer meeting, found she was being robbed, and she
shouted out, "Acts 2:38: 'Repent & be baptized & your sins will be
forgiven.'" The robber quickly gave up & the lady rang the police. While
handcuffing the criminal, a policeman said, "Gee mate, you gave up pretty
easily. How come you gave up so quickly?" The robber said, "She said
she had an axe and two 38's!"</b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: raleway;"><b>PHILIPPIANS</b></span></span><b style="font-family: raleway;"> 4:13 I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the
kingdom of God.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #295177;">—</span><a href="https://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/Mark10.25">Mark 10:25</a></div>
<br />colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242120570342901089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059558423164493728.post-15401921282789288192020-06-13T09:37:00.002-07:002020-06-13T09:37:35.638-07:00<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b> "ARE YOU DWELLING WITH GOD?"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>He who has the Son
has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #295177;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>—</b></span></span><a href="https://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/1John5.12"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>1</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 21.05pt;"> John 5:12</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Philippians
1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that <span style="background: white;">he who has begun a
good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ</span>:</b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A man was stranded on a desert island for 20 years
when a navy ship finally spots him. The captain comes ashore and notices three
huts. “What are they used for?” the captain asks.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>“Well, the hut one on the left is where I live,” says
the man. “and the one on the right is where I go to church.”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>“So what about that hut in the middle?”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The man sneers, “That’s the church I used to
attend!”---Reader's Digest</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Have no fear of
sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be
your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #295177;">—</span><a href="https://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/Proverbs3.25-26">Proverbs 3:25-26</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Ephesians 2:8-10 For
by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Laughter is good for the soul.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A guy spots a sign outside a house that reads “Talking
Dog for Sale.” Intrigued, he walks in.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>“So what have you done with your life?” he asks the
dog.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>“I’ve led a very full life,” says the dog. “I lived in
the Alps rescuing avalanche victims. Then I served my country in Iraq. And now
I spend my days reading to the residents of a retirement home.”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The guy is flabbergasted. He asks the dog’s owner,
“Why on earth would you want to get rid of an incredible dog like that?”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The owner says, “Because he’s a liar! He never did any
of that!”---Readers Digest</b></span></span></div>
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how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the
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<span style="color: #295177;">—</span><a href="https://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/Psalm8.1">Psalm 8:1</a></div>
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1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, <span style="background: white;">who
has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A man is struggling to find a parking space. “Lord,”
he prays. “I can’t stand this. If you open a space up for me, I swear I’ll give
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Suddenly, the clouds part and the sun shines on an
empty parking spot. Without hesitation, the man says: “Never mind, I found
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The wisdom that
comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate,
submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers
who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #295177;">—</span><a href="https://bible.faithlife.com/bible/niv/James3.17-18">James 3:17-18</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the
Spirit, and </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Raleway;">you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></b></span></div>
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