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Friday, January 19, 2007

Happy Birthday

 

Update 1:00 p.m...Bethany has a job. She starts Monday morning. And about the letter from the lawyer to the CVS employees.....we have turned it over to a lawyer, who is handling it for any of the employees who wish to join the group. He has already said this letter was not handled properly.

Tonight I am grilling steaks and ribs for Rachael's birthday. She has to work till at least 7:00, so I have plenty of time. Glenn, the friend from church who did the grilling for the wedding rehearsal dinner, told me just how he cooks ribs to make them falling-off-the-bone tender. But now he says he has to kill  me.


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Happy 25th Birthday, Rachael!
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We still have an unspoken request that needs prayer.
 
I was sitting here, feeling rather down, and asking God to show me the scripture He wanted me to read. I had a scripture with a different meaning in mind, but I started reading, and this one really jumped out me.
 
Ps 84:11......11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.  NIV

So many times, people think that Christians are deprived or don't have any fun. "Those poor Christians....they have to settle for that kind of life." But nothing could be further from the truth. That scripture says "no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless." 

Now we know that nobody is actually blameless, because we all do things we are not supposed to do. But when we accept Jesus, our sins are covered - He paid the price for them already. So in God's eyes, we are blameless. He sees us as without sin - otherwise, we would not be able to get into Heaven. And for those who try to obey God's commands, their walk is blameless.

He does not withhold from us, things that are good for us. What is good for one person, might not be good for another, so in a way, our good things are custom made for each individual person.

And might I suggest that even things we don't view as good, might still be good in the eyes of God? Our pastor is always saying that God doesn't do things the way we think he should do them. He doesn't do things the way we would. That's why He's God, and we aren't. Might a death in the family be good? It certainly would not seem like it to us. In fact, it didn't feel good when our daughter died. But it did turn out to be good for us, because of the lessons learned from it. The valley of the shadow of death is not a fun thing to go through. 

Rom 8:28-29......28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  NIV

Yeah.....He doesn't do things the way we would do them. He didn't even let me find the scripture I intended to find.
 

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happy birthday rachel and cindy that picture of your daughter holding whiskers way to precious love shelly and im also here to remind you of heart beat monday at connies blog love shelly.
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AWW Thanks Cindy for that birthday message the yellow rosed are beautiful and my favorite!!
I can't believe it, I remember when I was like I'll never make it to 25yrs old and here I am.
I got to talk to my mom and dad for a bit tonight it was a really nice surprise hearing from them. Love you all !!
Posted 1/19/2007 1:04 AM by sweetheart011982 - reply

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Hey...you managed to get the computer away from Brandon. How did you do that?? :heartbeat: See you later tonight.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, HAppy Birthday to this dear one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Love the verses, CIndy...Love you muchliest!  Paula
Posted 1/19/2007 3:12 AM by heyheypaula - reply

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Paula, thank you for that love. I really need it right now. We have a love for each other that some people just cannot understand, because they don't understand the love of God. Unconditional love. Love that says, "I love you no matter what. And I'm not going away." The love of sisters and brothers in Jesus Christ. How I wish everyone that I love could come to understand that kind of love.
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I love that God makes custom-made good things for us.  What an intimacy we are allowed to have from Him!
Posted 1/19/2007 12:29 PM by ShaelasMom - reply

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Thanks, Cynthia. The thing that makes it so hard to understand if you are on the outside looking in, is that God's blessings cannot even be comprehended, until you start to experience them. It's one of those things where you truly can say you can't understand unless you've been there.
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You are a blessing and what a privilege to be your sister!  I rejoice over this job ad await all God has for dear Bethany!  And boy do those ribs sound yummy!  With muchliest love--Paula
Posted 1/19/2007 8:40 PM by heyheypaula - reply

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Thanks, Paula. They were good! :heartbeat:
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Happy belated Birthday to Rachael!  Care to share that recipe for the fall-off-the-bone ribs?  That is g-r-e-a-t news about Bethany's job and the CVS situation!  You are so right in "the valley of the shadow of death" is not fun.  Where God guides God will provide.  Love, Sue
Posted 1/19/2007 11:22 PM by online now wolfpacwife14 - reply

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Mmmm~ :jealous: I love fall off the bone tender meat!! :yes: And yea for Bethany!! :goodjob:
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I can tell you the recipe, but then Glenn will have to kill both of us. :giggle:

Just wrap the ribs in foil or put in a pan with a foil covering. Cover with whatever bbq sauce you wish to use. Cook in the oven at 250 degrees for 2-1/2 hours. Then transfer to grill. Glenn uses a charcoal grill, I believe, and smokes them for another 2 hours. I just transferred them to the gas grill, uncovered, with the foil under them, and cooked another 2 hours on low. They were very good.

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And she said she feels good about this job. They even are starting her out above what the starting pay for this job normally is.
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Yeah for Beth's new job!

shhhhh - message me with the recipe, please!

Renee

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Renee, if you'll just steal it from right up there where I gave it to Sue, I won't tell Glenn you know, too.

Ooops.....Glenn reads the blogs.

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The ribs, steak, mac and cheese and rolls where REALLY GOOD! They hit the spot and so did the cake afterwards! Thanks again for take the time to cook all of it and for the gifts
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You're welcome. :heartbeat:
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