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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/7/2008 10:02:38 AM
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leah777
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Ginny, so good to see you posting in here again. I think you 're right on track with your thoughts on this. We'd all do so much better if we could go to Him to solve all our problems & obstacles rather than seeing them and trying to solve them from a worldly viewpoint.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/7/2008 1:20:35 PM
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I like your post about David and Saul (though in one paragraph you say Samuel when I think you mean Saul). Those are really good insights!
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/7/2008 6:27:44 PM
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Umm.....messed up there. Yes I did mean Saul NOT Samuel. Guess I wasn't fully awake when I posted.
My thoughts today: To live life with God as my advocate and face the Giants as David did taking no heed for myself but trusting the battle to the Lord.
Life is less burdened that way.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/7/2008 10:01:08 PM
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AMEN!!!!!
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/7/2008 11:10:29 PM
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Man if we could just catch a glimpse of that it would make life so much less stressful!
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/8/2008 6:17:31 PM
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A glimpse I am getting and yes life is much less stressful. The giants are still there but oh what a difference attitude and state of mind make.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/10/2008 10:44:46 PM
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You're doing so well.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/10/2008 11:02:41 PM
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I miss you {{{{{{{{Ginny}}}}}}}}} . . . Hope you get your computer fixed soon!
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/12/2008 7:14:36 AM
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I don't when I will get the computer fixed or how. My yahoo mail is not working now either. Thankfully I was able to login on crosswalk. My DS1 brought his computer up to the office to replace my computer but I am still having trouble.
I wonder if my password has been jeopardized. I change it on here and it is fine here but the one I use elsewhere is where I am having trouble.
I miss you too Leah and Maggie. DS3 is able to use MSN so I don't know why mine has a virus.
Yesterday at work I accomplished quite a bit solving several problems. The Lord is with me.
Thursday night I spent from 8:00 till 12:00 talking with my neighbor who has the Stage 4 cancer. She needed the talk. She didn't understand why she was on Hospice or why all the hospital equipment was in her home when she came home from the hospital or why she needed to take the medicine they gave her. Or that she is going to die.
When she was told she had breast cancer years ago and was asked to get a mastectomy and chemo she refused instead she got drugs over the Internet and took them. These drugs did not stop the cancer now it is too late to stop it. It is in her bones and her time is limited.
Anyway she last night kept referring to the drugs she was taking and thinking she still needed to be taking them. I had to tell her that the doctors took her off them and that these drugs DID NOT help her with her cancer and no longer needed to be taken that the drugs she does need to take are for her body to function as long as possible while the cancer takes its course. The doctors after tests done said that there is nothing that can stop what is going on now.
She is home to die.
Ginny
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/12/2008 7:21:43 AM
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Ginny, that's so sad about your neighbor. It's good that you're able to be there to listen to her and give her some emotional support.
I'm sorry you're still having internet problems. Hope you get some kind of computer soon so you can join us once again.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/12/2008 9:41:46 AM
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Hi Ginny, if your password was compromised, you wouldn't be able to log in at home either.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/12/2008 10:19:58 AM
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THE ONION
Author Unknown
I was an onion before Christ set me free.
Layers upon layers of iniquity.
An ugly old onion whose fragrance was strong;
That my Jesus bought and loved all along.
Unknown to me what He was going to do.
Of what He was planning, I had not a clue.
Pulling each layer off one by one.
In order to make me more like Jesus the Son.
The first layer wasn't so bad.
I saw all the sins that I knew I had.
They were easy to fix, just change the way I talk.
And learn more of how He wanted me to walk.
Reading His Word, and learning again;
How to put aside my life of sin.
But the next layer was pulled which hurt more.
He was getting closer to the core.
Unknown what He would find there.
I simply gave it to Him in prayer.
As another layer was removed, He started to cry;
Pulling this layer brought pain to my Father on High.
And I was crying over the sadness I felt;
The brokenness and all of the guilt.
Past memories that I thought were gone;
They were buried under layers disguised in a fragrance so strong.
As onions peel more and more;
And they put tears in our eyes as we get close to the core;
So my Father wept over my pain;
Giving me a balm of comfort and strength to sustain.
"No More Layers." I would scream.
As He continued to peel them off of me.
"I'll have nothing left my Lord, what will I do?
I'll be nothing but a worthless core to you. "
But He just said "Trust me," and continued to peel
I was sure He was blinded to my pain that was so real.
Year after year I shrunk more and more;
Until all that was left of this onion was a core.
It was then that I began to understand;
As the Lord embraced me in His loving hand.
He said, now and only now can you be;
The creation that will minister before me.
Clothed with the righteousness only from above;
Gone are your layers of self so you can be filled with my love.
He took my layers of sin, hurt and pain;
And clothed me with love, truth and mercy in His name.
Yes, we are all onions, learning with each day;
How to overcome as each layer is taken away.
Some layers tear and pull at our heart;
While others grieve us to our innermost part.
But we are nothing but an ugly onion without Christ.
Layers upon layers of pride, sin and strife.
Only God can take those layers away.
And clothe us with His righteousness in that final day.
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Looking at them, Jesus *said, “ With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/12/2008 10:21:15 AM
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The beginning, the middle, and end of your course must be
dissatisfaction with self, and satisfaction with Christ. Be content to
be satisfied with faith's glorious object, and let faith itself be
forgotten. Faith, however perfect, has nothing to give you. It points
you to Jesus. It bids you look away from itself to Him. It bids you look
away from itself to Him. It says, "Christ is all." It bids you look to
him who says, "Look upon me;" who says, "Fear not, I am the first and
the last; I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive
forevermore."
-Horatius Bonar
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Looking at them, Jesus *said, “ With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/13/2008 10:15:18 AM
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I like the onion poem, Ginny. I've often seen that analogy in my own life. I think I've got a lot of layers yet to go.
You should be able to get a virus cleaner off the internet. Even companies that sell those often give a one month free trial. My techie son recommends NOD32 so I've bought it online and it stopped the virus your computer wanted to give to mine.
HUGS!
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/14/2008 12:17:15 PM
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Thanks Maggie. I've decided to start praying for my OWN computer that has Office 2003 on it and a good graphics program.
And about onion layers. Lately, God keeps kettling up some layers that need taken care of. Just like when you cook beans the scrum comes to the top and you have to spoon it out that's how it's been with me on some of my thoughts and I finally realized God is showing me things that are part of my sinful nature that need changing.
Also noticed that griping is easy to do when you are frustrated with people. Got to work on that.
Ginny
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Looking at them, Jesus *said, “ With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/14/2008 5:32:46 PM
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Yeah, it is easy to gripe when people aren't behaving like we think they should.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/16/2008 7:16:53 AM
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My neighbor who I've known for 14 years is on the last leg of her journey with breast cancer. I've been visiting her every night. Last night she wasn't very coherant. Her husband says the cancer is in her brain now. She is heavily sedated with morphine.
These neighbors are Catholics. The husband goes every Sunday to mass and has been sharing with me what he learns there. Last night I asked if we could read from the Bible and he said yes. I read the first two chapters of John and as I read I would take time to comment on some verses that stood out for me and give what God has given me in understanding them and the husband would give what he has learn from these scriptures being read during mass.
It was a good time and though my neighbor who is sick couldn't really take part of the discussion she would occassionly agree with the scripture and she said she would like to have me read again next time I go. That's the plan to have scripture reading and bible study on my visits.
In reaching out and caring I am finding God blesses us when we seek to serve another and enriches our life on a deeper level.
Ginny
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/16/2008 9:54:15 AM
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leah777
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Oh, Ginny! Bless you for reaching out to her in such a way! You may never realize what a blessing that is to her & her husband, but God knows, and He will bless you richly for it.
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/16/2008 10:25:50 PM
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Ginny, I'm sure you are a Godsend to them both. That's awesome that you've been reading the Bible to them. Way to go!
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/17/2008 6:39:44 PM
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Maggie, the husband always complains and complains about all the stuff he is doing for his wife. He is being very diligent in caring for her but I wonder if his complaining gets to his wife and might depress her.
My hubby says it is not my place to say anything to him but I would love to mention that perhaps good things should be said and complaining done AFTER she is gone and not right in front of her or mentioning how bad she is in front of her.
Ginny
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/17/2008 11:42:47 PM
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Yeah, that's a hard thing. I agree with you. The man should not be complaining in front of his wife. Sheesh! Don't you wish you could grab a person like that, shake him and say, "Smarten up! Enjoy your wife while you still have her!" But then, it's hard to know what he has or is going through. Do you say something to him? You may anger him so that you're no longer welcome. If you did say something, would he stop complaining in front of her? I don't know. I think this is one of those things that you have to take to God and ask for his direction, guidance, words and timing. I'd say that unless you get a very clear green light from God, silence is the best policy.
Bless you for caring so much about this neighbour of yours! {{{{{{{{Ginny}}}}}}}}}
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/18/2008 2:30:49 AM
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Here's the answer to your question as to why Easter and Passover are different.
Yes Yeshua died during Passover which starts on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan (also known as Abib). This varies by year since the Jewish year is a lunar year and thus differs from the Gregorian calendar.
Deu 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God; for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
The word "Easter" is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox.
The date of Easter is based on the lunar calender, created by the Council of Nicaea, in A.D. 325. The calculations of their dates are complicated but Easter is celebrated on the first sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox.
It is very controversial and can start heated discussions. I know this for fact having been in a thread here that had those of us who don't celebrate Yeshua's death and resurrection on Easter but instead at Passover as the bad guys. People really got mad at us for our beliefs.
I don't want to cause you confusion. If you want me to give my reasons for my decision not to celebrate Easter I will, but only if you want me to. 
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/19/2008 7:22:07 AM
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Marsha,
It seems to me it would be more reasonable to celebrate Jesus death and resurrection on Passover since that is when God did the work and not on a time in the year that people used to celebrate a goddess.
I guess I always assumed that Easter was at the same time as the time of Passover and I didn't realize it wasn't.
It is getting closer to when my bankruptcy will be filed. This past Monday I got a continuance for the trial for one credit card that had served me and next Monday I go to court for the other one. I probably won't get a continuance on it instead a judgement. My lawyer says 'no problem' the judgement will be dismissed when the bankruptcy is filed the end of this month.
Then I will have another court appearance for the bankruptcy and I and my husband have to do an online course in financial management. It is very complicated to file bankruptcy. There are a lot of things required to do.
The hospital sent more of our bills to collection agencies and the doctor already sent his to collection agency. I would really like to pay the doctor at least because we are going to need him in the future and I am not sure what his attitude will be with the bankruptcy. I wish we had the funds to pay all the past medical bills.
I should have a job performance review next week. Then I should know if I have a job July 1st when the new fiscal year begins. As it stands now I don't know if I will be reinstated. This job is 'employment at will' which means that each year I have to be reinstated. I've taken this to God in prayer and am trusting in Him. The fear I once had is gone and I am able to work more effectively because of its absence. It is good to have God's peace; a peace that isn't founded on appearances or circumstances but in trusting Him to take care of me.
Maggie, I have decided not to say anything to the husband.
Ginny
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RE: Ginny's Place: Life, Struggles, Joys, Praise, Thoughts - 4/20/2008 1:20:33 AM
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Ginny, I pray that all this financial stuff will work out for you. Thanks for letting me know what you decided about the neighbour's husband (guess he's your neighbour too, eh?).
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