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[melita916]

I would like to hear you sing this song Melita. I love this song!

[video=youtube;D-zk-E55dRk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-zk-E55dRk[/video]

this is quite interesting. why? because.. what had happen was...

years ago, when our music team found the spanish translation, i was the only one who knew it in english, so of course, they asked me to sing it since i knew the melody. i sing it alone the first time around, and on the repeat, the other vocals join. for the longest time, people would call it the "melita song." uffff. lol

the church no longer calls it the melita song lol

 

[Magenta]

[h=1]I like Phillips, Craig & Dean - Revelation Song[/h]
[video=youtube;dsiDukXIeVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsiDukXIeVY[/video]

 

[LittleBit1987]

I like Phillips, Craig & Dean - Revelation Song


[video=youtube;dsiDukXIeVY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsiDukXIeVY[/video]

One of my favorite worship songs of all time

 

[kodiak]

If I had your lungs, that would be real bad for you.
You still have a lot of life to live. I'll be fine, I have
Jesus, he'll see me through.

As far as tv, we watch the Halmark channel, good
family, christian shows. Of course, I don't watch a
lot of tv.

You can sing to me anytime you like. I do like gospel
music, not that hard rock gospel either.

You have similar tastes to me Frank, I like watching the Halmark channel and I also like gospel music.

I know you are sick Frank, I don't know your story, I don't know what's wrong with you but God does and I will be praying. God bless you.

The hallmark channel is basically the only channel I watch. Do you two prefer the normal hallmark or movie and mystery one?
I like Gospel music, even better if it is country.

 

[blue_ladybug]

Hello peeps.. :'( How are my crazy loons today? lol

 

[achildofGod]

Thank you for your prayers to cover my slavery to stupidity.

Wow, you are fortunate just to be alive, then! That is amazing that you stayed on the job for so many years after. Have you gotten any financial compensation because of it? Please don't feel you have to answer if my question is too impertinent. I just hope something was done by the worldly powers that be to try to help you.

There was a story in our daily newspaper just last week about the traumas faced by first responders, and the suicide rates connected to such, how they are increasing, and need more attention to be paid to the seriousness of such. I think I would prefer farm life to all that, as well. Life is full of tragedy, sadness, loss, and sorrow. Planting things and watching them grow til harvest time seems a much gentler way. Or keeping 1,200 head of cattle. The clean wide open quiet spaces compared to the cramped dirty squalor of noisy city life. Gosh, I miss the country.

I cannot count how many times I may have almost died. I was in a smoke inhalation incident once where I ended up comatose for almost 12 hours, and woke up hyperventilating. I lost my voice for a full month following that incident. The only think I can think sometimes is that God has some plan for me. I am sure he has some awesome plan for you, too

Well, they paid our hospital bills, paid us while we were out of work, other than that,
nothing. I quit because the last 2 summers, we lost 37 kids. 32 were in wrecks, 3
were from drownings, 2 they hung themselves. When you roll up on a scene, and
they are 12 victims dead, it gets to you. That was the worst one, the next was 8
dead, they were adults, not included in the 37.
This was in the 70's, so much has changed since
then. I was going to college 2 days a week, working
as a paramedic, and farming all at the same time. The
farm became the driving force for my future. I have always
been in farming. My dad, paw-paw, and my great paw-paw,
were all farmers, so, it's in the blood.
I've had a good life, God has been so good to me, no regrets
on my end at all. I just wished that I had been able to do more
for him. I believe that I've done everything that the Holy spirit
has directed me to do.

 

[achildofGod]

The hallmark channel is basicalChanel,
the only channel I watch. Do you two prefer the normal hallmark or movie and mystery one?
I like Gospel music, even better if it is country.

We watch the movie/mystery one. We also watch the Up chanel,
it's called Uplifting, we just call it UP. I'm like you country gospel,
is the best.

 

[kodiak]

Hello peeps.. :'( How are my crazy loons today? lol

Crazy, you?

 

[skylove7]

I love you Frank
What my papa pooh bears doin?

 

[Magenta]

One of my favorite worship songs of all time

Mine too! Here comes a story...

I lived without television for seventeen years, and then, when I turned fifty, which was just over ten years ago, I thought, hmmm, maybe a small TV would be nice. So I went to Future Shop, and eventually came home with an LCD 42" flat screen HD Sony Wega. For the first few years I did not have cable, but would watch things with my daughter on DVDs (we would rent television series, like Six Feet Under). I rarely take proper holidays from my job, but I took a week off once just because I could and watched all five seasons of Boston Legal (a tame example of me being a crazy loon LOL). Then I got cable, which came with radio stations. Actually, I think the radio stations may have been available already. Anywho... My favourite radio station was a modern Christian praise and worship, called the Light, on the Galaxy network. I would often have it playing in the background while I did other things, and over a period of time really came to know certain songs that spoke to me above and beyond others. As my familiarity with these songs increased, I would look them up on youtube, and I eventually made a CD of some of my favorites. PC&D was on that CD Manafest, Colin Bernard, Mark Schultz, Bebo Norman, Matt Maher, Chris Sligh, Laura Story, Dave Crowder... were some of the artists singing songs I really gravitated toward, and they were all put on my home made disk. So were a few by Third Day, including this one:

[video=youtube;1CBNE25rtnE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBNE25rtnE[/video]

I got rid of my television again three years ago

 

[achildofGod]

I llove u Frank
What my papa pooh bears doin?

Just finished a treatment, getting ready to have dinner.
Then time for a shower, read Gods word, prayer, bedtime.

What about you?

 

[skylove7]

Im just bothering people
Cuz I love them. Lol

I loooove youuuuuu! Lol

I just bothered crossnote lol

Sponsered by Allstate Insurance

(He was paid for it)

 

[Angela53510]

Hello everyone. I've been MIA, I know. But I am trying not to be negative, which seems to spill out from me in this thread. Life is hard, the RA is bad, the new biologic I have given up on, and gone back to prednisone.

It's interesting about the lung issues. I have small airway passage asthma, I talk 3 inhalers and an oral drug for it. I never smoked, but I think I got mine from the 7 years I inhaled cadmium and lead when I was soldering silver jewelry. The package contained all kinds of warnings about proper ventilation, but I was young and healthy, so I thought it didn't apply to me!

I do ride a bike, but it is funny even playing my flute just the deep breathing and I break out in a sweat. Pretty much every time I play. I keep a towel to wipe up all the time when I am playing. But it is probably good for me to open up my lungs and blow hard. I've been a lot worse so I am not complaining. We have lots of forest fires here, and when the wind blows the wrong way, the whole valley fills up with smoke. I stay in, or wear a carbon filter mask.

Frank, I am so sorry to hear how you damaged your lungs, and your horrific experience seeing so many deaths in your work. I know lots of first responders get PTSD from their work.

Magenta, ask for another inhaler, called Atrovent and the pill, Singular. And the good news is that you don't absorb hardly any cortisone from the inhalers. If the additional drugs don't work, you can always go off of them. I was on a biologic called Rituxan and it made my lungs so much worse. I've been off of it for 2 years, and I am much better. I guess sometimes these side effects can be reversed, and I am so glad.

 

[LittleBit1987]

Mine too! Here comes a story...

I lived without television for seventeen years, and then, when I turned fifty, which was just over ten years ago, I thought, hmmm, maybe a small TV would be nice. So I went to Future Shop, and eventually came home with an LCD 42" flat screen HD Sony Wega. For the first few years I did not have cable, but would watch things with my daughter on DVDs (we would rent television series, like Six Feet Under). I rarely take proper holidays from my job, but I took a week off once just because I could and watched all five seasons of Boston Legal (a tame example of me being a crazy loon LOL). Then I got cable, which came with radio stations. Actually, I think the radio stations may have been available already. Anywho... My favourite radio station was a modern Christian praise and worship, called the Light, on the Galaxy network. I would often have it playing in the background while I did other things, and over a period of time really came to know certain songs that spoke to me above and beyond others. As my familiarity with these songs increased, I would look them up on youtube, and I eventually made a CD of some of my favorites. PC&D was on that CD Manafest, Colin Bernard, Mark Schultz, Bebo Norman, Matt Maher, Chris Sligh, Laura Story, Dave Crowder... were some of the artists singing songs I really gravitated toward, and they were all put on my home made disk. So were a few by Third Day, including this one:

[video=youtube;1CBNE25rtnE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBNE25rtnE[/video]

I got rid of my television again three years ago

Wow! That's incredible!

Third day is a good Christian Band as well.. I love Skillet, MercyMe, We As Human... The list goes on lol.

In fact my husband was the one who introduced me to Christian alternative music when we were dating back... 8 years ago lol. If it wasn't for him.. Idk where my life would have gone. That's a pretty scary thought since I didn't know the Lord till me and my husband got serious about each other.

 

[achildofGod]

someone's lngela53510;2216216]Hello everyone. I've been MIA, I know. But I am trying not to be negative, which seems to spill out from me in this thread. Life is hard, the RA is bad, the new biologic I have given up on, and gone back to prednisone.

It's interesting about the lung issues. I have small airway passage asthma, I talk 3 inhalers and an oral drug for it. I never smoked, but I think I got mine from the 7 years I inhaled cadmium and lead when I was soldering silver jewelry. The package contained all kinds of warnings about proper ventilation, but I was young and healthy, so I thought it didn't apply to me!

I do ride a bike, but it is funny even playing my flute just the deep breathing and I break out in a sweat. Pretty much every time I play. I keep a towel to wipe up all the time when I am playing. But it is probably good for me to open up my lungs and blow hard. I've been a lot worse so I am not complaining. We have lots of forest fires here, and when the wind blows the wrong way, the whole valley fills up with smoke. I stay in, or wear a carbon filter mask.

Frank, I am so sorry to hear how you damaged your lungs, and your horrific experience seeing so many deaths in your work. I know lots of first responders get PTSD from their work.

Magenta, ask for another inhaler, called Atrovent and the pill, Singular. And the good news is that you don't absorb hardly any cortisone from the inhalers. If the additional drugs don't work, you can always go off of them. I was on a biologic called Rituxan and it made my lungs so much worse. I've been off of it for 2 years, and I am much better. I guess sometimes these side effects can be reversed, and I am so glad.[/QUOTE]

Thank you Angela, thank God I didn't get PTSD. After seeing so many kids die, it was time to
quit. The only reason that I became a paramedic was, because I thought that I could help save
someones life. Which I did, giving God all the credit, without him I don't know how many would
have lived.

I have been praying for you daily, and will keep on praying. I'm glad that your faith has
not waivered. God knows how much we can with stand, he will relieve us from our pain.
Missed you a bunch, hope to see you on more often. I know at times it's hard to even get
up, much less come on the board. Again praying hard for you sister.

 

[skylove7]

Hello everyone. I've been MIA, I know. But I am trying not to be negative, which seems to spill out from me in this thread. Life is hard, the RA is bad, the new biologic I have given up on, and gone back to prednisone.

It's interesting about the lung issues. I have small airway passage asthma, I talk 3 inhalers and an oral drug for it. I never smoked, but I think I got mine from the 7 years I inhaled cadmium and lead when I was soldering silver jewelry. The package contained all kinds of warnings about proper ventilation, but I was young and healthy, so I thought it didn't apply to me!

I do ride a bike, but it is funny even playing my flute just the deep breathing and I break out in a sweat. Pretty much every time I play. I keep a towel to wipe up all the time when I am playing. But it is probably good for me to open up my lungs and blow hard. I've been a lot worse so I am not complaining. We have lots of forest fires here, and when the wind blows the wrong way, the whole valley fills up with smoke. I stay in, or wear a carbon filter mask.

Frank, I am so sorry to hear how you damaged your lungs, and your horrific experience seeing so many deaths in your work. I know lots of first responders get PTSD from their work.

Magenta, ask for another inhaler, called Atrovent and the pill, Singular. And the good news is that you don't absorb hardly any cortisone from the inhalers. If the additional drugs don't work, you can always go off of them. I was on a biologic called Rituxan and it made my lungs so much worse. I've been off of it for 2 years, and I am much better. I guess sometimes these side effects can be reversed, and I am so glad.

Angelaaaa!
I love you and missed you!
You are in my prayers everynight!

That is....
Before I fall asleep and dream something weird

Like Goober Pyle in a tutu...walking his goldfish in a blizzard
Or normal dreams like that

HaHa...but seriously I love you Ang!

 

[Magenta]

Well, they paid our hospital bills, paid us while we were out of work, other than that,
nothing. I quit because the last 2 summers, we lost 37 kids. 32 were in wrecks, 3
were from drownings, 2 they hung themselves. When you roll up on a scene, and
they are 12 victims dead, it gets to you. That was the worst one, the next was 8
dead, they were adults, not included in the 37.
This was in the 70's, so much has changed since
then. I was going to college 2 days a week, working
as a paramedic, and farming all at the same time. The
farm became the driving force for my future. I have always
been in farming. My dad, paw-paw, and my great paw-paw,
were all farmers, so, it's in the blood.
I've had a good life, God has been so good to me, no regrets
on my end at all. I just wished that I had been able to do more
for him. I believe that I've done everything that the Holy spirit
has directed me to do.

Doing a job like that must take a certain type of fortitude that many of us, certainly I, do not possess. And what a wonderful sense of duty, responsibility, and a calling fulfilled you have. That is truly admirable.

Sometimes I feel like I really missed the boat. I did not surrender my life to God until I was almost fifty. But because of that, I felt I knew the wilderness pretty well, and spent the last eight years talking to atheists and secular humanists. It was not something I planned to do, but just sort of stumbled into. I spend a lot of time on my computer (here we all are LOL) and so it was a good fit, plus, there are so many online resources, though I found out pretty quick you have to be careful who you cite, as well. For instance, generally speaking, Religious Tolerance is a terrible site for a Christian to use as a resource!

I was composing this response for another thread but probably won't use it there. I will put it here instead:

Preaching the gospel to the lost... I wonder about that, because their ears need circumcising, as well as their hearts. In their present state, can the lost really hear and understand the words we speak to them? They put little to no stock in Scripture, outright rejecting it and any wisdom it may impart, thinking those who embrace it are deceived, uninformed, unreasonable, and even delusional.

I have spoken to many who seem immune to the message; they scoff at the idea of God, let alone their need of salvation. They want a sign, they demand evidence more than what has already been given, they want proof. The idea that it is a relationship with Truth incarnated they seem incapable of grasping. The truth they embrace is that religion is nothing more than the superstitions of ancient cave dwelling goat herders, passed down to those gullible enough to believe and weak enough not to think for themselves. (Those are some of their exact words.) They have no idea that they stand on their pride. They bristle at any such suggestion. They are truly blind and deaf.

I spent the last eight years trying to encourage such people to seek, assuring them that God keeps His promises, while I was continually reviled, mocked, profaned, and slandered. But I spent far more many yeas than that being deaf and blind myself as I wandered the wilderness. It took multiple encounters with God to bring me around. Christians stood on the sidelines, loving me through it. That is what we are called to do, as well.

How well do we love others? Personally, I find loving others difficult. In the story of the prodigal son, the father loved his son enough to allow him to go his own way until wisdom dawned. He patiently awaited his son's return, ready to lovingly embrace him when he came to his senses.

************

But I feel like I have not done enough, and it breaks my heart. Certainly I wish I could have could have loved more, and better. Love is my falling down point. Love is what I most need from God, and what He so freely gives. Jesus, give us the strength to love more.

 

[achildofGod]

Doing a job like that must take a certain type of fortitude that many of us, certainly I, do not possess. And what a wonderful sense of duty, responsibility, and a calling fulfilled you have. That is truly admirable.

Sometimes I feel like I really missed the boat. I did not surrender my life to God until I was almost fifty. But because of that, I felt I knew the wilderness pretty well, and spent the last eight years talking to atheists and secular humanists. It was not something I planned to do, but just sort of stumbled into. I spend a lot of time on my computer (here we all are LOL) and so it was a good fit, plus, there are so many online resources, though I found out pretty quick you have to be careful who you cite, as well. For instance, generally speaking, Religious Tolerance is a terrible site for a Christian to use as a resource!

I was composing this response for another thread but probably won't use it there. I will put it here instead:

Preaching the gospel to the lost... I wonder about that, because their ears need circumcising, as well as their hearts. In their present state, can the lost really hear and understand the words we speak to them? They put little to no stock in Scripture, outright rejecting it and any wisdom it may impart, thinking those who embrace it are deceived, uninformed, unreasonable, and even delusional.

I have spoken to many who seem immune to the message; they scoff at the idea of God, let alone their need of salvation. They want a sign, they demand evidence more than what has already been given, they want proof. The idea that it is a relationship with Truth incarnated they seem incapable of grasping. The truth they embrace is that religion is nothing more than the superstitions of ancient cave dwelling goat herders, passed down to those gullible enough to believe and weak enough not to think for themselves. (Those are some of their exact words.) They have no idea that they stand on their pride. They bristle at any such suggestion. They are truly blind and deaf.

I spent the last eight years trying to encourage such people to seek, assuring them that God keeps His promises, while I was continually reviled, mocked, profaned, and slandered. But I spent far more many yeas than that being deaf and blind myself as I wandered the wilderness. It took multiple encounters with God to bring me around. Christians stood on the sidelines, loving me through it. That is what we are called to do, as well.

How well do we love others? Personally, I find loving others difficult. In the story of the prodigal son, the father loved his son enough to allow him to go his own way until wisdom dawned. He patiently awaited his son's return, ready to lovingly embrace him when he came to his senses.

************

But I feel like I have not done enough, and it breaks my heart. Certainly I wish I could have could have loved more, and better. Love is my falling down point. Love is what I most need from God, and what He so freely gives. Jesus, give us the strength to love more.

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Never feel like you got on the boat to late. God did not give up on you, I know
you may feel that with your age, you can't do much, but you can. God will use
you for his glory, as you know, we just have to listen to what he's telling us.
I believe all christians, believe they could/should have done more. You can't
do any more than what is put on your heart.
I have been trying to make up lost time for the past 2 years. God has shown
me, to just follow what the Holy Spirit leads. Not what I want, but what he wants.

 

[Angela53510]

I just want to say thank you to Frank and Skylove for praying for me. I went out into the garden to pick veggies for supper, and I started crying. Good tears!

It so helps to know that people are praying for me and that I am not alone. I love you all of you!

 

[Angela53510]

I should also mention that I seem to be recovering from my dislocated jaw, which happened when I had a bad RA flare at the beginning of February in my left jaw.

I went to physiotherapy, and he kind of gave up on me. I think he didn't know much about jaws, although he was good for knees and elbows.

So I prayed for God to heal it, and along with your prayers, the jaw is much improved. There is still a bit of popping and cracking, but the horrific pain is gone! So I think the jaw is mostly in place. That is such a relief to me!