1 Peter 2:1-2. King James version...Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking. As new born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that ye my grow by it.

Mercy Triumphs
by Patricia Pomeroy Tanner, published by Airleaf Publishing & Bookselling
ISBN # 1-59453-495-0
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Customer Rating ***** A reviewer, 9/26/06*****
Mercy Triumphs is a winner. Mercy Triumphs is a great little book. It grasp my attention in the very first paragraph. I could hardly put it down until I had read through to the last page.

Good afternoon from Hideaway Ponds. It has been raining off and on for days, however that has not stopped the members from coming, to take part in the indoor activities. Most everyone has an awning on their RV, so many of them do their cooking outdoors. I haven't looked at the schedule yet but I'm sure there is a dance tonight.

Here is a scripture from the King James version. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. What does that mean? It means to believe on Jesus as our savior and repent of our sins. In other words, we start over. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Blessings.

Mercy Triumphs
by Patricia Pomeroy Tanner
paperback ISBN# 1-59453-495-0
Barnes and Noble web page
Customer rating ***** Mercy Triumphs is a wonderful romantic mystery. Patricia Pomeroy Tanner is a great writer and I enjoyed every word she wrote. How Mercy finds new evidence that reopens her brother's murder case after 10 years shows you strong family ties. Reading how Mercy and Davids love blossoms warmed my heart. I bought four books from her-one for me and my three daughters. And she personally autographed them all! Jeanette Petty, e-mail address...granny_at_home@hotmail.com

Ecclesiastes 11:1 'Cast your bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. ' That's from the King James verson. And this is from the NIV...'Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.' The secular equivalent would be, "What goes around, comes around." When I was about 14 or 15 the following poem came to me.


DO FOR SOMEONE ELSE

If you can do for someone else,
You're doing for yourself,
For then you have another deed,
To put upon the shelf.

Then if you're ever down and out,
And need some help, you see,
Deeds you've done, will return,
Like bread upon the sea.

Patricia Pomeroy Tanner

Good afternoon on this rainy day at Hide Away Ponds. Actually it only started to rain about ten minutes ago and it is now 4:01 pm.

I have been thinking about our mouths and what comes out of them. Sometimes we [ I] carelessly ramble on not really thinking about what we are saying but when we do, what comes out, comes out of our hearts. It is a sure indicator of what we think. As Christians we are to guard our tongues. And if we think trash, we will say trash. Jesus said in Luke 6: 45..."A good man out of the treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man, out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh." King James version. Whoa! Don't get mad! Okay? I'm talking to myself, as much as anyone. I am an outspoken woman. God has had to deal with me about that many times.

Love to you all. [hands folded in a praying position]

Good afternoon from beautiful Hide Away Ponds Recreational Resort.

I don't like house work. If I could spend my time writing, blogging, reading, playing cards and visiting with my friends, I would love it. But that's not what God expects of me. He says that I am to a keeper of the home...so I do what is necessary and try not to grumble because we read in Colossians 3:23 'Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.' Oh well, such is life. I shouldn't even think about how much I don't like the work. I have it so good. I live a life of blissful retirement in a lovely resort. What more would I want? A maid? No just kidding. I like my privacy too much for that.

This is a Bible verse that I learned when I was about 12 years old. John 3:16 NIV... 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.' Notice it doesn't say, if you go to church regularly or if your parents were Christians or if you keep the ten commandments, or if you were baptized or if you pay tithe or if you live a good life or always do your best or donate to charity or take communion or pray or are confirmed or fast or do good works. It says. WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE!

God's blessings.

Good afternoon from beautiful Hideaway Ponds Recreational Resort. I am going to do something different today. I came across this blog awhile back and found this post. I thought that it was so good, so I asked the author if I could put it on my blog. She was gracious enough to allow me to copy it. Thanks Leni.

A Woman's Power
Ladies, I've gotta tell you, we have the power in our hands to, at any given moment, to completely make or break our man's day. That's kind of an awesome yet sobering thought. It takes a lot of maturity to not use that power to our advantage. If we'd only use our powers for good...mwahahahaha!!!I was raised to never depend on a man, blah, blah, blah...it surprises me how that thought sneaks in without me even realizing it. I can remember many years ago, during a particularly heated argument, when my husband accused me of manipulating him. I was SO insulted. I think rage-filled was a better term. What he didn't know (and couldn't have known) was how hard I was working on NOT manipulating him. Thing is, I thought I was doing pretty well! ;o) Pride goeth before a fall...Today was one of those occasions that I had the opportunity to bless my husband. I did, and he was SO happy. Thing is, so was I! Did you ever realize that you get blessed by blessing others? Not by gaining something from it, but just by seeing their delight, knowing that you played a hand in brightening their day.I see so many women who seem to delight in knowing that they can crush their man. I really do not see what they enjoy about that. OK, you crushed him, and now you have to live with him, and he thinks less of you. So who won? Don't get me wrong, there are days where that vindictive little voice says, "He may think he got the upper hand, but I'll show him." Please, do not confuse this voice with the "Voice of Reason."Satan will do whatever, whenever he can to tear our marriages apart. It's usually not the big things that get you, it's the little things. The pet peeves that we nurture and hang onto until being right becomes the most important thing. You can talk yourself right into hating your spouse, all because he doesn't put his laundry in the hamper! It starts off with irritation. Then you start to get annoyed that he's so disrespectful. Pretty soon, you feel nothing but contempt for this man who obviously married you to get a slave! Lest you think I'm joking, I know a man who divorced his first wife, whom he loved and continued to have a wonderful friendship with til the day he died. They divorced because she didn't keep a clean enough house, and he just couldn't abide that. Broke up a home with four children over stacks of magazines. I've talked with both of them, at length, and this is TRULY the reason they divorced.Lest you think I'm picking on one or the other, they were both pig-headed! LOL! But it does make me pause and evaluate why certain things bug me so much, and to ask myself if I'm really putting forth as much effort as I could to not push my dh's buttons. If he's really not happy with something, and I'm able to change it, why shouldn't I? Just because 'he can't make me'? Is that going to keep me warm at night?I feel like I really rambled with this post. Sorry about that. I really just wanted to say that I got a huge kick out of making his day today, and I'm looking for opportunities to do it again. Oh, and that doesn't make me a doormat. It makes me a happy wife.
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11 Rules
This list is most often attributed to Bill Gates, though research leans towards that being a myth. Truthorfiction.com says "It's an excerpt from the book "Dumbing Down our Kids" by educator Charles Sykes."Honestly, I don't care who said it, it's true and it's funny. So enjoy.

RULE 1. Life is not fair - get used to it.

RULE 2. The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feelgood about yourself.

RULE 3. You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.

RULE 4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping they called it Opportunity.

RULE 6. If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

RULE 7. Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

RULE 8. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

What is unspeakable joy? It is a feeling that is so powerful, coupled with great contentment. You get up in the morning and you feel so good that you want to do cartwheels up and down the roads but of course you can't do that. Folks with white coats would soon come, and take you away, so you stay in your motor home and PRAISE THE LORD! This kind of unspeakable joy comes from not having anything in your life that separates you from God. The apostle Paul, in the 4th chapter of Philippians, tells you how. [Of course you have to have made a commitment to serve God first.] Philippians 4:8-9 [NIV] Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is pure, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me or seen in me-put into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. [In other words follow his instructions.]

Today the resort will start to fill up for the Labor Day weekend. Along with all the activities that Salli, the activity director has put together, there will be a dance band, in the club-house, on Saturday night.