Rhonda, hopefully (when God's dealt some more with me) I'll share something 
on it.

Love:


--
Carol
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: Ponderment


> That would be a good subject indeed, I'd love to  listen when ever you've 
> a
> mind to write about it!!
> It is awesome isn't it the situations we find ourselves in...God does have 
> a
> plan after all!
> Rhonda1
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Carol Pearson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:41 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ponderment
>
> Yep, Rhonda, I sure do!  Oh, and don't they want to come up and bang you
> down again just when you're not expecting it!  Last week I had a very
> familiar situation at church rear its head once again.  I was asked to 
> take
> part in a "fun day", but just to sit in the coffee lounge with Mike and
> welcome any visitors that came our way . . ..  Well, two totally blind
> people sitting around in a corner, probably alone most of the time, hoping
> they'd know if visitors walked in . . . wasn't quite my idea of how to do
> things!  Well, the result was wonderful!  We all dug ourselves a little 
> out
> of that one (with God) and I found myself, on the spur of the moment, 
> taking
>
> over someone's piano they were using to lead the singers outside and I 
> sang
> for most of two hours.  Mike's guitar was well used too in various areas
> throughout the church buildings, both to help the youngsters and to aid 
> our
> singing group.  I think people had long forgotten I once used to sing and
> play here, though that's probably not their fault in view of the fact that
> I've been unable to sing solo now for 9-10 years.  I am now able to sing 
> in
> a group and keep going for quite a while so have to learn to live in this
> new situation.
>
> No, that wasn't really what came out of it all last week but only a part.
> The main thrust had to do with God's changing me and teaching me how to 
> get
> my anger dealt with without sinning.  (That could be quite a good subject
> for discussion!)
>
> Love to you all:
>
>
> --
> Carol
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>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Ponderment
>
>
>> It is a funny thing to say, and I never thought I'd ever say it-but I am
>> glad I have went through hard times! It was during those hard times in 
>> the
>> past, and even now-when I  am awake way past midnight my mind full of all
>> the "what if this happens, and then what will I do" fears threaten to 
>> take
>> away my peace of mind that I come to know just who God really is.  All 
>> the
>> hurt I hae known, since I was a child, all the angry words spoken, words
>> such as "We don't have to keep you here with us, we could send you away"
>> these have made me who I am today.  If I had all I needed, would I have
>> ever
>> sought to know God, would I have ever wondered what it means to call God
>> Father,
>> I don't really think so.  Though I would have never chosen them, the hard
>> times, the times I am awake at three in the morning, these are the times 
>> I
>> come to know God in a deeper way! Yall know what I mean?
>>
>> Rhonda
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Carol Pearson
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:25 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Ponderment
>>
>> Yeah, amen Kathy.
>>
>> Problem is, Rhonda, that we all think of harm as being those things that
>> hurt us now, whether they're accidents or words from others, or whatever.
>> In fact, as we know, man has power to kill the flesh but the one thing
>> that
>> nobody can harm is God's Spirit in us, that new life that He has planted
>> within us and will keep safe (preserve) no matter what the calamities 
>> here
>> on earth.
>>
>> I sometimes wish as a Christian that perhaps I could have a special
>> passport
>>
>> that keeps me from such harm, but God didn't say we could have that but 
>> He
>> did promise us grace and peace and help from above!
>>
>> It's not the way the world will see these things, but the way we can and
>> should see them in the light of his grace and His truth shown to us each
>> day!
>>
>> Well, do we feel secure?  That's what God wants us to feel!  Do we feel
>> afraid!  Yes, if we're honest, we probably do when we stop to think of
>> some
>> of the awful things that are happening all around us, but He wants us 
>> (me,
>> me, me!) to learn to trust Him in these areas.
>>
>> Having said all the above:  God is indeed gracious to us and loves us so
>> very much that there are times when He does intervene and rescue us from
>> physical death itself.  Some of us have known this and have known His
>> angels
>>
>> taking care of us too!  Sometimes we don't even know He's reached out a
>> hand
>>
>> to rescue us because we're totally unaware of the danger that He sees.
>> That's how much He takes care of us!  He never sleeps or slumbers - just
>> looks on us and out for us and, oh, loves us so very much!
>>
>> Sorry, didn't mean to get quite so carried away in this post . . . and 
>> God
>> spoke as much, if not more, to me as I wrote than He may want to speak to
>> others.  I'm encouraged anyway and trust you are!
>>
>> In Him:
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carol
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: Ponderment
>>
>>
>>> Rhonda,
>>> When you are in God's hand, no matter what calamity befalls you, you are
>>> in the safest place you can be.
>>> Kathy
>>>
>>>
>>> At 10:00 PM 5/2/2006, you wrote:
>>>>What do you think "live in safety" means?  Is it  "safe from harm" or
>>>>"safe,
>>>>from thinking you know all the answers and don't need God or any of his
>>>>wisdom, safe,  if it means safe from harm, that would bring up a lot of
>>>>questions...what exactly must our relationship be to ensure  we are
>>>>"safe"
>>>>for many go through things that can be seen as harm, cancer, accidents,
>>>>many
>>>>who love God and who fololow im and seek to do His will...interesting
>>>>thoughts!
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>>>Behalf Of BD
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:25 PM
>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>Subject: Re: Ponderment
>>>>
>>>>Rhonda,
>>>>
>>>>Hmm. Maybe not, perfectly faithful no, but not faithful at all? I don't
>>>>think that is it either. I think Proverbs  seen below shows were we 
>>>>ought
>>>>to be. I wonder if we can faithfully believe in the promise given at the
>>>>end of the text constantly. It does however say that we will have no 
>>>>need
>>>>to "fear" and doesn't say we are absolved of trials, yet he does say
>>>>earlier that he'll keep us safe. See below... interesting... I never
>>>>really seen it that strongly before.
>>>>Proverbs 1:20-33
>>>>20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street,she raises her voice in the public
>>>>squares; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out,in the
>>>>gateways
>>>>of the city she makes her speech:
>>>>22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways?How long will
>>>>mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? 23 If you had
>>>>responded to my rebuke,I would have poured out my heart to you and made
>>>>my
>>>>thoughts known to you. 24 But since you rejected me when I called and no
>>>>one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, 25 since you ignored all my
>>>>advice and would not accept my rebuke, 26 I in turn will laugh at your
>>>>disaster;I will mock when calamity overtakes you-- 27 when calamity
>>>>overtakes you like a storm,when disaster sweeps over you like a
>>>>whirlwind,when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
>>>>28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer;they will look for 
>>>>me
>>>>but will not find me. 29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose 
>>>>to
>>>>fear the LORD, 30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my
>>>>rebuke, 31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the
>>>>fruit of their schemes. 32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill
>>>>them,and the complacency of fools will destroy them; 33 but whoever
>>>>listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
>>>
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