Hi Sis Reeves,

Man would I agree with this msg.  When I Phillip an icetray, I call 
it Scovelling.  Now, how strange is that?
hawhawhawhawhawhawhawhawhawhaw!!

Luv tuh yuh all,

purple Mari



At 12:50 AM 7/8/2007, you wrote:
>Carol,
>
>You're absolutely right. I didn't mean to come off as holier than 
>thou by saying that faith is what makes you trust God. I guess I 
>meant that it took a lot of faith to step out there and tell Jesus 
>you were a sinner, and ask Him to forgive those sins. That, in my 
>view, is trusting God. Salvation is a BIG, BIG step for most of us 
>who want to trust Him, and we think, well, Christians don't have any 
>fun. Haw! We surely do have fun, and I'm a living testament to that! 
>I have fun with Mari, and she with me. We're naturally weird people, 
>in my view, so having fun means to listen to your cell phohnes while 
>talking to each other and saying "Thank you" when the phone on the 
>other end makes a kissing noise, or saying "Why did your phone just 
>spit at me?" We sing strange songs and do just plain weird stuff. We 
>listen to music and play on our computers. To us, that's fun, but 
>we're more or less housebound, anyway.
>
>
>Love You All,
>
>Reeva Parry.
>
>
>On Thursday 7/5/2007 08:08 AM, Carol Pearson said:
>
>>Dear sister Doris and all,
>>
>>As I read your response, I was prompted to share one of my 
>>favourite passages of Scripture as a means of encouragement to you 
>>in this.  It's Philippians 1:4-6 (NIV):
>>
>>4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
>>5 Because of your partnership in the Gospel from the first day until now,
>>6 Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you 
>>will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
>>
>>This week I've really felt in my spirit that God wants me to push 
>>out and ask God for bigger things than ever before and to trust Him 
>>in a way never before.  This doesn't mean I have any more faith 
>>than before (BTW) but it means He would have me to grow stronger 
>>and exercise that which He has given me.  I feel this particularly 
>>in the area of trust right now and He has given me opportunity this 
>>week to continue to say "I trust You, Lord, with this" on a number 
>>of occasions.
>>
>>I am convinced that this growing and trusting is for all of us, so 
>>maybe others will feel prompted to reach out in a new way in trusting Him.
>>
>>With prayers for great blessings for you all:
>>
>>--
>>Carol - Reading, UK
>>
>>To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
>>In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.
>>
>> From Doris:
>>
>>>I know this is a problem in my relationship with the Lord. i know 
>>>that unhealthy fears I have sometimes cloud my picture of our 
>>>perfect God and therefore have me struggle with trusthing him. I 
>>>am trusting that with time and getting grounded in the Word and 
>>>God's Spirit working in me, that i will be able to overcome these 
>>>human fears and shall instead be filled with awe and perfected in God's love.
>>>
>>>Sometimes I get very discouraged with this sort of thing though 
>>>and I know I need a lot of prayer.
>>>
>>>God Bless.
>>>
>>>Doris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 01:21 AM 7/5/2007 -0400, Teri Van Pelt said:
>
>>>>Are you afraid of God?
>>>>I'd like to add to your question Phil.  As I was contemplating my 
>>>>answer, I had
>>>>the thought, well, no I am not afraid of God...and then there was 
>>>>a small voice
>>>>with in me saying so Why are you having trouble trusting me.  So I guess I
>>>>have a little unhealthy fear or i would be able to trust Him more.
>>>>So my question is Do we not trust God because of unhealthy fear towards
>>>>Him?
>>>>Love, sweet tee