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This foil sculpture made by my sister was the fruit of boredom after the before mentioned meal</div>
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Going to GYC was such a wonderful experience! This was our first year, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was blessed by the speakers' messages as well as spending time with friends. We just figured out this evening that we knew about 120 people there. Like-minded friends are such a blessing! Lord willing, we'll be at the next one in Seattle. I'm looking forward to it!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-59723881244908953262012-01-01T22:18:00.000-07:002012-01-01T22:18:32.151-07:00A New Year<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">A new year of your life now commences. A new page is turned in the book of the recording angel. What will be the record upon its pages? Shall it be blotted with the neglect of God, with unfulfilled duties? God forbid. Let the record be stamped there which you will not be ashamed to have revealed to the gaze of men and angels. {2T 268}</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-51072353813186912972011-12-01T06:59:00.001-07:002011-12-01T07:31:05.235-07:00The heavens declare the glory of God...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She picked me up near Trego, but we ended up having to go back to Eureka to switch out trailers (hers apparently has a bent axel or something, which she realized after stopping to get me). Above is the trailer she borrowed just before loading the horses up again.</div>
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Cadet getting an x-ray. He kicked the wall in his stall back in June and broke his coffin bone.</div>
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In Dr. Genovese's office comparing the new x-ray to previous ones.</div>
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Ephesians 6:13-17.</div>
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Then who of us have entered the service to expect the conveniences of life, to be off duty when we please, laying aside the soldier’s armor and putting on the civilian’s dress, sleeping at the post of duty, and so exposing the cause of God to reproach? The ease-loving ones will not practice self-denial and patient endurance; and when men are wanted to make mighty strokes for God, these are not ready to answer, “Here am I; send me.” Hard and trying work has to be done, but blessed are those who are ready to do it when their names are called. God will not reward men and women in the next world for seeking to be comfortable in this.</div>
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We are now on the battlefield. There is no time for resting, no time for ease, no time for selfish indulgence. After gaining one advantage, you must do battle again; you must go on conquering and to conquer, gathering fresh strength for fresh struggles. Every victory gained gives an increase of courage, faith, and determination. Through divine strength you will prove more than a match for your enemies.— The Signs of the Times, September 7, 1891.</div>
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<li>Unselfish</li>
<li>Helpful</li>
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<li>Agreeable</li>
<li>Dependable</li>
<li>Patient</li>
<li>Tactful</li>
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Several areas come to mind in which there could be improvement in my life. I'd like to be miss-able; wouldn't you?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-90528762478519504092011-08-31T08:47:00.001-06:002011-09-01T08:15:38.099-06:00The Plan of Salvation in the Days of Creation<b>First Day:</b> Light appears. The light is divided from the darkness.<br />
<i>We are introduced to the Savior. The darkness (sin) is already there in our lives. God comes into our lives and brings light.</i><br />
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<b>Second Day:</b> "Divide the waters from the waters."<br />
<i>In the Bible, water often represents people. At this point we are set apart through baptism.</i><br />
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<b>Third Day:</b> God commands the earth to "bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit..."<br />
<i>Likewise, when we have been called out of darkness and begin to follow the Lord, fruit is brought forth in our lives.</i><br />
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<b>Fourth Day:</b> "And God made two great lights; the greater to rule the day, and the lesser to rule the night."<br />
<i>The greater light, which is the Bible; and the lesser light, which is the Spirit of Prophecy, are both essential.</i><br />
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<b>Fifth Day:</b> "And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life..." and commands them to be fruitful and multiply.<i> </i><br />
<i>Once we have received light, and been baptized, we are called to be fishers of men.</i><br />
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<b>Sixth Day:</b> Man is created in God's image and given dominion over the beasts of the earth.<br />
<i>As we follow Christ and become more like Him, we are given dominion over the beasts of self and sin.</i><br />
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<b>Seventh Day:</b> God rests from His work and blesses and sanctifies the seventh day.<br />
<i>Our induction into heaven brings the end of our work here on earth and, consequently, brings our rest.</i><br />
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I'd love to hear other's insights regarding this. So, feel free to leave your comments below!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-2077953432559293162011-08-09T09:59:00.000-06:002011-08-09T09:59:52.218-06:00Glacier Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few pictures from our camping trip to Glacier Park this past weekend. The Lord blessed us with beautiful sunshine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-74675487241097435002011-07-14T14:14:00.002-06:002011-07-14T18:33:39.788-06:00My Prayer<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lord, take my heart; for I cannot give it. It is Thy property. Keep it pure, for I cannot keep it for Thee. Save me in spite of myself, my weak, unchristlike self. Mold me, fashion me, raise me into a pure and holy atmosphere, where the rich current of Thy love can flow through my soul. {COL 159.3} </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is one of my favorite quotes because it embodies what I want the Lord to do in my life. May it be your prayer, as well.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-86448511385307174312011-07-04T21:27:00.000-06:002011-07-04T21:27:42.383-06:00Les Fleurs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqsGCUSxMnE/ThI2ofhJ5sI/AAAAAAAAD4M/CUOttU51Vb8/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqsGCUSxMnE/ThI2ofhJ5sI/AAAAAAAAD4M/CUOttU51Vb8/s320/044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you ever considered the beautiful flowers that bloom where no one will ever see and appreciate them? They go unnoticed by the world, but still show the handiwork of the Creator. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our greatest victories are those which no one knows about; the struggles and temptations overcome in our daily lives. They are the blossoms that grow in the out-of-the-way places that only a select few are privileged to witness.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">At first there may only be a few flowers growing in our secret gardens. By God's grace, they may multiply until our gardens are so prolific that they are can no longer be hidden and those around us will see the evidence of the Master Gardner's work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HVPOhh01cZM/ThI32uwLB_I/AAAAAAAAD4c/drPGdpIFuJM/s1600/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HVPOhh01cZM/ThI32uwLB_I/AAAAAAAAD4c/drPGdpIFuJM/s320/070.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's strive every day to cultivate more of these blossoms in our lives. By overcoming in the little things, our lives will grow more beautiful and we will more clearly reflect the image of the Creator.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-90489962037617956822011-06-21T11:33:00.000-06:002011-06-21T11:33:21.353-06:00Whatever It Takes - VideoFinally, here's the video from WAFCM!<br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25402770?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/25402770">Whatever It Takes</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user7515702">Emily Brown</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-544061990877533952011-06-21T09:16:00.001-06:002011-06-21T09:17:17.023-06:00Lessons From a Four-leaf Clover<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">While on a walk this past Sabbath, a couple people in our group found four-leaf clovers. This made me wonder what lesson I could draw from this supposedly rare finding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This is what one site had to say about four-leaf clovers: “<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Four-leaf clovers are very rare. It is estimated that for every one "lucky" four-leaf clover, there are 10,000 regular clovers. In order to find one, you have to be very patient or very lucky.” Funny, those in our group found them after just a couple minutes and weren’t even looking for four-leaf clovers…<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup><sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">“<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-leaf_clover#cite_note-0#cite_note-0"></a></span></sup><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">According to legend, each leaf represents something: the first is for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith" title="Faith"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">faith</span></a>, the second is for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope" title="Hope"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hope</span></a>, the third is for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love" title="Love"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">love</span></a>, and the fourth is for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck" title="Luck"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">luck</span></a>.”</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Faith<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The faith in Christ which saves the soul is not what it is represented to be by many. "Believe, believe," is their cry; "only believe in Christ, and you will be saved. It is all you have to do." While true faith trusts wholly in Christ for salvation, it will lead to perfect conformity to the law of God. Faith is manifested by works. And the apostle John declares, "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar" (RH Oct. 5, 1886).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>{6BC 1073.2}<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hope<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Christ is our only hope. We may look to Him, for He is our Saviour. We may take Him at His word, and make Him our dependence. He knows just the help we need, and we can safely put our trust in Him. If we depend on merely human wisdom to guide us, we shall find ourselves on the losing side. But we may come direct to the Lord Jesus, for He has said: "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." {TM 486.3}<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Love<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." What an incomparable love is this! A theme for the most profound meditation! The amazing love of God for a world that did not love Him! The thought has a subduing power upon the soul and brings the mind into captivity to the will of God. Men who are crazy for gain, and are disappointed and unhappy in their pursuit of the world, need the knowledge of this truth to quiet the restless hungering and thirsting of their souls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>{4T 80.2}<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Luck<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Definition: <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">good or bad fortune in life caused by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accident" title="Accident"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">accident</span></a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness" title="Randomness"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">chance</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p></o:p>So… perhaps the three-leaf variety of clover that God originally created should be the more sought after form rather than the four-leaf genetically modified version. I would just as soon leave off the fourth leaf and focus on the faith, hope, and love we find in Christ.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956067952962640782.post-59351008426688221022011-06-17T07:26:00.000-06:002011-06-17T07:26:12.110-06:00Three Words<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I left this last Washington Family Campmeeting with the strong desire to do “whatever it takes” to be ready when Jesus comes - hence the name of my blog. I plan to post some of the lessons I learn on my journey and perhaps some of life’s miscellaneous occurrences, as well. I pray you will be blessed by what you find here.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I will try to post the song my friends and I sang at WAFCM entitled "Whatever It Takes" as soon as I figure out how...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1