There is a natural disaster headed your way. You get 4 standard sized canvas grocery totes to fill with valuables and provisions to bring with you to a safe place. What would you put into your 4 bags and why?
Submitted by dejablu503.
You know, I actually think about stuff like this from time to time, so I have a ready answer. In order I would...
1. Stuff the first one with important papers like birth certificates, passports, house and insurance stuff...especially home owner's insurance stuff because it's stuff you need no matter your location.
2. Family photos/memorabilia/selected items of jewelry because they cannot be replaced.
3. Laptop, external hard drives and storage devices because intellectual property and all manner of records are stored therein.
4. Clothes, shoes and as much underwear as you can cram in because...well, if you really need to know the "why" on this one, you're probably in way over your head and need to stop reading.
RG...out!
It can never be put into words enough to do what I am feeling justice.
I spent the greater part of 300+ miles riding straight behind Mike on what was THE best ride I have ever been on. I learned more in that one day then I have in the two years I have spent on my Harley.
I have no doubts that that ride will go down in history as one of my most memorable rides. Not because of the tragedy, but because of the other 300+ miles of shear awesomeness that I shared with my best friends: Robin, my dad, and Mike.
I rode back from the crash site on Monday night after ridding up there to be with the family and some close friends to hang a cross in his remembrance, and I laughed almost the whole way down the hill. If you ever talked to Mike about ridding and mentioned bugs then you heard his joke. "How do you tell a happy Harley Rider? By all the bugs in his teeth!" and then he would put the biggest toothy grin on his face. Well Coming down the hill...it was really buggy that night, and I have heard him tell that stupid joke at least a million times. I laughed all the way back to Monroe that night (and I still have bugs on my jacket hahahahaha).
Mike:
you were an incredible man, and will forever influence me in the way I live my life. Thanks for sharing your passion with me on your finale day here on this earth. That day was AMAZING!
Driving past Sam's Club yesterday.
I. There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for his won glory, most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; and withal most just and terrible in his judgments; hating all sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty.
II. God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of himself; and is alone in and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, but only manifesting his own glory in, by, unto, and upon them; he is the alone foundation of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom, are all things; and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them, whatsoever himself pleaseth. In his sight all things are open and manifest; his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature; so as nothing is to him contingent or uncertain. He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in all his commands. To him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience he is pleased to require of them.
III. In the unity of the Godhead there be three Persons of one substance, power, and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.
With Love in Christ,
So, I sent all the files to the printer today and if all goes well I should have my first shipment of books by the first week of September.
Dream Chasers Media Group, LLC is a mixed-media publishing company with four divisions: books & dramatic scripts, music, fine art, film & video (to include screenplays).
I tried to upload this video to vox, but was unable to do so. This is a life changing message from Pastor Jentzen Franklin that took place during the month of June "One Prayer" series. It's worth taking the time. It will change your walk with Christ.
Let us all be....and then some Christians.
http://www.lifechurch.tv/message-archive/one-prayer/5
God Bless,
This morning's devotional were led by Stephen Black. (He's my boss, so I didn't take a picture of him.)
He spoke of the parable of the sower and the seed. (Luke ) I caught the picture. I've been praying all day for the ground of our hearts and yours to be well prepared so that we can receive the seed (The Word of God) and bear fruit.
Stephen pointed out that the interesting things about this story is that Jesus said if they didn't understand this story then would wouldn't understand others. What was the deal? See was being planed everywhere! The Sower was doing His job. The SEED was doing its job. It seemed that it was determined to do what seed should do. Grow!
So what was the deal then? It was the soil. The soil represents the heart in this story. The seed is the word of God. Sometimes is can't bear fruit because the ground is too hard. Something it can't bear fruit because the soil is rocky (affliction and persecution) and while the seed springs up quickly it cannot plant deeply and, therefore, dies. Some seed fell in soil that was good but other things came along to choke the life out of it--worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke it out.
Wow! Take the soil of our hearts and prepare it to receive well and to bear fruit!
A wonderful time of musical worship. Whew!
We heard the story of Jaye Thomas. He spoke inspirationally of the end of his old life.
The evening keynote was Anne Graham Lotz. This woman does have an uncommon gift of God to preach salvation and grace. Her opening thought was a quote from Zephaniah 3:19 when God said, "I will rescue the lame..." I forgot what she said just after that because THAT made me cry.
She elected to speak about the Holy Spirit last night. I'll try to avoid the doctrinal points over which people may disagree; however, she said a lot.
She gave a great illustration of a man who went to the hardware store to buy the best saw he could buy because he had some work to do. He took their recommendation of an excellent chain saw and went home. A few days later he returned to the store all disheveled, dirty and dog tired. He said that he was having a hard time with the saw...and the work was very difficult. The man at the counter said he was curious about that...and pulled the cord and the saw whirred to life. The customer was shocked. He hadn't known to activate the power!
She asked the question: "Have you been trying to do this without ever activating the power?" John 16:5-15
From there she spoke of the character and personality of Holy Spirit...revealing again that He is the one who reveals and extols Jesus. The Holy Spirit doesn't lie, doesn't deceive, doesn't betray. He is just like Jesus. He is not mean, not rude, not bitter, not sinful...He is the spirit of truth. When he talked about Jesus' promise that when he left he would send another counselor....she elaborated. She said that another means another one of the same kind. Jesus comforted them with the promise that we would come to them another way. Then, at Pentecost, he did. He come in power and filled that room. The beauty of Pentecost was that they were NOT alone.
The response time developed slowly but some were saved and many come determined to take God's offering to help them.
I attended a special interest group targeted at women who are in leadership. It was a good opportunity to hear the interests, callings and work of other women in ministry. Melissa Ingraham decided to do it and I'm just so grateful.
Of particular interest to me was a woman who is working with women who have been living on the streets!
We spent a good deal of the time talking about resources created for women coming out of sexual bondage (there are not that many) and we talked about the challenges of growth.
Thanks Melissa.
