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A grief support group.For those who have lost a lovedone. We who are dealing with grief always needs a friend who is there to listen and understand what eachothr is going through.
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Welcome's You to OUR Family
Those who have passed on
will live forever in our heart's.
I post the daily grief share and if they help
one person is all I'm asking.
feel free to browse or post
Please post any special days you would like
for us to share with you.
Rick and I are here for all of you.
You are never alone in dealing with the grief..
May GOD bless each and every one of you..
Those who have passed on
will live forever in our heart's.
I post the daily grief share and if they help
one person is all I'm asking.
feel free to browse or post
Please post any special days you would like
for us to share with you.
Rick and I are here for all of you.
You are never alone in dealing with the grief..
May GOD bless each and every one of you..
about 1 month ago
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Day trip
Going to go out of town for the day Going to the Golden Casino in Horton Kansas to play Bingo and wife wants to get some cheap cigs. She;s been wanting to do this for a long time so we decided to just take a day and go. Tried to get friends to go but there was always someting that they couldn't go so we are just going to go by ourselves. I plumbed a motel up close to there 7 yrs ago going to be kind of cool to go by and see it. So I'll be back and post Thursday
Rick
Rick
Grief Share Day 217
Learning to Worship
You were created to worship God. Worship means to honor or reverence; to regard with great or extravagant respect or devotion (Merriam-Webster). Do these words describe your response to God?
Dr. Ray Pritchard says, "I would define worship in the broadest sense as the soul's response to God. It is anything that I do in my soul where I am truly aware of my heavenly Father, and I am turning to Him in the time of need. It might be with joy. It might be with praise. But very often it's with a broken heart.
"I think that in those moments when you have lost someone very precious to you, God is honored when deep inside you turn to Him and cry out, 'Oh God, oh Lord, You are awesome. Your ways are beyond finding out. Lord, I do not understand, but I bow before You because You are an awesome God.' That to me is worship."
Hezekiah was a king who trusted God with wholehearted devotion both in good times and in bad. The Bible records that "there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him" (2 Kings 18:5). Even in the midst of bitter tears, Hezekiah approached God with a reverent, worshipful heart, and God heard his prayer: "'Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.' And Hezekiah wept bitterly" (2 Kings 20:3).
O Lord God, my heart cries out to You. I worship You with reverence. You are Lord of all. Amen.
You were created to worship God. Worship means to honor or reverence; to regard with great or extravagant respect or devotion (Merriam-Webster). Do these words describe your response to God?
Dr. Ray Pritchard says, "I would define worship in the broadest sense as the soul's response to God. It is anything that I do in my soul where I am truly aware of my heavenly Father, and I am turning to Him in the time of need. It might be with joy. It might be with praise. But very often it's with a broken heart.
"I think that in those moments when you have lost someone very precious to you, God is honored when deep inside you turn to Him and cry out, 'Oh God, oh Lord, You are awesome. Your ways are beyond finding out. Lord, I do not understand, but I bow before You because You are an awesome God.' That to me is worship."
Hezekiah was a king who trusted God with wholehearted devotion both in good times and in bad. The Bible records that "there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him" (2 Kings 18:5). Even in the midst of bitter tears, Hezekiah approached God with a reverent, worshipful heart, and God heard his prayer: "'Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.' And Hezekiah wept bitterly" (2 Kings 20:3).
O Lord God, my heart cries out to You. I worship You with reverence. You are Lord of all. Amen.
Grief Share Day 216
Seeking to Know God
In today's culture, people are typically unaware of the daily urgency of living for God. It is imperative to choose to live for Christ today because you do not know if you will be given another chance to decide. You do not know what the future holds. The only certainty is that those who surrender their lives to Christ will be given the gift and the hope of a glorious eternal life with Him.
Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life" (John 5:24).
If you have already made the decision to commit your life to Christ, where are you in that commitment? Do not be content with a shallow faith and basic biblical knowledge. Delve into the Bible, search the Scriptures, pray powerfully, and listen carefully to what God is longing to teach you.
"Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech: 'How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you'" (Proverbs 1:20--23).
Mighty God, I am not content to continue in my own simple ways. I want to know You as I have never known You before. Amen.
In today's culture, people are typically unaware of the daily urgency of living for God. It is imperative to choose to live for Christ today because you do not know if you will be given another chance to decide. You do not know what the future holds. The only certainty is that those who surrender their lives to Christ will be given the gift and the hope of a glorious eternal life with Him.
Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life" (John 5:24).
If you have already made the decision to commit your life to Christ, where are you in that commitment? Do not be content with a shallow faith and basic biblical knowledge. Delve into the Bible, search the Scriptures, pray powerfully, and listen carefully to what God is longing to teach you.
"Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech: 'How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you'" (Proverbs 1:20--23).
Mighty God, I am not content to continue in my own simple ways. I want to know You as I have never known You before. Amen.
I hope
I hope all of you had a great 4th of July and long weekend. Here i Kansas City next few day are going to be hot and humid. No surprise thogh happens every year. We all face the heat on it's way just be careful when your out there to not get over heated. Drink plenty of water. I worked out side for years and sure don't miss having to do it any more. Than You Retirement.
Rick
Rick
Blessings in disguise...
I read this in another group.
If you look at your problems as problems, they will continue
to hold you down. See them instead as blessings in disguise,
and that is what they will truly become.
If you treat the challenges as excuses for failure, you'll
have plenty of excuses but not much else. Approach those
challenges instead as pathways to success, and that is
precisely what they will be.
There is more than enough richness in life for all those who
are willing to recognize it. That richness most often comes
wrapped in challenge so as to keep its value intact.
For if the good things in life had no cost at all, they would
not be worth very much. It is the effort, the discipline, the
commitment to overcome any challenge, that makes a dream
worth reaching.
So whatever stands in the way of your dream is really a
blessing in disguise. For when you work your way through it,
you arrive at the place you most want to be.
Ralph Marston
If you look at your problems as problems, they will continue
to hold you down. See them instead as blessings in disguise,
and that is what they will truly become.
If you treat the challenges as excuses for failure, you'll
have plenty of excuses but not much else. Approach those
challenges instead as pathways to success, and that is
precisely what they will be.
There is more than enough richness in life for all those who
are willing to recognize it. That richness most often comes
wrapped in challenge so as to keep its value intact.
For if the good things in life had no cost at all, they would
not be worth very much. It is the effort, the discipline, the
commitment to overcome any challenge, that makes a dream
worth reaching.
So whatever stands in the way of your dream is really a
blessing in disguise. For when you work your way through it,
you arrive at the place you most want to be.
Ralph Marston
In Remembrance of This Weekend
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG,
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,
AND TO THE REPUBLIC,
FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
For All of our other military personnel, where ever they may Be
Please
Support all of the troops defending our Country.
Hope Your Enjoying Your Saturday
Wanted to stop by and say 
Hope you all got to hear the fireworks
It drove my 3 yr old lab nuts,,he was acting like a baby.
But I'm told it hurts their ears..
We sure have had some great weather here in Michigan..
The rain finally let up,,sun is out and such pretty blue
skies..
I've been trying to weed flower beds,,with all the rain
we've had makes for very moist soil,,perfect for weeding.
What ever you do this holiday weekend
Enjoy and Be Safe and remember our service men and women--past and present
Hope you all got to hear the fireworks
It drove my 3 yr old lab nuts,,he was acting like a baby.
But I'm told it hurts their ears..
We sure have had some great weather here in Michigan..
The rain finally let up,,sun is out and such pretty blue
skies..
I've been trying to weed flower beds,,with all the rain
we've had makes for very moist soil,,perfect for weeding.
What ever you do this holiday weekend
Enjoy and Be Safe and remember our service men and women--past and present
Grief Share Day 215
Contemplate the Cross
"The clearest demonstration of the love of God is the cross," says Dr. Larry Crabb. "Without an understanding of the cross, you're never going to get God's love clear in your mind.
Do you feel unlovable? Have people turned away from you in your grief? Has anyone glibly offered to pray for you or shared Scripture with you without really taking time to listen to you? Have you heard the story of what Jesus did on the cross, but do not feel it personally? Instead of focusing on how inadequate other people are at expressing their love for you, direct your attention to the cross of Christ. Take time to listen to its message of love.
Crabb continues, "This hanging on the cross is the richest, clearest, most convincing demonstration of God's love. Without contemplating the cross and looking at it, Christians, you draw the wrong conclusions sometimes."
Direct your attention to the cross at Calvary. Here is where you are reconciled to God, where you receive the fullness of Christ through His shed blood. If you continued to direct your focus to the cross throughout this day, the next day, and the days after that, you would know without a doubt His love for you. You would begin to live your life on a higher plane.
"For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him [Jesus Christ], and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross" (Colossians 1:19-20).
Loving God, the Bible says that it was Your pleasure to reconcile me to You through this amazing sacrifice on the cross. Help me to focus on the cross and to understand the intense personal significance that I will find there. Amen.
"The clearest demonstration of the love of God is the cross," says Dr. Larry Crabb. "Without an understanding of the cross, you're never going to get God's love clear in your mind.
Do you feel unlovable? Have people turned away from you in your grief? Has anyone glibly offered to pray for you or shared Scripture with you without really taking time to listen to you? Have you heard the story of what Jesus did on the cross, but do not feel it personally? Instead of focusing on how inadequate other people are at expressing their love for you, direct your attention to the cross of Christ. Take time to listen to its message of love.
Crabb continues, "This hanging on the cross is the richest, clearest, most convincing demonstration of God's love. Without contemplating the cross and looking at it, Christians, you draw the wrong conclusions sometimes."
Direct your attention to the cross at Calvary. Here is where you are reconciled to God, where you receive the fullness of Christ through His shed blood. If you continued to direct your focus to the cross throughout this day, the next day, and the days after that, you would know without a doubt His love for you. You would begin to live your life on a higher plane.
"For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him [Jesus Christ], and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross" (Colossians 1:19-20).
Loving God, the Bible says that it was Your pleasure to reconcile me to You through this amazing sacrifice on the cross. Help me to focus on the cross and to understand the intense personal significance that I will find there. Amen.
Grief Share Day 214
His Love
When you surrender your life to Christ Jesus, you become wholly aware of His great love for you. Your past sins are wiped away, and you can be assured that He will never leave you.
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. 'The Lord is my portion,' says my soul, 'therefore I will hope in him'" (Lamentations 3:22-24 rsv).
God loves you so much that there is nothing you can do to cause Him to turn away from you. He is always there for you; He is your hope; and He is all you need.
Dr. Larry Crabb says, "Christ is looking at you and saying, 'Take the worst discouragement that you ever felt, the deepest pain you ever felt, the worst sin you ever committed. Combine them all and they are not enough to make Me move away from you.'"
Father God, I'm so glad that You will never leave me. You love me so much; I can barely comprehend it. Yes, Lord, my hope is in You. Amen.
When you surrender your life to Christ Jesus, you become wholly aware of His great love for you. Your past sins are wiped away, and you can be assured that He will never leave you.
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. 'The Lord is my portion,' says my soul, 'therefore I will hope in him'" (Lamentations 3:22-24 rsv).
God loves you so much that there is nothing you can do to cause Him to turn away from you. He is always there for you; He is your hope; and He is all you need.
Dr. Larry Crabb says, "Christ is looking at you and saying, 'Take the worst discouragement that you ever felt, the deepest pain you ever felt, the worst sin you ever committed. Combine them all and they are not enough to make Me move away from you.'"
Father God, I'm so glad that You will never leave me. You love me so much; I can barely comprehend it. Yes, Lord, my hope is in You. Amen.
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