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October 15, 2004 What is the recipe for love? Perhaps more than anything, God wants us to be in a "right" relationship with Him and with each other. To accomplish this, He teaches us, daily, about love. In I Corinthians 13, Paul the Apostle wrote about love, and we can use what he wrote as a yardstick to measure our own growth by substituting our name for the word "love." For example, using verses 4 through 7, one would say,
How do we measure up when we read I Corinthians 13 in this way? Jesus said that all the commandments were summed up by "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" and "love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 22:37-40) How can all the commandments be summed up by the command to love? How by loving are we able to have proper relationships amongst ourselves and God? There are two answers to these questions: It is as simple as to love, and it is not as simple as it looks to love. But those who put forth the effort to make the Lord and others first in their lives are the happiest people we know. They are not shipwrecked by tragedy, they are not tossed by the waves, they are not distracted by other intriguing ports. No, unswervingly, they know who they are and who they are in the Lord, and they simply love with all their hearts. It's a decision to love. I will love. If we make this decision, it will interfere with every other decision we make, day by day, hour by hour. It will be right there in the middle of it, asking, "Is this a loving thing to do?" or "Will I hurt God by doing this?" or "Will this please my spouse?" Will you love? The recipe for love is a decision to love. October 13, 2004
It seems there has been an explosion of old time portrait photographers at many popular vacation destinations around the country. People are drawn to the romance of the Victorian era and the old west. Most of these photographers have switched to digital photography, giving customers instant on-screen proofs and choices between color or sepia toned prints.
While at Miss Dee's, Erika watched another customer dress up with a hoop skirt. A few days ago, while being a princess, she made her own hoops using part of a kids' indoor play tent. "Daddy, look! I'm just like those people at Old Time Photo!" Nostalgia lovers might enjoy the web site Drive Back in Time by Dmitry Popov. His photos depict the era of the mid-1900s, featuring old cars, sets, and models that are, in his words, "fashioned to the standards of the era". October 9, 2004
In case you were wondering if we were still alive, hopefully this picture will explain our virtual absence from the web site over the past few weeks. Witness the active imagination of the five-year-old. The seating arrangement, place settings, costumes, and participants were all orchestrated by none other than Erika. Anna, of course, eats this up and is always a willing accomplice. The girls are a joy and keep us extremely busy all the time. We indeed had a very busy summer, which included full-blown home school for Erika, learning to talk by Anna, constant work by Kassi to make it all possible, and various masonry projects outside by Eric. We also enjoyed the aquarium in Gatlinburg, the Tweetsie Railroad, Erika's birthday party, a short camping trip, Vacation Bible School, and three weeks of swimming lessons for Erika. September 30, 2004 Summer came and went, and all I can say was, where'd it go? While we never posted anything to the web site over the summer, we certainly had an eventful time.
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I am patient, I am kind. I do not envy, I do not boast, I am not proud. I am not rude, I am not self-seeking, I am not easily angered, I keep no record of wrongs.
I do not delight in evil, but I rejoice with the truth. I always protect, always trust, always hope, always persevere.
While
looking back through old family photos, we found this one dated September 29,
1854. How surprised I was to see a huge resemblance between me and my
great, great grandfather! Well, I can't fool anyone. While we were
vacationing in Pigeon Forge last month, we visited
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