EDIN June 23, 2009

Scripture for today

Better to be criticized by a wise person
than to be praised by a fool.

Ecclesiastes 7:5 (New Living Translation)


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Lilac Bush at Lilac Festival






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Scene at Lilac Festival

Phil and Jo Ann in front of pansy bed at Lilac Festival

Phil and Jo Ann in front of lilac bush at Lilac Festival

Lilac Bush at Lilac Festival

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EDIN June 22, 2009

Scripture for the day

For God so loved the world, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but
have everlasting life.
John 3:16




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Greece AG Third Annual All Church Volleyball game June 12, 2009
Video from clickittothebank on Youtube.

Notes:
Phil is visible playing volleyball in front row ( wearing white shirt
and suspenders)( next to net) He participated along with many others
in this invitational volleyball tournament to raise money for youth
missions trip to Charleston, WV this summer. It was quite an exciting
time for Phil and his enjoyed himself tremendously.



Dove representing the holdy Spirit


Jo Ann and her late Father Lewis Dickerson/ behind our house on Valley Street


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EDIN June 21, 2009

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Phil's Notes:
Life with my Father:
My greatest hero was my Dad. He was also my
greatest fan and supporter. I am remember when I won a trip to the New York Worlds Fair, 1964, my dad volunteered to go along with the group as a chaperone and he and I had a ball. We explored NY City and even took a commuter train ride out to Glen Cove. LI. to see some of my dad's relatives and I got to explore the Russian emissary summer home across the street from my relatives homes ( and were
subsequently booted out when we climbed over the fence to check it
out further). My dad was strict but loving. Many summers we took
camping trips to Southern Tier and stayed at Allegheny State Park. Our relatives stayed in a cabin, but we ended up in the overflow section for campers. But we had loads of fun and enjoyed fun at campfires with my cousins. In 1959, my dad bought a brand spanking new Ford Car and he decided to take the longest road trip in our lives thus far. We drove from Tonawanda, Ny to Ft Lauderdale, Florida, with rolling adventures every step of the way. We first traveled to Washington DC
and stayed in old make shift cabins right in middle of Washington DC and got to see all the sites including the White House. We then travled South and when we
reached Georgia, we ran into blinding rainstorm, which forced my dad to stop
the car on the side of the road ( near a truck stop restaurant). My dad was
not big on hotels, so we all just laid back and rested as comfortably as we
could in our car. We then traveled to Florida ( pre Disney and theme parks)
and the first thing I remembered seeing were road sides advertising fresh
orange Juice and other road sign advertising live alligators ( but we never
saw any because it cost money to see them). In Florida they had little shoulders if any and they consisted of sand. As we traveling along the road, my dad went off the road on to the shoulder and got stuck in the sand and try as he may he could not get out, until a passerby stopped and told him how to successfully get out of sand. We finally made it to Ft Lauderdale and back to New York, but it was a trip of a lifetime. My Dad supported all three of us Edins as far as going to college / both morally and financially. One funny adventure occurred on my wedding day in April of 1973. My dad had to work the early shift at this factory that day, but was determined not to miss my wedding day. My dad is a cautious driver, but on that day he was running late as he traveled from his work down the Thruway/ to Rochester / and then to PARMA, NY for my wedding. As he was running late, he began to speed up and got stopped by the NY State Troopers for speeding. He told the the trooper the story of how he was just getting off work and running late on the way to his son's wedding in Rochester and the trooper said " Have some cake for him" and let him go without a ticket. We lived about 85 miles away from my mother and dad, so had limited access to seeing them in person, but I relished the home visits to 246 Deleware St and my mother and dad. After arriving and the formalities of greetings, I settled down on one couch and dad settled in his chair and we both closed our eyes and began to talk. We talked about anything and everything that was on our minds. In between visits, Dad sent me a weekly letter ( hand written) telling me all the latest news from Tonawanda. In between in person visits we all talked once a week by telephone and again he shared with me all the local news of Bethesda church and Tonawanda. My dad was also a spiritual leader in his home and at his church. When I came home for our visits he most always got out the Bible to read the devotional at breakfast time. In church, during his later years, he served as Assistant Pastor and was charge of hospital visitations at the local hospital. Everbody at the church knew and loved Pastor Curtis. My dad was kind of person that seemed to know everyone in town. If he did not know you when his first met you, he would with several minutes of meeting you. My dad also loved our son Pastor Tim. I believe my Dad was part of the inspiration for Tim going into the ministry. I Just wished he could have lived to see Tim today as he preaches the word of God and serves as a pastor in West Virginia. ( but my guess he is looking down from heaven and smiling down at Pastor Tim). My Dad passed away several years back, and it was very hard on me at first. But as I walked along the beach at Charlotte Beach, one morning, God showed me that Dad was in heaven, looking down at me and I smiled. Happy Fathers Day Dad.
Submitted by Phil Edin
in loving tribute to his late father Pastor Curtis
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EDIN June 19, 2009

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Backseat Drivers
Posted June 17, 2009 8:28 PM
Posted in backseat drivers, marriage, mother-in-law

There's a special place for backseat drivers, right?
Consider the poor slob driving with both his wife and mother-in-law in the back seat.
"You're driving too fast," his mother-in-law says.
"Speed up a little," says his wife.
"Stay more to the left," says his mother-in-law.
"Get away from the centerline," his wife says.
And so it goes. Finally, exasperated, the man turns to his wife. "Who's driving this car," he asks, "you or your mother


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Simply Put Together / Maria / June 18, 2009


Keep it Simple for Father's Day

Thoughtful and Cheap Gifts for the Dads we Love

My husband nudged me on the shoulder today and reminded me, "It's Father's Day this Sunday." Really? How did that sneak up on me so quickly? Well, probably because my life is moving too fast and this is my first Father's Day without having my dad with me. So blocking is in order, right? No one wants to even think of that first Father's Day without his or her dad, but here it is and I have to face the truth. This is what I came up with. My dad was not one who was big on gifts. Well, that's not true. He was big on gifts, but not big on extravagant gifts. He was a sucker for the little things. So, this year, I thought I would share some simple ways to love the dads in your life, whether they are your dads or your husbands or brothers, whatever, just the men in your life that you love who happen to be dads.


· Write him a letter telling him everything you love about him.

· Make him a memory book of your happiest "dad" childhood memories. Or better yet, collaborate. Have other people join in and write or illustrate their thoughts and memories on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet. Put it in one book and you have a wonderful and simple gift.

· Bring him a stack of his favorite magazines.

· Make his favorite snack or desert. My dad loved black licorice. So, every Father's Day I would bring him a big bag of it.

· Do what he loves. If he loves gardening or cleaning cars or history, do something with him that reflects that love.

· Listen to him. Listen to what the dad's in your life have to say. Just listen to their stories or advice. It is a tremendous gift to give someone we love our full attention.

· Have your kids make a play about "dad" or "grandpa." The kids will love the activity and the fathers will feel appreciated and loved.

· Treat him like a king. Give him the "royal treatment" and give him his way all day!

· Every hour on Father's Day, give him a compliment.

· Make a "10 Things I love about You" poster.

· Give a coupon book of treats to be used every month. For instance, give your dad a lunch out, just you and him, once a month...all year long.

· Just as good, call your dad once a month just to remind him of one thing you love about him.

All of these gifts are cheap or free. They come from our hearts and chances are the dads in our lives will fall for them, hook, line and sinker.

Try one or two and see what happens when you practice simplicity on Father's Day.

Do you have a simple Father's Day gift idea that you would like to share? Share it here!


And, as always, remember to make the moment happen!



Maria

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EDIN June 18, 2009

Slate Magazine

What's With All the Prayer Breakfasts?
Why can't they do a prayer lunch instead?
By Juliet Lapidos
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 6:56 PM ET
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President Barack Obama will attend the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast on Friday. The event is one of many religio-political breakfasts held around the country—like the Greater Chicago Leadership Prayer Breakfast in December, the Minnesota Prayer Breakfast in April, and, most famously, the National Prayer Breakfast in February, attended b y every president since Eisenhower. Why so many prayer "breakfasts"—rather than prayer lunches or teatimes?
Tradition. The prayer breakfast got started in mid-1930s Seattle, where traveling preacher Abraham Vereide held morning meetings for politicians and businessmen to pray about—and try to combat—poverty and the spread of communism. He decided on breakfast due to the Christian tradition of morning prayers and, it's said, as a nod to John 21—wherein Jesus appears to his disciples in the early morning by the Sea of Tiberias and helps them catch fish. Breakfast was also practical, since 7 or 7:30 a.m. meetings didn't interfere with the workday or with family obligations in the evening.
Vereide's informal prayer breakfast concept spread quickly, first through Seattle, then to San Francisco and Chicago and to Washington, D.C., in the early 1940s—where the preacher's disciples created weekly breakfast groups for senators and congressmen. The purpose of these meetings was to encourage personal relationships among religious politicians and to discuss the problem of poverty. Again, breakfast made sense for those with full schedules of legislative work and meetings. In 1953, members of these informal groups and Vereide initiated the first annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast, attended by Eisenhower, which was later retitled the National Prayer Breakfast. Although local politicos made up most of the guest list at the earliest of these breakfasts, nowadays they're also attended by business, social leaders, and foreign dignitaries.
The many present-day prayer breakfasts are modeled on the national one and thus play on the title, although the National Prayer Breakfast, the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast, and other large breakfasts are really conferences that can last two or three days—not just quick a.m. snacks. The main events at these conferences do tend to be morning meals, during which speakers address the crowd. At the National Prayer Breakfast, for example, guests sip orange juice and coffee and such while the president, and a keynote speaker, deliver addresses. (Click here to see a list of recent keynote speakers, including Tony Blair and Bono.)
Christians, Jews, and Muslims share the general tradition of morning prayer. Religious Jews recite the Schacharit prayer in the morning; in the Muslim custom, the first of five daily prayers is called the Fajr and is habitually recited by sunrise; Roman Catholics and Anglicans are supposed to say the Lauds or Matins near dawn.
Got a question about today's news? Ask the Explainer.
Explainer thanks Kermit Sutherland of the Prayer Breakfast Network.
Juliet Lapidos is a Slate assistant editor.

Article URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2220599/

Copyright 2008 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC
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Let everything that hath breathe Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalms 150
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Here is today's PearlyGates item - ”Birds and Bees”

A father decided it was time to have "the talk" with his ten-year-old son. Sitting the boy down, he thought it best to first find out what his son might already know. So he asked his son if he knew about "the birds and the bees".
"I don't want to know," his son replied, bursting into tears. "Promise you won't tell me. Please!"
Confused by this reaction, the father asked his son what was wrong.
"Oh dad", the boy replied, in between sobs, "when I was six, I got the 'there’s no Santa' speech. At seven I got the 'there’s no Easter bunny' speech. When I was eight, you hit me with 'there's no Tooth Fairy' speech. If you are going to tell me now there's no such things as birds and bees I don't know what I will do!"

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EDIN June 17, 2009

Phil and Jo Ann at Olive Garden Restaurant



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Science Daily June 16, 2009

Having A Higher Purpose In Life Reduces Risk Of Death Among Older Adults
ScienceDaily (June 15, 2009) — Possessing a greater purpose in life is associated with lower mortality rates among older adults according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center.



Patricia A. Boyle, PhD, and her colleagues from the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, studied 1,238 community-dwelling elderly participants from two ongoing research studies, the Rush Memory and Aging Project and the Minority Aging Research Study. None had dementia. Data from baseline evaluations of purpose in life and up to five years of follow-up were used to test the hypothesis that greater purpose in life is associated with a reduced risk of mortality among community-dwelling older persons.

Purpose in life reflects the tendency to derive meaning from life’s experiences and be focused and intentional, according to Boyle.

After adjusting for age, sex, education and race, a higher purpose of life was associated with a substantially reduced risk of mortality. Thus, a person with high purpose in life was about half as likely to die over the follow-up period compared to a person with low purpose. The association of purpose in life with mortality did not differ among men and women or whites and blacks, and the finding persisted even after controlling for depressive symptoms, disability, neuroticism, the number of medical conditions and income. During the study period, 151 participants died.

“We are excited about these findings because they suggest that positive factors such as having a sense of purpose in life are important contributors to health,” said Boyle.

The study is published in Psychosomatic Medicine.
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EDIN June 16, 2009

Notes;
I recieve ministry letters and update from Agape Puppet ministries based in
Georgia USA. They have ministered using puppet to preach the gospel in many countries around the world. This week they are in Peru, South America ministering
the gospel to children. Their email letter are so uplifting and encouraging, so I decided to forward their latest letter which I recreived tonight regarding their ministry on June 15, 2009 in Peru.
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Dearest Friends,

THE MARKET

We are having such incredible opportunities to tell
people about Jesus. Today we did an open air show
in a large market. Across from the puppet stage, they had
dead chickens ready to buy for dinner. An appropriate
number of flies were also present. The booths were small
and close together and everywhere there were
children. You could buy just about anything you
wanted, including clothing. More than one hundred
and fifty people gathered to listen to stories
about Jesus and watch the puppets sing songs about Him.
Many responded to the Gospel and prayed to receive Christ.
Men, women, children and teenagers were present. Most of
these people had never been to a church and would
never plan on attending one. After we finished our
friends handed out Christian literature with contact
information so they could find a good church to attend.
Please pray for the people who heard the Gospel today
to remember what they heard and trust in Jesus
Christ.

THE APPLE

We never know when we plan to do a program what exactly
God will do. Always I am amazed as I watch children respond
to the good news about Jesus. So many children prayed
today, calling on Jesus to save them, just like he
saved Peter. They were amazed at Jesus walking on water,
but I was more amazed at the way they listened. We were
at a Christian school, but almost all of the children
were from non-Christian homes. The director was
so excited to see the way the children prayed.
She desperately wants these children to know
Jesus as their Savior. Please pray for the
children to grow strong in their new faith.
For me, one of the sweetest things that
happened today was when a little girl
gave me her apple. It was part of
her lunch, but she wanted me to have it.
Elisabeth had asked Jesus to
be her Savior and wanted to thank me. Please
remember to pray for her.
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EDIN June 13, 2009

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Phil's Notes:
Well as of yesterday, we have no TV signal in our house. We
sent for converter coupon but lost it somewhere in our unit.
But today, I checked out both
TV's and found no signal ( except for WXXI educational TV which
has not yet switched). But as I lay resting on the couch, my mind
( which seems to be ever at work) began to imagine a new type of TV.
In my mind, I saw a overnight news report from Moscow, Russia, where they
reported on a mass evangelistic rally of 12,000 in a local soccer
stadium in downtown Moscow, with reports of 2,000 converts to Jesus Christ.
I next saw a report of miracle service in Bombay India with over 50,000
in attendance. The reporter on the scene said there were reports of blind eyes
being instantly opened and crippled being healed from their
wheel chairs ( and walking out on their own after being healed).
That was followed by a report from Sao Paulo, Brazil,
where a reporter told of a puppet ministry
from the USA being allowed in six of the local
elementary schools for assemblies, in which the gospel
message was openly shared with the school children and
many children raised there hands after the puppet
presentation to turn their lives to Christ.
The school administrators had invited the puppet ministry
to the schools. The next report I heard was from a
small apartment in an upscale section of Shanghai China,
where a small group of intellectuals
gathered for a morning prayer and Bible study.
The last report was from a maximum security prison in Istanbul,
Turkey, where mass murderer Avixis Helvisrjk, responded to
chapel service in the prison last night and repented
of his horrible sins and committed his life to the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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EDIN June 12, 2009

Look whos shopping Goodwill
new york Times June 11,
A style-struck pair, Ms. Bello, a writer, and Mr. DePaolis, who has worked for Banana Republic, might have been haunting some Manhattan citadel of chic — Jeffrey in the meatpacking district or Barneys on Madison Avenue. In fact they were in Chelsea, spelunking for treasures at the Goodwill store on West 25th Street.

The 5,500-square-foot thrift outlet is a laboratory of sorts for Goodwill and its 2,200 stores around the country. Intent on sprucing up an image that conjures low-end castoffs and no-frills ambience, many Goodwill stores are courting the shoppers who scour high-end resale shops and department store sales racks for bargains.

“We are making a particularly strong push right now to improve our image, our reputation and our brand, to promote Goodwill as a cool place to shop,” said Jim Gibbons, the chief executive for Goodwill Industries International in Rockville, Md.

Many Goodwill stores have increased the size of their sales floors to display goods more generously, Mr. Gibbons said, rather than turning them out jumble-sale-style. Shoppers expecting a traditional thrift store might be surprised to enter one of Goodwill’s free-standing “boutiques” in cities including Milwaukee; Palm Beach, Fla.; and Portland, Ore., which offer daily deliveries of donated designer goods and department store labels in the manner of a fast-fashion chain like H & M.

Phil's notes: I have shopped at local Goodwill store in Tonawanda many
times while I was growing up and now they have a Goodwill store right
next to Bayview Y where I go to exercise and have shopped there.
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Bills Punch line June 11, 2009

A New Yorker was forced to take a day off from work to
appear for a minor traffic summons.

He grew increasingly restless as he waited hour after endless hour for his case to be heard.

When his name was called late in the afternoon, he stood before the judge, only to hear that court would be adjourned for the rest of the afternoon and he would have to return the next day.

"WHAT FOR?!?!?" he snapped at the judge.

The Judge, equally irked by a tedious day and sharp query, roared out loud: "Twenty dollars contempt of court! That's why!"

Then, noticing the man checking his wallet, the judge relented:
"That's all right. You don't have to pay now."

The guy replied...
"I know - I'm just seeing if I have enough for 2 more words!"
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EDIN June 11, 2009

Scripure for today

How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!

Psalm 133:1 (The Message)
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Last week, I went on vacation to visit my aunt on her farm. On the first day, one of her chickens died so we had chicken for dinner.

On the second day, one of her pigs died so we had pork for dinner.

On the third day, her husband died so I left before dinner.

Source: YellowBrix, UselessKnowledge.com

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EDIN June 10, 2009

Notes:
Last night I had a interesting dream. I dreamt I was at a very large church,
but I got there after the church was started and thus was kept out of entering
the sanctuary. In fact when I got to church entrance the front door was closed, even though the church service was just beginning. After a few minutes the doors were opened, so I went into to the church lobby, and waited there, for the proper time to enter the sanctuary. At that moment I ventured into the large sanctuary, looking for a seat and found several open seats, so I decided on one open seat and sat down to enjoy the service. After a short time I was approached by a church usher for informed me that my seat was reserved, along with a number of seats, which he said were marked with white cards on the seats. I felt let down and immediately got up and left the pew and the church. After thinking about this dream, I thought how
pew friendly is our chuch/

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EDIN June 8, 2009

Scripture for the day

You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

Isaiah 26:3 (New Living Translation

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Notes:

I was thinking of a scripture that goes something like Weeping may endure

for a season, but Joy comes in the morning. I have gone through that season

of weeping but Praise the Lord for morning and the Joy that God has restored to me.
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EDIN June 6, 2009

Cyber Salt Digest
Todays Clean laugh - "Dad Knew"
My dad and I were talking the other night about love and marriage.
He told me that he knew as early as their wedding what marriage to my mom would be like. It seems the minister asked my mom, "Do you take this man to be your husband?" And she said, "I do."
Then the minister asked my dad, "Do you take this woman to be your wife?"
And my mom said, "He does."
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Today's CleanPun - "Depunable"
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, and dry cleaners depressed?
Laundry workers could decrease, eventually becoming depressed and depleted! Even more, bedmakers will be debunked, baseball players will be debased, bulldozer operators will be degraded, organ donors will be delivered, software engineers will be detested, the BVD company will be debriefed, and even musical composers will eventually decompose.
On a more positive note, though, perhaps we can hope politicians will be devoted.

Today's OneLiner
"They say kids brighten the home - that's because they never turn the lights off."

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EDIN June 5, 2009

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Photo of Phil and Jo Ann

Is Europe losing tis religion
by John O Sullivan UPI

Things may not be what they seem, however. Europe simply may be further along the road of modernist "disenchantment" with religion than either the United States or Canada. From the 1930s to the 1950s, European church-going imperceptibly became a matter of social respectability rather than a desire to worship God. From the 1960s, when everyone suddenly realized that his neighbor would prefer to sleep in on Sunday as well, church attendance progressively collapsed. Over time society became increasingly secular in law, custom, social atmosphere--and eventually in religion, too.

This is producing a religious paradox worthy of G.K. Chesterton. Paul M. Zulehner, dean of the theology department at Vienna Catholic University, sees what is happening in Europe not as irreligion but as a frustrated religious impulse: "We are observing a boom in religious yearning and at the same time a shrinking process of the churches." Why so? Because, Zulehner says, "The churches have secularized themselves."

How true is this? The shrinking of the secularized churches is obvious enough. In Western Europe it often is hard to distinguish the local church from a social-service agency; bishops reserve their prophetic fire to denounce cuts in public spending rather than private sins.
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EDIN June 4, 2009

Bills Punch Line

Glass of Water

One night a father sent his son upstairs to bed. Five
minutes later the boy screamed, "Dad! Can you get me a
glass of water!?!"

"No. You had your chance. Be quiet and go to sleep."

A minute later the boy screamed, "Dad! Can you PLEASE get
me a glass of water?"

"No. You had your chance. Next time you ask I'll come up
there and spank you."

A minute later the boy yelled, "Dad, when you come up to
spank me can you bring me a glass of water?"

Source- GCFL.com

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Scripture for today

That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water,
we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of
the water, we entered into the new country of grace--a new life
in a new land!

Romans 6:3 (The Message)

Phil's Notes:
I have another miracle testimony to report today. Last Saturday we went
to Strong Hospital ( part of UR Medical Center) for a free screen
screening to detect skin cancer. There were alot of people there and
we had to wait our turn for free screening. Both Jo Ann and Phil had
screening and came away with good report/ Cancer free/ PTL. We then
walked to our car in parking garage and left hospital. We went to Famous
Dave's for lunch and to store and then home. Phil then realized he
was missing his I pod which was quite expemsive to buy. He thought
and thought and thought that he might have misplaced it in his car
upon leaving the hospital earlier, so he looked and then said to
himself he would check trunk and car further later when he had
time. He prayed about it and Lord showed him he would get it back.
He later more thoroughly checked car to no avail and prayed
again about it, but left it in God's hand and went about his
life. The following Tuesday morning he received a car from UR
Security and said they had Phil's I pod and I could come there
to pick it up, which I later did. It is miracle considering
it high street value/ that it ever turned up and was returned
to Lost and Found at UR, but My God is a miracle working God
and he performed the impossible for me/ the return of my
expensive IPOD and that is my miracle for today.

Funny Note: Yesterday we went to fancy home in Greece for
luncheon for one of Jo Ann's friends from her Bible studies
she had earlier attended in Greece, NY. We had very lunch
Jo Ann caught up on lives of earlier friends. After
lunch they had a beautiful cake to commemorate her friends
Judys 40 years of conducting Bible studies. A cake is
something that we did not want to miss so both Phil and
Jo Ann had a nice piece of the beautiful cake. Both Phil
and Jo Ann noticed it little differenct but Phil quickly
engulfed the cake. The hostess then came back into the room
and asked us how we like the RUM cake. We were flabbegasted
( as we are both teetotalers). Jo Ann later remarked to Phil
maybe she should drive home ( as she had later thrown away her
piece when she found it had rum in it). It was a catholic host

and so I guess we will have to go to confession now Ha Ha.

Report by Phil Edin

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EDIN June 1, 2009

Phil's Notes:
Subject : WELL
Well first of all it a deep subject. Seocnd of all in the Bible
Jesus mentions meeting the woman at the well / seeking water and
Jesus responds that he could give her Living water.

I have been reading much about happiness and how people can be
happy. Many book purport to giving you the secret for happiness.
Even religion offers path to happiness by saying so many Hail Marys
or giving all your money to their organization.

But back to the well. Jesus still offers us water from a very
deep well. He offers us living water which will never end/ an
endless stream so to speak. It can mean the difference between Heaven
and Hell or live and death. Would you like this water. All you have
to is ask. See John 3: 16 for further instructions.
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