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An incredible rescue!!
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The scriptures
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"Because you can't cage something that was meant to be wild." - Darin Hufford

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As I read, for the first time, The Man and MeI could recognize the pieces of this deceptive puzzle that I have been seeing for years. Something in my spirit was tugging me in a direction that is contrary to the institutional church way of "doing chu…
December 16, 2009
December 13, 2009
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October 21, 2009
Hi Aida, When I became a 'christian'(said yes to the sinner's prayer) I actually thought that everything would be all better in my life because " I was a new creation in Christ". So, I began to DO all of the 'necessary' stuff to "show myself approv…
October 4, 2009
Nancy, how sad. We think that because we can parrot a bunch of Bible verses that we know God. There’s no life in it, yet, this is the method that is used in most churches. We now see a relationship with God as being able to quote the most verse. But…
October 3, 2009
Hey Aida, Recently I spent 4 days with my grand-girls who attend a private, Christian school. Scripture memorization is a regular part of the curriculum and each evening while going over their work they would recite a particular scripture for the w…
September 8, 2009
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"Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee." This Old Testament scripture has been used to promote the practice of scripture memorization. That might have been helpful under the Old Covenant since believers didn't have daily…
September 5, 2009
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The Living Word

"Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee."

This Old Testament scripture has been used to promote the practice of scripture memorization. That might have been helpful under the Old Covenant since believers didn't have daily access to the scriptures. The only time they got to hear them read is when they went to the synagogue on the sabbath.

Today, however, we live under a new covenant. We no longer need to go to a building in order to hear the word of God read be… Continue

Posted on September 5, 2009 at 2:43pm — 3 Comments

Aida

The ordinary times of life

I recently read Matthew’s excellent post, "Founded on the Rock." As I thought about what he said, a new picture of Jesus emerged.

The Bible takes Jesus’ three and a half years of ministry and condenses it into a few chapters. The result is that we think Jesus’ life as well as that of his disciples was filled with one exciting event after another. Maybe if the gospel writers had instead given us a daily log of activities, we would have found that… Continue

Posted on June 21, 2009 at 9:55am — 2 Comments

Aida

The Misunderstood God

For some time, Darin Hufford has been working with Windblown Media on a rewrite of his excellent book, “The God’s Honest Truth.” Windblown Media is the publisher of “The Shack”, a book written by William P. Young, which skyrocketed to success and was listed by The New York Times on their… Continue

Posted on June 5, 2009 at 5:13pm — 4 Comments

Aida

Debating doctrine

On some christian online groups, there seems to be a fascination with doctrine. Doctrinal debates will begin that get so intense that they often de-escalate into arguing and name calling and sometimes even cursing. As a result, some members leave the group wounded and hurting. I’ve even seen this happen in groups where the members supposedly understand grace.

These believers will say that doctrine is important and that correct doctrine is critical and they feel it’s their christian duty to defe… Continue

Posted on May 27, 2009 at 2:52pm — 7 Comments

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Performance Based Acceptance - my story

Although I’d been a believer for a number of years, I knew my life didn’t measure up to what I believed it should as a christian and, to be honest, I didn’t see that anyone else around me was doing any better. Toward the end of 1997, my desire to know God more intimately increased and I began praying what I’ve since come to realize is a dangerous prayer. I told him daily, several times a day, that I wanted to know him. Well, he took me at my word but, if I had known what was ahead, I don’t know… Continue

Posted on May 12, 2009 at 5:38pm — 2 Comments

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At 10:00am on October 21, 2009, Deb gave Aida a gift
....for you my friend! :-) Deb
At 12:29pm on September 4, 2009, Deb said…
OK...will call soon...maybe this evening or tomorrow sometime...or Sunday. Probably won't be home on Monday, but not sure about that yet either! :-)

The kittens are doing great. They are so much fun to watch. Everyone told me that if you are going to get a kitten, at least get two of them so they have each other to play with....I believe that was some good advice! :-) I named them Peaches and Honey :-). Will send a couple of pics :-).

Lots of Love....
At 11:26pm on August 31, 2009, Deb said…
Wow :-) You have been busy!!! I hope you are about done with your trips back and forth to NC.

So you walked out during the service? Hmmmm....sounds like you won't be there much longer to me! ;-) Must've been pretty bad or "off" in some way.

I went to Cynthia's on Friday and got home today...me and two new family members...of the 4 legged variety! :-) Yep...a couple of kittens!!! They are adorable! When I get the pics off my camera I will send you a couple. Haven't named them yet...they are both girls.

Her hubby went to NY for a visit so I stayed over at her house. It was wonderful!!! :-) We'll talk soon....I hope :-).

Love ya....
At 10:14am on August 16, 2009, cynthia said…

At 10:13am on August 16, 2009, cynthia said…
Aida, wishing you a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
I am currently having computer problems and had to get my lap top out once again .....
I hope your day went well... please say hello * to Charlie for me. :-))
At 10:37am on August 10, 2009, Deb said…


Hi Aida :-)

I am thinking now, that yesterday was your birthday??? I came here and NING didn't have it posted!!! I knew it was the 9th, but didn't realize until this morning that the 9th was yesterday!!! I lose track of the date so easily...I do good to remember what day of the week it is, but always am checking the calendar if I need to know the date!!!

I hope you had a WONDERFUL birthday!!!

Love you lots!
Deb
At 10:14am on August 7, 2009, Deb said…
Yes....I will remain a Facebook member. I think I have been on there for about 3 years...just never got into it and only go there is I get a message in my email.

One of my cousins found me on there so now I chat with her once in awhile. I have never met her but our dads were brothers...her dad has been dead since I was a very young kid. They all lived in CA....us in MO. Oh well, Facebook just isn't for everyone.....others seem to LOVE it!

TTYL....
At 10:07am on August 7, 2009, Deb said…
I am so happy to hear that you have someone there who has been helping you! That is very nice of her. From what all you have told me, it is a BIG job! You must be exhausted when you get home from there. How many more trips do you think it will take? Do you think Charlie will go while you are working or will you finish up on weekends? I am really sorry that you have to go through all of this......but sounds like you are over the hump and will finish it up before long.

Love......and HUGS :-)
At 11:18am on August 6, 2009, Deb said…
Yup...I just read your blog about Facebook. I totally understand where you are coming from. I don't want to take the time to read all the "superficial" chit chat that goes on there....way too many other things to read and people to communicate with in meaningful ways...IMHO. I could never get into Facebook because of the shallowness of it all.

Anyway.....I hope you'll be spending a bit more time here now too! :-)

Love ya.....
At 9:04pm on August 5, 2009, Deb said…
Ohhhh, that's right! I forgot about you still dealing with your sisters house and all those trips back and forth! I KNOW you will be relieved when taking care of all that is over.

I think Cynthia and I are going to lunch tomorrow so I will take her pics to her. :-)

Derik goes back to school on Monday...you on Tuesday. Where did the summer off go???? It flew by! Unfortunately, it is still summer weather UGH...I am so sick and tired of the HOT! Am really looking forward to Fall weather...but it is still a lonnnnng way off. :-(

OK...gotta go...will talk to you soon!

Love,
Deb
 
 

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