Tractor Humor :>)

Another creative and funny way to solve a problem...

A good marriage requires TEAMWORK! lol

Canoe anyone?

Creative and funny!  That's all I have to say about this...

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Do you spend time in the Bible each day?
WRITTEN BY STEVE MARR

Scripture teaches, "He who gives attention to the word shall find good" (Proverbs 16:20 NASB).

The best way to prepare for your day, including work, is to spend time in God's word. Pick up your Bible and read scripture each morning. As God promised, you will find good each and every day. Your day will flow more smoothly, your decisions will be wiser, and business relationships will improve. Commit and then follow through with a program to read the Bible each day. Godly business success will follow.

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When I was young...

In the early 1960's

• I watched Black & White Television with rabbit ear antennas
• We had to go over to the television to change the channel
• There were about a dozen channels to choose from
• Our telephone had a long cord and a rotary dial
• There wasn't anyway to record a television show.
• Mom use to ring a bell out the back door when she wanted us to come home from playing
• We listened to music on the record player or the A.M. radio
• Mail was hand written and hand delivered
• Clocks had to be wound up or plugged in to work
• All of our drinks came in bottles made of glass or waxed cartons
• Leftover food was wrapped in aluminum foil or wax paper
• We played board games, played cards, hide and seek and other types of games that required two or people to play.
• My parent's car did not have air conditioning and neither did our home.
• We drank tap water
• Washes our dishes by hand
• We used maps when we traveled
• We used carbon paper in our typewriters to make copies
• The lawn mower did not have a motor, it had to be pushed to move the blades.
• Smoking cigarettes and pipes was not considered harmful by adults
• Later when there were copy machines, we would cut out pictures or larger fonts labels and paste them into a new document with tape or glue.

Wow, how things have changed. 

• We got our first computer in 1990.  It had a 650 MB hard drive and 4 megs of RAM.  The built in fax modern meant I didn't have to buy a fax machine.
• Now we have remotes, cell phones, laptops, ipods, plastic, video games, GPS's and much more.

Here is a video which reviews the progression of technology and projects its advancement in a "Did You Know" fast-paced format.  Very interesting, I hope you enjoy!   
Technology | CLICK

Eye-Black Message

Sugar Bowl - Cincinnati: Eph 2:8-10  "8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."  [UPDATED; JAN  1ST, 2010]
SEC Championship - Alabama:   John 16: 33 ~ 33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world."  [UPDATED DEC. 5TH]

Tebow's Final Home Game

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators, turned his eye black into a billboard for his faith. He chooses a different bible verse to feature each week, with his selection for last year's 2009 BCS Champion -ship Game earning 93 million hits on Google the next day.  
Go Gators! Go God!

Thank you Tim for your leadership in both

Sport and Spirit!

CLICK | http://www.tebowseyeblack.com/

For verses used by Tim this year:

Playing the Bones

We have a family tradition that has been passed down for generations playing a percussion instrument called the "Bones".  It's a wooden instrument where one pair is played in each hand creating a beat to go with the music.  One hand follows the melody and the other keeps the beat.  I remember my Dad and Grandfather playing them when I was young and later I picked up the tradition.  When my Dad was 9 years old,  he performed on the radio with my Grandmother playing the piano in the background.  He has a recording of this on an old vinyl 78 record.  He still likes to pull out the Ole Bones and entertain us at family gatherings and we love it.  The kids get a real kick out of it.  He still has the same set and I have a set made by my Grandpa Kennedy.  On Wikipedia, I discovered that this instrument had it's origins in Ireland and varies in shape and wood type.  This picture best represents the set we have.  It's about time to pass this on to my two boys.

CLICK | More about the "Bones" instrument at Wikipedia
CLICK | http://www.bonedrymusic.com/Default.asp

Meditate, Pray or Both

Finding the time and a place to "quiet" myself enough to hear God's voice has been a challenge for me lately.  There are so many other influences that seem to consume my time and energy, distracting me from what I know I need to do more of.  Below is a great article on meditative prayer which is helping me refocus my priorities and seek more quiet time...

WE NEED TO FIND A QUIET PLACE TO

BE WITH GOD

AND HEAR HIS WORD

CLICK | "Meditative Prayer" article

"We have some idea, perhaps, what prayer is, but what is meditation? Well may we ask, for meditation is a lost art today, and Christian people suffer grievously from their ignorance of the practice. Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God."—J.I. Packer