Photo for 06/30/2008

All purple Columbine in our backyard…

Points To Ponder 06/30/2008

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PTP: Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. - C. W. Cerar
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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20 Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within ______."
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Photo for 06/29/2008

Daylilies……at Michael and Nikki’s house (our son and his wife)…..This was shot just a short time before sundown when deep shadows were behind the flowers...

Points To Ponder 06/29/2008

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PTP: If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him-and he was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this _________?" 19 Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."
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Photo for 06/28/2008

All white Columbine in our backyard…

Points To Ponder 06/28/2008

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PTP: The perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate. - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, moralist and essayist (1715-1747)
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"

14 When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they _______, they were __________.
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Photo for 06/27/2008

This picture was shot this spring at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/27/2008

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PTP: May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion. -Thomas Jefferson
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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7 "Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, 'Come along now and sit down to eat'? 8 Would he not rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'? 9 Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We are ____________ servants; we have only done our duty.'"
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Photo for 06/26/2008

I shot this at the cabin we stayed in at Beaver Lake, Arkansas in late April of this year….

Points To Ponder 06/26/2008

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PTP: Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

6 He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the ________,' and it will obey you.
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Photo for 06/25/2008

I shot this at the cabin we stayed in at Beaver Lake, Arkansas in late April of this year….Raccoon…

Points To Ponder 06/25/2008

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PTP: Joy has nothing to do with material things, or with a man's outward circumstance....A man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched, and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy. - William Barclay (1907-1978)
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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"If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' _______________ him."
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Photo for 06/24/2008

I shot this at the cabin we stayed in at Beaver Lake, Arkansas in late April of this year….Turkey Vultures I think?…..

Points To Ponder 06/24/2008

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PTP: Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. - C.S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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17:1 Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. 2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a __________ tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. 3 So watch yourselves.
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Photo for 06/23/2008

I shot this at the cabin we stayed in at Beaver Lake, Arkansas in late April of this year.

Points To Ponder 06/23/2008

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PTP: Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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30 "'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

31 "He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the ___________.'"
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Photo for 06/22/2008

I shot this at a cabin we stayed in at Beaver Lake, Arkansas in late April of this year.

Points To Ponder 06/22/2008

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PTP: There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way." - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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27 "He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of _______________.'

29 "Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
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Photo for 06/21/2008

A bee “Lifts off” from a Hollyhock. This picture was shot this spring at the ChristaMcAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas. Thanks to everyone for the feedback in regards to the PTP’s photos…Looks like most think the photos look as good or better on the daily PTP.

Points To Ponder 06/21/2008

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PTP: A grudge is too heavy a load for anyone to carry.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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25 "But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great _________has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'
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Photo for 06/20/2008

Wild Turkey…….This picture was shot this spring out at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 06/20/2008

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PTP: Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In _____, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'
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Photo for 06/19/2008

Wild Turkeys…….This picture was shot this spring out at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 06/19/2008

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PTP: The events of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious preparation for the work He has prepared us to do.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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19 "There was a _______ man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a ________ named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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Photo for 06/18/2008

This picture was shot this spring in our backyard……Dark pink miniature columbine with yellow center….side view…..

Points To Ponder 06/18/2008

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PTP: An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from. -Timothy Dexter
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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18 "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits ________.
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Photo for 06/17/2008

This picture was shot this spring in our backyard…… Miniature Columbine...........dark pink with yellow center.

Points To Ponder 06/17/2008

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PTP: It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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16 "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a _____ to drop out of the Law.
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Photo for 06/16/2008

This picture was shot this spring of a “Snow-Ball” bush in our backyard…It was loaded this spring!!!

Points To Ponder 06/16/2008

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PTP: Love, like spring rains, is pretty hard to be in the middle of without getting some on you.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15 He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is _______________ in God's sight.
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Photo for 06/15/2008

This picture was shot this spring at the Legler Barn Museum here in Lenexa, KS.

Points To Ponder 06/15/2008

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PTP: The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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13 "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and __________."
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Photo for 06/14/2008

This picture was shot this spring at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/14/2008

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PTP: God speaks to those who are quiet before Him.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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10 "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be ____________ with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?
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Photo for 06/13/2008

This picture was shot this spring at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/13/2008

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PTP: You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 16 (NIV)
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16:1 Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'

3 "The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg- 4 I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'

5 "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

6 "'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied.

"The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'

7 "Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?'

"'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied.

"He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'

8 "The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted ________. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
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Photo for 06/12/2008

This picture was shot this spring at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/12/2008

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PTP: The force of love, like the force of gravity, is hard to see but easy to feel.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 15 (NIV)
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25 "Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'

28 "The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'

31 "'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to ____________ and be ______, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'"
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Photo for 06/11/2008

This picture was shot this spring out at Shawnee Mission Park. This is the west service road that goes into the “Theater in the Park”.

Points To Ponder 06/11/2008

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PTP: The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 15 (NIV)
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"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

21 "The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to _______________.
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Photo for 06/10/2008

Tulips shot this spring near the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/10/2008

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PTP: A hundred mistakes are an education if you learn something from each one.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 15 (NIV)
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11 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.

13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

17 "When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your _______ men.' 20 So he got up and went to his father.
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Photo for 06/09/2008

More Redbud blooms…this was shot this spring near the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/09/2008

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PTP: We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 15 (NIV)
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8 "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who _________."
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Photo for 06/08/2008

More Redbud blooms…this was shot this spring near the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/08/2008

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PTP: The blue of heaven is bigger than the clouds.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 15 (NIV)
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3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who _________ than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
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Photo for 06/07/2008

This picture of “Redbud Trees” [Cercis canadensis] was shot this spring near the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas

Points To Ponder 06/07/2008

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PTP: I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 15 (NIV)
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15:1 Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man ________ sinners and ______ with them."
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Photo for 06/06/2008

Okay…time for some different pictures. This was shot this spring at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 06/06/2008

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PTP: The refiner is never very far from the mouth of the furnace when his gold is in the fire.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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34 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the _________ pile; it is thrown out.

"He who has ears to hear, let him ________."
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Photo for 06/05/2008

Okay…time for some different pictures. This was shot this spring in our backyard…..Cardinal or Red Bird….

Points To Ponder 06/05/2008

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PTP: No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, any of you who does not give up ______________ he has cannot be my disciple.
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Photo for 06/04/2008

Okay…time for some different pictures. This was shot this spring at the Legler Barn Museum here in Lenexa, KS.

Points To Ponder 06/04/2008

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PTP: The best exercise for good relationships is bending over backward.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a ______. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29 For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30 saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'
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Photo for 06/03/2008

Okay…time for some different pictures. Yes, I have enough ghost town and mountain scenery photos to do the rest of the year. But I know that some of you like some of the “other” photos…so let’s spend some time on “Springtime in Kansas”. This picture was shot this spring out at Shawnee Mission Park. This is the road that goes into the “Theater in the Park”.

Points To Ponder 06/03/2008

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PTP: Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters-yes, even his own life-he cannot be my disciple. 27 And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my _________.
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Photo for 06/02/2008

Our last view from the Ingram Pass area…some more Indian Paintbrush on the way back to the highway at Red Mtn. Pass.

Points To Ponder 06/02/2008

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PTP: Don't think you are necessarily on the right road because it is a well-beaten path.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 14 (NIV)
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21 "The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became _______ and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'

22 "'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'

23 "Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not ____ of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'"
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