Photo for 07/31/2008

Shot of at Shawnee Mission Park…a few days ago….

Points To Ponder 07/31/2008

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PTP: An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr (1885-1962) - Physicist
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 20 (NIV)
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9 He went on to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time. 10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. 12 He sent still a third, and they _______ him and __________him out.
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Photo for 07/30/2008

Shot out at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 07/30/2008

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PTP: A leader's job is to make it easy to do the right thing and difficult to do the wrong thing.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 20 (NIV)
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20:1 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. 2 "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?"

3 He replied, "I will also ask you a question. Tell me, 4 John's baptism-was it from __________, or from men?"

5 They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why didn't you believe him?' 6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

7 So they answered, "We don't know where it was from."

8 Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."
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Photo for 07/29/2008

FULL MOON…..

Points To Ponder 07/29/2008

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PTP: Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his __________.
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Photo for 07/27/2008

Red Bird (Cardinal) out at Weston Bend State Park, Missouri…

Points To Ponder 07/27/2008

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PTP: Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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45 Then he entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling. 46 "It is written," he said to them, "'My house will be a house of prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of _________.'"
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Photo for 07/26/2008

The landscape of mid-central Kansas…! The dark line at the bottom…that’s the landscape of freshly plowed fields…

Points To Ponder 07/26/2008

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PTP: What you do when you don't have to, determines what you will be when you can no longer help it. - Rudyard Kipling
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace-but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not _________ the time of God's coming to you."
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Photo for 07/25/2008

This was shot out at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 07/25/2008

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PTP: Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

40 "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the ________ will cry out."
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Photo for 07/24/2008

This was shot out at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 07/24/2008

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PTP: Whatever you wnat to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. - Michael Landon (1936-1991) Actor
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.

37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the _________!"

"Peace in ______________and glory in the highest!"
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Photo for 07/23/2008

This was shot in our front yard.

Points To Ponder 07/23/2008

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PTP: If you want to get a pail of milk, don't sit yourself on a stool in the middle of a field hoping that a cow will come over to you.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 "Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever __________. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.'"

32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

34 They replied, "The Lord needs it."
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Photo for 07/22/2008

This was shot at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 07/22/2008

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PTP: A pessimist has no starter; an optimist has no brakes.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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24 "Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'

25 "'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!'

26 "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be _______ away. 27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them-bring them here and kill them in front of me.'"
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Photo for 07/21/2008

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

Points To Ponder 07/21/2008

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PTP: You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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16 "The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'

17 "'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'

18 "The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'

19 "His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.'

20 "Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 21 I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'

22 "His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with __________?'
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Photo for 07/20/2008

So have you missed me? Well…I know some of you have as I have e-mails asking if I am okay….Yes, I’m okay…I have been in Colorado on a four wheel drive/photo excursion. Actually I shot 832 new photos…You will see many of those probably in about November in “Points To Ponder”….but first I have to edit them!!!! Here is one picture from the trip. This was on the James Peak overlook on July 15, 2008.

Points To Ponder 07/20/2008

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PTP: If You Need Help, Ask God. If You Don't, Thank God.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. 12 He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. '

Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.'

14 "But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'

15 "He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had ____________with it.
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Photo for 07/14/2008

This is a picture of the first blossom on a special hybrid “Spirit of Christa McAuliffe” daylily that was shot this spring at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 07/14/2008

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PTP: It is when we forget ourselves that we do things that will be remembered.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.'"

8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."

9 Jesus said to him, "Today ___________ has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
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Photo for 07/13/2008

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

Points To Ponder 07/13/2008

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PTP: This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 19 (NIV)
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19:1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of ____________; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
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Photo for 07/12/2008

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

Points To Ponder 07/12/2008

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PTP: When people fail in life, it's usually because they majored in minor things.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36 When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37 They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

38 He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 "What do you want me to do for you?"

"Lord, I want to see," he replied.

42 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you." 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, ___________ God. When all the people saw it, they also __________________ God.
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Photo for 07/11/2008

This picture was shot this summer out at Shawnee Mission Park…

Points To Ponder 07/11/2008

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PTP: Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be -__________. 32 He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. 33 On the third day he will rise again."

34 The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was __________ from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
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Photo for 07/10/2008

This picture of a water lily was shot this spring at water garden at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 07/10/2008

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PTP: Dear God, I have a problem...it's me.
Dear Child, I have the answer...it's Me.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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28 Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!"

29 "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive _______ times as much in this age and, in the age to come, _________ life."
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Photo for 07/09/2008

Storm clouds brewing over Shawnee Mission Park….earlier this spring…

Points To Ponder 07/09/2008

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PTP: Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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26 Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?"

27 Jesus replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with _______."
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Photo for 07/08/2008

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

Points To Ponder 07/08/2008

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PTP: The job many people spend most of their time at -- is the job of hiding what they really are.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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18 A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

19 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good-except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

21 "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.

22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. _______ _________ you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth. 24 Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a _________ to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
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Photo for 07/07/2008

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

Points To Ponder 07/07/2008

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PTP: The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little _______ will never enter it."
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Photo for 07/06/2008

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

Points To Ponder 07/06/2008

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PTP: Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
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Photo for 07/05/2008

This was shot from the balcony of the Great Wolf Lodge last night.

Points To Ponder 07/05/2008

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PTP: Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 18 (NIV)
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18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

4 "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"

6 And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his _________ ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
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Photo for 07/04/2008

Happy 4th of July…this was shot at Shawnee Mission Park….

Points To Ponder 07/04/2008

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PTP: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…-- Psalm 33:12
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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30 "It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. 32 Remember Lot's wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other _______. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left."

37 "Where, Lord?" they asked.

He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."
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Photo for 07/03/2008

Dragon Fly……This picture was shot this spring at water garden at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas.

Points To Ponder 07/03/2008

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PTP: Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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28 "It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and ________________ them all.
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Photo for 07/02/2008

A pink with white center columbine.. This picture was shot this spring in our front yard.

Points To Ponder 07/02/2008

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PTP: He came to pay a debt He didn't owe because we owed a debt we couldn't pay.
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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26 "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and _______________them all.
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Photo for 07/01/2008

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

Points To Ponder 07/01/2008

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PTP: How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. - C. S. Lewis
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BIBLE QUIZ: Fill in the blank(s). Luke chapter 17 (NIV)
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22 Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. 23 Men will tell you, 'There he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them. 24 For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. 25 But ________ he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
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