Photo for 02/28/2011

A colorful hammock for sale at a shop in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/28/2011

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God not only sees the desires of our hearts, but He also looks straight into the heart of our desires and knows when we’re asking…even accidentally…for a false Christ. - Beth Moore
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36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "________ be with you."

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/27/2011

Moonrise over Beaver Lake as seen from our island campsite. Note how the lights on the left form a cross.. :0)

Points To Ponder 02/27/2011

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Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord. - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, "It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon." 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the ___________.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/26/2011

The Lost Resort of W. H. 'Coin' Harvey at Monte Ne, Arkansas. The building is in an old town that was partially submerged when Beaver Lake was created.

Points To Ponder 02/26/2011

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"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." - Ronald E. Osborn
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28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over." So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he _________ from their _______. 32 They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/25/2011

Misty spring morning at Beaver Lake...a little west of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/25/2011

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Violent excitement exhausts the mind, and leaves it withered and sterile. - Francois Fenelon
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25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning ___________.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/24/2011

Grinding grain at the War Eagle Mill...south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/24/2011

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When we pray for the Spirit's help ... we will simply fall down at the Lord's feet in our weakness. There we will find the victory and power that comes from His love. - Andrew Murray
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"About Jesus of Nazareth," they replied. "He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the ________ day since all this took place. 22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see."

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/23/2011

An abandoned store near the War Eagle Mill...south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/23/2011

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Prayer is when you talk to God, meditation is when you listen to God. - Diana Robinson.
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17 He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk along?"
They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named _________, asked him, "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"
19 "What things?" he asked.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/22/2011

Butterflies at the War Eagle Mill...south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/22/2011

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Temper gets you into trouble. Pride keeps you there.
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13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, _________ himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/21/2011

Goose at the War Eagle Mill...south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/21/2011

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He is not a God of confusion, of discordance, or accidental, random, private courses in the execution of His will, but of determinate, regulated, prescribed action. - John Henry Newman
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11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ______ to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/20/2011

The spillway at the War Eagle Mill...south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/20/2011

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Prayer is when you talk to God, meditation is when you listen to God. - Diana Robinson.
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9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary __________, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/19/2011

Another shot of the waterwheel on the War Eagle Mill...south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/19/2011

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"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." - Thomas Edison
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4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like __________ stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'" 8 Then they remembered his words.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/18/2011

Waterwheel on the War Eagle Mill...south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/18/2011

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There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve him, boldness to share him, and contentment in him. - J.I. Packer
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1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the ________ they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Luke chapter 24 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/17/2011

Uptown Eureka Springs, Arkansas at night...

Points To Ponder 02/17/2011

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Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the ___________ in obedience to the commandment.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/16/2011

Uptown Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/16/2011

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To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us. - John Henry Newman
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50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was ________________ Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/15/2011

Another dogwood blossom at Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Points To Ponder 02/15/2011

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Humans are adept at finding ways to make what we want seem all about God. - Beth Moore
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44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the _________ of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. 47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/14/2011

For Valentine’s Day.... a special heart shaped rose from the Legler Barn Museum.. :0)

Points To Ponder 02/14/2011

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If I can easily discuss the shortcomings and the sins of any; if I can speak in a casual way even of a child's misdoings, then I know nothing of Calvary love. - Amy Carmichael
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39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
40 But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, __________ you will be with me in paradise."

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/13/2011

Another sidetracked steam engine steam engine at Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Points To Ponder 02/13/2011

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This is one of the sad conditions of life, that experience is not transmissible. No man will learn from the suffering of another; he must suffer himself. - James H. Aughey
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38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE _________.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/12/2011

Unfortunately all of the steam engines at Eureka Springs, Arkansas are now non operational. The dinner train is now pulled by this diesel switcher.

Points To Ponder 02/12/2011

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This much is sure in all churches, forgetting party labels; the smallest meeting numerically is the prayer-meeting. If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere. - Leonard Ravenhill
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35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."
36 The ________ also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/11/2011

Train order board at the station in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/11/2011

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There is more grace in God’s heart than there is sin in your past. – Brad Fangman
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32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals-one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his ________ by casting lots.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/10/2011

Steam train at Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/10/2011

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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' 30 Then "'they will say to the mountains, "_______ on us!" and to the hills, "_______us!" 31 For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/09/2011

Flowering trees at Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/09/2011

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If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of Calvary love. - Amy Carmichael
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23 But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand. 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
26 As they led him away, they seized ________ from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/08/2011

Flowers at Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/08/2011

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The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit. - Francois Fenelon
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18 With one voice they cried out, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" 19(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. 21 But they kept shouting, "_________ him! ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_________ him!"
22 For the third time he spoke to them: "Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him."

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/07/2011

Redbud trees in bloom in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/07/2011

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If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain. - Jonathan Edwards
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13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. 15 Neither has ________, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. 16 Therefore, I will punish him and then release him."

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/06/2011

Dogwood in bloom in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/06/2011

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Generally speaking…you are not learning much when your mouth is moving.
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8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some miracle. 9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. 11 Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. 12 That day Herod and Pilate became _________ -before this they had been enemies.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/05/2011

One of the many springs in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/05/2011

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God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons. - Jeremy Taylor
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4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here."
6 On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a _________. 7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

Luke chapter 23 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/04/2011

This was shot at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/04/2011

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Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
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23:1 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king."
3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
"_______, it is as you say," Jesus replied.

Luke chapter 23

Photo for 02/03/2011

This was shot at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...

Points To Ponder 02/03/2011

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Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you couldn't have guessed. - C.S. Lewis
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70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?"
He replied, "You are right in saying __ ____."
71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."

Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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Photo for 02/02/2011

Well as I sit here in the Blizzard of 2011....I’m thinking “Winter is a long time going”...so for a change of pace we’re going to shift gears and head down to Eureka Springs, Arkansas...in the SPRING!!!!!! This was shot at the Crescent Hotel...

Points To Ponder 02/02/2011

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To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses. - Charles Stanley
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66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. 67 "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us."
Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, 68 and if I asked you, you would not answer. 69 But from now on, the ______ of ______ will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

Luke chapter 22 (NIV)
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