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Reply to What price integrity? in Misc JoeUser Forums

BlueDev, Thank you. I really enjoy browsing around looking for thoughts that lift me up and/or make me smile. Yours often do both.

Reply to Christmas Wants in Religion JoeUser Forums

lifehappens, I am inspired all the time by so many of those who blog here. I am totally amazed at the depth of some of these posts. I hope I will never stop learning from all those around me.

Reply to Christmas Wants in Religion JoeUser Forums

We can indeed be very stupid...wise in the ways of world just ain't going to cut it.

Overwhelmed? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Everyone I have ever met gets feeling of hopelessness, discouragement or even despair at sometime during life…maybe many times. Bills pile up. Work gets stressful. Friends betray us. Divorce, hostility, and unforgiveness split our families up. Traffic is bumper to bumper. Lines at the checkout are interminably slow. The washing machine breaks down. We are ov

Reply to Perils of the Journey: the Hard Road in Misc JoeUser Forums

Ok! thanks

Reply to What price integrity? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Some say that they have not had any offers for their integrity but I think we have daily chances to sacrifice it for something we want more. A person of integrity draws a line in the sand and stands firm never giving in to offers that would entice him to blur that line. It calls for a firm adherence to a code or standard of values. It means walking in an excellent way in every endeavor. Those with integrity will go the extra mile. They keep

Reply to Christmas Wants in Religion JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the comment. It is hard to understand why everyone does not just welcome the Good News when it can be the panacea for all of their ills. It is also hard to understand that those same people who deny Christ will be out shopping on Christmas, will expect the day off, will greet people with Merry Christ mas and will expect all kinds of material gifts on the day that celebrates the birth of the One they have no use for. "skakes head!"

Reply to Perils of the Journey: the Hard Road in Misc JoeUser Forums

Can you give me his address and a hint about what books he might like. Can you ship Dr. Pepper? I know the Post Office has some pretty rigid rules about shipping some liquids.

Christmas Wants in Religion JoeUser Forums

Lady Cleve ( this is an edit... my apologies to Lady Cleve who has some wonderful blogs also, but was not the one to inspire this blog. It was the bloag of "lifehappens). had an interesting blog recently where she listed all the things that she doesn’t want for Christmas. Then she listed those really important things that are so dear to her heart. It showed t

Reply to Sitting on Staff Duty... With Ms. Victimhood in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the tip, pseudo...I might just have to call him...but he may choose not to answer the phone...Oh, well...I really don't have any great news to share. I'll just let him rest.

Reply to Sitting on Staff Duty... With Ms. Victimhood in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Ah, if only the world were filled with people who always did their duty. Is that place called Utopia? Now, do you get today (Monday) off? Take care!

Reply to READ THIS GUY! in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I read your hubby first blog...It was amazing...Keep nagging him to share his stories. Marvelous!

Reply to Perils of the Journey: the Hard Road in Misc JoeUser Forums

Phew! What a trip... and so beautiful and graphically you have described it. Thank you for your service. If there is anything you need give me your address and I will send it to you if it is within my power. Keep writing and telling us about all the things you wonderful military people are doing to make this a better world.

Reply to The Road To Hell Part 10 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

My heart goes out to you. Loss of someone you love is the most rerrible thing a person has to go through. I am glad that you can share this story because it can surely give others courage. Thanks

Reply to Feelin' good and smelling like gasoline........ in Humor JoeUser Forums

Glad you are feeling better. Your descriptions were so vivid, I could follow the whole procedure and feel the panic. Good post. Good sense of humor. Congrat for you and LC for your part in the Messiah.

Reply to Dating Lesbians (Part 3) in Sex & Romance JoeUser Forums

Definitely not humorous! Mom wants to somehow lift you from the pit and stop the screaming but I know that you have to find your own way out. Today, I made a delicious omelette after church. I remember how you did like those. I was wishing you could be with us and I would have made enough of OC also. Take care, my son, and look back on your experiences to see what you have gained from them. Love you always!

Reply to Life as a AF police spouse, part I in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Great post! So many people take on the attitude "I will be happy when,"...my husband can be with me for every important day... when I don't have to bear all the responsibility for the children...when I get a vacation...when my mother-in-law stops bugging me...when my mother stops meddling in things that are none of her business...when I get a husband...when I get divorced...etc. You seem to have acquired the maturity that can enjoy your life .

Reply to Struggling through Life? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

lifehappens, Your comments are right on. We are not robots...each day is filled with choices that sow the seeds for tomorrow's harvest. If we sow seeds of discontent, rage, greed, selfishness, disrespect etc., tomorrow we will reap the harvest of regret, if we have a conscience at all. To be open to the voice of conscience (For me, this means listening to the Holy Spirit and steeping myself in Scripture so that I can put on the mind of Christ...foll

Reply to Do you think when I say Auschwitz? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Since I am so much older than most of you, I can recall vividly the history of the concentration camps, Auschwitz and the Holocaust. My brother was a medic assistant in Germany during WWII and he had help to rebury hundreds of victims that had been dumped into mass graves. I remember seeing a movie called "Hitler's Children" when I was about 13 years old. It shocked me so bad that I had nightmares for a long time after that.

Reply to I Choose This Tradition Anyways... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Wherever did you get the idea that some people think these things of you? I found it rather amusing, especially after I read the exact definitions for them at this site. http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/extreme A Jingoist is an extreme bellicose nationalist. Well, I guess some of the adjectives might be appropriate but since you are in the military, why not? A traditionalist was described in theses words: one

Reply to How to Spot a Phony in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Heather...Thanks for the comment...no I have not met your mother but I have a sister who was an expert on getting her way through pouting. Sometimes it was just easier to give in than to put up with her moods. I still love her and she has dropped some of that as she has advanced in age and wisdom.

How to Spot a Phony in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Here are five of my observations about those who are so unsure of themselves that they put on a facade that may fool people some of the time but eventually their true colors will come out. 1. Their dishonesty will be glaring…They say they like things that later you find out they hate…They go places with you and say they are enjoying it…but it is evident they

Reply to PT is Cancelled! in Humor JoeUser Forums

Reminds me of when I was teaching and the radio announder declared, "No School Today because of an upcoming blizzard!" How the children would shout for joy...along with the teachers even those who loved teaching.

Reply to Great green gobs of snot! in Humor JoeUser Forums

Well, you certainly made my day! Get well soon.

Reply to Just Realized . . . in Blogging JoeUser Forums

This comment comes from a couple of your recent past posts but relates to this one also. Thanks for translation of STFU . I have seen that on so many posts. I always thought it was some military acronym that I had never heard. My education is widening every day. It is good when a person gets to the point that they don't have to please everyone else by pretending, ag