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Rebirth Of The Phoenix
  
The phoenix was supposedly a bird that, when it died, rose again from it's ashes, or a new phoenix was born from the ashes. This was used to symbolize Christ and the resurrection in early Christian art.

"The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible — a symbol of fire and divinity." Wikipedia This makes me think of the regeneration that God does in our lives, the healing of the hurts and wounds we suffer from the enemy of our souls. It also makes me think of the fact that through Him we have the promise of eternal life. That is not the same thing a immortality as immortality is of the flesh, not the spirit. But it does mean that we will live forever, with Him!

It also speaks to me of the verse Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Then too, it was supposedly a bird with gold and red plumes which goes right along with my current handle of redbird.

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Freedom Sep 30, 2006 5:04 pm
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I recieved this in an e-mail and wanted to share it with you all.

We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA.


Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title "C"ntarea Americii, meaning "Ode To America" in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei


"The Daily Event" or "News of the Day".
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~An Ode to America~

Why are Americans so united? They would not resemble one another even if you painted them all one color! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations and religious beliefs. Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart.


Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, and the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed out onto the streets nearby to gape about. The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand.


After the first moments of panic, they raised their flag over the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a government official or the president was passing.


On every occasion, they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!" I watched the live broadcast and rerun after rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who gave his life fighting with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that could have killed other hundreds or thousands of people.


How on earth were they able to respond united as one human being? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit, which no money can buy.


What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic Power? money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases with the risk of sounding commonplace I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion... Only freedom can work such miracles.


Cornel Nistorescu

(This deserves to be passed around the internet forever.)
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Praise Report #2 Sep 29, 2006 11:34 am
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When my step-dad passed away in 1983, he left some acerage to my nephew/brother (nephew by birth but was adopted and raised by my mother and step-dad, I was also adopted by my step-dad). Somehow my mother got the will probated so that my nephew/brother could not ever sell the acerage without her permission even though my dad's intent was that he could not sell it without her permission because first, as long as he was a minor and second, she would have the adjoining acerage and dad would want her to have the first option to purchase it.

As any of you who have any knowledge me and my family will know, my family is very dysfunctional and my mother has refused to allow my nephew/brother to sell this property even though she has long since sold her acerage (back in the 80's). She has refused because she believes she can force him to return to Texas to live by not allowing him to sell it and because she was leasing it and taking the money for herself.

This young man was 10 years old when dad died and dad also left him a percentage of an old well which my mother had control of as his guardian. She paid taxes on this property as well as income taxes, FICA, etc. for him out of this money. So in essence, he had been paying taxes on it for over 20 years while she was making the profit off of it. He finally got tired of it costing him when he couldn't do anything with it and stopped paying the taxes so it got taken by the county and sold for back taxes a couple of years ago.

There were excess proceeds from the sale of the property in excess of $5000.00 from that sale that he could claim but he would have to appear in court to claim them. Problem is that he went into the Marines right out of High School and at the time of the sale 2 years ago he was stationed in Okinawa. There was no way he could get home. He had 2 years to file a petition for this money.

He was just going to let it go and I finally talked him into checking into whether or not I could represent him in court or not. Turns out that I could. Earlier this year he filed his claim, sent me a POA and I went to court in his stead on Thursday, September the 28th.

My mother has managed to take everything else that my dad left for him and this property was worth far more that this amount but, PRAISE GOD, the judge has awarded this money to him. In addition this money has been in an interest bearing account since the sale and he will also be awarded 90% of the interest it has earned over the past 2 years, the remaining 10% is to go to the county.

This is another child that I was promised. My sister had given him up for adoption twice and taken him back and when I married and left for Japan I begged her to allow me to take him with me but she refused, promising me that if she decided to give him up she would let me have him. The next thing I knew my mother and step-day had him. So in my heart, again, he is mine, and always will be. This is the same sister who is the grandmother of the other child.
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Praise Report #1 Sep 29, 2006 10:37 am
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I know I havent' been around much the past week or so. My life has been really full and I have some things to report to you guys. I hope that you will join me in praising the Lord.

Seventeen years ago one of my nieces gave a baby boy up for adoption. Part of the adoption agreement was that the adoptive parents and my niece would stay in contact so that my niece would know what was going on in the childs life and that she would recieve pictures of him as he grew up.

About six or seven years ago my niece stopped recieving responses to her letters. This of course upset her very badly.

For the past several years she and I have been trying to track my great nephew down.

A bit of explanation here. My neice and the baby were living with my ex and I and we were going to adopt the baby ourselves. We lived out on an 800 acre ranch and one day we went into town to talk to a lawyer about the adoption and when we returned the baby was gone. I haven't seen him since.

I believe that my sister talked my niece into not allowing me to have the baby, to this day, though my niece denies this. I was estranged from both my niece and my sister for years over this.

About 2 months ago my niece informed me that she thought she had found her son on a blog site but did not know what to do. I went and joined the blog site and e-mailed the person, asking if he was my great nephew and letting him know that we had never stopped loving him and wanted to make contact with him.

Praise the Lord, it was him. My niece has heard from the adoptive mother and has recieved pictures. The young man has a very full life right now and I believe that the adoptive mother has not been totally honest with him concerning his natural mother's continued attempts to remain in contact as he as stated that he doesn't have time for this right now and why wasn't she around before now.

Please keep this situation in your prayers. As I am sure many of you know my heart and this child is mine, in my heart, as well as my nieces. It has been a bittersweet victory, for I have felt all over again the empty aching for the baby that I once held in my arms, as I am sure my niece has done as well, though he was not born of my body.

I have always known that God would bring this child back to us all. Please help me to praise Him for finding him and pray with us that we will be re-united with him.
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10 Easy Ways To Be Kind Sep 24, 2006 8:51 pm
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Acts of kindness don't have to take either time or money.


1. Give five compliment every day.
2. Let a person with only a few items go ahead of you in the grocery line.
3. Give your spouse an extra hug. (or your kids)*
4. Smile at everyone you see.
5. Be a buddy to a new co-worker.
6. Pick up trash when you're walking.
7. Offer to return the grocery cart for an elderly person or a mother with small children.
8. Write a thank-you note to someone who influenced you.
9. When someone tries to merge in your traffic lane, let them in and wave as you do.
10. Leave a treat or a note of thanks for your mail or newspaper carrier.

Author Unknown
*(added by me)
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Does Your Walk Match Your Talk? Sep 24, 2006 9:52 am
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Matthew 7:21 Not everyone that sayeth unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

An inscription on a cathedral wall in Germany reads as follows:

Thus speaketh Christ our Lord to us,
"You call me Master and obey me not;
You call me light and see me not;
You call me the Way and walk me not;
You call me life and live me not;
You call me wise and follow me not;
You call me fair and love me not;
You call me rich and ask me not;
You call me eternal and seek me not;
If I condemn you, blame me not."*


*Copied from "Knowing Jesus Personally", a Billy Graham Library Selection version of the New Living Translation New Testament.
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Something to Smile About Sep 17, 2006 11:09 am
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Success


At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 16 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 20 success is . . . having \bsexo?\b.
At age 35 success is . . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 60 success is . . . having \bsexo?\b.
At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
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Something to Smile About Sep 17, 2006 10:54 am
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The Four Stages of Life


1. You believe in Santa Claus

2. You don't believe in Santa Claus

3. You are Santa Claus

4. You look like Santa Claus
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Something to Smile About Sep 17, 2006 10:49 am
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Great Truths About Growing Old


1. Growing old is mandatory; growin up is optional.

2. Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get.

3. When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're there.

4. You're gettin old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.

5. It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.

6. Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

7. Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
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Something to Smile About Sep 17, 2006 10:42 am
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Great Truths About Life
That Adults Have Learned


1. Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

2. Wrinkles don't hurt.

3. Families are like fudge . . . mostly sweet, with a few nuts.

4. Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held it's ground.

5. Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

6. Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fibre, not the joy.
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Something to Smile About Sep 17, 2006 10:37 am
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Great Truths About Life
That Little Children Have Learned


1. No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.

2. When you Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.

3. If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.

4. Never ask your 3 year old brother to hold a tomato.

5. You can't trust dogs to watch your food.

5. Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.

7. Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.

8. You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.

9. Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.

10. The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
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