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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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I Think. . . Apr 19, 2007 11:15 am
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Lately I have been thinking an awful lot about how people who attack us and our way of thinking call us polically incorrect but if we do the same thing to them and their way of thinking they call us intolerant. I think it is just another case of double standards with Christianity, God, The Bible, morality, etc. getting the short end of the stick. Personally, I am rather sick and disgusted by it all.

Back in November, just before Thanksgiving, I was passing on some e-mails from a an organization that stands against those who advocate anti-family, anti-Christian ideas and movements. I passed them on to everyone I knew. One person who I sent them to, a member of my family, became very angry with me about it because they have in-laws who are living the "alternative lifestyle" that was being advocated against. This family member proceeded to call me and all Christians bigots and hypocrits saying that the Bible says that we are to love all people. I pointed out to them that we are to love all people but that there is a difference between loving a person and loving what that person does. This person refused to hear anything that I had to say and has not spoken to me since then, blocking my e-mails. Since I have no phone I haven't made any attempts to call nor have I written. I have placed him, my son, in God's hands, and pray that in time he will have at least as much courtesy for me and my way of life as he does for his in-laws.

I know someone who fought Social Security for years to get disability and when they finally got it they were cheated out of most of their retro-active pay. Recently this same person's adult child was diagnosed with HIV and Hep C. That adult childs disability application is being rushed through the system so that their checks will start within a month or so. This person became ill due to immoral lifestyle choices and is now being rewarded by the system for those choices. Something is very wrong with this picture.

We as Christians must make a stand against the powers of darkness that is making such a marked impression on our world. Why do we stand idly by, doing and saying nothing as this type of thing continues? Why do we allow our children to be exposed to people who are perverted and teach them that they are normal? Why do we believe that they are limited to only this one type of perversion and allow them access to our young people? We have got to do something to stop this sort of thing and we have got to stand together to do it.
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Keep Me In Your Prayers Apr 17, 2007 5:57 pm
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My brothers and sisters, after almost 42 years of smoking I am quitting. Today is my 2nd day without a cigarette and I am doing really well. I got a perscription for Chantix on April 6th and started taking them that day. I am really very excited about this. I hope that you will all keep me in your prayers. I realize that 2 days is not much but each journey starts with only one step and for any of you who are former smokers you know just how long 2 days without a cigarette really is. I know that the Lord will make me victorious as long as I trust in Him. Please just bear me up to Him in your prayers.
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Check This Out!!!! Proud Grandma!!!! Feb 19, 2007 5:02 pm
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Got this e-mail from my daughter concerning my 10 year old grandson who is in 4th grade. Last year when he took his 3rd grade exit tests he scored a 99 on one and a 100 on the other making him in the top 1% in the state of Texas. I am so proud of him. So I wanted to share this with all of you. Please keep him in your prayers.

Hey!! I just got a letter from Marshall's school stating that he is in the top 10th percentile of his grade and has therefore been nominated to participate in the Duke TIP (Talent Identification Program). I read through the brochure and it sounds excellent. From what I understand, they send out materials throughout the year that will challenge him academically. He also has the chance to enter a writing contest next year for a cash prize as well as take the EXPLORE test ( a test designed for 8th graders) to see how he performs on that grade level. If he scores in the 99th percentile on that he will receive a medal.

The cost of the program is $25, which is waived since he qualifies for the free/reduced lunch program. I have been waiting for someone to acknowledge his ability and it has finally happened!! Thank God for this!! I hope it is something that will challenge him and help get him on track as far as doing his homework!!

Please keep him in your prayers!!

Charity
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Happy Online Buddy Day Feb 10, 2007 1:37 pm
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My daughter sent me this in an e-mail and it is so very special I wanted to share it with all of you. It is so appropriate right now as Valentines is so near. Please feel free to copy it and e-mail it to those you hold close to your heart, friends and family.

Forward to all your friends, including me.
And don't tell me you're too busy for this.
Don't you know the phrase
"Stop and smell the flowers"?
See how many "bouquets" you end up with!

Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keeps You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!

You are so special!

"Today is world's online buddy day.
Send this to your online friends even me if I'm one of them and see how many you get today"

When we come to the edge of the light we know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of this we can be sure either God will provide something solid to stand on or . . we will be taught to fly.

10 Roses for You.


You are receiving these roses because you are a special person!
Each rose symbolizes a special wish from me to you.

One Rose for Long Friendship
One Rose for Unconditional Love
One Rose For Financial Wealth
One for Everlasting Happiness
One for Success
One for Knowledge
One for Beauty, inner and outer
One for Family
One for Honesty
And the last one for a long and healthy life.


This is a friend test.
Send this to as many friends as you possibly can especially the person that sent to you and if you get it back, you truly will know who your friends are.
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The Angel Of My Dreams Feb 10, 2007 1:21 pm
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A friend of mine sent me this picture and I have to agree that this is the angel of my dreams. Any of you girls agree????
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V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E Feb 9, 2007 5:08 pm
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A friend sent an early "Valentine" to see if it will make it around the world by Feb. 14th.

For God so loV ed the world,

-----That He gA ve

----------his onL y

----------BegottE n

---------------SoN

-------------------T hat whosoever

------Believeth I n Him

--------Should N ot perish,

------But have E verlasting life."

John 3:16
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Who Is St. Valentine? Feb 8, 2007 12:27 pm
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Every year about 1 billion cards are sent to friends and family on Valentine’s Day. But just who is this patron saint of love? Though myths and legends about him abound, here’s one that is particularly romantic.

In the third century A.D., the Roman Emperor Claudius II found that married men were often unwilling to leave their wives and children to serve in the military. To fill his dwindling army, the ruthless ruler outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, a priest in Rome, defied Claudius and performed marriages for young lovers in secret. When his actions were discovered, he was put to death on the 14th of February.
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I'm Back Feb 6, 2007 3:33 pm
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Hey everyone!!! I sure have missed you all. Hope you are all doing well.

Happy belated Holidays to everyone!

I still don't have a phone right now but I am going to be able to use a friends computer for a while. Actually, they are using my computer and I am using their internet connection. God does work in mysterious ways, doesn't He? Of course, I won't be able to spend the amount of time that I have in the past here but it will be better than it has been these past months.

Please keep me in your prayers as my financial circumstances continue to degrade. God may be opening some doors for me soon, however, in that area.

I cannot tell you how very good it is to be back with you all. and I will be doing all that I can to catch up with you asap.

With All My Love,
Your sister in Christ,
Cecilia
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NEW BLOG titLE Dec 4, 2006 10:13 pm
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The following is part of a comment I made on Eli_777's blog about her having found her husband and I seriously considered changing my handle to something having to do with "phoenix" the bird. I really do like some of the description included below from Wikipedia.

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.

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.

But, having discovered that it would require me to close this account and start another, and being the lazy person that I am, not wanting to go to all that trouble, I have decided to just do something to include it in my Blog title.

You know that I love you, but if you're gonna be like this then I'm gonna have to get me some matches and change my handle to phoenix, as in the fire breathing Bird.

In ancient Egyptian mythology and in myths derived from it, the phoenix or phœnix is a mythical sacred firebird.

Said to live for 500 or 1461 years (depending on the source), the phoenix is a bird with beautiful gold and red plumage. At the end of its life-cycle the phoenix builds itself a nest of cinnamon twigs that it then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix arises. The new phoenix embalms the ashes of the old phoenix in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis ("the city of the sun" in Greek). 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.

Although descriptions (and life-span) vary, the phoenix (Bennu bird) became popular in early Christian art, literature and Christian symbolism, as a symbol of Christ, and further, represented the resurrection, immortality, and the life-after-death of Jesus Christ.

Originally, the phoenix was identified by the Egyptians as a stork or heron-like bird called a benu, known from the Book of the Dead and other Egyptian texts as one of the sacred symbols of worship at Heliopolis, closely associated with the rising sun and the Egyptian sun-god Ra. From Wikipedia
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NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSMAN INSISTS ON TAKING OATH ON KORAN INSTEAD OF BIBLE Dec 4, 2006 6:15 pm
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Once more, my brothers and sisters I ask you who are Americans to read the followin and to go to the American Family Association website and contact your local officials concerning this from there. United as Christians, we can make a difference.

November 29, 2006

Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and friends.

A first for America...The Koran replaces the Bible at swearing-in oath

What book will America base it's values on, the Bible or the Koran?

Dear Cecilia,

column by Dennis Prager, who is a Jew. After reading the column, take the suggest action at the bottom of this email. After you have read it, please forward it to your friends and family.

America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on
By Dennis Prager - Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.

He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.

First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.

Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what Keith Ellison's favorite book is. Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress. In your personal life, we will fight for your right to prefer any other book. We will even fight for your right to publish cartoons mocking our Bible. But, Mr. Ellison, America, not you, decides on what book its public servants take their oath.

Devotees of multiculturalism and political correctness who do not see how damaging to the fabric of American civilization it is to allow Ellison to choose his own book need only imagine a racist elected to Congress. Would they allow him to choose Hitler's "Mein Kampf," the Nazis' bible, for his oath? And if not, why not? On what grounds will those defending Ellison's right to choose his favorite book deny that same right to a racist who is elected to public office?

Of course, Ellison's defenders argue that Ellison is merely being honest; since he believes in the Koran and not in the Bible, he should be allowed, even encouraged, to put his hand on the book he believes in. But for all of American history, Jews elected to public office have taken their oath on the Bible, even though they do not believe in the New Testament, and the many secular elected officials have not believed in the Old Testament either. Yet those secular officials did not demand to take their oaths of office on, say, the collected works of Voltaire or on a volume of New York Times editorials, writings far more significant to some liberal members of Congress than the Bible. Nor has one Mormon official demanded to put his hand on the Book of Mormon. And it is hard to imagine a scientologist being allowed to take his oath of office on a copy of "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard.

So why are we allowing Keith Ellison to do what no other member of Congress has ever done -- choose his own most revered book for his oath?

The answer is obvious -- Ellison is a Muslim. And whoever decides these matters, not to mention virtually every editorial page in America, is not going to offend a Muslim. In fact, many of these people argue it will be a good thing because Muslims around the world will see what an open society America is and how much Americans honor Muslims and the Koran.

This argument appeals to all those who believe that one of the greatest goals of America is to be loved by the world, and especially by Muslims because then fewer Muslims will hate us (and therefore fewer will bomb us).

But these naive people do not appreciate that America will not change the attitude of a single American-hating Muslim by allowing Ellison to substitute the Koran for the Bible. In fact, the opposite is more likely: Ellison's doing so will embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the realization of their greatest goal -- the Islamicization of America.

When all elected officials take their oaths of office with their hands on the very same book, they all affirm that some unifying value system underlies American civilization. If Keith Ellison is allowed to change that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and to the value system that has formed this country than the terrorists of 9-11. It is hard to believe that this is the legacy most Muslim Americans want to bequeath to America. But if it is, it is not only Europe that is in trouble. (End Commentary)

Take Action
1. Send an email asking your U.S. Representative and Senators to pass a law making the Bible the book used in the swearing-in ceremony of Representatives and Senators.

2. Forward this email to your friends and family today!


Write your Representative and Senators Now!

If you think our efforts are worthy, would you please support us with a small gift? Thank you for caring enough to get involved.

Sincerely,

Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association

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