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Re: Hey, you say may God protect 'our' nation from devastation?
Hmm...I am sorry if you are offended by my expression of concern for the nation in which I live. It is an expression of my thoughts at that moment. My faith tells me to pray for all nations and pooples of the world. I would be diappointed in you if you do not pray for your own nation. We all need prayer for safety and God's care in the world in which we live. Please accept my prayer for blessings on you...Dan
posted by
PVDannyC
on January 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM
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Hey, you say may God protect 'our' nation from devastation?
I value your appreciation of people, but find these selective prayers unacceptable
posted by
Straightforward
on January 28, 2010 at 6:59 PM
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Yes, other people can be a real inspiration, can't they? I used to take Communion to a 103-yr-old lady, who lost her son aged 14, her daughter aged 30, and her husband who couldn't cope with the sons's death. Yet she was full of cheer, so happy and always felt so blessed by God.
posted by
Rockingrector_retd
on January 28, 2010 at 6:10 AM
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I count our blessings and pray for god to keep us safe
good for you to remind us that we do have lots of blessings to count.
posted by
Tzippy
on January 27, 2010 at 11:10 PM
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So glad Nancy's mother is doing well.
posted by
Nita09
on January 27, 2010 at 8:37 AM
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Danny
It's rather sad though that so very often it takes other people's adversity to remind us of all our blessings....
posted by
Troosha
on January 27, 2010 at 7:26 AM
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It is amazing how one person can make us realize how good things truly are for us! Such inspiration! I pray others will be spared what has happened to Haiti! Such devastation for such a small! I pray they rebuild and become strong! sam
posted by
sam444
on January 27, 2010 at 3:59 AM
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I glad your family is doing better
My husband died in Sept with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. He did well in the mornings but by the afternoon he would forget that we were home and he would want to go home. He would hallucinate and see people sitting in our living room. One late afternoon, I told him it was time to go to bed. He said he couldn't with all those people still here. I told him it would be ok. He ask if he told them he had Alzheimer's and hallucinate, would they leave. I told him yes. He turned to the couch and yelled: "I have Alzheimer's and I hallucinate." The people left and we went to bed. I bet I told him our address 100 times a night. I would go outside and take pictures of the house so he would believe we were home. The hardest part was when he had to forget me so he could let go and move to his transition but he remembered me before he left and told me he loved me and goodbye.
posted by
skye08
on January 27, 2010 at 2:58 AM
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Lovely that your Mother is doing well ~ and yes, I pray yet for miracles - I watch the news and when I start to grimace (taking on the pain) I turn it - and let the tears fall. There is so much need there right now that I want to go there to help, but my call is here right now. May God bless you and your family ~ Thanksgiving is center of my heart. Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on January 26, 2010 at 9:32 PM
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I've found it fascinating about how we age differently...I am very thankful that my fellow Marylanders and I are not in the same position as those from Haiti.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 26, 2010 at 7:15 PM
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There is always something for which to be thankful, though I'm sure that for those still living after the terrible earthquake in Haiti, it might be a mite difficult to pinpoint what it might be. My heart goes out to them....... My Dad was on his eighth reading journey through the Bible when he bogged down. His Alzheimer's disease gradually took away his ability to remember how to read.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 26, 2010 at 6:44 PM
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Danny
What a wonderful loving contrast. Bless you and your wife. I can see your mother in law is blessed.
posted by
Justi
on January 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM
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How ownderful to be back home, happily pottering around in her room,
reading her bible and in her comfortable little world. She may not be the person you once new but God seems to be taking her gently.
posted by
Kabu
on January 26, 2010 at 5:29 PM
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