Symphony,

I believe there are so many signs that the Lord gives us each and every day; sometimes though they are very hard to decipher, and sometimes we can only link them once the event has passed.

I constantly try to stay "in tune" because I know it all has a reason to it. This one to me was especially meaningfull. I thank you, too, Symphony, for always being there as my Brother in Christ.

God bless you,

Alfie

 

You are all so very welcome.

A special thanks to a special Symphony (our leader on the prayer board) who is always there for each and every one of us.

May God bless him and look down upon him with love.

Alfie

Thank you, Symphony.

Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world have mercy on us; Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world hear our prayer.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Please hear the sincerity within our hearts when we ask for your help and your blessings in our life as well as in the lives of others. Please hear our prayers for Terri, Whitehorse, BEP, Irish Angel, Tigerlilly and all those who are part of this forum that are especially in need at this time.

May you look upon your children with love and grant us the peace we seek so desperately in our lives. Help us to keep your commandments and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who have tresspassed against us.

Look down with favor upon us, Oh Lord. Amen

Being the computer genius that I am, this is just a test for everyone. I repeat: JUST A TEST!

Now tell me how you get the pictures from there to here.

The first person who explains this to me will be advised that the first statement I made was pure trickery just to get someone to please tell me how. It is also what I call "know how". Like I know how to do that already.  

To be perfectly honest, the only pictures I can display are the add smilies. Why you ask. Because they are already supplied and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure it out.

Signing off from NASA,

Alfie
  Oops I did it again!

Hey Forrest,

You do come up with the good ones. Thanks for sharing.  

Blessings to you,

Alfie

Terri,

Glad to see you back too.  
Thanks for listening.

God bless you,

Alfie

Awhile back I had posted that I had a crucifix in my room that seemingly flew off the wall. I'm sure many read it because I had quite a few responses to it.

Remember I told you that it was on a wall over the bed, and upon going back upstairs that day it was now face up completely to the side of the bed which meant one thing- it didn't just fall down. It was seemingly moved, but untouched by human hands.

Having been Catholic I held on to this crucifix for years, and when ever I moved, the crucifix moved right along with me and was hung every where I lived. Then I began thinking like most others here who are not of the Catholic faith.

After this incident I took it to mean that Jesus was no longer on that crucifix, he is now seated at the right hand of God and therefore should not be depicted as still on the cross. Because of this, I dismantled Jesus, so to speak, took him from the cross, and replaced the crucifix with a cross which now hangs from the same spot.

It was January 1st, 2003 that this unexplained phenomenon occurred. I now know the cause and the reason for this happening.

My father died January 2nd of this year; I just found out about it. We were estranged from one another for quite some time, but this crucifix was hung in my bedroom as a child. It was one of the very few (if any) things that linked the both of us to one another.

I know now that even after all those years of separation that during his death, his thoughts were with me. I thank God for that message that he never really forgot about me, and that  he really did love me afterall.

May God bless and keep him; I know I will see him once again when I too arrive at the House of the Lord.  

Alfie

Blackeyedpeas,

Thank you for sharing. I personally thank you and what you have given to make the world a better place; it is appreciated by so many.

Secondly, your near death experiences do fascinate me. I have read several books on this topic, and found all to be fascinating. I guess the question I want to ask you is if you would want to elaborate on anything that happened to you during your near death experiences?

I have read that many see a white light and a tunnel and they feel themselves going towards the light which such love and peace. I have read that others seemingly have an out of the body experience wherein they are aware they are floating (in a spiritual form ) above their physical bodies.

From what I understand a lot of people to whom this has happened find themselves to be somewhat gifted afterwards with a psychic nature after this experience.

In fact, in read an article in the Reader's Digest just recently relating to this same subject. Previously, the white light experienc (scientific explanation) was a result of a part of the brain hallucinating. However, there is now evidence to dispute the scientific theory whereas making a more spiritual confirmed existence of the hereafter.

This was due to a person that had an OBE (out of body experience) when she was completely brain dead. Hence, no brain activity, no hallucination. This one will have to make our scientific community stand up and admit that something else is going on here (something of a spiritual nature) which just can't be medically explained away as it had been previously.

Blessings to you and your family,

Alfie

Whitehorse,

I'm still pondering over this one. Sometimes I feel a closeness to our Lord when I look to the heavens and see the blue skies, the fluffy clouds or feel his strength in the mountains which he has created.

Other times I feel a closeness or tie to the spiritual realm through the eyes of an animal when I realize how connected we all our to our maker. Now that's a hard one to explain.

However, in times of strife or as Symphony has said at the worst times when we pray so very hard and ask for His help. We later look back at these hard times and come to the realization that the poem, Footprints, kind of says it all: "It was then that I carried you".

Alfie

Hey Symphony,

Of course she does. I know the reason for that kind of feline behavior: you wear Hush Puppies, right?


Blessings to you my friend, and bottoms up on that morning coffee.  

Alfie

Okay,

I give up. Snowy made me do it; her feelings were hurt.  

One thing I can't stand is people who brag about their cats. But, now MY CAT will roll over and stand up to get a treat even without a "dope slap". Here that, Symphony?  

In fact, MY CAT IS the original Cat in the Hat.  
See, she made me do it again!

Alfie

Gee Symphony,

You get kind of green looking when you're angry.

Meanwhile I'll see just what kind of clout I have around here. I'll forward your request to the Admin. How's that?  

Alfie

Psalm 19,

This is the very first time I have heard of it. Went to the website you listed and it looks fascinating. Thank you for sharing.

Hope all that visit have a wonderful vacation!

Alfie

Taken from the book "Simon and Schuster's Guide to Cats"

In the Middle Ages, the cat became the personification of an evil witch. The hostility began in the middle of the thirteenth century; it seems to have been provoked by the the return to the adoration of a Norwegian divinity, Freya, pagan goddess of fertility. The cat played a part in the rites of this divinity.

To combat this, the Church authorized a total persecution of the cat. The cat is NEVER mentioned in the Bible. The superstition reached the nobility and the cat was taken as the source of all evil.

In Mary Tudor's England, the cat was burned as a sign of heresy of Protestantism, and under the reign of Elizabeth I as the symbol of Catholic heresy. The species was almost extinct in 1400.

The false beliefs and cruelties which faced the cat lasted a few centuries.  The many superstitions facing the cat today are the last traces of ancient fears and superstitions.

My thoughts: If cats are not mentioned in the Bible was this because they were, in fact, deliberately taken out of the Bible by the Church? This would certainly seem to be the case; other animals are mentioned.  

If so, I'm left pondering as to what else might have been taken out of the Bible or "put in" for that matter as to conviently accomodate the Church at that time.

Food for thought as they say.

Alfie