My prayers are with Gary.  May you have a speedy recovery and I pray you will be back to drinking your coffee in no time! 

ROFL 

Brothers and Sisters,
It is wonderful to be a part of this discussion of encouragement!  Praise Jesus!  NMC, brother know that you will be in my prayers!  Brother may I add to this discussion that our Lord always provides a way out of our temptations and may you always remember Ephesians 6:11 (putting on the full armor of God).  Dream Weaver once suggested something that I continue to remember to this day.  Memorizing a verse from the Bible and when tempted, repeat the verse over in your mind.  It has helped me with a lot of different temptations I have faced. Also brother, remember that there is our daily earthly work, and then there is our daily work for the Lord............

 Just do the work you have to do and then shut it down.  I did that for the first time in quite a while today and found myself face-to-face laughing with a silly four year old who was very glad to have me not working.  Thank you all.

  Blessings to you!
-Am-

Yeah, it was real greasy from what I remember........kinda goopie, and it burned!! 

Hi Chris and welcome to CU!

I drink my first cup with a little cream and then the rest of the day its black coffee for me......hold the sugar 

LOL....I forgot about the vaporizer!  That was the other thing she always brought out when we were sick.  Yes, the vicks around the nose was never my favorite, especially if it was sore from blowing all the time...ouch!

Yes, I am enjoying reading this thread.

Hello Amorus,

  Brother, I did have some help with a list that someone else had already done. I've seen another list called "100 Free Things In Christ", and I thought that I had saved it on my computer. It might even be on the forum somewhere, but I can't find it. I really think that list could easily be expanded to 200, or maybe 500 if one took a strong look at atonement, sanctification, purification, redemption, inheritance, fellowship, strength, freedom, prayer, and the list goes on and on.

Love In Christ,
Tom

John 14:6-7 NASB  Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."

Yes brother and I'm thankful that the list goes on and on! 

Vicks! (sorry about my spelling ha)My Mom stood by that stuff!  I still think it was made of paint thinner or something of the sort.  I'm surprised I don't have scars on my chest......LOL 

The stronger the better, not (bitter!)!!!!

Gary, my prayers are with you both brother.
There is a reason for all things for God's ways of working in us are on purpose.  I have had a similar situation in my life and with my wife, for she faced a great evil.  Even when she was saved she battled with this demon for years, and I would even hear her calling on the name of the Lord to help her.  It was hurtful, and sometimes I questioned if the hurt was deliberate. lt was extremely troubling, however, through this process I learned a very important lesson.  There was a time when I felt I could not deal with the situation any longer and then I realized just how much I hurt the Lord with my earthly ways, how many times I told him I would change to bring my relationship with him closer, all the while falling back into the ways of my past.  I couldn't imagine the frustration the Lord must have had with me, but he always stood with me, encouraging me to continue forward, always forgiving me when I sincerely asked for it.  What I was doing to the Lord was probably much more hurtful to the hurt I was experiencing from what my wife was going through.  I wasn't deliberately trying to hurt the Lord, but I wasn't thinking about Him either (what a patient Lord we serve!)...........so I stuck by my wife and prayed and prayed and got my family involved and they prayed.  She is a good woman and through her trials has come to great wisdom and shines the light of the Lord where ever she is.  I believe she has become a powerful witness for the Lord and for that I am most thankful! At any rate, sorry to babble on, just felt some similarities!  May peace and the strength of Jesus bless your heart. 
-Am-

Ewww...... Code Liver oil, although I take them in a capsule form now, much like vitamine E.....very good for the organs!  I remember when Dimetap was by perscription only, and my Mom would give us that for every form of sickness!  That and vix vapor rub....haha!  The good ole days (to me anyway)!

   OK - I remember the cinnamon tooth-picks like it was yesterday, so you guys must have been in the TWILIGHT ZONE during the 50s. Nearly every drugstore sold cinnamon oil. If they didn't where you lived you must have been in a different dimension - possibly somewhere near the OUTER LIMITS of the TWILIGHT ZONE.  

1950's?  Sorry brother, I missed that decade, along with the one that followed and half of the one that followed that! 

Here is one I remember as a kid that my Dad said worked for him to cure poison ivy, so he would use it on me when I played in the woods and would get covered with the stuff!
Fels Naptha Soap

I never heard of soaking the toothpicks in the cinnamon, but I did buy cinnamon flavored toothpicks.  I believe they have mint now as well.  My Mom use to yell at us when we had them cause she always thought we would choke on em!

Anyway, I'm still alive. Still fighting the Devil for every inch of ground I can gain. It's hard to hold on most days, but when I feel like letting go, I reach up to God. My spiritual journey continues, but I feel changes coming over me. Small, yes, but good none-the-less.