Thanks, bep.

Yep, WH, it's the Holy Spirit.  It's not whether the Holy Spirit is "moving" or working in us;  it's whether we're walking in Him.
So apparently, those sporadic moments when I experience that, doesn't say much for the way I spend all the rest of my NO GOOD, FREAKIN', LOUSY, GOOD FOR NOTHIN.....*oops*--getting carried away here.  Sorry.  Pardon me...

...hehe...

 

Oklahoma Howdy to Symphony,

I think that a lot of people come here for encouragement and fellowship and they get it. Folks like you, Whitehorse, and many others on Christians Unite are very positive, uplifting people. There are many sweet Christians here who post and really don't know how much help and comfort they give to their Christian brothers and sisters.

I really appreciate Admin. providing this place for Christian Fellowship.

In Christ.

Oklahoma Howdy to Terri,

It's very nice to hear from you and see you back on Christians Unite. I'm very sorry to hear about your recent concerns and will be praying for you.

As an older guy, I don't know very much about role playing games, and I've never heard of EQ. However, it is plain to see that his addiction with it is robbing the family and him of more constructive and worthwhile things. I play a 1980 Atari Game called Centipede several times per week 10-20 minutes at a time. I think that I play it just for fun, and I doubt I would miss it at all. I hate to say it, but it sounds like hubby is acting like a little kid. I don't understand this type of addiction, so I'll simply pray for you.

In Christ.

BEP, I admire your fortitude. How have you been, by the way? I still pray every day, but you know that already. That's amazing. Have you thought of publishing a book on your experiences? Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's very powerful.

I sincerely appreciate your prayers. I have my ups and downs, but I try really hard to maintain a positive and thankful attitude. I know that real power is from and through God. As a Christian, I felt a calling to spend my life as a police officer. I had many opportunities to help people at their very worst and in times of crisis. I would like to finish my life in helping people in whatever capacity God allows me to.

If I write something, it won't be about me. I would really like to write Bible tracts and material to witness to others. I'm trying to improve my writing skills, but I feel that I have a long way to go. I am working on a web ministry, and God is using it regardless of my lack of skill. Who knows, maybe God can use a few plain talking "bull in the china closet" types like me.   Regardless, I'm enjoying the attempt.

In Christ.

Oklahoma Howdy to Alfie,

I'll have to disappoint you and tell you that I didn't experience anything like what has been written or told about. I had horrendous pain and seizures, so they filled me full of morphine and I'm not sure what else. I really didn't know what happened during the worst of it. The doctors told my wife I had no more than 48 hours to live if they didn't find the right treatment. I don't call it luck that they found the right treatment. I do remember seeing all sorts of strange things with lights that all have reasonable explanations (i.e. operating room). They were also concerned that some of the medication they had to give me would make me blind.

I wonder if some of those accounts are due to mega doses of medication and hallucinations. I did have some hallucinations and a time when I couldn't see clearly. I had some times that I was scared and some other times that I really didn't care whether I lived or not. I did wish to provide for my children in college, and I dearly love my wife and family. However, I'm also a Christian, and I know where my home will be, WITH CHRIST.

LOl cute Bep..
I could handle at least 6 of these to pass out to a few people who seem to really need that, to take with a good stiff drink maybe to! lol who knows... for some people nothing works... but funny idea i must say!
TL

Oklahoma Howdy to Tigerlily,

I give a chill pill to my cat daily whether he needs it or not, and he chases it down with a stiff drink of milk.  

Here he is, all cool, calm, and mellow:

Tell Admin thanks.

lol, love the pill pic. Where did you get it?

Oklahoma Howdy to Tibby,

If I remember correctly, I got several funny pictures from:

http://www.funnyfreepics.com/

If I got that wrong, enlarge the picture and the address is on the picture. I just checked my favorites folder, and I think that is right. They really have a huge selection, and some of them are extremely funny.

Oklahoma Howdy to All,

Admin. told me to bring refreshments:

Misc. road kill and fresh elm sap.

And, you guessed it:



For SniperSpy.

Questions:

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

Is there another word for synonym?

Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"

What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?

If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?

How do they get deer to cross the road only at those yellow road signs?

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

What is one nice thing about egotists? They don't talk about other people.

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?

Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?

Can an atheist get insurance against acts of God?

Wisdom:

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hands....

Attempt to get a new car for your spouse....it'll be a great trade!

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Everybody repeat after me...."We are all individuals."

Death to all fanatics!

Don't be sexist; broads hate that!

Eagles may soar, but weasels aren't sucked in jet engines.

Borrow money from pessimists....they don't expect it back.

Half the people you know are below average.

99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.

Let's face it -- English is a crazy language.

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't grocer and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal?

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?

In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?

Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent?

Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? Met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And
where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

Life Saver:

A blonde is working as a lifeguard at a swimming pool when a girl begins to drown, screaming "lifesaver! lifesaver!"

The blonde thinks for a moment, and then asks "cherry or grape?"

 

The weakest link

Are you the weakest link? Below are four (4) questions. You have to answer them
instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately.

Oklahoma Howdy to Brother Love,

 
I made a ZERO, so I must be the weakest link.

Oklahoma Howdy To All,

By the way, if you use the short form of Oklahoman like Will Rogers did, it's "Okie".  

Hilarious Signs:

On a plumber's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed."

On the trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."

Pizza shop slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."

Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming."

In a veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"

Door of a plastic surgeon's office: "We can help you pick your nose!"

On an electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."

In a non-smoking area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."

On a maternity room door: "Push. Push. Push."

At an optometrist's office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."

In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully. We'll wait."

Oklahoma Howdy to All,

I felt the closest to God hundreds of times on the street as a police officer during times that I felt I had little chance to live and inadequate to handle the situation. However, there was no choice but to try, and I'm positive that God gave me strength and wisdom during those moments. I was completely alone, except for God, during most of those moments.

The best magic moments involved two near-death experiences in the hospital in 1998. God and my family were with me, so I wasn't alone. These two moments differ from the others in that my skill, strength, or ability would have nothing to do with the outcome. It wasn't me with a gun or some other police tool, it was a probable fatal illness, the skill of doctors and nurses, the prayers of my family, my prayers, and the mercy and will of God. I'm positive the primary influence was God. God was again the focus when I was to report to a wheelchair and not be able to walk. God allowed me to go back to police work long enough to finish raising my children.

I can tell you that your thinking changes dramatically when you don't think you are going to live. The list of trivial things you think are important mean absolutely nothing. Very simple things cause the greatest enjoyment. Giving thanks to our Lord and Saviour becomes more than just something you are supposed to do. Another world opens and you see the majesty of HIS creation. Your life is changed.

In Christ.