http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb recent pleonast.com entries by user btrflybarb en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=603796 Happy Thanksgiving! 2008-11-27 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=603429 Give Thanks to the Lord! 2008-11-26 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=602793 The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember... Noah was a drunk Abraham was too old Isaac was a daydreamer Jacob was a liar Leah was ugly Joseph was abused Moses had a stuttering problem Gideon was afraid Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer Rahab was a prostitute Jeremiah and Timothy were too young David had an affair and was a murderer Elijah was suicidal Isaiah preached naked Jonah ran from God Naomi was a widow Job went bankrupt John the Baptist ate bugs Peter denied Christ The Disciples fell asleep while praying Martha worried about everything The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once Zaccheus was too small Paul was too religious Timothy had an ulcer... AND Lazarus was dead! What do you have that's worse than that? So no more excuses! God can use you to your full potential. Besides you aren't the message, you are just the messenger. 2008-11-24 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=599777 Several years ago, a preacher accepted a call to a church in Houston , Texas . Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change. As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, 'You'd better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it.' Then he thought, 'Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter.. Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the bus company gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a 'gift from& nbsp;God' and keep quiet.' When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, and then he handed the quarter to the driver and said, 'Here, you gave me too much change.' The driver, with a smile, replied, 'Aren't you the new preacher in town?' 'Yes,' he replied. 'Well, I have been thinking a lot lately about going somewhere to worship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too... 2008-11-15 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=595986 Rom 13:1 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Mat 6:34 "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Luk 12:26 "If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters? Help me, Lord, to remember that you are in control. Help me not to worry. 2008-11-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=581361 2008-09-29 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=579827 1. I'm a Christian. 2. I love my hubby of 41 years and my family - especially being a grandmother. Have a sweet granddaughter and a grandson on the way. 3. I love my Yorkie, Max. 4. I would like to take computer classes and start my own home based business - but I'm too chicken to go to strangers homes. 5. I am on 9 forum/blogs and one daily trivia board, and have 6 email addresses. (I don't visit all the forums or use all the email addresses.) 6. I love to read. 7. I do not love to cook - I'm The Package Princess and Microwave Mama. My idea of a good recipe is 1-800-PizzaHut. 8. I hate winter. Hmmm now I'm supposed to tag 8 people... 2008-09-25 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=572752 2008-09-08 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=568162 A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government program s. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her prof essors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it wa... 2008-08-27 http://www.pleonast.com/user/btrflybarb?l=5&entryID=564633 Here's your chance to let the media know where the people stand on our faith in God, as a nation. NBC is taking a poll on "In God We Trust" to stay on our American currency. Please send this to every Christian you know so they can vote on this important subject. Please do it right away, before NBC takes this off the web page. Poll is still open so you can vote. Click here to vote. This is not sent for discussion, if you agree forward it, if you don't, delete it. By me forwarding it, you know how I feel. I'll bet this was a surprise to NBC. 2008-08-19