[Faith-talk] Faith-Talk Digest, Vol 109, Issue 18

Mon Aug 29 21:46:51 UTC 2016

Hi Sandra,
Thank you so much for sharing your story!
I am saving all of your stories so I can share them with others and for me. 
This thread is really blessed, because we can share and encourage others who 
are less fortunate. The Lord is the answer, and seeking his way will always 
work out best for us.
God bless, all,
David Moore

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ericka via Faith-Talk
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 1:26 PM
To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
Cc: Ericka
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Faith-Talk Digest, Vol 109, Issue 18

Thanks for your story Sandra. Was that Aspbergers you were talking about?

Ericka Short
1750 Fordem Ave. #508
Madison. WI. 53704
608-665-3170

from my iPhone 6s

> On Aug 29, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Sandra Streeter via Faith-Talk 
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi, all,
>
> Gee, the exchange about the Top Ten seems to have prompted yet more 
> healthy discussion--halleluiah! I, too, was a preemie by 3 months--a big, 
> major deal in the mid-60's, and had a ten-percent chance of living--so we 
> know Who made that decision! It wasn't just my strong will--which, BTW, I 
> do have and consider an asset. To the lister who said that they had never 
> gone wrong by making their own choices and going their own way: I didn't 
> mean to imply, by my previous posting, that we are automatons--far from 
> it: if we are like God (who has free will), then we, by nature, also have 
> free will. Both good and bad choices can be made via that will, but the 
> bonus in trusting God is that, whatever our choices, they can be used for 
> good, whatever the negative outcomes also are.
>
> Back to commenting on all things working together for good: So many things 
> that seemingly were supposedly not going to work out for me have, both in 
> my pre-Christian years and those after. In an era where mainstreaming was 
> just beginning, I ended up in a fabulous nursery school with sighted 
> peers, and although I got made fun of later for it, I am heartily glad I 
> got held back from kindergarten an additional year, because it built on a 
> social-skills foundation I badly needed, as a then-undiagnosed Aspergian. 
> Attended public school, and was able to keep the very itinerant teacher 
> who worked with me on most blindness skills from the time I was 3 'til 
> nearly 19, though my high school tried to make it so that I would lose her 
> (and then, had the gall to hint that I would need an aide to navigate the 
> hallways with--based on their experience with one blind kid who also had 
> some developmental issues, though, with the exception of junior high, I 
> had a good academic track record and had been walking the halls, cane in 
> hand, from early elementary school). Then, I had two stints in college, 
> studying youth ministry and blind rehabilitation, and several jobs 
> (lasting, unfortunately, no more than slightly over 3 years--but when I 
> see what other blind people go through vocationally, I feel blessed to 
> have had the 5 jobs I've had). I had originally been declined for my youth 
> ministry internship, but after appealing the decision, I was welcomed in 
> with open arms--even to the point where the mother of one of our supers 
> was a Braille transcriber and was able to prepare the materials I needed 
> before I set foot in the experience! Accident? No way! When I interned in 
> youth work, I busted a leg, but was able to still participate in most 
> aspects, and got a really good paper out of it about how God was able to 
> show Himself strong as I recovered. Recent milestones include continuing 
> to submit newsletter submissions for my church; making a connection with 
> someone who knows someone who is a major figure in a local vocational 
> agency for people with developmental challenges, for which I hope to end 
> up volunteering; experimenting with produce from a family I used to be 
> neighbors with, which has helped stretch my usually-strapped budget; and 
> starting to overcome chronic anxiety over financial issues (a true 
> milestone, considering God and I have been slowly and steadily working on 
> anxiety since my conversion at 16). And much, much more. BTW, thanks for 
> the opportunity to count my many blessings--this is also helping me!
>
>
> Blessings,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sandra
> "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is 
> invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
> The Little Prince
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>  1. Weekly Bible Trivia Game Poem for Sunday, August 28, 2016
>     (Paul Smith)
>  2. All things working together for good (Bill Outman)
>  3. Re: All things working together for good (David Moore)
>  4. Re: All things working together for good (Ericka)
>  5. Re: All things working together for good (Courtney Fulghum Smith)
>  6. Re: All things working together for good (debby)
>  7. Re: All things working together for good (Linda Mentink)
>  8. Re: All things working together for good (debby)
>  9. Wisdom Gems and Pearls for Monday, August 29, 2016 (Paul Smith)
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:35:58 -0400
> From: Paul Smith <paulsmith at samobile.net>
> To: angelsonges at groups.io
> Subject: [Faith-talk] Weekly Bible Trivia Game Poem for Sunday, August
> 28, 2016
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>
> Hello and greetings to all my fellow astute Bible students out there.
> I hope that your day is going well and, if you read this message after
> you came home from your respective houses of worship, that you had a
> good time with the Lord and in fellowship with your fellow local 
> congregants.
>
> Today's Bible trivia game poem is from the Old Testament.  If it
> weren't for one line I'd have no clue as to the Bible book and chapter
> on which this poem is based.  In fact, to complicate the situation, the
> author of the book ministered at the same time as another prophet.  But
> let's not lose too much time.  You're waiting for the poem, and here it 
> is.
>
> But, at the last, will His house be restored.
> Nations will flock to the house of the Lord.
> He will judge softly, or strongly reprove.
> Able to rescue, or crush, or remove.
>
> And there you have this week's Bible trivia game poem based on a book
> and chapter of the Old Testament.  Remember that all I have here is
> from Song of Songs to Malachi.
>
> Until next week when, Lord willing another poem will be posted, then
> based on a book and chapter of the New Testament, may the God of
> Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe, individually and
> collectively, in these last days in which we live.  Your Christian
> friend and brother, Paul
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 16:27:25 -0400
> From: "Bill Outman" <woutman at earthlink.net>
> To: "'Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion'"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
> Message-ID: <00a901d2016a$96bd1160$c4373420$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Good afternoon.
>
>
>
> On this date of 8/28 what came to my mind was Romans 8:28.  We are told in
> this verse that all things work together for good for those of us who are
> called by Christ's purpose.
>
>
>
> It can sometimes be difficult for us to see how this can be, especially
> given some of the obstacles we encounter as people who are blind or 
> visually
> impaired.
>
>
>
> What might be interesting would be stories of how our faith resulted in
> something working out for good in our lives that was unexpected because of
> it, and that might not otherwise have taken place.  I don't have one that
> immediately jumps to mind, thought I would like to hear the inspirations 
> of
> others in this regard, and then I might be able to insert something that
> fits.
>
>
>
> Bill Outman
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:41:40 -0400
> From: "David Moore" <jesusloves1966 at gmail.com>
> To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
> Message-ID: <44D1A6D14F144606A542813EF49B60B3 at DESKTOP3KHNPUD>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> Hi all,
> Even as a child, before I became a Christian, I prayed and had faith that
> God would get me out of the country where I could not be independent. One
> day, Someone from Columbus, the Capitol of my state of Ohio called the
> regular public school I was in and asked them if they had someone disabled
> at their school. The state rehab was just calling public schools at 
> random,
> they said. Well, my school in the country told them about me. Someone came
> up to my little town and really got on the school to pay for cane mobility
> lessons for me, and my good grades allowed the state to pay my tuition to 
> go
> to The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. While at Ohio State, I
> learned about every kind of assistive technology out there. My professors
> did not know how to teach me, so I prayed again, not a Christian yet, and
> the NFB Stepped in because I was talking to a blind person on campus. He 
> was
> a member totally by accident, or was it? The NFB worked with my 
> professors,
> and The NFB sent me to a training center where I was traveling around a
> large city by myself, I was cooking all of my meals, using the latest
> technology out there like the Optacon. This was in the 80s, and the 
> Optacon
> was like no other technology invented. I became a Christian, I had many 
> many
> people cross my path at Ohio State who helped me see the full truth of the
> Bible so I could obey the saving message of Jesus and come to him and have
> my sins washed clean. People constantly told me that I was like everyone
> else, and I was not like any other blind person they ever met. I received 
> my
> degree in Mathematics. When I was little, and my parents told me I would
> have to live with them the rest of my life, I always thought about how I 
> can
> do math in my head, and that might get me somewhere, but I had no idea 
> how.
> So, here I am with a BS in mathematics, and nobody would hier me. I just
> happened to meet someone in a restaurant with a math tutoring business for
> the blind. I tutored there for a few years, and then I started my own
> business of tutoring mathematics with the help of people that came out of 
> no
> where. Keep in mind, that I had developed a very strong one on one, 
> intimate
> relationship with Jesus, where he talked to me, and I talked with him. I
> would get on my knees every night about a wife. Well, listen to this. I
> played a bible trivia show on the radio. A hoast asked Bible questions, 
> and
> people could call in and answer them. Well, one night, Traci, my feuture
> wife, could not sleep, and she began turning the radio dile. She heard my
> voice of me calling into this show, and she stopped turning the dial,
> because she really thought my voice was special and that I might be the
> Christian husband she had been looking for for years. Well, she had no 
> idea
> where I was located, or how she would get a hold of me. Three months 
> later,
> her car broke down, and she had to ride the Columbus public bus for the
> first time in her life. She had to ride the bus clear to the other end of
> town where I lived. Well, I was with a friend, and we let two buses go by,
> because he wanted to finish his coffee. We got on the third bus, and that
> was the bus Traci was on clear on the other end of the city from where she
> lived. She heard my voice as I talked with my friend, and she knew that I
> was the guy from the radio. She moved across from me, and she asked me if 
> I
> was David from the radio show. I was, of course, and she had just moved, 
> and
> she did not have a phone yet. I gave her my phone number not expecting her
> to call, because no women did who I gave my number to. She did call, and 
> we
> talked for 9 hours the first time we talked. We were married in four 
> years.
> She is sighted, is a great driver, she totally forgets that I am blind and
> hands me stuff to read LOL! She sees me as a real man who can provide for
> her and keep her safe. Again, her name is Traci, and her relationship with
> Jesus is as strong or stronger than mine. The Lord has allowed us to be
> taken through trials that you cannot imagine, and the Lord has gotten us
> through them all. We have been able to encourage more and more people
> through our faith. Her father died right before we were married, Her 
> nephew
> killed himself at 22, I had panic attacks and bad OCD for the first 7 
> years
> of our marriage, and now, I am totally healed, and on and on. We have 
> trials
> everyday, and Jesus gets us through all of them., and people walk up to
> Traci and I, total strangers, and tell us that they see real peace in us. 
> We
> have helped so many people because of what we have been through. I have so
> many sighted friends who never bring up my blindness, because they forget
> about it. I run around the city, some days, without a cane. It is as 
> though
> my feet know where to step. I can walk into a strange building, and find 
> my
> way, almost like I have been there before. Jesus and I talk everyday, and 
> I
> ask him to show me the purpose he has for my life everyday. I hope this
> encourages every blind person out there, because I am human proof that 
> your
> blindness does not have to stop you from living a total normal life. I 
> have
> a MA in mathematics education, and my academic advisor thought I could not
> get through the program. I have proven everyone wrong about what they
> thought I could not do. The Lord has caused me and has given me his power 
> to
> do the impossible. You and every blind person out there can have the same
> quality of life. I love being blind. I really love it, because it hasn't
> stopped me in any way, and I can encourage so many people just by walking
> down the street and talking to them. So many people have been incouraged 
> by
> my blindness. God has been able to use me much more being blind, than if I
> was sighted. God bless, all,
> David Moore
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Outman via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 4:27 PM
> To: 'Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion'
> Cc: Bill Outman
> Subject: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
>
> Good afternoon.
>
>
>
> On this date of 8/28 what came to my mind was Romans 8:28.  We are told in
> this verse that all things work together for good for those of us who are
> called by Christ's purpose.
>
>
>
> It can sometimes be difficult for us to see how this can be, especially
> given some of the obstacles we encounter as people who are blind or 
> visually
> impaired.
>
>
>
> What might be interesting would be stories of how our faith resulted in
> something working out for good in our lives that was unexpected because of
> it, and that might not otherwise have taken place.  I don't have one that
> immediately jumps to mind, thought I would like to hear the inspirations 
> of
> others in this regard, and then I might be able to insert something that
> fits.
>
>
>
> Bill Outman
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 18:30:22 -0500
> From: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
> To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
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>
> Thanks for your story David.
>
> Ericka Short
> 1750 Fordem Ave. #508
> Madison. WI. 53704
> 608-665-3170
>
> from my iPhone 6s
>
>> On Aug 28, 2016, at 4:41 PM, David Moore via Faith-Talk 
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Even as a child, before I became a Christian, I prayed and had faith that 
>> God would get me out of the country where I could not be independent. One 
>> day, Someone from Columbus, the Capitol of my state of Ohio called the 
>> regular public school I was in and asked them if they had someone 
>> disabled at their school. The state rehab was just calling public schools 
>> at random, they said. Well, my school in the country told them about me. 
>> Someone came up to my little town and really got on the school to pay for 
>> cane mobility lessons for me, and my good grades allowed the state to pay 
>> my tuition to go to The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. While at 
>> Ohio State, I learned about every kind of assistive technology out there. 
>> My professors did not know how to teach me, so I prayed again, not a 
>> Christian yet, and the NFB Stepped in because I was talking to a blind 
>> person on campus. He was a member totally by accident, or was it? The NFB 
>> worked with my professors, and The NFB sent me to a training center where 
>> I was traveling around a large city by myself, I was cooking all of my 
>> meals, using the latest technology out there like the Optacon. This was 
>> in the 80s, and the Optacon was like no other technology invented. I 
>> became a Christian, I had many many people cross my path at Ohio State 
>> who helped me see the full truth of the Bible so I could obey the saving 
>> message of Jesus and come to him and have my sins washed clean. People 
>> constantly told me that I was like everyone else, and I was not like any 
>> other blind person they ever met. I received my degree in Mathematics. 
>> When I was little, and my parents told me I would have to live with them 
>> the rest of my life, I always thought about how I can do math in my head, 
>> and that might get me somewhere, but I had no idea how. So, here I am 
>> with a BS in mathematics, and nobody would hier me. I just happened to 
>> meet someone in a restaurant with a math tutoring business for the blind. 
>> I tutored there for a few years, and then I started my own business of 
>> tutoring mathematics with the help of people that came out of no where. 
>> Keep in mind, that I had developed a very strong one on one, intimate 
>> relationship with Jesus, where he talked to me, and I talked with him. I 
>> would get on my knees every night about a wife. Well, listen to this. I 
>> played a bible trivia show on the radio. A hoast asked Bible questions, 
>> and people could call in and answer them. Well, one night, Traci, my 
>> feuture wife, could not sleep, and she began turning the radio dile. She 
>> heard my voice of me calling into this show, and she stopped turning the 
>> dial, because she really thought my voice was special and that I might be 
>> the Christian husband she had been looking for for years. Well, she had 
>> no idea where I was located, or how she would get a hold of me. Three 
>> months later, her car broke down, and she had to ride the Columbus public 
>> bus for the first time in her life. She had to ride the bus clear to the 
>> other end of town where I lived. Well, I was with a friend, and we let 
>> two buses go by, because he wanted to finish his coffee. We got on the 
>> third bus, and that was the bus Traci was on clear on the other end of 
>> the city from where she lived. She heard my voice as I talked with my 
>> friend, and she knew that I was the guy from the radio. She moved across 
>> from me, and she asked me if I was David from the radio show. I was, of 
>> course, and she had just moved, and she did not have a phone yet. I gave 
>> her my phone number not expecting her to call, because no women did who I 
>> gave my number to. She did call, and we talked for 9 hours the first time 
>> we talked. We were married in four years. She is sighted, is a great 
>> driver, she totally forgets that I am blind and hands me stuff to read 
>> LOL! She sees me as a real man who can provide for her and keep her safe. 
>> Again, her name is Traci, and her relationship with Jesus is as strong or 
>> stronger than mine. The Lord has allowed us to be taken through trials 
>> that you cannot imagine, and the Lord has gotten us through them all. We 
>> have been able to encourage more and more people through our faith. Her 
>> father died right before we were married, Her nephew killed himself at 
>> 22, I had panic attacks and bad OCD for the first 7 years of our 
>> marriage, and now, I am totally healed, and on and on. We have trials 
>> everyday, and Jesus gets us through all of them., and people walk up to 
>> Traci and I, total strangers, and tell us that they see real peace in us. 
>> We have helped so many people because of what we have been through. I 
>> have so many sighted friends who never bring up my blindness, because 
>> they forget about it. I run around the city, some days, without a cane. 
>> It is as though my feet know where to step. I can walk into a strange 
>> building, and find my way, almost like I have been there before. Jesus 
>> and I talk everyday, and I ask him to show me the purpose he has for my 
>> life everyday. I hope this encourages every blind person out there, 
>> because I am human proof that your blindness does not have to stop you 
>> from living a total normal life. I have a MA in mathematics education, 
>> and my academic advisor thought I could not get through the program. I 
>> have proven everyone wrong about what they thought I could not do. The 
>> Lord has caused me and has given me his power to do the impossible. You 
>> and every blind person out there can have the same quality of life. I 
>> love being blind. I really love it, because it hasn't stopped me in any 
>> way, and I can encourage so many people just by walking down the street 
>> and talking to them. So many people have been incouraged by my blindness. 
>> God has been able to use me much more being blind, than if I was sighted. 
>> God bless, all,
>> David Moore
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Outman via Faith-Talk
>> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 4:27 PM
>> To: 'Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion'
>> Cc: Bill Outman
>> Subject: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
>>
>> Good afternoon.
>>
>>
>>
>> On this date of 8/28 what came to my mind was Romans 8:28.  We are told 
>> in
>> this verse that all things work together for good for those of us who are
>> called by Christ's purpose.
>>
>>
>>
>> It can sometimes be difficult for us to see how this can be, especially
>> given some of the obstacles we encounter as people who are blind or 
>> visually
>> impaired.
>>
>>
>>
>> What might be interesting would be stories of how our faith resulted in
>> something working out for good in our lives that was unexpected because 
>> of
>> it, and that might not otherwise have taken place.  I don't have one that
>> immediately jumps to mind, thought I would like to hear the inspirations 
>> of
>> others in this regard, and then I might be able to insert something that
>> fits.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Outman
>>
>>
>>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 19:14:21 -0500
> From: Courtney Fulghum Smith <cmfulghum at gmail.com>
> To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
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>>
>> I enjoyed reading your story. It really lifted my spirits today.
>
>
> Courtney
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:53:59 +0000
> From: debby <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
> To: Bill Outman via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
> Message-ID: <57c387b9.920d620a.f79cd.b016 at mx.google.com>
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>
> Hi Bill and all, great idea! So here goes. I was blind from birth, due 
> !being premature. Was supposed !be born in April, but was born in January. 
> My parents lived an hour or so from town, so it was great timing on God's 
> part, ?grin?. that my mom went !visit her best friend. She started !n feel 
> well, so went !the hospital. I was born in Sacred Heart Hospital. All my 
> life, I can see how God touched me, walked with me, cared for me. Little 
> things, like me boving hymns, even though my family wasn't reY a 
> churchgoing family. They played hymns sometimes at night while I was at 
> the School forthe Blind in Oregon. I went !Sunday School from the time I 
> was five. There were times when I reY felt close !Jesus. When I was 
> sixteen I truly accepted Him as Savior and Lord. I ran inffsome young 
> Christians who were part of a "Jesus Freak" youth cinistry. This ministry 
> was !play a big part in my life, until its demise, and I still have many 
> friends who are part of it. It was called Shiloh Youth Revival Center, or 
> for us, just Shiloh. God has always shone Himself in my life.
>
> In the fall of 1981, I began !reY feel doawn !the Catholic Church. I began 
> taking classes at a local parish, and in 1982, I was received inffthe 
> Catholic Church. There are so many details that I can't share because it 
> would take too long. But I will share one incident. Later after I had been 
> Cathelic for several years, I began graduate studies at Mount Angel 
> Seminary in Oregon. One of my friends there is a man named John. John is a 
> very holy man, but full of warmth and humor, and one ofthe kindest people 
> I ever knew. He was part ofthe Catholic CHARISMATIC Renewal. He told me 
> one day that he had been praying for me, andthe Lord told him that one of 
> the nuns at Sacred Heart Hospital baptized me as a baby. She was afraid 
> that I would not make it, because I was so tiny. Then she began !pray for 
> me, because she thought I would be raised in a home with no faith. It 
> doesn't matter !me whether you believe this or not. I know that it is 
> true, that she did baptize me. I am the only member of my family who is 
> Catholic. In fact, most of my family aren't reY Christian at all. But 
> because of this, I am led "the Lord every day in my life, ?x's not His 
> fault that I get sidetracked from time !time?. He is very much in my life. 
> I love the Lord so much, and am so blessed in all that He has blessed me 
> with. Yes, I go through trials, suffer from time !time, but this draws me 
> closer !Hm.??? Blessings,??? Debby P.S. And I haven't even tabked about my 
> awesome husband, who I met on a bus. If I were sighted, I would maybe have 
> never met him.
>
>> On Aug 28, 2016 8:27 PM, Bill Outman via Faith-Talk 
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Good afternoon.?
>>
>>
>>
>> On this date of 8/28 what came to my mind was Romans 8:28.? We are told 
>> in
>> this verse that all things work together for good for those of us who are
>> called by Christ's purpose.?
>>
>>
>>
>> It can sometimes be difficult for us to see how this can be, especially
>> given some of the obstacles we encounter as people who are blind or 
>> visually
>> impaired.?
>>
>>
>>
>> What might be interesting would be stories of how our faith resulted in
>> something working out for good in our lives that was unexpected because 
>> of
>> it, and that might not otherwise have taken place.? I don't have one that
>> immediately jumps to mind, thought I would like to hear the inspirations 
>> of
>> others in this regard, and then I might be able to insert something that
>> fits.?
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Outman
>>
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 20:34:17 -0500
> From: Linda Mentink <mentink at frontiernet.net>
> To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and religion"
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
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> Hi Bill,
>
> Great verse.  Dave and Debby, it was good to read your stories.
> Debby, like you I was supposed to be born in April, but was born
> in January.  I was a twin for six days.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 01:42:16 +0000
> From: debby <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
> To: Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] All things working together for good
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> Hi Linda, wow! That's amazing. I always wished I was a twin but there's 
> just me. It will be a real blessing for you !be a !see your twin when you 
> go !Heaven.??? Blessings,??? Debby
>
>> On Aug 29, 2016 1:34 AM, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk 
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Great verse.? Dave and Debby, it was good to read your stories.?
>> Debby, like you I was supposed to be born in April, but was born
>> in January.? I was a twin for six days.
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Linda
>>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 06:19:53 -0400
> From: Paul Smith <paulsmith at samobile.net>
> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Faith-talk] Wisdom Gems and Pearls for Monday, August 29,
> 2016
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> Hello and greetings to all my fellow saints of the Most High God, no
> matter where you live.  I hope that my continental list members had a
> good sleep last night.  Mine was so-so, and that's all I can say for that.
>
> Here are today's two quotes for your consideration, pondering and 
> reflection.
>
> Do you see a needy world through the eyes of Jesus?
>
> We don't need to see the way when we stay close to the One who does.
>
> And there yuo have today's two quotes.  Don't forget that, for you
> astute Bible students, that later on in this space will be the next
> installment of Baffling Bible questions answered, this week focusing on
> the book of Malachi.  Until then or until tomorrow when, Lord willing
> more quotes will be posted, I am your obedient servant of the One who
> lived an earthly existence, died to pay for your sins and mine, and now
> lives forever to bring us His salvation and peace, Oil of Gladness.
>
>
>
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