Lori Colanzi, ChessCarpenter's wife, is deliverying a baby 6 weeks prematurely at about 5 AM on the 17th.

Prayers for her, Rob, and their new baby would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Thanks ladies for the well wishes. Yock said thank you very much also, it was very kind of you. His surgery went well. Wasn't as much to it as I thought. I got more grey hairs for worring for nothing. Thanks again for the prayers.

Nirvana I'm so sorry you couldn't attend. That must have been very hard. It is nice to have people rally around you when you need a friend. I'll be there for you.

Cindy tell him I send my condolences on his Aunt.

kd5svqJT lost his favorite aunt this morning. Just thought I would let you know.

Same here, Nirvana.. I am so sorry!! But remember love doesn't know any borders.. it stretches the arms around the world and reaches hearts everywhere! Your light have reached them at the funeral, im sure and may God bless you and your beloved ones during these hard times!!

Nirvana, I understand how hard it is to not be able to attend Kent's funeral. My baby sister passed away last July and I was very ill and could not attend her funeral. It was very hard! You have my sincerest sympathy and I pray that God will give you comfort!

Linda J: Think positively! We are all behind you.
I find the support of others really helps. Kent's funeral was this morning. I couldn't go (wrong country) but lit a candle, which helped. Not being able to attend the funeral is hard - but the support I have found has really helped.
Thanks to you all.

Basically...Glaucoma is a condition where the channels through which the fluid flows gradually become blocked, and the intraocular pressure gradually increases causing increasing damage to the optic nerve and gradual deterioration of vision.

glaucoma is greatly relieved by cannabis !! 2 to 3 times more effective at reducing the eye pressure without the toxic side effects associated with presently used glaucoma drugs.

Find the correct spelling and we will all help you to get the best info!!

Thank you Dolittle. I need to read up on this disease some. He was so good to me while I had a bo bo. Now my turn. ;•)

LindaJ, I will be praying for you and hubby too! Just keep the faith and we will all pray and God will do the rest.

Thanks Radiant ;)

Take Heart, Linda J!! I am praying right now, that his doctors will heal him appropriately; that Gods healing works through the doctors hands and ability to heal his eyes and get you the best doctors there is to deal with glucoma - i dont' know how to spell it either...

Best of luck for you and your hubby!

I have to take my honey in for eye surgery in the morning. A clogged tear duct that has his eye swollen and a mole looking thing in the corner of his eye. Both have to be clipped. We also found out he has glocoma. I can't even spell it. I'm more worried then he is. Oh the pains of old age. ;•)

To live in the hearts of those you leave behind is never to die.' Robert Orr.

How true......

Thank you ~ I admit I'm finding his death hard to deal with. It helps to have a little support.


'To live in the hearts of those you leave behind is never to die.' Robert Orr.

likewise what star of darkness said....so sorry.

sad for your loss

Who am I
Psalm 139 / Psalm 52 / Ephesians 2
Lyrics: Mark Hall / Music: Casting Crowns

Who am I
that the Lord of all the earth
would care to know my name
would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I
that the Bright and Morning Star
would choose to light a way
for my ever wandering heart.

Not because of who I am
But because of what you've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who you are!!!!!

I am a flower quickly fading
here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I am calling
Lord, you catch me when I am falling
And you've told me who I am
I am Yours! I am Yours!

Who am I
that the eyes that see my sin
would look on me with love and watch me rise again!
Who am I
that the voice that calmed the sea
would call out through the rain
and calm the storm in me?!!

Not because of who I am
But because of what you've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who you are!!!!!

I am a flower quickly fading
here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I am calling
Lord, you catch me when I am falling
And you've told me who I am
I am Yours!

Short musical intermezzo

Not because of who I am
But because of what you've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who you are!!!!!

I am a flower quickly fading
here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I am calling
Lord, you catch me when I am falling
And you've told me who I am
I am Yours! I am Yours! I am Yours!

I am Yours!
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cause I am Yours!
I am Yours!

2003 Club Zoo Music / SWECS Music (Admin, by Club Zoo Music) BMI.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Thank you to you both. My family were always proud of Kent, who went to serve his country, following in the foosteps of our Father, who did his patriotic duty during WW2.

Nirvana I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family will be in all our prayers.

So sorry about your loss Nirvana. Such a shame.

Some of you will have come across Hoo on IYT, my brother Craig. (I share this account with him).

Our brother Kent served his country in Vietnam, was captured with a few comrades, but not found for some time. When he was, he was badly wounded, having lost a leg. Medical treatment being denied, he relied heavily on narcotics for pain relief, needing help to recover from addiction when eventually sent home. He never really recovered from his experiences.
The Iraq war brought back many memories for him, many of which were so painful he lapsed back to his addiction. Sadly he took an overdose recently, despite much treament he did not recover and finally passed away a couple of days ago. I only hope he is at Peace at long last.

Rest in Peace, Kent. You will always be in our hearts and prayers.

Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries. She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they needed food.
 
John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store.
Visualizing the family needs, she said: "Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can."
John told her he could not give her credit, as she did not have a charge account at his store.
 
Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list?"
Louise replied, "Yes sir"
 
"O.K." he said, "put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in groceries."
Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed.
The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down.
 
The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it."
The customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales. The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales would hold no more. The grocer stood there in utter disgust.
 
Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement. It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer which said:
"Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands."
The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store. The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said, "It was worth every penny of it."

It was sometime later that the grocer discovered the scales were broken; therefore, only God knows how much a prayer weighs.
~Author Unknown~

Joe Wright is so right,thanks Linda J

When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
 
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
 
We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and call it Pluralism.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
 
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
 
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
 
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.

Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct us to the center of Your will and to openly ask these things in the name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen!"         
 
The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest..
In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively.
The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea.
  
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest of the Story," and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.
With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called "one nation under God."
If possible, please pass this prayer on to your friends. "If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything."
~Based on an actual prayer by Rev. Wright

Thanks Roberta you're a sweety. ;•)

Linda I am so very sorry, for your boy friends lose, of his love ones, I know how it to lose someone you love and are close with. May God bless you, all and keep you in his arms always.

Correction on Yvettes age, she was only 39. To young to die.

Thanks Radiant and Yock said thanks too. Yvette's funeral is tomorrow. It's never easy.

CindyInTN, thanks for posting this on the board.. We surely will pray for RREDY for losing his beloved Mom..

My deepest sympathy goes to RREDY!

Keep Heart & God bless

Linda J, my sympathy to your honey on this loss and my sympathy to the family and the child his sister/cousin leaves behind!

Losing a loved one is heartbreaking.. but she will always live forever in their hearts and will always be with them..

Keep heart & God bless

To all who know RREDY:
His wonderful Mom just died of kidney failure today due to diabetes. Please keep him close in your thoughts and prayers. rredy is a very special person to me, thanks to BK.

My honey's cousin just died of liver cancer. She was only 44 years old with a little 4 year old girl. They were very close, more like sister & brother then cousins.

Thanks Chatty no more news yet....I'm 1800 miles away from them too so a visit is not possible. :/

I am really sorry to hear about your brother and sister in laws accident.. how horrific for them :(
I wish a speedy recovery for Linda, that all will be ok.
My thoughts are with you all.

I'll keep you posted.

My heart goes out to your brother and sister-in-law, Art! May they be well and safe and without pain and suffering soon!!

Peace and Grace to you,
~*Radiant 34*~

My brother Mark and his wife Linda were involved in a head-on crash this past Saturday. A truck turned in front of them. My sister-in-law has a broken ankle, a broken hand, and sustained injuries to her chest area due to the airbag. She is in a great deal of pain and they are concerned about complications. My brother is brused from the seat-belt but is otherwise ok.

This is the same brother and sister-in-law that lost their 24 yearold son about 5 years ago (in a plane crash). My brother has asked us to all pray for Linda's healing and that no complications will arise. Also, pray that the doctors and nurses will watch over Linda carefully. Thanks

The thought and prayer I have for my mother (oct 01) My brother (apr. 18th, 03) and the rest of them that I lost this last year (8 in all total of 03). You are never out of my heart and my mind. I think of you, always and forever. I miss you, all so very much. I don't know how to tell you how much I really miss. My heart is braking every day. I just wish I could hear you talking to me again and fight as sometime we did. But I alway loved you, and need you, in my life. I know you are in a better place. :'( I taking care of things down here. But I know you are looking down and see the things dad is doing or is going to do. An I know you are not happy about it. I know when he comes to meet you, you will be there and ask him what he was think about, do what he is going to do. I know you know that I am talking about. An I know the god lord is with me, always and so are all of you. I miss you, all so very much. Your love is with me alway and forever. Please watch over our family on both side of them. I keep up with the graves as always, please know that. we all miss you, so much. Kisses and hugs for you, always. Keep an eye on everyone down here.

Efcharisto, Cariad! :o)

Christos anesti! Pasg hapus!

your loved ones a Blessed and a Happy Easter!!

He is ALIVE indeed!

Thanks for all thoose thought and Moderating this site I just lost a very loved one my Mother and she is not or will nevr be out of our Minds Your Friend Mike ...Thanks:o)

Haven't had time to check all those sites myself.. im inviting our readers to do the work.. lol

So, can you tell something about e-sword.net or would it be best to have a look ourselves?

I've downloaded from www.e-sword.net and finally bought the CD with everything on it. It's great.

Online bible, compares KJV & RSV side by side:
http://etext.virginia.edu/bibleframe.html

christian writings online:
http://www.ccel.org/index/classics.html

catholic encyclopedia online:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/a.htm

downloadable bibles (various versions & translations):
www.e-sword.net

Miscellanious:
http://apoc.faithweb.com
www.earlychristianwritings.com
wesley.nnu.edu/noncannon/pseudopigraphia.htm

Jewish sites:
www.jewfaq.org/human.htm
www.torah.org
http://shamas.org/trb/judaism.html#heb.doc

(the last site is gigantic:)

--- Horseman

I really appreaciate everyones kind words. I'm glad I found brainking. It showed me that I'm not the only one who cares about others. I'm grateful to everyone for trying(and succeeding) to make me feel better. thank you.
I stand by my words, brainking has the nicest groups of people in the world.

Hunter,

My condolences about yer loss. I use that word rather than "sorry" because I know that most people would see that as condecending pity.
I think you have a great knack for discription in yer writing. I wish to encourage you to continue writing as it used to help me in times of hardship as well as boredom. Writing is one of the few outlets that all thoughts can be expressed through and often...even writing things down helps to get them out. It can be a great healing process. Whether anyone else ever reads your writing or not. Whether what you write scares or embarrasses you. Whether you destroy the writings or use them to express your feelings to the one you lost. I cannot say that the pain will ever go away completely. I have lost my father and both my grandfathers. I lost my grandmother and grat aunts and uncles along the way. I will always feel sad for what I could have learned from them or other things...I still miss them, but in time the pain gets less.
Yet at the same time I am blessed fer knowing them at all and I am glad to have had the chance of meeting them much less spending time with them. I can only imagine what it would be like to meet a great-grandchild. My father met my son before he passed. For that I too am greatful.
I know not whether you are an athiest, Christian, Moslem, Jew, or whatnot. I consider myself a Christian. Not the best perhaps, but I try. I have many regrets about my father, but I also have many wonderful memories. It is the good things that stand out. I believe that he is aware of everything that I could not say while he was here. I know that he knew that I loved him. I know that he knew that I loved him too. I think that is more important than the harsh words that came between us later. It was still there always. Under the surface. It is important to remember that we loved them almost as much as why.
A part of me used to rail against how unfair death is. Now I know that it is a part of a natural process. That still does little to balm the pain. They say childhood ends the moment you become aware of your own mortality. I think it ends when someone close passes. With my grandfather I still tried to here much about him from those still alive who remembered things. My great Aunt would tell about how they grew up and he'd pick on her, his first job, childhood things...I think in a way, I truly learned more about who my grandfather was and about his life after he died. It made me regret his loss even more, but at the same time I had own memories of him. Everyone deals with loss differently. Some grab things because they remind them of the lost one. Some tell stories. Some keep around pictures and talk to their lost one...perhaps they can hear. Others shut down and isolate themselves. THis is not bad. But it is not always good. For a little while it can be okay, but it can become a trap that takes years to climb out of if ever. Some hide their own feelings by helping others deal with their own. They suppress them. It is not that they don't feel the same pain, but they put it away fer later. That is also not the best way to deal wihit, but these people often deal with their pain in tiny chunks rather than all at once. I fear that I ramble.
If you are a Christian I can give you these words...not Ecclesiates 3:1-8, Psalms 147:3-5, or I Corinthians 15:16-26 (although they are all good verses)...but:
Proverbs 3:5-7
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord and depart from evil.

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons.

Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

I hope this in some way helps. Know that my prayers will be for you along with my condolences.
May peace be with you and the Lord watch over you.
Feel free to pm me if you wish.
----Horseman