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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.cfaith.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">missjen92</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="3.1.20917.1142">Community Server</generator><updated>2008-11-12T12:07:00Z</updated><entry><title>Reconnecting. God says, whatever a man thinketh in his heart so he is. </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/19/reconnecting-god-says-whatever-a-man-thinketh-in-his-heart-so-he-is.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/19/reconnecting-god-says-whatever-a-man-thinketh-in-his-heart-so-he-is.aspx</id><published>2008-12-19T16:51:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-19T16:51:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Reconnecting, God says, whatever a man thinketh in his heart so he is. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;I recently connected with old friends again through the internet. It was great. I am however disappointed that a friend I had for years did not respond to my friend request. It&amp;#8217;s actually kind of hurtful to think that I didn&amp;#8217;t matter to her anymore. I was not as important to her as I thought I was. I&amp;#8217;ve had other friendships that just withered away for whatever reason. I don&amp;#8217;t know if it was my fault or not because they have left those questions unanswered and the situations unresolved. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;It&amp;#8217;s hard to let go of friendships that mattered to me. I spent years with these people and was there for them in more than one situation. I wish they would at least tell me what happened or if it was something I did. But there&amp;#8217;s no answer at all. No response. It was just left empty.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;It has lately consumed my thinking. But I know I must move onto other things. I need to go forward, because I know the answer will never come. That&amp;#8217;s ok and I can live with that. Things sometimes change in other people&amp;#8217;s lives and we are no longer important to them. Priorities change. That is just the way life is sometimes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;We have to rediscover ourselves, rebuild ourselves and renew our minds and find ways to move forward so that we don&amp;#8217;t end up stuck like this. In light of this, it&amp;#8217;s just their way of not dealing with the situation. They don&amp;#8217;t know how to handle it or don&amp;#8217;t want to give the reason why.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;Well, if you are in the same situation as I am or have been, I know you can find the confidence in yourself to rediscover new things as I have. There is always something out there that you can discover and become a part of. I&amp;#8217;ve always considered myself optimistic and always have been. Sure things in life get me down. But never for very long. I refuse to let other people&amp;#8217;s misery affect my optimism. That&amp;#8217;s the way that you can think of things too. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;God says, whatever a man thinketh in his heart so he is. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;That can&amp;#8217;t be more true. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your &lt;strong&gt;heart&lt;/strong&gt; and with all your soul.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20889" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Addicted to other people's lives </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/15/addicted-to-other-people-s-lives.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/15/addicted-to-other-people-s-lives.aspx</id><published>2008-12-15T22:26:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-15T22:26:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;It&amp;#8217;s always interesting to get a different perspective on other people&amp;#8217;s lives. There are many reality tv show&amp;#8217;s out there now where other people&amp;#8217;s lives are the center point. I admit I have an &amp;#8220;addiction&amp;#8221; in being transfixed on this idea. It&amp;#8217;s not such a bad thing I don&amp;#8217;t think. As long as you keep things in perspective and don&amp;#8217;t allow it to overcome your own life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;You can really learn a lot of valuable tips on how to live your own life and see how their decisions have affected their life whether they were good or bad decisions. What to do and what not to do. What you can avoid in the future, that might have the potential of being a bad decision.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve always found it interesting there is this one show called Celebrity Look-A-Like. Where they make over these ordinary people into the celebrity that they think they look like. Some people can pull it off pretty good. I thought to myself, well I don&amp;#8217;t want to be known as who I look like. I want to be known as me! Not someone else.&amp;nbsp;It takes away from your own identity as who you are. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very &lt;strong&gt;self&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&amp;amp;chapter=9&amp;amp;verse=24&amp;amp;end_verse=26&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=context"&gt;Luke 9:24-26&lt;/a&gt; (in Context) &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&amp;amp;chapter=9&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=chapter"&gt;Luke 9&lt;/a&gt; (Whole Chapter) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Of course Celebrity-Look-A-Like is just a show for fun. I guess the point I am trying to make is that be who you are meant to be, grab the advice that you can, use it as you see best fit for your life. But don&amp;#8217;t be formed into someone else based on their lifestyle&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20866" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>The Last Gift </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/14/the-last-gift.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/14/the-last-gift.aspx</id><published>2008-12-15T05:13:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-15T05:13:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Holiday&amp;#8217;s are here. We spend hours planning and preparing for the meal, the festival&amp;#8217;s, the get together&amp;#8217;s. We have many gift&amp;#8217;s that don&amp;#8217;t need opening. Such as gift&amp;#8217;s of the Spirit which should be more important than material gifts. Gift&amp;#8217;s of the Spirit is what keeps us balanced in an unbalanced world. I was reading through a passage Galatians 6 4:5&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;It is fun to receive all these gifts because it makes us satisfied and content but it&amp;#8217;s only for a short period of time and then we crave something else. As it says in Proverbs 21:17 T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;his is truth of God&amp;#8217;s word. More importantly are the fruits of the Spirit. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;I think we need to emphasis and focus more on the gift&amp;#8217;s that we can&amp;#8217;t hold and obtain but rather what we can share of ourselves and give of ourselves. I think that for most of us we find a much more satisfying gratification that lasts when we give of ourselves unselfishly. &amp;nbsp;The definition of gratification is &amp;#8211; a source of pleasure. Let your source of pleasure be that of the Spirit. Focus on what the Spirit has to offer you. Tune into your Spirit.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Lastly, in light of all the material gift&amp;#8217;s we give the last give we need to always remember is that of Jesus being the center and reason for celebrating.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;4-5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don&amp;#39;t be impressed with yourself. Don&amp;#39;t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take &lt;strong&gt;responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&amp;amp;chapter=21&amp;amp;verse=17&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proverbs 21:17&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;You&amp;#39;re addicted to thrills? What an empty life! The pursuit of pleasure is never &lt;strong&gt;satisfied&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bible-knowledge.com/fruits-of-the-Holy-Spirit.html"&gt;www.bible-knowledge.com/fruits-of-the-Holy-Spirit.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Here are the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit listed one right after the other in a bullet point format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joy&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peace&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Longsuffering&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kindness&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goodness&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Faithfulness&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gentleness&lt;/strong&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Self-control&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Now here is the specific verse from Scripture where these 9 fruits are being given to us by the Lord:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;quot;But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.&amp;quot; (Galatians 5:22)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&amp;amp;chapter=26&amp;amp;verse=7&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;Isaiah 26:7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living. We&amp;#39;re in no hurry, God. We&amp;#39;re content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you&amp;#39;ve done are all we&amp;#39;ll ever want. Through the night my soul longs for you. &lt;strong&gt;Deep from within me my &lt;span&gt;spirit&lt;/span&gt; reaches out to you.&lt;/strong&gt; When your decisions are on public display, everyone learns how to live right. If the wicked are shown grace, they don&amp;#39;t seem to get it. In the land of right living, they persist in wrong living, blind to the splendor of God.&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&amp;amp;chapter=26&amp;amp;verse=6&amp;amp;end_verse=8&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=context"&gt;Isaiah 26:6-8&lt;/a&gt; (in Context) &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&amp;amp;chapter=26&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=chapter"&gt;Isaiah 26&lt;/a&gt; (Whole Chapter) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20853" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Fighting loneliness - The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/10/fighting-loneliness.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/10/fighting-loneliness.aspx</id><published>2008-12-10T23:53:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-10T23:53:00Z</updated><content type="html">&amp;nbsp;
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The LORD God said, &amp;quot;It is not good for the man to be &lt;strong&gt;alone&lt;/strong&gt;. I will make a helper suitable for him.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;I know I frequent the definition of this word, loneliness. If you are single like me you probably do to. Loneliness, can lead to a good dose of depression. If you can think of one person who might be suffering from being alone, be a friend to them, pay a visit. It would mean the world to them. A lot of people seem to be very busy these days and forget about their single friends. I&amp;#8217;ve had the feeling of abandonment quite often. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;lone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;ly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse, support, etc.: &lt;span&gt;a lonely exile. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;lone; solitary; without company; companionless.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;remote from places of human habitation; desolate; unfrequented; bleak: &lt;span&gt;a lonely road. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;standing apart; isolated: &lt;span&gt;a lonely tower. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I&lt;span&gt; was speaking to my doctor the other day and was discussing Christmas time and how it comes up before you know it, and then before you realize it; it&amp;#8217;s over just like that. It&amp;#8217;s like a frenzy, and a climax of frenziness. Then you are back to being alone again. I&amp;#8217;ve found myself to be very annoyed by the whole thing. A lot of times I don&amp;#8217;t really look forward to Christmas because I know I end up going back home alone. She said one way to battle that is to make some plans with friends. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;A lot of people volunteer around this time because it makes them feel good about themselves, which they are contributing to a commitment. I know I feel that way when I volunteer. It&amp;#8217;s a great self gratifying feeling you get being a part of something that is bigger than yourself. That also will diminish your loneliness. It helps to alleviate stress, it has a great impact on your confidence and you might even want to do more!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;It really isn&amp;#8217;t good for anyone to be alone. They feel forgotten about, abandoned, left out and when you are left alone for long periods of time, of course loneliness feelings increase. Depression increases and you really feel like you are on a road that only you are traveling. Everyone else is on the highway and you are on the side streets, the unpaved paths and gravel roads.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Well, what do you do if you don&amp;#8217;t have any friends? You do have at least one friend, or did you forget all about him? God is always with you no matter what. He&amp;#8217;ll be the best friend you&amp;#8217;ll ever have. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;I think the only way to overcome your loneliness situations is to get out and get involved in something that matters to you. It can be tough. But you need to start somewhere. Take the first step. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=25&amp;amp;chapter=12&amp;amp;verse=6&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;Ecclesiastes 12:6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Life, lovely while it lasts, is soon over. Life as we know it, precious and beautiful, ends. The body is put back in the same ground it came from. The &lt;strong&gt;spirit&lt;/strong&gt; returns to God, who first breathed it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I thought I would compile some websites I thought might be helpful if you are fighting loneliness. &lt;br /&gt;
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Loneliness Fight &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.fightloneliness.us/"&gt;www.fightloneliness.us/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
News article &lt;a href="http://www.indiaenews.com/europe/20070918/70746.htm"&gt;www.indiaenews.com/europe/20070918/70746.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Little Brothers&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.littlebrothersmn.org/"&gt;www.littlebrothersmn.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Meet up Groups &lt;a href="http://www.meetup.com/"&gt;www.meetup.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;VolunteerMatch&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.volunteermatch.org/"&gt;www.volunteermatch.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20822" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Intervention</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/09/intervention.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/09/intervention.aspx</id><published>2008-12-10T04:12:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-10T04:12:00Z</updated><content type="html">&amp;nbsp;
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Intervention&amp;#8230; raise your voices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;Prevent suicide. Treat depression.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;If you are in a suicide crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Message Bible..Raise your voice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&amp;amp;chapter=40&amp;amp;verse=9&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;Isaiah 40:9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    Climb a high mountain, Zion. You&amp;#39;re the preacher of good news. Raise your &lt;strong&gt;voice&lt;/strong&gt;. Make it good and loud, Jerusalem. You&amp;#39;re the preacher of good news. Speak loud and clear. Don&amp;#39;t be timid! Tell the cities of Judah, &amp;quot;Look! Your God!&amp;quot; Look at him! God, the Master, comes in power, ready to go into action. He is going to pay back &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; enemies and reward those who have loved him. Like a shepherd, he will care for &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; flock, gathering the lambs in &lt;strong&gt;his&lt;/strong&gt; arms, Hugging them as he carries them, leading the nursing ewes to good pasture.&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&amp;amp;chapter=40&amp;amp;verse=8&amp;amp;end_verse=10&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=context"&gt;Isaiah 40:8-10&lt;/a&gt; (in Context) &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&amp;amp;chapter=40&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=chapter"&gt;Isaiah 40&lt;/a&gt; (Whole Chapter)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Do you know someone who might be in need of an intervention? Is their life in danger from themselves by what they are doing to themselves and it&amp;#8217;s affected their family and friends? Don&amp;#8217;t wait, act now! You might not know what their future plans are and it might be to end their life. Even if you have just a hunch or you sub-conscious is telling you that something isn&amp;#8217;t quite right, go with that hunch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;You may just as well save that person from ending their life when you act sooner than later. I was involved in a group called SAVE Suicide Awareness Voices of Education &lt;a href="http://www.save.org/"&gt;www.save.org&lt;/a&gt; they also have a 24hr hotline to call on their website. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;I watch a show on a regular basis called Intervention and this is related to people who are hooked on drugs and/or drinking addictions. &lt;a href="http://www.aetv.com/intervention/"&gt;www.aetv.com/intervention/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I learn a lot about the people and how much their families care about them to get better and to go into treatment. Habits are so hard to break, whether they are drug related or not. &amp;nbsp;I would greatly encourage you if you are a family member of a loved one who you know is hooked on drug addition to get help soon. They might not like the idea of you intervening on them but it is in their best interest and it&amp;#8217;s coming from your heart. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#183;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu6CVQD9JPHYASrVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0YTc0bXVkBHNlYwNvdi10b3AEY29sbwNlBHZ0aWQDSDE4MV83MwRwb3MDNA--/SIG=1ehaq88nb/EXP=1228968469/**http%3a/rc12.overture.com/d/sr/%3fxargs=15KPjg17pSnpamwryrd7%255FJTuKGyl4axca59ctnBpd5HtdIoS5gVeF%255FbaXFn8V4W7064w%255FVyPaS%252D6cRK%255FH5kP6OGgqGQFCPD7Kh0Y3EzIg5M6qkAedy2L4qzuLgm47KDU8GImO1fte%252DiL%252DNLdX%252DN35djddAwByb9floxsmxwOAdBuuJ1VZlhQOWZcMSvPIkib%255FEXJMISrAheazt4CKVc4oRmNF1wN2UCCETXSrU5WsIoyuHMm9ypqzTf48XvKvwmvu8VbfwyJsbPFTRoawyugjHnGWY%252Dc94MkqyteVUkEhVHKa1MWKC12R3qabemqOfJNR172iiTdqITTHEWwF2ekFnA%252DHkPEOPKGAd0i4%252E"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Drug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Rehab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; Referral Service Call Today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;1-866-Sober-Now.com - Confidential &amp;amp; Free Referral for Best Treatment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;www.&lt;strong&gt;1-866-sobernow.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;L&lt;span&gt;astly, pray for them. If they don&amp;#8217;t have a relationship with God, that is something to pray about. &amp;nbsp;If they do have relationship with God they will in time get the intervention that they need from God and He will guide them in the right direction, which is a path onto recovery. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;There are a lot of resources available for drug rehabilitation. I dated someone who tried to commit suicide and was or still is extremely depressed. It affects you mentally more than anything. I&amp;#8217;ve had family member&amp;#8217;s who have committed suicide. I knew of a girl&amp;#8217;s boyfriend who committed suicide. You are left with a hole and you don&amp;#8217;t know what to do. It&amp;#8217;s important in family tradegies like this that we turn to God and our loved ones that are still with us. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We need to turn to other&amp;#8217;s who love us and who we know will be there for us when we are in deep tragic situations. Don&amp;#8217;t deal with it by yourself. Seek out love and help. If you are thinking of committing suicide, call for help. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;
&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;
&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Prevent suicide. Treat depression.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you are in a suicide crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Message Bible &amp;#8230;search word habit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=53&amp;amp;chapter=7&amp;amp;verse=23&amp;amp;version=65&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;1 Corinthians 7:23&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
All of you, slave and free both, were once held hostage in a sinful society. Then a huge sum was paid out for your ransom. So please don&amp;#39;t, out of old &lt;strong&gt;habit&lt;/strong&gt;, slip back into being or doing what everyone else tells you. Friends, stay where you were called to be. God is there. Hold the high ground with him at your side.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20815" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Strengthen your inner self - see yourself as God does not as other's see you</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/08/strengthen-your-inner-self-see-yourself-as-god-does-not-as-other-s-see-you.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/08/strengthen-your-inner-self-see-yourself-as-god-does-not-as-other-s-see-you.aspx</id><published>2008-12-09T01:05:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-09T01:05:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&amp;amp;chapter=49&amp;amp;verse=24&amp;amp;version=45&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Comic Sans MS;background-color:#99ccff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&amp;amp;chapter=49&amp;amp;verse=24&amp;amp;version=45&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Genesis 49:24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&amp;amp;chapter=49&amp;amp;verse=24&amp;amp;version=45&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;But his bow remained strong and steady and rested in the &lt;strong&gt;Strength&lt;/strong&gt; that does&lt;br /&gt;
not fail him, for the arms of his hands were made strong and active by the hands of the Mighty God of &lt;br /&gt;
Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;It&amp;#39;s not easy trying to live your life when you feel you are a constant outcast. Just because you are different. Hey, you know what?? We are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;all different. If you think there is nothing wrong with you, and that you are better than someone else because they have obvious signs that they are weaker than you, than you are the one who need some adjusting.&amp;nbsp; That might be a hard thing to hear. But maybe it&amp;#39;s something you need to be hearing to correct yourself. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Sure, there are people out there who&amp;#39;s weakness&amp;#39;s are easier to spot than other&amp;#39;s, but that doesn&amp;#39;t mean that you intentionally make them feel bad about themselves because of it. Maybe they can&amp;#39;t help it? Maybe they have a condition that you can not see that is invisible to you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Making other&amp;#39;s feel bad about themselves because they are different from you is a sign of a bully. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;I sincerely hope that you are not one of those people who are doing it. You will never realize the internal damage you might cause&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;with that person. Everyone should feel good about themselves no matter who they are. When you cause internal damage to someone &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;it&amp;#39;s such a hard fight to get back to the point where you once were. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Sometimes, there are people who may never fully recover from being victimized by a bully, because they have constant reminder&amp;#39;s. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Those constant reminder&amp;#39;s will cause even more damage psychologically. Depending on how strong minded the person is or isn&amp;#39;t. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Please don&amp;#39;t stop living your life because of a new bad apples in the basket. You are who you are and God made you in His image and likeness. Never forget that. Maybe I have repeated these things before, but faith comes by hearing, and hearing, and hearing the word of God. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;We have the Word of God for this exact reason to strengthen us and keep us full of life and hope.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ccffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&amp;amp;chapter=138&amp;amp;verse=3&amp;amp;version=45&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Psalm 138:3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&amp;amp;chapter=138&amp;amp;verse=3&amp;amp;version=45&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;In the day when I called, You answered me; and You &lt;strong&gt;strengthened&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt; me with strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) in my inner self.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20803" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Self Blame is not functional </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/06/self-blame-is-not-functional.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/06/self-blame-is-not-functional.aspx</id><published>2008-12-06T23:27:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-06T23:27:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div style="font-size:14pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;background-color:#ccffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;SELF BLAME IS NOT FUNCTIONAL&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;And that is the truth! If you keep on blaming youself for the situation you are in, instead of trying to improve &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;the situation, you are going to get yourself into a deep hole of discouragement. Self blame put&amp;#39;s you into a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;deep pit of depression and accepting what other&amp;#39;s say and think about you also put&amp;#39;s you into a deeper pit. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;This deep pit drag you down until you feel isolated from everything and everyone around you. Sometimes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;the situation you are in is not always your own doing but maybe the circumstances that have been surrounding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;you that have affected you to get to this point - of self blame? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Instead of saying what did I do wrong, why me, why do people dislike me so much?? Ask yourself this, does it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;really even matter? Stop blaming yourself and get back on your feet. Things may seem bad to you now but if you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;stop trying, it&amp;#39;s not going to get any better. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;If you think that no one loves you, just remember I am here! I am an ear to hear you. I want to give you hope that&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;there are people to care and want to see you succeed and get back on your feet and stop blaming yourself. You can do it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:yellow;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&amp;amp;chapter=18&amp;amp;verse=1&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;Proverbs 18:1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&amp;amp;chapter=18&amp;amp;verse=1&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&amp;amp;chapter=18&amp;amp;verse=1&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="background-color:#ccffff;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=52&amp;amp;chapter=2&amp;amp;verse=8&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;Romans 2:8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=52&amp;amp;chapter=2&amp;amp;verse=8&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;But for those who are &lt;strong&gt;self&lt;/strong&gt;-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20790" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Encouragement for Today - Dec. 5, 2008</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/05/encouragement-for-today-dec-5-2008.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/05/encouragement-for-today-dec-5-2008.aspx</id><published>2008-12-05T14:59:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-05T14:59:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://proverbs31.gospelcom.net/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://proverbs31.gospelcom.net/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="100" alt="" src="http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/crosswalk/faith/devotionals/finalBlogHeader2.gif" width="400" align="top" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;December 5, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hope for the Holidays&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://proverbs31.gospelcom.net/speaker_karen.htm"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Micca Campbell &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8220;Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.&amp;#8221; Luke 6:37 (NIV)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Devotion:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;God gave each of us what we needed most—a Savior to save us from ourselves. Therefore, the holiday season should be a time of cheer. For some, however, it can be lonely and depressing. While the days leading up to Christmas should be filled with peace, joy, and hope, sadness over past mistakes can hover like clouds on a rainy day. We all have a tendency to define ourselves by what we have or haven&amp;#8217;t done. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We tend to label ourselves by our past mistakes, and then we wear these labels as if there were no alternative. &lt;em&gt;Failure; Unfaithful; Unfit Parent; Liar; Gossip; Addicted; Bitter.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Bible tells us that as a person thinks, so they become. Therefore, if you want to live an unhealthy life, you can. If you want to punish yourself, you will. However, being self-destructive is not God&amp;#8217;s plan for your life. In fact, to think this way is to see yourself outside of God&amp;#8217;s saving grace. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;That&amp;#8217;s why the Christmas season offers such hope &amp;#8230; because God gave us what we needed most—a Savior to save us from ourselves. The key to putting your past behind you, and moving forward with a bright and hopeful future, is to accept Christ&amp;#8217;s forgiveness for you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;You&amp;#8217;ll find it comforting to know that you are not alone in your troubles. The Bible tells us, &amp;#8220;For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God&amp;#8221; (Romans 3:23, NIV). That means there is not one perfect person in the entire world. We have all made mistakes. I know I&amp;#8217;ve made my share. Still, no matter how hard we try to do everything right on our own, we can&amp;#8217;t. So God gave His only Son as payment for our sins. In other words, Christ paid our debt. This payment is a gift of God which He freely offers to you and me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The awesome thing is, we don&amp;#8217;t have to earn this gift. Through Christ&amp;#8217;s death on the cross, God simply says, &amp;#8220;Your sins are paid in full.&amp;#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;All you and I have to do to receive His forgiveness is to agree with God about our sins. You might say something like this in prayer. &lt;em&gt;Yes, God, I did that thing &amp;#8230; I receive your free gift of forgiveness for the wrong I have done, and I accept heaven as my eternal home. Cleanse me and change my life. Fill me with your love, hope, joy and peace.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you sincerely mean what you&amp;#8217;ve confessed, then you have been forgiven. Your slate is clean. God remembers your sins no more. It is as if they never were. That&amp;#8217;s the good news of Christmas and the open doorway to peace!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The next thing you must do is forgive yourself. You will stay in bondage if you continue to label yourself as a bad or unworthy person for what you have done instead of focusing on the changes God can bring about in you. You must stop defining yourself by your past and read the Bible to learn how God defines His people. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Just think; this could be a Christmas where you experience real peace, joy, and forgiveness. It&amp;#8217;s why Christ was born &amp;#8230; to set you free. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Dear Lord, I am a sinner. I believe You died for me and rose from the grave to forgive my sins and secure me a place in heaven. Come into my life and take control. Forgive all my sin and help me to forgive others. I&amp;#8217;m now turning from my sin and I trust You alone for my salvation. Fill me with your love and peace, in Jesus&amp;#8217; Name, Amen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20784" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Life is what you make of it ...</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/04/life-is-what-you-make-of-it.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/04/life-is-what-you-make-of-it.aspx</id><published>2008-12-05T01:40:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-05T01:40:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;img style="width:423px;height:562px;" height="562" alt="" src="http://community.cfaith.com/uploads/BLESSED-RESIZED.jpg" width="423" border="0" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;ve been trying to fight off boredom lately. It&amp;#39;s a hard thing to do. Especially when you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;spend&amp;nbsp;hours alone. Now I am the type of person that likes to be busy and not sit around for too long &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;without doing things. I have been walking more to try to get some weight off. That&amp;#39;s not easy either. I&amp;#39;m trying &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;to find opportunities to occupy my time by volunteering more.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;I just listened and viewed a power point presentation about making God the center of your life that I got from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;a friend.&amp;nbsp; The main message was ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="font-size:14pt;background-color:#ccffcc;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Psalm 118:&lt;span class="sup" id="en-NIV-15878"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; It is better to take refuge in the LORD &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; than to trust in man.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;
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&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Instead of me fighting off boredom, I have actually been taking refuge in the Lord and he is directing me to start&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;to trust in him and lean more on him than to trust in man. Man will always fail you and the Lord will never fail you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h3 style="background-color:#ccffcc;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Proverbs 8&amp;nbsp;(New King James Version)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h5 class="result-text-style-normal" style="font-size:14pt;background-color:#99ccff;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;The Excellence of Wisdom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:12pt;" color="#333333"&gt;33 Hear instruction and be wise, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; And do not disdain it.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Watching daily at my gates, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Waiting at the posts of my doors. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 35 For whoever finds me finds life, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; And obtains favor from the LORD; &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; All those who hate me love death.&amp;#8221;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;It was a revelation that had just come to me. God wanted me to find this out for myself. It&amp;#39;s an added direction to my life I suppose that I am going in the right direction.&amp;nbsp; I try to heed to the calling of my Spirit but sometimes you are never always sure if you have true discernment of the Spirit or if it is the flesh that is talking. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div align="center"&gt;(New King James Version)&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=24&amp;amp;chapter=28&amp;amp;verse=11&amp;amp;version=31&amp;amp;context=verse"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Proverbs 28:11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;man who has discernment sees through him.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20782" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Links of Interest </title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/04/links-of-interest.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/04/links-of-interest.aspx</id><published>2008-12-04T15:31:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-04T15:31:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myfaith.com/HearChristianRadio.htm"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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www.myfaith.com/HearChristianRadio.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.christianityfreebies.com/"&gt;http://www.christianityfreebies.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.christian-best-music-videos.org/"&gt;http://www.christian-best-music-videos.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20778" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>http://mydreamwithgod.com/presentation_site.php</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/02/http-mydreamwithgod-com-presentation-site-php.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/02/http-mydreamwithgod-com-presentation-site-php.aspx</id><published>2008-12-02T14:53:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-02T14:53:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mydreamwithgod.com/presentation_site.php"&gt;http://mydreamwithgod.com/presentation_site.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img style="width:266px;height:413px;" height="413" alt="" src="http://community.cfaith.com/uploads/JOHNSmallFlyerBack.jpg" width="266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20769" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Are you facing a career change?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/01/are-you-facing-a-career-change.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/12/01/are-you-facing-a-career-change.aspx</id><published>2008-12-01T16:10:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-01T16:10:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.crosswalkmail.com/vpkgkcvfz_njnlnfbznbb.html" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://community.cfaith.com/uploads/thumbnail.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Romans 8:30&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From where you sit today, the future may look a little bit scary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you facing a major career choice, a decision that will impact your family? Are you wondering where you&amp;#39;ll be in 5 or 10 years... or even 20?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maybe you don&amp;#39;t know where you want to go, and you wouldn&amp;#39;t know how to get there if you did. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If so, I want to give you a word of encouragement today: God knows where you&amp;#39;re going and He knows how to get you there!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In fact, He already considers it a done deal. In God&amp;#39;s plan, your purpose is already a determined. He is just waiting on the right timing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you noticed, our verse for today is in the past tense. In God&amp;#39;s mind, He has already called and prepared you for the great purpose of your life. It&amp;#39;s already a certainty because God is eternal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;God inhabits eternity. So time means nothing to God... but timing is everything. God has an eternal plan for your life that is complete and perfect. He knows the future and has orchestrated every step along the way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You are just walking out the plan. That&amp;#39;s why you don&amp;#39;t need to fear the future. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every circumstance is part of God&amp;#39;s great eternal plan for your life. Just trust Him and be confident that He is preparing and positioning you for His purposes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAKE A DEEP BREATH! GOD IS IN CONTROL!&lt;img src="http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/Crosswalk/SpirLife_DevoHeaders/NewPowerPoint_devoHeader.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20759" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Hope is in You</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/11/19/hope-is-in-you.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/11/19/hope-is-in-you.aspx</id><published>2008-11-19T16:58:00Z</published><updated>2008-11-19T16:58:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.crosswalkmail.com/xdtwrkbkm_gbthtdsptss.html" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14pt;"&gt;--Psalm 39:7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How can you be confident in your future?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, you have a hope that is grounded in God. And there is nothing stronger, truer, surer, more reliable, more just, or more powerful than Him!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So how is this confident hope made real in your own life?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope is made real through the Scriptures. If you want to increase your hope, study the Scriptures. &amp;quot;In his word I hope&amp;quot; (Psalm 130:5). God, who cannot lie, has given us a guarantee, a sure promise in His Word. The revelation of His word is that you and I have a future and a hope.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope is also made real by the resurrection. Because Jesus Christ lives, we shall live also. Because He conquered sin, the grave, death, and hell, we are conquerors through Him (Romans 8:37).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And hope is made real by faith. Faith and hope are inseparably linked. Faith is the root, hope is the fruit. Faith produces hope! &amp;quot;For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness&amp;quot; (Galatians 5:5).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAKE YOUR HOPE REAL BY BUILDING YOUR LIFE UPON THE WORD OF GOD&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;img src="http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/Crosswalk/SpirLife_DevoHeaders/NewPowerPoint_devoHeader.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20677" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>ONLY YOU CAN PLANT HAPPINESS IN YOUR GARDEN. Contributing to your mental health</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/11/18/only-you-can-plant-happiness-in-your-garden-contributing-to-your-mental-health.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/11/18/only-you-can-plant-happiness-in-your-garden-contributing-to-your-mental-health.aspx</id><published>2008-11-18T16:44:00Z</published><updated>2008-11-18T16:44:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
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ONLY YOU CAN PLANT HAPPINESS IN YOUR GARDEN. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;Contributing to your mental health&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;When someone suffers from a mental illness, things that effect the brain can seem much more intense than say a person who does not have a mental illness. Things are much, much more challenging at times. It might take extra effort to deal with things if you have anxiety, depression, Bi-Polar depression, or even more severe mental illnesses such as Fibromyalgia, psytzophrenia (spelling), just to name a few. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;As being someone who suffers from a mental illness myself, I do find it very difficult to deal with certain tasks that may seem like nothing to other people. Probably something that a normal person wouldn&amp;#8217;t even have a second thought about.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I am writing to provide encouragement to those of you who also suffer from a mental illness and that you are not alone in your struggle. And to remind myself that I am not alone in my struggle.&amp;nbsp;But to contribute to your mental health it&amp;#8217;s so important to find things that you enjoy doing. Only you can make you happy. I remember getting a card saying that&lt;br /&gt;
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ONLY YOU CAN PLANT HAPPINESS IN YOUR GARDEN. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;That&amp;#8217;s true. Try to find things to &amp;#8220;plant&amp;#8221;. Find things you enjoy, make a list of thing you know that you have found enjoyment from before. Maybe you want to discover something new, try something different. Join a new support group, join a new church. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;When someone suffers from anxiety, this can be a very challenging task in itself especially if you have social anxiety. I would highly encourage those who have this type of anxiety or even if they have depression &amp;#8211; to get help. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;All I can say is that if you get help &amp;#8211; things will improve and get better. Therapy is a great benefit in contributing to your mental health. And there is nothing wrong with being on medication for a mental condition. Some people object to that but I have learned that no matter what someone else might think&amp;#8230;..you have to do what is best for you because you have to live that life. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Don&amp;#8217;t let anyone else influence your decision whether or not to go on medications. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align="left"&gt;You have to decide that for yourself. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://community.cfaith.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20668" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>missjen92</name><uri>http://community.cfaith.com/members/missjen92.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Daily Word Jack Graham</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/11/12/daily-word-jack-graham.aspx" /><id>http://community.cfaith.com/blogs/missjen92/archive/2008/11/12/daily-word-jack-graham.aspx</id><published>2008-11-12T18:07:00Z</published><updated>2008-11-12T18:07:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;span class="CommonProfileTitle"&gt;
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&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;--Romans 8:20-21&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What has happened to this world? God created a perfect paradise and man was placed to rule over it all. Now the earth is cursed with plagues, pollution, greed, destruction, and more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Again, what happened? Sin. The world was cursed and plunged into corruption by sin and rebellion. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God in rebellion, they placed all of creation into &amp;quot;the bondage of corruption.&amp;quot; And now man lives in fear, failure, and frustration. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But did you know that pain can actually be a good thing? How can pain and suffering be good? It&amp;#39;s a warning signal to tell us that something is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you know to pull your hand out of the fire unless you feel the searing pain of the heat?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All the groaning, crying, and moaning of this age is God&amp;#39;s effort to get our attention. Yes, He cares about you and me. And, yes, He is all-powerful. God has a plan beyond our human understanding. And as Paul wrote, He is preparing His family for a future glory that cannot even be compared to the sufferings and hurt of today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do you overcome despite the suffering? Look with expectation for what God has prepared for those who belong to Jesus Christ. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW DO YOU KNOW TO PULL YOUR HAND OUT OF THE FIRE UNLESS YOU FEEL THE SEARING PAIN OF THE HEAT?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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