Friday

‎”For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor,

Mighty God,

Everlasting Father,

Prince of Peace.”

~Isaiah 9:6~

Pray for Mrs. Katherine Sanders.  She is scheduled to come home today.

From Judy Fowler

Frances (Gay) is in Lakeview Hospital, Mandeville. She has a blood clot in her leg. Will be in for 2 to 5 days. I am going down today. I will keep you updated.

Pray for my momma. Dot Smith, today as she sees the cardiologist as a follow-up to some tests.

THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE

The following ideas about science were gleaned from essays, exams, and classroom discussions.  Most were from 5th and 6th graders.

*  Q:  What is one horsepower?
A:  One horsepower is the amount of energy it takes to drag a horse 500 feet in one second.

*  The law of gravity says no fair jumping up without coming back down.

*  When people run around and around in circles we say they are crazy.  When planets do it we say they are orbiting.

*  South America has cold summers and hot winters, but somehow they still manage.

*  Most books now say our sun is a star.  But it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime.

*  Water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.  There are 180 degrees between freezing and boiling because there are 180 degrees between north and south.

*  Vacuums are nothings.  We only mention them to let them know we know they’re there.

*  Some oxygen molecules help fires burn while others help make water, so sometimes it’s brother against brother.

*  Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun.  But I have never been able to make out the numbers.

*  We say the cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation.  Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.

*  To most people solutions mean finding the answers.  But to chemists solutions are things that are still all mixed up.

*  I am not sure how clouds get formed.  But the clouds know how to do it, and that is the important thing.

*  Water vapor gets together in a cloud.  When it is big enough to be called a drop, it does.

*  Isotherms and isobars are even more important than their names sound.

*  It is so hot in some places that the people there have to live in other places.

*  Genetics explain why you look like your father and if you don’t why you should.

Oh, the wisdom of children!  I especially like that last one.  I would say that, in a similar way, the Bible explains why those of you who are Christians look like your Father, and if you don’t why you should!

That’s our goal, isn’t it?  To learn to love as He first loved us.  To have the kind of patience that He has shown with us through the years.  To grow in the wisdom to make right choices, as He is perfectly wise.  To be holy, just as He is holy.

“Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48).

Here’s a personal question to cause you some reflection:  When people look at you, do they see the family resemblance?

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Rita Garon Ricks

(June 16, 1924 – December 16, 2010)

A resident of Roseland, she died at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at Tangi Pines Nursing Center in Amite. She was born June 16, 1924 in Independence and was 86 years of age. She is survived by her son, Arthur Ricks, Jr. and his wife, Madeline, Roseland; sister, Bertha Folisso, Hammond; brother, Brownie Garon, Independence; 8 grandchildren including Carrie Ricks, Joshua Ricks, Matt Huckabee, Robert Dyson and Gary Dyson; 6 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Ricks; daughter, Carol Ricks; father, Leon Garon; mother, Beatrice Garon. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2010. Interment Mixon Cemetery, Tangipahoa.

Have a blessed day!
Anna Lee