Midday Saturday

Patsy Lee (From Gloria Gill)

 Kelly ask me to email you and ask if you would put Patsy’ funeral services on your prayer link. They are using Crain in Franklinton so the news will not reach everyone.  The wake will start at 10:00 Monday morning at Spring Creek Baptist Church. Funeral to follow at 12:00 and burial in Spring Creek Cem. They are asking if you would like to make a donation please make it to the Spring Creek Baptist Church Building Fund. Thank you the Patsy Lee family.

Crain does not have the obituary posted at this time.  I’ll post one later.

 

Charlie Ray Tate, Sr. was born October 20, 1952 and passed away at 6:10 p.m., Friday, October 7, 2011 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was 58, a native and a resident of Independence.

Charlie is survived by 2 daughters, Regina Tate and husband Chris Johnson, Houston, TX & Julie T. Salazar and husband Ben, Ponchatoula; son, Charlie Ray Tate, Jr. and wife Heather, Seattle, WA; companion, Diane Robertson, Independence; mother, Edna Ruth Smith, Poplarville, MS; 2 sisters, Linda Nicolosi and husband Tony, Poplarville, MS & Brenda Balbero and husband Paul, Poplarville, MS; brother Clayton Tate and wife Catherine, Independence; 7 grandchildren, Meleena Tate, Logan Johnson, Sara Johnson, Cody Houk, Tyler Salazar, Tristan Salazar & Lillian Tate; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceded in death by his father, Clayton Tate, Sr.

Visitation at McKneely and Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Monday, October 10, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Bro. Frederick Brumfield officiating. Interment in Loranger Cemetery.

An on-line Guestbook is available at www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

Saturday

Don’t hoard treasure down here

where it gets eaten by moths

and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars.

Stockpile treasure in heaven,

where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars.

It’s obvious, isn’t it?

The place where your treasure is,

is the place you will most want to be,

and end up being.

~Matthew 6:19-21 MSG~

 

Sherry Simpson requested prayer.  She will be having surgery in Nashville on October 20th to correct surgery she had in Covington April 22nd.

 

Dylan Ray Elliott
(June 22, 1999 – October 6, 2011)

Dylan Ray Elliott was born June 22, 1999 and passed away at 7:05 a.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 at his residence. He was 12, a native of Hammond and a resident of Independence.

Dylan is survived by his parents, Ray J. & Gay Lynn Elliott, III, Independence; step-brother, Tobey Williams, Independence; paternal grandparents, Wayne & Lou Ballard, Ponchatoula, Wilford Lee and Florence Anthony, Kentwood, Ray J. and Barbara Elliott, Jr., Cumming, GA; great- grandparent, Allie Dragg, Ponchatoula; numerous extended family members.

Preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Arthur David and Icie Elizabeth Bissell; great grandparents, Leona Prine & Bull & Barbara Anthony.

Visitation at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Monday, October 10, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services in the Funeral Home Chapel at 1:00 p.m. with Bro. Bobby Carroll officiating. Interment in Briar Patch Cemetery, Loranger.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home is located at I-55N (Exit 46) and Hwy 16W next to Hood Chevrolet and behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash, Bond Eye Clinic and Holiday Inn Express.

 

Appreciating Our Blessings

Two old friends bumped into one another on the street one day. One of them looked forlorn, almost on the verge of tears. His friend asked, “What has the world done to you, my old friend?”

The sad fellow said, “Let me tell you. Three weeks ago, an uncle died and left me forty thousand dollars.”

“That’s a lot of money.”

“But you see, two weeks ago, a cousin I never even knew died, and left me eighty-five thousand free and clear.”

“Sounds like you’ve been blessed….”

“You don’t understand!” he interrupted. “Last week my great-aunt passed away. I inherited almost a quarter of a million.”

Now he was really confused. “Then, why do you look so glum?”

“This week… nothing!”

That’s the trouble with receiving something on a regular basis. Even if it is a gift, we eventually come to expect it. Someone once suggested to me a way to test someone’s character. Give him (or her) $5 a day for a month. Then stop, and see what his reaction is. The natural tendency is that if we receive a gift long enough, we come to view it as an entitlement. We feel hurt, even angry, if we don’t receive it any longer.

It’s the same way with the blessings God gives us every day. I don’t deserve the comfortable home I live in, the beautiful scenery around me, the clean water that I drink. But after receiving these gifts (and a multitude of others) for years, I sometimes fail to be grateful. I’ve come to expect these good things. And when one of them is removed for a short while (like the water being cut off), I get upset.

Make an effort today to recognize the blessings you’ve come to take for granted. Focus on what you have rather than on what you don’t have, and see if it doesn’t improve your attitude.

“Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!” (Psalm 107:8)

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

 

Counting my blessings today,

Anna Lee

Friday

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness,

the power and the glory,

the victory and the majesty;

for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;

Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,

and You are exalted as head over all.”

~1 Chronicles 29:11~

 

 

Billy Carl Strickland

Please continue to pray for Billy. He is still in the hospital with a postop infection and will be having chemotherapy and radiation after the infection clears and he regains strength. Thanks for your prayers. Firma Kay

CaringBridge:CallieCole

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Please continue to pray for Kelly Gehringer’s mother, Mrs. Patsy Lee.  She is very sick.

Also, pray for Mrs. Georgia Gaines Zachary and her family.  Today, the doctors plan to try an operation they were unable to do yesterday.

Shirley Humphrey’s mother, Mrs. Williams, a lady who was a great prayer warrior, is not doing well.

Thought for the Day: The last day of your life

The following quotes are reported to come from an actual newspaper contest where entrants ages 4 to 15 were asked to imitate “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey”:

Give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to accept the things I cannot, and a great big bag of money. –Age 13

It sure would be nice if we got a day off for the president’s birthday, like they do for the queen’s. Of course, then we would have a lot of people voting for a candidate born on July 3 or December 26, just for the long weekends. –Age 8

Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote. –Age 10

For centuries, people thought the moon was made of green cheese. Then the astronauts found that the moon is really a big hard rock. That’s what happens to cheese when you leave it out. –Age 6

As you make your way through this hectic world of ours, set aside a few minutes each day. At the end of the year, you’ll have a couple of days saved up. –Age 7

Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my teacher. That is, I used to, until she got an unlisted number. –Age 15

The only stupid question is the one that is never asked, except maybe “Don’t you think it is about time you audited my return?” or “Isn’t it morally wrong to give me a warning when, in fact, I was speeding?” –Age 15

If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until the looting started. –Age 15

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don’t have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life? –Age 15

Who can argue with that last statement? But it raises an interesting question. If you knew (with full certainty) that this would be your last day on this earth, how would you live it? Would you spend the day in Bible study and prayer? Talking with people about Christ? Relaxing with your family? Or would you spend it washing clothes, cleaning the house, going to work and doing all the “mundane” things that you do every day?

We are told to “watch” at all times, knowing that the second coming of Christ will be as unexpected as a “thief in the night” (I Thess 5:1-6). It could be within the next few hours! And since none of us are promised a certain number of years, this may well be our last day of life on this earth. So how should that affect the way we live?

If we really believed that, it would cause us to rearrange our priorities. It would cause us to ask ourselves, “Is what I am doing important from an eternal viewpoint?” Mundane tasks such as washing our clothes remain necessary, but we all find ourselves spending much of our time doing things that seem to be important at the moment (from an earthly perspective), but which have no eternal significance.

“Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober……For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” (1 Thess. 5:6,9-11)

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

 

Have a great Friday.  Be sure to include the important things in your day!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“And . . . they shall abide,

for now He shall be great to the ends of the earth;

and this One shall be peace.”

~Micah 5:4b-5~

CaringBridge:CarolineCutrer

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My former student, Julie Thompson Lessard, is still hospitalized with a blood clot.  Keep her in you prayers now and when she goes home again.

Pray for families whose strong mother figures are broken and frail now.  I can count several without much effort.  My prayers go out to these families.

Pray for Becki, Brayden, and Peyton Alford as they are already traveling back to Georgia this morning.

Tripp Roth

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Courtney Roth

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Thought for the Day: Faith when the rains begin

A newcomer to Seattle arrives on a rainy day. She gets up the next day and it’s raining. It also rains the day after that, and the day after that. She goes out to lunch and sees a young kid and, out of despair, asks, “Hey, kid, does it ever stop raining around here?” The kid says, “How should I know? I’m only 6.”

Residents of Seattle don’t tan — they rust!

I hear it only rains twice a year in Seattle — August through April and May through July.

Q: What do you call two straight days of rain in Seattle?
A: A weekend.

Q: What does daylight-saving time mean in Seattle?
A: An extra hour of rain.

Seattle may have a reputation for having a lot of rain, but it’s impossible to think about much rain without Noah and the flood coming to mind. The story of Noah is well-known, even among children, and its lessons are deep. Through this brief narrative, we are reminded of all of the essential elements of our relationship with God: God’s hatred of sin and the assurance of His judgment, God’s grace in providing a way of salvation, and Noah’s faith which led him to obey God completely.

“By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.” (Hebrews 11:7)

May your faith sustain you when the rains begin!

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

I’ve been blessed.  What about you?

Anna Lee

Wednesday

You are the light of the world.

A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

Instead they put it on its stand,

and it gives light to everyone in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before men,

that they may see your good deeds

and praise your Father in heaven. 

~Matthew 5:13-16 NIV~

Pray for Susan Rimes and Seth Tolar as they deal with kidney stones.  Susan’s procedure went well, but a number of  other procedures will be needed to correct her problem.  If Seth didn’t pass his kidney stones last night, he may need some form of surgery.  Pray for Susan and Seth.

Pray for Andy and Betty.  Just because they don’t have problems that continue to keep them in the hospital doesn’t mean they don’t have a lot of aches and pains.  Pray for comfort and relief for them in the days ahead.

Heart to Heart with Holley: You are irreplaceable!

A friend of mine and I recently talked about how we both felt guilty for not being more like each other. I lamented to her,“I wish I could cook like you and make my house cozy like yours!” She also saw qualities and skills in me she’d like to have.

Next time we chatted we both laughed and shook our heads at our silly comparison game. But it reminded us that it’s easy to lose sight of God’s heart and unique purpose for each of us.

As women, it seems we often compare ourselves to each other. If someone is gifted in different ways than we are, we feel inadequate and wish we could change. Perhaps some of that perspective is encouraged by our individualistic society. We believe that one person could (and should) do it all.

But God has a completely different plan. Rather than making us self-sufficient He places us within the body of Christ with a specific role to fulfill. “If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?” (1 Corinthians 12:17). 

In The Cure for the Common Life Max Lucado says, “With God, every day matters, every person counts. And that includes you. You do something no one else does, in a manner no one else does it. And when your uniqueness meets God’s purpose, both of you will rejoice.”

Those around you will rejoice too. The body of Christ needs you, just as you are, and no one can take your place.

The world only gets one you.

You with your gifts.

You with your smile.

You with those things you do.

So take your place,

take your chances,

take this moment to know…

You’ve got something to offer.

Something good and right and true.

Something God-given,

Heart-of-Heaven created. 

And the rest of us need it, need you.

Oh, you think it’s no big deal.

Anyone could be that way.

Anyone could do it.

Nope.

Not true.

There’s just one irreplaceable you.

Your are unique and have you place(s) of importance!
Anna Lee

Tuesday Evening

Andy Taylor has been released from the hospital.  Betty‘s tests have all come back good, so she will probably be coming home tomorrow.  If you are interested in providing meals for Andy and Betty contact Jana C. Creel.  She will coordinate meals so we don’t all take food the same day.  Keep praying for Andy and Betty as they recover and for their families who have been through this twice in a short period of time.