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Sickening.

"When he was approached about the sexual
abuse, he said, “I was foolish. I’m human,
and I make mistakes. I’m alone and
lonely,” according to the report.

Where have I heard such pathetic, indefensible excuses before? Oh yes, from the mouth of Les Emory, the pervert who molested my daughters.

"I was messed up in my mind," Emory said. "[I had] perverted thoughts. It was messed up."

"Of course the regrets are there," Emory added. "They are always there. I'll die with them."

"You go through stuff and you make stupid stupid decisions," Emory added. "Just because you think it might be worth it, but it's not."

Emory has never had to face a judge for any of his alleged abuse. He also admits he should have gone to jail.

"I should have been shot and killed, or hung, electrocuted or something," Emory said. "I should have been gutted. It was horrible. I know it was horrible."

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news ... xual-abuse

Gill Baxter was one of my best teachers....4th and 5th grades at Vianopolis.
She came to know the Lord through the ministry of Billy Graham.

In the fall of 1979, she detected that some of us 5th grade boys were being mean to Brenda Bittle. She had us memorize the following passage. If you combine I Cor. 13 and the book of Philippians....and we memorized Philippians in 7th, 9th, 11th and at Jackson....that's pretty good eatin' for a believer. Better than that Shoneys buffet, or the one at Ryans.


1 Corinthians 13
New International Version (NIV)
13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

I've always enjoyed politics. I like watching Prime Minister's questions on C-SPAN. Anymore, it seems like we are in perpetual election cycles (local, state, federal, school board, etc.). But more and more, I notice I'm becoming a bit more detached. In 2008, in the "runup" to the presidential election, I would spend hours posting on the Washington comPost website, arguing with people with different political views, blasting away, mocking their candidate(s), while they called into question my ancestry and mental status (very insightful on their part).

But now, I find myself turning off the Romney, Obama, Biden, Ryan 24/7 soundbite contest. I still love my country very much. I still hope things "work out". But I also find myself resting more in the fact that God is in control....that He is the One who holds the heart of the king in his hand. And I think this website has allowed me to grow more than ever during my adult life. I feel like I am going from anger/frustration to a place of better rest in Him. "Come to Me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." Mt. 11:28

God is drawing all people unto himself.....the communist Chinese, the democrats, the WASPs, the Eagles, the people who work at the Department of Motor Vehicles. God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. OK, so I've learned verses just like the rest of you. But I've been slower to learn that people will know that we are Christians by our love one for the other.

God is so patient. He doesn't treat me and you with the impatience with which I sometimes treat my beautiful kids. God is so patient. After 16 years of marriage, He is slowly helping me to realize (again and again) how fortunate I am to have the wife I have.

God is so kind. If it hadn't been for Michael Sullivan, current member of the Executive Committee, taking action on my behalf on May 16, 1988, and getting me medical help at Foote Memorial Hospital on E. Michigan Av. in Jackson, Michigan, I probably wouldn't be alive today.

God is very good to us.....all of us, regardless of the circumstances we find ourselves in.


Matthew 11:28-30
New International Version (NIV)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Thanks for that, Demos ... a good reminder indeed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjSaE9yB ... re=related

The Crabb Family "Through the Fire"

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Cooking with the high octane this afternoon, tribers (with a stabilizing dose of lithium).

Whether you're running to catch the J. Vernon McGee Bible bus, whether you're trying to find that Puraquequara boat's paperwork (http://usa.ntm.org/mission-news/9798/sc ... eds-papers), living a yard from hell in Manaus(http://usa.ntm.org/mission-news/40683/w ... rd-of-hell)...by the way, I think someone should warn FIFA about Manaus, being a yard from hell and all and scheduled to host World Cup games in 2014 (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destinatio ... ofile.html).....anyways, I hope you follow the advice of noted theologian Kathy Mattea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMaQ1EjmGkk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd9CxIlkjpk
Watch Paint Dry

Watch carefully at 7:17....level of activity increases dramatically

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An unrelated question: What is IHART up to these days?

Don't know where Tim Parker is. I do know that the oldest Parker brother (was it Keith or Ken) served our country in the Air Force.

Joan has remarried...after Frank's death. Her husband is a great guy. They live in Vermont. Tribers, you might interview her and ask what it was like to raise a family with $10 promised support when they left the U.S.