Comments on: The People under the Bridge http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sharonb http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17827 sharonb Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:24:12 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17827 JUDY I AM SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I WILL KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN MY PRAYERS. SHARON B JUDY I AM SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I WILL KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN MY PRAYERS.
SHARON B

]]> By: Dianne http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17807 Dianne Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:46:57 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17807 Oh! Yikes! I'm sorry, Sharonb X-[ ! See what happens when I read too fast?! Oh! Yikes! I’m sorry, Sharonb X-[ !

See what happens when I read too fast?!

]]> By: Dianne http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17806 Dianne Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:45:13 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17806 Judy D.--doing some hurried catching up tonight (my step-father in law died of a couple of days ago, so we've been busy with that, now, too--he was ready to go, though--he was a Purple Heart Marine who fought in Iwo Jima [spelling?] and he'd been spending his last days in diapers which he really hated) ---amazing! Congratulations and PTL :-}! Judy D.–doing some hurried catching up tonight

(my step-father in law died of a couple of days ago, so we’ve been busy with that, now, too–he was ready to go, though–he was a Purple Heart Marine who fought in Iwo Jima [spelling?] and he’d been spending his last days in diapers which he really hated)

—amazing! Congratulations and PTL :-}!

]]> By: DonnaL http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17724 DonnaL Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:20:29 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17724 Continuing to pray and joining in a bond of agreement for Linda, Terry and Chris...may our Lord heal them and restore them and give them rest....Love to you all, Donna Continuing to pray and joining in a bond of agreement for Linda, Terry and Chris…may our Lord heal them and restore them and give them rest….Love to you all, Donna

]]> By: Linda J http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17716 Linda J Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:03:34 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17716 Suzanne, what a touching devotional! I really touched my heart. Children teach us many times. Yes, we should have a tender heart and not neglect the needy people. Help them in any way we can, not only materially but also spiritually, like Barbara C said, to be a comforter, an encourager! Linda R and Chris, I will remember you in my prayer! Suzanne, what a touching devotional! I really touched my heart. Children teach us many times. Yes, we should have a tender heart and not neglect the needy people. Help them in any way we can, not only materially but also spiritually, like Barbara C said, to be a comforter, an encourager!

Linda R and Chris, I will remember you in my prayer!

]]> By: sharonb http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17713 sharonb Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:41:06 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17713 JUDY D THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CAREING SHARON B JUDY D
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CAREING
SHARON B

]]> By: Judy D http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17710 Judy D Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:07:03 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17710 Thank you, Sharon. I knew you had the mammogram, but had to go back for the biopsy. Had not heard about what you just wrote. Thank you, Lord, for your healing and watching over Sharon. You are the great Proctector, Healer, and Encourager. We praise you so much for watching over Sharon. In Christ I pray. AMen. Thank you, Sharon. I knew you had the mammogram, but had to go back for the biopsy. Had not heard about what you just wrote. Thank you, Lord, for your healing and watching over Sharon. You are the great Proctector, Healer, and Encourager. We praise you so much for watching over Sharon. In Christ I pray. AMen.

]]> By: sharonb http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17709 sharonb Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:28:44 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17709 JUDY D I POSTED IT ON THE BLOG BUT I DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE BIOPSY. WHEN THEY TOOK PICTURES JUST BEFORE THE SUGERY THERE WAS NOTHING THERE!!! THEY SPENT ONE HOUR DOING DIFFERENT VIEWS AND FINALLY THE DR. SAID WELL I CAN'T DO A BIOPSY IF THERE IS NOTHING THERE!! AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ON BOTH MAMAGRAMS. BUT NOT WHEN I WENT BACK TO GET THE BIOPSY!! ISN'T GOD GREAT??? I DO HVE TO GO BACK TO SEE THE DR. BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE HAD CANCER BEFORE AND MY MOTHER HAD BREAST CANCER AND MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY FROM LUNG CANCER BUT FOR NOW I AM JUST PRASING THE LORD FOR THE GOOD NEWS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS I COULD REALLY FELL THEM SHARON B JUDY D
I POSTED IT ON THE BLOG BUT I DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE THE BIOPSY. WHEN THEY TOOK PICTURES JUST BEFORE THE SUGERY THERE WAS NOTHING THERE!!! THEY SPENT ONE HOUR DOING DIFFERENT VIEWS AND FINALLY THE DR. SAID WELL I CAN’T DO A BIOPSY IF THERE IS NOTHING THERE!! AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ON BOTH MAMAGRAMS. BUT NOT WHEN I WENT BACK TO GET THE BIOPSY!! ISN’T GOD GREAT??? I DO HVE TO GO BACK TO SEE THE DR. BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE HAD CANCER BEFORE AND MY MOTHER HAD BREAST CANCER AND MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY FROM LUNG CANCER BUT FOR NOW I AM JUST PRASING THE LORD FOR THE GOOD NEWS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS I COULD REALLY FELL THEM
SHARON B

]]> By: Judy D http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17707 Judy D Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:11:22 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17707 Oh, thank you, Diane, for sharing about the projects your church did. I forwarded what you wrote to several other members in our bible study. Bless you! So that is why we haven't heard from Chris. I knew Linda R and her husband, Terry, were ill and went to the doctors, but had not heard about Chris. Thank you, Fran. I join with you in prayer. Sharon, what did you find out from the doctor's? I have still been praying. Oh, thank you, Diane, for sharing about the projects your church did. I forwarded what you wrote to several other members in our bible study. Bless you!

So that is why we haven’t heard from Chris. I knew Linda R and her husband, Terry, were ill and went to the doctors, but had not heard about Chris. Thank you, Fran. I join with you in prayer.

Sharon, what did you find out from the doctor’s? I have still been praying.

]]> By: Dianne http://powertochange.com/blogposts/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-17706 Dianne Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:52:24 +0000 http://talk.thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalforwomen/2008/02/27/the-people-under-the-bridge/#comment-17706 My church did the same study 2 years ago and built a Habitat house for a young family. Building that house also resulted in a volunteer being saved. That Bible study also birthed a bag lunch ministry (take-along brown bags) for those who used a "soup kitchen" in our town so that they could eat twice a day instead of just once. And it resulted in the church building becoming a regular site for the Red Cross blood mobile. Both the of these ministries have continued long after the 40 days passed, so Judy D., so I pray that God will bless your groups and church and community as well :-}. I have a down winter coat that was given to me but is too small. My landlord works in a downtown hospital and they collect coats for the needy in that area (impoverished area). I have been forgetting to give it to him to take in. Thanks for the reminder. "My" town (7 miles from here) has a lot of homeless people these days. They aren't all addicts, drunks, and/or mentally ill anymore, either. We had very bad flooding a couple of years ago, and two condo complexes were condemned afterward. This displaced a lot of people who weren't affluent enough to weather the loss of their homes. We have also had a few thousand Mexicans move in (in a town 17,500 that is a lot) over the last 5 or so years, so housing is even more scarce than it used to be. The thing is that a least some of these homeless people have a lot to offer (they aren't all active drug addicts and/or alcoholics, and/or untreated mentally ill), given the chance. I have been surprised to hear good information about what's happening in town (regarding governmental actions, business news, real estate, construction project plans) from some who were or are homeless. Right now, we know a couple who might be living in a car (they were last year, anyway, and their mailing address and phone number are the Salvation Army's [the guy volunteers there full time]) helping us locate resources for our new church (not a Salvation Army congregation)and for our Celebrate Recovery program. Our church has some affluent, and "connected" people in it, and yet we are being helped by a homeless (or nearly so) couple belonging to "another" church :-}! How cool is that :-} ?! Only God knows the value of a person; you might be surprised--like I have been--to find yourself being helped by the person(s) you thought that YOU were helping (...entertaining angels ? )! My church did the same study 2 years ago and built a Habitat house for a young family. Building that house also resulted in a volunteer being saved.

That Bible study also birthed a bag lunch ministry (take-along brown bags) for those who used a “soup kitchen” in our town so that they could eat twice a day instead of just once. And it resulted in the church building becoming a regular site for the Red Cross blood mobile.

Both the of these ministries have continued long after the 40 days passed, so Judy D., so I pray that God will bless your groups and church and community as well :-}.

I have a down winter coat that was given to me but is too small. My landlord works in a downtown hospital and they collect coats for the needy in that area (impoverished area). I have been forgetting to give it to him to take in. Thanks for the reminder.

“My” town (7 miles from here) has a lot of homeless people these days. They aren’t all addicts, drunks, and/or mentally ill anymore, either. We had very bad flooding a couple of years ago, and two condo complexes were condemned afterward. This displaced a lot of people who weren’t affluent enough to weather the loss of their homes. We have also had a few thousand Mexicans move in (in a town 17,500 that is a lot) over the last 5 or so years, so housing is even more scarce than it used to be.

The thing is that a least some of these homeless people have a lot to offer (they aren’t all active drug addicts and/or alcoholics, and/or untreated mentally ill), given the chance. I have been surprised to hear good information about what’s happening in town (regarding governmental actions, business news, real estate, construction project plans) from some who were or are homeless.

Right now, we know a couple who might be living in a car (they were last year, anyway, and their mailing address and phone number are the Salvation Army’s [the guy volunteers there full time]) helping us locate resources for our new church (not a Salvation Army congregation)and for our Celebrate Recovery program.

Our church has some affluent, and “connected” people in it, and yet we are being helped by a homeless (or nearly so) couple belonging to “another” church :-}! How cool is that :-} ?!

Only God knows the value of a person; you might be surprised–like I have been–to find yourself being helped by the person(s) you thought that YOU were helping (…entertaining angels ? )!

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