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BigSisPat's Journal
This week, for my journal, I'd like to share something from one of the Inspirational sites I subscribe to, called "The Purpose Driven Life"

Authentic Friendships
by Rick Warren But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:7–8 (NCV)

In Christian fellowship people should experience authenticity.

Authentic fellowship is not superficial, surface-level chit-chat. It’s genuine, heart-to-heart, sometimes gut-level, sharing.

It happens when people get honest about who they are and what is happening in their lives. They share their hurts, reveal their feelings, confess their failures, disclose their doubts, admit their fears, acknowledge their weaknesses, and ask for help and prayer.

Authenticity is the exact opposite of what you find in many churches. Instead of an atmosphere of honesty and humility, there is pretending, role-playing, politicking, superficial politeness, and shallow conversation.

People wear masks, keep their guard up, and act as if everything is rosy in their lives. These attitudes are the death of real friendship.

It’s only as we become open about our lives that we experience authentic fellowship. The Bible says, “If we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. . . . If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves” (1 John 1:7–8 NCV).

The world thinks intimacy occurs in the dark, but God says it happens in the light. We tend to use darkness to hide our hurts, faults, fears, failures, and flaws. But in the light, we bring them all out into the open and admit who we really are.

Of course, being authentic requires both courage and humility. It means facing our fear of exposure, rejection, and being hurt again.

Why would anyone take such a risk?

Because it’s the only way to grow spiritually and be emotionally healthy. The Bible says, “Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed” (James 5:16 MSG).

BigSisPat from Beautiul Crofton, BC, Canada

PS, the September Trivia Pages are now ready for your viewing pleasure

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CANADIAN eh! LOVE IT...

So, What Do We Canadians Have To Be Proud Of ?

1. Smarties
2. Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp
3. The size of our footballs fields, one less down, and bigger balls.
4. Baseball is Canadian - First game June 4, 1838 - Ingersoll , ON
5. Lacrosse is Canadian
6. Hockey is Canadian
7. Basketball is Canadian
8. Apple pie is Canadian
9. Mr. Dress-up beats Mr. Rogers
10. Tim Hortons beats Dunkin' Donuts
11. In the war of 1812, started by America , Canadians pushed the Americans back... Past their 'White House'. Then we burned it... and most of Washington. We got bored... because they ran away, so we came home and partied... Go figure.
12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany.
13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere. EVER.
14. Our civil war was fought in a bar and it lasted a little over an hour.
15. The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just in time to get caught.
16. A Canadian invented Standard Time.
17. The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.
18. The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes. (I'm not sure I needed to know that!)
19. We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.
20. We don't marry our kin-folk.
21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, Velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis, the telephone. And, short wave radios that save countless lives each year.
22. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it.
23. A Canadian invented Superman.
24. We have coloured money.
25. Our beer advertisements kick ass {Incidentally... so does our beer}
BUT MOST IMPORTANT ! The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on.

OOOoohhhhh.... Canada !!

Oh yeah... And our elections only take one day.

Pass this on if you are proud to be Canadian!!!

wayne & Jenny [editors note: the previous is all in fun, and not meant to insult anyone.]

Are you interested in reading about Canada? The most comprehensive and authoritative source on all things Canadian can be found on The Canadian Encyclopedia site.

Sharon from Paradise Island, aka Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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Special Celebrations

To find out who has a Special Celebration in September visit the Birthday Calendar or the September Trivia Pages

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND/OR ANNIVERSARY TO EVERYONE CELEBRATING!!
We look forward to hearing all about your special day.

If you are not listed in the calendar please be sure to email, if you find broken links, or incorrect info BigSisPatBC Canada. For celebration notifications email Jami from Maryland.

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Recieved these photos this week from my youngest daughter Jennifer & my son Jim, and just had to share!

My daughter Jennifer, husband Al and their 5 girls

My son Jim's two kids, Brodie & Makailey

Jan's Ramblings

Love from Aussie Jan

Washing your quilt

Your quilt can be washed with much care.

Use cool water, a tiny amount of the right soap and slight agitation. Best done in a very clean bathtub using special quilt soap - or Orvis (used for horses).

Dissolve the soap completely in the water before you put the quilt in. Rinse thoroughly.

Fold carefully between towels to remove excess water. Lay flat to dry. Place towels under the wet quilt, then lift the towels to get the quilt out of the tub.

(Handling the wet quilt tends to stretch it.)

Other options:

Use a child's wading pool to wash the quilt.
Instead of washing, vacuum your quilt using low suction, if possible.
Use a lint remover (taped roller) to remove hairs and extra threads.

Happy Quilting!

Bea

How to make roses from fall maple leaves Got this from a good friend of mine, with fall coming, i thought you might like to try it, looks easy and simple, good luck, Lena

If you have some pretty fall maple leaves and some extra time, you could try this,Looks so very pretty too.

How to make roses from maple leaves

Be sure to check out all the wonderful craft ideas in the WWWCOF Craft Site and let us get this group active and crafting. Any ideas, please send them to

Aussie Jan.

WWWCOF Kraft Corner

Tips & Recommendations

Inspirational

Guidelines from God

We all need reminders!

Effective Immediately,

please be aware that there are changes YOU need to make in YOUR life. These changes need to be completed in order that I may fulfill My promises to you to grant you peace, joy and happiness in this life. I apologize for any inconvenience, but after all that I am doing, this seems very little to ask of you. Please, follow these 10 guidelines:

1. QUIT WORRYING: Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes your way?

2. PUT IT ON THE LIST: Something needs done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on MY to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care of the problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to Me. And although My to-do-list is long, I am after all... God. I can take care of anything you put into My hands. In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize.

3. TRUST ME: Once you've given your burdens to Me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in Me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials. Problems with the kids? Put them on My list. Problem with finances? Put it on My list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For My sake, put it on My list. I want to help you. All you have to do is ask.

4. LEAVE IT ALONE: Don't wake up one morning and say, 'Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here.' Why do you think you are feeling stronger now? It's simple. You gave Me your burdens and I'm taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, you will be right back where you started? Leave them with Me and forget about them. Just let Me do my job.

5. TALK TO ME: I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy. Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I pray you never forget. Please, don't forget to talk to Me - OFTEN! I love YOU! I want to hear your voice. I want you to include Me in on the things going on in your life. I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with Me. I want to be your dearest friend.

6. HAVE FAITH: I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are. Have faith in Me that I know what I'm doing. Trust Me; you wouldn't want the view from My eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you, and meet your needs. You only have to trust Me. Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be?

7. SHARE: You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement. Share your laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who have forgotten how to cry. Share your faith with those who have none.

8. BE PATIENT: I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes Me a little longer than you expect to handle something on My to-do-list? Trust in My timing, for My timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush

9 BE KIND: Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for My sake. I created each of you different in some way. It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please, know I love each of your differences.

10. LOVE YOURSELF: As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by Me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love Me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes My heart aches when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to Me. Don't ever forget....

Touch someone with your love. Rather than focus upon the thorns of life, smell the roses and count your blessings!

Charla

We don't have to be perfect today.
We don't have to be better than someone else.
All we have to do is to be the very best we can.

Laughter the Best Medicine

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In Merrie's absense, we have rhis from Wayne & Jenny.

CANNON BALLS !!! DID YOU KNOW THIS ? I DIDN'T

It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck was the problem. The best storage method devised was to stack them as a square based pyramid, with one ball on top, resting on four, resting on nine, which rested on sixteen.

Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others.

The solution was a metal plate with 16 round indentations, called, for reasons unknown, a Monkey. But if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make them of brass - hence, Brass Monkeys.

Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey.

Thus,it was quite literally, cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. And all this time, you thought that was just a vulgar expression, didn't you? You must send this fabulous bit of historical knowledge to at least a few uneducated friends.

Health Matters

Have you gotten into the habit of eating out? While homemade is generally healthier, here are nine ways to ensure that you keep a handle on your diet.

Soup or Salad? Answer: Salad. A salad of mixed greens and raw vegetables, coupled with a light, healthy dressing will give you more fibre and a healthy dose of disease-fighting antioxidants found in raw vegetables.

1. Make Your Own Takeout
2. What is a Serving?
3. Portions Down to Size
4. Best Health: Oh-mega!
Always think vegetables. How are you going to get veggies into the meal? If you don't want to cook, then fill a salad bar container with raw veggies. Avoid too many marinated veggies.
Hit the seafood section. Many upscale grocers will steam or broil your fish selection for free or for just a small charge. That way, you're getting the unadulterated fish without the hassle of cooking it. Try some steamed shrimp, clams or lobster. The price alone will keep your portions healthy!
Have an indoor picnic for dinner. For a fresh take on healthy eating, buy a loaf of wheaty bread, strawberries, a favorite low-fat cheese, some thinly sliced roast beef or turkey, a small tub of olives, pre-cooked shrimp, cherry tomatoes, pre-sliced green or red peppers and bite-size carrots. When you get home, throw it all on the table and - after properly cleaning the produce - declare dinner served. This type of "grazing" dinner is fun, easy and a pleasant surprise. Make it a bimonthly ritual.
Skip the buffets. Those by-the-pound Chinese, noodle and chicken wing buffets at large grocery stores can be a health nightmare. First, the containers are large, so you tend to buy too much. Second, many of the foods are fried and many more are packed with oil, salt and sugar to boost the flavor.
Order by the serving size, not by weight. When ordering prepared foods from behind the counter, ask the server to give you enough the number of people eating. For example, "I need enough to serve three people, and I'm serving a salad and brown rice along with it." If the server is no help, then go by the palm of your hand. You want a serving size of meat or protein about the size of your hand. The rest of the meal you can round out with vegetables and whole grains.
Go for sushi. Low in fat, high in healthy omega-3 fatty acids, sushi is one of your best bets when running into your local grocer for dinner. Can't stand the thought of raw fish? Most groceries stock a selection of cooked fish sushi or even veggie-only sushi.
Pick up a rotisserie chicken. Add a salad-in-a-bag, a box of instant brown rice and some sliced tomatoes and you�ve got a healthy, easy, barely-have-to-cook meal. Remove the skin. Much of the internal fat from a rotisserie chicken drips out in the cooking, but the skin still holds lots of the stuff.
Choose prepared soups made with veggies in place of meat, like black bean soup, lentil soup or minestrone. Little fat is added to these soups. However, avoid creamy or cheesy soups like broccoli-and-cheese or cream of asparagus. If you're not sure, ask about the composition of the soup stock. The best is vegetable broth, followed by chicken broth, then beef and finally cream.
Adapted From Stealth Health, Reader's Digest Canada

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