3 Basic Types of Friends

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The Pearl of a Happy Home

Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills every breast,
When one their wish and one their prayer
And one their heav'nly rest.

Happy the home where Jesus' name
Is sweet to every ear,
Where children early lisp His fame
And parents hold him dear.

Happy the home where prayer is heard
And praise is wont to rise,
Where parents love the sacred Word
And all its wisdom prize.

Lord, let us in our homes agree
This blessed peace to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.
~Henry Ware, Jr.

"My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother"
~Proverbs 1:8

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Word of the Day

It's been a while since I posted, but here is an awesome word that came out of my devotion this morning. I am taking an excerpt from the Celebration Series. The title of the lesson is Principle of the Spirit-Filled Life, and the focus scripture is John 16:13 which states, "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Excerpt:

The world's wisdom says, "To accumulate you must get." God's wisdom says, "To accumulate you must give." Man's wisdom says, "The way to honor is exaltation." God's wisdom says, "The way to honor is humility." Divine judgement is reserved for those who are guided by the Spirit.

Feast on that today.

Side note: Give!

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Kari & Whitney to Spain

Only through research can we understand the needs of our people and create effective strategies to address minority persistence in engineering. Our goal is to become subject matter experts in engineering self-efficacy of African American students. To pursue this goal we had the unique privilege of writing a paper about the National Society of Black Engineers and the role the organization has on its students (see below). Our paper is titled Understanding Engineering Self-efficacy of Students Involved with Professional Minority Engineering Societies. It has been accepted to the 2011 Research in Engineering Education Symposium in Madrid, Spain, October 4-7, 2011.

We humbly seek your sponsorship to help fund our journey. The cost per person including registration, airfare, and accommodations is approximately $1,800.

The objectives of this trip are to present our paper, make global contacts in engineering education, and bring awareness to the global community about the National Society of Black Engineers. Your generous sponsorship would help us achieve these objectives.  We are very excited about this opportunity and would love if you could assist us in any way.

We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for considering this request.

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More on Friendship

This excerpt is taken from Pearls from Proverbs:

Intimate friends are rare in life. Often we have only one, occasionally two...usually not more than three in our entire lives. There's something about an intimate friend that causes your souls to be knit together. It's what we call a kindred spirit. Intimate friendship has four characteristics. First, an intimate friend is willing to sacrifice...Second, an intimate friend is a loyal defense before others...Third, intimate friends give each other complete freedom to be themselves...And finally, an intimate friend is a constant source of encouragement.

~Charles Swindoll

Think long and hard about who your friends are --on Facebook or otherwise.

This post is dedicated to Amanda Posey.

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The Pearl of Friendship

I am a friend of God. He calls me friend! Today's pearl is the pearl of friendship. We use that word lightly, don't we? I mean look at what Facebook has done to the word friend? At one point I had more than 1,500 "friends" on my page. Do I really know that many people, and if I do, do I really want to share my life with them? I began to delete "friends" from my page, and then I just deactivated it. I want to cultivate real relationships. Besides...Twitter is more fun!

Proverbs 17:17 says, "a friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." OMG! The first part of this statement is hard to swallow. AT ALL TIMES? What about when they make me mad?! But wait, a brother is born FOR adversity? The Amplified version says this: a friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity. So you mean to tell me as a friend I need to love (all the time) and be ready to handle adversity? Woa. Do you know anyone who fits that description? I do. GOD.

The song below says, "I am a friend of God. He calls me friend." So we ought to love God all the time and understand that because we love God we will face adversity. Now that's the truth. Can you handle the truth?

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Music Monday

If I told you what I really need from thee would your heart and soul say yes? That's what God wants to know. Our answer should be quite simple: "Yes." This song is a few years old, but it gets me every time. Have you honestly told God yes? Yes, I will declare your glory. Yes, I will sing for you. Yes, I will submit my will to yours. If you haven't now is a good time.

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