One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.”
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
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I'm going to take you up on the challenge and look through all your posts. :)(can you tell I have WAAAAAY too much time on my hands?) ;)
I have looked through every post 3 times and the closest pictures I can find are in the blue berry pictures post.
That was not a challenge!!!! That was a "somebody would have to be crazy serious about figuring out my trick pics if they would attempt that"!!!!!!
And yes, you obviously had FAR to much time on your hands if you have already been through each post three times!!! You want me to tell your Mother so she can remedy that ;)?
That pictures isn't from blueberry picking... I'm not sure what picture you could be talking about. ...Not to mention, I said I posted the picture last year, and I just added the pictures to the blueberry picking posts last week.
Oh, and, not to mention, since I said I posted them last year, why in the world have you read every single post three times if you could have just read all of last year's posts nine times, instead?!
I don't want it to sound like I'm picking, but, Kaitlyn, I am laughing SOOOO hard here!!! I never thought that this post would cause so much mirth on my end, heeheehee.
I am really looking forward to seeing you next Friday :)...
:) I took it as a challenge. ;)And yes, I'm crazy. ;P NO. Don't tell mom. ;) I still had a little school left and we were VERY busy that day.... But like you said , I reallllllllly wanted to figure out what it was. :) I didn't catch the "I posted them last year" part. :P I wish I had though.... :) The blue berry picking picture I was talking about was 2/3 years ago.
Don't worry, I don't think your picking on me. I'm laughing too!! :) Can't wait to see you again too!!!!! :) :)
I know the blueberry post was posted a year or two ago, but I only added the pictures last week :). It was featured in my "Post of many changes" ;)...
So, you looked all through my blog three times on a time crunch?! No wonder you haven't found it... Heeheehee... Aren't I being helpful ;)?...
Now. I'll give you a couple hints...
*It was posted last year. In TWENTY TWELVE, ;).*
*I love history.*
*And what is my birth month?*
If you can figure that out, and actually read the posts as you zoom down the page, you should get it ;). I still say you just blow up the picture on your computer and see everything in more detail...
I'll message you tomorrow if I get the chance :). Otherwise, you'll just have to wait until Friday to hear from me ;). Right now, I should go tat a couple bookmarks before we start sewing tea towel dresses for the auction tomorrow ;P. I have a drawing that is calling out to me, but I shall ignore... my chocolate stash is a bit harder to keep quite, though ;). Heehee :).
:) Oh I already figured it out. ;) But thanks for the hints!! We are sick, so we probably wont be able to meet tomorrow. :( WAIT..... u have a chocolate stash?!? How many times have I been over to your house? And you never shared?! ;) I'm joking. I wouldn't share my chocolate stash with anyone either. :) Please message me!! :)
As soon as you tell us what it is, I'll show a close up ;).
You all are sick? I thought we weren't coming because WE were sick, lol...
Heehee... Kaitlyn :)... oops! Cat's out of the bag! What chocolaty things can you eat right now? I doubt chewy Milk Duds would be included, but I think I actually have a couple plain mini chocolates, haha. Sound tantalizing ;)?... What do you have? ;)
I'll get back to you later!
;) It's the toad picture (I STILL can't find where the toad is.... :P)
Yes, we are STILL sick. I haven't had it yet thankfully though. It might be that I'm outside almost every day playing tennis though. :)Haha, I'm getting my braces off in April hopefully!! So then I can have anything I want!!! :) But for now I can have most chocolate. Maybe not chewy Milk duds though. ;) It sounds very tantalizing.. (what ever that means... ;))
I like Hershey kisses, they are my favorite.
Heeheehee! I posted an up close picture ;).
I guess that is one good thing about tennis! Haha :). I was one of the last to get it here, too, and it doesn't seem to be hitting me as hard. Abbi had it sooooo bad for two days straight, poor thing :(. Bethi and Andrew had it really bad for a day or two, also, but now Peter has it the worst :(. I've managed to stay away from the fever, and haven't had congestion nearly as bad as the others, but throat feels like it has knives in it at times :P... I can handle that if that's all I get, though!
I think I have some Hersheys... If I will when we're finally well enough to see you or not, I don't know ;)...
Haha, you don't know what the words means, as you use it?!!!
"Tantalizing: To tease or torment by promising or showing something desirable and then denying access to it."
Heehee, doesn't that sound mean?!
Lol... I really do like you, Kaitlyn ;).
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