BobbyMike
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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: "Children are a gift from God, they are a reward"
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My birthday was Sunday, April 21st. On your birthday I was recovering from the pneumonia I caught while building the new chicken coop on my first vacation in 9 years. (Some of you might be wondering how someone could catch pneu. in late April- well you see the f*****g weather has been sucking lately, what with the sleet, snow and hail) I also had a flat tire on my 240sx (brand new tire), only 9 out of 40 chicks survived a hatch (down from 20 out of 21 during the last hatch) and every day I live longer is one day closer to 40.
On days (weeks) like these I turn to the book of James and remember to
" ... consider it all joy, my brethen, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing...."
James 1:2-4 (my emphasis)
or as Mr. "God is dead" Nietzche said,
"What does not kill you, makes you stronger" (or sumpin' like that)
Happy Birthday!!
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