Just finished "Divergent" by Veronica Roth and I really enjoyed it. Not sure what to read next... Either book 3 of the Game of Thrones series, or possibly "The Paris Wife".

Quite the opposite since I live on the face of the sun. :tongue_smilie: It will be 90 degrees with 90% humidity, sunshine and blue skies.... Just like every other day of the year. ETA: I am perfectly happy with it too. I hate cold and snow and ice and slush and gray skies....brrrrr

My dh and ds are ADHD. We have not had good luck with medicine in general. While the meds have helped with attention issues, the side effects have been horrible. For my dh, the meds caused him to be angry and caused ED (he said he would rather have attention issues any day of the week :tongue_smilie:). Apparently ED is a common side effect for men. For my ds, the meds made him angry and moody and exacerbated his motor tics. They have tried concerta and adderall and strattera. All of them caused weight loss due to no appetite and insomnia. So they are not on any meds. I hope they work better for you.

I think it was about $2000. It was a beautiful, lace, sequined, Cinderella dress. I loved it. That was in 1997. I then paid another $200 to have it preserved and sealed.

Aww... Thank you so much for opening your home to foster children. :grouphug:

I'd fly you all here and treat you to tandoori chicken and eggs sambal and dosai bread. Then we would go sari shopping!

This week alone... There's the staff breakfast, and the luncheon hosted by the senior management team, and the National staff party and classroom parties in every grade (all of which I had to attend and take bites of everything the cutie pies offered to me with their big doe eyes), etc. I feel yucky. If I eat one more rich or sugary treat I am going to barf. :tongue_smilie:

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:iagree: very sound advice. And I will be praying for you. Much can happen in 4 years. :grouphug:

How terribly sad.

Well there goes my evening... I just spent untold time reading that blog and laughing like a lunatic.:lol:

Stick with this and you will be fine. This is exactly what God wants from us too. :grouphug:

But see, we will be. Even Paul says "What? You think because you are saved by grace that you get a free pass to keep on sinning as much as you want? May it never be so!" We WILL be judged by our actions...those who love the Father do the will of the Father. MANY will say "Lord, Lord"...many will CLAIM to be christians... but Christ will say "Get away from me. I never knew you." Matthew 25:31 “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38 And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39 When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ 41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; 43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ 44 Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not [e]take care of You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.â€

No. :D It just means she has an opinion. I believe skiing is a dangerous, ridiculous activity. It's just my opinion. There are spine issues and there are rib issues. Issues such as NOT believing that Jesus is God's son will affect your salvation. They are the very foundations of the Christian faith. Rib issues are more personal convictions but they do NOT affect your salvation. For instance, some women feel convicted to wear a head covering. There is nothing sinful or not sinful about that. It is a personal conviction. The woman who thinks that celebrating CHristmas will send you to hell has really just taken a personal conviction (a rib issue) and turned it into a spine issue. HTH

Well someone just brought this thread to my attention. I am terribly sorry my sentence "bugged" you but in my defense, you did take it out of context. I was answering in regards to a woman who thought celebrating christmas would send you to hell. And my response was that is foolishness. One's salvation is not based in whether or not they celebrate christmas. That IS an erroneous view of salvation. But to answer your question: Salvation is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit to regenerate the heart of man and enable saving faith. We do not choose God. He chooses us. We are DEAD in our trespasses and would NEVER of our own accord choose the things of God. Therefore, I do not believe in the "sinner's prayer". There are no magical words you repeat after someone that give you salvation. So yes, I believe in grace alone. I do not believe that I am saved because I made some clever choice. I am saved because God is merciful. Good works proceed from salvation. They are not the cause of it. Also, salvation is an event. But the process of growing more Christ-like in our daily lives is sanctification. It is an on-going process that will never end until we are with God. So yes, Christians who believe in grace alone DO still sin. We are to continuously repent of those sins and strive to be more like Christ every day. We are not perfect, just forgiven. But we cannot earn our salvation by doing good deeds. That cheapens the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. If all I have to do is a bunch of good deeds to get into heaven then why do I need a savior? As far as good works are concerned: I do the will of MY Father because he is MY Father. And he is NOT MY Father if I am not saved. I was raised in a tiny legalistic church. I was surrounded by hypocrisy. As a result I walked away from the church for about 15 years. It was the truth of salvation by grace alone that brought me back. My salvation is not dependent on my choice, my good deeds, etc. and it also has nothing to do with the behavior of my fellow professing christians. I cannot use the bad behavior of others to justify my own behavior.

Here is a list for you: http://www.amazon.com/Sensory-Processing-Integration-Disorder-Books/lm/R9SGJQ9TFP338 When my ds was that age he really enjoyed "The Goodenoughs Get in Sync" as it talks about mom, dad, and the kids all having different versions of SI. It's on the list. HTH

Oh my word... That is AWESOME. :lol::lol::lol:

Definitely O Come O Come Emmanuel.

Awww.... :grouphug:

Exactly. The word "testament" means "covenant" so it is the New Covenant. Christ affirmed the moral laws including 9 of the 10 commandments (he did not affirm the not-working-on-the-sabbath) and giving is spoken of many times throughout the NT. We are to help the poor, the orphans, the widows. We are to be a cheerful giver, a sacrificial giver. But there is nothing about 10%.

:iagree: We also do not believe in "recreational" dating as it really serves no purpose except to put hormonal teens in a situation they do not need to be in. If oneis not ready to start seeking a spouse, there really is no point in giving your heart to someone only to give or receive emotional scars and there is no point in adding unnecessary temptation to your life. When my ds is old enough to start considering women as potential spouses, then he can "date" or "court" or whatever you want to call it. He already prays for whoever his potential spouse is.

oh YUM. Totally stealing this. Thanks!

-no eye contact -when you have a conversation with him it is as if he is not listening at all and when he replies it is about something completely unrelated. -random comments, often unintentionally hurtful (like yesterday they were in their math lesson and he randomly yells out "That picture is ugly" while pointing to a classmate's drawing). -last night at our christmas musical, he stood there on stage sort of just looking around, didnt sing a single word, didnt seem to notice that there were over a hundred kids around him singing, shaking maraccas, doing dance moves they had learned for the last few months. It's like he was totally oblivious. It was not that he forgot the words or was even nervous. It was more like he didnt notice it was even happening. I said to my dh, "Watch that little boy right there for a while and give me your first impression." he watched for a few minutes then said "He looks like he's, I don't know, um...slow?" -doesn't seem to "get it" when he hurts someone's feelings -even when I had to scold him for something, he was just not picking up that I was upset with him -often has a vacant look on his face -very smart and VERY verbal...talks like an adult and talks/worries about adult things -physically very awkward -wants to make friends but many of the kids avoid him because of his odd behavior -often refuses to eat anything for lunch -throws up over the slightest thing... at drop off every day, if you try to make him eat his lunch, if there is a change in the routine... any of these things can make him cry and if he cries, he pukes There's more but the word that just continually springs to mind is "odd" or maybe "off". His behavior is just...off. I was researching last night and I found a hospital that has an occupational therapist so that's a start but I dont know how much they know about Asperger's here. I made a phone call and am waiting to here back from them. I do have an ace in the hole in that at this point, we are thinking of putting him back into preschool (he is in kindy) because his social skills are SO FAR off. His parents dont want this so they may be willing to take him in to have him assessed if it is a condition for staying in kindy. I hate to resort to that but most parents here will NOT seek out any services otherwise. 1. Please pray that this occupational therapist knows something about asperger's. 2. Any suggestions for this child in the classroom setting are welcome I dont know what it is but I am just really attached to this child. He is so sweet and I just love him. I want to get him the early intervention he needs even if I have to resort to extortion to do it.:tongue_smilie:

:lol::lol: so glad I am not the only one. This board has ruined me. :tongue_smilie:

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