Happy Birthday to...

[Tiger]

 :) My riding buddy and good friend...KEV10104 8)

          8).......HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...AND MANY MORE TO COME....... 8)
8) TIGER...

[vadasz1]

Hey yours is 1.5 weeks after mine.  Happy Birthday Kev.

[kev10104]

Thanks buddy,I really appreciate it.

[Tiffanator]

You share a birthday with a very important person... ME!  ;D Happy one day late birthday.

[fiddlesticks]

Hey happy belated bud.  We'll see you this weekend. :)

[funkamongus]

Happy Birthday Ladies and guys!!

[akvision]

hey, when your lucky, they come every year..  Happy Birthday everyone.. ride safe.

[kev10104]

Thank you everyone for the well wishes.That is what makes birthdays great.

[Cdnlouie]

Another Belated Best Wishes Kevin!  I might as well toss in a Merry Christmas  :laugh: too, and then I'll be on time.  Time for a long winter's nap with Visions of sugar plums and the like.

Cheers!

[kev10104]

I appreciate that Cecil and a Merry Christmas to you as well.

[akvision]

Hey all, remember that Dec 25 is a Birthday party too!  We all get to celebrate.

[Brian Moffet]

Hey all, remember that Dec 25 is a Birthday party too!  We all get to celebrate.

Sure is, if it wasn't for Isaac Newton, we wouldn't know calculus (although, as he said, he stood on the shoulders of giants)

[funkamongus]

You got it Ak!!

[Lucky]

'Cmon Brian, that's SIR Isaac Newton.  Let's not diminish the mans accomplishments! ;)

[Cdnlouie]

Have you also heard about the little Jewish boy, who was far less remarkable than Sir Isaac Newton, but far more remarkable in what he accomplished for us all?

Almost three millenium ago a wise old fellow by the name of Isaiah told us about his fame (Isaiah 53:3) He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

I thank him for that great accomplishment for me, and consider it a privilege to be invited to the celebration of his birth  :).

You're in good company Kevin! 

[Brian Moffet]

Have you also heard about the little Jewish boy, who was far less remarkable than Sir Isaac Newton, but far more remarkable in what he accomplished for us all?

No, I haven't run across him before.

[Tiger]

 :) Here Brian, this wee Jewish boy.....

Remember My Birthday?



As you well know, we are getting closer to My birthday.

Every year there is a celebration in My honor and I think

that this year the celebration will be repeated. During

this time there are many people shopping for gifts,

there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and

in every part of the world everyone is talking that

My birthday is getting closer and closer.



It is really very nice to know, that at least once a year,

some people think of Me. As you know, the celebration of

My birthday began many years ago. At first people seemed

to understand and be thankful of all that I did for them,

but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for

the celebration. Family and friends get together and have

a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the

celebration.



I remember that last year there was a great feast in My

honor. The dinner table was full of delicious foods,

pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates.  The

decorations were exquisite and there were many, many

beautifully wrapped gifts. But, do you want to know

something? I wasn't invited. I was the guest of honor

and they didn't remember to send Me an invitation.



The party was for Me, but when that great day came, I

was left outside, they closed the door in my face...

and I wanted to be with them and share their table. In

truth, that didn't surprise Me because in the last few

years all close their doors to me.



Since I was not invited, I decided to enter the party

without making any noise. I went in and stood in a corner.

They were all drinking; there were some who were drunk and

telling jokes and laughing at everything. They were having

a great time. To top it all, this big fat man all dressed

in red wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling

Ho-Ho-Ho!  He seemed drunk. He sat on the sofa and all the

children ran to him, saying, "Santa Claus, Santa Claus"...

as if the party were in his honor!



At 12 midnight all the people began to hug each other; I

extended my arms waiting for someone to hug Me and ... do

you know ... no one hugged Me.   Suddenly they all began

to share gifts. They opened them one by one with great

expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if,

maybe, there was one for Me.



What would you feel if on your birthday everybody shared

gifts and you did not get one? I then understood that I was

unwanted at that party and quietly left. Every year it gets

worse. People only remember to eat and drink, the gifts,

the parties and nobody remembers Me. I would like this

Christmas that you allow Me to enter into your life. I would

like that you recognize the fact that almost two thousand

years ago I came to this world to give my life for you,

on the cross, to save you. Today, I only want that you

believe this with all you heart.



I want to share something with you. As many didn't invite

Me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a

grandiose party that no one has ever imagined, a spectacular

party. I'm still making the final arrangements. Today I am

sending out many invitations and there is an invitation for

you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will make a

reservation for you and write your name with golden letters

in my great guest book. Only those on the guest list will be

invited to the party.  Those who don't answer the invitation

will be left outside.



Do you know how you can answer this invitation? It is by

extending it to others whom you care for...



I'll be waiting for all of you to attend my party this year...



See you soon... I love you!



~Jesus~

[67GTO]

Very well put :)

Something we all need to think about.

[67GTO]

A story that Paul Harvey would read this time of year :)

http://www.tyny.com/christmasstory.html

[Brian Moffet]

Here Brian, this wee Jewish boy.....

Even more so than politics, I don't discuss my religion.  But I am more that willing and eager to wish you all a merry christmas, and peace in the new year.

Brian