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God's Artwork

I challenge you to slow down today and look around at God's amazing artwork. There is so much beauty around us and we often get too busy to notice. He has blessed us with so many beautiful creations.

P.S. The first place you can find one of his beautiful creations is in a mirror.



A cirumhorizontal arc seen for about an hour above northern Idaho on June 3, 2006.

Me Church

For Arkansas Voters

It's so important to vote. And it's even more important to be informed before you go to the polls so you know what and who you are voting for. Here are some links for Arkansas voters.

Links to the issues you will vote on November 4 so you can make an informed decision. And for more information on each issue, go to www.ballotpedia.org and do a search for them.

http://www.votenaturally.org/2008_elections/Referred_Question_No1.html


http://www.votenaturally.org/2008_elections/Proposed_Referred_Constitutional_Amendment_No1.html


http://www.votenaturally.org/2008_elections/Proposed_Referred_Constitutional_Amendment_No2.html


http://www.votenaturally.org/2008_elections/Proposed_Initiative_Constitutional_Amendment_No3.html


http://www.votenaturally.org/2008_elections/Proposed_Initiative_Act_No1.html


You can go here to see who is running in each district so you can research them before you vote.

http://www.votenaturally.org/2008_elections/candidates_ballot_issues_nov4_election.pdf


Go here to check and make sure you are registered to vote. Click on your name to see which districts you will vote for.

https://www.voterview.ar-nova.org/




Below you will find the early voting information for Pulaski County. Be sure to note the days and times of the specific location where you plan to go because the main location is different than the satellite locations across the county.

Pulaski County Regional Building early voting hours and dates: (this building is across Broadway from the courthouse and across Markham from the LR City Hall Building)

Mon. October 20th – Friday, October 24th – 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Sat. October 25th – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Mon. October 27th – Friday, October 31st – 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Sat. November 1st – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Last day: Mon. November 3rd –8:00 am—ends at 5:00 pm



Other Early Voting Locations and hours:

Hours and dates:

Mon. October 20th – Friday, October 24th - 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Sat. October 25th – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Mon. October 27th – Friday, October 31st – 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Last day: Sat. November 1st – 10:00 am—ends at 4:00 pm



Sue Cowan Williams Library 1800 S. Chester—LR

Dee Brown Library 6325 Baseline Road—LR

Roosevelt Thompson Library 38 Rahling Circle—LR

McMath Library 2100 John Barrow Road—LR

William F. Laman Library 2801 Orange Street—NLR

Jacksonville City Hall #1 Industrial Drive--Jacksonville

Jess Odom Community Center 1100 Edgewood Drive—Maumelle

Jack Evans Senior Citizen Ctr 2301 Thornhill Dr.—Sherwood

God and The Scientist

God is sitting in Heaven when a scientist says to Him, "Lord, we don't need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what you did in the 'beginning'."

"Oh, is that so? Tell me", replies God.

"Well", says the scientist, "we can take dirt and form it into the likeness of you and breathe life into it, thus creating man."

"Well, that's interesting. Show Me. "

So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to mold the soil.

"Oh no, no, no..." interrupts God,



"Get your own dirt."

Tithe = Blessing

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." Malachi 3:10

I have a personal testimony to this scripture and I've recently felt led to share it.

Last year when my husband and I truly started living for the Lord and putting Him first, I started feeling convicted about tithing. We would put a little money in the offering plate each Sunday, but we weren't giving 10% of our income to the church. Instead, we were impulsively spending money on many "wants." Even though I was feeling convicted about it, I didn't say anything to my husband because I didn't want to push him into tithing. After all, God wants us to be a cheerful giver, not a giver whose wife guilted him into it. But apparently, God was working on my husband's heart, too. Around the first of this year he came to discuss it with me and we both decided we needed to start tithing. Many churches aren't able to reach out to the community and the world due to inadequate financial support. We don't want to hinder our church from ministering to the world...we want to help our church do this.

Now, let me back up a little. Before this year, we had tried for 3 years to get pregnant. We went to doctors and were told my husband would probably never get me pregnant. We tried IVF, but some of the medications I had to take right before the procedure caused blood clots in my lungs and I almost died. We already had my son from my previous marrage, who my husband adopted, and we finally gave into the idea that he was going to be an only child.

As I mentioned before, around the beginning of the year, we started tithing 10% of our income to our church. We've never seen it as a struggle, or something we HAVE to do. We have always seen it as something we WANT to do. We don't think of that 10% as our money...it belongs to God and we have no right to it. Well, in March of this year I found out that I was pregnant! You can imagine our surprise and delight at the news. Our baby is due in 4 weeks and we are having another son. I truly believe that this baby is a direct result of our obedience to the Lord. He really opened up the floodgates of heaven and poured out the greatest blessing I could have hoped for.

When people tell me they can't affored to tithe, I just tell them I can't afford NOT to.