Do you deserve justice or mercy? O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my body is in agony. I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me? Psalm 6:1-3 NLT "You have heard that the Law of Moses says, 'Love your neighbor' and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting like true children of your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:43-45 NLT About this week's promise When others wrong us, we cry out for justice. When we wrong God, we cry out for mercy. Fortunately, God is merciful. But if we don't accept his merciful gift of salvation, we are subject to God's justice, the punishment of eternal death and separation from God. Until God sets up his eternal kingdom, where perfect justice prevails, justice will continue to be needed here on earth - both God's justice to urge us toward his kingdom, and law and order to keep anarchy from ruling. But we would do well to learn some lessons about God's mercy as we mete out justice. While justice provides law and order, mercy provides hope and forgiveness - God's formula for restoration.
from TouchPoint Bible with commentary by Ron Beers and Gilbert Beers, Tyndale House Publishers (1996), pp 1220-21 Content is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale Publishing House
Happy Birthday to my wonderful, loving husband, Michael. Wishing you many more blessings throughout. - PC
2009 Bolivar Lighthouse Krewe (Pictured Left)
Tangy Atwood & Jerry Mittendorf
2010 Bolivar Lighthouse Krewe (Pictured Right)
Bekki Salling (Queen)
Larry Skiles (King)
Mary Ann Rogers, emcee
Bolivar Lighthouse Krewe 2010 Court
Lighthouse
Krewe Mardi Gras Ball will be January 30, 2010 at Coconuts
Restaurant starting at 7:00 p.m. Guests
welcome.
Mardi Gras
2010
2010 Mardi Gras
Parade
Theme is Lighthouse Krewe "Loves" Mardi Gras
Parade
date is February 13th
Starting
at Coconuts Restaurant traveling east to
Gregory
Park
Parade Entry fee
$10
Krewe
members free
For
Information contact
Anne
Willis, Parade Captain, 409-457-7400
2010 Bolivar Lighthouse Krewe Court
Mavis Hunstiger, Lois Riley, Bobbey White, Terry Molloy
Jerry Mittendorf, Jim Salling, George Strong, Ed Riley
For
those of you needing an application to enter your float, trailer, golf cart,
etc. please call the Bolivar Chamber of Commerce 684-5940 or Anne Willis, Parade Captain,
409-457-7400
Outrageous move to dilute authority of Texas peace officers A COMMENTARY by The Police News
The Police News
January 9, 2009
THE WAY WE SEE IT: A COMMENTARY
How shocking to discover that with law enforcement
agencies nationwide begging for police recruits to fill the severe shortage of
police officers, with rising crime rates almost everywhere, especially in
Galveston County, that the Galveston County Judge and some commissioners are
brow beating Constables not to perform law enforcement duties but to restrict
their activities to being process servers and baliffs for JP courts.
January
8, 2010
Posted: January 7, 2010, 10:57 PM CST Last updated: January 8,
2010, 6:01 AM CST
About 500 BolivarPeninsula beachfront lots should be in
the first phase of a FEMA buyout in GalvestonCounty, clearing the way
for recreational and other public projects.
GalvestonCounty seeks
contractors for home repairs
January 06,
2010
The Galveston County Housing Recovery
Program has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposals
(RFP) as the first step in ramping up an aggressive home repair and building
program designed to have residents impacted by Hurricane Ike back in their
homes early in the year.
CRYSTAL
BEACH - A fire destroyed a house in Crystal Beach Thursday night. Firefighters had to cope with ice on the
ground and icicles on their gear as temperatures dropped below freezing.
Headway: Nearly two years ago today, the U.S. Coast
Guard rescued Joe and Terry Butcher, along with Joe's brother, Douglas Butcher,
after their sailboat, Red Cloud, was struck by 25-foot seas 200 miles offshore. http://galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=dd4555e7ffb2e9da
Cobb Real Estate’s new office space is now OPEN. After working out of a travel trailer for over a year, Cobb Real Estate has officially moved into their new and spacious offices. Everyone is enjoying their very own office, conference room and kitchen. Grand Opening will be hosted in the near future.
The space where St. Theresa Catholic Church in Crystal Beach, TX once stood is now under construction. As you can see from the Big Store parking lot, cranes are in a fenced in lot across the street.
Sandy Shores Subdivision gets a new sign clearly pointing the way to its entrance with vibrant art work.
"Three things in human life
are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is
to be kind." - Henry James
Word
of the Century
"Google"
"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing
in the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
For Sale:
10 PRIME LakeLots
1/4 acre Lake Front lots $85K
72 (wide)
x 195 (deep)ea.
Great
Fishing Spot - Reds, Specks, Flounder, Croaker and Lg. Blue Crab
Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl
whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?"
The mother replied, "Because white is the color of
happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life."
The child thought about this for a moment then said, "So
why is the groom wearing black?"
As temperatures are dropping, people need hats,
gloves, warm socks, blankets, towels, and the pantry needs soups (cup-a-soups,
Raman noodles, canned soups, etc.), coffee, tea, hot chocolate, sugar,
sweetener, milk, creamer, paper cups and napkins. You can drop items off at the
office (2622 Market St.,
Galveston). We can pick them up
if you call 409-762-2233.Ted Hanley, Executive director, The Jesse Tree
Smoke billowing across the plains off the bay side in Gilchrist Sunday afternoon.
The FEMA trailer which housed the FEMA on-site office was moved off the High Island property on Sunday afternoon.
Did You Know?
Peel a banana from the
bottom and you won't have to pick the little 'stringy
things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Trees for the BolivarPeninsula
Winnie Burkett
Sanctuary Manager Houston
Audubon
Houston Audubon will be giving
away native trees and shrubs in an effort to help peninsula property owners
eplant their property.To receive plants
property owners need to sign up by email Flo Hannah, at fhannah@houstonaudubon.org or by
calling the Houston Audubon office at 713-932-1639.A Houston Audubon staff member will visit
properties to determine what species would be appropriate for the property and
may collect a soil sample for testing if it looks like there is still salt in
the soil.Plants will be delivered
toproperty owners and planting help is available if needed.
This project is funded by
Together Green a project of National Audubon and Toyota.The Apache Foundation donated 500 trees and shrubs to be planted on the
peninsula.
Did You Know?
Take your bananas apart when
you get home from the store.If you
leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
GALVESTONCOUNTY
ANNOUNCES STARTUP OF HOUSING PROGRAM
To: Galveston County Residents (Excluding the City of Galveston residents - the City of Galveston has
their own program that they will administer for local residents)
Re: List of documents that potential applicants can begin
gathering.
Below is a list of documents and information that applicants should collect in
advance to help ensure a more efficient application process.
Light conservation is not about forcing
anybody to do something; we are just giving information that could influence personal
decisions as we are rebuilding. There are lighting options that work just as
well for the intended user that won't affect our neighbors or the rest of the
universe.
One day Boudreaux went to the car dealership, he brought his
best friend Thibodeaux along. He decide to test drive his new car first. So
they were going down I-10 and Boudreaux told Thibodeaux to climb on to the
trunk and see if his blinkers worked. So Thibodeaux climbed to the back and
Boudreaux said "Check the left one first!," and then he turned it on.
Thibodeaux said "Mais, Yes. Mais, No."
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