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f Cht^hNe^ J (WORDS Cf HOPE I By Char tea W. Godfrey, i., ?jl1 p?. p"W*r AdvMtiM Cfcwcb A b. mper sticker reads, "You are a child of God., Please call home!" This is a striking way of saying, "Don't forget to pray. Your heavenly Father loves you and longs to hear from you." A theologian has said this very well: "In all of our praying we need to begin with the recollection that God is again calling us to come. Our role is not that of initiating prayer but of obedient response. We speak to God in prayer because he has first > poken to us, just as we 'ove God because, as John observed, God first loved us. All prayer is an act of obedience... "We tend not to recognize the prevenient action of God toward us and upon us, for we do not want to root our praying in obedience. We prepfer to ground our prayer in our own need and desire, praying when we want to or need to." (Charles Whiston, Pray, A Study of Distinctive Christian IVaying, Grand Kapids, Mich., Eerdmans, 1972, pp. 30, 31). In other words, we should pray as a response to God's love, not merely because we want o need something. Is this a n> w idea to you? Think it over. I believe you will agree that it will add new meaning to prayer. Could it be that this type of prayer will place greater emphasis on praise and thanksgiving? That is the way we should respond to God's grace. Let us thank Him every day for the blessings of life, for family and friends and food and work. Let us thank Him for the forgiveness and salvation that He has provided in Christ, and let us thank Him for the assurances we have of His love and care. This kind of prayer will cause our relationship to God to become closer, warmer, and more real. We will not be merely going through the motions of saying our prayers - we will be "calling home." And we will go from these prayer sessions with something of the joy that we feel when we talk to a distant loved one ov^r the telephone. It "makes our day." How different this is from the prayers that consist almost entirely in requests. Such prayers are like the phone calls home of college students who call only when they run out of money. "Give me" is the principle expressi on in many prayers. God is conceived of as a celestial coin-operated dispenser where we deposit our pray ers and expect immediate returns. Often we pray for things we should not have or for things we should work for rather than pray for. Often our prayers are moti vated by fear rather than love. They represent our final recourse when other means fail in our efforts to satisfy our desires. This does not mean that we should not take our petitions to God. He listens lovingly and patiently to our needs and desires. His answer may be "no" or "wait" or "yes." But, in any case. He knows best. But the quality of our prayers would be greatly enhanced if we could, in our own way, from the depth of our own hearts, say some thing like this: "Lord, because you have dealt so graciously with me, therefore I come to you to pray." Efficiency Small businesses that do not have or need a computer are getting a big hand from a simple, accurate system that handles all bookkeeping func tions, eliminating much of the , .errors and labor in record lieeping. Here's how it works: all the documents are ptMfed pancake style on top of each other on a pegboard so that one single writing does the total record keeping job. The saving of two-thirds the time is a major benefit of the sys tem appropriately called a "one-write" or "pegboard" system BOOK KEEPING IIL The ability to accurately re cord check data to employ ee records has made peg board payroll systems a big hit with small business. Called a Peglmard System, it is not only n complete, workable entity in itself, it may also be used as a com pletely. compatible data entry vehicle for the com puter. while providing that important audit trail and ac curate data for electronic re cording. According to the Na tional Pegboard Systems As sociation. not only do some companies use it. but an in creasing number of people use it to keep track of per sonal records and cancelled checks Free Brochure* An informative brochure about one-write pegboard systems and their use is avail able free if you write to: Na tional Pegboard Systems. 1010 Wisconsin Avenue N W S 630. Washington. D.C 20007 IT 'S A f ACT! One way to resolve the problem of aching feet is to massage them Warm, swirl ing water provides that mas saging affect A holiday gift that would be extra nice for many massages feet and hands is called Foot Saver Plus, made by I tarry Corpo ration It combines wet heat, massage and aeration work for comfort and relief The appliance has Vibra-Nodes to stimulate tired muscles Wet heat soothes aching feet, hands, elbows and wrists Aeration rases tension It can erase thej day's tensions in just minutes REFLECTIONS A1?01^ / O ? f ?? "? PfcT "? ?? >/ II A CHRISTMAS LETTER FROM MOTHER Twin Bridget, Montana- De cember 6, 1985-"Qur land scape still looks Christmasy with- several inches of snow on the ground. "Yesterday I went to Dillor with Betty (her niece). On the way home it was sunset time. It was very pretty and we could see it better and longer from that road, than from here in this narrow valley. Another bonus! "I'm happy to be in my own home in the country this winter. I love the wide open spaces as we have them here. "I trust that everyone who reads this will have a very lovely and satisfying Christi an Christmas in every way. How we do need to appreci ate what the Lord has done for us- and continues to do all the time. "May you be richly, blessed by Him. is my prayeis." Alta RedfieldN\ A NOTE TO WANDA KAY Mother also wrote note to Wanda Kay after had called to tell her th. my daughter's other gr; dma was in "Intensive ( ire." Here are some excerpt "Daar Wanda, Tm so sorry to hear of your grandmother's illness. All of you need to dep? >d much on God's help. I'm g ui you know how to pray and get answers. "May you have a pretty good Christmas." Lovingly, Ornndma {Nye | MAY YOU HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS! Christmas Day is almost upon us. For many of us it will not be a happy, carefree holiday this year. Some of our friends will be spending their first Christ mas as a "single-again" man or woman. Others will be mourning the loss of a dearly beloved child, parent, broth ers, sister or grandparent. I feel that I can relate to all oi these persons. At Christmas, 1978, we in the Ieon and Lonnie Oxen dine families were grateful that Gordon was still with us - after his serious head injury six months before. I spent that Christmas in Mon tana with my parents follow ing Daddy's first stroke. Christmas 1979 wa? both Leon's and my first I hrst mas without a father. By the next Christmas (1980) I was a "single- again widow.."-a mother without either one of my two sons. How glad I was then- and still am-to have a loving, understanding daughter! This Christmas (1985) finds my mother recovered from a bout with bronchitis and a touch of pneumonia. Now it is my mother in law's health which conct rns all of us Oxendines as seek to find meaning Christmas. Still?in the midst of e< > r thing else it is the CAmf of Christmas -and Easter- who can fill our aching hearts with LOVE and PEACE and inner JOY for Christmas 1985! CC nE TO THE BIBLE TO LEARN Bring your mind as well as your heart to The Bible. ? for froa. nocT?*rtartwJlntem!e3o?^h*^wilwipt5e : BMt mafca mora aonaa to modam raadara. aotta to T?w : La/mon'a National BMo Com mittaa. Inc., P.O. Boh 27B4. > Now York, N T 101B3 MT. AIRY NEWS ^ by Violet Locklear Last Sunday was a real Christmas Sunday (or us at church. We had a wonderful crowd with lots of visitors dropping in to worship with us. The Lord wonderfully blessed in our service. Three people trusted in Jesus for salvation, H?ey were Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ray Locklear also Mr. Rudy Lock]ear of the Union Chapel area. We rejoiced at the altar and in the aisles over these victories in salvation. It was good to have a gpod member of Rudy's family visiting with us. Hiis Sunday was a beautiful Christmas Sunday. Our group, enjoyed special music by our Young Adult Choir and Bro. Roecoe Jones. Several of our out of town relatives were home and in our church. Hie pastor's Christmas message was from John 1:14 "The Glory of the Only Begotten Son". Hie service was wanned by the presence of the Spirit in much power. I love Sunday at church. Our Christmas drama was presented by the youth again this year. Mrs. Delois Lowry and Royce Cummings directed the youth in the story "The Dowry".A church full of people attended the 5:90 p.m. services. After the program, the youth went caroling in the neighborhood. Hiey closed out the evening with hot chocolate at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Locklear, Jr. Our holiday season is also marred by gnei as we remember the family of Mr. Louis Carter. Louis passed away Saturday morning after an extended illness. He and his family resided in Fayetteville. Please remember Mrs. Mary Ella Carter, his mother, and all of her children. Also Louis had a large family. We need to think of them and pray for them. He gave a wonderfultestimony to his friends and family. We rejoice that he is comforted in the Lord. Hie January Bible Study will be held Jan. 6-8 at our church. There will be sessions for all ages. Adults will be in Hebrews; ?Youth in Deuteronomy. Hie pastor and the youth choir will be at the Assembly of God Church in Fayetteville this Saturday night at 7 p.m. If you want to, you can go along. There will be a Blood Drive for the Red Cross on January 4th at the ML Airy Fellowship Hall. Our goal is to reach 110 units. Bro. Harlie Well Locklear is in charge. I can remember very well when I had to have blood and also my son, in order for us to survive. I encourage all who can and will to donate for blood is definitely our life. S.F.C. (E7) Easther Jajn and family of Alexandria, Va. are spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Alford Locklear. She attended church Sunday. PFC Dwight Locklear of Fort Knox, Kentucky, Mr. Craig Allen Locklear of New Mexico and Mr. Gene Locklear of San Diego, California are all home for Christmas and attended church Sunday. Mrs. Fannie Lowry remains a patient in Southeastern General Hospital. Her condition remains serious. Miss Willie Mae Locklear is a patient in Southeastern General Hospital. Remember her also in your prayers. Rev. Jospeh Oxendine is home but he is in a very weak condition after being in Duke Hospital for a long time. We are still remembering Wanda Brayboy. She is home but is not doing well. CHRISTMAS The first Christinas withoutMom was the saddest one I ever experienced. For to me it had always been a precious time when we could get together. But now so many ot our loved ones are not with us. There is more .also to Christinas than exchanging gifts. The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen and even touched. They must be felt with the heart After all, this is the time of year when all of us should be together with our families, giving thanks for our many blessings and sharing with all mankind the spirit of brotherhood which began under the Star of Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago. My fondest hope is that the words "Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men", become more than just a slogan for this Holiday season. And my prayer is Dear Lord, grant that my soul may be as decorated as my tree, strung with lights of love that glow and warm the lives of all I know. Upon my thoughts and words and deed and lend my hands to others' needs. This Christmas ask yourself the question What is the greatest gift I can give to my loved ones and God? THE NEW YEAR APPROACHING Soon we come to the end of the year- only a little time, yet remains before the bells ring out the advent of a new year. So our lives move on onward down the river of time. We do not stop and think of the destiny of our lives very often. Too often we live our days on the surface and give no thought to these deeper facts of existence. My father was always a big man at heart until the day he left this mortal world. As a fine Christian man. He always could quote scriptures with the right passage for every occasion. He would say "Remember to serve God while you are still afloat on the river of time." And so, as the year comes to an end, may we ever stand on ??the bank of the river of time and thank our Almight God for the fleeting years he has given us. For He tells us in Revelation "Behold I make all things new." And so as we come to the beginning of a new year. It would be better to say '"Happy New You" So let's be thankful for ?he good things that happened in the year about to end. Christ is the only Eternal fact in the world's history. To him every thing looks forward or backward. So happy new year to everyone and may God bless you all. DEEPEST SYMPATHY Our deepest sympathy also goes out to the Brewington Family, husband and all family ties of Mrs. Zenatta Gale Regan and also to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Locklear and all th< familiy ties of Master Alton Ray Locklear- for a loved one to die is a heart breaking experience. But for that one to live might be worse, very much worse. Who but God really knows? Thus let us not judge God until all the facts are before us. The loss of a loved one is often referred to as a blow. For awhile you are going to be dazed and no one who has lost a loved one can expect to feel the same as always. There are certian inevitabilities in life and death is one of them. It comes of us sooner or later. We all share it As the old song tells us Not now but in the coming years, I may be in the better land. We'll read the meaning of our tears and there, some time we'll understand. NOT* jj A?/ ,fi <aee?TiuGs' * .X A ' t afcrf 7 J^WOCl p The Fiji Islands, Barbados and leal and do not hava armed forces Cxo ycv^fc1- .A BPeeuO 5om? of the most powerful flying Rih c?n Jump over ft* deck of a ?maH ahio ? ^ ^?7. J UNDERSTANDING OUR ECONOMY ' CON RAIL: CREATE JOBS. ELIMINATE SUBSIDIES What will become of Coo rail? How long can it survive? How will it survive? These are the questions of shippers, customers, employ ees whose jobs depend on Conrad's survival, and Amer ican taxpayers who have pumped $7 billion of govern ment subsidies into the rail road ? the same taxpayers - who may again be forced to bail-out Conrail if it cannot be restored to financial health. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole took a decisive step in that direction in Feb ruary when she selected Nor folk Southern Corporation from among several bidders to purchase the government's 85 percent share of Conrail for $1.2 billion. She said Norfolk Southern would offer Conrail a firm fi nancial foundation by joining it to a healthy rail network that extends throughout the south and midwest. Single system longhaul routes would create operating efficiencies that would reduce rates, chan nel new traffic onto Conrail and ease its dependence on traditional?and declining? northeastern smokestack in dustries. With more than 80 percent of all goods in the northeast now moving by truck over the highways, Nor folk Southern could help Con rail get some of that freight back on the rails, offering shippers a competitive op tion. Since the demise of the northeastern railroads over the past quarter century, fi nancial instability has raised questions of whether rail could ever thrive again in that part of the country. The pro posal to sell Conrail to Nor folk Southern is the govern ment's bet that rail can not only survive, but prosper in the northest. A look at recent facts indicates that Conrail, currently showing a profit, would have difficulty surviv ing on its own. Conrad's freight tonnage in 1984 was half the amount car ried by its predecessors in 1964; some 60,000 jobs have been cut just since 1976; and. so far in 1985, Conrail's traffic is nine percent below their plan, with revenues off six percent and net income down 40 percent. Norfolk Southern says it can halt that decline by open ing new north-south routes that will be attractive to ship pers. Its industrial develop ment specialists are confident that new business can be at tracted to the northeast and upper midwest once rail sta bility is restored to the region, with the efTect of not only generating increased traffic for the railroad but also creat ing new jobs ifT&n economi cally depressed area Congress must now approve Secretary Dole's selection of ~ Norfolk Southern. Spoilers and second-guessers have de layed action by the lawmak ers. and now Conrad's future teeters on the hrink of con tinued uncertainty Some sug gest leaving Conrail alone, ig noring the inescapable re sults of declining traffic and limited market reach < It tiers have urged Congress to sell Conrail to the public through a stock offering, hut it would still be forced to stand alone against steep odds. President Keagan believer the most reasonable solution has already been proposed by his transportation chief: con solidate an -ailing Conrail with a thriving Norfolk ."Skill i ern. He insists that govern ment has no business run ning a railroad, that the pri vate sector is where Conrail belongs. without further drain on the C.S. Treasury He wants to give Norfolk Southern the chance to turn a loser into a winner. SUSAN LUCCI'S WALNUT PESTO Ever wonder what are some of your favorite soap opera stars' most cherished recipes9 Susan Lucci, star of televi sion's number one rated day time soap, reveals one of her family's most-often requested pasta dishes: Walnut Pesto. It's an updated version of an Italian favorite. "My busy schedule requires that the food I prepare be ? quick and easy. Walnut Pesto fits my needs perfectly. I can whip it up in no time in my food processor. Sometimes I double the recipe and freeze half for later. The Diamond Walnuts add extra flavor, tex ture and nutrition," says Lucci. Currently Susan is acting as spokesperson for the Dia mond Walnut World's Richest Recipe Sweepstakes. A $25,000 diamond necklace plus more than $65,000 in other prizes will be given away. Details about entering the Sweep stakes are available at your Thvonte supermarket. WALNUT PESTO 2/3 cup Diamond Walnuts 1 teaspoon cooking oil 1 large clove garlic 1 cup lightly packed fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup lightly packed parsley leaves 1/4 teaspoon marjoram or Italian herb seasoning mix 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup cooking oil 1/4 cup grated Romano or Parmesan cheese In skillet over moderate heat, toast walnuts in the 1 teaspoon oil about 5 min utes, stirring frequently; coarsely chop 1/3 cup and reserve for use with pasta. Place remaining walnuts in blender or food proces sor along with garlic, basil, parsley, marjoram, salt and the 1/4 cup oil. Blend or process until mixture is fine; add cheese and blend again. If storing overnight or longer, place mixture into a jar, spoon an additional teaspoon oil over top; cover and refrig erate until ready to use. Makes about 2/3 cup pesto. Pasta with Walnut Pesto: Cook 8 ounces of any type pasta as package directs; drain well. While hot. toss with 1/3 to 1/2 cup Walnut Pesto. Add reserved 1/3 cup walnuts and 1/2 cup small cubes Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese; toss gently, adding a ta blespoon or two of butter if a richer sauce is desired. Serve topped with a sprin kling of grated Romano <>r Parmesan cheese. Makes 4 servings pasta. Vartaliim For a change of pace, cook two different kinds of pasta such as spinach noodles and spa ghetti. Toss together or separately with the pesto. Pw VV bB * frombob \j blrecker & j? all the Staff wg Wore ringing in Ih<% New Yrnr with gmiitudr tor nil your support in the pnst! Savings fir*Service "Worth the Trip I mDS/'BUICK/QMC^^^^ I L 211 East 4th Avenue / Red Springs. N.C. I 919 843-214
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