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And they turned aside there in order to enter and lodge in Gibeah. When they entered, they sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night. Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites. And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going and where to you come from?" And he said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to my house, and no man will take me into his house. "Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything." And the old man said, "Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the open square." So he took him into his house and gave the donkeys fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank.

Judges 19:15-21

And Jesus answered and said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he replied, "Say it, Teacher." "A certain moneylender had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. "When they were unable to repay he graciously forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him more?" Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have judged correctly." And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon. "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. "You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet. "You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. "For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little." And He said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven." And those who were reclinign at the table with Him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?" And He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you, go in peace."

Luke 7:40-50

And He said to them, "Suppose one of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; and from inside he shall answer and say, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. "And I say to you, ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened.

Luke 11:5-10

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CROCHET STITCH, TECHNIQUE or TIP

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HOW TO
This stitch courtesy of Melanie

Popcorn Stitch

The standard popcorn stitch is worked as follows:
5 dc in next ch, drop lp from hook, insert hook in first st of 5-dc group, pick up dropped lp, draw through st, ch 1. Then you can pop the popcorn to the right or wrong side of the work as needed.

Click here for illustrated popcorn stitch instructions courtesy of About.com

You can practice popcorn stitches with this pattern:
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and you can omit some of the love knots to have a steady row of popcorn stitches.

ILLUSTRATED BASIC CROCHET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BEGINNER:

HOW TO DO A STARTING CHAIN

SINGLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

HALF DOUBLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

DOUBLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

TRIPLE CROCHET (click here for instructions)

CROCHET TIP:

Weave a piece of the same type of yarn into the edge of your finished afghan.
This yarn will be laundered along with the afghan and if you need to repair the afghan
later you will have a matching piece of yarn to use.

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Hi
Today is the first time I have looked for crochet patterns on the Internet. I was real glad to see a Christian web site. I appreciate being able to get patterns on my computer.
I will also pray for your relative that had the heart attacks! I know God can heal!
May God richly bless you

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Hi,
I just this moment "found" your site and was absolutely thrilled to see your question - Is Jesus Christ your personal Savior?. I am your sister in Christ Jesus and have been for almost 30 years but I am always thrilled to find Believers on the internet - or wherever, for that matter.

Now that I have said that, I'll go look through your site. May God richly bless you.

Liz Perilloux

RE: Your Website

Thank you for this great website. I was in the middle of crocheting a
little bootie for my niece's baby and I didn't know what double crochet
decrease was. Went on this website and it was explained perfectly. Thanks
again!

Patricia Rogers

Love these instructions..

I crochet myself and was recently home visiting my younger daughter. She wanted to learn this craft. Glad I found your site . I'm not there to help her so I sent on your translations. She learned the basics real quick.I passed this "dictionary" on to her.Thanks.

Lisa,
I just wanted you to know my grandchildren came from out of town to visit and when I got home from work they greeted me at the door and said "Grandma, you made lots of pretty dresses for the baby dolls." It was a great feeling. I made a variety of dresses from your pattern and they all turned out a little different depending on the type of yarn or thread I used. It was great fun!
Joan

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HUMOR

My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet.

So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage.

Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush.

He held it up and said with a charming little smile,

"We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago."

A rich man was trying to find his daughter a birthday gift when he saw a poor man
with a beautiful white horse. He told the man that he would give him $500 for the horse.

The poor man replied, "I don't know mister, it don't look so good," and walked away.

The next day the rich man came back and offered the poor man $1000 for the horse.
The poor man said, "I don't know mister, it don't look so good."

On the third day the rich man offered the poor man $2000 for the horse, and said he
wouldn't take no for an answer. The poor man agreed, and the rich man took the horse home.

The rich man's daughter loved her present. She climbed onto the horse, then galloped right into a tree.
The rich man rushed back over to the poor man's house, demanding an explanation for the horse's blindness.

The poor man replied, "I told you it don't look so good!"

A man comes up to the owner of a lumberjack business and says, "I need a job and I think I'm pretty good."

The owner replied, "Okay, show me what you can do, chop down that redwood
over there." The man said okay and left. Five minutes later he came back and
was done.

The owner was shocked and asked, "How did you chop that tree down so fast?"

The man said, "I got a lot of practice in the Sahara."

The owner replied, "You mean the Sahara desert?"

"Yes" he said, "or at least that's what they call it now."

Upon entering a little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the door glass. Inside, he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor near the cash register. He asked the store's owner "Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep," the proprietor answered, "That's him."
The stranger couldn't help being amused. "That certainly doesn't look like a dangerous dog to me," he chuckled. "Why in the world did you decide to post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."

My wife still uses curlers in her hair after she washes it.

She came into the Family Room as I was watching TV.

I guess I stared at her funny because she said, "I just set my hair."

The last thing I remember saying was,

"Oh, really? And what time does it go off?"

We had made some changes in our lives.

My husband had lost 50 pounds and after eight years of being a housewife, I
had taken a job in a restaurant.

When I returned home after my first day at work, I gave my husband a big
hug.

He seemed to cling to me longer than usual.

"Did you really miss me that much today, dear?" I asked.

"No," came the reply.

"But you smell so much like pancakes that I hate to let you go."

Excerpts from actual letters sent to landlords...

1. "The toilet is blocked and we cannot bathe the children until it is
cleared."

2. "This is to let you know that there is a smell coming from the man next
door."

3. "I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is running away from the
wall."

4. "I request your permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen."

5. "Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces."

6. "Will you please send someone to mend our cracked sidewalk. Yesterday
my wife tripped on it and is now pregnant."

At a clearance sale, the wife of a federal district court judge found a
green tie that was a perfect match for one of her husband's sports jackets.

Soon after, while the couple was vacationing at a resort complex to get his
mind off a rather complicated cocaine conspiracy case, he noticed a small,
round disc sewn into the design of the tie.

The judge showed it to a local FBI agent, who was equally suspicious that it
might be a 'bug' planted by the conspiracy defendants. The agent sent the
device to FBI headquarters In Washington, DC for analysis.

Two weeks later, the judge phoned the Washington office to learn the results
of their tests.

"We're not sure where the disc came from," the FBI told him, "but we
discovered that when you press it, it plays 'Jingle Bells.'"

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