Never done much today as i didnt ride the trail but will get to tomorrow.
Got my web page up and working a gain it links all my web pages togather.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Daily Bible Verse - 7/18/2007 - 1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. (NIV)Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. (KJV)
We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. (NASB)
1 Thessalonians 5:14CommentaryThis verse seems to be addressed to the spiritual leaders of the congregation; it tells them how to deal with problem brothers:1. Warn those who are unruly-those who won't keep in step but insist on disturbing the peace of the church by their irresponsible behavior. Here the unruly are those who refuse to work. They are the same as those described in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12, walking disorderly, not working, but being busybodies.2. Comfort the fainthearted-those who need constant exhortation to rise above their difficulties and go on steadfastly for the Lord. Concerning the KJV rendering, Comfort the feeble-minded, Ockenga remarks: "If the word meant feeble-minded we would still comfort them. They seem to gather when the gospel is preached." And isn't this a tribute to the gospel and to the Christian church? At least there is one sphere where they find sympathy, love, and consideration.3. Uphold the weak-that is, help those who are spiritually, morally, or physically weak. Spiritual and moral support of those who are weak in the faith is probably the main idea, though we should not rule out financial help as well.4. Be patient with all-show the grace of longsuffering when others tend to irritate and provoke. MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (1 Th 5:14). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Did you know?
First Thessalonians is probably the oldest book in the New Testament, written about twenty years after the death and resurrection of Jesus. The Gospels, describing the life of Jesus, were written a decade or more later, to preserve the stories the disciples had told.Miller, S. M., & Gross, P. (1998). How to get into the Bible. Includes index. (380). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.
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MINERAL WELLS — When Wood County Assessor Steve Grimm got a phone call asking him about Australians buying up property in Mineral Wells, he thought it was a joke.“Last Tuesday someone called, saying they were from Bloomberg and started asking me what I thought about the Australians buying up property in Mineral Wells. Frankly, I thought some one was joking,” he said.In reality, what Grimm learned later was an Australian firm had purchased the holding company that has as an asset a warehouse/office building and 7.5 acres in the Mineral Wells area, which is the property of the Bureau of Public Debt. “I wasn’t seeing any transfer of property or any indication the property changed hands, and I kept telling them that. Apparently this holding company bought it. There won’t be any deed transfer, and the building’s use will not change, so outwardly there won’t be any change; no one would know,” Grimm said. “They made it sound like there was a run of foreign investors in Wood County, which may not necessarily be bad if they brought economic development and jobs.“After the initial phone call, someone contacted me wanting to bring in television cameras. They actually contracted with some freelance camera guys from Ohio to come down here and film the building and interviewed me on camera. It was kind of strange. I don’t think after they found out what it really was that they ever aired the story,” Grimm said.“It must be big news from their end. It won’t change anything significantly here. They are just buying the equity, I’m assuming, and seeing the worth of being able to get more for their money in the smaller areas,” he said.After showing up on the Internet recently, the story raised quite a few eyebrows locally. The story that appeared on USA Business Asia by Bloomberg and on the Internet by the International Herald Tribune said Australian property investors “find a haven in small town.”The article, written by David M. Levitt, said the executive director of Record Realty said he considered buying in Washington before his company acquired Government Properties Trust in April for $223 million.“The takeover gave Record Realty 22 properties spread across 14 states, including a warehouse in Mineral Wells, which has a population 1,860 and more than two hours by car from Columbus, Ohio, the nearest major city,” according to the article.Record Realty paid $275 a square foot for Government Properties, or about a third the going rate for office buildings in New York, according to the article on the Internet. In another reference to the area, the article calls it “Mineral Springs.”According to Levitt’s article, the director expects “Record Realty to make a 7.1 percent return in the first year of owning Government Properties. The buildings are all leased to federal and local government agencies. They include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional office in Denver and a Bureau of Public Debt storage building in Mineral Wells, an unincorporated Ohio Valley town just south of Parkersburg, West Virginia, the Wood County seat.” The story notes “Australian investors widened their lead as the biggest international buyers of U.S. real estate, spurning skyscrapers in New York and San Francisco for warehouses in Mineral Wells, West Virginia, and malls in Sylvania, Ohio.”Contact Pamela Brust at pbrust@newsandsentinel.com.