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Having to pay 27 cents for a cup of water
Because of my intoler
ance of caffeine in cof
fee and tea, I often
order water when I go to a
restaurant.
There has never been
any charge reflected on my
bill for water. I also have
ordered water at McDonald’s
and wasn't charged.
Recently, however, Beverly
and I stopped at the Dairy
Queen in Byron and ordered
two milkshakes. I asked if I
could also have a small cup
of water.
The clerk told me there
would be a charge of 27
cents.
Heck, I could get a senior
Being stabilized in the faith
With this writing
corties memories of
two special friends
who were Stabilized in the
faith.
Both were true witnesses
as they fotight, and even
tually surrendered to their
battles with cancer.
Margaret Newton did not
have cancel’ at the time she
inspired this sharing. She
simply
felt the
symptoms
of a com
mon cold
sneaking
up on her.
The
other
friend,
Joan
Haz e n ,
had con-
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Reflections
quered a bout with a com
mon cold approximately the
same time of Margaret’s
ailment. Jban’s physician
advised her to soak her feet
in cold water. Margaret lis
tened patiehtly as I rattled
on, telling her of the advice
given to Joan and suggest-
Church Briefs
‘The Love Liner’
Auditions for “The Love
Liner,’ a musical by Jeff
Smith and Ralph Neumann
will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday arid Sept. 15 at the
International City Church
of God, 2520 Moody Road,
Warner Robins. The dinner
theatre performance, direct
ed by Paula Day Johns, will
be at 7 p.m.* Oct. 6 and 7.
The play, Which deals with
good neighbors lending a
helping hand on a cruise
ship, requires a cast of five
men and seven women with
ability to sing. Those trying
out should bring their own
sheet music to the audition.
For more information, call
923-6176.
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hang-up or habit? Celebrate
Recovery meeting are at
Unity Baptist Church of
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drink at McDonald’s for
that amount of money, and
I thought the charge was
improper, so I decided I
didn’t need the water after
all..
Water is essential to life
on earth.
While we can live more
than a month without food,
we can’t live more than a
week without water. A
human baby is 75 percent
water and an adult is 65
percent water.
Older members of our
society are about 50 percent
water, which gives rise to the
theory that people might live
longer and remain healthier
ing that she give the remedy
a try.
When Margaret finally got
a chance to squeeze in her
thoughts, she calmly spoke.
“I have a question I’d like
her to get answered for
me. Have her to ask what
Margaret can do.”
Silence stilled the room
for a moment then the state
ment was repeated. “Have
her ask what Margaret can
do.”
I was puzzled over the
statement but agreed to
check with Joan as to what
Margaret could do.
Margaret’s next statement
made me feel like I should
be soaking my head in hot
water, though that was far
from her intentions. “Have
her ask what Margaret can
do,” she said. “Tell her that
Margaret has no feet.”
My lack of consideration
was inexcusable. Grasping
for words, an attempt was
made to apologize. However,
Margaret being the person
she was, required no apol
ogy.
The fact that Margaret
program is available.
Unity Baptist is located at
79 Highway 96, between
Houston Lake Road and
Moody Road. For informa
tion call 922-0063.
Aglow
International
Aglow International’s
Macon Community
Lighthouse will present
Dr. Linda Touchton with
a message on “Transition
and Change” on Saturday
at the Baptist Village
Assisted Living Facility,
6000 Plantation Way, Macon
(Located behind Wal-Mart on
Zebulon Road). Fellowship
and refreshment begin 9:30
a.m.
The program begins at 10
a.m. Dress is casual. All are
welcome. For more informa
tion contact Yvonne Abney
at 475-9996 or Debora Evans
at 935-8158
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by drinking more water.
Physicians urge people com-
plaining
with back
trouble
to drink
more
water
to keep
the spi
nal disks
hydrated.
Water
even helps
us to
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Columnist
think: Our brains are 75
percent water.
Over the span of a normal
lifetime, we use about 16,000
gallons of water. Brushing
had no feet was not shock
ing news to me. We had been
very close friends for a num
ber of years. With my blun
der came the realization of
how easily her “handicap”
could be disregarded. Being
without legs was no hand
icap at all to this devout
Christian.
The loss of her legs did not
leave Margaret incomplete.
Walking daily with Christ,
“rooted and built up in Him,
stabilized in the faith” and
abounding with thanksgiv
ing, she was a completely
whole person. (Reference
Colossians 2: 6 & 7)
Margaret Newton was a
wife, mother, homemaker
and Christian Radio Station
WAVC employee.
She was actively involved
in church work and an inde
pendent bilateral amputee
who made her way around
on artificial limbs.
She was a shining example
of a complete being . . .
so complete in Christ that
a physical loss never dis
tracted from her Christian
stability.
Church will host a Ladies
Night Out on Sept. 28 at
6:30 p.m.
The speaker will be
Bobbie McCoy with music by
Deborah Waters Stevens.
Dinner choices are grilled
grouper or smoked chicken.
Tickets are $lO. For tick
ets or more information,
call 922-1924, or visit the
church’s Web site at www.
bonairefbc.com.
Used toys needed
J.C. and Becky Stevens,
plan to come to Georgia on
Oct. 10 to pick used toys
up for distribution in the
Appalachian area.
They do not expect new
toys and do not ask for mon
etary contributions. Please
bring used toys to 203
Fourth Street, Bonaire, by
Wednesday, October 4. Some
toys have already been deliv
ered to the pick-up location.
Call 923-9731f0r more infor
mation.
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our teeth requires an aver
age of two gallons a day.
Thirty gallons are required
to take a shower.
Flushing the toilet uses
four gallons.
Although 80 percent of the
earth is covered with water,
it is estimated that 1.2 bil
lion people, or one of every
five people in the world, are
without access to safe drink
ing water - pollution being
the major culprit.
With the earth’s popu
lation growing, we must
become better caretakers of
our water supply or we will
one day face a major water
crisis.
Strong-willed daughter
tests patience of parents
QUESTION: My wife
and I have a strong
willed child who is
incredibly difficult
to handle. I honestly
believe we are doing
our job about as well
as any parents could do
under the circumstanc
es, yet she still breaks
the rules and challenges
our authority. I guess I
need some encourage
ment. First, tell me if
an especially strong
willed kid can be made
to smile, give, work and
cooperate. If so, how
is that accomplished?
And second, what is my
daughter’s future? I see
trouble ahead, but don’t
know if that gloomy
forecast is justified.
DR. DOBSON: There is
no question about it, an
especially willful child such
as yours can be difficult to
manage even when her par
ents handle her with great
skill and dedication. It may
take several years to bring
her to a point of relative
obedience and cooperation
within the family unit, but
it will happen.
While this training pro
gram is in progress, it is
important not to panic.
Don’t try to complete the
transformation overnight.
Treat your child with sin
cere love and dignity, but
require her to follow your
leadership.
Choose carefully the mat
ters that are worthy of con
frontation, then accept her
challenge on those issues
and win decisively.
Reward every positive,
cooperative gesture she
makes by offering your
attention, affection and
verbal praise. Then take
two aspirin and call me in
the morning.
QUESTION: As an
advocate of spankings
as a disciplinary tool,
don’t you worry about
the possibility that you
might be contributing
to the incidence of child
abuse in this country?
DR. DOBSON: Yes, I do
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Water is mentioned very
prominently in the Bible:
The creation of the earth,
the dividing of the Red Sea,
Jesus turning the water into
wine, and Jesus calming the
storm at sea, to mention a
few.
When Jesus asked the
Samaritan woman at the
well for a drink of water,
she asked why a Jew would
make a request of a hated
Samaritan.
Jesus said, “If you knew
who it is that says to you,
‘Give me a drink,’ you would
have asked him and he
would have given you living
water.”
worry about that. One of
my frustrations in teaching
parents has been the diffi
culty in achieving a balance
between permissiveness
and oppression.
The tendency is to drift
toward one extreme or
another.
Let it never be said that I
favor harshness of any kind
with children. It can wound
the spirit and inflict perma
nent scars on the psyche.
No subject distresses
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Dr. James
Dobson
Focus on the Family
children are being commit
ted day after day.
It is hard to believe
justhow cruel some moth
ers and fathers can be to
defenseless, wide-eyed kids
who don’t understand why
they are hated.
I remember the ter
rible father who regularly
wrapped his small son’s
head in the sheet that
the boy had wet the night
before.
Then he crammed the tot
upside down into the toi
let bowl for punishment. I
also think of the disturbed
mother who cut out her
child’s eyes with a razor
blade.
That little girl will be
blind throughout her life,
knowing that her own
mother deprived her of
sight!
Unthinkable acts like
these are occurring every
day in cities and towns
around us.
In fact, it is highly prob
able that a youngster living
within a mile or two of your
house is experiencing abuse
in one manner or another.
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for the National Center for
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The woman said to him,
“Sir, you have nothing to
draw with, and the well is
deep. Where then do you
get the living water? Are
you greater than out father
Jacob, who gave us the well,
and drank from it himself,
as well as his sons and his
livestock?”
Jesus answered and said
to her, “Whosoever drinks of
this water will thirst again,
but whoever drinks of the
water that I shall give him
will never thirst. But the
water that I shall give him
wifi become in him a foun
tain of water springing up
into everlasting life.”
Prevention and Treatment
of Child Abuse and Neglect,
has written: “Child abuse...
once thought to be primar
ily a problem of the poor
and downtrodden ... occurs
in every segment of society
and may be the country’s
leading cause of death in
children.”
Let me say with the stron
gest emphasis that aggres
sive, hard nosed, “Mommie
Dearest” kinds of discipline
are destructive to kids and
must not be tolerated.
Given the scope of the
tragedy we are facing, the
last thing I want to do is
to provide a rationalization
and justification for it. I
don’t believe in harsh disci
pline, even when it is well
intentioned.
Children must be given
room to breathe and grow
and love. But there are also
harmful circumstances at
the permissive end of the
spectrum, and many par
ents fall into one trap in an
earnest attempt to avoid
the other.
Dr. Dobson is founder and
chairman of the board of
the nonprofit organization
Focus on the Family, P.O.
Box 444, Colorado Springs,
CO. 80903; or www.family.
org. Questions and answers
are excerpted from “The
Complete Marriage and
Family Home Reference
Guide” and “Bringing Up
Boys,” both published by
Tyndale House.
me more
than the
phenom
en o n
of child
abuse.
There
are mil
lions of
families
out there
in which
crimes
against
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