It is ☂ here! How is in your "neck of the woods"?
But at least it is not ☃!
We really can't complain about our weather,
it has just been kinda ⇑ and ⇓ and sometimes...
➶ ➷ ➸ ↵ !!!
Sorry...I got carried away with a selection on my "Edit" tab
called "special characters"!
Thanks for your patience with my "playin' around"! ♡ ✟ ❉ ❀ ❆ «»
15 Alternative Uses for Credit Cards
By DIY Maven
Has the economy prompted you to cancel a credit card or two even though you’re still getting those fake ones in the mail? Here’s 15 ways to make use of all of them that won’t cost you a thing. Actually, in some instances, they’ll even save you money.
- Open a spring latch lock. (Doesn’t work on a deadbolt, thankfully.)
- Ice scraper.
- Paint scraper.
- Aquarium glass scraper.
- Caulk edger, like one of these things.
- Shims for tight spaces.
- Guitar pick.
- Hard Cheese grater–use the embossing side and wash the card first!
- Paint guide for tight places.
- BookmarkFinger splint, using it to immobilize an adjacent finger or two–until you can get to a doctor, of course.
- Cake knife. (Seriously.)
- Weeder, to get in the cracks between paving stones and sidewalks.
- Straight edge. (Okay, a SMALL straight edge.)
- Pick-pocket diverter. Fill a cheap prop wallet with them–use the fake ones you get in the mail–and slip it into your back pocket.
- And finally my favorite..cut them up to use as mosaic tiles.
Compiled with the help of this, this, and this. Top image via.
You can take duct tape and wrap it several times around an old credit card
and then put it in your wallet.
Now you may ask...why in the world would I want to carry duct tape in my wallet?
Here you go....
From: www.deliciousbaby.com (I'm being serious here.)
Travel Gear: 10 Reasons to Pack Duct Tape When You Travel
We're minimalists when it comes to specialized travel gear, but the one thing we never leave home without is a small roll of duct tape (also called duck tape). Here are some terrific uses you've probably never considered.
- Repair broken luggage or tape closed the area where a zipper has failed.
- Once you've left the US (and TSA) tamper proof your luggage by wrapping duct tape around it. While someone can still get into your luggage if they really need to, they'll probably skip yours and rifle through someone else's bag.
- Use colored duct tape, or a personal design to mark your suitcase for visibility
- In a hotel, close gaping blackout drapes
- Create an extra label for your suitcase by writing your name and address on some duct tape and sticking it inside.
- Seal over the drain in a hotel room sink so that you can wash laundry
- Babyproof a Hotel Room
- Entertain the kids: Use the tape to outline a hopscotch design or a race track for toy cars
- In case of fire, seal off door & air vents to keep smoke out. Some say that duct tape is more effective than damp towels, and it certainly works better to cover an air vent on the ceiling.
- First Aid: In a pinch, duct tape can be used to make band-aids (with some tissue or cotton), a finger splint (with two popsicle sticks), or to remove a splinter
You can buy mini-rolls of duct tape from a travel store, but it's easy and cheap to make your own.
Wrap the tape around a popsicle stick, short pencil, crayon or expired credit card.
What are your favorite uses for Duct Tape on the road? Let us know in the comments!
Comments
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mamabunny
February 28, 2008 at 3:15 p.m.
it also works well as a lint brush if you turn a bit sticky side out and form a loop that you put over your hand.
Ok...now we need to settle down and have our Bible Study!!
Philippians 4:7 ~
Available Translations and Versions for Philippians 4:7
Starting with the King James Version:
Starting with the King James Version:
| KJV | And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. |
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| NKJV | and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. |
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| NLT | If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. |
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| NIV | And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. |
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| ESV | And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. |
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| NASB | And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. |
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| RSV | And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. |
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| ASV | And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. |
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| DBY | and the peace of God, which surpasses every understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts by Christ Jesus. |
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| WEB | And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. |
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| HNV | The shalom of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Messiah Yeshua. |
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"Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life." >The Message Bible
"How do you know when God is at the center of your life?
When God is at the center, your worship.
When He is not,
you worry.
Worry is the warning light that God has been shoved to the sidelines.
The moment you put Him back at the center,
you will have peace again."
-The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
When we call on God from hearts that remain in Christ and His Word...
(Condition to be met)
then...
God's peace will flood
our troubled souls.
✵This peace is an inner tranquility mediated (!) by the Holy Spirit.
(Romans 8: 15-16)
It involves a firm conviction that Jesus is near and that God's love
will be active in our lives for good.
(Isaiah 26:3
Romans 8:28, 32)
✵This peace will stand guard at the door of our hearts and minds,
when we lay our troubles before God in prayer,
preventing the cares and heartaches of life from upsetting our lives
and undermining our hope in Christ.
✵This peace will replace fear and worry, when they rear
their ugly heads again. Under the peace of God, we are safe
and we will rejoice in the Lord. (there's that word, again ~ JOY!)
Just knowing that Jesus came as the Prince of Peace,
will not ensure that peace will automatically become the fabric of our lives.
To experience peace requires that we be united with Christ in an active faith.
The first step is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
When we do, we are justified (just as if we had never sinned) through faith
(Romans 3:21-28)
and so have peace with God.
(Romans 5:1)
Along with faith, we must walk in obedience to His commands in order
to live in peace.
To know God's peace, He has given us the Holy Spirit,
who begins to work His fruit in us – one portion of that fruit is peace.
(Galatians 5:22)
No God, No Peace
Know God, Know Peace
**Let peace rule in our hearts
**Let us seek peace and pursue it
**Let us do our best to live in peace with others
I want to leave you with this well-known blessing that our mentor
prayed over my husband and I just last night...
(Romans 8: 15-16)
It involves a firm conviction that Jesus is near and that God's love
will be active in our lives for good.
(Isaiah 26:3
Romans 8:28, 32)
✵This peace will stand guard at the door of our hearts and minds,
when we lay our troubles before God in prayer,
preventing the cares and heartaches of life from upsetting our lives
and undermining our hope in Christ.
✵This peace will replace fear and worry, when they rear
their ugly heads again. Under the peace of God, we are safe
and we will rejoice in the Lord. (there's that word, again ~ JOY!)
Just knowing that Jesus came as the Prince of Peace,
will not ensure that peace will automatically become the fabric of our lives.
To experience peace requires that we be united with Christ in an active faith.
The first step is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
When we do, we are justified (just as if we had never sinned) through faith
(Romans 3:21-28)
and so have peace with God.
(Romans 5:1)
Along with faith, we must walk in obedience to His commands in order
to live in peace.
To know God's peace, He has given us the Holy Spirit,
who begins to work His fruit in us – one portion of that fruit is peace.
(Galatians 5:22)
No God, No Peace
Know God, Know Peace
**Let peace rule in our hearts
**Let us seek peace and pursue it
**Let us do our best to live in peace with others
I want to leave you with this well-known blessing that our mentor
prayed over my husband and I just last night...
Numbers 6:24-26
"The Lord bless you and protect you;
the Lord make His face to shine on you,
and be gracious to you;
the Lord look with favor on you
and give you peace."
Amen!
Until next week,
Debbie G.
Reference: Commentary from "Life in the Spirit Study Bible", formerly known as "Full Life Study Bible".
"The Lord bless you and protect you;
the Lord make His face to shine on you,
and be gracious to you;
the Lord look with favor on you
and give you peace."
Amen!
Until next week,
Debbie G.
Reference: Commentary from "Life in the Spirit Study Bible", formerly known as "Full Life Study Bible".
Hi Debbie,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading all the different translation and versions of Philippians 4:7.
Also enjoyed the saying when God is at the center of our life, we will worship, and when He is not, we will worry. What a good way to know whether we are in right relationship with God or not. I think of that saying "Don't Worry Be Happy."
I also thought of the old song that says "Peace Peace Wonderful Peace, Coming Down From The Father Above. Sweep Over My Spirit, Forever I Pray, With Fathomless Bellows Of Love". You can tell that it is an old song by the words, but it is very meaningful to me.
Love you and have a good week.
Darlene
I like the phrase "active faith." If we are not active then we really don't have a need for such a deep kind of peace within us. Being active requires us to step out into things and 'risk' being put into unexpected situations and for God to lead us somewhere that we didn't even know we were going! Staying active spiritually helps us cultivate this peace, I think.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the different versions. I think I like the use of the word 'guard' more than 'keep'. I think the peace God gives does guard our hearts from the worry, it doesn't necessarily keep us from worry, but it guards us from the things that satan would try to throw at us that could cause us to worry. kwim?
The uses for duct tape are great! Can you believe we can't get duct tape here? There are SO MANY uses for it here too ... boo! I think the security would just cut into the suitcase if it had all that duct tape around it though, and the ones that look like there has been extra measure taken to secure it are usually the ones that they pick first to scour. They think there must be something valuable in there to want to make it so secure!!