tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45586074150914009922024-03-04T02:18:32.365-05:00Like a RoseRandom thoughts and observations of life, love and the pursuit of God.Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.comBlogger642125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-56495878910664549292017-03-03T13:13:00.004-05:002017-03-03T13:16:22.587-05:00<b>I've opted to set up a new blog over at wordpress and will no longer be posting here. Thank you for reading and following me!</b><br />
Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-90132629035550552592016-08-14T16:30:00.001-04:002016-08-14T16:30:21.145-04:00What Jesus are You FollowingIf you are not a follower of Jesus, I openly apologize to you for the sad, mistaken, misguided, and flat out wrong picture of Him we have given you. <br />
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If you call yourself a follower of Jesus, you may need to disconnect from the media, your theological bent, and your denominational rules and relearn who Jesus really is and what he really said.<br />
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Jesus was pro-life. Now before you pat yourselves on the back, note that he was pro ALL life – from the unborn baby to the hardened criminal regardless of race, creed, color, or sin. So he would be saddened by abortion, and the death penalty, and our obsessive preoccupation with guns.<br />
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Jesus was pro-choice. He always allows us to make our own decisions up to and including whether we choose to follow Him. He never forces us to do so, never threatens, never demeans and never ceases to show mercy when our choice is wrong. <br />
Few of us are emulating Him as we have been directed to do. We want to tell people what they should think and do – often, even how they should feel.<br />
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We seem to think we need to save Jesus! How arrogant! We feel the need to push our agenda, to demean those who do not follow, to create laws to “protect” Jesus. Jesus and his message of love and acceptance survived for years without the help of the Americanized Christian and in opposition to, or alongside, whatever political powers were in place. He did not feel the need to defend himself and severely admonished Peter when he chose to defend Him with the sword. Yet, we continue to choose to “live by the sword.” <br />
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We have become a people who are more in tune with the current trends in ministry, the propaganda of political parties and the “fear sells” mentality than we are with Jesus. Maybe it’s because we never slow down or power down long enough to contemplate the real Jesus. We want Jesus in a tidy box we’ve created for Him, free of complexities, ambiguities, or real challenges. We want to create Jesus in our image more than we aspire to be like Him.<br />
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We preach to the world about grace and mercy and love while we ignore or dismiss or sometimes even promote the injustices, the racism, the discrimination, the trafficking of people, which goes on around us. We fear or demean or abuse our “enemies”. We don’t love them. If we’re honest, we aren’t even doing a great job of loving our neighbors.<br />
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We quote “fear not, for I am with you” while we cheer building walls and defend buying guns to “protect” ourselves (or more realistically, our stuff). <br />
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We pick and choose which verses are literal, which are symbolic, which are hyperbole and which are time specific based on our own comfort, desires, or cultural norms. We often fail to pray for clarity, search out original language or entertain the notion that what we’ve always believed or been told might be in error.<br />
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Jesus was radical. He was challenging. He was, at times, ambiguous. The empire and the religious leaders feared His message of love and inclusion and acceptance. This is still happening today. And still today, His message is the same.<br />
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<i>“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”</i><br />
<i>Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. <b>All</b> the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”</i> Matthew 22:36-40 (emphasis mine)<br />
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<i> “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”</i> Luke 6:27-28<br />
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Are we listening?<br />
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It is simple to understand, and yet, difficult to do. We are His representatives. We are His voice in a hard and hurting world.<br />
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We must do better.<br />
Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-37967296160735065572010-12-25T05:40:00.000-05:002010-12-25T05:40:00.756-05:00Merry Christmas<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">O holy Child of Bethlehem!
Descend to us, we pray;
Cast out our sin and enter in,
Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
Our Lord Emmanuel! </span></strong></div><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></strong> </p><br><br><br><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><em>Wishing you a merry and meaningful Christmas and more blessings than you can imagine in the new year.</em></p><em>
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It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
'Til He appear'd and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! O hear the angels' voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born;
O night divine, O night, O night Divine. </span></em>
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<iframe height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zQWXfHzOKUU?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="425"></iframe>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-6853656067849877312010-11-21T08:51:00.000-05:002010-11-21T08:51:00.114-05:00Sermon in a Sentence<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#330000;">If you're a leader but no one is following you, then you're just taking a walk.</span> -<em>Beecher Ward</em></span>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-52365578207850309052010-11-19T14:19:00.004-05:002010-11-19T14:28:48.939-05:00Sky Watch Friday - FlashbackVery gloomy here today - I'd much rather be looking at this sky from vacation a year ago!<br><br>
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Go <a href=http://skyley.blogspot.com/><b>here</b></a> to join in!
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<span style="font-size:100%;color:#660000;">Note: If you just read that and thought it referred to the people in the <strong>other</strong> political party then political ideology <u>is winning</u> the competition in your life.</span>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-9405791270964975802010-11-10T19:20:00.004-05:002010-11-10T19:28:33.564-05:00Okay, Maybe Not & Wordless Wednesday<br>
Just when my plan was to start posting regularly again my Internet connection goes down for <strong>days!</strong> What's up with that? It has come back on intermittently this evening so we'll see what happens next.
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<br><center>It's never a good day when you have to tow your tractor!</center>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-14157100939795446132010-11-06T22:47:00.004-04:002010-11-06T22:55:31.506-04:00Photo Hunters - Alive<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Fvs_bHi-jkm-CYX6eDL_OZbGPYsdPQzG4wHYfyAt_PJh9ZBPjUQZ3rVm9i9IoTQbD6cUSyRjJTEJEeFnz61kAlWFMbgU1xWA6yv16_-qAGDIVkSj9kJrqm4QZGTsL2ZLzxv3SrqqET4/s1600/IMGP3885.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Fvs_bHi-jkm-CYX6eDL_OZbGPYsdPQzG4wHYfyAt_PJh9ZBPjUQZ3rVm9i9IoTQbD6cUSyRjJTEJEeFnz61kAlWFMbgU1xWA6yv16_-qAGDIVkSj9kJrqm4QZGTsL2ZLzxv3SrqqET4/s400/IMGP3885.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536634439280404306" /></a><br><br>
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<br><br><center><strong>Unusual Plant</strong></center>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-82863637087089865972010-11-03T22:29:00.002-04:002010-11-03T22:33:12.480-04:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt07hqMLGamRqV2Hs_5ZIuKhbXFsmQdY1WXiHZ3VZ-GMYU4rjKZs21j5oROz41HgzV4bhQveqm3TrvxhuQwbtCtVR59jI4RxJ5nnVT2Fre4cc5c5ediRWYJRB8C3QDmHxqZc6zC1TOkY/s1600/IMG_0069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt07hqMLGamRqV2Hs_5ZIuKhbXFsmQdY1WXiHZ3VZ-GMYU4rjKZs21j5oROz41HgzV4bhQveqm3TrvxhuQwbtCtVR59jI4RxJ5nnVT2Fre4cc5c5ediRWYJRB8C3QDmHxqZc6zC1TOkY/s400/IMG_0069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535516791378647922" /></a>
<br><br><br>Join in at <a href=http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/><b>Wordless Wednesday!</b></a>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-54354058214120215922010-10-31T08:01:00.000-04:002010-10-31T08:01:00.072-04:00Sermon in a Sentence<span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>"The test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."</em></strong> - John Holt</span></span>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-15398889814510791282010-10-30T14:45:00.003-04:002010-10-30T14:58:16.546-04:00Photo Hunters - Dark<span style="font-style:italic;">Dark night - full moon - thin clouds.</span>
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Join in or see other peoples "dark" photos by going to <a href="http://tnchick.com" target="blank" rel="tag">PhotoHunt</a>.Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-20407830057678924432010-10-29T10:03:00.003-04:002010-10-30T14:43:24.052-04:00I'm baaaaaack....Okay, I didn't really go anywhere. I've just been drawn away a little by Facebook, pulled away a little by "the things of summer", and pushed away by "life stuff". However, it is my intent to be back here posting regularly for my own good and, hopefully, for your entertainment/interest. Hope to be visiting back and forth via blog with many of you soon.Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-22142457475735964762010-09-08T06:47:00.000-04:002010-09-08T06:47:00.228-04:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_V24HA3odFOuIgNT_CwzCIyUf3AWusNSkt4wiW-C3nG9CxP3wyi4TDkqB08E7UAF9jE-UvWDvyKEasqWFQFQpJB2I9QBfNvvHdyTNsonPGUfoXZKR_5iMWuhqiAyqYlW4MazFl94W6HI/s1600/09-06-10+Grandbabies+030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_V24HA3odFOuIgNT_CwzCIyUf3AWusNSkt4wiW-C3nG9CxP3wyi4TDkqB08E7UAF9jE-UvWDvyKEasqWFQFQpJB2I9QBfNvvHdyTNsonPGUfoXZKR_5iMWuhqiAyqYlW4MazFl94W6HI/s400/09-06-10+Grandbabies+030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514354743247082226" /></a>
<br><br><br>Join in at <a href=http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/><b>Wordless Wednesday!</b></a>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-49675639385210124732010-09-07T22:19:00.006-04:002010-09-08T18:10:27.613-04:00Random Dozen<center><a href="http://2nd-cup-of-coffee.blogspot.com"><img border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376672090338191202" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 159px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPYpN7vdwtPkvor-YQ_f2uQ-RIzaF-dq5_nPuBwrT3vMp000DbTSWPVBisJ4lYMrUuOOfG8FihcIDN1QvXuUihN-JwJatrMl0SqDpxIMicCzx1dyc5Eme6RraZmthd5OfzSMkTSTD6Iwy/s200/random+dozen.jpg"/></a></center>
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1. Describe the best sandwich in the world, according to you. <br><br>
BLT - bacon crisp, garden fresh tomatoes, fresh white bread, and Miracle Whip.<br><br>
2. Which inspires you more: a good conversation, a song, a book or movie?<br><br>
I'm torn - I think a good conversation inspires me more at the time but a song that I hear, or can play, over and over remains an inspiration longer.<br><br>
3. What is your favorite board game?<br><br>
<center>Scrabble</center><br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XhySNhF7Boljn9U9u26n4toTmgkuhjQgXEuQdfCaM1TxHv8fbb-vxUBW5Wgg4bQSG-aNR4OK21XpNW2C1i-yZOOS_mRT8i76v2juhrFBGlKhg2moIfu3RaGJK9MU_-fzK1ZCgBScSc0/s1600/scrabble.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XhySNhF7Boljn9U9u26n4toTmgkuhjQgXEuQdfCaM1TxHv8fbb-vxUBW5Wgg4bQSG-aNR4OK21XpNW2C1i-yZOOS_mRT8i76v2juhrFBGlKhg2moIfu3RaGJK9MU_-fzK1ZCgBScSc0/s200/scrabble.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514668024645395538" /></a><br><br>
4. As you grow older, are you more or less patient with small children?<br><br>
Definitely <strong>more</strong> patient.<br><br>
5. Name one item you never let yourself run out of.<br><br>
Toilet paper!<br><br>
6. Do you agree with Tennyson's assertion, "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?"<br><br>
Yes, but it sure doesn't feel like it at the point of loss.<br><br>
7. Name one national treasure or monument that you have visited.<br><br>
Just one. Really? How about two? I've been fortunate enough to visit many of them but my favorite is the St. Louis Gateway Arch. The most awe inspiring, however, is the Vietnam Wall.<br><br>
8. Which is more painful, to be disappointed in someone else or to be disappointed in yourself?<br><br>
I think it's more painful to be disappointed in someone else. If I am disappointed in myself I can change what I'm doing or, at the very least, not repeat the mistake. If someone else disappoints me they may not want to change things or may not care that I'm disappointed so the pain continues longer.<br><br>
9. What makes your kitchen uniquely yours?<br><br>
Nothing really.<br><br>
10. Are you a crafty person?<br><br> Crafty, yes. Artsy, no.<br><br>
11. What is your favorite traditional picnic or bbq (cookout) food?<br><br>
The first hamburgers of the season off the grill but after that it would be hubby's infamous pulled pork BBQ!<br><br>
12. Name one leisurely activity you enjoyed over Labor Day Weekend.<br><br>
Going up North to visit the grandgirls.<br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iNJ2FVM0sAEy49CNb6UU4UZn17UmZhLVWywPWE1jBtUdQbTXr_CSIhPCAsfvaZCNMD14wAOYAgpa6drXs13zM5gDEkWV4g6n2qLX_EQaGtC8-Y23PKmA0nPrsX836qQ9jF7-lVx1U4s/s1600/09-06-10+Grandbabies+066.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iNJ2FVM0sAEy49CNb6UU4UZn17UmZhLVWywPWE1jBtUdQbTXr_CSIhPCAsfvaZCNMD14wAOYAgpa6drXs13zM5gDEkWV4g6n2qLX_EQaGtC8-Y23PKmA0nPrsX836qQ9jF7-lVx1U4s/s200/09-06-10+Grandbabies+066.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514663835282513794" /></a>
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<em><strong>"Sweet freedom whispered in my ear<br>
You're a butterfly<br></strong></em>
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<em><strong>
And butterflies are free to fly...fly away."</strong><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br>Someone Save My Life Tonight by Elton John</em>
<br><br>Join in at <a href=http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/newhome/><b>Wordless Wednesday!</b></a>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-52029025362653611262010-08-01T06:57:00.000-04:002010-08-01T06:57:00.567-04:00Sermon in a Sentence<strong>"The outer condition of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state."</strong> - James AllenDebbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-26185694598040423512010-07-28T20:15:00.001-04:002010-07-28T20:18:24.915-04:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5921i-bcGeshohcxrWedLGjAEjd1z8fTuGK3-uqVjPLny5uxvb7agvj1rdol1c2hNs0og6OvErHzSIVnVMsur4nFSKFhB9daDraG92AKKO3QkpxBWeAx41KXpFhCa31-memAydWB0VEE/s1600/IMG_0032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5921i-bcGeshohcxrWedLGjAEjd1z8fTuGK3-uqVjPLny5uxvb7agvj1rdol1c2hNs0og6OvErHzSIVnVMsur4nFSKFhB9daDraG92AKKO3QkpxBWeAx41KXpFhCa31-memAydWB0VEE/s400/IMG_0032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499115774819539586" /></a>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-34410158134133507552010-07-11T06:29:00.000-04:002010-07-11T06:29:00.692-04:00Sermon in a Sentence<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>You are deceived if your believe that what God is doing <em>through</em> you is more important than what God is doing <em>in</em> you. </strong> -unknown</span>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-65354507588794195242010-06-30T23:03:00.003-04:002010-07-03T00:37:38.558-04:00Saturday SongThe most important thing a man can create is a strong, solid family.
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-St. Francis of Assisi</strong>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-50362979489932601362010-06-06T09:06:00.000-04:002010-06-06T09:06:00.640-04:00Sermon in a Sentence<em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">In relationships secrets and lies build fences - confession and honesty create bridges.</span></em>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558607415091400992.post-40649418753435374382010-06-06T08:58:00.001-04:002010-06-06T09:02:01.912-04:00Sermon in a Sentence<span style="color:#000000;">In the game of life...</span>
<span style="color:#000000;"></span>
<div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><blockquote><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Generosity <strong>always</strong> trumps
selfishness,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Mercy <strong>always</strong> trumps
justice, and</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Love <strong><em>always</em></strong> trumps
hate.</span></div></blockquote></span></div>Debbie@Like a Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07595737927336471561noreply@blogger.com0