RainbowsGirl

I really enjoy and have most all of His music; they are all timeless standards. He sang with his whole heart. Its is too bad His life was such an emotional roller coaster! He was such a loving and giving man; that is after all why His legacy lives on and on!

Dear Roy, What an amazing family you have...and is it any wonder knowing how loving you are. I am pray for you (((((((((all))))))))))! Love You ((((((((((((Roy)))))))))))))))))), RG

QUOTE(RainbowsGirl @ Aug 16 2007, 03:00 PM) Dear RC, Conditional Love does not have to be earned! It is given! It merely means you have a free will choices and/or responsibilities to chose how you behave and what you believe... or accept the consequences of your choices that lie outside the boundaries of say God's conditions and ways or the families conditions or ways....or even that of any relationship; Whether it be friend, peer or acquaintance. There are obligations/conditions in all relationships. Knowing the boundaries of each one and interactive communication and mutual respect cement the love in the relationship. They make and keep it strong and growing and make it able to continue to deepen; or else the relation becomes vulnerable and then destructive forces within or without are able to tear it apart. When love is maintained by conditions then it has a cost, therefore it is earned. Love is Given by the freedom of will of each individual and in an individual way and capacity. My Love was and is given to You and is continually extended to You! It is your choice to understand that or not! Abi stated that love needs to be maintained as well; because something needs to be maintained does not mean it is not freely given. All of this helps explain to me why God gave us free will. If He unconditionally loved us; we may as well be puppets on a string. What? If we didn't have free will we could not choose God would simply control us...He does not...He set His requirements and conditions as in my 1st post to your thread and perhaps you didn't notice this but the reference to the Calvinistic ideology was a reference, providing back ground history of when unconditional love was introduced and why.... and all of the rest of that post I wrote from working God's word. The same as in any family. God still loves us and our parents and family, still love us; but dependent upon how far we drift outside of their or God's love there are consequences and their are God's conditions to restore the relationship. Just as in a family. If I had a husband and he raped and beat me I would not want to continue our relationship. To say the least! I would be angry with him and want Him to go or totally stop hurting me. Further my love for him would be conditional and diminished and perhaps not restoreable. Alright I agree with the concept of "consequences" in a relationship. But if God still loves us how can we "drift" outside of His love? Either we are in it or out of it. We can drift outside of the boundaries set to maintain good favor but not love. I answered this and Abi stated her opinion as well. My answer stands and I have given many examples and have stated far more than you have concluded. God chooses how He loves and what he requires and "His thoughts are higher than our thoughts and His ways are higher than our ways": Isa 55:9. God's ability to love is perfect; I have not ever known the love of mankind to be that perfect, under any conditions... very sadly so! No argument If God doesn't like everything that everyone does then how can He unconditionally love everything that everyone does? Is that logical? We even as His children displease Him to limitlessly varying degrees. I wasn't asking about behavior. No-one can like everything that everyone does that would be ridiculous and impossible. I never said that God unconditionally loved what we did. It has a bearing in this discussion. Define God's Love and tell me how it doesn't have a bearing on how we behave. I similarly do not like everything that Joshua does and I do not unconditionally love everything he does. I Love Him so I train Him up well as God says to train him and to teach him well to the best of my abilities and with all my heart.... and I still remain frail and human and so I am extremely thankful that God remembers my frame and offers me a way to be forgiven and restores my relationship with Him to its fullness; Joshua has boundaries. Yes, I Love Him more than anyone could ever imagine or understand; and you as equally as Josh. But if He were a premeditative serial killer and rapist I would no longer like or love Him very much at all. He would have chosen to act evilly and without regard to the innocent and defenseless. He could have my forgiveness and restore our relationship but I cannot blindly accept or blindly love with "Blanket acceptance" of anyway that anyone chooses to behave, act, live or believe." No one loves me that way or ever has; not even God. Should God blindly love the premeditative rapists and murderers who willfully and unrepentantly preform all their evils??? Doesn't "blind" imply that you do not know about something? It can imply that contextually in a specified context Similarly I do not think that "blanket acceptance" is equal to forgiveness as you imply. One other thing, if Josh were to commit an evil then you would be most hurt by it "because" you love him. I did not state that..that is how you interpreted it...there is a difference. Yes I would be beyond hurt at the least: but perhaps not the most...God perhaps would hurt the most and the families and victims might hurt more than me. Josh might ultimately hurt the worst...that only would God truly know being the searcher of all hearts Mankind's love is very conditional. Look at the divorce rate, broken homes and murder/suicide stats in this world. I have no argument with this statement, but I asked about God's love not man's. This is in an expressed context about God's love and mankinds love and I am not sure how to clarify this any more than I have. Remember God who is perfect, Say's we should be" imitators of him as dear children"...it is an imperfect world...that continually "waxes worse and worse" that we live in; we are to guard our hearts and not with "blanket acceptances" of evil. not "turn the other cheek." Blindness is not an asset whether it be physically, mentally or spiritually. To love someone is not an acceptance of behavior. Consequences are based on behavior, love is based on the person. Just because a person acts like an idiot does not mean that they are an idiot. I stand by what I stated and it has a component of what you are saying within it and How is it that you separate a person from their behavior? Their free will choices and their actions are a part of their total make up. Love is freely given and is not a passing of judgement upon analysing a person or picking them apart. RC is your love unconditional? Yes. I would ask you if your love was unconditional but you have already documented here that your love is conditional. Please read my first post. What that? That was a great synopsis of a website. You are right anyone can find anything to prove their argument on a website. You proved that point well. I answered this under the free will part of this post if it at all matters to you. I Love You.............................................!

Thank You (((((((((((Kath)))))))))))) for Your love

I believe that mankind is the same in both; and that God is the same in both...just the events, conditions, names, and faces have changed.

Thank you ((((((((((Abi,))))))))))))) We may differ at times, but I love and respect you, for your love, wisdom, style, and diligence. I Thank You for seeing a little of my heart...it means a lot to me!

Dear RC, Conditional Love does not have to be earned! It is given! It merely means you have a free will choices and/or responsibilities to chose how you behave and what you believe... or accept the consequences of your choices that lie outside the boundaries of say God's conditions and ways or the families conditions or ways....or even that of any relationship; Whether it be friend, peer or acquaintance. There are obligations/conditions in all relationships. Knowing the boundaries of each one and interactive communication and mutual respect cement the love in the relationship. They make and keep it strong and growing and make it able to continue to deepen; or else the relation becomes vulnerable and then destructive forces within or without are able to tear it apart. All of this helps explain to me why God gave us free will. If He unconditionally loved us; we may as well be puppets on a string. The same as in any family. God still loves us and our parents and family, still love us; but dependant upon how far we drift outside of their or God's love there are consequences and their are God's conditions to restore the relationship. Just as in a family. If I had a husband and he raped and beat me I would not want to continue our relationship. To say the least! I would be angry with him and want Him to go or totally stop hurting me. Further my love for him would be conditional and diminished and perhaps not restoreable. God chooses how He loves and what he requires and "His thoughts are higher than our thoughts and His ways are higher than our ways": Isa 55:9. God's ability to love is perfect; I have not ever known the love of mankind to be that perfect, under any conditions... very sadly so! If God doesn't like everything that everyone does then how can He unconditionally love everything that everyone does? Is that logical? We even as His children displease Him to limitlessly varing degrees. I similarly do not like everything that Joshua does and I do not unconditionally love everything he does. I Love Him so I train Him up well as God says to train him and to teach him well to the best of my abilities and with all my heart.... and I still remain frail and human and so I am extremely thankful that God remembers my frame and offers me a way to be forgiven and restores my relationship with Him to its fullness; Joshua has boundaries. Yes, I Love Him more than anyone could ever imagine or understand; and you as equally as Josh. But if He were a premeditative serial killer and rapist I would no longer like or love Him very much at all. He would have chosen to act evilly and without regard to the innocent and defenseless. He could have my forgiveness and restore our relationship but I cannot blindly accept or blindly love with "Blanket acceptance" of anyway that anyone chooses to behave, act, live or believe." No one loves me that way or ever has; not even God. Should God blindly love the premeditative rapists and murderers who willfully and unrepentantly preform all their evils??? Mankind's love is very conditional. Look at the divorce rate, broken homes and murder/suicide stats in this world. Remember God who is perfect, Say's we should be" imitators of him as dear children"...it is an imperfect world...that continually "waxes worse and worse" that we live in; we are to guard our hearts and not with "blanket acceptances" of evil. not "turn the other cheek." Blindness is not an asset whether it be physically, mentally or spiritually. RC is your love unconditional? Please read my first post.

Dear Abi, Yes there are many debates, many ideologies, many religions, viewpoints and opinions, many tangents to pursue; and a vast number of resources to pursue them with as well. i.e.: Wikipedia has a Great number of books that some say are lost books of the bible like Jasper and Enoch and can explain away the flood as it is stated in the bible. i.e. some believe that angels have produced prodigy with humans and on and on. I do not. RainbowsChild is my daughter and I love Her very much! She asked to have all sides. I am sure she will get them and weigh and sift them and ultimately believe whatever she wants to. I did teacher her some of this but she never regarded it as the truth she believed a lot of things prior to and after my teaching her anything. Now she is investigating it all. I though stand before God full well knowing that I am accountable to God for anything I have ever taught anyone. I am neither ashmed nor fearful about it! I have no doubt that anyone can proof anything they want too. They can believe anything they want to! I stated what I believe and further, I do believe God cares VERY, VERY, VERY much what we believe about Him... yet God gave us all free will to choose. Concerning the one's who have never read the bible or died without reading it or have not been yet born: Some of them have not read it by their free will choice. I believe that God through His fore knowledge has covered that in His own ways and under His own conditions: 1Cor 13:12 -"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." They are all known to God and I trust God knows how to take care of them and us all.

If God's love is unconditional we would not need saving. He would just love us all without any conditions regardless of how we acted or what we believed. Unconditional is after all totally without any conditions. In fact then, why would we even need God to love us unconditionally? What I do believe we do need, is to understand God's word and his attributes as well as all of his conditions and his ways; A Directive of God is to study His word in order to know Him and what His will is: 2 Tim 2:15: "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. I also believe God would state that His love is unconditional; if it were so. "The use of the term, “the unconditional love of God" has roots in hyper-Calvinistic ideology. Theologians who created and espoused the man made doctrine of fatalistic predestination also infected the church with the notion that God's love has no conditions attached to it. This is a convenient doctrine, for it places all of the responsibility in God's hands, while denying that mankind has any part in his or her salvation" "The principles of Calvinism can be summarized in the well-known acronym T.U.L.I.P: T= Total depravity of all mankind. U= Unconditional election (i.e. God chooses us to be saved or damned; it is His unconditional election of the redeemed). L= Limited atonement (i.e. Salvation is limited to those God selects to be saved). I= Irresistible grace (i.e. God's grace is supposedly so irresistible that the elect cannot help but to choose it). P= Perseverance of the saints (i.e. The "Elect' must persevere in their predestined election). One can easily see that the "U" representing "unconditional election" leads to the now popular phrase, "God's unconditional love." "Those who quote Jhn 3:16 to prove the position that god loves everyone unconditionally forget the requirements placed on man by Him. As you read Jhn 3:16-18, consider what God demands of those who want to experience His love. Jhn 3:16-18: For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." http://www.bibleanswerstand.org/unconditional.htm This and Rom 10: 9 & 10 state that God set up conditions in His word for mankind. Conditions for salvation, Forgiveness, for rewards and there are many other conditions throughout the bible and all its administrations too numerous to name. God's Love is greater and higher and more enduring that we can understand: Isa 55:9 For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. His love is one attribute of God; His love is perfect as well as all the other attributes of God because He is perfect: 1 Jo 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness. Attributes of God and godliness: Exd 3:14 - I am that I am..." Rev 1:8 — "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." God is ever present and omniscient: all knowing Eph 1:4 —"According as He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love" Rev 19:6 — "...saying for the Lord God omnipotent reighneth. " Omnipotent is all powerful. Mal 3:6 — "I [am] the lord, I change not;..." Psa 138: 2 —"I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy name for thy loving kindness and thy truth for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." Rom 11:33 - "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out!" An 3:16 — For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Acts 10:4 — "Then Peter opened [his] mouth and said, of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons." These are merely a few of God's attributes that show his nature and his ways. Attributes of God's love that we are to imitate: Eph 5:1 — "Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children." 1 Jhn 4:18 - "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love 1 Cor 8:1-" ...charity edifieth" 1 Cor 13:1-13 & 13: 8 - "...charity never faileth" 1 Pe 4:8 — "Above all have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover a multitude of sins God's love is perfect, edifying, enduring, never faileth, shall cover a multitude of sins. God know we are flesh he remembers our frame . He is merciful and kind; fore bearing and long suffering; wise, fair and just. God eschews evil — I Pe 3:11-20 (references the Flood of Genesis 6) Psa 103:9 — "He will not always chide or keep his anger forever." God all throughout his word does show his righteous anger (i.e. the flood in Genesis chapter 6. Where 8 souls were saved by water. And Acts 5:1-5 — concerning Ananias and Sapphira.) Love without conditions is not perfect love; it is rather blanket acceptance. God did not create man to hew out his own cisterns: Jer 2:13 — For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters,[and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water." Cisterns are doctrines, ideologies and religions of man. Romans Chapter 8 states and sets some of God's conditions of his love and salvation. Spiritually we are perfect with the condition that we walk in the spirit and not in the flesh. When we walk in the flesh as we often do we still often need to come to God and ask for His forgiveness...for not meeting His conditions and His ways. God always seems to endure and forbear us in His unsearchable love. He is merciful and kind ... slow to anger He displays His conditions throughout His word. 1 Tim 4:1 &2 — " 1- Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils; 2 — Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron. If God's love was unconditional these scriptures and many others would not matter. If God's love is unconditional why would we need God or Christ Jesus? God surely does greatly love us, beyond our comprehension; Partly, because of what Christ Jesus has done to make us acceptable to him. He brought our eternal life and restored our spiritual connect with God. God has as well loved us before the foundation of the world; but within His own set of conditions throughout all the ages. I don't unconditionally love my old man nature; let alone anyone Else's, and I done believe God does either. That is why I needed God; His ways His love, His conditions, His word, and His salvation. Further,I will be rewarded with crowns and rewards as in accordance to my following his ways and conditions: 1Th 2:19 —"...crown of rejoicing..."; 2 Tim 4:8 — "...crown of righteousness..."; Jam 1:12 — "...crown of life..."; 1 Pe 5:4 — "...crown of glory...". Rom 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit Rom 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace. Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it not subject to the law of is God, neither indeed can be Rom 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. If God's love is unconditional it would be unconditional for saint and sinner alike because he is "not a respecter of persons" and because "He so loved the world." Rom 8:10 And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness. Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Rom 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together. Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time[are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Rom 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Rom 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope, Rom 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only [they], but ourselves also, Rom 8:23 which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body. Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? Rom 8:25 but if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it]. Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings that cannot be uttered. Rom 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] he mind of the Spirit because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God. We still need intercession. Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified and whom he justified, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us? Rom 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shalt he not with him also freely give us all. things? Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?[it is] God that justifieth. Rom 8:34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [it is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord I believe that In this the Age of Grace we are the born-again sons and daughters of God. We still sin in the flesh; We are still loved and forgiven, but conditionally. God is not a respecter of persons and in all his ways He is fair and just. Vengeance is His. If we do not ask rightly for forgiveness then we are not forgiven. 1 Jhn 1:9 — "If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Phil 4:8 — "Finally Brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, what so ever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, if [there be] any praise think on these things." Truth is irrefutable. There are not twenty thousand true interpretations of an individual truth. Private interpretation is the removal of God's ways and conditions and is a hewing out of cisterns...which are man made doctrines, ideologies and religions. This is not my opinion; Neither is it my point of view. This is what I know and believe as a workman of God's word.

Me too BikerBabe, Chattykathy, Rascal and Abi! That is why I hadn't posted to this thread either! Everyone has blessed me, impacted and imprinted my life and my heart; All of You in exquisite and individual ways have taught and soothed many hearts! I would be here forever singing all of your praises; and would be bound to even then miss some precious one's love, deeds, or gifts! You have all taught me and given me so many many tools! The many joys, laughs, tears, pieces of your lives, and hearts will not be forgotten. The Many, many gifts and other things I will always treasure. You have all helped me find a lot of the puzzle pieces to increase my wisdom and understanding! I am particularly grateful for this as it so hurt me to be in isolation; not knowing that it was not of God but of wrong or skewed doctrines that I suffered! So I will just say that I deeply love and deeply respect All of You in ways that I hope to convey to You All both in this forum and individually! May God the searcher of all hearts thoroughly Bless and keep You All in each and every way; for all of Your love and kindnesses! His Memory is far and away better than mine. He won't forget or overlook anyone, and He sees all that I do not see! I trust God to bless You All; That way No one will be missed or overlooked! A Special Thanks to You Paw for giving us a home! We All love You ((((((((((((((((((Paw)))))))))))))))))))))!

Happy Birthday Hiway29! Here is wishing You a Super Birthday that starts off a spectacular year filled with love, joys abounding and good and true friends! Love You, Hiway29, RainbowsGirl

I am elated for You both! You deserve so much happiness and love. You have such an exquisite and loving hearts. I am so glad God has blessed you so richly as I knew he will continually do my friends! Love to you both RG

thank You Todd, I would like to participate as well if there is room and I would fit in. Please, let me know.

Thank You Suda

I Like Gorgio's "Red", Elizabeth Arden's "Red Door", "Lady in Red" by ???, and Jennifer Lopez's "Glow"

That will be Great! I will be there!

Thank You Cman!

Rod Stewart - Sailing

Bryan Adams - Summer of 69

I agree with your point WB! and Thank You Todd I always enjoy your input and the pod casts you have shared your heart, knowledge and wisdom on! It would change a lot if we used these touchstones; perhaps then we could see each other's heart more truly!

Happy Birthday Krysillis! Have a wonderful day with lots of love and joy and beautiful surprizes! Love You, RainbowsGirl

Happy Birthday Raf! Hope Your Birthday is full of love, laughter and joys abounding! Love You Raf, RainbowsGirl

David Di Sabatino - The Slate "Music Box" Article Here is a snippet: I'd Like To Dedicate This Next Song to Jesus The freaky origins of Christian rock. By Erik Davis Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at 2:03 PM ET Next time you see some young folks flexing their subcultural muscle, take a closer look. Along with the baggy hoodies or the four-fin surfboards, you might catch a telltale sign of the Risen Lord: an ixthus fish tattoo or a T-shirt that looks like the wrapper for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups but says, "Jesus: Sweet Savior." Traditionally, American fundamentalists resisted secular youth scenes and their sock hopping, sinful ways, but contemporary Christians believe that resistance is futile. Evangelist ministries and young believers have opted to enjoy pop culture's manic energy and style while splicing in inspiring messages and strict rules of moral conduct. David Di Sabatino sent me this e-mail link to the article. I Hope we can have him on another Talk Shoe pod cast Paw???

Thank You (((((((((Cman)))))))))))!

My Friend put a program called "My Virtual PC" Which makes it available to run XP or any (I think...) operating system in a window within Vista. I have good speed so it is like having a pc within a pc. This way I am hoping to wait out Vista's ironing out its flaws! I have Vista Home Premium and a dual processor and broad band cable so I am not noticing slowness. I like Vista except for all its program incompatibles. I like Bejeweled from Pop Cap Games but it now runs slow on both XP and Vista. Is there any place to find patches for program incompatibilities? I know so little I am self-taught and if my friend did not help me do so many things I would be lost entirely in the new stuff. Thank You All; I like this thread...I need all the advice I can glean!!!