12/10/10
D-Day
Today's the day, in just a few short hours I will be standing in front of the judge who will be finalizing my divorce. I realized over the last few days that my snappy, snotty, angry mood means that I'm not exactly depressed, I'm grieving ~ mourning if you will. I thought my emotional roller coaster of late might mean that I was second-guessing divorcing or making some type of mistake but I realized that I'm mourning the loss of what could have been~what I believed should have been. As most often happens with people like me (enablers, codependent types) I started to not be able to pull the bad memories, only the good ones. Then I would remember the wishes and dreams I had of how I had so hoped and spent so much time in prayer of how our marriage, our family would turn out. I had told myself that all the bad would be worth it if only (IF ONLY being key words), if only THIS would happen or THAT would happen and I clung with a deathgrip to the belief that it could & someday would. 14 years of that wishing, hoping, dreaming, praying eventually brought the realization ~ through God being gracious enough to reveal it to me ~ that those hopes and dreams were not to be and it was time to stop and live in the NOW, the REAL, get out of fantasy land where I was the reigning queen. Anyway, I spent most of last night in great sorrow, sobbing the loss of what never was & will never be and learning to accept what it is and what God will provide things to be. I read Psalms this morning and prayed once more for strength, wisdom & His presence during all of this. He is with me, He will be with me, He is Lord of my life, Lord of all.
10/20/10
And So Life Goes On In Gethsemane
So there they are, lying there staring me in the face: my divorce papers, 14 years after we were married, it is now just a few short weeks from being terminated.
It's been one year now, almost exactly, since I had my DeColores experience~which I call my life changing moment. It's the weekend that God's purposes for me became alive for me, when I realized that although I was saved and a Christian that I hadn't known real "life" in Christ or all the joys that were to come with it. As I've written before, I thought I had missed what God had purposed me for and that I had screwed up whatever plan God had for me and those in my life as well.
I was SOOOOO wrong and that weekend taught me that and so much more. I left the weekend somewhat the same yet different in so many wonderful ways. So what's happened in the mere one year since then? You name it!
One child dropped out of their Senior year in high school, another child~after a series of severely traumatic & very long terrible experiences~decided to get involved in a same-sex relationship, my job location was moved, and last, but not least, I turned 40, moved back in with my mother and in a few short weeks I will be divorced ~~ AT 40!
I remember being warned that DC weekend before leaving to start our lives anew, to beware that the enemy would attack in ways we could not imagine, in ways we could not normally survive without the Lord's grace, mercy and strength. I would like to call that the understatement of century.
So? What now? What more? WTH?? (that's what the heck for the former swear-aholic in me) What's up????
I can't necessarily answer those questions ~ so what! It's been horrible, tragic and the most incredibly painful time I can remember~next to only one other I will not address at this writing. Yet through it all ~ and all because of God ~ I am stronger, more joyful, more fullfilled and more excited about being a Christian ~ daughter of the greatest Father one could even hope for ~ I have a King to lead me, a Father to raise & guide me, a Spirit to inhabit me all to enrich me and refine me into exactly the woman God purposed me to be from my inception. Pretty cool I must say ~ "pretty darn cool"...(a phrase I heard Brenden Frasier say once in a movie that runs through my head over and over! 'George of the Jungle' I think) ~ Lovin' it!
It's been one year now, almost exactly, since I had my DeColores experience~which I call my life changing moment. It's the weekend that God's purposes for me became alive for me, when I realized that although I was saved and a Christian that I hadn't known real "life" in Christ or all the joys that were to come with it. As I've written before, I thought I had missed what God had purposed me for and that I had screwed up whatever plan God had for me and those in my life as well.
I was SOOOOO wrong and that weekend taught me that and so much more. I left the weekend somewhat the same yet different in so many wonderful ways. So what's happened in the mere one year since then? You name it!
One child dropped out of their Senior year in high school, another child~after a series of severely traumatic & very long terrible experiences~decided to get involved in a same-sex relationship, my job location was moved, and last, but not least, I turned 40, moved back in with my mother and in a few short weeks I will be divorced ~~ AT 40!
I remember being warned that DC weekend before leaving to start our lives anew, to beware that the enemy would attack in ways we could not imagine, in ways we could not normally survive without the Lord's grace, mercy and strength. I would like to call that the understatement of century.
So? What now? What more? WTH?? (that's what the heck for the former swear-aholic in me) What's up????
I can't necessarily answer those questions ~ so what! It's been horrible, tragic and the most incredibly painful time I can remember~next to only one other I will not address at this writing. Yet through it all ~ and all because of God ~ I am stronger, more joyful, more fullfilled and more excited about being a Christian ~ daughter of the greatest Father one could even hope for ~ I have a King to lead me, a Father to raise & guide me, a Spirit to inhabit me all to enrich me and refine me into exactly the woman God purposed me to be from my inception. Pretty cool I must say ~ "pretty darn cool"...(a phrase I heard Brenden Frasier say once in a movie that runs through my head over and over! 'George of the Jungle' I think) ~ Lovin' it!
8/29/10
7/24/10
GOD vs. SCIENCE
Please read to the end.
'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.'
The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'
'Yes sir,' the student says.
'So you believe in God?'
'Absolutely.'
'Is God good?'
'Sure! God's good.'
'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'
'Yes'
'Are you good or evil?'
'The Bible says I'm evil.'
The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. 'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?'
'Yes sir, I would.'
'So you're good...!'
'I wouldn't say that.'
'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'
The student does not answer, so the professor continues. 'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?'
The student remains silent. 'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax. 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?'
'Er..yes,' the student says.
'Is Satan good?'
The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'
'Then where does Satan come from?'
The student falters. 'From God'
'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?'
'Yes, sir..'
'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'
'Yes'
'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.'
Again, the student has no answer. 'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'
The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'
'So who created them?'
The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. 'Who created them?' There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. 'Tell me,' he continues onto another student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?
The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.'
The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?'
'No sir. I've never seen Him.'
'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'
'No, sir, I have not..'
'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?'
'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'
'Yet you still believe in him?'
'Yes'
'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist... What do you say to that, son?'
'Nothing,' the student replies.. 'I only have my faith.'
'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat? '
' Yes.
'And is there such a thing as cold?'
'Yes, son, there's cold too.'
'No sir, there isn't.'
The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. 'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.'
Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.
'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'
'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation.. 'What is night if it isn't darkness?'
'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?'
'Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.'
The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? Can you explain how?'
'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains.. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.' 'It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.' 'Now tell me, professor.. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?'
'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.'
'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'
The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.
'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?'
The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. 'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.' The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter. 'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.' 'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?'
Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'I Guess you'll have to take them on faith.'
'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?' Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it Everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in The multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.'
To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.'
The professor sat down.
If you read it all the way through and had a smile on your face when you finished, mail to your friends and family with the title 'God vs. Science'
PS: the student was Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein wrote a book titled God vs. Science in 1921...
DON'T COUNT THE DAYS....
MAKE THE DAYS COUNT...
HAVE A GREAT ONE!!!!
IN GOD WE TRUST!!!!
'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.'
The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand.
'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?'
'Yes sir,' the student says.
'So you believe in God?'
'Absolutely.'
'Is God good?'
'Sure! God's good.'
'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?'
'Yes'
'Are you good or evil?'
'The Bible says I'm evil.'
The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible! He considers for a moment. 'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?'
'Yes sir, I would.'
'So you're good...!'
'I wouldn't say that.'
'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.'
The student does not answer, so the professor continues. 'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Can you answer that one?'
The student remains silent. 'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax. 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?'
'Er..yes,' the student says.
'Is Satan good?'
The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.'
'Then where does Satan come from?'
The student falters. 'From God'
'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?'
'Yes, sir..'
'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'
'Yes'
'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.'
Again, the student has no answer. 'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?'
The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.'
'So who created them?'
The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. 'Who created them?' There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized. 'Tell me,' he continues onto another student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?
The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.'
The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?'
'No sir. I've never seen Him.'
'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?'
'No, sir, I have not..'
'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?'
'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.'
'Yet you still believe in him?'
'Yes'
'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist... What do you say to that, son?'
'Nothing,' the student replies.. 'I only have my faith.'
'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.'
The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat? '
' Yes.
'And is there such a thing as cold?'
'Yes, son, there's cold too.'
'No sir, there isn't.'
The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. 'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit down to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.'
Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer.
'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?'
'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation.. 'What is night if it isn't darkness?'
'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word. In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?'
The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?'
'Yes, professor. My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.'
The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? Can you explain how?'
'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains.. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.' 'It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.' 'Now tell me, professor.. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?'
'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.'
'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?'
The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed.
'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?'
The class is in uproar. The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. 'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.' The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter. 'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.' 'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lectures, sir?'
Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'I Guess you'll have to take them on faith.'
'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?' Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it Everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in The multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.'
To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.'
The professor sat down.
If you read it all the way through and had a smile on your face when you finished, mail to your friends and family with the title 'God vs. Science'
PS: the student was Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein wrote a book titled God vs. Science in 1921...
DON'T COUNT THE DAYS....
MAKE THE DAYS COUNT...
HAVE A GREAT ONE!!!!
IN GOD WE TRUST!!!!
7/12/10
IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
Christians' arrest: 1st step to placate Muslims
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/12/2010 4:00:00 AM
A state representative plans to support four missionaries who are facing an initial court hearing following their arrests at a recent Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan.
The four were passing out leaflets about Christianity in Dearborn, which has a large Muslim population. One of the missionaries was engaging in peaceful conversation with several Muslim youths, while the other three were videotaping the dialogue before they were all arrested on June 18.
Since their activities were carried out peacefully, State Representative Tom McMillin believes the missionaries were falsely arrested. Their cameras were seized, but police have refused to view the footage of their arrest or release a detailed report on the incident.
"I wonder if they're trying to craft a police report knowing that these videos show that nothing was done wrong," McMillin suggests. "And the illegal confiscation of the videos, I mean it really appears to be a lot of injustice. Now I could be surprised. Maybe they'll drop the charges and realize that the Constitution applies in Dearborn as well."
Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), tells OneNewsnow the missionaries' free-speech rights were violated, and he contends that no criminal laws were broken.
"The next step, in what I call the enforcement of sharia law in Dearborn, Michigan, is the arraignment that is going to take place in the Dearborn District Court," he explains.
Representative McMillin plans to attend today's arraignment, but Thompson feels that one aspect of the case is already very clear. "This is the first step in a series of steps that the city of Dearborn is taking to placate the large Moslem population that they have there, and they don't mind stepping on the constitutional rights of Christians to do that," he notes.
The TMLC president assures that his firm will vigorously fight for the missionaries' constitutional rights. As a part of that process, a lawsuit will be filed against the city in protest of what he refers to as their "illegal arrests" and for their equipment being confiscated. Meanwhile, McMillin will see what happens at the hearing.
"If they go forward with this charade and actually try and trump up charges, I certainly will be by the sides of the defendants," he assures. "I certainly will not sit silent."
He hopes to draw a line in the sand against the efforts of those in Dearborn who want to squelch the free-speech rights of Christians who disagree with Islam.
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 7/12/2010 4:00:00 AM
A state representative plans to support four missionaries who are facing an initial court hearing following their arrests at a recent Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan.
The four were passing out leaflets about Christianity in Dearborn, which has a large Muslim population. One of the missionaries was engaging in peaceful conversation with several Muslim youths, while the other three were videotaping the dialogue before they were all arrested on June 18.
Since their activities were carried out peacefully, State Representative Tom McMillin believes the missionaries were falsely arrested. Their cameras were seized, but police have refused to view the footage of their arrest or release a detailed report on the incident.
"I wonder if they're trying to craft a police report knowing that these videos show that nothing was done wrong," McMillin suggests. "And the illegal confiscation of the videos, I mean it really appears to be a lot of injustice. Now I could be surprised. Maybe they'll drop the charges and realize that the Constitution applies in Dearborn as well."
Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), tells OneNewsnow the missionaries' free-speech rights were violated, and he contends that no criminal laws were broken.
"The next step, in what I call the enforcement of sharia law in Dearborn, Michigan, is the arraignment that is going to take place in the Dearborn District Court," he explains.
Representative McMillin plans to attend today's arraignment, but Thompson feels that one aspect of the case is already very clear. "This is the first step in a series of steps that the city of Dearborn is taking to placate the large Moslem population that they have there, and they don't mind stepping on the constitutional rights of Christians to do that," he notes.
The TMLC president assures that his firm will vigorously fight for the missionaries' constitutional rights. As a part of that process, a lawsuit will be filed against the city in protest of what he refers to as their "illegal arrests" and for their equipment being confiscated. Meanwhile, McMillin will see what happens at the hearing.
"If they go forward with this charade and actually try and trump up charges, I certainly will be by the sides of the defendants," he assures. "I certainly will not sit silent."
He hopes to draw a line in the sand against the efforts of those in Dearborn who want to squelch the free-speech rights of Christians who disagree with Islam.
6/26/10
News or no news?
On my way into work this morning I was listening to my favorite talk show station, 91.7WCSG, with this morning's host being Herman Caine, another favorite of mine on that station. This was a 're-run' as Herman was on vacation this week and I was listening to the show that would have started off this week and I found myself giggling at Herman's blunt way of saying the truth and wondering if I could have the kind of 'vacation' he was about to enjoy. He was saying how he was not only going on vacation, but he was going on a 'fast' of sorts from ALL news media. He was, for one whole week, turning off all news networks and refusing to hear anything anymore of the foolish liberal media and their biased reporting. No more reports on how the Obama Administration was turning down assistance from other countries who have experience in oil spill clean-up, how they are mis-handling everything from health-care to taxes to spending to not securing our borders. Herman refers to the health-care reform as 'health-care DE-forming' - love it! He tells it like it is, as do the majority of the speakers on afr.net/WCSG. Herman Cain pulls no punches on the fact that he is an African-American man who opposes nearly everything Obama. He plainly states that he is fully aware that they are both considered black men & that one of them may or may not actually be an American citizen - LOL. I admit I have hesitated around other African-American friends of mine on my normally staunch position against Obama & his administration. I have seen how his election had warmed the hearts and brought pride in the election of a black man to the President of America and it pains me to have him turn out to be such a disappointment and shameful example of anything American, especially the presidency, so I cannot even imagine how emotionally impacting that can be to the people that for at least a moment he made so proud ~ that is until I had the privelage of listening to Herman Caine ("In the Morning with Herman Caine"). Like I said, Herman says it like it is, calls it like it is. So as I listened along with his program on my way in to work I thought for a moment how joyful his 'vacation' sounded ~ no news to bring you down for an entire week! Could I do that too? I must admit I've become somewhat of a news junkie but I've also noticed that the news doesn't really change all that much. It's the same topics, day after day, with the same results: more ignorance, more foolishness, more liberal~left-wing media bias, more unread bills being shoved down our throats, more & more of nothing. No results, nothing happy, nothing to be proud of and nothing to look forward to except Rapture & Armageddon (from my perspective at times). It's difficult then to decide how to move forward. For me I think a break from the news too would be a welcome relief yet I find myself strangely addicted to continuing on~kind of like watching a disaster take place, you want to avert your eyes yet somehow cannot. I also keep waiting for the big "DUH" moment to take place so I can use it to reach the ignorant & blind members of my family and friends who are still wearing the darkest of shades over their eyes, still wanting desperately to believe that Obama is new John F. Kennedy, alive & well, ready to make America into the Camelot that Kennedy was sure to bring about in the '60s when his life and all their dreams were cut short with his assassination. But, alas, the "DUH" moments come and go and the blinders stay on for the desire to believe a beautiful lie is proving, once again, proving to be more desirable than the Truth, making the prophetic Word(s) of the Lord truer than ever....."II Timothy 3:1-5,7 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." Scary, that last line, isn't it?..'always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.'..one way or another folks ALL WILL see the truth~ if not here, then THERE, all will know God is God and all will bow to Him. I pray today, and always, that this will happen for you BEFORE it's too late, that you will not be blind to the End, for the End is near.
6/5/10
Israel Alone: an excerpt from "OneNewsNow.com"; author Larry Elder
Israel alone
Larry Elder - Syndicated Columnist - 6/3/2010 9:55:00 AM
Vice President Joe Biden, wrong on virtually every major foreign policy issue since his election to the Senate in 1972, nailed this one: He warned that actors on the international stage would test the new, inexperienced President.
He knew that President Barack Obama's enemies would perceive his strength-through-peace (versus peace-through-strength) approach as weakness. They do and are acting accordingly.
Candidate Obama vowed to hold high-level talks with Iran and North Korea without "preconditions." Obama promised a "reset" of all things President George W. Bush, with no more talk of "victory" in Iraq and Afghanistan. He reneged on the promised missile shield defense in Poland and the Czech Republic. He waits for countries like China and Russia, both of which have business interests in Iran, to agree to "tough, crippling" sanctions.
The President dropped the term "war on terror" and refuses to call Islamofascists "Islamofascists." He apologetically says America is vital in maintaining world peace "whether we like it or not." He sent a videotaped message to Iran telling of our willingness to re-engage the country -- if only it would unclench its fist. It unclenched more time for Iran to pursue a nuclear bomb. The administration was painfully slow to acknowledge that the Times Square truck bomb attempt involved foreign Islamic terrorists.
The administration chastised Israel for settlement construction in an area of east Jerusalem that President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush and even Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat assumed would be part of Israel in any peace agreement. During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's state visit, Obama treated him worse than a White House dinner gate-crasher.
How's the hope and change working out?
North Korea, in an act of war, sank a South Korean ship. Iran may now have sufficient materiel and technical knowledge to build a nuclear bomb. The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah -- under the nose of United Nations "peacekeepers" -- continues to stock southern Lebanon with weapons that threaten Israel.
Now comes the anti-Israel "humanitarian" flotilla.
After Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza, the terror group Hamas seized power. Israel and Egypt began a naval blockade of ships in and out of Gaza. Though Israel had uprooted every Israeli settler from Gaza, Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel, a bombardment that continues today.
Israel already sends humanitarian aid into Gaza and allows others to do so. Israel even agreed to allow the supposed humanitarian flotilla cargo to enter, provided Israeli security could check it for weapons. And never mind that some of the flotilla's "humanitarian activists" appear to have ties to terror organizations.
The flotilla's attempt to run the blockade resulted in nine deaths when the Israeli military boarded ships to inspect the cargo. As Israel's enemies hoped, Israel stands accused of a "disproportionate" response.
But why the flotilla now?
The most significant intervening event is the election of President Obama. Now Israel's most important ally considers Israeli intransigence the principal obstacle to peace with the Palestinians in particular and in the Middle East in general. The activists got the message: Israel is on the defensive.
Israel, with good reason, feels alone.
Obama, like Bush in his second term, seems willing to accept a nuclear-armed Iran -- even as Iran threatens Israel with annihilation. Obama apparently considers a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable, even if it ignites a regional nuclear arms race -- since Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan fear Iran more than they do Israel.
Give Obama credit for continuing many of Bush's policies. Gitmo remains open, the administration finally understanding that the prison exists for a reason. He continued rendition, the terror surveillance program and the increased use of drone predators in Pakistan. He used the same "state secrets" argument to fight courtroom disclosure of sources and methods. He increased troop strength in Afghanistan and continues the Bush "clear and hold" strategy for that country and Iraq.
But Jimmy Carter governed as a strength-through-peace president. He pressured the Shah of Iran to release "political prisoners." The shah was toppled, only to be followed by the repressive and threatening Islamic Republic of Iran. Carter urged Americans to abandon their "inordinate fear of communism." Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev considered Carter weak and rewarded him by invading Afghanistan. This triggered a chain reaction from which the world continues to suffer. The Arabs and Muslims who fought to expel the Soviet Union then turned on the United States and the West in a grand plan for an Islamic world.
Israel's response to the flotilla was an act of self-defense. The Western world's reaction has been shameful. Western countries once again fail to distinguish the arsonist from the firefighter.
In 1962, the United States imposed a naval blockade -- a "quarantine" -- on Cuba. What would we have done to a "humanitarian" flotilla determined to help Fidel Castro place Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida?
Larry Elder - Syndicated Columnist - 6/3/2010 9:55:00 AM
Vice President Joe Biden, wrong on virtually every major foreign policy issue since his election to the Senate in 1972, nailed this one: He warned that actors on the international stage would test the new, inexperienced President.
He knew that President Barack Obama's enemies would perceive his strength-through-peace (versus peace-through-strength) approach as weakness. They do and are acting accordingly.
Candidate Obama vowed to hold high-level talks with Iran and North Korea without "preconditions." Obama promised a "reset" of all things President George W. Bush, with no more talk of "victory" in Iraq and Afghanistan. He reneged on the promised missile shield defense in Poland and the Czech Republic. He waits for countries like China and Russia, both of which have business interests in Iran, to agree to "tough, crippling" sanctions.
The President dropped the term "war on terror" and refuses to call Islamofascists "Islamofascists." He apologetically says America is vital in maintaining world peace "whether we like it or not." He sent a videotaped message to Iran telling of our willingness to re-engage the country -- if only it would unclench its fist. It unclenched more time for Iran to pursue a nuclear bomb. The administration was painfully slow to acknowledge that the Times Square truck bomb attempt involved foreign Islamic terrorists.
The administration chastised Israel for settlement construction in an area of east Jerusalem that President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush and even Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat assumed would be part of Israel in any peace agreement. During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's state visit, Obama treated him worse than a White House dinner gate-crasher.
How's the hope and change working out?
North Korea, in an act of war, sank a South Korean ship. Iran may now have sufficient materiel and technical knowledge to build a nuclear bomb. The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah -- under the nose of United Nations "peacekeepers" -- continues to stock southern Lebanon with weapons that threaten Israel.
Now comes the anti-Israel "humanitarian" flotilla.
After Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza, the terror group Hamas seized power. Israel and Egypt began a naval blockade of ships in and out of Gaza. Though Israel had uprooted every Israeli settler from Gaza, Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel, a bombardment that continues today.
Israel already sends humanitarian aid into Gaza and allows others to do so. Israel even agreed to allow the supposed humanitarian flotilla cargo to enter, provided Israeli security could check it for weapons. And never mind that some of the flotilla's "humanitarian activists" appear to have ties to terror organizations.
The flotilla's attempt to run the blockade resulted in nine deaths when the Israeli military boarded ships to inspect the cargo. As Israel's enemies hoped, Israel stands accused of a "disproportionate" response.
But why the flotilla now?
The most significant intervening event is the election of President Obama. Now Israel's most important ally considers Israeli intransigence the principal obstacle to peace with the Palestinians in particular and in the Middle East in general. The activists got the message: Israel is on the defensive.
Israel, with good reason, feels alone.
Obama, like Bush in his second term, seems willing to accept a nuclear-armed Iran -- even as Iran threatens Israel with annihilation. Obama apparently considers a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable, even if it ignites a regional nuclear arms race -- since Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan fear Iran more than they do Israel.
Give Obama credit for continuing many of Bush's policies. Gitmo remains open, the administration finally understanding that the prison exists for a reason. He continued rendition, the terror surveillance program and the increased use of drone predators in Pakistan. He used the same "state secrets" argument to fight courtroom disclosure of sources and methods. He increased troop strength in Afghanistan and continues the Bush "clear and hold" strategy for that country and Iraq.
But Jimmy Carter governed as a strength-through-peace president. He pressured the Shah of Iran to release "political prisoners." The shah was toppled, only to be followed by the repressive and threatening Islamic Republic of Iran. Carter urged Americans to abandon their "inordinate fear of communism." Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev considered Carter weak and rewarded him by invading Afghanistan. This triggered a chain reaction from which the world continues to suffer. The Arabs and Muslims who fought to expel the Soviet Union then turned on the United States and the West in a grand plan for an Islamic world.
Israel's response to the flotilla was an act of self-defense. The Western world's reaction has been shameful. Western countries once again fail to distinguish the arsonist from the firefighter.
In 1962, the United States imposed a naval blockade -- a "quarantine" -- on Cuba. What would we have done to a "humanitarian" flotilla determined to help Fidel Castro place Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida?
5/22/10
2011 Taxes - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Subject: Your Taxes Next Year
This is part of the new Health Care Bill.
I contacted my Congressman about House bill HR3590 the health care bill just passed. I asked for a summary of changes. The aid directed me to go to www: thomas.gov ; enter HR3590 in the search box and look for summaries.
Starting in 2011 (next year folks) your W 2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of what ever health insurance you are given by the company. It does not matter if that's a private concern or Governmental body of some sort. If you're retired ? So what; your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get.
You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen.
Take your tax form you just finished and see what $15,000 or $20,000 additional gross does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many it also puts you into a new higher bracket so it's even worse
This is how the government is going to buy insurance for 15 % that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases.
Not believing this I researched the summaries and here's what I'm reading:
On page 25 of 29 :
TITLE IX REVENUE PROVISIONS- SUBTITLE A: REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS-(sec .
9001 , as modified by sec. 10901)
Sec.9002. "requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employees gross income."
Joan Pryde is the senior tax editor for the Kiplinger letters. Go to Kiplingers and read about 13 tax changes that could affect you. Number 3 is what I just told you about.
Why am I posting this ?. The same reason I hope you forward this to every single person in your address book. People have the right to know the truth because an election is coming in November .
This is part of the new Health Care Bill.
I contacted my Congressman about House bill HR3590 the health care bill just passed. I asked for a summary of changes. The aid directed me to go to www: thomas.gov ; enter HR3590 in the search box and look for summaries.
Starting in 2011 (next year folks) your W 2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of what ever health insurance you are given by the company. It does not matter if that's a private concern or Governmental body of some sort. If you're retired ? So what; your gross will go up by the amount of insurance you get.
You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen.
Take your tax form you just finished and see what $15,000 or $20,000 additional gross does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many it also puts you into a new higher bracket so it's even worse
This is how the government is going to buy insurance for 15 % that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases.
Not believing this I researched the summaries and here's what I'm reading:
On page 25 of 29 :
TITLE IX REVENUE PROVISIONS- SUBTITLE A: REVENUE OFFSET PROVISIONS-(sec .
9001 , as modified by sec. 10901)
Sec.9002. "requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employees gross income."
Joan Pryde is the senior tax editor for the Kiplinger letters. Go to Kiplingers and read about 13 tax changes that could affect you. Number 3 is what I just told you about.
Why am I posting this ?. The same reason I hope you forward this to every single person in your address book. People have the right to know the truth because an election is coming in November .
5/14/10
5/11/10
DIVERSIFYING......kinda
As you can see, it's been awhile since I posted anything. So much has taken place in just the last few weeks even that I find it hard to put it in words that would be of any benefit to you.
I'm involved in so many different movements outside of my home but the "goings-on" inside my home which to me is anything family, are so diversive and inclusive of a great deal of my time and emotions.
What I've decided to do is expand on what is already here on different pages for different subjects.
If you check out the home page you will see other "pages" on the blog. The "Scales of Justice" page is where you will be able to go to get facts on what the mainstream media will not report on in Washington, the political arena, pretty much anything NOT on the left.
Other pages will be more topic specific like the same sex identity issues my grown-up child is going through and more of how I am dealing with it from a parent's point of view.
Others still will be about how we can impact what's going on around us.
We are what will make the difference, the real impact. We are Christians, united with a common cause in prayer and in battle -- not the kind of warfare such as some militias have gone too far with, but the kind that puts God first and uses God's commands as they were written - as a whole, not just in certain parts & certain verses. We must get involved and stay involved and the resources are out there. If there aren't any you see here, send me a message and I will direct you to them.
As always - Love in Christ.
I'm involved in so many different movements outside of my home but the "goings-on" inside my home which to me is anything family, are so diversive and inclusive of a great deal of my time and emotions.
What I've decided to do is expand on what is already here on different pages for different subjects.
If you check out the home page you will see other "pages" on the blog. The "Scales of Justice" page is where you will be able to go to get facts on what the mainstream media will not report on in Washington, the political arena, pretty much anything NOT on the left.
Other pages will be more topic specific like the same sex identity issues my grown-up child is going through and more of how I am dealing with it from a parent's point of view.
Others still will be about how we can impact what's going on around us.
We are what will make the difference, the real impact. We are Christians, united with a common cause in prayer and in battle -- not the kind of warfare such as some militias have gone too far with, but the kind that puts God first and uses God's commands as they were written - as a whole, not just in certain parts & certain verses. We must get involved and stay involved and the resources are out there. If there aren't any you see here, send me a message and I will direct you to them.
As always - Love in Christ.
4/17/10
no way MY kid is gay....
Here's another one "catching on"..."Hey Mom, I'm not gay, I just happen to fall for this person who is the same-sex as I am, it's just her/him, not that I'm gay."
That's the one I got thrown at me....that's one of the primary issues I spoke of in earlier posts that have made this year so pertinent in the agony category and my residence change to the Gethsemane garden of the deepest, most fervent prayer of my life.
"Not MY child" -- yeah, sure.
"But they weren't raised that way!" -- so?
"But she/he was SAVED as a child/teen/adult...what the.?" -- yep, & guess what that leads to:
"oh, no,..were they REALLY ever saved?....OR....are they turning their back on God? Will they lose their salvation????"
And there folks is where the dilemma for me really began...
Both of my children were saved as children, and rededicated as teens. This was NEVER something I even gave a thought too. It was never something I had as an "option" of what my children might "get into" when they went off to what I like to call Prodigal Land.
It's been several months now and I've been through an array of emotional states like hysteria, to deep depression, denial, anger, grief, and on and on....
Then I turned to prayer -- REAL prayer, Gethsemane prayer.
Then the Lord opened up to me in ways that continue to amaze and astound - and comfort me.
When I turned to Him and gave up all to Him He took over and is what gets me through each day.
One of the resources He turned me to was Exodus International, a foundation that is all about Christians and same-sex identity issues.
Before I put up any more posts about my journey, I would really appreciate hearing from you. Is anyone reading this that can relate?
That's the one I got thrown at me....that's one of the primary issues I spoke of in earlier posts that have made this year so pertinent in the agony category and my residence change to the Gethsemane garden of the deepest, most fervent prayer of my life.
"Not MY child" -- yeah, sure.
"But they weren't raised that way!" -- so?
"But she/he was SAVED as a child/teen/adult...what the.?" -- yep, & guess what that leads to:
"oh, no,..were they REALLY ever saved?....OR....are they turning their back on God? Will they lose their salvation????"
And there folks is where the dilemma for me really began...
Both of my children were saved as children, and rededicated as teens. This was NEVER something I even gave a thought too. It was never something I had as an "option" of what my children might "get into" when they went off to what I like to call Prodigal Land.
It's been several months now and I've been through an array of emotional states like hysteria, to deep depression, denial, anger, grief, and on and on....
Then I turned to prayer -- REAL prayer, Gethsemane prayer.
Then the Lord opened up to me in ways that continue to amaze and astound - and comfort me.
When I turned to Him and gave up all to Him He took over and is what gets me through each day.
One of the resources He turned me to was Exodus International, a foundation that is all about Christians and same-sex identity issues.
Before I put up any more posts about my journey, I would really appreciate hearing from you. Is anyone reading this that can relate?
4/13/10
....would have loved you forever....
Hi to all! I was just thumbing through the latest catalog I was mailed, doing imaginary shopping....when I came across a beautiful stone for a garden. Upon looking closer at the message inscribed on it, I had to do a double-take. Here's what it says, "If Love could have saved you, you would have lived forever". What do they mean IF? Love did save us! We ARE going to live forever!
Then, I 'got it'...sadly I realized they weren't talking about Love, the One we know as our King and Savior, Jesus, they simply meant love, the generic love that we're all told to feel and is believed to be the key to happiness, yada, yada, yada.
How sad that the EXACT words they are using are 100% TRUE yet 100% FALSE! The irony in this is almost too painful to see.
I praise Jesus that I am able to read that inscription and smile with a precious knowledge that it is true for me.
I praise Jesus that every day is one more opportunity to reach the lost who purchase and read that stone placed over a loved one that they actually may never see again.
I praise Jesus for the tears that come to my eyes and the deep sadness I feel for those lost souls. Why? Because right now they are only lost, not gone forever and while we're all still here there's still a chance.
Praise You Lord for the words on that stone.
Praise You Lord that there really is no IF when it's with You, it IS forever and it is real love - You are that Love.
Amen
Then, I 'got it'...sadly I realized they weren't talking about Love, the One we know as our King and Savior, Jesus, they simply meant love, the generic love that we're all told to feel and is believed to be the key to happiness, yada, yada, yada.
How sad that the EXACT words they are using are 100% TRUE yet 100% FALSE! The irony in this is almost too painful to see.
I praise Jesus that I am able to read that inscription and smile with a precious knowledge that it is true for me.
I praise Jesus that every day is one more opportunity to reach the lost who purchase and read that stone placed over a loved one that they actually may never see again.
I praise Jesus for the tears that come to my eyes and the deep sadness I feel for those lost souls. Why? Because right now they are only lost, not gone forever and while we're all still here there's still a chance.
Praise You Lord for the words on that stone.
Praise You Lord that there really is no IF when it's with You, it IS forever and it is real love - You are that Love.
Amen
4/9/10
LIVING IN GETHSEMANE..
When our precious Savior was in the now infamous garden of Getsemane, Luke tells us He prayed in agony, so much so that He sweat drops of blood. Luke also tells us that our Lord actually asked His Heavenly Father that if it were in any way possible to take this cup from Him. I think it's safe to say we know how that ended up as Jesus honored His Father's Will and died for our sins.
So why did I title this blogsite "Living in Gethsemane?" Because when Jesus was at what could easily be thought of as His lowest point in His life as a man here on Earth, Gethsemane was where he stayed, hour after hour, in prayer to our Father, asking to be released, yet accepting His Father's Will in obedience to Him and because of His great Love for us.
This year I will be turning 40. The number itself doesn't really mean that much to me other than I REALLY had hoped we would have been Raptured way before I ever got THAT old, but the year itself as been life changing, life transforming and full of both the greatest joy I've ever felt and yet the greatest pain as well.
As a young mother, when both my children were waddling around, I would invision these years of my life with great joy, believing my children would be finishing high school, maybe entering college, happy, healthy and most important, as SAVED Christians. Really my only goal was to try to raise them right and have them live for Christ someday, in whatever way He & they chose.
Instead, I find myself in what I consider my own garden of Gethsemane. I feel like I am forever in agony over prayer for my loved ones and the destructive choices they've made and the wildernesses of misery they are living in. I beg our Lord daily to save them, do whatever it takes to 'bring them back' to Him and I WAIT. The worst part of it all to me, the waiting and watching the horrors unfold. I know I must, I know I cannot just walk away, I know I must continue to pray, continue to hope.
I also know that Jesus truly can understand these things, as He has not only 'been there', He went there and kept on going! Envisioning myself in the garden that our Lord Himself knelt in agony and prayer comforts me and reminds me I'm not alone - I'm living in Gethsemane with Him!
How about you? Where do you feel like you are spending most of your emotional time? Can you relate? If so, I'm hoping we can relate together and help others who feel they cannot get out of this place, feel some comfort and know we are not only not alone because He is with us, but we are also not alone because He has mandated fellowship between His people for the good times to share and, most importantly, the 'bad'. The times that cause us to feel as though we can never leave that garden of prayer because it's just not getting better and if we leave and cease our prayers, who then will stand in that gap for our lost family, friends, and even those we do not even know yet? Who? No one.
So, here I am, in living in this garden of pain and agony - yet also joy, praying and waiting for His Will to reveal itself, and very aware and grateful that whatever the end is for my situations, it will not be what Christ's was, that battle has been fought and won already by Jesus & someday because of that we will be with Him celebrating face to Face!
Please click on the next page for "my story...ok not the WHOLE story.."
So why did I title this blogsite "Living in Gethsemane?" Because when Jesus was at what could easily be thought of as His lowest point in His life as a man here on Earth, Gethsemane was where he stayed, hour after hour, in prayer to our Father, asking to be released, yet accepting His Father's Will in obedience to Him and because of His great Love for us.
This year I will be turning 40. The number itself doesn't really mean that much to me other than I REALLY had hoped we would have been Raptured way before I ever got THAT old, but the year itself as been life changing, life transforming and full of both the greatest joy I've ever felt and yet the greatest pain as well.
As a young mother, when both my children were waddling around, I would invision these years of my life with great joy, believing my children would be finishing high school, maybe entering college, happy, healthy and most important, as SAVED Christians. Really my only goal was to try to raise them right and have them live for Christ someday, in whatever way He & they chose.
Instead, I find myself in what I consider my own garden of Gethsemane. I feel like I am forever in agony over prayer for my loved ones and the destructive choices they've made and the wildernesses of misery they are living in. I beg our Lord daily to save them, do whatever it takes to 'bring them back' to Him and I WAIT. The worst part of it all to me, the waiting and watching the horrors unfold. I know I must, I know I cannot just walk away, I know I must continue to pray, continue to hope.
I also know that Jesus truly can understand these things, as He has not only 'been there', He went there and kept on going! Envisioning myself in the garden that our Lord Himself knelt in agony and prayer comforts me and reminds me I'm not alone - I'm living in Gethsemane with Him!
How about you? Where do you feel like you are spending most of your emotional time? Can you relate? If so, I'm hoping we can relate together and help others who feel they cannot get out of this place, feel some comfort and know we are not only not alone because He is with us, but we are also not alone because He has mandated fellowship between His people for the good times to share and, most importantly, the 'bad'. The times that cause us to feel as though we can never leave that garden of prayer because it's just not getting better and if we leave and cease our prayers, who then will stand in that gap for our lost family, friends, and even those we do not even know yet? Who? No one.
So, here I am, in living in this garden of pain and agony - yet also joy, praying and waiting for His Will to reveal itself, and very aware and grateful that whatever the end is for my situations, it will not be what Christ's was, that battle has been fought and won already by Jesus & someday because of that we will be with Him celebrating face to Face!
Please click on the next page for "my story...ok not the WHOLE story.."
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