While we carry on with our daily business or just the business of living, we tend to forget that there are others who may ultimately control what we do or say. Employers don't want you saying inappropriate things in the workplace. Our children don't need to hear many of the things they hear. What we do in the bathroom should not be what we do in public, but that should be simple common sense.
What we are finding out now is that as we make more and more of our life public, we affect those close to us more deeply but generally not in a good way. Off hand remarks are accentuated by the additional remarks of others who may not know either of you. And what may have started as a casual and funny remark ends up cutting a good friend or close relative to the core, damaging an otherwise stable relationship sometimes beyond repair. The "collective heart" is living vicariously through others and doesn't really care about consequences of their words, their thoughts nor their deeds.
Then there is the Government, the NSA, the IRS, HSA, the CIA, the FBI and a host of other initialed agencies that are now gaining more and more access to our personal information, our off hand remarks and our miss-dialed numbers. Everything now becomes suspect. A wrong number is dialed and suddenly you are connected to a terrorist network with ties to who knows what.
The embers of the fire of conspiracy that have been smoldering for years suddenly bursts into flame fueled by reality. They really are spying on us. As was said, "Congress was briefed;" "committees were briefed;" "you elected these people!" No one in government knew what went on. No one is responsible and the worse the offense, the greater the pay increase or the more powerful the position is achieved.
It is no longer, "Oh, the government can't do that!"
It is now, "Man! I can't believe they did that!!"
As the UN snakes its way in to undermine our Constitution under the guise of "making the world a safer place" and our Legislature is so caught up in the many scandals wreaking havoc in our Government, the possibility that something will pass through unnoticed is extremely likely.
We have shot ourselves in the collective foot and keep cutting off toes trying to control the bleeding. When we finally start cutting off the trunk, maybe someone will finally wake up and smell the garbage.
Shalom!! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Snippets from today
"Perhaps
the most dangerous provision of ObamaCare is the assertion by the
federal government that it now has the power to force every American to
purchase products that the government believes they should purchase,
whether or not they need them, want them, or can afford them.
If this precedent prevails, the federal government will have assumed authority over every aspect of individual choice in the care of our families and ourselves and can logically be extended to what foods we eat or to what physical activities we engage in."
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"U.S. Army labels Southern Baptist Convention 'hostile'
Congressman speaks out on behalf of Christians in military
April 25, 2013
The United States Army has blocked the website of the Southern Baptist Convention from government computers, saying the Christian site contains "hostile content."
An Army officer assigned to a U.S. base said he tried to access SBC.net from his government computer, but instead, he got a message that said the site was being blocked by "Team CONUS." Team CONUS protects the computer network of the Department of Defense.
"The site you have requested has been blocked by Team CONUS (C-TNOSC/RECERT-CONUS) due to hostile content."
"So the Southern Baptist Convention is now considered hostile to the U.S. Army...it just corroborates the recent string of events highlighted by AFA," the officer wrote in an email to American Family Association.
This is just another example of the Christian faith coming under attack in the military. Earlier this month, an Army email listed prominent Christian ministries like the Family Research Council and American Family Association as "domestic hate groups."
This prompted Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA) to question Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about religious liberty issues during a House Armed Services Committee meeting just two weeks ago."
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"It is a fallacy of modern society that children are supposed to spend their youth being children. They are, in fact, supposed to be spending that time learning to become productive members of society as adults."
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Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
If this precedent prevails, the federal government will have assumed authority over every aspect of individual choice in the care of our families and ourselves and can logically be extended to what foods we eat or to what physical activities we engage in."
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"U.S. Army labels Southern Baptist Convention 'hostile'
Congressman speaks out on behalf of Christians in military
April 25, 2013
The United States Army has blocked the website of the Southern Baptist Convention from government computers, saying the Christian site contains "hostile content."
An Army officer assigned to a U.S. base said he tried to access SBC.net from his government computer, but instead, he got a message that said the site was being blocked by "Team CONUS." Team CONUS protects the computer network of the Department of Defense.
"The site you have requested has been blocked by Team CONUS (C-TNOSC/RECERT-CONUS) due to hostile content."
"So the Southern Baptist Convention is now considered hostile to the U.S. Army...it just corroborates the recent string of events highlighted by AFA," the officer wrote in an email to American Family Association.
This is just another example of the Christian faith coming under attack in the military. Earlier this month, an Army email listed prominent Christian ministries like the Family Research Council and American Family Association as "domestic hate groups."
This prompted Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA) to question Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about religious liberty issues during a House Armed Services Committee meeting just two weeks ago."
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"It is a fallacy of modern society that children are supposed to spend their youth being children. They are, in fact, supposed to be spending that time learning to become productive members of society as adults."
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Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Grace
Grace is joy beyond words.
It relieves us of the burden of trying to follow laws that we were never able to adhere to in the first place.
My words are stumbling over each other in an effort to attempt to define GOD'S GRACE, but it seems each syllable comes up woefully short of getting near enough to do it justice. When HE died for me; when HE suffered for me; when HIS stripes healed me; HE placed upon me HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. How does one explain that?
When I became HIS, the desire to sin diminished exponentially. HE forgave my frailty. HE placed me upon a road I didn't even know was there. How do you thank someone for giving up all they had and suffering, then dieing for you? I think the only way is to live for HIM. I fail daily at living up to my own expectations of what I think THE LORD requires of me, but daily HE Blesses me and watches over me in ways I cannot understand.
My soul is forever entangled with HIM. Tears of wonder stream down my face as I consider what more HE has to offer me that I can barely breathe.
My LORD and my SAVIOR loves me and that is all that seems to matter.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
It relieves us of the burden of trying to follow laws that we were never able to adhere to in the first place.
My words are stumbling over each other in an effort to attempt to define GOD'S GRACE, but it seems each syllable comes up woefully short of getting near enough to do it justice. When HE died for me; when HE suffered for me; when HIS stripes healed me; HE placed upon me HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. How does one explain that?
When I became HIS, the desire to sin diminished exponentially. HE forgave my frailty. HE placed me upon a road I didn't even know was there. How do you thank someone for giving up all they had and suffering, then dieing for you? I think the only way is to live for HIM. I fail daily at living up to my own expectations of what I think THE LORD requires of me, but daily HE Blesses me and watches over me in ways I cannot understand.
My soul is forever entangled with HIM. Tears of wonder stream down my face as I consider what more HE has to offer me that I can barely breathe.
My LORD and my SAVIOR loves me and that is all that seems to matter.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
What Do You Do When...
What do you do when a friend suddenly dies and you haven't spoken to them in awhile? Not that you didn't want to talk with them, it just worked out that way.
I had two friends who passed within the last 2 or 3 years.
One was a gentleman I knew for many years. When we first met, I was already a Christian and he winced every time I spoke of JESUS or GOD or anything from Scripture. He took down my poster I put up and I dug it out of the trash and put it back in the same spot. This happened several times. The last time it was crumpled. I dug it out of the trash, straightened it, laminated it and put it back in the same spot. It was never removed again. Now, I never actually saw him do it, but he was the only one with enough brass to do such a thing.
In spite of his harshness toward anything GOD, we developed a peculiar kind of friendship. I never pushed JESUS on him and he quit being antagonistic (at least in front of me) toward the Gospel. A soft answer turns away wrath.
He died at a young age - less than 60. I don't know where in Eternity he is now. I can only hope than in those last few moments, like the thief on the Cross, he gave himself over to THE LORD. While I don't think people should wait for a death-bed conversion, they do occur or HE would not have said so in Scripture (the thief on the Cross).
My other friend was a lady I had known for many more years. We had attended Church together. We went places together. Then we just stopped. There was no falling out, no argument. I hadn't seen her in more than a year when I saw her name in a post on Facebook. It told of her passing. She was in Eternity and suddenly there would be no more visits. I found out too late to attend her funeral. I would have at least liked to have paid my respects to her family.
Do I have regrets? That should probably be a statement, an emphatic statement. Yes, I have regrets. I wonder if I followed THE LORD'S Will each time I spoke with each of them. I wonder if I should have done anything differently but most of all I regret NOT doing. That email or phone call I should have made. That visit I had on my mind to do and never got around to. That tract that maybe I should have given to someone and didn't.
So, "what do you do when?" You have regrets and you go forward and you really do try to do better. With THE LORD'S help we can do better.
That is all that we can do.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
I had two friends who passed within the last 2 or 3 years.
One was a gentleman I knew for many years. When we first met, I was already a Christian and he winced every time I spoke of JESUS or GOD or anything from Scripture. He took down my poster I put up and I dug it out of the trash and put it back in the same spot. This happened several times. The last time it was crumpled. I dug it out of the trash, straightened it, laminated it and put it back in the same spot. It was never removed again. Now, I never actually saw him do it, but he was the only one with enough brass to do such a thing.
In spite of his harshness toward anything GOD, we developed a peculiar kind of friendship. I never pushed JESUS on him and he quit being antagonistic (at least in front of me) toward the Gospel. A soft answer turns away wrath.
He died at a young age - less than 60. I don't know where in Eternity he is now. I can only hope than in those last few moments, like the thief on the Cross, he gave himself over to THE LORD. While I don't think people should wait for a death-bed conversion, they do occur or HE would not have said so in Scripture (the thief on the Cross).
My other friend was a lady I had known for many more years. We had attended Church together. We went places together. Then we just stopped. There was no falling out, no argument. I hadn't seen her in more than a year when I saw her name in a post on Facebook. It told of her passing. She was in Eternity and suddenly there would be no more visits. I found out too late to attend her funeral. I would have at least liked to have paid my respects to her family.
Do I have regrets? That should probably be a statement, an emphatic statement. Yes, I have regrets. I wonder if I followed THE LORD'S Will each time I spoke with each of them. I wonder if I should have done anything differently but most of all I regret NOT doing. That email or phone call I should have made. That visit I had on my mind to do and never got around to. That tract that maybe I should have given to someone and didn't.
So, "what do you do when?" You have regrets and you go forward and you really do try to do better. With THE LORD'S help we can do better.
That is all that we can do.
Shalom! Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
It was 1972
Yes, it was 1972.
The Vietnam war, the undeclared Vietnam war, was still raging as it had for decades. The war had continued with no apparent winner or loser, but it continued. The players changed. It was the French vs North Vietnam. Then somewhere through the years, the United States stepped in.
The USA was never "in it to win it" and we left with our collective tails tucked between our legs. It was not for lack of trying on the part of our troops, but the lack of commitment from our leaders.
In 1972, I was living and working in the District of Columbia area. I lived in the suburbs with my now ex-husband and worked just a few short blocks from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For those of you who don't know, the District of Columbia is our nation's capital, Washington, DC and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is otherwise known as The White House or where the President lives.
No, I don't think anyone is stupid. It just looks like people aren't paying attention most of the time.
It was 1972. The troops were trying to come home to return to some sort of normalcy. As they deplaned, many saw the crowds of people waving signs. Some thought they were there to welcome them home. The shouts that reached their ears told a different story. As they neared the crowds, it was confusing and the words that hit their ears were beyond comprehension. They were spat upon and things were thrown at them. The very country that pulled them into serving had thrown them to the wolves and the wolves were ravenous!
They were being called "Baby killers" and worse. Some were put on trial for the massacre of entire villages, including children, pregnant women and the elderly. The country was outraged.
It is 2013.
The country is no longer outraged by children being murdered. It is legal and has been since 1973. For forty years we have systematically murdered an entire generation under the auspices of "helping women" and "planning families."
It was legal when the soldiers were given a gun and sent thousands of miles away and ordered to kill or be killed. They were following orders and they were at war. In most cases it was kill or be killed. Far too often, the children were armed with explosives. The very ones they befriended were being used to kill the GI. Young girls were used to lure them to ambush. And when they broke, when they snapped, they were labeled, tried and convicted. If not by the courts, then by public opinion.
Now, we end the life of a child, without ceremony and without any collective conscience. It is legal to commit murder without fear of reprisal of any kind. Fifty-three million or fifty-five million doesn't seem to matter. After the first thirty or forty million it just becomes numbers and it becomes increasingly difficult to wrap ones mind around the enormity of it all.
Contrary to what the abortionists believe, it will end! It will either end before THE LORD returns or after, but it will end. I, personally, would prefer that it ended right this moment. It is not a right. It is not a choice. It is not a clump of cells destined to become something. It is not an inconvenience.
It is a baby.
Woman, you are human. What you have living within you is human. The child, the boy, the girl is human. You are not having a litter of puppies. You are not hatching eggs. You are unable to produce anything but a human child.
The burden you will bear when the abortion is completed is not for you to bear alone. There are women, like me, who have been there and done that. We have survived. We have moved on. As callous as that may sound, we have to move on. We cannot live in the past but we have to face the facts of what we have done. There is forgiveness. GOD can forgive us. The blood that we have shed is not as great as the Blood that was shed on the Cross of Calvary. We can forgive ourselves because we have no choice. We are not greater than GOD.
Shalom. Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem.
The Vietnam war, the undeclared Vietnam war, was still raging as it had for decades. The war had continued with no apparent winner or loser, but it continued. The players changed. It was the French vs North Vietnam. Then somewhere through the years, the United States stepped in.
The USA was never "in it to win it" and we left with our collective tails tucked between our legs. It was not for lack of trying on the part of our troops, but the lack of commitment from our leaders.
In 1972, I was living and working in the District of Columbia area. I lived in the suburbs with my now ex-husband and worked just a few short blocks from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For those of you who don't know, the District of Columbia is our nation's capital, Washington, DC and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is otherwise known as The White House or where the President lives.
No, I don't think anyone is stupid. It just looks like people aren't paying attention most of the time.
It was 1972. The troops were trying to come home to return to some sort of normalcy. As they deplaned, many saw the crowds of people waving signs. Some thought they were there to welcome them home. The shouts that reached their ears told a different story. As they neared the crowds, it was confusing and the words that hit their ears were beyond comprehension. They were spat upon and things were thrown at them. The very country that pulled them into serving had thrown them to the wolves and the wolves were ravenous!
They were being called "Baby killers" and worse. Some were put on trial for the massacre of entire villages, including children, pregnant women and the elderly. The country was outraged.
It is 2013.
The country is no longer outraged by children being murdered. It is legal and has been since 1973. For forty years we have systematically murdered an entire generation under the auspices of "helping women" and "planning families."
It was legal when the soldiers were given a gun and sent thousands of miles away and ordered to kill or be killed. They were following orders and they were at war. In most cases it was kill or be killed. Far too often, the children were armed with explosives. The very ones they befriended were being used to kill the GI. Young girls were used to lure them to ambush. And when they broke, when they snapped, they were labeled, tried and convicted. If not by the courts, then by public opinion.
Now, we end the life of a child, without ceremony and without any collective conscience. It is legal to commit murder without fear of reprisal of any kind. Fifty-three million or fifty-five million doesn't seem to matter. After the first thirty or forty million it just becomes numbers and it becomes increasingly difficult to wrap ones mind around the enormity of it all.
Contrary to what the abortionists believe, it will end! It will either end before THE LORD returns or after, but it will end. I, personally, would prefer that it ended right this moment. It is not a right. It is not a choice. It is not a clump of cells destined to become something. It is not an inconvenience.
It is a baby.
Woman, you are human. What you have living within you is human. The child, the boy, the girl is human. You are not having a litter of puppies. You are not hatching eggs. You are unable to produce anything but a human child.
The burden you will bear when the abortion is completed is not for you to bear alone. There are women, like me, who have been there and done that. We have survived. We have moved on. As callous as that may sound, we have to move on. We cannot live in the past but we have to face the facts of what we have done. There is forgiveness. GOD can forgive us. The blood that we have shed is not as great as the Blood that was shed on the Cross of Calvary. We can forgive ourselves because we have no choice. We are not greater than GOD.
Shalom. Pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem.
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