Finished The Harbinger and I can suggest the book without any reservations. See the connections ancient Israel had with the warnings they received to not turn away from God and the warnings America has received since 9/11. There are biblical truths, time tables and word meanings that are all connected.
If this country does not turn back to the God of our founding fathers and repent for its' mistakes God's wrath may certainly be upon us. Our children and grandchildren do not deserve this. Please pray for our country's leaders and its' people. Jesus Christ is our only one true answer to everything.
____________________________________________________________________________


Last night on Huckabee there was a woman on there who made the most compelling argument I've heard in a long time on abortion. The worst thing this country can do to women is offer them abortion is what I gleaned from it. Not only the violent death to the infant but the trauma a woman can experience from the surgery procedure not only can damage her physically and mentally but also can kill her. S...top this barbaric practice as a means of birth control. Anything should be offered to the woman before something like this is ever considered. Nothing about abortion can enrich a woman's life. Let the truth be told, this has become the most murderous country in the world and it has nothing to do with guns, but supposedly civilized people destroying God's most innocent creation. It has to stop and so does all the immorality and unethical behavior if we want this country to go on.
______________________________________________________________________________

Everyone should have watched the documentary last night on WV public broadcasting on the Jews in the camp Terrazine and how a certain musician and inmates in the prison went to the basement at night and sang together as a means of fighting off their hard working dreary life through the day. I think the musician/composer's name was Shaster. He changed the words of the catholic Verde requiem to aler...t what was happening to them in that camp. The International Red Cross came to visit the camp and they performed for them with the words changed in hopes they would pick up on it and investigate. The Nazi's had done such a good job of covering everything up there that they left with the thoughts that they were all in a good place. Playgrounds had equipment for the children so it would seem like a good place on film. Young people were shown eating large pieces of bread with butter on them, which they had never had butter there before. It was made to look like the inmates lived in motel type rooms with beds when in fact they slept on wooden shelves. All this was propaganda for the world to see. The next day the children were all sent to the gas chambers and half of Shasters choir was loaded on to cattle cars. Finally he and the others were loaded and took away. To think that our world suffered such atrocities as this and it was overlooked for so long and denied as to being truthful by so many just shows how easily human beings can be swayed into believing what isn't true. It is happening here in the aborting of babies and in other ways that Satan has tricked so many into believing what isn't true.

 

I'm through hopefully for the day with my commentaries. It just breaks my heart into.

 

April Morning 2, 2013

On this brisk April morning with the sun shining we realize we are embarking on a new season. A season filled with rebirth and renewal. The chill shall soon be gone and a warm breeze will replace it. The birds are chirping with glory to the Lord for overcoming the winter. The frogs are hollering to say thank-you to God for waking them up. Hibernation will soon be over and all God's creatures will be up and about their business.

We have just celebrated the most Holy of Days and that is the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He has promised us the same resurrection one day, free from all sin and care. He took all that to the cross with Him when he gave His life for our sins. Have you accepted that free gift He so lovingly offered to each of us? Do you believe?

Do you know Him this morning? Are you feeling renewed, have you been reborn with the Holy Spirit? If not what about right now. God is as close as your next breath. Ask Him to forgive your sins and be willing to do whatever He asks of you in acceptance of Him. Then pick up your cross and follow Him. (Matthew 16:24) He tells us in His Word that His yoke is easy and His burden is light.(Matthew 11:30) If you will believe in Him you will have everlasting life.(John 3:36) If God's little creatures believe in Him and give Him praise surely the least we can do is acknowledge Him in our life and confess Him to others. Then you will grow as the spring flowers grow and you will show fruit as the fruit trees do. Some will bear a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.(Matthew 13:8) You will not be barren but will bring forth new growth as this season does. Let us rejoice and be glad in this beautiful day that the Lord has given to each of us. Make your committment to Jesus Christ today.

re-aligned part 2 continued

For nearly three years now I have been leaning on the Everlasting Arms of Jesus to hold me up and see me through a problem that is no longer a problem to me, but has had a lasting effect on my family.
Leaning on Jesus has been an occupation of mine since I was a child and He has never failed me. I depended on Him even before my life was turned over to Him. I have failed Him far more than once and probably will till I die but it is not because that is what I want out of myself for Him. I want the best of me offered as an humble servant to Him in the capacity He has laid out for me. I am scared at times of what might be asked of me and other times I am full of all the strength and security that is available to me through His promises.
At times I may appear too bold. There is a constant warfare between the internal being and this outward being but I know the inward man has already won the battle against His foe and mine. Just as Paul describes his dilemma in Roman's that when he goes to do good evil is always present it is with each of us. As I've aged I have learned to detect Satan's conniving ways much better and am dissing him more and more each day. Praying, studying God's Word, mediatating and even singing from a froggy voice helps me to stay ever ready to ward off the bad thoughts, and the enticements that he throws at us in so many ways.
In August I lost my husband to a battle with cancer that could not be detected until 5 days before he passed away. His battle was more than his physical body could handle and God relieved him by taking him home. I say home because that is where he wanted to go. He would look upward, raise his hand upward and say he was going to Heaven for that was going to be his new home. He specifically told the grandchildren while they stood around his bed that Papaw was going to Heaven and he wanted them to come and be with him. He told all those who visited him that he was going home and to forgive him if he had done anything that had hurt them. He could barely utter anything but he muffled the words out to family and friends the best he could do. He had told me earlier that when he died no matter what the cause he would really be dying of a broken heart due to the pain he'd gone through earlier, but I believe he reconciled himself to all that and had worked through it. His main concern was God's will in his life and if that meant he had to leave us then it must be for a special cause.
In all the years I had watched him after his mining accident and his choking problem for thirty years and then his heart surgery, defibrilator, and all the rest, we seldom thought cancer would be what would take his life but that is exactly what happened and an insignificant skin cancer invaded the cranial nerves in his brain taking away sight in one eye, effecting his ears, his facial movements, losing his ability to swallow even a drop of water, and losing his ability to speak. The hardest thing for me to see and know about him was the loss of his swallowing. It was horrible.It broke my heart and even though it was horrendous for us he bravely accepted it. For a week before he had the feeding tube he had nothing whatsoever go in his body not even some of his medications. He accepted that and didn't want to have to ever take his medications again. However when they got the feeding tube in him he began receiving some medication through it.
Kenny was a brave man and a humble man in the end. A man anyone could look up to. Yes he had made mistakes but he truly loved God and God saw all his suffering over the years and had mercy on him to take him out of the trials of this world and give him rest. Every time I hear of an old acquaintance passing away I just say " Kenny welcome an old friend and rejoice together." I smile when I think of him meeting a new, old, acquaintance in paradise as they wait to enter Heaven someday with all of God's children. What a happy day that will be when all our loved ones we will see and look upon the face of the One who saved us by His grace. It makes me want to go home too.
Yes, it took me a while to get the post out concerning my life being re-aligned. I knew it was going to be but not exactly how it would be. I would have preferred in many ways that it be with Kenny by my side but that was not God's plan and His plan is a perfect plan, though in nature it hurts to have given him up, I know I must go on. The days are hard and the nights even worse but I feel the presence of the Lord with me and He comforts me and protects me. He is a loving God and a tender God full of mercy with His children. He knows my pain and He will provide strength for me.
I take refuge in that my children and I have moved on to a church that we are happy in and hope to be a help to as the months and years go by. I fell for the church for one reason because of the light that flows into it on a sunshiny day, but not just for that but because even before my husband died he visited there and they welcomed him there, offering to have him preach for them or sing. Even though he chose not to preach he did sing a few songs. He felt happy there too but could never give up on the church he was raised in for 60 years. He learned a lot and so did so many during those trying times. He felt love for so many people that came to him from other churches and was humbled in a way he'd never been before. I think it was God's way of showing Him how much He loved and wanted to teach him that there really were good people from all over and we should not judge so quickly and harshly based on the church they attended. The lessons we learned are long lasting and have a soul searching depth to them. We must look within ourselves to see if we are who and what we say we are before we try to search the hearts and souls of others. Discovering the Love of God He has for us and learning to love as He loves us is the key to a successful walk with him and for a joyous and fulfilling life and nothing can compare to a life walking in His will. So I will continue to lean on the Everlasting arms of my Savior and do the very best that this mortal and fallible human being can do for the one who saved my soul so long ago.

The purpose in my life has been realigned ...to be cont.

It has been seven months since I've published anything on my blog due to the sorrow of having a nervous breakdown in February which began during the time I was posting on this blog but culminated in being hospitalized in February. How you might say did I allow this to happen to myself with having the amount of faith and belief in God that I have. My only answer is that I am human and the cares of this world had me so bogged down with grief and sorrow that I tried on my own to fix things that I alone could not fix.

I thought I had caused all the problems so it was therefore up to me to fix them. With much prayer and consultation with the medical profession as well as Christian brothers and sisters who know the real me and know that I would never do anything to purposely hurt anyone with my words or deeds have helped me to realize that a number far greater than one person is responsible in what happened to me and my family as a whole.

Without rehashing all the things that happened to me and my family let me summarily say that due to an indiscretion that was brought on by my husband due to the temptations we all have in our daily life in some form. My family has nearly been destroyed. My minister husband asked for forgiveness from God and told me about it and asked my forgiveness, which I did, but the personality I have led me to think I needed to confide in another pastor which I did locally and to my dismay it was spread all over our county and surrounding counties in such a way that has nearly killed my whole family. Gossip is what it has amounted to and unforgiving people who profess to have God as their leader just as we did and do destroyed many people in the process.

The indiscretion hurt me and was a personal thing between us and God and had been forgiven. I personally wanted to know if I had done the right thing by not bringing it before our church, is why I went to the brother. I had much confidence in him that he would tell me and do the right thing himself and that I could have this put behind me after 5 years. Emotionally is where it hurt me so bad as it would with any woman. However our church that we had devoted 36 years to forgave in the beginning but after so much talk they all turned their backs on us. Our association was divided and our churches split. Yes that is true over this indiscretion that hurt me personally, deeply and emotionally, but did not lead to a physical affair.

I began trying to tell everyone that I was wrong in going to the brother in church with my marriage problem and that I did not want my husband or anyone hurt for it especially our church and our association. Every attempt to try to convince people to drop it only led to more disappointment and more pain emotionally and physically for me and for my husband. I was drained, I could not sleep, I was crying myself to death and I could not think things out. I acted then reacted continuously till I was nearly collapsing every day. Then one day in my Dr.s office it was suggested that I needed help and I must say I truly did need help so bad. I was shaking from my head to my feet and on occasion I still do, but gradually every day I am improving.
I honestly thought there was no better for either of us but to wait till death came upon us. Now having regained some strength I can still see the purpose in life to do God's will no matter what man may think and so does my husband. It is just so extraordinary that most churches have policies that admonish or reprimand but still lovingly show mercy and forgive people when they are sorry and make mistakes. WE have learned a lesson that took us 36 years to recognize. I pray we live long enough to restore our faith in the church we loved so well and for so long.
Never would we condone or give merit to the things we've done wrong as being good but none of us are without faults and mistakes and the love of God should abound in us to the extent of forgiveness to our brothers or sisters who falter, admit it and ask forgiveness.

Questions to ponder

The following are questions geared toward the spiritual and the flesh of man? They are not meant to be taken litterally as in the terms of stoning, killing, etc. but rather as metaphors for things done unto each other who claim to be brothers in churches.

We know we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren. All the brethren? Some of the brethren? Few of the brethren?
Is there any room for forgiveness when a brother asks for it?
Can a brother be brought before a tribunal that has already asked forgiveness and been forgiven by God?
What if there is no tangible proof and no witnesses?
Is he a liar if he says God forgave Him? Do you fear standing in judgment of Hell-fire if you can't forgive?
Can you be consumed with hatred and cannot stand your brethren who might disagree with you and say you Love God? Is it impossible?
Are you always right in your judgments toward another? Can you accept that you might be wrong?
Gossip is bad but is listening to gossip just as bad?
If a little gossip hurts, how much can open humiliation hurt? Is it worth it to see a brother destroyed in your eyes? Why not stone the brother to death publicly? Is it good to kill many in order to kill one? Is it like war and the collateral damage is to be expected? Even if it is more brothers and sisters? is it worth it to destroy churches right down the middle to seek revenge?
Is living under a dictatorship in some churches like living in a cult?
Is a dictator in a church any different than the mind controllers who have controlled cults in the past?
Can a person who is a demagogue be capable of seeing what he is doing?
What does murmurings mean? Does it mean going from brother to brother with secret talks and inuendos?
Can a person be proud of himself when he goes to and fro seeking recruits for his agenda? Even in unseemly places? Does his conscience hurt him? Is he sly like a fox if he does these things? Is he a wolf in sheep's clothing?
Do those murmurings speak to the mind or the hearts of men?
How far will one brother go to kill another spiritually? The devil goes to and fro seeking whom he may devour.
Jesus was tempted 40 days and 40 nights. Can you believe that? He was perfect and didn't sin? Have you ever been tempted 40 days and 40 nights and not sin? Jesus didn't need to be saved he was already the source of all salvation for all mankind. Because He saves from sin do we never sin again?

For the past two weeks I have posted much on the questions of sin and whether or not a Christian will still sin. I asked many questions. The answers are all found in God's Holy Book. Never do I want to take away or add to anything He has for us to go by. Paul's letters to the churches are prime examples that he found a little something wrong with members in each one.
In the books of James to Revelation we see the words are to the Christians, who appear to have still committed sins. Sin is not something to be proud of, boast about but to lay before the altar of Jesus and as He sits in His seat of Mercy he will forgive if it is forgiveable.

Hopefully this is my last post on topics of woe is me syndrome for what others have done to us for in God lies the answers and in Him I will put my trust and leave it there. My prayer is that Your will be done Father to spread your love and mercy abroad to all of your children and let us know conclusively that Your Grace is sufficient for us today as it was for Paul nearly 2000 years ago. Amen.

Let there be peace

Sister Pansy was a dear sister in the church we attend who passed away in 2007. She was just barely old enough to have been my mother or my husband's mother and treated us as such after ours passed away. We loved her so dearly.

She loved coming by our house and chatting with us, always in a hurry to get some place else, yet always distracted by the sharing of love between us through our memories or her memories. We always felt better after having been with her. She would give advice if needed but so lovingly. She never found fault with people who were doing the best they could and was always ready to forgive and move on. She was one of the most generous people with her time, her provisions and her ability to make one feel better about themselves whenever she sensed the need. I will never forget her as long as I stay in my right mind. She was one of the smartest and greatest people I have known. She had wisdom and charity like none other. She had a tenderness that anyone could see. She possessed the willingness to help no matter the circumstance, and she had a sense of humor that could tickle anyone's funnybone.

She would come to my house and because she knew I loved to write, she would recite things to me that she had written down in her mind and her heart although not on paper and so many times I would encourage her to write them down. I gave her a journal once and told her to write anything she wanted to keep in it, I hope she did get to write a few things down. She could remember the songs and poetry verbatim at a moment's notice and loved it when she was asked to recite them.

She loved little children and would often play with them for a few minutes when in their presence. She loved flowers, ginsenging, canning vegetables and berries. Pansy loved God and her church most of all and was devoted to the building up of God's kingdom. She was so special to me and a most precious servant of Jesus Christ to any of His children. Whether she was getting something for someone in church like water or cough drop or a fan she did it out of love. Whether she was putting out her famous and most delicious pickles at our church or uncovering Jake's steaks, the cube steaks she was so proud to make for church along with her husband she did it with a smile and a chuckle as she would tell some little story so often as she worked. We miss her so bad and the love she brought to our church. It is hard to live without her in our lives, but she needed rest and and God provided her need out of His Mercy and His Goodness.

In the past few days she has been on my mind so much because I know how hurt she would have been to see her "somewhat adopted son and daughter" go through the trials they have gone through lately. You could always feel when she shared in someone's pain. I can see her so plainly as if she was sitting at my kitchen table talking with me or reciting one of her songs. Shortly before she died I put together a little songbook and asked her if I could use a couple of her songs in it. I can't tell you how excited she was to give them to me over the phone once more as I wrote them down. She lived long enough to see the songbook and was so very happy to think someone had actually put her songs where someone else could use them. Looking back I think maybe through me God granted this to take place for her and often think that was the sole purpose of the little book although very few knows that. I am so fortunate to have those songs and the past few days one of them has gone over in my head over and over just as I remember her singing it in church with the vision of her in my mind and the blessings that would engulf her as she sang with all her heart these words:

Chorus:
Let there be peace in the camps of Old Israel. Let there be joy for the children of God.
Father please give us more laborers in the vineyard to walk in the path your children have trod.

As I travel along this earthly life's journey and I feel the love God's people can share.
When the Lord takes me to the top of the mountain then I feel assured that he'll answer my prayer.

Chorus:Let there be peace in the camps of Old Israel. Let there be joy for the children of God.Father please give us more laborers in the vineyard to walk in the path your children have trod.

When I see mourners strive to enter thy Kingdom, I feel they are asking forgiveness of thee,
Father please lead them and grant their petition, and I believe you will hear them praying with me.

Chorus:Let there be peace in the camps of Old Israel. Let there be joy for the children of God.Father please give us more laborers in the vineyard to walk in the path your children have trod.

As sweet Pansy one of the many flowers in the Master's Bouquet rests atop a high, high mountain, awaiting the day of renewal in His Kingdom, I too want to ask for peace in the camps of our people and in their hearts as we begin this new year. Not only do I pray for the peace in these camps but also in the physical camps of Old Israel as that country is much turmoil right right. Father let there be peace if possible with all your children the whole world over.

Love Lifts Those Who Believe In Him

God IS Sooooo Good!
A couple posts down I wrote about When God is with us we shouldn't worry who might be against us. For one night this week he came to our house.Just two lonely people in one accord loving the Lord when He made His entrance by way of His Holy Spirit.
He blessed us beyond measure and from that day to this my worries started to subside about the trials we have been going through. The scripture about confessing your faults one to another still does work with some brothers and sisters and it was proven out today when our church restored full fellowship to my husband with no more questions and no contentions. Blessed be the name of the Lord. The days that have followed since Jesus's visit to us have been filled with love and the valley seemed not so low as before. In my heart I could hear singing from my childhood that always lifted me so and it was LOVE LIFTED ME and if you don't know the lyrics I am placing them here and there are sites to hear the sound if you too want to be lifted up. Praise the Lord and Let His Praises Ring True Forever and Forever More.

Although our problem was not the need to be saved but the calming of the waves around us and it is wonderful to feel peace that passes all understanding.

Love Lifted Me

I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore,Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more,But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry,From the waters lifted me, now safe am I.
Love lifted me!Love lifted me!When nothing else could helpLove lifted me!
All my heart to Him I give, ever to Him I'll clingIn His blessèd presence live, ever His praises sing,Love so mighty and so true, merits my soul's best songs,Faithful, loving service too, to Him belongs.
Love lifted me!Love lifted me!When nothing else could helpLove lifted me!
Souls in danger look above, Jesus completely saves,He will lift you by His love, out of the angry waves.He's the Master of the sea, billows His will obey,He your Savior wants to be, be saved today.
Love lifted me!Love lifted me!When nothing else could helpLove lifted me!