Walk Tall and Carry a Big Stick

    I think Hu, who is 67, wow, photographic memory to boot, is doing the above. I have to commend anyone who makes it to 67, American or Chinese. No sign of Alzeimers, bet the Doctors want to know what he’s been eating. And ‘Walk Tall’, well 1 of 2 Super Powers, so he qualifies for that title. Now for the Big Stick. Ah that’s the key to his 3 days here in America. He seeks Legitimacy(they want a voice on the International Scene), Importance(they want to have more recognition because of their financial abilities)  &  Honor(they want to be included in the Power Play Scenario and they want to be given their proper due and not snubbed socially, and only a World Power can extend this to them)without which, you are really nothing but a ‘bother’ on the World Scene.
    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said China should allow its currency to gain value and then what? Why we would be solvent for a change. I think not. We still have a big debt to pay no matter how much interest is charged, we still owe the dog gone debt. You gonna put it in the dog house and pretend it is not gonna affect what is happening inside the White House. I don’t care if you take it down and stick it in the dump we still owe it............
    I will say this. We can do this without insulting one’s intelligence. We can do this without attempting to undermine another Country’s Dogma. We can settle our financial problems without whining to the Chinese that they need to raise the value of their money. Surely we can find another solution to a problem that does not entail, telling another Country what to do with their Money. You do realize that Money is a very touchy subject, if you don’t think so, take it away from your wife.....you will find out just what you are made of and what she thinks of you.
   
    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the country's human rights record, raising the case of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. She may have a point here, I’M ALL FOR PEACE if it’s not faux.
    But as for human rights. What in the world do we do with our dissenters. We don’t like them any better than the Chinese do. Why, how could anybody criticize  the Obama Administration. That is close to what?/Why I was reading just the other day, when a man did the same thing about ‘birthing’ rights of the man, he ended up in prison. For what reason I don’t care. He still was incarcerated for his opinion. Come on. Clean up your own house before you go and clean up your neighbors.

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned the U.S. would step up military investment to counter China's increasing military strength;
    Now this little statement is really funny to me. We are gonna step up military investment. What in the world is Gates talking about. The warning don’t fly! What in the world does investment mean. More money for the military, more health benefits for the military, more housing and education benefits for the military. More men and women in the military. Where are you gonna get um from, the illegal immigrant pool?
    Also as for Military buildup, how are we gonna build up our military to match the Chinese when we can barely fight the Country we are now involved in. Unless of course you are interested in putting all these unemployed people to work in the Military.
    I really don’t think we should be trying to match our military with China’s. They have not fought two Countries like we have. Get real. Their Military just looks good, on paper and on the tv. They have not been hardened like ours which has been though the mill, so we would probably come out smelling like a rose on this one. Besides Obama ‘Walks Tall’ if you haven’t noticed, and carries Nukes, so why worry about sizes now.

    Now what happened to these people’s common sense? Gates, Clinton and Geithner, Let’s hope nobody lets them close to Hu. He ain’t here to solve problems. If he wanted to do that he woulda stayed home. They are personable people with large personalities, let um be that.
    It’s obvious he ain’t here to audition for DWTS.
    What do you think he’s here for. Well, they made asses out of themselves in South Korea by not talking to each other, STANDING STIFFLY, TALKING ONLY TO THEIR OWN REPORTERS, so he is here to set the record straight. He is here to talk to Obama. So keep all the bad stuff in your purse or billfold and LET THE MAN TALK. LET THE MAN TALK!
    THIS GUYS THE LEADER OF A MASSIVE COUNTRY AND THAT OUGHT TO COMMAND SOME KIND OF RESPECT, FROM OUR SECRETARY’S AND OUR PRESIDENT. OUR PRESIDENT AIN’T SO STUPID!. HE’S DONE FIGURED IT OUT FOR HIMSELF. HE IS PUTTING ON HIS COATTAIL ISN’T HE. I FIGURE HE’D RATHER WEAR A PAIR OF JEANS, BUT HEY THIS MEETING DEMANDS A DIFFERENT DEMEANOR THAN OUR USUAL COMPLAIN AND WHINE, WHINE AND COMPLAIN. THIS COUNTRY IS DOING GOOD. WHO TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY WERE NOT DOING GOOD. IT’S ALL A MATTER OF TIME. WE ARE NOT INFERIOR TO CHINA. SO WHY ACT LIKE IT. BRING OUT THE CELEBRATION..... BRING OUT THE CHAMPAGNE. THIS IS A FANTASTIC FEAT. WE ARE NOT IN THE DEFEAT MODE. WE ARE IN THE FEAT MODE.

    CHINA IS NOT HERE TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS, GET REAL!
   

Video Dedication!

    This is dedicated to Lisa Goodman Collins, Vicki Lahocky and Wendyl Lee Goodman. Your Dad, Wendyl Lee Goodman loved to sing, we would go visit and sing with him. He played the guitar.

     Just wanted your kids(his grand kids)to know, he had a beautiful voice, was a wonderful Christian and that his Sister Sandra loves Music as much as he did and has written over 200 Songs herself. I love to howl! It is his Heritage, Music! It runs in the Family. Granny loved Music too.

This was where I was going to upload a video, but changed my mind. I just thought since he sang, you all would like to watch a Music Video, by his Sister.
Plus this was far too humorous to keep to ones self. I didn’t realize I had this kind of effect
  
 I am singing “Pass me not O gentle Savior,”And my back up Singer is none other than Tiva(I think she really loves it too) ps. I realized, I do not have the 'rights' to sing this song, so I cannot upload this video.

To bad/so sad, it is really funny/poignant/but if I ever get the chance I will sing one of my own songs. I do have the right to upload that..............And if I ever see you all in person, I will play Mama's Video for you!

Now for a bit of introspection and opinions:   
    As for why the Lord took him so early, I don’t know the answer to that one, except for the fact that you and all the grand kids turned out to be wonderful Christian people(Loving, Kind, Generous, and Non-judgmental!) “I am impressed!”

     Struggles produce character, not perfection. Not a one of you all, are shallow people.......And I have learned not to ask the Lord why? I only ask him, what do you want me to do next?
  
He is Sovereign and says, “I shall do all of my good pleasure.”
    Praise the Lord, He is Sovereign, we might make a mess out of things, He never will. Every action He takes is for His reason and frankly He does not owe me an explanation, cause He wants me to Trust Him.
    It’s easy to Trust a man that does exactly what you want him too. It’s hard to Trust a man that does not do what you want Him to do. And anyone who tells you that it ain’t so, you just tell them, 

YES, IT IS! CAUSE I HAD TO DO IT!!!

Why Is a Man Quiet?

Because he’s hit a brick wall. Can’t go forward, can’t go backwards, can’t move anyway possible. Maybe he’s even thinking, he might need some outside, sort of help, some intervention, a change of pace, from what it is, that has him bound and down and downright depressed, till he can’t see straight or think straight.
    Then he thinks. Something’s gotta give! So he acts out in some way or other, to get attention. Well, sounds good on paper, who can really discern the mind of another, unless iron sharpens iron. But remember, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN. So he withdraws. BUT DURING ALL OF THIS, HE’S STILL, THINKING, QUIETLY, & REMAINING QUIET UNTIL HE BLOWS, CAUSE PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IT WHEN YOU TALK OR WRITE WHAT IS FOREIGN TO THEM. BESIDES THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO TALKERS, CONDEMNATION IN ONE FORM OR OTHER JUST BECAUSE ONE ESPOUSES A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW. Lets not get silly and stop all forms of  verbal communication because of a misplaced word or two, I don't know too many people who can sign.

You know, I got this pet peeve, about Freedom of Speech. I think you need to talk it out. COUNTRY’S, PEOPLE, MARRIAGES, CHILDREN, NEIGHBORS, ETC. WHEN PEOPLE JUST QUIT TALKING THERE AIN’T NEVER ANY HOPE OF RECONCILIATION. YOU’VE ALREADY THROWN IN THE TOWEL. GIVE UP!

But that gives no one a right to fight it out or argue it out especially in front of the little people. Talk is all right.  if you can do it without screaming and arguing and fighting about it. You are a pitiable beast at best, if that's all you can do is fight another, then stand up and pretend your important. Best case scenerio, Love one another like we are supposed to do, Country's, People, Marriages, Children. Neighbors, etc.

Now there’s been a song written about, ‘gettin on the fightin side of me,’ When your running down my Country, etc.....now I understand Songs, man, I've written over 200 Songs, I'm a Song Writer myself. So don't think I don't understand where your coming from. I'm not out to get Song Writers, but one has to be careful, the tunes they teach others to Sing. Songs are powerful tools! My 7 year old Granddaughter Abby loves to Sing my Songs. Why you ask? Because most of them are Gospel and about God. And she Loves God. Some are just Silly Songs that are fun to Sing. But that is Ok. She Loves to dance to my Mango Song and so does her 2 year old Sister, Elle! But it's Moralistic so that is OK. Besides I will say this quite honestly, I would rather they Sing Songs from my CD's that I made, than Sing that Fighting Song, any ole time. And mine ain't playing over the airways. Just the air that surrounds them in Austin, Texas.

    But you know, ‘I think I’m wise enough to know, that a talking man ain’t where the danger lies.’ I say, ‘LET UM all TALK.’ Maybe they will say something that will help someone, somewhere, sometime or maybe even help me. Criticism is ok. It clears the air. Praise all the time, ruins a person. And agreeing with someone all the time is downright, ridiculous. We ain’t Robots. ‘WHO IS IT THAT IS SO BOLD THAT THEY THINK, THEY ARE ALWAYS RIGHT?.’ 

Why even Facebook is built on the principle of people talking, saying what they want to say. Look how big it has become.  It has become an outlet for millions of people and made a billionaire out of it’s inventor for it is a social network that preys upon the need to talk.. YES, IT LET THE PEOPLE TALK. Even the quiet ones.

IT IS NOT THE TALKERS, THAT NEED WATCHING. IT IS THE NON-TALKERS. THE QUIET ONES. SO NEXT TIME YOU SONG WRITERS WANT TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SOMETHING, THINK UPON THIS. It is the quiet ones that are planning our downfall. They chatter quietly amongst themselves. The ones you don’t see, or don’t hear about. That is how it is, in a war-torn country far away or here. The invisible is far bigger than the visible. And they are all around us. When do they blow like a Volcano? Or tremble like an earthquake? And when do they do massive damage? When they are good and ready, and we fight stupid false wars on fronts that resemble a recording studio.

    SURE YOU CAN FIGHT A MAN THAT TELLS YOU, WHAT HE THINKS, BUT IS THAT WISE? OR IS IT, JUST THAT YOU LIKE A GOOD FIGHT? CAUSE IT’S A TURN ON, AND YOU CAN TELL EVERYONE YOU MEET, JUST HOW ROTTEN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING HAS BECOME TO YOU, and what you did as a vigilante to clean the slate. You’ll teach them a thing or two. Have you really taught them anything other than, that you are no better a man than they are.  They are called, Politically Correct, of course, EQUI-PEOPLE, YOU BEING EQUAL TO THEM. WHAT’S THE FUN IN THAT? Controlling your Anger is far better than even taking a city NOW THAT WILL PUT STARS N YOUR CROWN and put you a notch above most. Besides, think this through! Why waste a good fight on the ‘talky tots alone, why not fight the ‘quiet tots’ as well? They’re the real ones who are out to get you.....sounds to me like your 'fightin' the wrong war.

FIGHTING AIN’T WHERE IT’S AT. NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE. A PEACEMAKER INHERITS THE EARTH. I never said, there ain’t a time for war, and a time for fighters, but one ought not let war be their THEME SONG. Even a marriage is salvageable, given there are some good times and nobody sings about the bad all the time. But remember, ONE AH SHIT(it's not a cuss word, it's a biological function), WIPES OUT TEN ATTA BOYS  WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PARTNER, SO YOU'LL NEVER WIN, may as well learn to get along and every body will be happier.........But talkers ought to be able to talk, without hate enshrouding them at every angle. And so should the quiet ones!

SO LET THE QUIET MAN, TALK also! WITHOUT FEAR OF RETRIBUTION. MAYBE HE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, TO YOU, AFTER ALL. FOR GOODNESS SAKES, LISTEN TO ALL THE QUIETNESS AROUND THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS DOWNRIGHT SPOOKY.  Do we even know that something is going on. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN LISTEN TO THE QUIET MAN, AS WELL AS, LISTEN TO THE TALKER.

WE NEED WISDOM GOVERNING OUR COUNTRY. GOT ANY?

I DON’T WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR STANDING UP FOR MY COUNTRY, AS MUCH AS, FOR KEEPING IT PEACEABLE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
I wanna be known as a PEACEMAKER!

Pride

    Pride takes the form of many unusual things. We can be proud of our accomplishments, our standing in society,  proud of our health, proud of our job, proud of our materialistic things, such as cars, house, furniture and clothes. We can be proud of our looks, proud of our friendships, proud because we do the right things, say the right things. We can be proud of the kinds of food we eat or don’t eat and also, proud of our children, such as their accomplishments or jobs or standing in society. Gee you name it, and we can get caught up in the web, without even realizing we are doing so. This is why we should always guard against this vicious enemy of ours, because it is so easy to slide into it and not even realize it.
    We must never, be so bold as to think, we are the reason, all of the good things above exist, on our behalf. For they do not exist because of something we have or have not done. It is only because we have a Lord that gives us good things, not because of our merit but because of His Goodness.
    So next time you figure you are deserving of His Great Accomplishments, just pause and give thought to this. Our HEAVENLY FATHER, does not need you. He can accomplish anything HE DESIRES, WITHOUT YOUR HELP. Now I am certain that He would love for you to be a major player in this KINGDOM DEEDS, if you will but acknowledge that all that you are, is because of Him. All that you will be, is because of Him.
           
               He provides the resources, for ie, the fish that swallowed Jonah, no one else did it for Him. Do you not think He could have had a boat with  fishermen aboard to do his bidding? Pick Jonah up and tell him go.  That is much simpler than a fish, but then they could have taken credit for saving Jonah’s Life. He did not want this to happen, and He made sure it did not happen. He was trying to teach Jonah a LESSON OF LIFE, GOD IS IN CONTROL. Why you ask, since God is in the Mission Business didn't he just do it the simple way. That was what Jonah went to get away from, not his mission, but GOD HIMSELF, by getting into a boat, to take him away from God, he thought that would solve all God's Orders, by making them ineffective. Well, Jonah was a man, God desired to do His Bidding. But alas, Jonah had other ideas. He even realized, when the Big Storm came, who it came from, and why it came, for he told his fellow cohorts in the boat, who God was after. NOT THEM, BUT HIM.
    HE EVEN HAD THE ANSWER. THROW ME OVERBOARD AND THE STORM WILL CEASE.
AND IT DID!
    So many people will say, I do not know the reason, why. Or many people will say, God does not control the Weather, but here is a man, who even though he was out of God’s Will, HE KNEW GOD AND HE KNEW GOD’S WILL.
    Even when we are in God’s Will or out of God’s Will, we still have trouble with the word, WHY. We demand answers. Even when we are in God’s Will, or out of God’s Will, we still have trouble with GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY, we begin to think, how dare he become more important than us! He owes us only goodness. But man, who TOLD YOU THAT LIE? God owes us nothing, but he is willing to give us everything. But alas pride gets into the picture and we cannot see the forest for the trees.
    Do you figure, Jonah had a problem with PRIDE. I figure he did. He was the right man for the job, as evidenced by God’s Call on HIS LIFE. I figure, he figured he knew better than God what GOD NEEDED, I figure, he figured he knew better than God what HE NEEDED AND I figure he knew better than God, what NINEVEH NEEDED. Now that is Pride in it’s most profound way. HE PUT HIMSELF BEFORE GOD! PRIDE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
    We all figure, we know better, don’t we. We figure we know the right schools to go to, the right places to live, the right car to drive, the right food to eat, the right people to associate with, the right ways to handle our kids. You name it, we figure we are right. THIS I'M RIGHT AND YOUR WRONG, SOLILOQUY, CAN REALLY GET YOU INTO SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. When you find yourself defending your 'point of view' way to heartedly, you might take heed, as to why you are doing this, AND THINK BEFORE YOU ACT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK WRONG, YOU ACT WRONG! Which is what Jonah did, wholeheartedly.
    I think the Story of Jonah teaches us that PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL. After all Jonah fell pretty low wouldn’t you agree.
    I think he finally accepted WHO GOD WAS, WHAT GOD COULD DO, AND WHAT GOD WANTED ACCOMPLISHED. We really ought to watch out on a daily basis for PRIDE. FOR WE ALL ARE JUST HANGING AROUND ON A THREAD, ONE GOD WOVE, BY THE WAY, NOT YOU. This means, HE CALLS THE SHOTS. HE IS IN CONTROL OF WHEN WE COME, WHEN WE GO, WHEN WE STAY, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. HUMBLING ISN'T IT? SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO BE PROUD ABOUT?
    THE ANSWER TO BEING PRIDEFUL IS TO BE THANKFUL, FOR WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY! REALIZING IT ALL CAME FROM HIM, EVEN OUR ABILITY TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING, WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE.
    MOSTLY BEING THANKFUL FOR WHATEVER OPPORTUNITY GOD ALLOWS US, TO BE A PART OF HIS KINGDOM. NO MATTER, HOW HE CHOOSES TO USE US, OR WHAT WAY HE CHOOSES TO CORRECT US, OR WHO AND WHAT HE CHOOSES TO USE TO CORRECT US, FOR CORRECT US HE WILL, WHEN WE STRAY OFF THE NARROW PATH. AFTER ALL, HE DID NOT JUST LET JONAH GO, HIS MERRY'O WAY.

After all, it is because of God's great Love that He corrects us.

IN THE END,

JONAH DID WHAT GOD TOLD HIM TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE! PUT GOD FIRST. 
GOD HATES 2ND PLACE.

Love Nina
Later more later

HFIG

Nina & Papa*Ouray, Colorado

I hesitate to write this ON A BLOG, for it is VERY PERSONAL! Then I realized something. SO IS HFIG! You can’t get any more personal than HAVE FAITH IN GOD. That is an individual thing. It belongs in the VERY PERSONAL CATEGORY! As much as I try, I cannot find one instance in the Bible where a Christian went Private, BY MOUTH OR DEED, with His or Her Views

Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:29

    When all else fails, let it happen. Don’t fight it so much. God can do nothing until you reach the point where you quit trying to do everything. The truth will follow. The truth that states, even if there is no promise of a job, a job will be right around the corner in some form or other. The truth that states, even if one cannot see the light in the darkness, it is there shining brightly above all of those dark clouds. The truth that states, one does not have to look any further than right inside one’s being. The truth that states, you carry it with you where ever you go, for planted within all those folds of doubt, discouragement, disarray and disillusionment,  lies a thing called ‘spiritual fallow ground that you cannot see, cannot hear and cannot feel,’ where God has planted within it something called  FAITH.
    Watch it grow, when the watering can is our questions and the water is the negative force brought about by our inability to see a way out of the dungeon. Faith begins to open up like a Rose, in a Spring Moment of Winter’s Weakness. Like Peter, inside of the Prison, frankly he knew he was a goner, he had reached the point of knowing he was in some kinda big trouble, he had reached his NEGATIVE PEAK,  but he also knew he had met Jesus, HIS POSITIVE PEAK. So he slept. When there is no way out, God makes a way out. His is a Creative Force that was present from the beginning before anything existed here on earth and He works even now in the present. God creates a new way out.  He sent an Angel to Peter.

Act 12:6  Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

Act 12:7  And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. ct 12:8  And the angel said to him, "Dress yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."

Act 12:9  And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

Act 12:10  When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.

That Angelic Being from God’s Throne Room of Grace, made a way for Peter to get out of Prison. 

    We must stop, seeing what we see. We must stop, hearing what we hear. We must always respond to those Spiritual furrows, deep inside the folds of our being where God has planted Faith and say, ‘you know there just might be a way, if I quit looking for it, in all the old ways that I am aware of, and let God do it. We must believe, what we cannot see. We must believe, what we cannot hear. God expects us to draw close in Faith to Him. He responds to Faith so fast is it impossible to believe that He can move that fast. He, my dear ones, is faster than the speed of light. I wrote a song, I love to sing it.

   

HOLY DELIGHT

I go beyond space I can bend time

I know the name of every star and where they shine

I give joy like a natural wine

He says I know your name do you know mine.

My power is greater than the greatest might

I move faster than the speed of light

My deep is deeper than the deepest night

He says I know your name do you know mine

We are 3 we are 3

We are the Holy Blessed Trinity

We are 1 we are 1

The Spirit the Father and the Son

Tell him all about your difficulties

Tell him all about your great big needs

Tell him until your burden is bare

Keep on telling him just because he cares

Love goes beyond space

Love can bend time

Love knows the name of every star and where they shine

Love gives joy like a natural wine

He says I know your name do you know mine

My name is Holy Holy alive

My name is Holy Holy revive

My name is Holy Holy Life

My name is Holy Holy delight

Love is greater than the greatest might

Love moves faster than the speed of light

Love is deeper than the deepest night
He says, I know your name do you know mine
 

I have seen God make a way, for my son to be operated on
when there was no insurance due to a lack of a job. The Indians did it in Tallaquah, Oklahoma at their hospital, because I got his Indian Card, he being part Certified Choctaw. All this when there was no way, to stop his Jaw from growing. But they did. They tied off the Artery that was causing it. Now we is Indian. Some people won’t even claim a part like they are ashamed of it. Say it’s too small a part to be Indian. That is sad indeed. It is still a large part of their heritage. They just simply don’t acknowledge it. They don’t need to, they have a job, they have insurance. THE CHOCTAWS LET YOU CLAIM A PART! WISE TRIBE INDEED! I SAY, “THERE IS NO WAY TO GET INDIAN OUT OF YOUR BLOOD.” We needed to be Certified Indian at the RIGHT TIME. God made a way. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen this same boy, Rathan make 30 out of 32 on his ACT SCORE and get a 4 year scholarship given to him, and he is now an Electrical Engineer, a tax bearing and paying member of society. He went into the Navy and spent 6 years also. He has 4 kids now and he FAITHS IT. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen all 4 kids, get a College Degree, One an Industrial Engineer Robert, an Electrical Engineer Rathan, a Video Engineer Ruben, and Rebecca a Chemistry degree. They all did their best, knew they were Loved and struggled through it all. Don and I did the returning student route, graduated with our kids and he got a Math Degree and I got a Science Degree. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen all 4 of our kids FAITH IT in some manner or other. And it was hard to know how to raise boys not being one. And I am sure I made all kinds of mistakes, while trying to raise kids, but I knew one thing. I loved them, I really loved them. And I knew love does not fail. And they are just your normal run of the mill, kids, unless you ask me, and I believe they’re the best, GOD HAS TO OFFER. THE GRANDKIDS TOO. I THANK GOD TREMENDOUSLY FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD IT EASY, BY ANY MEANS. BUT THEY ALL KNOW GOD LOVES THEM. CAUSE I TELL THEM EVERY CHANCE I GET. And they have experienced His Love, for themselves, also. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God give my son Robert back to us when he was 2. He stopped breathing, by drowning and I asked God to help him and also help me help him.  I was so miserable about it happening, because I always thought I was watching him so closely and loved him so very deeply, and I struggled so hard to help him no one else could and I just gave him to God to do as He chose. God wanted me to see for sure that he loved Robert more than I ever could. And I saw it. When I acknowledged that, God sent Robert back to the land of the living. I was pregnant with Rathan at that time so it would have been a triple tragedy. Because of this experience he has always had a special place in our hearts. God is the God of Second Chances, Third Chances, Fourth Chances, you get the picture!!! There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen Ruben not have a place to stay to finish High School and his Sister Rebecca take him in and help him Graduate from Plano High School a highly respected school in Dallas. She became a Surrogate Mother and as a Sister, it was a responsibility that was difficult at best to bear. But she loved her brother. And she was willing to help. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God provide houses to live in for years when we had no house, rent free and one of them was a tent my Sister Erma provided and we put it, on Erick’s land in Sand Springs, Oklahoma and lived there for a couple of Months, and then we moved to a stable where Donkey’s use to live in. My twin Brother Erick inherited my folks ole stone house and ran animals in it. It’s a miracle what Clorox can do. Besides when I saw the stable, stone was better than a tent with 4 kids in it and I jumped on it. Erick’s kindliness allowed us to do this. And last but not least one of them was my Blessed Parents, old house in Mannford, wonderful Christian People, when they went to live with my twin brother Stuart who built a house for them next door to him. He truly exemplified the Lord’s admonition, bear one another’s burdens.’ People it takes money for housing. But it didn’t take any in our case. There was no way. HFIG
     I have seen our daughter make straight A’s in High School be a Co-valedictorian at Mannford High School and get a 4 year, Parsons Scholarship to Southeastern State University in Durant. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God make a way, to pay our utilities. We simply borrowed a Pell Grant for my husband to go to school on. And we paid our utilities on borrowed money. There was no way.  HFIG
    I have seen my husband change jobs in midstream, become a math teacher and now teaches computers and runs the internet. He loves his new job. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen myself, have pneumonia due to the Swine Flu and God heal it completely. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen my gut bust at night in Dallas, Texas, and not know if it could be fixed, it hurt like hell. We drove 4 hours the next morning to an Indian Hospital, it takes you a while to die of a busted gut. But we made it to the Indian Hospital at Ada. They did a superb job, found air where air shouldn’t be, operated and I am alive and well and thankful to all the Indians in Ada, Oklahoma. Give the Indians credit for being there when I needed them, THEN AND NOW!  "BESIDES, MAN, YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE THEM INDIANS, I SAY, THEY BEEN SO GOOD TO ME." There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen deep, forever friends  come along when I was very lonely sitting inside a foreign land. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen God keep our family together when there has been a myriad of trials, troubles and tribulations to separate us. My husbands love never wavered through thick or thin. He is forgiving to the uttermost degree. But he’s also a Strong Man of Valor and Courage and Commitment and Love. He always has been here to take care of me, even when I was in need of Psychiatric help. He has supported me 200% in all my endeavors. And believe me I am a project kinda woman. A woman that has been troubled and trouble. There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen my Pyschiatric Meds & other stuff get paid for by the IHS, because the Navajo’s honor the Choctaws way of doing business. Now Blue Cross helps me when they can & Medicare does the rest. All the health systems have been good to me & are absolutely wonderful and, ‘A OK.’ There was no way. HFIG
    I have seen Don’s brother Delton(a big Rancher in Mead) give us land to retire on, RIGHT NOW. We only have to get a house. There was no way. HGIG
 The answer to a lot of our dilemma's was to 'quit spending.' That we did. Wore holey jeans, did without, cut back on everything. Ate cheapo. Received commodities. My sister Laverne, gave me Beautiful Clothes that I am still wearing, they won't wear out. And as you can see from all of the above, 'help one another,' is THE BESTEST AND FASTEST WAY TO RELIEF. NO PROUDO'S IN THIS HERE FAMILY. HUMILITY REIGNS!!! There was no way. HFIG
    I Have seen my mother in law, who is now deceased, call me for prayer from Durant, Oklahoma for relief from the pain of cataract surgery she had, all the way to Arkansas, where we had lived, all because of bushes that we planted.

     I will tell you the story. One day we were planting bushes and I got to the last one and was ‘worn out.’ I said, “we’ll go ahead and plant it, and led God water it. LET GOD DO IT!” Well, she was not exactly happy to let it be but she was tired too & said ok. When she phoned me Months later, she reminded me of it. She said “remember the bush,” I said, “yes,” she said, “well it rained that night. GOD WATERED THE BUSH.”
     “OF COURSE HE DID, GOD RESPONDS TO FAITH,” I SAID. She said, that’s why she called because she remembered the bush. So I prayed for her ‘PAIN TO GO AWAY,& IT DID.’ There was no way. HFIG
    NOW PEOPLE, LET ME SAY, IT AGAIN, OVER AND OVER AND OVER, IF IT WILL GET YOU TO SEE THINGS FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE.
    GOD RESPONDS TO FAITH.........
    HFIG HFIG HFIG HFIG HFIG HAVE FAITH IN GOD!!!
    I have seen, I have seen. I have seen. It is a never ending source of spiritual strength that I have seen with my Spiritual Eyes, heard with my Spiritual Ears, that God has imparted to my soul. Such a myriad of things, so many stories, that I could enumerate upon, never ending, like finding my two older boys in the Mountains in California when they were elementary age and got lost. The Angels were working overtime that day. I have to stop, but I don’t want to. For I am forever grateful for all God has done for us. When there was no way. God created a way. HFIG
    When there is no way, God makes a way, in the desert! RAIN!
    CAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTS YOU, acknowledging your limitations. HE WANTS YOU IN THE DESERT! He don’t want you taking any credit whatsoever for doing anything. Let God do the raining.
    DON’T YOU SEE, WHEN WE WERE PLANTING THE BUSHES, HE WAS WAITING ON ME TO GET TIRED. HE KNEW WHEN I WAS WORN OUT, WAS WHEN HE WOULD GET TO SHINE HIS LIGHT THE BRIGHTEST. This is Pauls, “when I am weakest, then He is strongest.
    REMEMBER,‘LET GOD DO IT, HE’S WAITING ON YOU! LIKE MY SONG SINGS, “Holy Delight, Holy Life, Holy Revive, Holy Alive, I AM WHO I AM! God loves u!”

 In the present, I do not worry. I look forward to the future!!!

As a fortune cookie says, "no one can look backward into the future."  I like that. But sometimes regressing is ok. As long as you don't stay there and you realize you don't belong there anymore.

Love Nina
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Well this is more later:
Now this is probably gonna be the longest blog on record, but this needs to be said, RIGHT HERE.
 ALLS I DID WAS PRAY! THROUGHOUT MY LIFETIME!  THAT'S WHY I'M WRITING THIS. MAYBE IT WILL JAR YOU TO PRAY, IF ANYONE EVER GETS THIS FAR! No I don't look and act like it, but I did it anyway! That's why I turned to HFIG. SO THOUGHT YES, THIS TREATISE ON PRAYER NEEDS TO BE ENTERED, AT THIS TIME.  There is no point in me telling you to HFIG if I don't tell you how it's done.

 Behold, he prayeth.

- Act_9:11

    He puts all our tears in a bottle. Tears bring us to the throne of Grace like nothing else does. A form of prayer, tears always reach the Saviors eyes. He knows when we are overwhelmed, and wants to help us. He is moved by such ‘Soul Touches as Emotions.’ He is moved by our laughter, He knows when we feel good and He wants to continue having us do so. But even in laughter, our hearts are heavy, He knows this. So He takes this heaviness and helps us to see, that yes, it will soon be ok. He never leaves us in a ‘State of Discontent.’ For He is always hearing us, seeing us and touching us. He wants to supply our every need, if we but listen to His way concerning the Supply Chain. He does not want to leave us in a State that will exhibit, ‘He never heard us.’ For we know He heard our sighs, our moans, our pain, our agony and he wishes to answer them for us.  He is the Advocate to the Father for us. The Father knows us through Jesus. For He brings us right into the Holy of Holies where He is sitting and intercedes for each and every one of us.
    Now I pray, standing, sitting, while talking, while listening, while laughing, while crying, while sick, while whole, while moaning, while groaning, while in ‘Agony of Heart,’ all of these ways, I pray.
    I love to pray. I pray for people I do not know, I pray for people, other people ask me to pray for, I pray for people, God tells me to pray for, I pray for the sick, the lonely, the friendless, the moneyless, the sad, the happy, the broken hearted. I pray for all of the attributes any human being can have, and I can pray for whatever God says to. I really do love to pray. I have prayed and never gotten an answer, it seemed. But I believe in the Prayer of Importunity, so I pray and I pray and I pray for the same thing sometimes, and then if I get no response, I let it go. But listen let me tell you, he never lets a prayer go. He is always in the process of seeing to it that it is answered in some form or other. Don’t ever think because you do not see immediate results that he has forgotten about you, for this is not true. He has you written on the Palm of His Hand. That is how close your are to Him, so why would he want to discourage you. He does not.
He wants us to come to Him in Prayer for whatever our needs are, He wants us to come into prayer anytime, anyplace, anywhere. He wants us to come to His Throne of Grace to receive Mercy in our time of need, all the time. We are the needy, folks. Not Him! We cannot out ask Him. It is impossible to do. He’s never ending! He’s sovereign, He’s immutable, He’s Omnipotent, He’s Omniscient, He’s Omnipresent, He has no beginning, no ending, He’s Love!LoverLike Paul says, I know how to live with, I know how to live without. It’s irrelevant which way the ball falls, the Father knows who’s Court the Ball is in. Enjoy what you got, where ever you be!  But please, keep on asking, keep on seeking, keep on knocking, keep on interceding where you are.

He likes company! 

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine . . . be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus. - Ephesians 3:20-21

Worship

Nina

 Here I go again! Oh well, I thought this DD was good, for me. In the Name of Jesus Kinda Good!!! Maybe it will be good for you. If not, leave me a comment, I'll pray for me and you.

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Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased . . . you . . . are being built up a spiritual house . . . to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ" (Heb_13:15-16 and 1Pe_2:5).
    To me this implies, that we are to forever, be praising God for all the good things that come our way. The lips are to give thanks to His Name. At the same time, for the words of our mouth to line up with our actions, we are to do good and share with those to whom the Lord has sent us to help. We are not to be silent about who it is, that is responsible for our actions. We do not take credit for all we do, but in the name of Jesus we are to give him the credit, for sending us to do such things. We must speak up, as well as help another, and give thanks to Him from whom all blessings flow.
    I know when I give things, I have sometimes, just not mentioned why I do such deeds. When I do this, I "interfere with God.” This puts me up on a pedestal instead of keeping the Lord at the Center of the Universe, we live, eat and breathe within. I sometimes think I am to share quietly, because of his words to ‘do good and share,’ but I forget that the people to whom I am sent, need to hear the words of Praise to our Father, that go along with it. For the Lord says, “if I be lifted up I will draw all men night unto me."

  Now I believe that I lose an opportunity, to witness to the Lord’s saving Grace. I lose the opportunity to tell the people that the Lord sent me to help them. I truly ask His forgiveness for such actions.This ought not to be the way I operate. When someone receives help, they are vulnerable to the words of the Lord, in such a way that one can reach them, with the Gospel. At other times, they are not so vulnerable, especially when they become self sufficient and do not realize, their good fortune comes from the Father of Lights above, but think they pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps, thereby becoming cocky.
    We know when we do things the Father’s way, He is well pleased with us. Every single day should be an opportunity, for an act of Worship on our parts, in some way. WORSHIPING GOD DAILY IS A GOAL WITH A DATE ON IT. Especially when it is an act of Sacrifice on our parts to help others. It is nothing to share out of our abundance, it indeed is something to share out of our need. BUT, ABUNDANCE IS NOT WRONG, SO ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT IS GOD WHO GIVES THE INCREASE OF ABUNDANCE FOR US TO USE FOR OTHERS, NOT JUST OURSELVES. But by the same token, God is pleased with such sacrifices that cost us something. Although we should always keep in mind, that ‘OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.’ That does not imply we are not to sacrifice, just that we are to be in an act of contrite submission to our Heavenly Father, first and foremost. Then we are in a better state of mind to be submissive to Sacrificial Giving. There is order in God’s Kingdom.
    This all leads us to a recognition, that we as Christians are a Spiritual House built up for the Father’s good will. We have a purpose, to do the Will of God. And since God is a Spirit we must learn to come to him in Spirit and in Truth. He desires such as we, to be his building blocks for a Spiritual House which is an inclusion, into His New Jerusalem, Jesus being the Cornerstone. We are to be His living letters, his Jewels. 
    We in no way, should think God is a building here on Earth, no matter how ornate or simple the place of Worship be. We do know though, Worshipers gather to Praise the Lord, within the confines of said Buildings, but it is not the only way to Worship God. WE NEED TO REALIZE, the Worshipers are the SPIRITUAL BUILDING and where ever they are, whether in a corporate assembly of believers or out amongst the dirty throng of peoples to whom the Lord has sent us two by two, we are to know, that God is pleased with us, no matter how, where, or with whom we choose to Worship. For He says, where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them. A couple can be in a Worship Service together, as long as Jesus is the reason for the Season. Some people think Church attendance is where it is at. It is not there at all. It gives us ALL THE FALSE HOPE, that by looking good on Sunday, we are Ok for the rest of the week. This is not true. A lot of people are gathered together without the Lord's Presence. MAKE SURE GOD IS PRESENT, who ever you are! THINGS OUGHT TO BE HAPPENING IN LOVE! Gathering in His Name implies, following His line upon line, precept upon precept. We are to follow his precepts if we desire to be right with each other and our fellow man.

Better to leave your gifts at the Altar and be reconciled with your brother.  Then Worship where and when and how, God allows you to SEE HIM, and HEAR HIM. True Worship is within the Soul and Spirit of the Believer, and it truly is between THEM AND GOD. As it was with Able.Cain did not qualify. So if fishing on a lake bed, gets you closer to the Father then by all means, do so. Who am I to judge between you and your maker. God does that. HE is able to figure out who is righteous in their hearts and who is not.  And according to the verse below, it appears a righteous man, LIVES BY FAITH, IN GOD! And as Christians, we should be able to discern spiritual things here on Earth, a little judgment here, a little judgment there, since we judge Angels in Heaven! This tells me, yes, I will be judged by the same measure, I judge. But if I am judging according to God's standard, it ought to be ok, to say, this is right, or this is wrong. AND FAITH IN GOD IS NEVER WRONG!

But he does say, we need to ‘assemble ourselves together, ....especially as you see the day approaching.’ So if one knows God’s Word, one will want to be with another believer while he is fishing, or going to Church. So if one falls, the other can lift him up. Woe to the man who is alone. I ain't saying he can't Worship alone, but I am saying, there are all kinds of things that vie for his attention, and it is improbable that he can overcome them. But even the word has an answer for that, BE OF GOOD CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD. THEY OVERCAME THE WORLD BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY AND THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. So it does happen!

But, I think if I was wandering around this world alone, I would want to have Jesus name foremost in my Vocabulary. So according to this Word of God. One can Worship God Alone. GOD LOVES WORSHIP!!!

SO DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO CHURCH! THEY MAY BE CLOSER TO GOD THAN YOU THINK!!!

Instead of CHURCH GOERS asking you, to join them, 'YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE ASKING THEM TO JOIN YOU IN A FELLOWSHIP INSIDE YOUR HOME, OR AT THE LAKE!
OR BETTER YET, IF THEY ASK YOU TO JOIN THEIR WEEKLY CONGREGATIONAL MEETING, JOIN UP WITH UM, THAT MAY BE THE EXACT PLACE GOD IS SENDING YOU TO.

BETTER YET, JUST DO WHAT GOD SAYS. HE'S YOUR GUIDE. BUT BETTER DO IT IN FAITH!

.By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.  (Heb_11:4)

Love Nina

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Separation of Church and State

My Birthday Cake-Michelle, our Son Ruben's Wife

    I keep saying I am not going to mention God, in my Blogspots. I try so hard to just write about subjects that I know but I also end up writing about subjects that I do not know like this one for instance on Separation of Church and State. I truly do not know anything about it but common sense would dictate that it is kinda hard to SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM YOUR BELIEFS that have so much meaning in one’s life. This much I know. I am sure, there are Constitutional Legalities that fit into the picture that I don’t understand, and I know, Caesar is Caesar and God is God. Now what all that means, I ain’t too certain of, for I do have a problem, Identifying and Separating what I do know.

    And as I write these Blogs, I find it difficult not to incorporate my beliefs into my writing pattern. Therefore  I have been unable to write without mentioning God and His Word in whatever I am writing at least once, mostly twice or more.

     I do not think it possible to Separate me from God. I do not think it possible to Separate me from State or Politics, if you prefer the politically correct word. I AM A CHRISTIAN PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN CERTAIN CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES AND PEOPLE, AND I AM A POLITICAL PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN CERTAIN POLITICAL TENETS AND PEOPLE. How do I Separate me?

     How can one Separate their beliefs from themselves. It does not work. If I don’t believe in something then how can I politically stand up and say that I do. Or how can I not believe something and it not show up in my politics or my religion.

    It appears that one must give up one or the other to be perfectly honest with themselves OR SPEAK UP AND SAY, “WHAT A SORE SPOT THIS IS,” AT THE VERY LEAST.
No amount of Politics will ever get me to deny Jesus. That ought to put a whole lot of people standing in line behind me on that statement here in the USA, except for a very few!  And no amount of living for Jesus will ever get me to Ok what is happening in the name of Politics. One or the other must be denied. STAND UP! AND SAY SO! At least register a protest.
   
    You either believe Jesus, as the only way to God or not. And if you do believe this basic fundamental of fundamentalist teaching how can you have a MEETING with other Religions just so you’ll be politically correct and say at the same time, this is not political. OF COURSE IT AIN’T POLITICAL, CAUSE RELIGION AND POLITICS DON’T MIX. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU SAY THIS MEETING IS POLITICAL, AND MENTION JESUS AND FAITH, WELL THAT BABY WON’T FLY! NOT IN THE GOOD OLE USA. BETTER NOT LET THE STATE HEAR YOU, BETTER NOT LET GOD HEAR YOU!  That is not a day of Honor, but a day of dishonor to a God that likes honesty. If your gonna have a GOD DAY, THEN HAVE A GOD DAY!!!

    SO HIDE IT ALL UNDER THE GUISE, OF A NON POLITICAL MEETING, WITH SARAH  SPEAKING THERE, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. DO YOU THINK WE’RE DORKY? OF COURSE, THAT WOMAN IS POLITICAL.   

    But hey, who am I, to understand the deep things of God. I really try hard, to let people who are a whole lot smarter than I try to fix:

    1. World hunger. We cannot side step this issue or put it off.

    2. Lack of Medical care. It exacerbates a growing problem. Things left to themselves usually get worse, not better. We cannot side step this issue or put it off.

    3. WHAT TO DO WHEN, people’s savings obtain Wings and fly, who knows where, LEAVING DEVASTATION IN IT’S TRACKS. They simply have to plan to work longer and harder, thereby keeping jobs young folk need which contributes to Unemployment. We cannot side step this issue or put it off.

    4. The lack of housing or Banks foreclosing on  housing, during emergencies ,AND ALSO in plain ole non-emergencies. We cannot side step this issue or put it off.

    5. There are Diseases that rampage the 3rd World Countries and now are our very own concern, due to Planes cutting time into pieces. We cannot side step this issue or put it off.

    6. Immigration IS A LIVE WIRE, SLAPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I think you need the POWER COMPANIES to solve this problem. WHO’S GOT THE POWER? We cannot side step this issue or put it off.
   
     7. Abortions, YIKES, their CONSCIENCE IS A POWERFUL THING TO HANDLE THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT BLATANT. Murder is murder, no matter how it’s done. We can get all Politically Correct if we want to, and call it a nicer word, but if the truth be told???? TRUTHFUL LIPS ENDURE FOREVER, BUT A LYING TONGUE LASTS ONLY A MOMENT. Forgiveness is Merciful. Get you some Mercy and get it fast. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits -- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. (Psalm 103:2-5
We cannot side step this issue or put it off.

    8.  Insurance Companies, BUILDING MONUMENTS to a dead Medical System, 1 million dollars, at a time for a baby aspirin. HEY, I REALIZE I STRETCH BUT IN SOME STORIES IT’S OK TO DO THAT. I’M JUST MAKING A POINT, BY EXACERBATION(makes it worse). I don’t want the Insurance companies coming after me, when they have to pay for a WAKE FOR THE MEDICAL SYSTEM. Get it right for everyone involved. I believe in the Resurrection! We cannot side step this issue or put it off.

    But exacerbation is exactly the WORD for PROBLEMS THAT ARE LEFT TO THEMSELVES. THEY GET WORSE, BY BEING UN-CARED FOR. AT ONE POINT, THEY WERE TREATABLE. UNTIL TOO MANY SIDE STEPPED THE ISSUES. BUT NOW????CAN THEY BE SOLVED????

    “YES! THEY CAN!!!

BUT HEY, AND WHO, IT’S ANYBODIES GUESS, AS TO WHERE, DO YOU STAND ON THE 8 ISSUES????”THE SILENT MAJORITY IS COWARDLY.....STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, WHO’S SIDE ARE YOU ON, and not just at the poles. BUT THEY SPEAK AT THE POLES. SPEAK WHAT?  THEY GOT A MOUTH don’t they, NOT JUST A VOTING ARM. Mercy, I can never figure out what they said at the poles. That takes an analysts. NOW, I CAN ANALYZE A VOICE. I CAN ANALYZE THE WRITTEN WORD. WE NEED A MOUTHY MAJORITY.

     These 8  are all Moralistic Issues AND THERE ARE ANSWERS TO THESE PROBLEMS, IF ONE HAS THE FAITH TO BELIEVE IT.......... Christians should be concerned with THE ANSWERS!. Also these are Political Issues we should all be addressing for the sake of our neighbor our brother. Ask yourself who’s getting hurt here? Go and bind their wounds. I’m not even asking you to pay for their Motel until they get on their feet, but I am asking you to, at the very least, SPEAK UP.  ADDRESS THE RIGHT ISSUES. BE FAIR. Why deal with the colors on the American Flag, because it’s non-confrontational, and a non-issue AND NOT DEAL with real issues that need addressing just because they are a ‘bucket of worms.” GO FOR IT,  IT MIGHT SOLVE SOMETHING, LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK, WITHOUT REGARDS TO REPRISAL. GO FOR IT! IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO PROGRESS!!! WE NEED ANSWERS!
WE GOT BRAINS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE GREATEST COUNTRY OF ALL, LET’S DO A BRAINIAC DAY!

    But hey we all agree, they all need fixing but from what direction are we going to approach these Moralistic Issues from. Surely not both! For that would be Civil War breaking out between the haves and the have nots. But you can hold hands if you don’t believe the two are capable of being one, to solve a common problem.

    I’ve seen people, candidates say, I’m a faith based man of God. Well then what is he doing in Politics the way the PICTURES ARE BEING TAKEN without taking a stand on a whole lot of ISSUES. He is going to HAVE TO approach every issue based on Jesus or should that is. And that means there is no separation between God and Politics. BECAUSE HE’S ONE AND THE SAME PERSON, TRYING NOT TO STEP ON ANYBODIES TOES! I’d like to see that choreographed on DANCING WITH THE STARS, ALL THE POLITICIANS DOING A TWO STEP AROUND GOD!

Now there may be separation of people all right but it is Christianity they are separated from not Politics. Everybody’s Political whether they want to believe it or not. Christianity in the Constitution, has nothing to do with Politics or Separation of Church and State or Religion, and everything to do with the freedom to ‘NOT BE RELIGIOUS.’ Religious people and Christians have been fighting for years not to be alike. You will take note, it was the Religious People who Crucified Christ. His very own People. Well, Atheists have the right, not to be Religious, so why not CHRISTIANS?

     A man’s faith does make a big difference on what he or she does in their Political Career. It should in reality go a long way toward making him or her different from another Political Figure. I say go as far as your Christianity allows you to go. Then it’s decision time. One or the other’s gonna suffer. Don’t let people tell you what you can and cannot believe, ON EITHER ISSUE. Decide for yourself. For you gonna live with it, good or bad, decision. But why can’t we have an open forum that allows for such disagreements in a sensible way. Write it out for all the World to see. WRITE IT DOWN! Write Pluses & Minuses and Pro's & Con's and Positives & Negatives and Rights & Wrongs. Maybe understanding can come from that direction. Somewhere in all that you should be able to see a pattern forming, an answer borne!

**** But I’d talk to God first, see what He has to say.****
****THERE I AM TALKING ABOUT GOD AGAIN****.

    So you see I cannot separate myself from God. It ain’t possible. SOMEHOW OR OTHER I AM ALL TIED UP IN KNOTS ABOUT ALL THE MORAL & POLITICAL ISSUES AND THEY INVOLVE GOD! He can separate me(I SURE HOPE NOT- BY UN-GRAFTING ME FROM THE ROOT OF JESSE OR THE JEWS, but I can’t do it.(just as he can separate you-so don’t be HAUGHTY!)

But I know there exists the SECURITY OF BELIEVER-ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED! The Son of God has . . . given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. - 1 John 5:20) But He took note of their distress when He heard their cry; for their sake he remembered HIS COVENANT and out of HIS GREAT LOVE he relented. Psalm 106:44-45

    So I guess the point I am trying to make is this, I am Political, as long as Political is Christian. I cannot go against my basic doctrines, of belief. IT WOULD NOT SOLVE, ONE OF THEM POLITICAL, STATE REGULATED, MORALISTIC, RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS TO GET PEOPLE TO DENY WHO THEY ARE IN GOD!

And I have talked to God about it.

PS...now I am not advocating YOU TO, stay away from Politics. I say, “JUMP IN WITH BOTH FEET, YOU’RE ALREADY WALKING ON IT’S ASHES, whether you Vote or not..” But for goodness sake, use some common sense, even if you don’t want TO ASK FOR, the Wisdom God has to offer!

SO, NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO HAVE A MEETING, be gutsy enough to CALL IT POLITICAL. WE ALREADY KNOW IT’S RELIGIOUS!

NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT WE BELIEVE !!!
Ok, me for one.

A.  You can be Religious, but not Political at the same time
B.  You can be Political but not Religious at he same time.
C.  You can be Religious and have no Politics at all
D   You can be Political and have no Religion at all.
E.   You can be Religious and Political, if you’re gutsy enough to SPEAK UP & STAND FOR IT

                      So what’s the answer to all of this?
                       ALL OF THE ABOVE.
P.S.-2
I reread this, it appears I need to clarify(not butter filled with lemon, for crab meat-yummy. Now that I would love.The Indians got a Seafood Buffet on Friday night, that is fantastic in their Casinos. I go when I can.) I am just trying to make this PS interesting..........and homey!!!!???>>>LETS CLARIFY!!!????>>>>***It's a simple matter of saying one more time***A Christian may be inside Religion. But Religion will not be inside a Christian.***


Love Nina
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