Wednesday, October 26, 2016
A new wave
This summer during a Sunday sermon I heard this term "a new wave" and I thought in my heart..."I want a new wave from the Lord"! I haven't experienced a major crisis where I've had to lean heavily on the Lord in over a year now! A few days later I started thinking about waves...on the shores of Lake Michigan typically waves precede the storm that follows...when this dawned on me...I said "never mind Lord!! I'm good with calm waters, cancel that weekend prayer!" But it was too late, the wheels were in motion. In the two month season, I threw my back out, suffered a month long "chiggers" ankle infestation I picked up in Gatlinburg that no physician could diagnose or stop, went through a cancer scare that ended with neck surgery, and scheduled a root canal . Here's a stack of ten separate medical bills we get to pay as a result....NEVER pray for waves from the Lord!! Lol. Learning to be content in the calm waters....just as content as Ive learned to be in the storms. I know in the big scheme of things this was an easy trial, and pales in great comparison what some of you are currently going through. My piddly trial take away gave me greater compassion for YOU . Praying today for YOU, the one in a huge storm right now (going through real cancer, real betrayal, feeling rejected and alone) YOU who are leaning on the Lord in this season ( or trying to go at it alone😞)..YOU are NOT alone...and the Storm will not last forever, you will come out stronger, tested, more faithful and better than you ever could have imagined! Believe.
Friday, October 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump
It's 2016, US presidential election season once again. In my 20 years of voting, I'm now witnessing the two worst candidates in history as party nominees for both the republican and democratic party. In the last eight years under the Obama administration, the country has shifted ideologically and become more focused on usurping Christ values than ever before in US history.
In the last eight years we've watched a judicial ruling redefine marriage, we've seen a Christian clerk jailed for her unwillingness to approve of a same sex marriage, we've seen bakers and wedding specialists fined out of their income generating businesses, we've seen government officials lose their jobs for their faith, a mandate to allow boys to use girls bathrooms/locker rooms and vice versa, riots erupting from dangerous clashes between police and citizens...people burning down their own cities. We're seeing the world become more lawless and its spinning out of control before our very eyes.
We expect our government officials to provide stability and order to this chaos, but instead they seem to approve of it and add fuel to the already consuming fire of destruction. There's so much going on, I've barely mentioned half of it...Islamic Radical Islam is on the rise and we have government officials working to move unknown Syrian refugees to our neighborhoods where isis promises to infiltrate and murder more of us. We've watched it happen in European countries these last eight years with an increasing volume of incidents every single week . We've seen in in our own country, people getting slaughtered and beheaded while someone is shouting "allahu akbar". And when we talk about it, we're called bigots and Nazi's for our concern of inviting more of this ideology into our own country.
While we're distracted by all these things, Iran is given clearance to generate nuclear technologies under our Obama administration, secret deals are made between Obama and Iran regarding nuclear activities, and billions of dollar's are funneled to this country who has repeatedly vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and whose own leaders chant "death to America". We released five Jihadi terrorists for one US military serviceman (Bowe Bergdahl) who planned for weeks to desert his unit and aid the enemy and became sympathetic to the Taliban cause prior to his five years of his claimed captivity. His father grew his beard to sympathize with the same terrorists and tweeted his commitment to releasing all terrorists held at Guantameno bay. Then there was the secret payment to Iran for more hostages, only made known to the public by one of the hostages, Sayeed Abedini retelling of the story that included one of his captors telling him they weren't allowed to leave until a second plane came carrying their ransom money in the middle of the night. When this news came to light, Obama claimed it was only $400 million tied to a separate legal claim. But Sayeed insists the hostages were forced to stay until 10 am until the money arrived.
Darkness is sweeping over the world in a blanket of murky confusion and unashamed arrogance. The world on a mass scale has lost sight of our own creator and we're unknowingly shaking our fists at Him, our minds have become depraved and we have become our own gods; following the lead and voices of others who are lost and separated from the Lord. Its painful to watch...when the Lord says "wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction" He wasn't kidding. We are in the midst of a country that has turned its heart away from God...we're replacing His laws with our own man made morality..... and we're living out the consequences of it. But in the midst of even this, God is drawing sinners to repentance and He is saving His people who who chose as "vessels of mercy".
This election started with two serious democratic candidates and seventeen Republicans. Conservatives watched a brash, egotistical, ill controlled name calling child steamroll over 16 other candidates, many who had a testimony that walked and talked with the Living and saving God. These men could masterfully articulate the sanctity of life, the absurdity of our current condition and provided hope and inspiration towards a better and more secure future for out country. But they never had the chance, they were knocked out one by one by the only person who has since proved he has no ability to do any of those things.
The democrats had two serious candidates; a socialist Bernie Sanders proclaiming "free" stuff for the masses who all the young liberal minded college aged kids loved despite our current 20 trillion dollar deficit weve seen doubled under Obama. Second, Hillary Clinton who has a solid thirty years of on air lying and corruption. She is a well documented and known liar, yet she had the favor of both the DNC, the white house and Obamas justice department( or as some call the "Just us" department).
To those of us horrified by most liberal stances....namely the legality of abortion, the direction we are headed, and the complete chaos happening in our country; her corruption is easy to see. But for those who support those ideas opposed to God...there is a shroud of deceit that completely blinds them from her corruption. As secretary of state subpoenaed for emails after Benghazi caught in lie after lie after lie, destroying evidence, havinf her ex President husband meeting with the head of the Justice department on a private plane days before the fbi conclusion of her investigation, offering perks for cover-ups to he fbi , offering positions for donations to her own foundation. Taking massive donations from countries linked to terrorism, persecutionm and genital mutilation of women and homosexuals. Training and paying the mentally ill and homeless to act as agitators at trump rallys to make cnn news headlines using a contractor through the DNC so that connections can't be traced back to them, even though the contractor himself is caught in an undercover investigation explaining the entire scheme! It just goes on and on this absurdity.
There's something in my spirit that says..."leave it...MY will is being done...this country has turned from me and now I am turning from her." Yes God will save those who call on His name...yes yes yes, but as a country, He has handed us over to the enemy like He has done to nations that forget him time and time again. His will is being done, we are headed straight into the finals chapters of History, prepare your hearts, humble yourselves and ask God to save you...the short persecution of His followers will increase and casualties will be taken including believers and those with no faith...but the end is near and God has won this battle.
In the last eight years we've watched a judicial ruling redefine marriage, we've seen a Christian clerk jailed for her unwillingness to approve of a same sex marriage, we've seen bakers and wedding specialists fined out of their income generating businesses, we've seen government officials lose their jobs for their faith, a mandate to allow boys to use girls bathrooms/locker rooms and vice versa, riots erupting from dangerous clashes between police and citizens...people burning down their own cities. We're seeing the world become more lawless and its spinning out of control before our very eyes.
We expect our government officials to provide stability and order to this chaos, but instead they seem to approve of it and add fuel to the already consuming fire of destruction. There's so much going on, I've barely mentioned half of it...Islamic Radical Islam is on the rise and we have government officials working to move unknown Syrian refugees to our neighborhoods where isis promises to infiltrate and murder more of us. We've watched it happen in European countries these last eight years with an increasing volume of incidents every single week . We've seen in in our own country, people getting slaughtered and beheaded while someone is shouting "allahu akbar". And when we talk about it, we're called bigots and Nazi's for our concern of inviting more of this ideology into our own country.
While we're distracted by all these things, Iran is given clearance to generate nuclear technologies under our Obama administration, secret deals are made between Obama and Iran regarding nuclear activities, and billions of dollar's are funneled to this country who has repeatedly vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and whose own leaders chant "death to America". We released five Jihadi terrorists for one US military serviceman (Bowe Bergdahl) who planned for weeks to desert his unit and aid the enemy and became sympathetic to the Taliban cause prior to his five years of his claimed captivity. His father grew his beard to sympathize with the same terrorists and tweeted his commitment to releasing all terrorists held at Guantameno bay. Then there was the secret payment to Iran for more hostages, only made known to the public by one of the hostages, Sayeed Abedini retelling of the story that included one of his captors telling him they weren't allowed to leave until a second plane came carrying their ransom money in the middle of the night. When this news came to light, Obama claimed it was only $400 million tied to a separate legal claim. But Sayeed insists the hostages were forced to stay until 10 am until the money arrived.
Darkness is sweeping over the world in a blanket of murky confusion and unashamed arrogance. The world on a mass scale has lost sight of our own creator and we're unknowingly shaking our fists at Him, our minds have become depraved and we have become our own gods; following the lead and voices of others who are lost and separated from the Lord. Its painful to watch...when the Lord says "wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction" He wasn't kidding. We are in the midst of a country that has turned its heart away from God...we're replacing His laws with our own man made morality..... and we're living out the consequences of it. But in the midst of even this, God is drawing sinners to repentance and He is saving His people who who chose as "vessels of mercy".
This election started with two serious democratic candidates and seventeen Republicans. Conservatives watched a brash, egotistical, ill controlled name calling child steamroll over 16 other candidates, many who had a testimony that walked and talked with the Living and saving God. These men could masterfully articulate the sanctity of life, the absurdity of our current condition and provided hope and inspiration towards a better and more secure future for out country. But they never had the chance, they were knocked out one by one by the only person who has since proved he has no ability to do any of those things.
The democrats had two serious candidates; a socialist Bernie Sanders proclaiming "free" stuff for the masses who all the young liberal minded college aged kids loved despite our current 20 trillion dollar deficit weve seen doubled under Obama. Second, Hillary Clinton who has a solid thirty years of on air lying and corruption. She is a well documented and known liar, yet she had the favor of both the DNC, the white house and Obamas justice department( or as some call the "Just us" department).
To those of us horrified by most liberal stances....namely the legality of abortion, the direction we are headed, and the complete chaos happening in our country; her corruption is easy to see. But for those who support those ideas opposed to God...there is a shroud of deceit that completely blinds them from her corruption. As secretary of state subpoenaed for emails after Benghazi caught in lie after lie after lie, destroying evidence, havinf her ex President husband meeting with the head of the Justice department on a private plane days before the fbi conclusion of her investigation, offering perks for cover-ups to he fbi , offering positions for donations to her own foundation. Taking massive donations from countries linked to terrorism, persecutionm and genital mutilation of women and homosexuals. Training and paying the mentally ill and homeless to act as agitators at trump rallys to make cnn news headlines using a contractor through the DNC so that connections can't be traced back to them, even though the contractor himself is caught in an undercover investigation explaining the entire scheme! It just goes on and on this absurdity.
There's something in my spirit that says..."leave it...MY will is being done...this country has turned from me and now I am turning from her." Yes God will save those who call on His name...yes yes yes, but as a country, He has handed us over to the enemy like He has done to nations that forget him time and time again. His will is being done, we are headed straight into the finals chapters of History, prepare your hearts, humble yourselves and ask God to save you...the short persecution of His followers will increase and casualties will be taken including believers and those with no faith...but the end is near and God has won this battle.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
When I was first called a troll
For anyone who knows me, you know that before I was a believer in Jesus I was a lot of other things...my mindset was strongly liberal, pro abortion and I was pro gay marriage before Hillary Rodham Clinton was finally on record for supporting "gay marriage". I became a believer in the real Jesus, accepting his sacrifice for my sin in the fall of 2007. Many things changed overnight, notably being healed from unforgiveness that I harbored for 20 years...that was the first thing. I still held on to my political stances and began the debate process defending why God would choose to be "prochoice" and pro gay marriage. An election cycle was just beginning, Gods perfect timing, to elect the 44th president of the United states. I was a democrat and an Obama supporter. It was easy, and made easier when Sarah Palin joined the republican ticket as a running mate to John McCain...she was an easier target than McCain who was the most liberal of Republicans.
A friend invited me to join a Facebook group called "Intelligent women against Palin", I eagerly joined. It was during that period of my wrestling with God and His working to imprint upon my heart and mind the sanctity of life and the value of human life made in His image. Sarah Palin had a young son with downs syndrome. Even though I thought she wasn't very intelligent and disagreed with her politics I started to garner respect that she chose to not abort her child with downs syndrome, she actually followed through with her faith. I still led the charge in mocking her along with my fellow ideological liberal gangs for the embarrassing comments she made during that election season.
During that season of life I'd gone to a wedding, during the reception I was speaking with a couple who also had a young child with Down Syndrome, they were believers as well. They told me about the high percentage of woman who chose to abort their children after learning the likelihood of their child having down syndrome in the womb. They volunteered for an organization that sought adoptive homes for children with down syndrome. They valued life. I had tremendous respect for that.
At some point I found myself on the Facebook group page reading comments mocking her as we often did...then there was mocking her son, that he should have been aborted...many agreed. I wonder if I would have agreed as well had not God started His work in me? I started to defend and honor her on this group page for keeping him...then the attacks came. I was for the first time in my liberal minded life...accused of being a troll. It was incredible...for over a decade I had mocked and laughed and made fun of conservative Christians with the rest of them. I became one of those people you would want on your side if you'd been arguing with a "crazy conservative" because I could easily shame the other side with my knowledge of politics and policies. I'm a naturally curious person so I'm relentless when I get behind something and I like to have all the details before I present an argument. I do my homework. But then God started to teach me, and I started to listen...That's what really began my change of heart and mind from liberalism into what our nation refers to as "conservatism" or "crazy conservative Christianity". God shook me to my core, he humbled me and he changed my heart and mind to conform to His own. I've been called and accused of many things since that day...and I count it all as joy only because Jesus proclaims that He chose me out of this world......
John 15:18-19
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
A friend invited me to join a Facebook group called "Intelligent women against Palin", I eagerly joined. It was during that period of my wrestling with God and His working to imprint upon my heart and mind the sanctity of life and the value of human life made in His image. Sarah Palin had a young son with downs syndrome. Even though I thought she wasn't very intelligent and disagreed with her politics I started to garner respect that she chose to not abort her child with downs syndrome, she actually followed through with her faith. I still led the charge in mocking her along with my fellow ideological liberal gangs for the embarrassing comments she made during that election season.
During that season of life I'd gone to a wedding, during the reception I was speaking with a couple who also had a young child with Down Syndrome, they were believers as well. They told me about the high percentage of woman who chose to abort their children after learning the likelihood of their child having down syndrome in the womb. They volunteered for an organization that sought adoptive homes for children with down syndrome. They valued life. I had tremendous respect for that.
At some point I found myself on the Facebook group page reading comments mocking her as we often did...then there was mocking her son, that he should have been aborted...many agreed. I wonder if I would have agreed as well had not God started His work in me? I started to defend and honor her on this group page for keeping him...then the attacks came. I was for the first time in my liberal minded life...accused of being a troll. It was incredible...for over a decade I had mocked and laughed and made fun of conservative Christians with the rest of them. I became one of those people you would want on your side if you'd been arguing with a "crazy conservative" because I could easily shame the other side with my knowledge of politics and policies. I'm a naturally curious person so I'm relentless when I get behind something and I like to have all the details before I present an argument. I do my homework. But then God started to teach me, and I started to listen...That's what really began my change of heart and mind from liberalism into what our nation refers to as "conservatism" or "crazy conservative Christianity". God shook me to my core, he humbled me and he changed my heart and mind to conform to His own. I've been called and accused of many things since that day...and I count it all as joy only because Jesus proclaims that He chose me out of this world......
John 15:18-19
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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