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Blessings of Labor Day

I am still trying to do more listening than talking and I love to talk.  So, I have to read for awhile before I can get my mind chatter to slow down and refocus. My blueprint to heaven has me stopped at the Labor Day block.  I will turn to my bible and reference Labor.

I have to admit that I am feeling more confident and less conflicted. 

This is what I found in Revelation 14:13 and it is one of the seven Beatitudes of the book of Revelations.  A Beatitude is a Blessing.  When Jesus gave His sermon on the mount, He gave us eight of them.

My bible states,"When I heard a voice from heaven say Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," says the Spirit,"they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."

Did you see that our deeds will follow us?  Still, the only path to heaven is through Jesus and His Grace!  And we are BLESSED because of our faith in Jesus's Grace.  This also reminds me that we should rest in the Lord.

So, on this Labor Day weekend that is exactly what we are doing in this family.  No computers or internet or electronic brain breakers.  Just our bibles, notebooks and time spent resting and listening. 

I think that Labor Day has become even more work.  Retail stores hit a full swing of sales, offices stay open and everyone feels the need to entertain. I remember when nothing was open, not even a convenience store.  It has now involved into another type of working day for American workers, when it was originally meant to honor the manual/hourly wage laborers of America.

Take some time this weekend to honor American workers, yourself and mostly, Jesus!
God Bless America!

Stupidity and God

Hey!  I am practicing my listening and reading my bible.  I waste so much time on the internet and other mindless activities, so I am trying to substitute bible reading here and there.  It works.
 
Today, I am getting off subject and want to put my views in on Hurricane Earl and people who do not evacuate.

I become angry with their attitudes and selfishness.  They put the Police, Fire Fighters, EMTs and other emergency workers at risk and put more responsibility on their jobs.  I think each person who stays and lives, should have to pay a fine equavalent to the Emergency worker's salaries.  And the Emergency Workers should get the extra pay! 
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One time, during a bible study class, we were discussing how God steps in during dangerous situations and saves the person or persons.  And how sometimes there is no help and why.  Why should He step in if someone is driving their car 120 mph straight toward a brick wall?  I think that He should be at the gates of Heaven tapping His foot with His arms crossed. And then show them a movie of what they would not experience because of their own stupidity.  Along with feeling the pain they caused their family and friends magnified 100 times.  Of course by now it is only regrets.

Leave and come back after the "all clear" signal. Bravery comes in many forms and sometimes it is about making the right decision.

God Bless!
Remember if you need prayer, email me.  I care!

A Better Heavenly Blueprint

Ok, now I am working on what I am calling my blueprint.  Something to follow to improve myself, my family and my eternity.

I started back reading Derek Prince's book God's Power.  For those who don't know Derek Prince, he was a contemporary of CS Lewis.  He called himself a "bible teacher" and really focuses on what the bible says and not a denominational interpretation.

He is correct when he states that alot of our views come from what we have heard at our churches.  Sometimes they are not as faithful to what the bible states, as they are to how they want God's Word  to be interpreted.  This can be a mental barrier when we begin to read the bible.  How true! 
 
So, our ears get chuck full of "denominational wax" and we can't hear what God is trying to tell us.  I can tell you that I probably need a shovel to unload my ears.  That is why my family and I are in search of a new church.  Christians do need other Christians to help us with our journey.

When my children's book was first published, I felt like I did not deserve this honor.  In promoting my book, I found myself shy and awkward.  I have now learned that I need to shout it from the roof tops and when asked what I do  for a living...I AM AN AUTHOR!  Alot of my barriers came from the fact that there seemed to be those who want to see me fail.  Because I was told that getting a children's book published was easy these days. Anyone can do it.  It was a bad time to be published with the economy in the toilet. I am not degreed.  I should have shut my ears off and tuned into God.  Because He tells me that my dream of writing comes from Him.  His plans for us, has nothing to do with the economy, degrees or what other people say about us.

I guess I would have to say that the first step in this blueprint is cleaning out our ears and listening to God. Something that will take a lot of practice for me.

3 John 2 states,  Beloved I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

God is calling us His Beloved!  He wants us to do well and to be well!

So, for my blueprint, I must first prepare the area for spiritual building.  What about you?  How do you listen to God with all of this earthly noise swirling around you?

God Bless You!

Time is Passing Away

I heard a statement at the church we visited this past weekend.  The Pastor stated that the time of this world was passing away. Light bulb moment!!

My body has started its own passing away process.  For a month now, I have been dealing with a pinched nerve in my back and my ability, or lack of it, for mobility.  Today, I had a back tooth removed after it cracked and revealed infection in the bone area.  If you don't know, I have a disease called Wegener Granulomatosis. It is a stinker of a disease and one that I am not going to explain right now. Just know that
48 is beginning to feel like the downhill run.

Back to the time of this world...

So, while this world is passing away and my body is falling apart, I have some questions.
WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING AND WHAT IS IT ALL FOR ANYWAY?

We have lives that are very structured to the world's design or decision of how we live each day.  And most of it has absolutely nothing to do with what we are going to do with the other million years or eternity.  Will  I be in heaven with God or in hell with the devil? No comment from those who would love to see me dancing around on those hot coals with a pitch fork stabbing me in the rear.  To see me, you would have to be there too! Ha!

Bac.k to the subject.

We are so frantically working, schooling and raising for these next 60 to 80, maybe even 100 years and for what?  A bigger house, better car, newest gadget or maybe fame. Some are just working to put food on the table. Yet, we are so focused on man's blueprint and these short years, that we forget about the other more important million or so years to come.

So, how can we readjust our days to help us after these short earthly ones? Because yes, they are passing away!

I am going to try to re-focus my daily earthly blueprint to a heavenly focused blueprint.  And, I am sure it will  become challenging to change my mindset and stubborn ways.  All of this while promoting my children's book, continueing my writing, homeschooling my 15 year old and keepng my granddaughter a few days a week.  A worthy challenge for some of those white feathery wings!

Join me as I try to document each day's adventure!

Note to myself: Know that when you fall or blow it all together, because you will.  Tomorrow will be another day.  No looking back either.  At 48, I am sure that I have to watch the sodium levels and who wants to be a pillar of salt any way.
God Bless!
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If you need prayer, please let me know!

Down and Out!

For the past three weeks, I have literally been down and out!  Lifted something that I should not have and now I have a pinched nerve and a strained back.  OK, who said 48 was the new 38?  We need to talk!
After three doctor visits, I am now in a better state of pain.  Kinda like the pain in the 'State of the Union". Aggravating, still there and results slower than molasses gumming out of a bottle on a summer day.
Tomorrow I am going to the Chiropractor.  Hoping for some final relief.
You know I have always believed that God can take the bad stuff and turn it into good.  And He did.  I slowed down, started back reading my bible and my attitude is improving. I have always said that I am the child He has to knock to her knees to get her attention.
I am listening Lord, I am listening!
I feel hopeful again.
You know, I realized that I got so caught up in our old Church that I allowed other people and situations take over.  And down I went.  I learned I was not even remotely a Superior Christian like the other ones are. Oh they quickly slapped their judgement on me.  That is OK, because I found myself praying for me and for them.
The best part is that we have found several churches where the Pastors are organized and have a clear plan for their church and this community.  It was so refreshing that I found my soul taking a deep cleansing breath in and out would come the stinky, rotten breath that was polluting my body and soul.
What about you? Could you use a little prayer or kind word your way?  Email me.  God Loves You!  Stinky breath and all. He has the right mint for you.
Email me. I care.

Bomb Shelters

Most of us in the USA conjure up a 1950's image of the bomb shelter era, when the words "bomb shelter" are mentioned.  The even younger set, has no earthly idea of what a "bomb shelter" is or even why we would have them.

Yesterday, I watched the International House Hunter show on HGTV and the reality of the world came front and center.  A young lady was searching in the city of Tel Aviv.  Each condo she looked at, had a room that was purposefully created as a bomb shelter.  One of the condos was an older building without a bomb shelter in each condo.  But, never fear, there was one located down on the street, she could use.

She wanted to be where the action was downtown with the cafes and restaurants.  All of the meeting places that a young person would desire for gathering with their friends and family.  I am sure there were bomb shelters nearby too.

As a mother, is this not what we want for our children?  A good life filled with peace, friends and family.  Yes, we can have different opinions and religions, but does that mean we have to forcibly press our ways on others.  Is this not a global Internet community of communication and business?  Where differences are put aside because we can not physically see them with our eyes.  And prejudices are left at the keyboard.

Could not the people of many, stop the idiots of few from causing all of this chaos?  I believe in our youth and the eyes they see the world through.  What are their answers to this mess? 

What is your answer to the mess?