I have to apologize. I haven't been blogging lately and I have no excuse. I just didn't feel that I had much to say. I realize that I may loose many followers that way but when you can't write, or even think for that matter, what are you to do? Several times I came on here but every time I tried to write, I had either nothing to say or too much to say. I don't know if any of you can relate cuz I'm kind of a misfit and do things quite differently than most, or at least I feel that I do.
I don't have a topic today. All I want to do is tell you what happened this morning. I'll throw it out there and see if any of you have any ideas.
Each morning I try to read my Bible. There is no certain order that I do it. Sometimes I'll read something that I'd been hearing about in church or sometimes I'll just open it up and start reading the titles and see if anything looks particularly interesting. Lately I've been reading in 1st Kings. It gets pretty interesting just to see how the Lord intervened back then in some of the battles and how He communicated with His people. I often wonder what it would be like to just hear Him speak, boldly and clearly, without any question about what He wants me to do. It would be so much easier wouldn't it? Especially in situations like what I'm about to tell you about.
I was reading this morning and I was at the top of the page reading about how a prophet came to Ahab, king of Israel and told him that the Lord was going to give into his hands a vast army' "..then you will know that I am the Lord". Well, as I'm reading along, trying to understand and see where this was all going, I saw out of the side of my line of vision or corner of my eye, a line of words down the page that was all highlighted in green. But when I looked down the page at that area, it wasn't highlighted. I felt pretty strange, figured I was imagining it so I then went back up to where I had been and started reading again. And again, out of my direct line of vision, kind of out of the corner of my eye, the same sentence or maybe I should say a couple lines of words, were highlighted in green. This kept happening but each time I'd stop reading and look down the page at the area that had appeared to be highlighted, it wasn't highlighted anymore. Okay, now I'm wondering what is going on. Am I imagining this every time? No, I couldn't be. It was too clear. Well, I'm a firm believer that when we read our Bibles we can't just read one scripture to get the full understanding. We need to at least read what is before and after a particular scripture to get a good understanding of what it is all saying. So instead of stopping what I was reading and going to the area that had appeared to be highlighted, I kept reading on until I got to that area. I don't even want to admit this....but then when I did read the words, they didn't make much sense. I read it again and again and I couldn't figure out what God may be trying to say to me. The scripture is 1st Kings, Chapter 20, verse 23, but the highlighted words started in the middle of the verse, ..."But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they."
I have never had this happen before so I can't figure out what this all means. It happened for a reason so I won't just dismiss it. It has to mean something! I'm not sure how to find out what this is about but I've been seeking God on it since it happened. I read it to my husband and he has no idea either what it can mean.
As I said before I try to read the Bible every day. I feel strongly that if we are to know God's voice we need to know Him first. The only way to do that, that I know of, is to seek Him continuously, read His word and pray for understanding and a closer relationship with Him. That I've done over and over and over and I will continue until He comes because I want nothing more than to be so close to Him that there is no mistaking His voice.
Now,..I'm asking those of you who know the Lord and His word if you would please take a look at this verse and what it is saying before and after this verse to see what you think this could be saying to me. I realize that without knowing me or my life and what is going on with me, it may be difficult to determine this. But, I'm going to ask anyway. Any ideas you may have are welcome and will be considered. I know many of you are very good at interpreting the Bible so I'm praying that I get some good ideas from you. In fact, if you feel that you want to respond in private, feel free to email me about your thoughts on this. My email address is blbrown@ridge-runner.com.
I look forward to hearing any thoughts you may have about this. Thanks and God Bless you all.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
There Are No Forks in God's Road.
Hi ALL!~ That is if I have anyone reading these anymore. I haven't been on much lately and I don't have any excuses either! Imagine that! I guess you could say I've been 'in a rut'. Let your imagination go wild there.
Several things have taken up my time lately. I've been trying to find a hobby, you know, something to eat up the time I waste, to allow God to use me in whatever way He sees fit. Since I was a kid I loved drawing, and I was ok at it, but when life took over I had put that all aside and really haven't visited it much during my busy years of raising kids and working. Because I want God to be the author of all that I do I prayed about it. I really felt led to get back to drawing but I had this great idea to even add to it by getting into wood carving as well. That's something that has always peeked my interest through the years. Isn't it awesome how some of those carvings tend to almost jump out at you and come alive? That's the kind that I want to be able to do.(Ya, don't we all?!)
So I ran with the idea. I researched it, like with everything, until I beat the subject to death. I wrote to a few carvers to get their words of wisdom and even got one that was willing to take me under his wing for awhile. I was so excited to start! Then I went and got myself all the 'beginners' tools and it took me a week just to find the right kind of wood. Thinking I was the smart one I grabbed a piece of red oak that was laying out by the wood stove instead of ensuring that I had something soft to start with. I just figured that once I learned how to carve with that, everything else would be like butter, right? HA.....what a mistake there! All I did was frustrate myself as well as the carver that was TRYING to teach me something. Lesson learned. We are NEVER as smart as our teachers. Next, I needed sharp tools. Since sharp tools are the ideal way to go when your taking delicate cuts out of wood, I needed to learn how to do my own. It took me another week just to get all the materials together for that, plus add a few days of trying my hand at it. It didn't go real smooth. I won't get into the gory details but luckily I still have 10 fingers left. I'm here to tell you, no matter how smart you think you are, it's never as easy as it looks and it's always a good idea to have a First Aid kit handy! So here I sit...I have a teacher, sharp tools, soft wood, and a pattern BUT I'm too frustrated and sore to give it a try! I won't tell that to my teacher though because I'm just too darned embarrassed.
All of this started with me wanting to do whatever God had planned for me. Since I tossed the 'artist' in me aside, I thought maybe God had plans for something in that area long ago but I had taken another path back then. And now when He reminded me of the talent he had given me from the start, I go and take the fork in the road AGAIN!
Isn't that just what we humans do? And we're so good at it too! God picks the plan for us. He steers us down the road we are to take, but we think we're so much smarter so we take another path, add our brilliant ideas and end up with bloody fingers. I won't totally give up on the carving idea but instead of jumping ahead of myself and obviously GOD, I'm thinking I will go dig out that old sketch pad and a pencil or two and see where that takes me. Then .....well, I'm not sure but I'll get back to ya!
Several things have taken up my time lately. I've been trying to find a hobby, you know, something to eat up the time I waste, to allow God to use me in whatever way He sees fit. Since I was a kid I loved drawing, and I was ok at it, but when life took over I had put that all aside and really haven't visited it much during my busy years of raising kids and working. Because I want God to be the author of all that I do I prayed about it. I really felt led to get back to drawing but I had this great idea to even add to it by getting into wood carving as well. That's something that has always peeked my interest through the years. Isn't it awesome how some of those carvings tend to almost jump out at you and come alive? That's the kind that I want to be able to do.(Ya, don't we all?!)
So I ran with the idea. I researched it, like with everything, until I beat the subject to death. I wrote to a few carvers to get their words of wisdom and even got one that was willing to take me under his wing for awhile. I was so excited to start! Then I went and got myself all the 'beginners' tools and it took me a week just to find the right kind of wood. Thinking I was the smart one I grabbed a piece of red oak that was laying out by the wood stove instead of ensuring that I had something soft to start with. I just figured that once I learned how to carve with that, everything else would be like butter, right? HA.....what a mistake there! All I did was frustrate myself as well as the carver that was TRYING to teach me something. Lesson learned. We are NEVER as smart as our teachers. Next, I needed sharp tools. Since sharp tools are the ideal way to go when your taking delicate cuts out of wood, I needed to learn how to do my own. It took me another week just to get all the materials together for that, plus add a few days of trying my hand at it. It didn't go real smooth. I won't get into the gory details but luckily I still have 10 fingers left. I'm here to tell you, no matter how smart you think you are, it's never as easy as it looks and it's always a good idea to have a First Aid kit handy! So here I sit...I have a teacher, sharp tools, soft wood, and a pattern BUT I'm too frustrated and sore to give it a try! I won't tell that to my teacher though because I'm just too darned embarrassed.
All of this started with me wanting to do whatever God had planned for me. Since I tossed the 'artist' in me aside, I thought maybe God had plans for something in that area long ago but I had taken another path back then. And now when He reminded me of the talent he had given me from the start, I go and take the fork in the road AGAIN!
Isn't that just what we humans do? And we're so good at it too! God picks the plan for us. He steers us down the road we are to take, but we think we're so much smarter so we take another path, add our brilliant ideas and end up with bloody fingers. I won't totally give up on the carving idea but instead of jumping ahead of myself and obviously GOD, I'm thinking I will go dig out that old sketch pad and a pencil or two and see where that takes me. Then .....well, I'm not sure but I'll get back to ya!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Withdrawal from Puter 'ING' !?!
My puter is FINALLY back up and running! AGAIN~ with the computer problems! Jee Whizzzzzz, why didn't I become a puter tech? Then I could fix my own as well as others and maybe I'd be vacationing in Hawaii, Jamaica or somewhere warm right now.
So, I don't have a puter working and all of a sudden I get stuff done that's been sitting around my house for months. What does that tell you? It tells me that I spend WAY too much time on this thing. I research stuff almost constantly and love it. Give me a topic and I'll search the entire Internet for any and all information and take a look at all the views of that topic until it's fully dissected. I'm relentless. My hubby said he's never seen anyone read as much as I do. What he doesn't know is that I look at a lot of pictures and watch a lot of videos too, but lets just let him think I'm his studious intellectual little wife, k?
Of late, I've been trying to find a hobby. Yup, here I am in my fifty's and I'm trying to figure out what I like to do. I've always been the type who loves working outside in the midst of nature and playing with our animals so now, since I'm unable to do much of that stuff anymore, I've got to find another hobby,... other than spending all my free time surfing the world on this little machine that sits on my lap like my precious little child. When the power plug broke on the laptop I think I actually went through a withdrawal. It went something like this;
"I want to go see if my kids put any more pictures up on facebook,..OH, I can't!...the laptop"... 1/2 hour or so goes by, "I'd better see what the weather is going to be doing this weekend",..."OH, I can't cuz the laptop isn't working". Not even an hour goes by and I remember that I didn't log in my time for my tiny job. I run to go do that... on the laptop and..."OH! I can't...."
It went like this for days until I FINALLY got it ingrained into my brain that I'm going to have to get these things done the 'old fashioned' way instead of depending on my laptop and the web for EVERYTHING! There are so many people that I probably wouldn't talk to for months or possibly even years if I didn't have the access to the web. But I believe I'm not alone here, am I? One thing that really shows how dependant I am is that now when I go to read my Bible, I also have the laptop beside me because I simply love to research the verses and other peoples perspective on a specific topic, on the Internet.
We certainly do things differently these days. But if it weren't for these little technological wonders, we all would be a little less informed, a little less connected with friends and family and a LOT less able to voice our, sometimes biased, but interesting opinions to so many people at one time.
What would you all be doing right now if you didn't have your computers and the Internet? How would you be using that time? Something to think about.
So, I don't have a puter working and all of a sudden I get stuff done that's been sitting around my house for months. What does that tell you? It tells me that I spend WAY too much time on this thing. I research stuff almost constantly and love it. Give me a topic and I'll search the entire Internet for any and all information and take a look at all the views of that topic until it's fully dissected. I'm relentless. My hubby said he's never seen anyone read as much as I do. What he doesn't know is that I look at a lot of pictures and watch a lot of videos too, but lets just let him think I'm his studious intellectual little wife, k?
Of late, I've been trying to find a hobby. Yup, here I am in my fifty's and I'm trying to figure out what I like to do. I've always been the type who loves working outside in the midst of nature and playing with our animals so now, since I'm unable to do much of that stuff anymore, I've got to find another hobby,... other than spending all my free time surfing the world on this little machine that sits on my lap like my precious little child. When the power plug broke on the laptop I think I actually went through a withdrawal. It went something like this;
"I want to go see if my kids put any more pictures up on facebook,..OH, I can't!...the laptop"... 1/2 hour or so goes by, "I'd better see what the weather is going to be doing this weekend",..."OH, I can't cuz the laptop isn't working". Not even an hour goes by and I remember that I didn't log in my time for my tiny job. I run to go do that... on the laptop and..."OH! I can't...."
It went like this for days until I FINALLY got it ingrained into my brain that I'm going to have to get these things done the 'old fashioned' way instead of depending on my laptop and the web for EVERYTHING! There are so many people that I probably wouldn't talk to for months or possibly even years if I didn't have the access to the web. But I believe I'm not alone here, am I? One thing that really shows how dependant I am is that now when I go to read my Bible, I also have the laptop beside me because I simply love to research the verses and other peoples perspective on a specific topic, on the Internet.
We certainly do things differently these days. But if it weren't for these little technological wonders, we all would be a little less informed, a little less connected with friends and family and a LOT less able to voice our, sometimes biased, but interesting opinions to so many people at one time.
What would you all be doing right now if you didn't have your computers and the Internet? How would you be using that time? Something to think about.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
America, God shed His light on Thee..
I doubt if many people take the time to realize the depth of corruption in our government. Many just trust what the media says and leave it at that. I was somewhat guilty of that too but lately what I've found out scared me enough to start digging. I've been tagging along on a ride for the past 2 months, with a bunch of others who have a passion for patriotism. We are all tired of our U.S.Constitution being walked on and ignored! There is a group of us, which now has grown quite large, literally thousands, that have been working on a project that has taken us a lot of time and effort and pretty much drained us all! Ya see, none of us think that our new president here in the U.S. has been as transparent as he's said he would be. Mr. Obama has failed to allow anyone access to any of his records, whether it's his education, medical or birth records and he's spending THOUSANDS of dollars on lawyers to ensure that no one gets this information.
Now, I don't know about you guys but we feel that for someone who is moving into the highest position known to Americans, keeping this information secret is just too scary. I mean, what the heck could he be trying to hide anyway? I know, I know, many people have said that he at least supplied his birth certificate on FactCheck.org. But what people don't realize is that that site which is supposed to provide us with 'unbiased' facts was created by Annenberg Foundation. Annenbergs chairperson, back in 1995 was none other than Mr. B. H. Obama! That alone raised some eyebrows and ultimately only caused more questions. After more checking, we found out that the birth certificate on the Internet not only is missing a lot of information, but it is nothing like the birth certificates that were issued back in 1961. The border on it is one that Hawaii designed for those made in 2007! Upon further investigating, we then found that Hawaii, where he claims he was born, allows issuance of birth certificates to foreign born children of Hawaii residents with a statement from only one relative, without corroborating evidence! There is much much more information that we've found but I think you all see my point here. In the process of trying to confirm the background of our new president, we only found more questionable issues.
From there we decided to start writing letters to inform those in positions of authority in the government of the information that we found and we wanted our questions answered. You would think that all U.S. citizens would feel that this was important to the security of our the country. That our Constitution requires anyone running for office must prove, without a doubt, that they are a natural born citizen of our United States. By now it was very obvious that Obama could not have the proof of this. We even found a video of his grandmother in Kenya, stating that he was born there!
We thought we'd start with the Attorney General of each state. Of course they would be interested in this information since by now even Obama's supporters were questioning why he was being so secretive. THOUSANDS of people want answers. We wrote TONS of letters expecting answers. The result was unbelievable! If we got responses from them at all, it was statements such as, 'vetting him is not my job'! So we then went to our Congressman, then Senators and finally the Supreme Court Justices. The result, if you can believe it, is NOTHING! Not one person in government positions stood up and required the proof! In addition to these letters, there are, or were, at least 12 lawsuits throughout the country, asking the courts to require Mr. Obama to show his vault copy birth certificate. Literally over 60,000 letters were sent via FedEx to Supreme Court Judges before they were about to hear the cases. So far, NOT ONE of them have taken the step to ensure that Obama is, what the U.S.Constitution requires, a 'Natural born U.S. Citizen'! They refused to take the time to investigate. The responses we did get were, 'that was already proven on the internet' or 'that's not our job' or ' I'm sure he was vetted somewhere along the line'.
I could see if the job we are talking about is a factory worker, a janitor or maybe even an accountant. BUT PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES??? There was even an advertisement made for TV, just informing people of the unanswered questions about B.H. Obama and requesting him to answer. Not one news station that was approached, and there were many, would air it!!!
Now, here we are, a week away from inauguration day. Obama is still paying his lawyers to keep everything sealed up. We still have questions that need answers and it's not just a few people. It is many many thousands of Americans. Every level of government has been approached and no one will address our concerns. Why is it so difficult to get these very important questions answered? What ever happened to the value of our voice in this country? Many people gave their lives for our country's freedom and the integrity of our Constitution and what it stands for and now, today we can't find a Judge who will give us a couple hours of his time in defense of it.
I am VERY disappointed! Obviously the country that I read about when I was a child, doesn't exist anymore. This is America but it's not the same one that is in the books. It's fallen apart. I've seen it happening for many years but I didn't really know how deep the damage went. I guess I expected a lot more out of our elected officials. If I weren't a person of faith, I'd be packing my bags to move to another country. Sounds pretty extreme but the corruption in our government, if not stopped, is something that will eventually destroy us.
However, I have faith in the Throne of God. I'll join with others who cherish the liberties that God gave us and keep voicing my opinions where I can. I won't be a sunshine patriot and stand on the side lines screaming how wrong it is. The letters will continue to be written and calls will be made. Although it looks like a loosing battle now, don't get discouraged because the author of this story says we are victors. It's not the guy sitting in the oval office who has the ultimate authority. That's just an illusion. It's the one sitting on the THRONE that matters. God can be trusted to be our leader, and His secrets will all be revealed very very soon.
If anyone is interested in finding out more, go to http://restoretheconstitutionalrepublic.org/ OR
http://www.americasright.com
Now, I don't know about you guys but we feel that for someone who is moving into the highest position known to Americans, keeping this information secret is just too scary. I mean, what the heck could he be trying to hide anyway? I know, I know, many people have said that he at least supplied his birth certificate on FactCheck.org. But what people don't realize is that that site which is supposed to provide us with 'unbiased' facts was created by Annenberg Foundation. Annenbergs chairperson, back in 1995 was none other than Mr. B. H. Obama! That alone raised some eyebrows and ultimately only caused more questions. After more checking, we found out that the birth certificate on the Internet not only is missing a lot of information, but it is nothing like the birth certificates that were issued back in 1961. The border on it is one that Hawaii designed for those made in 2007! Upon further investigating, we then found that Hawaii, where he claims he was born, allows issuance of birth certificates to foreign born children of Hawaii residents with a statement from only one relative, without corroborating evidence! There is much much more information that we've found but I think you all see my point here. In the process of trying to confirm the background of our new president, we only found more questionable issues.
From there we decided to start writing letters to inform those in positions of authority in the government of the information that we found and we wanted our questions answered. You would think that all U.S. citizens would feel that this was important to the security of our the country. That our Constitution requires anyone running for office must prove, without a doubt, that they are a natural born citizen of our United States. By now it was very obvious that Obama could not have the proof of this. We even found a video of his grandmother in Kenya, stating that he was born there!
We thought we'd start with the Attorney General of each state. Of course they would be interested in this information since by now even Obama's supporters were questioning why he was being so secretive. THOUSANDS of people want answers. We wrote TONS of letters expecting answers. The result was unbelievable! If we got responses from them at all, it was statements such as, 'vetting him is not my job'! So we then went to our Congressman, then Senators and finally the Supreme Court Justices. The result, if you can believe it, is NOTHING! Not one person in government positions stood up and required the proof! In addition to these letters, there are, or were, at least 12 lawsuits throughout the country, asking the courts to require Mr. Obama to show his vault copy birth certificate. Literally over 60,000 letters were sent via FedEx to Supreme Court Judges before they were about to hear the cases. So far, NOT ONE of them have taken the step to ensure that Obama is, what the U.S.Constitution requires, a 'Natural born U.S. Citizen'! They refused to take the time to investigate. The responses we did get were, 'that was already proven on the internet' or 'that's not our job' or ' I'm sure he was vetted somewhere along the line'.
I could see if the job we are talking about is a factory worker, a janitor or maybe even an accountant. BUT PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES??? There was even an advertisement made for TV, just informing people of the unanswered questions about B.H. Obama and requesting him to answer. Not one news station that was approached, and there were many, would air it!!!
Now, here we are, a week away from inauguration day. Obama is still paying his lawyers to keep everything sealed up. We still have questions that need answers and it's not just a few people. It is many many thousands of Americans. Every level of government has been approached and no one will address our concerns. Why is it so difficult to get these very important questions answered? What ever happened to the value of our voice in this country? Many people gave their lives for our country's freedom and the integrity of our Constitution and what it stands for and now, today we can't find a Judge who will give us a couple hours of his time in defense of it.
I am VERY disappointed! Obviously the country that I read about when I was a child, doesn't exist anymore. This is America but it's not the same one that is in the books. It's fallen apart. I've seen it happening for many years but I didn't really know how deep the damage went. I guess I expected a lot more out of our elected officials. If I weren't a person of faith, I'd be packing my bags to move to another country. Sounds pretty extreme but the corruption in our government, if not stopped, is something that will eventually destroy us.
However, I have faith in the Throne of God. I'll join with others who cherish the liberties that God gave us and keep voicing my opinions where I can. I won't be a sunshine patriot and stand on the side lines screaming how wrong it is. The letters will continue to be written and calls will be made. Although it looks like a loosing battle now, don't get discouraged because the author of this story says we are victors. It's not the guy sitting in the oval office who has the ultimate authority. That's just an illusion. It's the one sitting on the THRONE that matters. God can be trusted to be our leader, and His secrets will all be revealed very very soon.
If anyone is interested in finding out more, go to http://restoretheconstitutionalrepublic.org/ OR
http://www.americasright.com
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