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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

I must admit that I do not check authenticity of my posts. If anyone can tell me of a non-biased arbitrator, I will attempt to do so more regularly. I know of no such arbitrator for the internet.











Monday, June 4, 2018

God's Grace For Senior Couple

God’s Grace For Senior Couple


My wife and I, each in our mid-eighties, tend often to forget things and to make errors.  After 66 years married, we now need each other more than ever.

I was about to return home from my usual Saturday morning forays for estate and garage sales, when I received a call from my distraught wife. My girl loves her rings, more valuable to her than to anyone else, and tearfully told me she could not find them. She always placed them in a transparent snack bag at night.  She wears seven or more of them daily. I hurried home and we looked again through all the suspect areas she had searched.  

I then remembered that we had put all of our household garbage into a  take-out trash bag, and I had taken it to our condo dumpster as I left earlier.  She had emptied the kitchen trash container into the takeout bag with me.  I said: OK, Babe, I will go fish our garbage out of the dumpster.  We sorted through the garbage, piece by piece, and were down to the last bag, the kitchen trash.  After just a few soiled things, I spotted the shiny rings in the transparent snack bag. Certainly, my bride was happy! 

I said let’s sit down and pray.

My wife gratefully thanked our Creator God, whom we met through His Son, Jesus many decades ago!  I repeated her thanks in my prayer.  We felt so fortunate that it was early enough in the day that our own trash was not covered by others of the condo building.

Serendipity is the beneficial finding of something unexpectedly. We earnestly ‘hoped’ in searching for the rings in this situation.  As Christians, we attributed such beneficent finding to God’s wonderful Grace.  The rings were found even in our condo dumpster. They could well have been gone.

God’s Grace is ubiquitous, especially to any claiming Christianity. 

Sam & Jeanie Kegley

The Salty Sailor ... Thx Karen V, Alex T, and Ron W!

The Sailor makes some sense.....
INTERESTING HOW THIS LADY DESCRIBES TRUMP AS A SALTY SAILOR, (ha ha she has that right.) 

I think the views this mother has said about Donald Trump are much like many others.  Her characterization of Trump as the "Salty Sailor," or as The Fireman, paint an excellent picture!!. She has written many great books about her son and family ...

Comment from KAREN VAUGHN, Mother of Aaron Vaughn, Navy Seal:

“Sometimes God uses the no-nonsense, salty sailor to get the job done. Appreciating what the man is doing doesn't mean we worship the salty sailor or even desire to be like the salty sailor. It doesn't even mean God admires the salty sailor. Maybe He just knows he's necessary for such a time as this.

I believe with all my heart that God placed that salty sailor in the White House and gave this nation one more chance in November 2016. Donald Trump is what he is. He is still the man he was before the election. And without guilt, I very much admire what that salty sailor is accomplishing.

He's not like me. That's okay with me. I don't want to be like him. I will never behave like him. I know we've NEVER had a man like him lead our nation. It's crazy and a little mind blowing at times. But I can't help admire the ability he has to act with his heart rather than a calculated, PC, think tank-screened, carefully edited script.

I still believe that is WHY he became our President and WHY he's been able to handle a landslide of adversity and STILL pass unprecedented amounts of good legislation for our country AND do great works for MANY other nations, including Israel.

I'm THRILLED with what he's doing for my nation, for the cause of Christ (whether intentional or unintentional, doesn't matter to me), and for the concept of rebuilding America and putting her FIRST. I will not be ashamed of my position because others don't see him through the same lens.

Should it matter to me if a fireman drops an f-bomb while he's pulling me from a burning building? Would I really care about what came out of his mouth in those moments? Heck no! I'd CARE about what he was DOING. He wasn't sent there to save my soul and I'm not looking to him for spiritual guidance All I'm thinking in those moments is, "Thank you, Jesus, for sending the fireman."

I'll post this article below again for those who still might not understand me.

This man is crass. Okay. He's not careful with what he says. Okay. You feel offended that he's not a typical statesman. Okay. But he is rebuilding the nation my son died for...the nation I feared was on a fast track to becoming a hopeless cause.

Forgive me if I'm smiling.”

Send this out ... Thx Alex T, Lou B and my life long friend, Ron W!

Send this out
To:



 
You don’t have to be religious in any way to read this !!! It’s about reality in our country today. Republican or Democrat this is what has happened.

With Trump as President, we might be able to get this passed. Let's send it across the country.

Will I Get Three Replies?

I’m sending this to a variety of friends & family to see what kind of opinions this might bring forth.

SOME STATES (Maryland, Michigan & Arizona) ARE INEXPLICABLY ALLOWING MUSLIM STUDENTS TO PRAY DURING SCHOOL HOURS!!!!

IF THAT'S OKAY, THEN WE MUST DEMAND THAT OUR FLAGS BE RETURNED TO OUR CLASSROOMS AND ALLOW OTHERS TO PRAY AS WELL!  IT'S PAST TIME FOR THE CHRISTIANS TO BOLDLY SPEAK UP & DEMAND THEIR RIGHTS.

When we get 100,000,000, that's one hundred million, willing Christians to BOND together, voice their concerns and vote, we can take back America with God's help.

Become one of the proud One hundred million Then let's get 200 million. It can be done just by sending this email to your friends.

Do the math. It only takes a single willing heart and a fed-up SOUL. God Bless America and Shine your light on Her!

In 1952 President Truman established one day a year as a "National Day of Prayer.

In 1988 President Reagan designated the first Thursday in May of each year as The National Day of Prayer.

In June 2007, then Presidential Candidate Barack Obama blatantly declared that the USA "Was no longer only a Christian nation!

In May 2009 President Obama dismissed our 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of "not wanting to offend anyone"

Sept. 25, 2009, a Muslim Prayer Day was held on the West front of the U.S. Capitol Building, the site where U.S. Presidents have been inaugurated since 1981.. There were over 50,000 Muslims in D.C. that day President Obama dismissed our National Day of Prayer and now it's okay for an event at our capitol for Islamists?  I for one was offended. But wait, it didn’t stop!!!

February 17-19, 2015, a Muslim prayer was recited at the start of the second day of the White House summit on “Countering Violent Extremism,” but, oddly, no other religious text was presented during the portion of the event that was open to the press. Imam Sheikh Sa’ad Musse Roble, president of the World Peace Organization in Minneapolis, MN, recited a “verse from the Quran” following remarks by Obama administration officials and Democrat members of Congress.

Former President Obama boldly encouraged schools to teach the Quran for extra credit, while at the same time, we’re forbidden  even talk about the Bible, God, pray, or salute the American Flag.

The direction this country was headed should strike fear in the heart of every Christian.

How refreshing and beautiful our wonderful First Lady Melania Trump was in Melbourne, Florida on February 18, 2017. Instead of the normal “pumping up” of the crowd, Melania chose to initiate the rally with the Lord’s Prayer. It sounded more like the start of a football game after the National Anthem rather than what we would expect to hear after a prayer.

Make a “joyful noise unto the LORD thy GOD!” The “sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” of Madeline Murray O’Hair and ACLU efforts in 1962, "School Prayer was removed from the U.S. public education system by slowly and insidiously corrupting the meaning of the First Amendment through a number of court cases over several court cases should be confronted and reversed.

Send this to ten thinking folk, or even one hundred and ten, and send it to the person who sent it to you! To let them know that, indeed, it was sent out to many more.



"What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds."
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."
Winston Churchill
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"Socialism only works in two places:
Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.."
Ronald Reagan



 

Lou Borok

10:45 PM (8 hours ago)
to RonaldAlexmeJeffGregDavidRobertLoriJimClaudetteDoris
Isn’t this how it’s supposed to be?.....

Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

So…the first sentence creates the law, which says the government can make NO law with respect to ANY religion. Every one is free to worship as he/she pleases, or, to NOT worship at all. There can be NO law that requires a person to follow, acknowledge or in any way be required to follow a religion. And, there can be no law that PREVENTS a person from following or acknowledging a religion.
And….ALLOWING is not the same as REQUIRING.
Therefore, the question is whether schools should allow this. Except for private schools that are specifically part of a religious practice, I think prayer should not be allowed in school. I believe it is not in the best interest of students. I believe one of the ultimate results is that an us-vs-them environment is created. Schools should/must provide a broad education which can, and should, teach the histories of ALL religions. Well, at least the major ones. Such history is part of, or should be part of, a routine education. If you want your children to follow a particular religion I suggest the proper process is first to follow and teach it at home, and then send the children to Sunday School, or Hebrew School, or whatever the educational opportunities are for any religion or religious sect.

Our government certainly can declare a national day of prayer. There is nothing with wrong with that. What the government can NOT do is to require ANYONE to follow or even to acknowledge that day.

The above may seem as though I am anti-religion. Nothing could be further from the truth. My concern is  how easy it has become to forget the brilliance of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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