Just for Angie Davis' benefit.
Is there a reason for blogs in the Age of Facebook?
The internet seems to run in cycles. First, there were message boards, such as MyHoliness.com, or southerngospelnews.com. Very popular for a while. Not so much anymore.
Then, there were these blogs. Insanely popular for a time. Everybody wanted to be able to keep up with the lives of everyone else.
And, that is where Facebook came in. Not only can you keep up to date on all (7932) of your cloesest friends, but you can reconnect with the girl (or guy) you kissed in 6th grade. You can post your most mundane thought, and have 32 people make comments on what you said.
You can post your pics for all to see. 154 of my facebook friends, including some very well known, (Ernie Haase) have even posted their phone numbers for all to see.
And, then, then is the chat feature. Some of my friends have disabled theirs (you know who you are!), but for the rest of us, what a way to find out news, share news, and even argue, in some cases.
So, here's to facebook. And to what ever comes after Facebook. Because, as we all know, just like Myspace, FB will soon fade. As did blogging.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wedding Rings
I have been giving this a lot of thought. A lot of thought.
I think what we need to do is go back to Scripture. My opinion, your opinion, is not what matters. What matters is what the Word says.
So, here is what it says:
1 Peter 3
1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves...
Let's look at the two key verses here. Verse 3, and verse 4.
Think of it it this way, Paul was telling us that there are two options, verse three, OR verse 4.
In other words, not this: outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel...
But rather, this: But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
It is an either/or proposition. Not both, but one or the other.
The only way that this makes sense is to take it literally. If the Bible says that our adornment should not be the wearing of gold, how then do we make an exception for a wedding ring? Is it not made of gold?
Now, an argument could be made that God allowed the folks in the Old Testament to wear jewelry, and there was no negative connotation connected with it. And, that would be correct.
I do not see that as a contradiction to my view on 1 Peter 3 in any way. How? What I see in chapter 3 is God showing us a new, better way.
There were things that God allowed in the OT that we would consider sin today. We all have a good idea as to what those were. But, in the New Testament, we find those things forbidden.
So, God allowed some things in the OT, but forbids them in the NT, and this is not in any way contradictory, or hypocritical. Among these things are the wearing of jewelry.
This is not an argument of culture. It is not an argument of being looked at as weird by the society we live in. If that is the case, then we should all just assimilate now, look like, dress like, talk like, walk like everyone around us.
A ring is not an antidote to infidelity. Many people have cheated while wearing a wedding ring.
It is not an antidote to being hit on by the opposite gender. Just because you might be wearing a wedding ring will NOT keep some members of the opposite gender from seeing you as a conquest. Some actually see it as a challenge.
I do not need a ring to have an outward symbol of an inward commitment. That is foolishness. I show in many other ways that I am committed to Monica. Anyone observing us for even a few minutes, if they paid attention, would see this. And, for that matter, I have never seen anyone with a ring on and had the thought flit through my brain that, "well, they sure are committed to each other." The sad fact is that with the divorce rate as high as it is, the ring no longer means anything of the sort, if it ever did.
Now, even IF all of these were true, even if you could prevent infidelity by wearing a ring, even if you could prohibit someone hitting on you by the wearing of it, even if it makes us more acceptable in our culture, even if it would prove that we are committed to one another, that does not make it OK to violate scripture.
So, can you justify the wearing of a wedding ring using to any of these arguments? In a word, no.
Someone made an important observation to me today. In this country, as this so called "gay marriage" become more prominent, the wedding ring is going to become less and less an indicator of anything. Think that one through.
I think what we need to do is go back to Scripture. My opinion, your opinion, is not what matters. What matters is what the Word says.
So, here is what it says:
1 Peter 3
1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves...
Let's look at the two key verses here. Verse 3, and verse 4.
Think of it it this way, Paul was telling us that there are two options, verse three, OR verse 4.
In other words, not this: outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel...
But rather, this: But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
It is an either/or proposition. Not both, but one or the other.
The only way that this makes sense is to take it literally. If the Bible says that our adornment should not be the wearing of gold, how then do we make an exception for a wedding ring? Is it not made of gold?
Now, an argument could be made that God allowed the folks in the Old Testament to wear jewelry, and there was no negative connotation connected with it. And, that would be correct.
I do not see that as a contradiction to my view on 1 Peter 3 in any way. How? What I see in chapter 3 is God showing us a new, better way.
There were things that God allowed in the OT that we would consider sin today. We all have a good idea as to what those were. But, in the New Testament, we find those things forbidden.
So, God allowed some things in the OT, but forbids them in the NT, and this is not in any way contradictory, or hypocritical. Among these things are the wearing of jewelry.
This is not an argument of culture. It is not an argument of being looked at as weird by the society we live in. If that is the case, then we should all just assimilate now, look like, dress like, talk like, walk like everyone around us.
A ring is not an antidote to infidelity. Many people have cheated while wearing a wedding ring.
It is not an antidote to being hit on by the opposite gender. Just because you might be wearing a wedding ring will NOT keep some members of the opposite gender from seeing you as a conquest. Some actually see it as a challenge.
I do not need a ring to have an outward symbol of an inward commitment. That is foolishness. I show in many other ways that I am committed to Monica. Anyone observing us for even a few minutes, if they paid attention, would see this. And, for that matter, I have never seen anyone with a ring on and had the thought flit through my brain that, "well, they sure are committed to each other." The sad fact is that with the divorce rate as high as it is, the ring no longer means anything of the sort, if it ever did.
Now, even IF all of these were true, even if you could prevent infidelity by wearing a ring, even if you could prohibit someone hitting on you by the wearing of it, even if it makes us more acceptable in our culture, even if it would prove that we are committed to one another, that does not make it OK to violate scripture.
So, can you justify the wearing of a wedding ring using to any of these arguments? In a word, no.
Someone made an important observation to me today. In this country, as this so called "gay marriage" become more prominent, the wedding ring is going to become less and less an indicator of anything. Think that one through.
Monday, December 22, 2008
It seems as if the newest, greatest, most exciting thing for everyone at the moment is Facebook. Every one, it seems, is now networking through FB.
I have really enjoyed it. I have reconnected with people that we met while singing that I may never have had the chance to meet again. Pretty cool.
I have been scrolling through hundreds of pictures. Litteraly. I love seeing what everyone's kids look like, who has lost weight, who has gained, who got married to who, and what everyone says in their status updates. Very interesting.
Now, to what bothers me.
It seems, if you can take the pics on FB as evidence, that there is a mass exodus from things conservative. I see people that have grown up in the CHM, people that I have gone to church with, people that I have seen at IHC, people that until VERY recently were a part of the CHM, who have very evidently left our ranks. I will not name names.
Why this? Why now? What is the catylist for this?
Why are we as a CHM losing some of our best and brightest?
Are there CHMers that still believe what we have always believed?
Here is what I have seen:
Wedding rings by the score.
Girls and guys that attend CHM churches in public in shorts.
Young and old alike in bathing suits and shorts on the beach.
More short hair for the ladies than I thought possible.
Tattoos.
People that profess, hoisting a glass.
And, there are hints of other activities that I could not, would not mentioon on this forum.
So, what is happening? Is the CHM through?
Is there anyone that believes that there are still biblical precepts that constrain us from doing these things?
Can we, should we, stem the tide?
I know that there are folks who read this blog who were once a part of the CHM, and they may take offense at what I have posted. Please believe me when I say that there is no offense intended. I am troubled by what I am seeing, and would like others input, yes, especially those from the CHM .
I have really enjoyed it. I have reconnected with people that we met while singing that I may never have had the chance to meet again. Pretty cool.
I have been scrolling through hundreds of pictures. Litteraly. I love seeing what everyone's kids look like, who has lost weight, who has gained, who got married to who, and what everyone says in their status updates. Very interesting.
Now, to what bothers me.
It seems, if you can take the pics on FB as evidence, that there is a mass exodus from things conservative. I see people that have grown up in the CHM, people that I have gone to church with, people that I have seen at IHC, people that until VERY recently were a part of the CHM, who have very evidently left our ranks. I will not name names.
Why this? Why now? What is the catylist for this?
Why are we as a CHM losing some of our best and brightest?
Are there CHMers that still believe what we have always believed?
Here is what I have seen:
Wedding rings by the score.
Girls and guys that attend CHM churches in public in shorts.
Young and old alike in bathing suits and shorts on the beach.
More short hair for the ladies than I thought possible.
Tattoos.
People that profess, hoisting a glass.
And, there are hints of other activities that I could not, would not mentioon on this forum.
So, what is happening? Is the CHM through?
Is there anyone that believes that there are still biblical precepts that constrain us from doing these things?
Can we, should we, stem the tide?
I know that there are folks who read this blog who were once a part of the CHM, and they may take offense at what I have posted. Please believe me when I say that there is no offense intended. I am troubled by what I am seeing, and would like others input, yes, especially those from the CHM .
Friday, November 28, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
We have never seen such freezing heat!
If you believe all this nonsense about "Global Warming," read this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/11/16/do1610.xml&posted=true&_requestid=64500
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/11/16/do1610.xml&posted=true&_requestid=64500
A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming. On Monday, Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), which is run by Al Gore's chief scientific ally, Dr James Hansen, and is one of four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures, announced that last month was the hottest October on record.
This was startling. Across the world there were reports of unseasonal snow and plummeting temperatures last month, from the American Great Plains to China, and from the Alps to New Zealand. China's official news agency reported that Tibet had suffered its "worst snowstorm ever". In the US, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration registered 63 local snowfall records and 115 lowest-ever temperatures for the month, and ranked it as only the 70th-warmest October in 114 years.
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So what explained the anomaly? GISS's computerised temperature maps seemed to show readings across a large part of Russia had been up to 10 degrees higher than normal. But when expert readers of the two leading warming-sceptic blogs, Watts Up With That and Climate Audit, began detailed analysis of the GISS data they made an astonishing discovery. The reason for the freak figures was that scores of temperature records from Russia and elsewhere were not based on October readings at all. Figures from the previous month had simply been carried over and repeated two months running.
The error was so glaring that when it was reported on the two blogs - run by the US meteorologist Anthony Watts and Steve McIntyre, the Canadian computer analyst who won fame for his expert debunking of the notorious "hockey stick" graph - GISS began hastily revising its figures. This only made the confusion worse because, to compensate for the lowered temperatures in Russia, GISS claimed to have discovered a new "hotspot" in the Arctic - in a month when satellite images were showing Arctic sea-ice recovering so fast from its summer melt that three weeks ago it was 30 per cent more extensive than at the same time last year.
A GISS spokesman lamely explained that the reason for the error in the Russian figures was that they were obtained from another body, and that GISS did not have resources to exercise proper quality control over the data it was supplied with. This is an astonishing admission: the figures published by Dr Hansen's institute are not only one of the four data sets that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) relies on to promote its case for global warming, but they are the most widely quoted, since they consistently show higher temperatures than the others.
If there is one scientist more responsible than any other for the alarm over global warming it is Dr Hansen, who set the whole scare in train back in 1988 with his testimony to a US Senate committee chaired by Al Gore. Again and again, Dr Hansen has been to the fore in making extreme claims over the dangers of climate change. (He was recently in the news here for supporting the Greenpeace activists acquitted of criminally damaging a coal-fired power station in Kent, on the grounds that the harm done to the planet by a new power station would far outweigh any damage they had done themselves.)
Yet last week's latest episode is far from the first time Dr Hansen's methodology has been called in question. In 2007 he was forced by Mr Watts and Mr McIntyre to revise his published figures for US surface temperatures, to show that the hottest decade of the 20th century was not the 1990s, as he had claimed, but the 1930s.
Another of his close allies is Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC, who recently startled a university audience in Australia by claiming that global temperatures have recently been rising "very much faster" than ever, in front of a graph showing them rising sharply in the past decade. In fact, as many of his audience were aware, they have not been rising in recent years and since 2007 have dropped.
Dr Pachauri, a former railway engineer with no qualifications in climate science, may believe what Dr Hansen tells him. But whether, on the basis of such evidence, it is wise for the world's governments to embark on some of the most costly economic measures ever proposed, to remedy a problem which may actually not exist, is a question which should give us all pause for thought.
President Bob the Builder
The other day, Janae was watching Bob the Builder. As any parent of a 4 year old knows, the constant theme through the video's is this mantra of "yes we can!"
As the video played, I thought, "Wow, that sounds familiar."
I probed the deep recesses of my pea brain, and sure enough, I now know why that sounded strangely familiar.
"Yes we can" was the mantra chanted at so many Obama campaign stops. Even at his big bash in Chicago election night. "Yes we can!"
So, we elected Bob the Builder for President. A cartoon character.
"Yes we can('t)!"
My, how far we've come...
As the video played, I thought, "Wow, that sounds familiar."
I probed the deep recesses of my pea brain, and sure enough, I now know why that sounded strangely familiar.
"Yes we can" was the mantra chanted at so many Obama campaign stops. Even at his big bash in Chicago election night. "Yes we can!"
So, we elected Bob the Builder for President. A cartoon character.
"Yes we can('t)!"
My, how far we've come...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Best Movie One Liner Ever!
Was Bob Hope a Republican?
God bless his memory.
Hat tip, AB. Thanks.
Bill Ayers Calls Obama a "family friend"
65 Americans were duped when Barack Obama said that Ayers was "just some guy that lives in my neighborhood." Really?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-bill-ayers-barack-obama-book,0,1806710.story
For you that voted for the man, how does it feel to be duped?
I have to admit that this makes me very angry. Where in the world was the media during the election? Why weren't they doing their job? Why only release this now????
For you that voted for this man, God help you.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-bill-ayers-barack-obama-book,0,1806710.story
For you that voted for the man, how does it feel to be duped?
I have to admit that this makes me very angry. Where in the world was the media during the election? Why weren't they doing their job? Why only release this now????
For you that voted for this man, God help you.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid...
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3620833,00.html
Read this and weep.
Our soon to be new President sent his surrogates to meet with known terrorists during the run up to November 4th. At least, according to the terrorists.
If this is true, we are sunk.
God help us!
Read this and weep.
Our soon to be new President sent his surrogates to meet with known terrorists during the run up to November 4th. At least, according to the terrorists.
If this is true, we are sunk.
God help us!
Websites I view every day
There are several sites I visit everyday, sometimes multiple times a day. Some of you may not be aware of these sites, so I thought I would try to help every one be informed.
1. Drudge Report.
I am sure all of you are aware of this one, but it is the best. Period.
2. www.powerlineblog.com
Power Line is a blog of three conservative men who have a very keen grasp on what is going on in the world today. Well worth your time.
3. Lucianne.com
A web portal that has links to HUNDREDS of news stories you will not find anywhere else. A must see.
4. Patriot Posts.
This is actually an e-mail update I get three times a week. Google "patriotposts" and sign up. Every patriotic citizen needs to read this.
5. Politico.com
Now, this one is not a conservative site. No where near. But, I believe that it is important to keep up on what the left is espousing, and this is the place to do that.
I hope this helps you keep informed. We are going to need to be informed. All of us.
1. Drudge Report.
I am sure all of you are aware of this one, but it is the best. Period.
2. www.powerlineblog.com
Power Line is a blog of three conservative men who have a very keen grasp on what is going on in the world today. Well worth your time.
3. Lucianne.com
A web portal that has links to HUNDREDS of news stories you will not find anywhere else. A must see.
4. Patriot Posts.
This is actually an e-mail update I get three times a week. Google "patriotposts" and sign up. Every patriotic citizen needs to read this.
5. Politico.com
Now, this one is not a conservative site. No where near. But, I believe that it is important to keep up on what the left is espousing, and this is the place to do that.
I hope this helps you keep informed. We are going to need to be informed. All of us.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Some thoughts...
Since the election did not turn out the way I'd hoped, here are some random thoughts:
For me personally, I am not one that is "running for the hills." I was given a peace about this election 2 weeks before it happened. That peace came with a pretty good idea that Obama would be elected. I was hoping against all hope that he would be defeated, but did not believe it to be so.
The emotions that I have felt have been ones of disgust with my fellow Americans that they would be so easily duped. Good grief.
Also, I lost a little bit of my faith in my country. That is not a feeling that I am comfortable with. Now, by this I am talking about my belief that most of my fellow countrymen are reasonable, thinking humans. Not some herd that votes for an empty suit. That idea took a huge hit in this election.
Yes, God is still in control. He has a plan. I was just hoping that this was not the time for that plan.
I do not plan to set back and be silent. I do not plan to let the left destroy our country if I can do anything about it. With that in mind, you will possibly be hearing more about what I hope to be involved in within the coming months. All I will say at this point is, just wait for 2010! (No, I do not plan to run for public office!)
For me personally, I am not one that is "running for the hills." I was given a peace about this election 2 weeks before it happened. That peace came with a pretty good idea that Obama would be elected. I was hoping against all hope that he would be defeated, but did not believe it to be so.
The emotions that I have felt have been ones of disgust with my fellow Americans that they would be so easily duped. Good grief.
Also, I lost a little bit of my faith in my country. That is not a feeling that I am comfortable with. Now, by this I am talking about my belief that most of my fellow countrymen are reasonable, thinking humans. Not some herd that votes for an empty suit. That idea took a huge hit in this election.
Yes, God is still in control. He has a plan. I was just hoping that this was not the time for that plan.
I do not plan to set back and be silent. I do not plan to let the left destroy our country if I can do anything about it. With that in mind, you will possibly be hearing more about what I hope to be involved in within the coming months. All I will say at this point is, just wait for 2010! (No, I do not plan to run for public office!)
Correction
In one of my posts, I tried to take Rush Limabugh to task over Operation Chaos.
Wow, do I know how to get things screwed up or what?
I had that thing totally backwards. At my age, the memory is starting to slip, and I remembered that one all wrong.
Forgive me? Please?
Hat tip to AB for pointing this out to me.
Wow, do I know how to get things screwed up or what?
I had that thing totally backwards. At my age, the memory is starting to slip, and I remembered that one all wrong.
Forgive me? Please?
Hat tip to AB for pointing this out to me.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
I'm confused...
A friend of mine posted this in the comments section two posts down:
Nivil, if Jesus returns, and you don't call it the Rapture, what do you call it?
Does not the Bible teach that there will be an Antichrist? Or a Tribulation?
Scriptures please. I am baffled.
I do believe Jesus will return. I just don't believe in the Rapture, the Tribulation, or the Antichrist. I'm an amillenial preterist, which, incidentally, has a long history in the church. It's just that virtually everyone in the modern church believes some version of premillenial dispensationalism so I look like a weirdo. :)
I still believe Jesus' return could be at any minute though. Maybe moreso than dispensationalists, since they believe the tribulation has to happen first.
Nivil, if Jesus returns, and you don't call it the Rapture, what do you call it?
Does not the Bible teach that there will be an Antichrist? Or a Tribulation?
Scriptures please. I am baffled.
My, How Far We've Come...
First, I would like to be the first to say thanks to Rush Limbaugh. Yes, Rush, your plan backfired. Instead of the known entity of Hillary, as undesirable as that would be, we now have the unknown quantity of Obama. Operation Chaos will go down as a failure. Glad I did not participate.
Second, I will remind everyone that voted for "Change" that you will not like the change that is coming. It is going to stink.
Third, in the how far we've come department, the state of MN is very close to electing Al Stinking Franken as a senator. God help us. I cannot imagine having Obama in the White House and Al Stinking Franken as a senator. Run for the hills, people.
Last, our reformation is complete. The citizenry has found a way to vote for themselves large amounts of $$$$ from the treasury, and from this a person can never be weaned. Give a man a fish, and he will want another fish, and more fish, and then all of the fish. He will never work for the fish.
The fall of the empire is well on it's way to completion.
May God have mercy on us.
Second, I will remind everyone that voted for "Change" that you will not like the change that is coming. It is going to stink.
Third, in the how far we've come department, the state of MN is very close to electing Al Stinking Franken as a senator. God help us. I cannot imagine having Obama in the White House and Al Stinking Franken as a senator. Run for the hills, people.
Last, our reformation is complete. The citizenry has found a way to vote for themselves large amounts of $$$$ from the treasury, and from this a person can never be weaned. Give a man a fish, and he will want another fish, and more fish, and then all of the fish. He will never work for the fish.
The fall of the empire is well on it's way to completion.
May God have mercy on us.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
God Help Us All
We're going to need it.
I cannot believe what I am seeing. God help us.
America, God will judge you. He is doing that now.
This man who you call "The One" will one day bow his knee to the ONLY ONE to whom that title belongs.
America, your days are numbered. We will now no longer be a friend of Israel. We WILL be attacked. A large city will likely be taken out. One of the cities that voted for this man. No, I do not want that to happen, but I am afraid it will.
Jesus is coming. Be ready.
I cannot believe what I am seeing. God help us.
America, God will judge you. He is doing that now.
This man who you call "The One" will one day bow his knee to the ONLY ONE to whom that title belongs.
America, your days are numbered. We will now no longer be a friend of Israel. We WILL be attacked. A large city will likely be taken out. One of the cities that voted for this man. No, I do not want that to happen, but I am afraid it will.
Jesus is coming. Be ready.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Win One for the Gipper
In regards to the tax increase Obama is planning for businesses, I present this, from Ronaldus Maximus:
“The most dangerous myth is the demagoguery that business can be made to pay a larger share, thus relieving the individual. Politicians preaching this are either deliberately dishonest, or economically illiterate, and either one should scare us. Business doesn’t pay taxes, and who better than business to make this message known? Only people pay taxes, and people pay as consumers every tax that is assessed against a business. Begin with the food and fiber raised in the farm, to the ore drilled in a mine, to the oil and gas from out of the ground, whatever it may be—through the processing, through the manufacturing, on out to the retailer’s license. If the tax cannot be included in the price of the product, no one along that line can stay in business.”—Ronald Reagan
Thursday, October 16, 2008
I'm back...
For the moment, at least.
I have been so very busy latley. Doing what? you ask.
For one, praying. Praying that God will intervene on behalf of our nation.
Praying that God will defeat the forces of darkness.
And, praying that God will see fit to keep Obama as far from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as possible.
Now, I am not, never have been, never will be a John McCain fan. But considering the alternative, I will gladly cast my vote for McCain/Palin.
Right now, I would take Hillary Clinton over Obama. I would rather have the known quantity of the Hildabeast than the unknow X factor of Obama.
God be merciful.
I have been so very busy latley. Doing what? you ask.
For one, praying. Praying that God will intervene on behalf of our nation.
Praying that God will defeat the forces of darkness.
And, praying that God will see fit to keep Obama as far from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as possible.
Now, I am not, never have been, never will be a John McCain fan. But considering the alternative, I will gladly cast my vote for McCain/Palin.
Right now, I would take Hillary Clinton over Obama. I would rather have the known quantity of the Hildabeast than the unknow X factor of Obama.
God be merciful.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Debbie Fike
Here is a note from my cousin, Deb:
"My eyesight is getting worse. As you know, I am already blind in my left eye. I purchased bifocals for my right eye a few months ago and they were perfect. I had great vision. Now, my vision is growing worse and I am trying to get an appointment with the New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped. A person has to be 51 years of age to get in to an eye doctor that specializes in legal blindness, etc. I need to see such an eye doctor, and ,hopefully, after talking to the NYS Commission I can get in for free. Otherwise, like I said, you have to be 51 years of age. My current eye doctor is the one who gave me their phone number.
"I would appreciate if you all would pray for me right now. I've always said if I lost anything, I would rather lose my hearing than my eyesight. I have always been a complete 'bookworm'; the thought of not being about to read God's Word, my devotional books, and additional reading (Karen Kingsbury,the Thoenes)is hard. I know God does all things well; there is a 'purpose for everything under the sun'. I don't want to be insensitive to what He is doing in my life; I just want to be clay in His hands so I can be completely molded into what He wants me to be. He has been so, so good to me. He has given me a wonderful family, a wonderful husband and son, and He has been there every single step of the way. I have no complaints!! He's a wonderful Saviour to me! :) There's not much I can do for Him, but one thing I know . . . He has ALL of me! Thank you for your prayers! You all are tops, in my book!"
If you would care to, go to her site and leave a note in the guestbook: http://www.caringbridge.org/ny/debbiestalkerfike/
"My eyesight is getting worse. As you know, I am already blind in my left eye. I purchased bifocals for my right eye a few months ago and they were perfect. I had great vision. Now, my vision is growing worse and I am trying to get an appointment with the New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped. A person has to be 51 years of age to get in to an eye doctor that specializes in legal blindness, etc. I need to see such an eye doctor, and ,hopefully, after talking to the NYS Commission I can get in for free. Otherwise, like I said, you have to be 51 years of age. My current eye doctor is the one who gave me their phone number.
"I would appreciate if you all would pray for me right now. I've always said if I lost anything, I would rather lose my hearing than my eyesight. I have always been a complete 'bookworm'; the thought of not being about to read God's Word, my devotional books, and additional reading (Karen Kingsbury,the Thoenes)is hard. I know God does all things well; there is a 'purpose for everything under the sun'. I don't want to be insensitive to what He is doing in my life; I just want to be clay in His hands so I can be completely molded into what He wants me to be. He has been so, so good to me. He has given me a wonderful family, a wonderful husband and son, and He has been there every single step of the way. I have no complaints!! He's a wonderful Saviour to me! :) There's not much I can do for Him, but one thing I know . . . He has ALL of me! Thank you for your prayers! You all are tops, in my book!"
If you would care to, go to her site and leave a note in the guestbook: http://www.caringbridge.org/ny/debbiestalkerfike/
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