- FAST -FaithfulandSteadfastto God

Studies from Enoch

2012-02-20T02:23:00.000-08:00

BOOK OF ENOCH

From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
R.H. Charles
Oxford: The Clarendon Press

[...]
And amongst them was a tree such as I had never yet smelt, neither was any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for ever: 5 and its fruit is beautiful, and its fruit n resembles the dates of a palm. Then I said: 'How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its blooms very delightful in appearance.' 6 Then answered Michael, one of the holy and honoured angels who was with me, and was their leader.

[Chapter 25]

1 And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost thou ask me regarding the fragrance of the tree, 2 and why dost thou wish to learn the truth?' Then I answered him saying: 'I wish to 3 know about everything, but especially about this tree.' And he answered saying: 'This high mountain which thou hast seen, whose summit is like the throne of God, is His throne, where the Holy Great One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when He shall come down to visit 4 the earth with goodness. And as for this fragrant tree no mortal is permitted to touch it till the great judgement, when He shall take vengeance on all and bring (everything) to its consummation 5 for ever. It shall then be given to the righteous and holy. Its fruit shall be for food to the elect: it shall be transplanted to the holy place, to the temple of the Lord, the Eternal King.

6 Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad,
And into the holy place shall they enter;
And its fragrance shall be in their bones,
And they shall live a long life on earth,
Such as thy fathers lived:

And in their days shall no sorrow or plague
Or torment or calamity touch them.'

7 Then blessed I the God of Glory, the Eternal King, who hath prepared such things for the righteous, and hath created them and promised to give to them.

___________________________Reference
http://reluctant-messenger.com/book_of_enoch.htm
http://people.tribe.net/jaya/photos/3feb3a9f-80f4-47c2-90e4-4999e97b1665

FWD :: FWD Email; the LORD'S Baseball Game

2012-02-04T10:02:00.000-08:00

Retrieved from FWD::FWD Email
by Pat Darnell and the H.E.B.Grocery's Hammers

THE LORD'S BASEBALL GAME

Freddie and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game. The Lord's team was playing Satan's team.

The Lord's team was at bat, the score was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs. They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the plate named 'Love.'

Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single, because "Love never fails."

The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single because Faith works with Love.

The next batter up was named Godly Wisdom. Satan wound up and threw the first pitch.

Godly Wisdom looked it over and let it pass: Ball one. Three more pitches and Godly Wisdom walked because he never swings at what Satan throws.

The bases were now loaded. The Lord then turned to Freddie and told him He was now
going to bring in His starplayer. Up to the plate stepped Grace. Freddie said, "He sure doesn't look like much!"

Satan's whole team relaxed when they saw Grace.
Thinking he had won the game, Satan wound up and fired his first pitch. To the shock of everyone, Grace hit the ball harder than anyone had ever seen! But Satan was not worried; his center fielder let very few get by..

He went up for the ball, but it went right through his glove, hit him on the head and sent him crashing on the ground; the roaring crowds went wild as the ball continued over the fence . .. for a home run!

The Lord's team wins!

The Lord then asked Freddy if he knew why Love, Faith and Godly Wisdom could get on base but couldn't win the game. Freddy answered that he didn't know why.

The Lord explained, "If your love, faith and wisdom had won the game, you would think you had done it by yourself. Love, Faith and Wisdom will get you on base but only My Grace can get you Home:

'For by Grace are you saved, it is a gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9

Psalm 84:11, "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly."

Jesus' Test

If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions. Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.."

Not ashamed!! Pass this on, if you mean it.
, I do Love God. He is my source of existence and Savior. He keeps me functioning each and everyday.. Without Him, I am nothing, but with him:

"I can do all things through Christ ... who strengthens me.."
Phil 4:13 Amen.;

A Time to be Wise: "The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted." — D.H. Lawrence

2012-02-04T08:00:00.000-08:00

Response to Young female with Labile Temperament
by Pat Darnell | 12.13.2009

On the First Day of Wisdom :: Focus on Family: The vines we graft into ourselves have tender grapes, always. However, have you ever noticed what is good for family, often is not so good for industry ... so now what do we do?

Which was the question perched on everyone's lips when Jesus was crucified: What do I do now? Peter had denied knowing Jesus 'three times' the night of His arrest. Peter it is said, went home to his fishing village after Christ Jesus was gone from sight... I am guessing Peter was a total emotional and mental wreck at this time in his life. And what of his family who was left to themselves during Peter's confusion? Industry versus Family ... wow that's a heavy concept.

This is a question, that just maybe, is answered as a development of the written word, and speaking structured thoughts. No?

Main Entry: la·bile | Pronunciation: \ˈlā-ˌbī(-ə)l, -bəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from Middle French, prone to err, from Late Latin labilis, from Latin labi to slip — more at sleep | Date: 1603
1 : readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable, as in a labile mineral --
2 : readily open to change
— la·bil·i·ty \lā-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

REFERENCE psycnet
Reference to Art eScholarship
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/12/time-to-be-wise-essential-american-soul.html

My Presbyterian Cult | Truthout

2012-02-04T05:34:00.000-08:00

[Picture LINK Blog]

My Presbyterian Cult | Truthout:

EXCERPT | " ... "Cult" is most commonly used pejoratively, to describe a religious group that undermines people's independence and individuality. If the group requires you to renounce your family or community, turn over your property to the group and follow a charismatic figure without question, most people agree it's a cult and unhealthy." (Robert Jensen, Truthout | Op-Ed. 5 November 2011. HERE ) ... " Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin

'via Blog this'
I am attracted to the article because I was raised in the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Houston.

The best part of this LINK is the comment section after the article. The article is a pedantic piece giving lots of definitions, and that is probably why others found it important to comment. The debate in the comment section clearly draws lines. Some speak of delusion, others tell how they view historic Mosaic Christianity.

" ... I couldn't agree more, whenever I consider christ and what he's supposed to have said and done, I too see beautiful, gentle, wise and simple. He also identified the evil in the world, the money merchants and the religious leaders; the 1%. All religions, at their core, have beautiful, gentle, wise and simple principles which engage with most of us. All religions then manipulate and corrupt that for their own benefit. (Robin Harrison, commentator)... "

" ... With all the hatred expressed by supposed Christians, I wonder what Christ would think of the death penalty, killing abortion doctors to stop abortions, calling other religious teachings cults, justifying oppressing poor and middle-class people's because of "Christian Ethics", etc. All of these actions seem to have their roots in Mosaic Law not those laws and teachings of Jesus Christ. (QASensei, commentator) ... "

" ... Conclusion (from second source 1996)
The modern Protestant church has abandoned the ideal of Christian cultural transformation, and God has abandoned the church culturally. The church finds itself compromised by the culture of modernism, yet it has neither hope in transforming culture nor the tool of dominion: biblical law. The church lives in a remnant condition, not as a temporary shield of anonymity, but as a preferred way of life. No wonder evangelism has nearly died in the West. No wonder God has withdrawn His Holy Spirit to the sidelines of culture. God is giving His people what they have sought: cultural remnant status. They have wilfully abandoned the ideal of Christian culture–the ideal of Christendom–so God has abandoned His church culturally. Unpleasant, isn't it? (Gary North. March/April 1996. LINK) ... "

[apostatize, apostatise [əˈpɒstəˌtaɪz] vb :: to forsake or abandon one's belief, faith, or allegiance. LINK]

_________________Reference
http://truth-out.org/my-presbyterian-cult/1320171274
http://reformed-theology.org/ice/newslet/reconstruction/cr96.03.htm
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/apostatized
http://kjvonlydebate.com/2010/05/07/the-missing-link-a-simple-questionchallenge/

Dad in His Element, Helping to get the Job Done

2012-02-04T04:21:00.000-08:00

Best Dealer that ever is.

The Skyliners

2012-02-04T04:07:00.000-08:00

The Miracle of YouTube, and all the sharing that goes on; Legal or not, capricious or ambivalent, I really dig having a chance to hear\see\feel old tunes and shows again. In my love of second chances, if I said it once, I'll say it a million times: God Bless YouTube, as long as it lasts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZh6ZSRoYg

-- and -- a Dick Clark Beechnut Gum Flavorific Presentation of the Skyliners... every one in the audience is chewing gum ... the singers? they were very brave to even try... they look petrified.

The New Church Guitarists

2012-02-04T00:43:00.000-08:00

Have you Been to Church lately?
by Pat Darnell

You may not see the static, carpeted and Wood railed business end of your Alma Mater Church. Nope. There might be a cable lead or three running to amps, and trap sets, with several Fenders standing in attention on guitar stands. There might even be some banners hanging around.

(http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs112.snc3/15954_183837873675_599268675_2813344_4804518_n.jpg)

ABOVE: That's my old friend and guitar mentor: Ron Roskowske with his Guitar Face on. He is leader of his church's orchestra in his town with his "weapon of his choice." (PHOTO captured on FaceBook at his site without his permission of course)

We attend Brazos Fellowship Church in Bryan\College Station, Texas, when we aren't working all weekend. It is a rock in the most expanded meaning of the word: "PETRA'S, upon Thee shall I build my Church...."

[Picture LINK from Brazos Valley Fellowship Page]

Special Occasion

2012-02-03T17:16:00.000-08:00

A man opened his wife's drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'

He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.

Well, I guess this is it.

He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died.

He turned to me and said:

'Never save something for a special occasion.

Every day in your life is a special occasion'.

I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less.

I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.

I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through.

I no longer keep anything.

I use crystal glasses every day...

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to
The words 'Someday....' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary.

If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now....

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell.

I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.

I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food.

It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come..

Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.

Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one..

If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about.

If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it 'One of these days' , remember that 'One day' is far away... or might never come......

Dad Dealing

2012-02-03T17:14:00.000-08:00

The Music of Our Children Snoring

2012-02-03T17:11:00.000-08:00

Children obey your Parents because this is right....and Fathers provoke not your Children; but bring Them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Eph. 6:1 and 4

Thursday, October 13, 2011

I Miss My Children as they Dream

I miss my children as they dream,

In value times oft' it seems

Escape they to finer place

As clouds gather over landscapes

My children wax in Summer's grace

Cry not while in their place

Roam though I a babe as old

Battling too till I'm aloft the world --

That then is conclusion my children's dreams ...

They ride free a'stride stallions

Claiming pastures for each's scheme

I've but purchased my bare plot

I have called in my delusions

Articulated on high things

Given to do lower; my illusion.

Primitives would gather to my grave

In stiff fog of dreams I have,

Scoffing unrelenting...

Crying not, nor laughing they.

Yet I come not in spectacular times

To biddings of forgotten souls

I strive for shelter ours

Before grave in life's unfolding hours

I miss my children as they dream

For I alone can know them to value it

Wanting each their right to my spirit

A portion my children rightfully redeem.

A Star, A Star

2012-02-03T17:02:00.000-08:00

[57] Hamann strikingly says, "How often has God condescended, not merely to the feelings and thoughts of men, but even to their failings and their prejudices! But this very condescension (one of the highest marks of his love to man), which is exhibited every where in the Bible, affords subjects of derision to those weaklings who look into the word of God for displays of human wisdom, for the gratification of their pert and idle curiosity, or for the spirit of their own times or their own sect." --Works, i., 58.

Armor is Expensive

2012-02-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

[Picture LINK]

How Much Is It Worth?
March 5, 2009
.Strong Suit: Armor in the Art MarketAs art prices fall, more collectors are looking for a white knight, preferably the kind designed in Milan with medieval tendencies
[SOURCE] Retrieved by Pat Darnell

By: Kelly Crow | Photograph by Jesse Frohman
In the mid-1500s, the farming town of Brunswick in northern Germany was ruled by a Catholic duke whose family tended to be very tall. Not content to merely tower over their enemies, Duke Heinrich and his three 6-foot-plus sons were also known to wear fearsome steel body armor etched with images of warrior heroes such as Hector, Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great.

“Their armor was made to reflect their power,” says Peter Finer, a London dealer, who sold a 1549 field armor that belonged to the family, to a private American collector for just over $1 million two months ago. “It was important they didn’t look like peasants.”

Perhaps the same could be said for J.P. Morgan, the banker who kept a 1543 helmet embossed with the head of Medusa on his desk, or William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper tycoon who amassed an antique armory in the 1920s.

Now, thanks to shifting tastes and fortunes, armor is again migrating from the foyers of European nobility and the descendants of American robber barons to newcomers in South America, India, Russia and the Middle East who want status symbols with values that won’t evaporate in the market downturn.

Last month at a Palm Beach, Fla., art fair, a private collector from Brazil paid Finer just under $100,000 for a 1640 Flemish armor made for a cavalry soldier. Elsewhere, chivalrous types are even ordering new armors from modern-day blacksmiths. New York sculptor Jeff Wasson has hammered out nine custom armors for clients over the past decade, with prices up to $20,000. Wasson says men typically ask for ornate styles from the 15th century, while a woman once requested the plainer Joan of Arc style. His armors are among the new crop suitable for real-life jousting.

Nativity

2012-01-21T02:34:00.001-08:00

Prayer Lines

2011-12-23T02:43:00.000-08:00

When you pray you have a direct line to Jesus. You don't have to worry about being ping'ed or tapped into when you open your very own secure line to the King of Hearts.

I don't think that Jesus would have told us to pray often if He didn't mean it. Then as I do, I began to worry that my prayers were being shang'hai'd by the devil. That's right, my prayer transmissions were, I thought, being tampered with.

Then it occurred to me that Jesus had already thought of that, being the well-organized being that He is. Now I don't worry about broken transmissions. We who have 'much correction and learning to do' while here on Earth have been given a secure direct line to Jesus ... our best and most steadfast friend.

Luke 24: Son of God

2011-11-02T13:30:00.000-07:00

4And it happened that while these wondered at this, behold, two men stood above them and their clothing was shining. 5And they were in fear and they bowed their faces to the ground, and they were saying to them, “Why are you seeking The Life among the dead? 6He is not here; he is risen. Remember when he spoke with you as he was in Galilee, 7And he said, 'The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and he shall be crucified and the third day he shall arise?'

14And they were speaking with one another about all these things that had occurred. 15And while they were talking and inquiring one with another, Yeshua came and he met them and he was walking with them. 16And their eyes had been held shut lest they would recognize him. 17And he said to them, “What are these matters of which you speak, one with another, as you are walking and are gloomy?”

25Then Yeshua said to them, “Oh deficient of mind and slow of heart to believe in all the things that The Prophets have spoken! 26Was it not necessary for The Messiah to endure these things and to enter into his glory?” 27And he began from Moses and from all The Prophets and he expounded to them about himself from all of the scriptures.

8And they arrived at that village to which they were going, and he was announcing to them how he was going to a distant place. 29And they constrained him and they were saying to him, “Stay with us, because the day is declining and it is becoming dark”, and he entered to stay with them. 30And it happened that when he reclined with them, he took bread and he blessed, and he broke and he gave to them. 31At once their eyes were opened and they recognized him and he ascended from them.

Yeshua stood in their midst and he said to them, “Peace be with you; I AM THE LIVING GOD, be not afraid.”

(As we share the Sacrament of Communion with fellow Christians, we are the Body of Christ and Truly share His Peace with each other.)

38And Yeshua said to them, “Why are you shaken, and why do imaginations arise in your hearts?” 39“See my hands and my feet, that it is I; touch me and know that a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”

44And he said to them, “These are the words that I spoke with you when I was with you, that everything that is written about me in The Law of Moses and in The Prophets and in The Psalms must be fulfilled.”

45Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures. 46And he said to them, “Thus it is written: and thus it was right for The Messiah to suffer and to arise from the grave the third day, 47And that conversion to the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name in all the nations, and the beginning would be at Jerusalem. 48And you are witnesses of these things. 49And I shall send upon you The Promise of my Father; but you stay in the city of Jerusalem until you shall be clothed in power from on high.”

50And he brought them unto Bethany and he lifted his hands and he blessed them. 51And it was that as he blessed them, he was separated from them, and he ascended to Heaven.

( We proclaim the Mystery of Faith)

As I read The Word, I become more hesitant to add any words or take Words from context. These days, our existence in Christ's Love for us, is tested by the adversary with an all out assault on our Faith and Stamina. The Holy Bible is a Message and Guide for us as His children. It is meant to be read, regularly and prayerfully, I believe. The more you read, the closer He draws you to Him. Don't be shy or timid; thank God for His Infinite Mercy and His daily, moment by moment, showering of us with the Small and Great Miracles this earthly existence carries. Open the pages, remember the prize and read His Word. God's Word is boundless. In Jesus' Name...be Fulfilled.

Prophet, Teacher, Son of Man

2011-11-01T07:39:00.000-07:00

<< Matthew 10 >>Aramaic Bible in Plain English

1And he called his twelve disciples and he gave them authority over foul spirits to cast them out, and to heal every ailment and disease.
2But the names of the twelve Apostles were these: the first of them, Shimeon who was called Kaypha, and Andraeus his brother, and Yaqob Bar Zebedee, and Yohannan his brother, 3And Philippus, Bar Tolmay, and Thoma, and Mattay the Tax Collector, and Yaqob Bar Halphi, and Lebai who was called Thadi, 4And Shimeon The Zealot, and Yehuda Skariota, he who betrayed him.
5These twelve Yeshua sent and he commanded them and he said, “You shall not go by a road of the heathen and you shall not enter a city of the Samaritans.” 6“But go especially to the sheep that have been lost of the house of Israel.” 7“And as you are going, preach and say “The Kingdom of Heaven has come near.” 8“Heal the sick, purify the lepers and cast out demons; freely you have received, freely give.” 9“You shall not retain gold, neither silver, nor copper in your moneybags,” 10“Neither wallet for the way, nor two coats, neither shoes, nor staff, for a laborer is worthy of his provisions.” 11“Whichever city or village you enter, ask who is worthy in it and stay there until you leave.” 12“And when you enter a household, invoke the peace of the household.” 13“And if that household is worthy, your blessing of peace will come upon it, but if not, your blessing of peace will return unto you.” 14“But whoever does not receive you, neither listens to your words, when you depart from the house or from the village, shake the sand from your feet.” 15“And truly I say to you, it will be tranquil in the day of judgment for the land of Sadom and Ammora compared to that city.”
16“Behold, I am sending you as lambs among wolves; be therefore crafty as snakes and innocent as doves.” 17“But beware of the children of men, for they will deliver you to the courts and they will scourge you in their synagogues.” 18“And they will bring you before Governors and Kings because of me, for their testimony and that of the Gentiles.” 19“But when they arrest you, do not be anxious how or what you will speak, for it will be given to you in that hour what you should say.” 20“For it will not be you speaking, but The Spirit of your Father speaking in you.”
21“But brother will deliver his brother to death, and a father his son, and children will rise against their parents and will put them to death.” 22“And you will be hated by everyone because of my name, but whoever will endure until the end, he will be saved.”
23“But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another, for truly I say to you, you will not have finished all the cities of the house of Israel until The Son of Man come.”
24“No disciple is greater than his master, neither a servant than his lord.” 25“It is enough for a disciple to be like his master and for a servant to be like his lord. If they have called the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children of his household?”
26“Therefore you shall not be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden, that will not be known.” 27“Whatever I tell you in the darkness, say it in the light, and whatever you hear with your ears, preach on the rooftops.” 28“And you shall not be afraid of those who kill the body that are not able to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who can destroy soul and body in Gehenna.” 29“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny, and not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father?” 30“But your hairs of your head are all numbered.” 31“You shall not be afraid, therefore; you are better than many sparrows.”
32“Everyone, therefore, who will confess me before children of men, I shall confess him also before my Father who is in Heaven. 33But whoever will deny me before the children of men, I shall deny him also before my Father who is in Heaven.
34Think not that I have come to bring peace in the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35I have come to divide a man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, 36And a man's enemies will be the members of his household.
37Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38And everyone who does not take his cross and come after me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it; whoever will find his life will lose it.
40Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 41Whoever receives a Prophet in the name of a Prophet receives the reward of the Prophet, and whoever receives The Righteous One in the name of The Righteous One receives the reward of The Righteous One. 42“And everyone who gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water only to drink, in the name of a disciple, amen, I say to you, he will not lose his reward.”

Prayer for my sick Grand-daughter

2011-10-13T20:59:00.000-07:00

Dear Lord, Creator of all things; seen and un-seen, known and un-known, great and small. Father of fathers, merciful and loving God, forgive me for my sins and give me strength to be forgiving of others, as our Lord Jesus showed and taught us through your Grace in the Holy Spirit.

As we marvel in the miracles You do and will grant us from our spark of the Christ Mind, at our known moment, until we pass over to Your Infinite Glory Moment we give thanks for the Mercies we don't deserve, but which You so lovingly share with us.

I ask in Jesus' Name that You heal Samantha and lift her from the sickness she has; and I thank You for all attention You pay to the family You have bestowed on me and me on them. We give all thanks and glory to You, Oh Lord and forever praise Your Name above all others; for You are the One and True God, in the Loving Name of Your Son and Our Lord Jesus... Amen.

Books Not Found In the Modern Bible :: The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

2011-05-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

Back Story: Conflicts of Youth
TESTAMENT OF REUBEN
The First-Born Son of Jacob and Leah.
[SOURCE] | EXCERPT | Retrieved by Pat Darnell | May 28, 2011 | Bryan TX
Reuben, the first-born son of Jacob and Leah. The man of experience counsels against fornication and points out the ways in. which men are most apt to fall into error.

"The instances of the influence of these writings on the New Testament are notable in the Sermon on the Mount which reflects the spirit and even uses phrases from these Testaments. St. Paul appears to have borrowed so freely that it seems as though he must have carried a copy of the Testaments with him on his travels.

"Thus, the reader has before him in these pages what is at once striking for its blunt primitive style and valuable as some of the actual source books of the Bible. (SOURCE)"

1 ... THE Copy of the Testament of Reuben, even the commands which he gave his sons before he died in the hundred and twenty-fifth year of his life.

2 Two years after the death of Joseph his brother, when Reuben fell ill, his sons and his sons' sons were gathered together to visit him.
...

11 And now hear me, my children, what things I saw concerning the seven spirits of deceit, when I repented.

12 Seven spirits therefore are appointed against man, and they are the leaders in the works of youth.

13 And seven other spirits are given to him at his creation, that through them should be done every work of man.

14 The first is the spirit of life, with which the constitution of man is created.

15 The second is the sense of sight, with which ariseth desire.

16 The third is the sense of hearing, with which cometh teaching.

17 The fourth is the sense of smell, with which tastes are given to draw air and breath.

18 The fifth is the power of speech, with which cometh knowledge.

19 The sixth is the sense of taste, with which cometh the eating of meats and drinks; and by it strength is produced, for in food is the foundation of strength.

20 The seventh is the power of procreation and sexual intercourse, with which through love of pleasure sins enter in.

21 Wherefore it is the last in order of creation, and the first in that of youth, because it is filled with ignorance, and leadeth the youth as a blind man to a pit, and as a beast to a precipice.

22 Besides all these there is an eighth spirit of sleep, with which is brought about the trance of nature and the of death.

23 With these spirits are mingled the spirits of error.

24 First, the spirit of fornication is seated in the nature and in the senses;

25 The second, the spirit of insatiableness in the belly;

26 The third, the spirit of fighting, in the liver and gall.

27 The fourth is the spirit of obsequiousness and chicanery, that through officious attention one may be fair in seeming.

28 The fifth is the spirit of pride, that one may be boastful and arrogant.

29 The sixth is the spirit of lying, in perdition and jealousy to practise deceits, and concealments from kindred and friends.

30 The seventh is the spirit of injustice, with which are thefts and acts of rapacity, that a man may fulfil the desire of his heart; for injustice worketh together with the other spirits by the taking of gifts.

31 And with all these the spirit of sleep is joined which is that of error and fantasy.

32 And so perisheth every young man, darkening his mind from the truth, and not understanding the law of God, nor obeying the admonitions of his fathers, as befell me also in my youth.

33 And now, my children, love the truth, and it will preserve you: hear ye the words of Reuben your father.

34 Pay no heed to the face of a woman,

35 Nor associate with another man's wife,

36 Nor meddle with affairs of womankind.

37 For had I not seen Bilhah bathing in a covered place, I had not fallen into this great iniquity.

38 For my mind taking in the thought of the woman's nakedness, suffered me not to sleep until I had wrought the abominable thing.

39 For while Jacob our father had gone to Isaac his father, when we were in Eder, near to Ephrath in Bethlehem, Bilhah became drunk and was asleep uncovered in her chamber.

40 Having therefore gone in and beheld her nakedness, I wrought the impiety without her perceiving it, and leaving her sleeping departed.

41 And forthwith an angel of God revealed to my father concerning my impiety, and he came and mourned over me, and touched her no more. (LINK)
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REFERENCES:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe266.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe267.htm

Tree of Life: A Poem

2011-01-29T13:36:00.000-08:00

[I]t is impossible to speak of the history of something before we know the thing itself...
Retrieved by Pat Darnell

Behold that before the emanations were emanated and the creatures were created,

The Upper Simple Light had filled the whole existence.

And there was no vacancy, such as an empty air, a hollow,

But all was filled with that Simple, Boundless Light.

And there was no such part as head, or end,

But everything was One, Simple Light, balanced evenly and equally,

And it was called “the Light of Ein Sof (Infinity).”

And when upon His simple will, came the desire to create the worlds and emanate the emanations,

To bring to light the perfection of His deeds, His names, His appellations,

Which was the cause of the creation of the worlds,

Then the Ein Sof restricted Himself, in His middle point, precisely at the center,

And He restricted that Light, and drew far off to the sides around that middle point.

And there remained an empty space, an empty air, a vacuum

Precisely from the middle point.

And that restriction was equally around that empty, middle point,

So that the space was evenly circled around it.

And after the restriction, when the vacant space remained empty

Precisely in the middle of the Light of Ein Sof,

A place was formed, where the Emanations, Creations, Formations, and Actions might reside.

Then from the Light of Ein Sof, a single line hung down from Above, lowered into that space.

And through that line, He emanated, created, formed, and made all the worlds.

Prior to these four worlds, there was one Light of Ein Sof, whose Name is One, in wondrous, hidden unity,

And even in the angles closest to Him

There is no force and no attainment in The Ein Sof,

As there is no mind of a created that could attain Him,

For He has no place, no boundary, no name.

The Ari, The Tree of Life, Part One, Gate One

LINK:
http://www.kabbalah.info/eng/content/view/frame/2854?/eng/content/view/full/2854&main

The greatest contemporary Kabbalists, Rav Yehuda Ashlag, and his son and successor, Rav Baruch Ashlag, provide valid answers to life’s most fundamental question: “What is the meaning of my life?” Based on their interpretations of The Book of Zohar, and The Tree of Life, we can now learn how to benefit from the wisdom of Kabbalah on a day-to-day basis.

In addition to authentic texts by these great Kabbalists, this book offers illustrations that accurately depict the evolution of the Upper Worlds as Kabbalists experience them, as well as several helpful essays to enhance our understanding of the texts.

In Kabbalah for the Student, Rav Michael Laitman, PhD, Rav Baruch Ashlag’s personal assistant and prime student, compiled all the texts a Kabbalah student would need in order to attain the spiritual worlds. In his daily lessons, Rav Laitman bases his teaching on these inspiring texts, thus helping novices and veterans alike to better understand the spiritual path we undertake on our fascinating journey to the Higher Realms.

Personal Study Prayer

2011-01-22T07:13:00.000-08:00

Heavenly Father, God the Creator, Almighty One ... today I wonder why I have been so nonspiritual all my life. How did I miss those lessons that explained how our unseen spiritual world is structured?

I remember being a child, happy running and playing all day long. Then I became a young man with deeper thoughts. But somehow I remained shallow, and silly, and without knowledge of wisdom or of workings of the spirit. However, as I got older I did begin praying for wisdom.

For me some of what I read sticks with me. And, I had read in Proverbs that some things must be prayed for diligently, for instance, wisdom requires much prayer.

I cherish the wisdom that came to me from my prayers. I held wisdom close to my chest to warm my heart, until one day wisdom became part of my heart. It was like a motor turned on, and my body was changed.

But I stopped there for some reason. I suppose I was satisfied with this. It is good to be satisfied with some things. And I lived for many years happy in this, though suspecting I was incomplete.

It turns out, I am given long life; and, I found later as a man becoming a father, that I needed many more skills, like long-suffering, loving-kindness, purity and salvation, and things of the spirit.

It was then I learned how impatient I had become in asking for these spiritual gifts that I thought I was entitled to. I began looking for short-cuts. During this time, it turns out, I prayed most often asking the Holy Spirit to fill me, my wife, and our children.

You see I was confused, not about the Holy Spirit; but, enlightenment still takes much prayer, and patience in obtaining... I forgot the lesson I had learned on Wisdom.

Back then work days were long, bothersome, fractured, rising and falling. It seemed I went to battle everyday. I became very tired of fighting with everyone, everything, and with being angry. I noticed that when in a state of anger, I am furthest one can get from the Father ....

Anger lasted too many years during family raising. I was very bad, judgmental and belligerent, sloven and coward, and often totally outlandish. Seldom was I wise anymore, and again I stood incomplete for many years. I seek another chance for wising up:

Father, make me an instrument of your peace;
Fill me with the white light of the Christ Mind
Make me a good steward of your gifts
Help me to know what I suspect --
That you have filled the world with Mercy, and,
You seek from me fruit of your Spirit,
that you love us all and want us to live.
AMEN.

Thesis of Truth and Purity from the Zohar

2011-01-20T19:32:00.000-08:00

Do we achieve Spirituality?

" ...
We see that in our world one cannot advance with the help of the pure forces. On the contrary, it is his egoistic aspirations that provide man with the strength to conquer everything in the world. How often do we see fervent fanatics immersed in their impure desires to capture for themselves both this world and the next, whereas one that aspires to the Creator has no strength for even a slightest spiritual movement! In our world there is no proof or confirmation that man advances on the right path. And under no circumstances should one draw conclusions based on one’s life experience or “common sense.”

So how can a person in this world exist and advance towards the Goal of creation if he is unable to tell good from bad, pure from impure? There is one sign by which one can distinguish purity from impurity: impure forces bear no spiritual fruit. Thus, those that advance through the impure worlds ABYA do not attain anything spiritual, whereas those who are connected to the pure forces reap spiritual fruit on their path.

As it is explained in the “Introduction to The Study of Ten Sefirot” (items 19-23), if man advances along the right path, he attains the secrets of the Torah in three to five years. The Creator helps those who wish to acquire altruistic desires over and above their own requests, and thus one attains the desired goal. From below, man aspires to the Creator with his small desire (MAN), and from Above, the Creator pours onto him tremendous spiritual desires and strength (MAD). [SOURCE] ... "

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23. When the Creator thought to create the world, all the letters of the alphabet came to Him in reverse order from last (Tav) to first (Aleph). The letter Tav entered first and said, “Master of the world! It is good, and also seemly of You, to create the world with me, with my properties. For I am the seal on Your ring, called EmeT (truth), that ends with the letter Tav. And that is why You are called truth, and why it would befit the King to begin the universe with the letter Tav, and to create the world by her, by her properties.

The Creator answered: “You are beautiful and sincere, but do not merit the world that I conceived to be created by your properties, since you are destined to be marked on the foreheads of the truly faithful who fulfill all of Torah from Aleph to Tav (from the first letter to the last), and perished because of you” (Talmud Bavli, Shabbat, 55)

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" ... We cannot imagine the spiritual world because our sensory organs cannot detect it. Thus, to describe the objects and concepts still unattainable by us, Kabbalists use several techniques, languages. The whole Torah speaks only of the creation, governing, and correction of the world; never about history, geography, or anything else. As it is said in the Torah itself, the Torah is the sacred names, that is, manifestations of the Creator, the degrees and methods of His attainment.

Kabbalists, those who ascend to the spiritual world and thus establish direct contact with the Creator, convey this information to us using four languages:

The language of the TaNaKh (Torah – Pentateuch, Nevi’im – Prophets, Ketuvim – Writings/Hagiographa). This is the language of the written Torah.
The language of laws.
The language of legends.
The language of Sefirot and Partzufim – the language of Kabbalah.

All the languages speak about the same thing – the attainment of the Creator by us, those living in this world. For this is the sole purpose of our creation, and according to the Creator’s design, we must devote all of our physical, mental, and spiritual abilities only to it. And if we were to aspire only to this, we would naturally use our language only for this purpose. After all, everything that is given to us is only for the fulfillment of this exclusive goal – the attainment of the sensation of the Creator, while still in this life. ... "

The Hebrew Alphabet

2011-01-20T19:03:00.000-08:00

THE LETTERS OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET

The letters Aleph and Ayin do not have any particular sound, and only the accompanying punctuation mark determines their pronunciation.

The letters Bet, Chaf and Peh with a dot inside them are pronounced as “b,” “k,” and “p.” The absence of a dot changes their pronunciation to “v,” “ch” and “f.”

The letter Hey is not pronounced, but rather aspirated.

The shapes of the letters Mem, Nun, Tzadik, Peh, Chaf (pronounced MANTZEPACH) change when placed at the end of a word, as seen in the table of letters.

The shape, external form of letters: the protruding element of a letter indicates that the Light in this part of the letter is greater than in the other. The filling (Miluy) indicates the height of the degree. A punctuation mark (Nikud) indicates the origin of each part of the Partzuf: whether it came from the Upper Partzuf (and constitutes its part in the present one), from the lower Partzuf, or from itself.

The Kelim-Sefirot themselves are called “letters,” and their punctuation marks (Nekudot) indicate the Light that enters and exits them. The Light of Bina, ZA, and Malchut can enter the Kelim, but the Light of Keter or Hochma cannot. A dot above a letter (Holam) signifies the Lights Keter and Hochma, which never clothe the Kli, hence the location of the dot above the letter. (SOURCE)

Methods of the Serpent

2011-01-20T16:52:00.000-08:00

This mystery is conveyed in the words of the scriptures: NOW THE SERPENT
WAS MORE SUBTLE THAN ANY OTHER WILD CREATURE THAT YHVH
ELOHIM HAD MADE. The awful serpent wanted to realize his goal: to defile
the upper holiness by beginning to contaminate man here in the lower world.
Recognizing the manner of construction of all the courses of water, he
understood that causing the water of a stream to be briny would, in effect,
reach all the way to the great sea. That is why he came to seduce man down
here (on earth): in order to intercept the inferior watercourses with the major
ones. The serpent had thus brought on the death of the world. He emanated
from the left side. He was able to furtively enter the interior of man. But
there is another serpent which emanated from the right side. Both serpents
accompany man throughout his life.

The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11

2011-01-17T13:20:00.000-08:00

Retrieved by Pat Darnell

Many Christians through the ages have wondered who the "two witnesses" of Revelation 11 happen to be. The two witnesses are among the most dramatic characters of Scripture. They prophesy before the world for three and a half years (1,260 days) (11:3). During this time, they can strike the earth with whatever plague they desire, and cannot be harmed by their enemies (11:5-6). Ultimately, they are killed by the beast (11:7) but they rise to life in three and a half days (11:11). How are we to understand the two witnesses and the unusual happenings surrounding their lives?

Any thoughts on that one, anybody?

It’s also possible that the two witnesses are symbolically modeled after Moses and Elijah. They "have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain" (11:6). This power was associated with Elijah, whose prayer caused a terrible drought in Israel (1 Kings 17:1).

The First Book of Adam and Eve

2011-01-10T01:54:00.000-08:00

Adam and Eve gird themselves and make the first altar ever built.
[SOURCE]

Chapter XXIII: verse 6 :: Then Adam and Eve stood under the altar and wept, thus entreating God, "Forgive us our trespass [1] and our sin, and look upon us with Thine eye of mercy. For when we were in the garden our praises and our hymns went up before Thee without ceasing.

Chapter XXIII: verse 7 :: " ... "But when we came into this strange land, pure praise was no longer ours, nor righteous prayer, nor understanding hearts, nor sweet thoughts, nor just counsels, nor long discernment, nor upright feelings, neither is our bright nature left us. But our body is changed from the similitude in which it was at first, when we were created. ... "

Chapter XXIV: verse 7 :: " ... "Now, therefore, strengthen thy heart; and when sorrow comes upon thee, make Me an offering, and I will be favourable to thee." ... "

Chapter XXXV: [GOD's Reply] " ... THEN God looked again upon Adam and his weeping and groaning, and the Word of God came to him, and said unto him:--

verse 2 :: "O Adam, when thou wast in My garden, thou knewest neither eating nor drinking; neither faintness nor suffering; neither leanness of flesh, nor change; neither did sleep depart from thine eyes. But since thou transgressedst, and camest into this strange land, all these trials are come upon thee." ... "

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Footnote(s)
The Forgotten Books of Eden, by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr., [1926], at sacred-texts.com

verse 6: [1] ORIGINAL OF THE LORD'S PRAYER SAID TO BE USED ABOUT 150 YEARS BEFORE OUR LORD: Our Father, Who art in Heaven, be gracious unto us, O Lord our God, hallowed be Thy Name, and let the remembrance of Thee be glorified in Heaven above and upon earth here below.

Let Thy kingdom reign over us now and forever. The Holy Men of old said remit and forgive unto all men whatsoever they have done unto me. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil thing; for Thine is the kingdom and Thou shalt reign in glory forever and forevermore, AMEN.

Time is Now to be Enlivened

2011-01-08T16:18:00.000-08:00

If You Desire a Voracious Diet of Visionary Descriptions of Heaven ... then ...
by Pat Darnell

Enoch wrote 366 books in 60 days while God the Father Almighty Creator, speaking from His throne in the tenth Heaven, told Enoch about Creation.

Enoch was terrified. He denied his worthiness to be at that place. God encouraged Enoch as God Himself spoke " ... of the great secrets of God, which God revealed and told to Enoch, and spoke with him face to face."

Chapter XXIV: 3 -- "Hear, Enoch, and take in these my words, for not to My angels have I told my secret, and I have not told them their rise, nor my endless realm, nor have they understood my creating, which I tell thee to-day."

[LINK: The Forgotten Books of Eden, the Book of Secrets of Enoch]

INTRO: " ... This is a popularized translation of the OT pseudepigrapha, quasi-Biblical writings which never achieved canonical status (or inclusion in any of the official Apocrypha). This isn't to say that these documents are forgeries, just that for one reason or another they were not considered part of the Biblical text by the first millenium (C.E.) compilers. This book contains translations of all of the texts found in volume I of the weighty Oxford University Press Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, without any of the apparatus... "

EXCERPTS:
Chapter XX: 2 ...'Have courage, Enoch, do not fear,' and showed me the Lord from afar, sitting on His very high throne. For what is there on the tenth heaven, since the Lord dwells here?

3 On the tenth heaven is God, in the Hebrew tongue he is called Aravat.

4 And all the heavenly troops would come and stand on the ten steps according to their rank, and would bow down to the Lord, and would again go to their places in joy and felicity, singing songs in the boundless light with small and tender voices, gloriously serving him.

Chapter XLIII: 2 " ... As one year is more honourable than another, so is one man more honourable than another, some for great possessions, some for wisdom of heart, some for particular intellect, some for cunning, one for silence of lip, another for cleanliness, one for strength, another for comeliness, one for youth, another for sharp wit, one for shape of body, another for sensibility, let it be heard everywhere, but there is none better than he who fears God, he shall be more glorious in time to come. ... "

Chapter XLIV: 3 " ... Blessed is the man who does not direct his heart with malice against any man, and helps the injured and condemned, and raises the broken down, and shall do charity to the needy, because on the day of the great judgement every weight, every measure and every makeweight will be as in the market, that is to say they are hung on scales and stand in the market, and every one shall learn his own measure, and according to his measure shall take his reward. ... "

Chapter LXVIII: 1 " ... ENOCH was born on the sixth day of the month Tsivan, and lived three hundred and sixty-five years.

2 He was taken up to heaven on the first day of the month Tsivan and remained in heaven sixty days.

3 He wrote all these signs of all creation, which the Lord created, and wrote three hundred and sixty-six books, and handed them over to his sons and remained on earth thirty days, and was again taken up to heaven on the sixth day of the month Tsivan, on the very day and hour when he was born.

4 As every man's nature in this life is dark, so are also his conception, birth, and departure from this life.

5 At what hour he was conceived, at that hour he was born, and at that hour too he died.

6 Methosalam and his brethren, all the sons of Enoch, made haste, and erected an altar at the place called Achuzan, whence and where Enoch had been taken up to heaven.

7 And they took sacrificial oxen and summoned all people and sacrificed the sacrifice before the Lord's face.

8 All people, the elders of the people and the whole assembly came to the feast and brought gifts to the sons of Enoch.

9 And they made a great feast, rejoicing and making merry three days, praising God, who had given them such a sign through Enoch, who had found favour with him, and that they should hand it on to their sons from generation to generation, from age to age.

10 Amen.

Sunday 10:28 AM :: "Why?"

2010-09-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

WHY is Information Lost? the Answer may require an Ego-death Experience.

by Pat Darnell

Why do we constantly reach out to touch our past?

Research is what it is: a re-touch, read again, dissect the past, oblivion, a lossy compression... and some say it is the Hebrew alphabet. (LINK) Our sensory limitations are stretched when we are asked to go by faith, believing in past things.

Mummy hunters in Egypt look into tombs and find bones of who knows who; why? In quests for understanding, we often lose our sense of priority, and go barging into grave sites.

Curious about our past, some even read and re-read Hemingway to find a clue. In that context, clues are few and far between, and overly cryptic info is rarely easily absorbed by living brains; brains that want to compress information into patterns of recognizable tidbits. That stops no one, though, as we build our machines in like form. A trade off some might say; as human sensory scales are limited.

Our computers use compression algorithms that make data more sortable, as some data is repetitive. By taking advantage of the limitations of the human sensory system, a great deal of space can be saved while producing an output which is nearly indistinguishable from the original. These lossy data compression methods typically offer a three-way tradeoff between compression speed, compressed data size and quality loss.

Why then is it the past-present-and future is so odd in a rarefied existence sort of way? Because we go outward when we are discovering the past, as in space exploration, where information in the form of light takes light years to reach our sensors. And, as we travel inward, the same perplexity of information escapes our limited human experience; as we approach tiniest "substances" of multi-dimensioned matter that exist beyond our vision.

Memory is our foothold. For instance my wife and I both have expressed at various times "how" we remember the kids as babies. Once we were looking at photographs, and our daughter, as a baby, was dressed in a familiar jumpsuit. My wife said she remembers how the little jump suit felt in her hands. In remembering these valuable sensory events about our children, we are at our most transparent, or ego-dead moments.

Truth is -- information is not lost, but it takes faith to fill in the blanks when duplications are encoded, and the original is long gone.

"The ancients studied the patterns in the heavens- I ... [Stan Tenen] ... began to think, 'What would happen if you could map the patterns of the temples of the heavens onto the temples of your mind?' The patterns in the Hebrew Bible are the same as those in the heavens; when you chant regularly you are weaving these patterns onto your mind, internalizing the patterns of the universe-stepping out of your skin to have an ego-death experience." [Meru Foundation Research; HERE]

Welfare, Choice, Politics, Ambition, Enlightenment

2010-08-15T11:06:00.000-07:00

Pastor with GUTS!
Retrieved from email FWD by Pat Darnell | [Source Unknown]
Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people.. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask

your forgiveness and

to seek your

direction and

guidance. We know

Your

Word says, 'Woe to those

who call evil

good,' but that is exactly what we

have done.

We have

lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed

our values.

We have exploited the poor and

called it

the lottery.

We have

rewarded laziness and called it

welfare..

We have

killed our unborn and called it

choice.

We have shot abortionists and

called it

justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline

our children and called it building

self esteem....

We have abused power and called it

politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's

possessions and called it ambition.

We have

polluted

the air with

profanity and pornography

and

called it

freedom of expression.

We have

ridiculed the time-honored values

of our forefathers and called it

enlightenment.

Search us,

Oh, God,

and know our hearts

today; cleanse

us from every sin and set us free.

Amen!

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea .

Commentator
Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,'and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.

With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'one nation under God.'

Exonerate Yourself :: Did it Occur to anyone to Ask -- a Hallmark Moment

2010-06-23T03:29:00.000-07:00

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated,
to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.

SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'

MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.

SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'That's none of your business.
Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'If you must know, I make $20 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: "Mummy, may I please borrow $5?"

The mother was furious,
'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a
silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room
and go to bed.
Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut
the door..

The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions.
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $5 and he really didn't ask for money very often.
The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.

'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.
'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $5 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Mummy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?

Everyday at 17:00 hours

2010-06-12T16:25:00.000-07:00

SING as if no one is listening. DANCE as if no one is watching. LOVE as if you have never been loved before.
Retrieved by Pat Darnell
[SOURCE Unknown]

" ... Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport.. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged, and the mother said, 'I love you, and I pray you enough.'

The daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I pray you enough, too, Mom.'

They kissed, and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy, but she welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'

Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'

'Well...I'm not as young as I once was, she lives so far away & has her own busy life. I have some challenges ahead, and the reality is - her next trip back will be for my funeral,' she said.

'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I pray you enough.' May I ask what that means?'

She began to smile. 'That's a prayer that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and she smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I pray you enough,' we wanted the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.'

Then, turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I pray you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear..

I pray you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I pray you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I pray you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I pray you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I pray you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I pray you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

Then, she began to cry, and walked away.

They say, it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but an entire life to forget them. ... "

Rage -- Get it to the Maker, He needs all that you have

2010-06-05T18:59:00.000-07:00

[PHOTO Credit UNKNOWN]
by Pat Darnell

Rage is the observable pace and speed of the Spirit of God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth.... so I say.

Why say that? Simple: it is too easy to skip over unless one is "slowed down" and able to see better.

It is said that rabbi's practice three-day fasts, having only water, to cleanse themselves for an important event. And it is also done when important decisions must be made. How are we to judge others if we are not some how transformed into a better judge?

So it is with seeing the blinding, raging, speeding works of God. Think it over.

Clues are all over the Bible; in both books. The old testaments suggest a seven spirited God, whose name cannot be said. The new testaments, especially Revelations of John, repeat the same seven spirits of God, seven heads, seven seals. It is a pretty important number; so must be number three, but I have heard rabbi's sometimes have seven day fasts when confronted with enormous decisions.

This is what I want to say: if you have rage ... and almost everyone does ... then point it directly to God through Jesus Christ. That is the crux of this post. God in his infinite conservation of all things will use your rage. Where you fail in emotional upheaval, He creates and puts everything to good use.

Would you ever say "the volcano flows calmly in bows of gentle turns" ? No you are more likely to say "the volcano rages." God, in one of His "seven" spirits creates, controls and, recycles, volcanoes in raging speed.

Restoration Churches in America

2010-05-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

An Explanation
Retrieved verbatim by Pat Darnell | McTavish, TJM. c2005. A Theological Miscellany

[Page 89 ...]
The term restoration churches refers to groups that have formed to restore what they believe to be the practice of the New Testament church, renouncing all creeds and holding only to the Bible as their authority. The movement began in North America in the early 1800's and is also called the "Christians-only-movement." It had two main thrusts

emulating the New Testament church
restoring the unity of the Church by avoiding denominational structures

Over time the movement divided between these two aims. Those stressing early Christian practices largely withdrew from contact with other churches while those who sought unity other churches lost many of the "primitive" or early Christian traits.

In the process, the movement to end denominational-ism resulted in the formation of many new denominations, though. [M]ost restorations groups refuse to be considered denominations and avoid organizations and avoid organizations that officially link their local churches.

Because many of these churches call themselves "Christian" or "Churches of Christ" it is often hard to tell which branch of the movement they belong to.

Thus:
Groups stemming from the "Christians Only" movement include:

Christian Church -- Disciples of Christ
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ -- Independent
Churches of Christ -- Non-instrumental
International Churches of Christ -- "Crossroads" or "Boston" movement

(McTavish, TJM. c2005. page 89. A Theological Miscellany)

The Rhetoric of Tiger Woods -- Buddhist Golf Man

2010-04-25T15:47:00.000-07:00

See entire Transcript and Video HERE

[Video at 13:25] BUDDHISM ? -- YIKES !!

[Excerpts] “ ... I recognize I have brought this on myself. And I know, above all, I am the one who needs to change. I owe it to my family to become a better person. I owe it to those closest to me to become a better man. That's where my focus will be. I have a lot of work to do. I tend to dedicate myself to doing it. Part of following this path for me is Buddhism which my mother taught me at a young age. People probably don't realize it but I was raised a Buddhist and practiced my faith until I drifted away from it. This teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught."

[ ... ]

Therapy, Rehab ? -- Double YIKES !!

“ ... As I move forward, I will continue to receive help because I have learned that's how people really do change. Starting tomorrow, I will leave for more treatment and more therapy. I would like to thank my friends at Accenture and the players in the field this week for understanding why I am making these remarks today. In therapy, I have learned the importance of looking at my spiritual life and keeping in balance with my professional life. I need to regain my balance and be centered so I can save the things most important to me, my marriage and my children. That also means relying on others for help. I have learned to seek support from my peers in therapy and someday hope to return that support to others who are seeking help ... " (Woods, T. Excerpts retrieved today by PD)

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My Carpenter Prayer

2010-04-25T07:28:00.000-07:00

by Pat Darnell

Make my tools true
and strong
My hands to never tremble
construct never wrong

Make this house
a dwelling of peace
on foundation of rock

Walls square, plumb
with roof that
sheds tears
from the world

Walls that allow
peaceful slumber
... no makeshift doors
no rotten lumber

Make only doors
hinged for my
Prince of Peace

Plane blessingson
this dwelling
with hope, charity
and a garden of faith surround
Amen.
[pd. 2000]

Go Ahead

2010-04-18T07:27:00.000-07:00

by Pat Darnell

Go ahead, blame God
for knowing
all the eventualities

Blame God
for putting ban
on human contact
Blame God
for planting
seed of choice

Blame God
for putting His
face upon you

Blame God
for leavening
of Man

Blame God
for the understatement
that is Christ

Go ahead, blame God
if you must
but do it
with all you are

I say, do it
with your all.

This Just In :: From Field Correspondent Vinnie Visconti

2010-03-25T13:39:00.000-07:00

Challenge: Read only if you have time for God

V.V. | Wisconsin | 03.25.2010
God, when I received the following e-mail, I thought... I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate during work.

Then, I realized this kind of thinking is "exactly," what has caused a lot of the problems with our world today.

We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning...

Maybe, Sunday night...

And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.

We do like to have Him around during sickness....

And, of course, at funerals.

However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play? Because.. That's part of our lives we think we can, and should, handle on our own.

We must always have time to remember all HE has done for us.

Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'

Not ashamed?

Pass on the Good News -- "Yes, I do Love God! HE is my source of existence and Savior."

He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I will be nothing. But, with Christ, HE strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)

This is the simplest test. If You Love God... And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things HE has done for you... Then tell ten people how you got the message!

Now do you have the time to pass it on?

(Mr Visconti is single, while today lives and works in Wisconsin, but has lived in many places including Illinois, Texas, and Florida. He is currently contemplating making another extended visit to Foggia, Italy, where he has fifty-three cousins, aunts and uncles -- at last count.) ed. pd

Steadfast

2010-03-18T16:12:00.000-07:00

God's Wings

After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage.

One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.

Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings.

The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.

She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast....because she had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live.

'He will cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you will find refuge.' (Psalm 91:4)

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone Special.

To realize the value of a Friend...lose one.

[Source Unknown]

Exonerate Yourself :: Did it Occur to anyone to Ask -- What's in a Name?

2010-02-23T21:45:00.000-08:00

[SOURCE]
Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency? * 18356936 responses

Yes. It's a violation of the principle of separation of church and state.
11%

No. The motto has historical and patriotic significance and does nothing to establish a state religion.
89%

Not a scientific survey. Click to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding.

Has it ever occurred to anyone to ask 'the reason' the symbolic name GOD is so picked on? Did I hear correctly in Sunday School that our Ancient of days Rabbis's made it impossible for anyone to use God the Creator Almighty's name in vain -- by conveniently not passing the name down to others ... it was therefore forgotten. GOD, or other abbreviated names, are pretty much acronyms.

Putting this motto on our various symbols of State is simply to remind us all that forces 'out there' are immensely, much, much greater than us 'down here' and are controlled by GOD out there, while our ability to print money, or to proliferate is about the height of our accomplishment here on the Earth ... I am humbled in that realization.

Get rid of the litigations by making it illegal to redesign, plagiarize or undo, our creeds and motto's.

The First Principle -- In God We Trust

SCAB's -- Get the Fat to hatin' the Lean ... I'm Mean !!

2010-02-15T19:14:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CogtZ4EUwww

Woody Guthrie Mean Talking Blues The Asch Recordings Vol. 3 (1944) www.woodyguthrie.com
Category: Music
Tags: Woody Guthrie Mean Talking Blues The Asch Recordings Vol. ta sedlak tasedlak folk anarcho grow

2010-01-06T19:15:00.001-08:00

Amateur Art Forms has Merit in Internet Play

2009-12-05T19:28:00.000-08:00

Fun Stuff
Retrieved by Pat Darnell

A video I [blackmovieguy. August 15, 2006] put together about the last approaching days and the scriptures prophecying what will take place.

There are clips not meant to be taken literal. Such as the clip of someone jumping off the WTC buildings following the scripture about those desiring to kill themselves but will not be able to, and. That was used for image purposes. To have a visual aid sorta but by no means did I mean for that to be an example of the scripture itself. It was just to show what it will be like when those times come.
But yah. Please enjoy. Comment all you want.
Tell me how much you love it.
Tell me how you'll be glad when God takes all the christian's out of the world. Tell me how I'm blindly believing in something that couldn't possibly be real. I accept all comments.
But just know, you can say whatever you want, but it still does not prevent the inevitable.

Your words can't make the truth, any less true.
Credits: John Deubey (sp) for the Passion Of The Christ soundtrack. Also lord of the rings.
Category: People & Blogs

NWO is a kind of Queer Idea :: Get Your Cognitive Dissonance on

2009-10-30T18:40:00.000-07:00

"‘Copenhagen Climate Change Treaty’ that will replace the Kyoto treaty that is set to expire in 2012
Lord Christopher Monckton, the man who warned many this week of the treaty -- appeared on the Glenn Beck radio program -- he [Monckton] makes it clear that the treaty will create a World Government Dictatorship that will have complete authority over all nations by intervening in the economies and environment of any individual country in the world without consent. [SOURCE]"

Yes, One time Offer -- then we turn it all over to the Chinese
By Pat Darnell and the Whole Farm

Reviewing Hal Lindsay Report 10.23.09
[SOURCE]

Multi-tasking, or just plain winging it; We are most the time winging it. You know, setting goals too high, and performing substandard. Tragically our blundering makes us drop trillions of tons of goo on delicate arctic animals; and it all gets televised. Who will clean it all up?

Then it dawns on us: What are some offerings we can put out for our MooPigsters? Well, we thought, deep, then we concentrated hard, cogitated on wellsprings of congnitive stimulae .... only to fail to come up with a standard, because there was too much confusion as we were distracted by the caucophony emitting from our barnyard. Is the subject of our torn allegiances too deep ??

Many friends of MooPigsters are meditative, thoughtful, and hardest working som' bi'ches on the face of the planet; that is, our readers work half as hard as their moms and daddies did, but twice as hard as everyone else. Yes, you. (see: also Alex Jones' Prison Planet dot com)

Heart Trouble: The most important walk is not to walk in rules, but to walk in location; location: as in "where is the heart?" Avoid love for our cosmetic world, rather love with all one's heart, as in giving, as wanting, as in serving the Lord God Father.

Church, Nation, World: [Matthew 6: 24-26] Notify the Church, Nation and World of the wisdom you receive in your walk, in your sleep, and in your days. That means give lovingly, with your whole heart, with clarity and with charity, to our next generations.

No Man can serve two Masters: In December Obama is going to sign a World Order Government Treaty that will send the USA in a downward spiral. Do you idolize Barry Obama? Do you think Alien Gore and Willie Clinton have any desire to serve in only one hemisphere of the planet, when they could see their lame selves ruler of a New World Order organized under absurd Global Protection Treaty's???

"OUCH!!" Says the barnyard; who blame them-selves for all the carbon they have emitted over their lifetimes. "We are Guilty !!!"

"No you're not," I say. "Do not whimper like that; because you think you have something to do with the cosmo world's condition. It is not you barnyard, no, not you."

Guilt is a desperate and all consuming taskmaster. It uses its sidekick Blame to enforce its goals. Goals for guilt are ... hmmmm ... slovenly slacking, emo-babbling, frozen assets, and blaming someone else for all troubles.

Yes, almost every USA citizen who votes today believes in cognitive dissonance. [Please, MooPig curmudgeons, listen to Hal Lindsay's Report now] Hal is a brave man, and I admire him for his endurance, and his ability to pump out information.

I am guilty of trying to serve two masters -- dissonance worship in practice, yes again, I admit. I worship 'Triple-patty, DQ double bacon cheeseburgers' -- that's one. Second I worship sleeping -- Saint Mattress on Sunday mornings... that's two of many masters I submit time and effort to. YIKES !!

It is my own downlow attitudes, that I bring forward from growing up in the sixties, that confuse my children and wife, and probably you, today.

No doubt in my mind; I could have done without the backward-forward slant of a skewed ideology that sells products, but supplies no edifications.

NEXT TIME: Field Marshals Re-Con in Dubai

Turn yourselves and Live ye

2009-10-06T05:09:00.000-07:00

A quick look into a concordance, flip to the subject phrase in my big old King James, read and think; that's what happens when someone mentions any thing from the Bible. Further cogitate the verse in other translations, until I am sure I get it.

Why is that important? I think it is necessary to tell my friends when it comes to Christ, Scripture and understanding, that I take very seriously any thing they say to me.

Besides, oration is divine. We humans talk to each other: we humans talk to Lord God. It is an essential slice of creation, and are accountable for what we say and do. We are responsible to be faithful and steadfast stewards of God's conservatory. That is right. And if my friends and relatives can show me new evidence, and I can learn a deeper understanding of scripture, with a little help from my friends, well whoa to the devil.

Tonight, my brother Dave told me about his forward progress in reading Ezekiel. "My favorite," I said.

I am not playing around; Ezekiel is important, because he is one of the three priest-prophets who were taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar. Ezekiel was taken to the Big N's headquarters when he was 25-ish. From that point on Ezekial's physical body was no longer his own. He would become completely manipulated physically and mentally, by the Lord God, Adonai Yahweh.

Nebuchadnezzer conquered lots of sovereign people, and to cover all bases with God, he brought the main priests of every conquered land to his temple.

At age thirty, while in captivity, Ezekiel began prophesying. Also, his marriage ended as his wife died early in their life together, subsequently when Jerusalem fell to Nebuchadnezzer. His sorrows were genuine, and would reveal long-time suffering similar of any Son of Man who loves, and is governed by Lord God, yet is separated by a wide gulf from Him.

Ezekial was made unable to speak except when he was given a message to deliver; he was made to shave his head and perform odd ceremonies; he was made to eat a bittersweet scroll; he was made to experience frightening visions; he was told to lie down as on his one side for hundreds of days, and turned to lie on the other side for 40 more days.

Ezekial's physical manifestations are so interesting to me because they are examples of a man who is the scriptures, not just a reader of them. When Ezekiel spoke, it was a miracle of God the Creator. Ezekiel, old friend, didn't just study a scroll, he ate it. When he was denied a life with his wife, he was sad from the day of her death forward. When he was given words to speak on Lord God's behalf, he was put in jeopardy.

Ezekiel could only speak when he was given prophecy to relay to people. And then, the words were rarely spoke to friendlies; he had to suffer wrath of wickedness and back-blow from both sides of current regimes. His unavoidable suffering resulted because the Word of Lord God rarely applied to human vanity. He was most often bearer of warnings of bad events arising for those who insisted on being wicked.

"Dave, did you ever notice people don't really like to be told how things will turn out? Especially 'wicked' people?" I said.

We chuckled, [instead of whimpering], as we talked about how Ezekiel had been a scapegoat made fool for what is ill, decrepit and sinful in the kingdoms he served. As priest-prophet he looked after the conquered Israelites, and as captive, he was accountable to Nebuchadnezzer. Bad situation for any man or woman.

So this is what Dave said: "What's really good is at the end of all those warnings, betrayals and battles, hardships and humiliations, is one line -- it says 'Turn and Live.'"

Go ahead, take a look -- Ezekiel 18, verse 32, "For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God; wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye." (KJ)

That is what I was looking at just now and wanted to share with others: "Turn yourselves, and live ye." So 'TAG -- you're It' ... I guess... King's X.
[thanks Dave: pdaf]

Bottle Shock:: Jesus Changed Water to Excellent Wine ... No?

2009-10-04T04:38:00.000-07:00

MooPig Movie Reviews: Bottle Shock, 2008

Modesty -- less traveled path
by Pat Darnell

Bottle Shock -- Like a promise to Sons by their Fathers, a bride for prides, Bill Pullman takes us on a ride through toil and dust, letting a convergent spirit to evolve between he and his son.

What is the first curse upon sinful men placed on mankind by the Lord God Creator of Heaven and Earth ... eh? And you "man, will struggle to live making your way by scratching in the dust of Earth..." or similar?

Cultivation of wine never ceases to be a really great metaphor for life throughout centuries of human habitation.

Based on true stories that literally blow your mind: real issues in Bo Barrett's and his family life revolve around DIRT -- The soils in what is now the famous Napa Valley generally are very deep and have high potential productivity. They are used for vineyards, orchards, and pastures.

Meanwhile, it turns out soils just south of the valley have lower production potential because they are limited by a strongly developed subsoil. They are used mainly for dryland pasture and for oats and hay.

"Take our word for it, this story is as big and as earth shake-rattle-n-rolling as landing on the Moon," said Valarie Duty, Wine Tasting Expert, and Suitcase Model, for Aficionado Magazine. "What makes the dirt part of the story is its origins. It's Volcanic ash sedimentary soils,the soils formed in deep deposits of alluvium derived mainly from basic igneous and rhyolitic bedrock," explains Miss Duty.

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Synopsis: Snapes Severus treks from Paris, goes to California's vintner's fledglings whose industries seem to be scurrilous and ready to Vulgate peak eruptions of perfections in productions of virtuoso wines.
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And guess what? Money is scarce. The banks are calling in their loans on Billy Pullman's enterprises, and he starts to show signs of dementia, by shadow boxing himself into a corner. He is held there by pride stemming from his illicit desire to show her up, his estranged ex-wife who by the way has the money. Wx-wife is eat up but somehow pulls Pullman out through collaborations with their son. Even the bartender helps the cause.

Now, Bo, the son, is a trip. All the other characters have trembly lips, yes, too as the story unfolds. Truth in DIRT starts to make sense to us movie-goers. Hippie throwback Bo goes to Paris and stumble-bums into fame like a punch drunk UFC fighter.

"Wine the color of shit; interesting," says an American in Paris to his ambivalent British wine snob, Snape Severus, who is on a break from wand-tending to make this ground-breaking, epic PG-13 movie, with cast of thousands of grapes.

Modesty is the virtue of slaves. Cultivation of the grape is life. The father becomes a despot and takes on the task of "I'm gonna' make it happen." His loving son helps in mysterious ways, though Bo Barrett carries no magic wand.

"Billy Pullman is well known for his other roles, such as Chrissie Ricci's dad in Casper a decade back. As a landmark in most of our foreboding cinemas, Pullman seems to get all the breaks in being cast," said our Resident Movie Critic and Geologist, Tammy Walker Paisley.

No bacchanal ?? Just kidding, there are a couple of mid-night rambles, and besides it is the post-WoodStock Era, pre-Stadium Rock Epoch.

And there is an Intern that shows up in a VW. She has to be initiated into wine culture dogma, obsession, and idyllic polygamous relationships.

Welcome to Goosecross Cellars from David Topper on Vimeo.

[SOURCE]
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REFERENCE:

The first recorded miracle performed in public by Jesus of Nazareth was when his mother sent him to change the water in large containers to wine. This was in the waning hours of the festival, after all the wine had been consumed by wedding party guests gathered after marriage.

One guest approached the Groom saying, "Most hosts would serve the least flavored wine at the end of the party. You, on the other hand have saved the best wine for last."

Articles from Plutarch on reason for marriages uses bitter-sweet as metaphor:
Viniculture, viticulture [Nomos] means "custom," "convention," and "melody." This ambiguity explains the transition or sequence of thought between first two protaganists; father and son.
Examples -- 1. [Solon] ordered that the bride should eat some quince before retiring to bed with the bridegroom. He meant to suggest ... that the first favor of lip and voice should be harmonious and sweet.

2. In Boeotia, when they veil the bride, they give her a garland of asparagus. This is a plant that gives the sweetest fruit from the sharpest thorn, just as the bride will give a life of calm and sweetness to the man who does not shrink from, or feel distaste for, the first harsh and disagreeable impressions. (Sorry, I forget where I got the Plutarch words, pdaf)

The Infinity Question

2009-10-02T01:09:00.000-07:00

Infinity and the Barber Chair Experience
by Pat Darnell

I am looking at Visual paradise; that is a paradise I choose. Attracted to visual is only one benefit of my surfing the Internet. What does the visual lead me into?

Here is a page of a "brilliant" visual web site: The Billion Dollar Gram Information is Beautiful. That's correct; information is the beauty.
Meanwhile:
I had this conversation with mini-Me's just this evening, before work (night shift).

Pat2: "Hey, Dad, it would be cool if you did one of those .." and he waved his hands in the air.

Pat1: "What?"

P2: "One of those paintings ... like duplicate that one over there so that there is no end ..."

(P1, Dad looks at his TEXTING\ PC\ Soon to be Rock Star daughter for help)
Desiree1: "You mean infinity?" she said miraculously between multi-tasks, without ever looking up.

P2: "Like reflections in mirrors. We had those mirrors at the Chetman house, and it was fun to dance between them ... kind of spooky. When I was little, 'member?"

P1: "Okay, now I get it. Like in the old days at Barber Shops, they weren't fancy, they had mirrors in front and back; so that every time you sat in the barber chair you saw infinite reflections."

P2: "Kewl," he says to me, I think. "Yep, that's right." (then we have more pauses for infinite TEXT tete a tete's, as I sweat the details in my mind ... ) "I like that in paintings..." concludes P2 of our brief encounter with Infinity.

That is about the extent of the subject discussion -- but it lingers on in my mind through the night.. Even if I am alone in this feeling, I usually get a very "strange" queasy spell when I "try" to think of a universe never ending ... I suppose I have been puzzled by the aspect for my whole life.

For instance, do the nerve endings of the soles of our feet have origins in the beelleeons and beelleeons of stars?
[Answer: Yes, of course. Carl Sagan says "starstuff pondering the stars."]

So when knock-off-Armani-esque version-in-BanLon, Carl Sagan kept saying to us through our TV's in maple wood cabinets resting on burnt vegetable colored shag carpet in our living rooms:

"... beelleeons and beelleeons of stars, in beelleeons and beelleeons of galaxies,
of beelleeons and beelleeons of universes, ..." [Note: it took Carl a while to get his TV chops together back then.]

Don't leave me hanging there Carl !!!! ... for the LOVE OF GOD, WHAT's NEXT ?!

Sagan, Carl, elucidated a hidden stigma about obscurity of space surrounding us, using visual mechanist color TV of that period to help with visual contexts. But, really Dudes and Dudettes, what is next?

I can do the painting, but it won't zig-zag, TEXT, quip or whizzzz, or translate. Will my kids be disappointed? BEELLEEONS of tear drops?

I can do the scene all right, but it might have some similarities with this one:

Coming Next Time: "Woody and the Space Man Arguing"

Jesus expounded on this condition of continual seeking in the Gospel of John. He called it "abiding."

2009-09-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

Retrieved by Pat Darnell

This is one of my favorite things to discover in our gospel, good news, message from Jesus, lover of His Father, steadfast encourager of us.

Sometimes it becomes so clear after a bit of explanation, I get a "funny feeling" which I have come to identify as "strong shoulders." Why are we blessed in so many aspects of our lives?

The excerpt below highlights verses described by Jesus how He and His word abides in me, when I ask of Him all my concerns through prayer, it is done.

Jesus abides as the Word and the Life in you and me; we ask what we ask, and Jesus hears his Words and remembrance of His Life with us. Prayer "is" because Jesus "is" -- Because "I am," you "are." [See John 15:7 as reference.]

When I become aware of this type of argument in the Bible, I kind of have a feeling in my shoulders, I get a feeling of "attachment." I feel as if I belong and I feel capable; as Jesus abides in me, I will ask for and find peace, love, joy, happiness ... and all functions of Jesus's wholeness. It feels like a wrap.

What follows is excerpt of a sermon on prayer. If you click on the source link you can see the entire article.

[SOURCE]
Three Steps to Answered Prayer Matthew 7:7-8
by Robert L. Cobb
-Administrator, News For Christians Dot Com

II. THE PRINCIPLE OF ABIDING seek, and ye shall find
The second great principle of answered prayer is to seek. This word, "zete", means to seek in order to find out by thinking, meditating,and reasoning; to inquire into. God continually calls on His people to seek Him in His fullness.

Mat. 6:33
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Psa. 27:8;
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

Psa. 119:2;
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.

Pro. 8:17;
17 I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

Isa. 55:6;
6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

Jer. 29:13;
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Heb. 11:6
...that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Jesus expounded on this condition of continual seeking in the Gospel of John. He called it "abiding."

*[NOTE: If you, as my brothers in Christ, never hear another word from me, what
follows from Brother John's text is the most important discovery in my personal search for meaning, hope and truth. We all have at least one verse that we have memorized: mine happens to be Matthew 6:33 which is written more than three times, in different words all with same meaning, in various other books, as is shown here in John chapter 15. patdarnell]*

John 15:4-7
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

To abide in the Vine (in Christ) is a threefold proposition. We abide in Him in relationship to place, time and condition.

We abide with Him wherever He is, all the time, and in whatever condition we find ourselves.

This is the fullness of the Christian life! This is the ultimate of Christian living! This is the place where we find answers to our prayers!

There is a living connection between the vine and the branch. The life and fruitfulness comes from the vine to the branches.

Jesus says Without me ye can do nothing. We can be successful only by Christ dwelling and abiding in us. We can be pleasing to Him only by abiding.

Notice especially verse 7: If ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Contrast this verse with James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

One commentator called this the "absence of holy desire," and surely it is. There is no "asking amiss" when we abide in Him, for His desires and blessings flow from the vine to the branches. We are one in our prayers! (Cobb, Robert L. 2006. Three Steps to Answered Prayer Matthew 7:7-8)

9\11 FLAG DAY USA

2009-09-09T00:27:00.001-07:00

Retrieved from FWD :: FWD Emails by D2R2 and the Herd

Sept. 11, 2009

We have a little less than one month to get word across our great land and into every community of the United States of America.

The Program:
On Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, American flags will be displayed outside every home, apartment, office and store in the USA.

Every individual has the duty to display an American flag on this eighth anniversary of one of our country's worst tragedies.

We shall do this in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11. We will show respect to their families, friends, loved ones -- who continue to endure pain. Also, for those who today are fighting to guard our borders, those on foreign lands preserving our freedom, we rasie the colors that do not run.

In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder to shoulder against terrorism.

Sadly, flags have not been flying. Patriotism pulls Americans worldwide through tough times; attacks further galvanize us in solidarity. Lets Create a Singularity with our American Solidarity...

Our American Flag is the fabric of our land and community shared by all. Fly your flag on 9\11 and don't let your light shine any less brighter; we prevail over terrorism of any kind.

Action Plan: Here's what we will do:

1. Forward this Statement to everyone you know. Take a moment to think back to how you felt on 9/11; let those sentiments guide you.

2. Fly the colors, our American flag, of any size on 9/11. Honestly, make it a priority to do so on this day.
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MooPig adds -- God Bless our Country:

God Bless us.

Why do we give up; Why do we ever stop Trying?

2009-09-06T10:01:00.000-07:00

jimemarsden Reply | Awesome background music man... I could totally work to the Used.

dizszy Reply | i so need an anvil iv been useing flat lime stone rocks or pices of angle iron lol could you tell me where to get one in the states (ohio)

pitbike2006 Reply | i duno try ebay or use some old train rail

Is Every Thing a Living Thing ? Any Thoughts ...

2009-09-05T12:08:00.000-07:00

"The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing..."

... is a line from a song in the Broadway Musical of the seventies -- Jesus Christ: Superstar.
youTube URL
Do you recognize it? The chorus following Jesus Christ's proclamation is the choir singing "Hos ... Sann ... a ; Hey... Sanna Sanna Sanna Ho ; Sanna Hey; Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar !!" or something similar.

This lyric has never left my head since seeing Superstar the Summer of '73 live on Broadway; high school senior graduation trip, thanks to parents.

The production was not wasted on this Texian, nope. That is thirty seven years ago, and it still is clamoring around up in me old belfry.

Hosanna
Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Hosanna
Hey Sanna Hosanna
Hey JC, JC won't you fight for me?
Sanna Hosanna Hey Superstar
[Source]

Besides a catchy tune: any thoughts amigos and amigas?

"If every tongue were stilled
The noise would still continue...." eh?

9\11 FLAG DAY USA

2009-09-05T00:27:00.000-07:00

Retrieved from FWD :: FWD Emails by D2R2 and the Herd

God Bless us.

To Big Dave

2009-08-30T14:56:00.000-07:00

Dave, you were asking how this all came up ... here at last is some of that gurgling discussion:

Comments are following from Garnet Gurlz's Zingers, Wednesday, June 17 , Israel's Rights vs. "Cast Out the Bondwoman" ?

"In recent days, we've learned that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has agreed to a limited Palestinian state. (I myself was taken aback somewhat when I read this, as Mr. Netanyahu has been repeatedly described as 'hawkish'... [Read the whole article HERE] "

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June 27, 2009 4:05 PM MooPig_Wisdom said... [in comments]
"Which seems to have arrived..."
Ya' think???

"..there may be more time than we think, and it may be that events transpire in a manner other than what we have heretofore believed, or thought..."
Ya' suppose??

..." and since what they stood for was old Covenant, and the physical Promised Land description resides in old Covenant 'territory' language...",
[...]
At this point in your essay I am asking myself... "Has anyone ever asked the question: 'Why do we still today live side by side with third world tribal people?'" [mostly asking this because for instance -- evangelizing Spaniards intervening with those 3rd worlds destroyed them entirely .. with sexually transmutations of a mass destruction level event...] It would be better to never contact those folks... just provide clinics or something...

"dispensationalism... as reducing the Gospel of the grace of God in Christ to an ideology of empire and militarism. It rejects the teachings of Christian Zionism where they facilitate such action and attitude."

My understanding of 'Dispensational' [more or less] it is a method of understanding historical happenings.. good or bad. It sort of objectifies our path to 'Salvation.'.. no? as in what you wrote: "...We are urged to pursue the 'healing of the nations' through the 'gospel of universal love, redemption and reconciliation taught by Jesus Christ.'"

Finished Reading: As usual -- excellent writing and I am third world next to your pen-sive self...

I have two ideas in my head in the back files of the back forty:
1) Jesus is at this very moment a 'anticipatory' groom, he is to return to be married... and in Hebrew tradition, a groom never knows when he will be sent by His Father to go collect his Bride.. so the tension has Jesus chomping at His bit... so to speak.
2) As I look about I equate "end times" as not any end to anything... God is eternal... no? So, how can we expect end times? Are we able to make this decision in our present circumstance, when we cannot even decide on a reasonable timeline? ...; I prefer to look at God's Nature... almost every form of life, goes through transformation, transfiguration, or metamorphosis in its travail toward "meaning and hope.." So too we go? So we are changed too... and placed in New Jerusalem?
3) [did I say two? sorry] And when God the Father Almighty "chose" the Hebrews, my understanding is that is because Hebrews were an obnoxious rabble of rastafarian, self-willed, trouble makers, and Hedonist complainers... though hardworking, that "if God could organize and turn this rabble group to Him... then all the people of earth shall find their way back to Him; ABBA...
4) [ibid] and only when all the peoples of earth have heard the Good News of Jesus Christ, then shall He return... as a Groom that is.
Holy Cow -- who rattled my cage?

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June 28, 2009 10:48 AM Christina replied... [in comments]
In response to my words preceding "Ya' suppose??" -

Having no proof whatsoever, I've pretty much always felt that the 'Rapture' concept may not be the way things go down. Two close Christian friends from my past, w/o me ever mentioning this, both said the same thing. And, on TV, Arnold Murray of Shepherd's Chapel, Ark. expressed such belief,years back. So...that one verse, about being 'caught up' has morphed into a whole culture practically. (But of course, I do not know the truth for sure.)

Re/your 3rd.comment - somewhere around here I have a book abt Columbus, the New World, etc. & that point was made, how disease was brought to these lands. Which had never occurred to me b4.

As to your two (4!) final comments -
#1 - what a way to see Jesus now! This also would never have occurred to me.

#2 - 'end times' - one of the two above-mentioned friends told me that he believed that 'end times' refers to the actual end of the influence of law. Grace will reign. I am right there with that one! (You can see why satan would fight so hard to keep law in all forms operative.)

#3 - "I prefer to look at God's Nature..." Keepin' our eyes on Jesus...the only way to fly!

"So we are changed too... and placed in New Jerusalem?"
Patrick, we become New Jerusalem.
(Rev.21:2, 9-10))

From Garnet Girl

2009-08-23T22:32:00.000-07:00

Patrick, I don't usually 'Forward", but I got this email 2day, & since I just mentioned Abraham in my email 2 u last nite...GG

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Patchett
To: undisclosed-recipients
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 7:03 AM
Subject: We have crossed over, now let's hold on!

(Galatians 3:29) And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

This amazing passage defines and says that all true believers in the Messiah are "Abraham’s seed and heirs according to God’s promise". Abraham was known as the first Hebrew – actually, “one who crosses over!”

Before he crossed over into the promised land, we know from the scriptures that Abraham lived in a extremely idolatrous society {just like it is in todays world and growing worse} His own earthly father was an idol worshiper. (Joshua 24:2)

But one noteworthy day, a call came to Abraham, a call from the Most High God, The Lord spoke and he “crossed over” from idolatrous polytheism into a personal knowledge of the one true God. So after leaving his past behind, he entered a new life of spiritual truth and holiness and a new land of promise; a profound transformation and change, and for us, a beautiful picture of our own “crossing over” into the new life in the Lord.

He was looking for that city of light were there will be no more heart ache, no more pain, no worries, no hunger, only peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Oh what a glorious day that will be. He believed in that promise and praise God [that] I do too!

As we look at the story of Abraham, we see that his life was not free of obstacles and troubles {just as our lives are not} once he reached his destination in Caanan? No it was not! It was not pie in the sky! Here are a few important facts about his life: he felt forced to go into Egypt to escape a famine, where his wife, Sarah, was held captive in Pharaoh's harem for an unrevealed amount of time; after being set free, Sarah continued barren until old age; then, Abraham was required by his own deep loyalty, to rescue his worldly nephew Lot and his family, risking his own life and the lives of his men; again he was tested.

When taking and following Sarah's advice, Abraham conceived a son with Hagar, whom he deeply loved but was compelled to send him into the desert with his Egyptian wife who was the boy's mother. And of course, he probably faced the greatest test of faith when God asked Abraham to sacrifice the son of promise, Isaac, Sarah's only son, for whom they both had waited all their lives! What testing this man had, but in the end he still, "Believed God for the promise."

I find it very interesting that we know nothing of Abraham's life trials before he crossed over into Caanan? Only after he crossed over do we read of the continuous testing and trails of faith that following one after another. This man was really tested. Testings of this great man of faith and because of those tests Abraham is considered the “father” of faith. (Romans 4:16)

We are face with many problems in this world today. The loss of jobs, no money to pay our monthly bills, the price of gas sky high, less food on the table, false leaders in the government and some even behind the pulpit. Through it all we are called to bear our crosses daily, and also to respond with faith to whatever may come our way. And, praise God when we do, we also will be known as those who have "crossed over" and overcame every obstacle and trial of faith...having held firm to every great promise of God!

In this day, more than ever, as we face many hardships in our personal lives and we are seeing our country go backwards because of the leadership, a leadership that does not put their faith in God. Our faith must be in the Lord!

Through many dangers, toils and snares we as God's people have already come and he has upheld us and was with us and always will be with us.

In closing, let us be like Abraham and keep our eyes on the promise.

Hitting Nails; Biting Bullets, the Bill Cosby Way

2009-07-12T15:23:00.000-07:00

By David Darnell

d2r2 said... [retrieved from HERE for post by PD]
As I washed dishes on Saturday, by hand, using only enough water to get them cleaned and rinsed... Knowing that this is only feasible for a single person... Automatic dishwashers are wonderful, economical and disease preventers.

So, as I stood at the kitchen sink, I was thinking about the dilemma the world is in. The specific thought was related to real estate closings being delayed because of the limitations placed on the appraisal process by various lenders and loan underwriters, i.e. banks and government entities, i.e. Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc.

These are the same entities that were lending money to under-qualified buyers and making fairyland credit available. All the while the media was whipping everyone into a recession frenzy, with unbridled rhetoric about escalated housing prices in some markets...artificially inflated oil prices, drop in GDP, overpriced stock on Wall Street...all of the things that really don't interest the "Middle American".

[Read Article FWD :: FWD Email -- Bill Cosby HERE]

Bill Cosby is talking about the "Cliches" that makes this country stand above the rest. We are bound and obligated by our Constitution, which is a document based on Christianity, the working mans religion, to solve these issues ourselves, you and me, together. Buy American, think American, eat, sleep and drink American. Do you understand the difficulty of this?

God's covenant to America is written in the document. Read it...several times if you wish. It is great reading. Everything Bill is espousing is mete and right. The hard part is to implement and uphold.

In the Name of Jesus we must ask for God to resolve us. Pray for each other, as you've never done before. Also pray for those who hold office, that they will ask for forgiveness and re-invent the government in the Name of Jesus, who didn't become man to be served but to serve.

Also say a special prayer for M. Phelps to someday do the 100 fly so fast we don't have to talk about it anymore.

Re-Edit Of Virtue -- i.e. " I'll be Frank PART Deux and One-half"

2009-06-23T19:51:00.000-07:00

A Much Less Rambling Essay than Previous Post
by Pat Darnell and Family

Previously: "Virtue is excellence and perfection, just as vice, its contrary, denotes a defect or absence of perfection. In its strictest meaning, however, as used by moral philosophers and theologians, it signifies a habit super-added to a faculty of the soul, disposing it to elicit with readiness acts conformable to our rational nature." (June 9, 2009; HERE)

Tornado Proofing our Family Structures with Virtue
by Pat Darnell

Families are proving ground for young ones learning virtues, simply by providing opposites of virtues. How? For instance, where else can a child learn bribery, graft, usurpation, avarice or jealousy, bargaining, pecking order, time-wasters, and blundering. A child learns early these torments, and how others deal with them -- where else besides in a family of siblings, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. As above: "a habit super-added to a faculty of the soul, disposing it to elicit with readiness acts conformable to our rational nature."

For me that little definition implies family life -- no matter how virtuous or not -- is rational. Also, how can one depart from one's soul, and not seek virtues in the presence of one's own family members? Tornadoes will come in whirlwinds of family life, expect them.

Sure, one can read virtue in Shakespeare, or listen to music describe virtue in the remnants of life -- life as work, life as eating, life as sleeping, as history -- birth and death. It turns out, no infant I know can read at her age of one year. That cancels out Shakespeare as a source reference for Baby's dealing with her litter of siblings, cousins, parents and their siblings.... right?

You bet that is right. By age five, supposedly, a child may have locked in what her personality will be. It has to do with birth order, genetic arrangements and the condition of her domicile. No other frame of reference is used that magically dominates a child's condition.

Looking around, but of course, I find no first person narrative has ever been written from the first five years of infancy. Not even the first five years of Jesus's life is written in a first person guide to aid in our development as virtuous family members. However, later Jesus did ask his followers to receive His faith in His next of kin -- God the Father... eh? [Thanks to Garnetgurl]

Like some cultures, we also could consider children of infancy are absolutely in their own communion with their universe. As "beings" not of our world, Virtue is born there, in the secret language of infants.

I realize this is a monster assumption, on many levels, and therefore looks like a conspiracy. My frame of reference comes from observation of our six children. I sincerely hope our men-children and women-children transcend my assumption, and prove someday where virtue really does spawn. I only ask that some how we at last apply -- continually -- virtues, for which there is no law against, in our lives as family members. I know in my heart there is plenty room for improvement in all resolve of stormy times amongst family people.

There can be no harm in exploring possibilities of tornado proofing our domiciles with virtues purchased and forwarded by our ancestry; and should we invite an elephant into our Living Room, we should at least discuss it's presence there... no?

I'll be Frank: Part Deux

2009-06-14T07:13:00.000-07:00

PHOTO's: Legacy pictures from our grandfathers Darnell and Hynds

Previously: "Virtue is excellence and perfection, just as vice, its contrary, denotes a defect or absence of perfection. In its strictest meaning, however, as used by moral philosophers and theologians, virtue signifies a habit super-added to a faculty of the soul, disposing it to elicit with readiness acts conformable to our rational nature." (excerpt, MooPig Wisdom, June 9, 2009; HERE)

Tornado Proofing our Family Structures with Virtue
by Pat Darnell

It occurs in many families throughout the land, an explosion of tempers, that is remembered by siblings and parents. Usually this expository of emotion relieves no one, and whatever the real issues were, are forgotten. A tornado flits by, lifts the roof from the rafters, tussles the household; then it is over.

Have I considered path of man from child to man and woman in this manner? Yes. We understand this: we come to an understanding first with our family persons that we do not understand each other... whoever we are. Why?

Most of my life I enjoyed fat breakfast every morn, a fabulous book to read, and blessing of work every day. I have had hard days, and hard day's nights. By the grace of God I survived. What I did not experience has been explained to me with freedom of word and deed. My entire family is surviving still all around.

Do I believe Families provide a chance for young ones to learn virtues, simply by teaching the opposites of those characteristics? Yes I do, but how?

For instance, where else can a child learn bribery, graft, usurpation, avarice or jealousy, bargaining, pecking order, time-wasters, and blundering. A child learns early these torments, and how others deal with them, where else but in their family of siblings, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and pets. As above: "a habit super-added to a faculty of the soul, disposing it to elicit with readiness acts conformable to our rational nature."

For me that little definition implies that family life -- no matter how virtuous or not -- is rational. Also, how can one depart from one's soul, and not seek virtues in the presence of one's own family members?

Sure, rationally, one can choose to read virtues and contrary themes in Shakespeare, or listen to music describe remnants of life -- life as work, life as eating, life as sleeping -- and of course birth and death.

No infant I know can read at her age of one year. That cancels out Shakespeare as a source reference for Baby's dealing with her litter of siblings, cousins, parents and their own siblings.... right?

You bet that is right. By age five it is said children have locked in what each's personality will be. It has to do with birth order, genetic arrangements and the condition of their domicile. No other frame of reference is used that magically dominates a child's condition.

Looking around, but of course, I find no first-person narrative has ever been written from the first five years of infancy point-of-view. Not even the first five years of infant Jesus's life is written in a first person guide to aid in our development as virtuous family members. However, later Jesus did ask his followers to receive His faith in His next of kin -- God the Father... eh? [Thanks to Garnetgurl]

Like some cultures, we also could consider children of infancy are absolutely in their own communion with the universe. Virtue, and its contradictions, is born there, in the secret language of infants, and practiced later in families.

I realize this is a monster assumption, on many levels, and looks like a conspiracy. My frame of reference comes from observing my six children I have been given. I don't apologize for being a lifetime learner. And, between you and me, I assume that anyone who finds this interesting, will transcend my belief and prove someday where virtue really does spawn. If only some how we at last apply virtues, for which there is no law against, in our lives as family members.

Frankly, there can be no harm in exploring possibilities of tornado proofing our houses with virtues purchased and forwarded by our ancestry; and should we invite an elephant into our Living Room, we should at least discuss it's presence there... no?

"The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds." (Theo Jansen)

2009-05-27T03:30:00.000-07:00

Macronutia and Micronutia

2009-05-17T14:08:00.000-07:00

A year and some days ago, as I was traveling along my usual route to a job, God intervened in my life with a Grip of Love and Sternness all at once. The Grip was powerful enough to make it hard to breath and involuntary tears streamed down my face. I continued driving because I wasn't steering anymore, so the car just moved along with traffic and I felt the presence of our God . There was no fear or discomfort, just a squeeze on me...very powerful.

I had been following a news story of a young couple who killed their child. The young man described his act, how he disposed of the body and then fled. It was sensational news playing to an eager audience like so much bad news does. I wondered, why stories like this are sought out by the media and kept on a front-burner by the public. I had a fair amount of outrage and was thinking to myself about the need to hear about the good and godly men who go about the daily job of working, nurturing, instructing and fearing God. Not much on the tube or in the press about them.

I thought of the hundreds of millions of righteous men who don't ever receive a word of praise or thanks outside of their immediate circle. In Jesus' Name they should be counted and named as being faithful and steadfast to God. Believing in Him and following the Covenant given them by Jesus. At the very least, they... we should form a constant coalition of "Faithful and Steadfast to God" men to further God's work on this beautiful orb... He created, along with us and our dominion. As men of God, our duty is to correct the distorted view satan tries to present.

So this blog was started from this moment a year ago. I praise God that it has remained available. I thank God for my blog master brother who can channel God's word righteously. Several dear people, who I only know from this blog, have commented over the year. This is the ninety-ninth post. Meaningless but significant. Our God is an awesome God. He has given us the means to Wisdom, His Word... and Salvation, Jesus Christ. Such gifts to be thankful for and try to live as... The Word says and as Jesus taught us. Be diligent in the rejections of the diversions the adversary lays in our path.

I think of the small amount of words we are able to use in these blogs. The blogs are larger than we can imagine. The world is full of them but they are little, nearly invisible compared to the capability.

" By faith-by believing in God-we know that the world and the stars-in fact, all things-were made at God's command; and that they were made from things that can't be seen."

Faith in God is our guide to life. We use His given talents in the life to gain Wisdom. In our quest for Wisdom, we must not pursue, but must give it over to Him to guide us... through the redemption Jesus granted us, to what true life is.

Will that turn out to be anything we can imagine? I feel God's presence as a cloak around my shoulders with the devil's windy and deceitful ways pushing it up and off, still secured across my back, God can calm the devilish winds. We as faithful, steadfast and loving men should be wary and alert for these gusts trying to knock us off the narrow path, making us miss the gate. Only a small, immeasurable time dealing with the adversary is needed to awaken our flesh and we stray from our Guide. To pray and meditate back to God is both rewarding and exhilarating. I am in constant awe of the prospect of being in the presence of The Lord.

It's a macronutial feeling that makes me strive to get the micronutial ones, in the mean time.

Improvisational Tunes.. Fabuloso

2009-05-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

Matthew 10 :: Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

2009-05-11T03:51:00.000-07:00

'The kingdom of heaven is near.' The reward is Duty...
Retrieved HERE by PD [note -- these scriptures should always be read in context, so here it is]

1He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

2These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

5These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[b]drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. 9Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts; 10take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep.

11"Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave. 12As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

17"Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues. 18On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24"A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub,[c] how much more the members of his household!

26"So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny[d]? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

32"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
" 'a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law -
36a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'[e]

37"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

40"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. 41Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."

Draw closer, Listen carefully

2009-04-21T12:03:00.000-07:00

Not long ago I heard a story about a young man and an old preacher.

The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn.
So, he went to see the preacher.

Pacing about, the young man ranted about his problem.
Finally, he raised a clenched fist and shouted,
" I've prayed to God to say something to help me.
Tell me, preacher, why doesn't God answer me?"

The preacher, who sat across the room , spoke something so
hushed it was indistinguishable. The young man stepped
across the room, "What did you say?"
The preacher repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft
as a whisper. So the young man moved closer still and said,
" Sorry, I still didn't hear you."

With their heads bent together, the old preacher spoke again,
" God sometimes whispers, so we will move closer, to hear Him."
This time the young man heard; and he understood.

We all want God's voice to thunder through the air with answers.
But God's is the still, small voice...the gentle whisper.

Perhaps there's a reason. Nothing draws human focus quite like a
whisper. God's whisper means I must stop my ranting and move
closer to Him, until my head is bent together with His.
And then, as I listen, I will find my answer.
Better still, I find myself closer to God.

Yes, "They" Said It...

2009-04-11T09:41:00.000-07:00

Subject: I feel smarter already !!!!!!!

(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as
Miss America 1995.)
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: 'I would not live forever, because we should not live forever,
because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever,
but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,'
-- Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest .
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'Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the
world, I can't help but cry I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but
not with all those flies and death and stuff.'
--Mariah Carey
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'Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of
your life.'
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for
federal anti-smoking campaign.
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'I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.'
-- Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.
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'Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates
in the country.'
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC

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'That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and
I'm just the one to do it.'
--A congressional candidate in Texas
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'Half this game is ninety percent mental.'
--Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
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'It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities
in our air and water that are doing it.'
--Al Gore, Vice President
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'I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix '
-- Dan Quayle while campaigning

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'We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need ?'
--Lee Iacocca
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'The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like
Norman Einstein.'
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
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'We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of
people.'
-- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor .
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'Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we
received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply
if there is a change in your circumstances.'
--Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina
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'Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas.'
--Keppel Enderbery
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'If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as
they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And
the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record.'
--Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
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Feeling smarter yet?

Send it on to your brilliant friends.

I just did !!

Obedient to God

2009-04-06T08:10:00.000-07:00

ENJOINED » See COMMANDMENTS
ENJOINED » See DUTY
ENJOINED » See LAW
EXEMPLIFIED » See BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE
EXEMPLIFIED » See COMMANDMENTS
FILIAL » See CHILDREN
INSTANCES OF » Noah (Genesis 6:9,22;7:5; Hebrews 11:7)
INSTANCES OF » Bethuel and Laban (Genesis 24:50)
INSTANCES OF » Jacob (Genesis 35:1,7)
INSTANCES OF » Moses (Numbers 27:12-22; Hebrews 3:2,3)
INSTANCES OF » Moses and Aaron (Exodus 7:6;40:16,21,23,32)
INSTANCES OF » Under the preaching of Haggai (Haggai 1:12)
INSTANCES OF » Caleb (Deuteronomy 1:36)
INSTANCES OF » Joshua (Joshua 10:40;11:15)
INSTANCES OF » Reubenites (Joshua 22:2,3)
INSTANCES OF » Gideon (Judges 6:25-28)
INSTANCES OF » David (1 Samuel 18:14;25:28; 1 Kings 11:6,34;15:5; 2 Chronicles 29:2; Acts)
INSTANCES OF » Elisha (1 Kings 19:19-21)
INSTANCES OF » Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:6; 2 Chronicles 31:20,21; Isaiah 38:3)
INSTANCES OF » Josiah (2 Kings 22:2;23:24,25)
INSTANCES OF » Asa (2 Chronicles 14:2)
INSTANCES OF » Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:3-6;20:32;22:9)
INSTANCES OF » Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:16)
INSTANCES OF » Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:4,5)
INSTANCES OF » Jotham (2 Chronicles 36:22,23)

Father Hood of State Street

2009-04-06T06:04:00.000-07:00

You Want to Go Where? In Our Car?
Richard sent you a message.

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Re: libro di faccia

I AM the troll of my household! The ogre of State St. - The spoiling fool of
adolescent schemes - The only denier of childrens wishes - the intolerant of
days and the worst papa' in the world.
A solid head-butt will afford me a much needed sleep, so I welcome it.
I am compartmentalizing, of course, and remain much in love on the eastern front
while the afore mentioned battle rages with kids in the west.
I am therefore much loved and much hated - and much in demand for cleaning
dishes.
Viva your mass! In all forms - intellectual, emotional and physical - it has
always over come me.

James 4 [Amplified] Tender Reminder to me ..."

2009-04-04T19:07:00.000-07:00

[SOURCE]

1WHAT LEADS to strife (discord and feuds) and how do conflicts (quarrels and fightings) originate among you? Do they not arise from your sensual desires that are ever warring in your bodily members?

2You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become murderers. [To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.] You burn with envy and anger and are not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask. [I John 3:15.]

3[Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in sensual pleasures.

4You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world's friend is being God's enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy of God.

5Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love?(A)

6But He gives us more and more grace ([a]power of the Holy Spirit, to meet this evil tendency and all others fully). That is why He says, God sets Himself against the proud and haughty, but gives grace [continually] to the lowly (those who are humble enough to receive it).(B)

7So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.

8Come close to God and He will come close to you. [Recognize that you are] sinners, get your soiled hands clean; [realize that you have been disloyal] wavering individuals with divided interests, and purify your hearts [of your spiritual adultery].

9[As you draw near to God] be deeply penitent and grieve, even weep [over your disloyalty]. Let your laughter be turned to grief and your mirth to dejection and heartfelt shame [for your sins].

10Humble yourselves [feeling very insignificant] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up and make your lives significant].

11[My] brethren, do not speak evil about or accuse one another. He that maligns a brother or judges his brother is maligning and criticizing the Law and judging the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but a censor and judge [of it].

12One only is the Lawgiver and Judge Who is able to save and to destroy [the One Who has the absolute power of life and death]. [But you] who are you that [you presume to] pass judgment on your neighbor?

13Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money.

14Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air].

15You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing].

16But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong.

17So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

1 Corinthians 10

2009-04-03T06:44:00.000-07:00

12Therefore let anyone who thinks he stands [who feels sure that he has a steadfast mind and is standing firm], take heed lest he fall [into sin].

13For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not [b]adjusted and [c]adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to [d]a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. [Ver. Amplified, SOURCE]

Trust Factor Confirmed

2009-02-27T22:04:00.000-08:00

Dave Darnell (********@yahoo.com) has sent you a news article.
(Email address verified.)
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Personal message:

This is big. Politicians aren't people, just as we suspected.

73% Trust Judgment of People More Than Politicians

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20090227/pl_rasmussen/judgmentpeople20090227

Advocating Grass-Roots Solutions

2009-02-27T11:30:00.000-08:00

By Dave Darnell
If I'm not mistaken, which would be highly unusual, this stumper is Dr. Ron Paul. The, steady as she goes anti-government legislator, from Brazoria County, Texas, home of the Mosquito Festival in Clute. He has been advocating grass-roots solutions to bureaucratic caused problems; partisan pork-barrel spending, inflated budgetary boondoggles, mindless government rhetoric, since the early seventies.

Up until several months ago, much attention was given to the widening gap between rich and poor, with poor spilling up into middle, also. In the nosedive, the playing field is being leveled. Stanford takes retired teachers out with millionaire baseball players also. You can buy a chalk line and chalk for four shares of Home Depot stock.
What the deal is, now we get to test American ingenuity and perseverance with full technological support. The word on the street is "Made in USA" has more clout worldwide than it ever has.

Ron Paul and others before him felt as if "home of the free" meant free from over-bearing government or monarchy or dictatorship, whichever fits the circumstance. That same mindset is here and we all better guard all directions, because when trillion dollar signs start showing up, so do the barracudas.

Change? It means Coin: Silver and Gold Coins

2009-02-08T15:21:00.000-08:00

Letter to my Friend upon his Father's Illness

2009-01-24T12:36:00.000-08:00

John Michael Talbot

REFER to: At the Hospital -- Dad UPdate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHNJaikup0

Dear Dr J:
This is something I want to share with you and your family; and of course it is made possible only through our wonderful and at same time dubious youTube social networks.

I attended a John Michael Talbot concert in Evanston, oh, 28 years ago. The place was a converted Armour mansion, in a large ante-room. His audiences were much smaller back then, but his music no less demanding.

This morning; I am reminded of JM Talbot because you mention 1Cor 11-13… which are the most life changing verses in New Testament living.

Once I realized the true definition of Love; there are in the end three things that last — there is faith, there is hope and charity. From this standpoint the greatest gift of all is Charity, our highest love. And God is Love. In this truth only then was I released from my obsessions and various adolescent behaviors… go figure. You, probably saying: “…but, you still act like an adolescent… PD… ” (/`-} aaargggh, Mateys!

John Michael Talbot is a purist, or apologist, Franciscan, and gives the same introductionback then before concerts that you hear published in these youTubes. In all respects he is amazingly consistent, except his audiences are much larger. Good all around… gives that old spirit a lift…

Not found here, though recorded in his tapes\albums include 1Corinthians 13: “Love is patient, love is kind…” I would sing it for you if I were there. Again you probably saying,”Thank the lord for small miracles…”

It is I who says thank you for sharing. You and your family’s bravery is making us all brave too.

I just wish when I will be old, to be healthy because you can never tell how things are going. I guess your father is lucky [and blessed] to have you around. (Ovid)

Love and hugs from the Darnell’s,
PD and Clan

ps. Dr J -- if you are visiting here, I want you to know I have cousins, and a brother who need very much what you have provided in your recent postings.

The Sunday 2:56 PM Poem Moment [#Two]

2009-01-11T11:07:00.000-08:00

Leaves
astound
a single leaf
grows year round
natural requiem
as incursions surround
to blow it from its stem

it flutters
twirls, unhurried
filling gutters
skimming ground

here I stutter:
I live in a cell
it's insane, I know
I wait for a bell
they bring food

What next they bring
glimpse of life outside
or possibly paper, and ink
or nature of my crime

Possibly a letter with a leaf
from home would suffice
to explain my identity
explain I am young not twice
with work still in my hands

but I speak a language
my captors do not know
whether they understand me..

waiting is too cold

unbound me
send me away
as a leaf in winter
blowing far and free

Apocalypse and the End Times

2009-01-09T07:48:00.000-08:00

Maybe what we Leave Behind is Life
by Pat Darnell

Life is what we Humans do between literal fulfillment's of Prophesy. Huh?
Yes, as found in Torah and New Testament Bibles writings of the Hebrews' trials and tribulations are fabulous prophesy's described in great detail.

I am sticking my neck out; I confess most of my life has been spent thinking I am too smart for all those silly stories.

They must be symbolic, I had thought. Because, a big question has been nagging me, skirmishing in my mind from my very first encounter with Bible Prophesy. What was my first? That's easy -- "'Christ is Born...' while later that year 'Christ is Risen.'"

In all its Books: do these things happen literally, or metaphorically, or is it all symbolic?

You may have heard something about Magog, a pure Red Bull, restoring the Hebrew Language in Israel, growing vegetables and fruits in the desert.

Also, something else about a million troops army marching on Israel, but not before Hebrew speaking people have accomplished rebuilding the Temple.
As might those futurist ideas mysteriously entered your consciousness; they get my ear and linger there; yours too?

Big question leads to big answer, eh? Go figure. Yes, go figure, because it is written in the Word of both old and new Testaments, in great detail. Prophesy fulfillment is impossible to miss while reading your Bible.

Thief in the Night, is a movie presented on God TV, GTV,dealing with our questions.

"We are certainly living in the most exciting era of world history, as we earnestly await the Return of Our Lord Jesus. Over the past year however, the Lord has laid on our hearts a tremendous sobriety concerning the End-Times and we believe that it is so important to the Lord that His people were prepared in their spirits for the shaking that lies ahead and that they are not ignorant of satan’s devices. That is why we at GOD TV are sounding the alarm this month, as we bring you an extensive line-up of End-Time programming. Much of it is sobering – eye opening, but we feel it so important that all of us begin to understand the times and seasons that are upon us and that we accomplish our part in the great End-Time harvest the Father wants to bring upon the earth before the return of His beloved Son. [Rory and Wendy; 2008. Message from; HERE ]

"..We [Rory and Wendy] will personally be hosting a brand new End-Time program ‘Apocalypse and the End-Times’. We’ve had a hectic November in Washington DC after Missions Week, filming and interviewing guests such as Grant Jeffrey, Chuck Missler, Paul McGuire, Mike Evans and many more fascinating guests who specialize in eschatology, so be sure to stay tuned to GOD TV!"

You may have seen my ongoing Parody's of Life and Society at MooPig Wisdom and other places on the internet. Generally I am a hard case to get past in here. I don't go away; like old tires I'm hard to bury, even worse to burn.

I have learned through styles and method of writing just how important prophesy fulfillment is to our understanding things in the material world. Many wise people claim today in January 2009, that a full 80% of Biblical prophesy has been fulfilled literally. Now even a twisted mind has to sit up and notice when accuracies are that incredible. Read on brothers and sisters, read on; and live on free, free, free; and write, write, write.. and believe me, you will smile when you realize it is all true.
(Patrick)

Enjoy this Barry Smith Mystery of Babylon

2009-01-05T09:33:00.000-08:00

If you have an hour and a half or so, find out secret names of George HW and his son George W Bush, PoPPy and Temporary, and check our obelisks of Washington, DC.

Prophecy, Dreams and Visions are our emails from God the Father Almighty:

Early Birds

2009-01-05T05:47:00.000-08:00

The word for May 22 is earlybirditude

the (often annoying to others who don't share it) overly happy attitude of early birders - often associated with a great eagerness to call 7am committee meetings and to embark on sales-related shopping trips that mimic dawn raids on enemy encampments

"it's his earlybirditude i can't stand - he doesn't seem to realize that if i'm awake at 6am it's because i'm still up from the day before, not because i had a sudden urge to go running"

"only the most manic earlybirditude could make the shopping mall seem appealing the morning after thanksgiving"

Testimonial of a Poet

2009-01-04T09:14:00.000-08:00

by Pat Darnell

At one point in my adult life I re-read Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah. I then shied away because... [this will sound silly]... I felt I was puffed up with knowledge. In other words as I with my family be-bopped around the newer, exciting, rock and roll churches in Chicago area, fellow Christians would ask me about a subject, but become troubled by my answers. Not good for one-another group gatherings. I think I became a buzz-kill, party-pooper in my circle.

But I am compelled to tell others about other dimension of some of the books in Old Testament. This is, therefore, an apology for wondering. May I explain?

One wise person once said "If you continue writing poetry past your twenties, then you are a poet..." Paraphrased here, and who wrote that, I have forgotten; the point is universal though. I found this prerequisite when I was in my thirties, and still very much a closet poet.

I then found another fantastic phrase somewhere, probably in a preface to a Zondervan Bible... "Ezekiel, Jeremiah, David, and Isaiah and the poets had lives only artists have. In the message of the Torah these writers have given us a record of the feelings of having a faith."

Poetry is that, precisely, a record of faith beyond regulation and law; in otherwise "feelings." The passages of these writers have given us a path to the depth, height and width of our feelings in relationship with God, Jesus, and Our Comforter.

Also, if I have read correctly, lives of the poet authors follow closely Vasari's Lives of the Artists. Or Stone's Agony and the Ecstasy: lives of artists are not all that Christian-looking when evaluated from a seven deadly sins perspective. Let's look at a modern poet. Say, Willie Nelson -- long-lived amidst short-lived musicians and songwriters -- is not a candidate for sainthood, it turns out his life is full of pitfalls that most others do not want to record in poetry or prose. Right?

Most persons have actually expunged from all public record deeds that are derogatory. Could I contrast Willie to Al Gore...? ...and Google to find any juicy, naughty, revealing poetry written fubu [for us/ by us] for Gore and his kin? Both Willie and Al are trying to influence society in their own time. Who is to say they are not the same person, saying the same thing in entirely different ways? One abides with poetry and feelings; the other finds his way through law and politics.

I believe articles of the Old Testament give us believers our expected standards for Faith. Interpretations matter less than our absorbing our experience as we forge ahead into the future, no matter how one reads it. In my old age I am now more convinced that Jesus considers me His present being, and it turns out He is my Past and Future being. This allows me freedom from my consternation, fear and otherwise greed, feelings that are not derived in the Spirit of Christ.

Go figure that I would be so blessed... and a total baby crying all along the way too... who would give me a chance? That is why when I see someone studying Ezekiel and the poets, I perk up:

Here is a very interesting discussion from this amazing website... thank you for reading:
Based on what I have just communicated, I now ask you: Are you also a poet?

Heaven Awaits: Bible Predicts final Fate of Gaza and Palestinians

Prophecy from the Book of Isaiah

Isa 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent.

Isa 14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

Isa 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, [are] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times.

Isa 14:32 What shall [one] then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

In Response to Dave's Comment on 'Those Traps'

2008-12-22T04:22:00.000-08:00

December 22: chachki

Trinket, useless sentimental stuff filling up your book cases and counter space, miscellaneous items collected and set out to enhance your decor, stuff you should probably box up or sell in a garage sale, things kids take when their parents pass away because it reminds them of good times past.

Grandma's collection of mini spoons from around the country, mini statues (Lladro), little bowls of stuff for people to look at, figurines, doilies etc.

comment on this definition Urban Dictionary Word for the Day

Some more trappings that we pass by every day... "Times are too few that we say : I have loved you." Those are the good traps, I think.. no?

Those Traps

2008-12-18T15:44:00.000-08:00

Sunday Night at the Rock and Roll Church,
by Pat Darnell

We have settled on a church. Brazos Fellowship has three services in the mornings and one at 6 PM. Last Sunday we attended the evening service. There is a rock and roll band on stage every time. Reminds me of... well it's all new to me. My tweens love it. (HERE)

Our pastor is good about bringing "visual aids" to the pulpit. Pastor William, "Will" for short, this time he brought out a cart. In the cart hidden from us was a "varmint trap."

He explained that he had asked Academy for a "Bear Trap," but they only carry Varmint Traps. Then he told us today's topic is about how traps are set for us on a daily basis. Then he sat down and forced open the jaws of the trap with his feet, set the firing mechanism and placed a chunk of ham on the trick arm. So he set it up on top of the cart, sprung and primed, and awesome.

Pastor Will described a host of problems that lead many to falling into traps. The common thread to all those situations had the element of temptation.

The story is his to tell, so I need not tell the whole thing here. And you guessed it: his sermon led to his pushing on the pressure plate with a long stick, and its exploding the ham shank in all directions, pieces landing like Gallagher's smashed melons.

My point today in telling this is that as Pastor Will went about telling the various angles of the scriptures and how traps are set by the temptations, including fight or flee adrenaline reactions of us the prey, he waved his hands too close to the primed trap, for my comfort.

Finally, I had to look down and away. I could not take the vision of him getting too close, or accidentally setting off the elements. Even my blood pressure started rising. I worked into a sweat just sitting and waiting the inevitable, unable to watch.

I am a worry wort, born and bred, no lie it was discomfiting. Please join me in watching out for temptations' traps: I think it is important to look for the traps, and to actually ask Jesus right away to move them away from my hands and feet, and all extremities of my wife and kids, and puppy; in context of last Sunday evening... in a building on the Parkway, in a little town in the middle of America. A ham shank and a bear trap... lesson learned -- is funny, huh?

Report from the Middle

2008-12-16T21:03:00.001-08:00

"This is my kind of humor," says Alice.

Lettuce entertain you, then...

Hired Guns

2008-12-15T09:21:00.000-08:00

T'is easier to put a camel through the eye of a needle...

2008-12-12T05:22:00.000-08:00

December 12: come to jesus

Originally an emotional experience that is life changing, it has evolved to mean a serious argument, one that better result in a change of action or else.

My husband and I are going to have a "come to jesus" over this remodeling job.
or
I'm going to have a "come to jesus" with that kid about his drinking and partying

*[file under humor ain't]*

Was Naming your child Dweezil...

2008-12-08T06:16:00.000-08:00

... Maybe just a little ahead of its Time? by Pat Darnell

Of course it is. Frank Zappa is a Mother of Invention who took things into his own hands often. He developed from his childhood in a very delightful way. I like to think of him as a happy child, with asthma, and a great outlook on life. Is the Name of the Year 2008 "Dweezil" this year? (by Brian D. Holland. July 27, 2007; Dweezil Zappa Interview)

NO.

American culture ..dominated by politics in past year, and according to Laura Wattenberg, baby-naming business was no exception.

The 2008 Name Of The Year Dec 7th 2008 | By Laura Wattenberg
Wattenberg, author of the book The Baby Name Wizard and founder of the website of the same name, tells ParentDish that this year's Name of the Year might come as a bit of a surprise. When she invited readers of he Baby Wizard blog to contribute nominations for 2008 Name of the Year, many votes were political.

So what was the big winner?

Joe.

Joe the lumberjack, Joe Six-pack, Amtrak Joe Biden, and, of course, Joe The Plumber. Joe made a huge come-back this year. (Wattenburg, Laura; 12.07.2008, Retrieved HERE)

In honor of all us Step-dads, I would like to think this year's one is Joe the Carpenter, the step-dad of Jesus.

Tony Rice Church Street Blues

2008-10-25T22:59:00.000-07:00

Hello Sunday Morning [SOURCE]

Excerpt from CHRISTINA's God, History and You: You're Only Halfway Home, General

2008-10-10T08:48:00.000-07:00

As we approach the end of President Bush's second term in office, I thought it might be interesting to examine our first President's second term in office. Surprisingly, there are similarities.

"The man who, in 1775, upon entering Philadelphia to attend the Second Continental Congress, was met with 500 horsemen. a marching band and companies of foot soldiers - the man who, in a 'poem' written by a Rhode Island representative was called "Virginia's hero" - the man who was twice elected unanimously to the Presidency (not to mention his prior unanimous election as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental army) - became the man who, during his second term as President, was attacked from both foreign and domestic camps and by a critical press for his stand concerning a foreign war, the man who was embroiled in Congressional and public discord over difficult treaty negotiations with England, the man whose own cabinet members turned against him in sabotage and treason.

"Before he finally left office, authors Michael and Jana Novak tell us in their book Washington's God, the formerly beloved father of our country was actually accused of behaving as a monarch.

"(Note: Along these lines, by the way, in May of 1782 [about 7 months after the final major victory at the Battle of Yorktown] it was actually proposed to Washington, by one of his colonels, that he become king of the United States! Washington was horrified. Yet, before all was said and done, he was accused of that very thing which he found so abhorrent.)

"Maybe it's just me, but some of this sounds familiar.. (CHRISTINA, Sep 24, 2008; Excerpts Retrieved HERE.)"

God Has The Answer To The Question

2008-09-30T18:36:00.000-07:00

by Dave Darnell

As I try to share my limited views, as related to my belief that God has given me a chance to make peace with all those I've wronged and offended, it becomes more evident that without a faith, strong and undeterred by gainsaying, nothing will pass.

Jesus is the path to that chance. His blood, outside the gate, joined Him to us. His blood, on the Tree, joined him to the Heavens, sanctified us and paved a road for us to see God's face in His Heaven with Jesus' perfect White Light.

The events taking place in our country and around the world are disturbing but not new. The newness of it is in the setting not in the action. Never before has this type of unsettling financial and social turmoil been played out instantaneously for everyone to see and hear. In addition, the sheer magnitude of our numbers is greater than anyone, except the dedicated demographers, is capable of fathoming.

So with constant and immediate media attention and huge masses of humanity at the whim of said media any chances for negotiation and introspective dialog to happen, decrease in mere moments. Then, whenever a meaningful announcement is available, it, once again becomes rapid-fire fodder for the news media, in all of its quick, beat Reuters to the keyboard efficiency.

The last time this happened was in the 80's. Failed banks, foreclosures, high gas prices, higher interest rates, credit tightening, hand wringing, failed war policies, anxious politicians, hung out to dry populace, proliferation of bars.

Then people became inventive and used talent and reason, some God gifts, to solve problems.
I'll leave these verses with you to read, I like them for today:
Leviticus 19:8-19

Spirit by Grace; Faith in Joy; Love in Harmony

2008-09-29T18:20:00.000-07:00

"By faith--by believing God-- we know that the world

and the stars--in fact all things--were made at God's

command; and that they were made from things

that can't be seen." Heb. 11:3

"Continue to love each other,
Don't forget to be kind to strangers,
Honor your marriage,
Stay away from the love of money,
Remember your leaders who have
taught you the Word of God,

Jesus Christ is the same Yesterday,
today and forever,
Your Spiritual strength comes as a gift
from God."

For God has said," I will never, never fail you
nor forsake you. " Heb.13:1,4,5,7,8

As we all strive and reach for our various visions of salvation and deliverance,
sometimes it is forgotten, with the worldly hectiocity surrounding us,
that one of our choices, with God's grace, is to do nothing.

God Bless Us

Y H W H

2008-09-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

"May the God of steadfastness and encouragement

grant you to live in such harmony with one another,

in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may,

with one voice glorify the God and Father

of our Lord Jesus Christ. " Romans 15:5

Happy Sunday; We all find it in our own uniqueness

2008-09-07T11:04:00.000-07:00

Rory Gallagher 1972 has it going on in this sleep invading spiritual. Special thanks to Pribek.net [SOURCE]

Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948–14 June 1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster. However, he grew up in Cork City in the south of Ireland. He is best known for his solo work on several albums, and for his tenure in Taste during the late 60s. Rory Gallagher's albums sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide.

"The man who got me back into the blues." Eric Clapton

The most common symptoms of obstructive sleep aponea (OSA) in adults are: loud snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness

2008-08-20T05:58:00.000-07:00

Braaaaaaaains! (or, How Did You Survive Sleep Deprivation?)

Posted by John J. O'Sullivan Aug 19, 2008 at 11:02 AM in baby, Dads, death, parent hack, sleep

Let's face it: Uninterrupted sleep is a luxury that most new parents don't get. At least, that's what I always heard. I never thought much of it while my wife was pregnant. I always assumed this truth statement and moved on with life, not comprehending what was to come.

After all, I survived college! For example, when I was the managing editor of my college's student newspaper, there were production nights that lasted 30+ hours. Sure, I was delirious and there not a few times when I started losing it and/or hallucinating. During one famous "episode" brought on by sleepless hysteria and stress, I took a black magic marker and labeled everything in my office. Including the walls. Seriously.

But, the one thing that always followed said production night-mare was a long coma-like stretch of sweet, sweet, delicious sleep. After I woke up (occasionally at 5-6 p.m.), all was well with the world. Suffice it to say, that ain't an option anymore. Not only is it hard for me to sleep past 8 a.m. nowadays, I do have a few more responsibilities. That, and I think my job security at America's Leading Magazine for Parents would be in severe jeopardy.

Don't get me wrong. I love my daughter. She is the CUTEST BABY EVAR. I love when she coos and smiles and does cute things with the little hanging toys on her bouncer. I even love calming her down when she's being a bit cranky. But...not having a large chunk of uninterrupted sleep is killing my wife and I. By three o'clock in the afternoon...I'm done for. I long for one of those gourmet sleep sessions that's available up the road a bit.

So, I ask you gals and guys: How did you survive these first few months, and what advice can you offer a sleep-deprived dad who feels as if he should be an extra for Night of the Living Dead?

_____________________________________________
Sorry Old Friend:
Your sleeping days are over. Father of six and the last one is 12 now... it only gets worse. The advice I can give you is simply "overstating the obvious."

Without sleep, you are angrier because you have not completed the several cycles needed to be refreshed. So you will experience the zombiosis's effects as your body goes through the cycles anyway when you are "awake."

Have you ever waken a buddy in of the middle of the night, and he starts yelling, without inhibition, obscenities at you? He doesn't mean it, and may not even know who you are... that is what the little cherub in the crib is doing to you and wifey every two hours. It has nothing to do with global warming, your relationship with your wife, or your boss. It is the baby's way of telling you the obvious: "I'm hungry, I'm wet,,,"

Thus, it is imperative you both keep watch as a support system, and not try to pull all nighters for outside the family causes for a while. You have to be there for each other as well as for the baby.

Recent studies have proven the perfect amount of uninterrupted sleep for adults is 8.2 hours. Ask your family MD's, they will know as they were deprived of sleep when they were interns. In 8.2 hours the adult goes through the necessary cycles to resurrect the body the next morning.

Do like the Swedes and spend six months home together, so the wee one can learn all the habits you have. She already knows her mother's habits since she was a submariner for those nine months. You may notice your baby gets busy when Mommy gets busy... no?

Asceticism, Aerobic Exercise, .. outdoor family activity for half a year: essentials if you want long term relief.

Why am I so sure? I long suffered from sleep deprivation. I have been diagnosed and told that if I don't do something about it I might be very dead in the next ten years. I have no regrets for trying all the crazy double shift schemes, but I made many boo-boos along the way.

I am still here, and want friends and acquaintanceships to be happy, happy, happy in enjoying their baby's infancy. The only real advice for Dad is "to do less in occupation, and play house as much as possible with your precious little family."

Bless you all, with warmest regards,
Pat Darnell, your fezbook friend..

Mystery Topic Challenge Number 15

2008-08-19T17:36:00.001-07:00

Dave and Pat Say: We're out fishing and we still are entering the contest!! Because we are winners!

MTC #15 Topic by Stella!

Ohhh, this is truly a good one, folks. Here it is:

It’s five years from now. You’ve taken action, and you’ve succeeded! Someone is describing what you did; how you persevered. They are congratulating you on the outcome. Cameras are flashing, taking your picture to record the magic moment.

So tell me: what is it that you’ve done? How did you do it?

If you want your readers to join this meme, just copy the topic and post it on your blog. Be sure to link back HERE.

Now, git writing!

Posted by MooPig_Wisdom at 8/19/2008 0

Whats It? by Bob Parker

2008-08-19T02:26:00.000-07:00

Whats It?
by Bob Parker

Krogar and Klaus, and the House Mouse Mystery
Hunkered down, very un-calm,
Side by side, just before dawn,
Cat by Cat, confide, but stir little

“Where’s that.. WHAT’S IT?”
Growl tooth’ed jaws with spittle

Whiskers a’ twitch, ‘n tails a’ switch,
Two cats, grouse, protest, and grit

“How shall we get at that.. WHAT’S IT?”

Upon the fireplace screen, out come claws,
Topsy-turvy cats crash into brick walls
Topple andirons, ashes, and kindling--
Crazed cats, Krogar and Klaus, go a’ spindling
Leap from hearth askew and a’ yaw,

“There, ..No there!!!!!” confused Cats babble.

Agile kitties flip, twist then scrabble,
In the dark hall, brave kitties fall,
Land gracefully upon padded paws.

That's the fastest house mouse either ever saw.

WHAT’S IT jumps from mantle
circles the whole room,
Finds a dark shadow just behind a broom
Waits there while cats’ re-group

"WHAT'S IT?" Krogar stopping to groom--
he leaps on the table, and knocks off the fruit;
Banana, pear, apple, orange meteors fall

So, WHAT’S IT under couch crawls
the chase, Cats resume, into guest bedroom
In a flash the guest bed is disheveled
when zoom, as two cats assault is made --

WHAT’S IT flies up to safety of a dark lampshade

WHAT’S IT hangs upside down, unabash’ed,
Pausing to see kitties’ looks of bad luck that day
Licking their paws, their last trick is played

“WHAT’S IT can fly,” Krogar to Klaus, says in dismay
And with the dawn, the light inter-plays.

Up to the shadowy attic, in a graceful jet,
Flies WHAT’S IT easier
without even a silent shiver
Through the eaves, spies the Cats now so upset,
...can’t even digest their liver

Today, though, there are no regrets:
Krogar and Klaus tell their neighboring pets,
“You may visit our house, with behavior best;
“Pleeze, Do not disturb our house mouse guest:

“He is a “‘WHAT’S IT’,

"The most unusual, honored, flying house guest”
edited by Pat Darnell

A poem written for me and first daughter Panther Paws circa 1983; by Robert “Bob” Parker, of Halifax, Massachusetts, Unfortunately, he has passed away. He lived his retirement years on Monpossett Pond in a little converted boathouse, that he shared with several animals, pets and otherwise. Bob would wake up early before his wife, stoke the wood burning stove, in the morning before dawn, and type on his Corona manual, and this is one he chronicled pre-dawn. PD

Is anyone willing to become a Martyr for Atheism?

2008-08-17T18:46:00.000-07:00

I didn't think so!!

A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU.

One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, 'God, if you are real, then I wants you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes.'

The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am God. I'm still waiting.'

It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.

The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, 'What the heck is the matter with you? Why did you do that?'

The Marine calmly replied, 'God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid stuff and act like an idiot. So, He sent me....'

Atheist Professor who talks to God.
Grade? _______

Winner! Irony Award Q4.08

Who Walked the Water?

2008-08-17T14:05:00.000-07:00

by Dave Darnell

"that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each others faith, both yours and mine." Rom 1:12

A restful sleep may be out of reach,
I once was fitful in the dark.
Or not to be calm in repose.

I watched a sailor grab at the elusive shut-eye, rough seas, no relief. His eyes did close.

As we reached the fishing grounds,
Others, on wobbly legs worked.
That fisherman became energy.

Fellows looked on him with envy, he slept as we bucked. I went close to thread bait with him.

Our team fought the sea, he joined it. We must take our rest as it is provided by God. He loves our need.

Providence and grace are blips on our screen. How blessed are the seafarers, the shepherds?

Our psyches yearn for solitude.
Is it attainable? Our matrix demands attention. Stressfully.

Beat it back, or engulf the stress.
God listens. We have choice. We have a blip to home in on, Beloved.

When Jesus ascended he gave us Two Valuable Commands:

2008-08-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

by Pat Darnell
Sometimes attending Business school, a professor will go ahead and move outside the box. That is, she will say something not usually said in class. One time Professor X PhD/ Mrs, said: "Always Value Added first."

We were discussing Vision, Mission, Value Added statements of businesses. Most businesses do have those kinds of headers, that are descriptions of core competency. It is usually an overstatement of the obvious, but still very necessary for the company employees, agents and all the customers.

That said; Professor X PhD/ Mrs., was determined we all get this message... "1 -- 2 -- 3: Value Added Statement, Vision Statement, then Mission Statement." Most of us had in our minds that Vision is first. [VA--What it is; V--Why we got Here; M--This is our action]

After her HR course is long over, and I look around with new eyes, and this new professorial mandate, most all headers are visionary statements. It leads to this conclusion: the last is first, and if it isn't it should be, as il' Professore says.

It turns out one morning I'm reading a critical article in HR Magazine while waiting for the dentist. One editor explains that in a lunch meeting with his Mentor one day, this subject of Value Added came up.

The HRM Editor like all others had put it last in the triumvirate of boiler plate core competency statements. His Mentor had things to say about his Value Added statement that is two paragraphs long, also a no-no.

Mentor: "HRM Ed, you have it wrong."

HRM Ed: "Haaarummmph, what?"

Mentor: "You have misused the substance of your great company and made it weak."

HRM Ed: "Bu... bu... but,"

Mentor: "Value added is like this triple meat cheese bacon DQ Burger sitting here sizzling on the plate in front of us filling this whole area with aroma."

"Soon after I have a bite," biting, "now you have removed something of its value... the juiciness, the flavor, that is the vision part."

"Don't interrupt me; now I sip this blizzard, and have this salty fry... that is the mission of value added. And I get a hankering to come here once a month and indulge."

HRM Ed: "Uh... well... imagery, urgency, uh expectancy??"

Mentor: "You're confused. Understandably; look at it from the customer eye. This is ambiance, nostalgia, pre-meal humor, locale and color, ones little getaway, Ted Kennedy in a Speedo on his yacht. Yes?"

HRM Ed: Unable to eat, or respond: "Errr..."

[I hate it when he does this, like my dentist when he has my mouth all numb and held open while I gag on suction tubes, asks me: 'So, have you been flossing? Have you been going to Church? Did you now Jesus Loves You?']

So I nod, and stare like the sacrificial lamb.

Mentor: "Like the 99 cent store we passed on the way here: 'Everything 99 cents,' right out on the front sign. Value Added -- nothing is over 99 cents. You go in with 49 dollars and exit with about 41 things, tax is added of course. But if you have a tax number you can get all 49 things... no?"

HRM Ed: "Okay, I'm catching up now... so I have to put our Value added up front, or get a new job. I get it."

Mentor: "That's right; but that's not all. I want you to write on this napkin your Value Added Statement. I'd say about twelve words is all you need. If you cannot, then you might want to rethink your existence."

HRM Ed: "Twelve words? on this napkin..."

Mentor: "Yes, before we leave; before I finish my Blizzard."

Another Prayer by [Guess]... Thanks to Dr J!!

2008-08-08T23:01:00.000-07:00

J has left a new comment on your post "Prayer of....":

Do you know this one?

"Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.

Lord, you now have set your servant free
to go in peace as you have promised;

For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior,
whom you have prepared for all the world to see:

A Light to enlighten the nations,
and the glory of your people Israel.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace. "

What Measures a Church?

2008-08-08T01:22:00.001-07:00

St. Oswald's, Paddlesworth is located next to the Cat and Custard Pot, at one of the highest points on the North Downs.

PHOTO: St. Oswald's Paddlesworth "The highest church in Kent."

Church services at St. Oswalds are every 2nd Sunday in the month, 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion, every 3rd Sunday in the month, 6.30 p.m. Evensong plus every 5th Sunday there is evensong at 6.30 p.m.

Paddlesworth services can be particularly noted when they are celebrating harvest festival or Christmas, as the church is always beautifully decorated.

In the cemetery around the church, the gravestones are a strong reminder of the farming communities in the area with family names such as the Claysons, Vincents and Goddens adourning the majority of the headstones.

Should you wish to view Paddlesworth church you can obtain the key from the Cat and Custard pot during opening hours. The key was originally kept on the board pictured ...and although the board can still be seen, the key itself has been moved to more secure lodgings.

The Cat and Custard Pot is situated in the Hamlet of Paddlesworth, near Hawkinge, nestled in the picturesque countryside of the North Downs. It is within 15 minutes drive from the seaside town of Folkestone and was the main public house used by pilots and other personnel who were stationed at the nearby Hawkinge Battle of Britain airfield. The pub itself contains a varied collection of aviation memorabilia and photographs that represent the history of the area during the last 100 years.
(Retrieved HERE for this review...)

2008-08-07T07:42:00.000-07:00

The Nativity tells me this

Jesus wants us to be

Exceptional and giving like Kings

Protectors of the faith like shepherds

Humble like stepfathers

Fervent like John the Baptist

Interesting Things Going on...

2008-08-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

WWJD (Hair Band Edition)

by Jack Pribek

Posted on 01 Aug 2008 in Category: Hunh?, Music, Spiritual

So, reality show star and Poison Guitarist, C.C. Deville, has found Jesus. Will this epiphany affect his rockin’? From Blabbermouth.

As previously reported, Pete Wilson, the pastor at Cross Point Church in Nashville, Tennessee recently got a call from C.C. DeVille asking for advice and inviting him to POISON’s July 8 concert at the Sommet Center in Nashville. According to Pete, “C.C. has just become a Christian and was wondering if I would be willing to bring him some messages he could listen to on the road, as well as just encourage him, and answer a few questions.”…

…”After the concert we had a creative team meeting with him where we suggested a few different ways he could interweave the story of what God is doing in his life through his music.”

Hunh? Creative team meeting? Interweave?

Possible suggestions….

“Unskinny Praise”

“Look What God Dragged In”

“Talk Jesus To Me”

[Retrieved HERE Today by MooPig for review, without anyone's consent, of course]

Prayer of....

2008-07-30T05:42:00.000-07:00

Lord make me an instrument of thy peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light

Where there is sadness, joy.
__________________________
Todays Quiz: Who is credited with this famous prayer?

This was given to me on March 6, 1995 by my Aunt Fran Hynds, PhD. It is written on a bookmark made in USA, 1973, by Antioch Bookplate Co.

pd/mpw

2008-07-27T07:52:00.000-07:00

Examples Of Body Language

NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR	INTERPRETATION
Brisk, erect walk	Confidence
Standing with hands on hips	Readiness, aggression
Sitting with legs crossed, foot kicking slightly	Boredom
Sitting, legs apart	Open, relaxed
Arms crossed on chest	Defensiveness
Walking with hands in pockets, shoulders hunched	Dejection
Hand to cheek	Evaluation, thinking
Touching, slightly rubbing nose	Rejection, doubt, lying
Rubbing the eye	Doubt, disbelief
Hands clasped behind back	Anger, frustration, apprehension
Locked ankles	Apprehension
Head resting in hand, eyes downcast	Boredom
Rubbing hands	Anticipation
Sitting with hands clasped behind head, legs crossed	Confidence, superiority
Open palm	Sincerity, openness, innocence
Pinching bridge of nose, eyes closed	Negative evaluation
Tapping or drumming fingers	Impatience
Steepling fingers	Authoritative
Patting/fondling hair	Lack of self-confidence; insecurity
Tilted head	Interest
Stroking chin	Trying to make a decision
Looking down, face turned away	Disbelief
Biting nails	Insecurity, nervousness
Pulling or tugging at ear	Indecision

Covered Dish Sunday Afternoon Picnic

2008-07-27T07:38:00.000-07:00

From growl and gut

Of animal rut

Comes old milk

This cheese

From cluck and clatter

Of chicken’s patter

These eggs ‘n batters

In threes

Fried and boiled

In olive oil

From germ of wheat

On table neat

Pureed in wind-chaffed

Prairies take

Sandwich baked

So jump thee

Jump children

To table spread

Make haste

Away from puppy’s

Outstretched paws

Who’ll steal away fast

"...In the kitchen sink, looking like two freshly scrubbed cherubs, Sunday roasting [and] frying chickens..." dpd

Put patters of butter paste

On angel’s wings

And sing, sing, sing

This little byte of mine; I'm going to let it Shine ...!!

2008-07-24T17:40:00.000-07:00

"KB GB MB Whats Bigger?
"Can you put them in order, along with anything I am missing, "from smallest to biggest please? I didn't think so..."
The Yottabyte is the biggest you can get...YB

Yes I can... in ascending order KB MB GB on the list:

kB (kilobyte) 10001 = 103 KB ~10241 = 210 KiB (kibibyte)

210 KiB= MB (megabyte) 10002 = 106 MB 10242 = 220 MiB (mebibyte)

220 MiB= GB (gigabyte) 10003 = 109 GB 10243 = 230 GiB (gibibyte)

230 GiB= TB (terabyte) 10004 = 1012 TB 10244 = 240 TiB (tebibyte)

240 PB (petabyte) 10005 = 1015 PB 10245 = 250 PiB (pebibyte)

250 PiB= EB (exabyte) 10006 = 1018 EB 10246 = 260 EiB (exbibyte)

260 EiB= ZB (zettabyte) 10007 = 1021 ZB 10247 = 270 ZiB (zebibyte)

270 ZiB= YB (yottabyte) 10008 = 1024 YB 10248 = 280 YiB (yobibyte)

"Huh?"