State Fair was Fairly Stated, as... Fun!

The County exhibits are always my favorite, or one of my favorite parts of the fair. Here are some of the noteworthy offerings. I thought these people did great work on these displays of some of their Counties best attributes.










I tried to show the county name in the photo and let them speak for themselves.

The portraits here were done with jelly bellies, thats such an interesting medium I had to try and show some of the work. The bear was in the works right then so it can be seen how it was done. I love the colours and the compositions that a fair presents, it's so much fun to try and capture with the camera.

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What About John and Kate?

I get so tired hearing about a gerrymandered relationship that is only dragging out for ratings and sensationalistic headlines. It's ironic that my own relationship gone awry was a John and Kate, too. I moved on without the glamour of a breakup in everybody's face. I see the daily headlines and I cringe, how many more days can these two and whoever is pushing this keep interest in the sordid disrespectful selfish and unrealistic union alive and worthy of voyuers attention? Think of the kids, and how they will someday have to realize their parents acted like fools. If their drama is prolonged past the point of pointlessness as mine has done I am certain all viewers would be lost.

Love is A Two Edged Sword

I hear these types of sayings, but I only really understand them in my own experience. I know why they withstand the test of time as I go through my heart rending situation. There's a summation of countless emotions being felt, so many other people have gone this way, too. We are all together as we keep alive the meanings and definitions.

So we are never really alone.

"It is better to have loved and lost than never loved at all."

Hearing that doesn't make it any easier, but it is comforting, nonetheless.

My Heart Was in Her Hands...

A year was all we had,

But in reality it was a handful of Days

I gave my love freely, with both hands

I couldn't hold on to it anyway...

I would do it all over again

If I get to keep my friend

Honestly

Our lives are tethered to this world by a million strands of hope, trust, faith, desire, knowledge, duty, inquisitiveness, possibility et cetera. We need to believe in something that reaffirms and reassures progress toward our ideals as we grow spiritually and as human beings.

I have found ways to make shields to protect myself and my loved ones, unfortunately I also block some of my potential growth opportunities. In the end I guess its better to be safe than sorry?

The most basic building block is that we believe and trust those with whom we share our lives. It becomes more difficult when its family because their best interests are always in the forefront of our minds. And we can be blinded by love so easy. I never want to hurt another soul and I pray that I do not.

To be a friend is an honour and a privilege. To remain so is a commitment.

The Window of the Soul

I can see what it means to be free, feel how it feels to have hope, and to believe better days will surely come. You know that by the pain that we humans can feel in our souls there really is something more than mere flesh and blood that is who we really are.

We see the world and are moved by its beauty. It is nearly impossible to look at this creation and not acknowledge there is an intelligent designer. It takes as much faith to believe in nothing as to believe in God. You can hear it when the wind blows or waves crashing upon the shore, or the thunder rolling. Our senses touch the world as well as register in the spiritual world.

Sometimes I think of what Christ did for us as he felt all of our pain, suffered all our punishment and freed us up to be whole again in the eyes of God. When you think of this very thing its a rather humbling experience. Such an enormous grief he bore. For us.

When I think of my mostly personal and selfish issues that tear at my heart I have to pause to regain a proper perspective. I guess everybody has a right to want all good things in their lives, and I know that we possess our souls in patience. If I go back to the cross where Jesus paid the price for all our sins I will be reminded that God is with me in all things, He knows what I may be going through. I must continually go back to the cross where Jesus suffered for me, too. And how if I feel I have a right not to have to suffer, I am in error. Or that I should avoid it at all costs. Maybe my lot is to learn from these hard times through the pain. Maybe this adversity is really my blessing.

God has given me great gifts in which I am eternally grateful. He has given me chances to correct myself and I think I have. I know that I am a work in progress and am so lucky to be alive. Giving up has never crossed my mind. Seeking his will is my duty. God said "ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find", and I just know its true.

I never want to forget what it means to love and really be loved, and I never will, so help me God.

Happy Independence Day!

We had fun going to the fireworks show in Roseville but it was moved to Sierra View C.C. so the works were a couple miles away from the fairgrounds. But we had fun anyway and did some at home later.

And my camera did a better job capturing my sweethearts than it did the fireworks, maybe next year I will know the right setting.

When Mortality Dawns Upon US

Today a pair of "Iconic" Americans passed away, following another well known persona yesterday. Ed McMahon died yesterday after a lengthy illness and well publicized personal finance troubles, forever remembered as Johnny Carson's sidekick and yes man. Farah Fawcett passed away today after a long bitter battle with a tough cancer, expected, yet still a shock as a living legend has left US. Then on top of those, Michael Jackson has a heart attack and passes away at 50?
Michael had a lot of bizarre tabloid troubles, yet this suddenness is just a complete shot across our collective bows.

I think our country likes to live vicariously through our celebrity culture, worshipped and enabled, for the very purpose of being like a mirror to look into our own selves and to dream a little dream about fame and fortune, "what would it do to me?" Since everybody knows about these people we all share in the loss and still we try to figure out how we really are affected. I think the whole outpouring of grief will be overdone and over covered. And yet, I also think many of these people are mourning for something or some part of their own lives they feel is now lost. Maybe living vicariously also means dying sympathetically.

Is this the three, as in tragedy coming in sets of 3? I will pray for their souls and hope there is a lesson for all of US in this. Life is never gauranteed and no matter what our troubles amount to as a portion of our consciousness, we will someday leave it all behind and move on to the next stage of our souls developement.

There are troubles brewing out there in the world that will require everyone to become self-less. We don't want to waste our grief on the passing of an individual or three, as we could be looking at the passing of our way of life and our countries position in the world. There are perceptions and then there are realities. The times they are a changin' ~ for sure.

May we all take a moment and reflect and think of how we can become better people, to all who we come in contact with.

A Solstice Anniversary Vision

Happiness is...

an everlasting love made exclusively for two, and I only want to share this blessing with my best friend. I know she knows that I know that she knows. This is exactly how I feel, it's purely harmonious and truly something special.

If Love travels in all directions, its travails at least seem to go the ways of gravity. The highs are so high and the boundaries limitless, but its the deepness that excites my inquisitive nature to explore its nuance and arouses my desire to find the right words to translate this most indescribable feeling.

The expression needs to come out perfect, and somehow, because I started to relay these thoughts out loud it seems more difficult to say it just right. Therein lies the challenge, to describe the very emotions that dwarf words and deeds and relegate powerful sentiment into numb adages.

How do I measure or probe that which is indefinable? How can I touch on what sometimes seems just out of reach and even unobtainable? Theres a feeling I want to describe but mere words diminish and turn what is graceful, natural, and flowing into something clumsy and common.

The multplying force of passion finding passion mesmerizes me out of my body and into my spirit. I can't let go of this chance to realize what seems to be at the very meaning of life. I won't give up until what I see in my heart becomes the reality I crave. True joy will come to me, if I can hang on and not just smother these flames with my doom. Some things will only happen once in a lifetime and must be acted upon while there's still enough time. All the signs and their vibrations, the pure emotion and its profound meaning, direct me, like a compass, to my love.

How To Be a Rock

Thats what I want to know.
I know just how I feel, and it's so incredibly strong. But I fear the brittleness that comes along with that. And then I fear the fear that goes along with that. We have come so far, but the road disappears right around the bend.
Its all more than us, together, its our individual souls needing to grow. Its all we have ever been, and even what can come to be.
I want more than anything to stay strong. Thats how I will remain. I really can ignore all my doubts. I can even turn off the pain. I want to be the last man standing.
I can win by not losing.

Patterns

Do you see my pattern?

I see patterns in everything that happens in life.

The magnificent tapestry our Lord created is woven with such artistry and detail we cannot see all the designs, all the possibilities, all the splendour that is the entirety of this world. Where we fit in, is our little spot. Where we go, is where God puts us. What we do with it is our choice, how we fit in is how we agree with God.

The patterns change and yet somehow it all stays the same.

Unfortunately, it's too late for me to change, too.

It takes Time

Here it is, the first day of Spring, a time for Love?
How ironic my previous post here is grappling with the issue that has since become the rollercoaster ride of a lifetime. More ups than downs, but when a person is not in reality, how easily we deceive ourselves. If there are more ups than downs then in the end there is a big drop to get back on the ground. Trust was what I had stressed then and still see that as what I need now. Trust in the Lord, first. I missed that chance. I suppose I missed all the way around.
My inevitable crash and burn has taken me to a new low I never knew existed. I put my heart in a place where all that could happen was for it to be broken. I did not believe I would be so easily cast aside, I believed in Love.
We can never doubt the power of Love in all its forms. First, there is the Love for our creator, the be all and end all. God is to be centrally placed in our lives and in our hearts or we will stumble, I know from experience, now. I knew this, yet I still tried to put the gift from God, the love I felt for another, past the giver in the hierarchy of my heart. Then theres the love of a parent for their child, the most powerful force in nature. Designed by God to ensure that our children have every chance to grow up and be happy and whole. For some this Love also becomes a defense shield, a motivator, and a cross to bear. I have felt the sting of children being placed before me in their mothers' hearts. And that is as it should be, but, when all that is left is being a disposable person who becomes nothing in the shadow of the kids, the pain is real and illuminating. And I know better about the multiple levels of Love and where I fit in.
I love my own children with all my heart and I would die in a second for them, I realize they will grow up and lead lives of their own, since they too are Gods children they need lives of their own, just like me. God will protect them, just like me, and God will instruct them, just like me. I trust in God for that. Maybe thats the difference between Mothers and Fathers, Mothers had the child inside of them and therefore always feel like they are one, while Fathers were always seperated and cannot know how difficult it is to detach, and relinquish protection to the creator of us all.
The type of love that has eluded me in this life is that of a woman - as a lover and a friend. I have had brief glimpses that faded or turned. I may still have a chance, what I have found and placed in my heart I will never give up on. Maybe God will lead me in a new direction and set me free. Maybe I will stop being an inconvenience and the love that has bloomed can grow?
I am so down because I feel that God will not allow me to really be in love completely in this life, as if it is just not possible. I know that something great will happen if I keep my faith in God, and let it be in His time.
I have to have faith.
Thats all I have.

Anymore.

To Do What's Right

I'm listening to my heart, and I am following the lead. If I have never been right before, why this time? If I am still not following the Lord, when will He ever hear my prayers?

How do we ever know we can trust with whom we fall in love, when we must do exactly that? The faith shown there is as much as I will ever put into anything. I want to believe there's a love thats true, every bit as much as I need this love, too.
I choose to believe. I choose of my own free will. But I also believe my time is short, now. Everywhere I turn the evidence points toward an end. And as much as anything else right now, I need a friend.

Life can twist and turn and leaves many bitter and hurting. If we make it through our troubles and keep a cheerful heart I know happiness is sure to follow. The strength of self reliance can build me up, as surely as misplaced faith will tear me down. The question is, do I have another loss that I can afford? My heart is not yet fully broken, and I can't believe that is what God wants. But God does want me to be free. The chains that bind us to the world are bolted to my heart. I am not too blind to see,
that is where to start.

Fathers Day

It is terribly sad that Tim Russert passed away right before Fathers day, when His Father and being a Father to his son were so very important to him, and I am certain he had plans. A consumate professional whose politics I would hardly ever agree with, Tim Russert was about as even handed as one could ever hope for in the mainstream media. He passed away a relatively young man, 58 years young, so it comes as even more of a shock to everyone. Tim was very hardworking and driven to be the best he could be, but dying so young makes one wonder if he got in all the things in life that he had intended. Sometimes when morbid thoughts grip me, I too wonder if I am missing large parts of life in my quest for securing a better future. A future that, unfortunately, for some never comes. I know there is a secret to living life to the fullest, taking care of responsibility and even finding reward in the smaller everyday things that are always taken for granted.
We all have a common Father, and God deserves the central eternal devotion from all his children. If we look at God as the one who takes care of us as our fathers here on earth are supposed to do, we would have a security that would empower us to achieve so much more than we ever realized. Even when our faith is weakened we are sustained and breathe and survive. I would pray all people remember their Father in Heaven on Fathers Day, too.
When the time comes to acknowledge the higher power in our lives I know some people are frightened and think that denial will be an acceptable alternative to obeisance. It simply is not so, our Lord and saviour reminds us of our need for him every day. Seeking utopia here on earth without God will certainly fail every time it is tried. Things happen to give a wake up call, it could be those earthquakes and tornadoes. It could be the passing of a loved one or even a prominent person we all felt we knew. Life can never be taken for granted not even for just one day.
And thats a very good reason to pray.

Is the End Just a New Beginning?

When all energy has been expended then peace can take hold because there is nothing left to do. I feel I have reached this apex almost within an undertow. As subtle as it now feels I know how the hurt and pain have dogged me through the years, almost numbing my soul by it's very oppression. I am ready to try to live again, to live by senses, with light, feeling love, feeling nature, feeling.
My horizon has always been so far out. But I sense a shrinking of the distances. Hope is there for me if I am brave enough to embrace a destiny that was unforeseen. Life's adventure doesnt always have to be mapped all the way to a safe end. It can be mapped all the way to a happy place and let God be the judge, true hearts will find a way.
When the last gasp of Love lashes out in rage and despair at it's betrayel...
It is then that it's over, a calmness will descend and peace can once again prevail.

Yosemite is somewhere near Paradise

Grandma Muff painted this 50+ years ago. A testament to the beauty and wonder of this awe inspiring region. Our family has lengthy ties to the park and deep gratitude to all who preserve and appreciate its awesome beauty.

Quotes Eternal

"For my part, I think the chief reason which prompted the invisible God to become visible in the flesh and to hold converse with men was to lead carnal men, who are are only able to love carnally, to the healthful love of his flesh, and afterwards, little by little, to spiritual love."

Saint Bernard, 1091- 1153

Trust Is...

Required.
Not Sold.
Forever taking hold.

I saw Heaven on Earth

If only for just one night, never to be forgotten.
This tree was planted years and years ago to enjoy the view of Mt. Baldy from the shade. The horizontal branch makes a perfect seat, I know it inspires me, too.


If I ever get a chance to go there again I will. And sit there, and contemplate the meaning of love.

The Searching

Some people are searching for love
Some people are searching for a thrill
Some people are searching for heat
Some people are searching for pills
Everybody's looking for something
Why they do what they do makes a difference
Why they dont do anything to help themselves makes no sense, to me

But sometimes the pain keeps you awake
And if you numb it all you're never going to see
Some people are just passing the time
And some abusing everything
We can never know when our luck will run out
If thats all that we count on to get by
We are all allowed just so many days
And in the beginning, and the end, we are dependent
When its time to stand, thats the time to be strong
Life is a circle
So it makes no difference when you start to live

Why I am going Crazy

Day turns into night again just like the tide rushing in. Nothing really changes here, I guess, I should be smarter by at least one day. Those who take know how to do it, I just don't want to train the next generation to do that to anyone else. I helped to create my prison walls, now I can tear them down. If there is no respect it gets shown in all the littlest things. A helping hand, a smile, kind words go the distance. Contrast that to the clutter and the hunger and the frown. It's no wonder I'm feeling so down. Ive seen the other side and it makes this place seem sad.

Whats in a word?

Jingoism, a word that gets cast around with impugnity by the Nuanced Vendors of peaceable windowdressing;
Definition- a professed patriot who advocates an aggressive, warlike foreign policy.
Nuanced use: mindless or irrational position, somehow negative, as in "there really are no perceptible threats out there".
Reality, If we weren't "jingoistic" how long would this country actually last? Could we have withstood the past tribulations with this marshmellow stance against enemies who have sworn to kill us?
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The word gets used almost as if its a slur. I guess there are many words in every language that have a real and direct meaning but are prone to being usurped into the lexicon of self serving bomb throwers. We all need to think before we speak, but I also think we need to think before we listen and think before we read, and think before we think. And then think a little more.

Sometimes I think as words slide away from their original definition and take on a new meaning they are branded and the new meaning takes over the ownership to where we dont even consider what the word really means. Slang happens.

Can Two Hearts Beat as One

Just when I thought I was all alone
you came into my life
I learned I still have something to give
in the world of the living
Thats right
When a chance comes like an angel from heaven,
suppose I hadn't tried, then
I would deserve the tears I cried
With little understanding, it seems
A heart full of holes still beats on
I will still be here long after she's gone
So Please take it easy on me
This weakness is really my strength
The power of Love transforms all beings towards light
so if we feel we've done allright
Tonight may be the night we see
Inspiration is free, motivating me

Never Give Up

Scientists who exalt their own selves over the known universe have now found God and named it after themselves. How quaint. Well... "Seek and Ye shall find". I wonder if their super collider will start a chain reaction inside and outside the galaxies and they will know there really is a God, right before they die?
Well their theories are always out to prove that God does not exist. Their scientific method always starts with the premise that attempts to prove God is their own finding, creation, imagination. Secular Humanisms' prophet has thusly spoken. Someday soon we will all know who was right. And who was deluded.
Mr. Higgs does not claim the notoriety for himself, apparently the honor has been bestowed upon him by the priesthood of atheistic true believers. Whose faith is definitely as a mustard seed.

Let's Have Dialogue

Agreements come in all shapes and sizes, I remind myself of this every now and again. Human Beings have the capability of twisting, shrinking, or inflating anything. We love to scare ourselves and then stare it down, face it and conquer it. Sooner or later we must make peace, with ourselves , who we love, and even strangers whose paths cross our own.

Being Driven Away

That's the way I feel. Driven. Driven away from myself, away from My Loves, Away from God, do I even have a chance to get myself back?

Attacks are all around me. Darts hurled by an enemy I cannot understand. My enemies' goal is to seperate me from my God, and what I love. And how I live out my days will be determined by how I face down these Demons.

Right now I am failing, I was to win over an unbeliever, and I have failed. I tried too hard at all the wrong times. And not hard enough the rest of the time. May God have mercy on me, the lowliest of His servants. Barely able to secure my own salvation, through faith, in this most awesome God, somehow I have. My creator, my Light, my only hope, thank you for the gift you gave me, once-for all time.

The raging torrent of emotion has faded once again and left me so cold I am shaking. As if I walked across the thin cracked ice over the frozen pond. I had better not go out there, but I must get to the other side. The mist that wreaths the moon in shrouded, diaphanous mysteries, sets the mood as nothing else could. Each step takes me closer to either my dream or my doom. The cracking sounds snap my attention downward but the echoing makes hope seem so very far away. Alone in this tempest of raw emotion and fear, I feel more numb. Apart from the naivette of youthful ignorance and a bliss that was as false as that reality that had never been reckoned for, how can I pretend I am not afraid?

He Has Risen

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. John 1:1-5

32"Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me". 33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." 17 After Jesus said this he looked toward heaven and prayed. "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life:that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. And now , Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began." John 16:32 -John 17:5

Now Thomas (called Didymus) one of the Twelve, was not with the Disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!"
But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, and put my fingers where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."
A week later his disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with You!" Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."
Thomas said to him"My Lord and my God!"
Then Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." John 20: 24-29

Happy Easter!

Jesus was Black?

I never knew that. Not that it would really matter, but I thought He was Jewish. Possibly Ethiopian? Perhaps. Divisions abound when we are talking about events 2,000 years ago. I love the way Obama has chosen to transcend race in our country. I wonder if He chose to be the One before He chose His Church and Pastor? Or maybe it all just fell into place, under the guidance and Tuteledge of one Jeremiah Wright. We will have to Read Barack's next book to figure that one out I guess. The connections to Black Liberation Communist Theology should scare the Hell out of the lefties, but Maybe Barack will let them sit on his Board of Race Relations. If Obama can pull off this Hoax of a Candidacy I will be very afraid for our Nation as a Whole. The divisions will be so many. The ability to correct will be minimized. Beware of wolves in Sheep's clothing.

Out of the Abundance of the Heart

Barack's Pastor has been disavowed by Mr. Obama


I believe Barack is being disingenuous when he says that he didn't know this guy was capable of this kind of diatribe. It is starting to seem as if Barack is a Political opportunist calculating and saying whatever is expedient, moment by moment. I know that these incendiary remarks will get less play than if a white guy had said such things. And as for Barack being somehow a uniter across party lines, I noticed that when He had the opportunity to vote with Republicans(When the Democrats did agree) Barack chose those times not to vote. I wonder if that was seen as agreeing with "whitey" by His Pastor, therefore, somehow unacceptable?
Watch how this politician gets raked through the coals for these remarks. Even a white woman can't express truthful views of their own? Although I guess the Homosexual lobby could be more powerful than the Black Racist thought police. We shall see!
Liberals fighting for the low road, HA! Freedom of Speech? Yes, but take responsibility for the words you choose, and associations that you use for the 'street' credibility you need. And be prepared to own it all the way to Valhalla.
Wright or Wrong

We Have Lost a Standard Bearer

R.I.P. William F. Buckley Jr. The conservative movement has been diminished by the call home to a patron sage. May the inspiration and thinking power live on in all true conservatives. I pray to the Lord to look after one of His own.

Obama Can Win

Isn't it ironic, this whole Obama mania has sucked me in as well. Only my obsession is limited to this cult of personality, the sheer irony of the Leftists going religious, and how a man (as far as we know, he is just a man) can get so close to an all-powerful position with no realistic credentials.

I have a faith that our system will bring to light the relevant data about who Barack Hussein Obama really is. I don't care about the B.S. If he smoked pot or did coke. I gave Bill Clinton that same pass, as sooner or later all our elected officials will most likely have experimented. Bill Clinton lost me when he lied about it. I respect Barack's candor. As long as he isn't doing drugs now it does not matter to me. If he had an affair, well as long as he doesn't defile the oval office or subject himself to blackmail, I could not care less. But Michelle Obama interjecting herself into this thing is alarming. I don't want to start doing all the similarities to the Clinton's, but some are eerie. Co-Presidents, Lawyers, Harvard instead of Yale, Black instead of White, Populists, more Liberal than they would ever dare admit to, etc. etc.

The Identity Politics that the Democrat party plays is thin and flimsy at best. They claim to be trying to Unite our country but all I see are lines of division. What conservative principles has Barack espoused? He's acting like Santa Clause. Something for every little group and only raising taxes to pay for it. He probly wouldn't even raise my taxes, but if I was ever fortunate to make more money, there would be the Obama Plan. Talk about a disincentive to put in the grueling work it takes to build wealth in my business. But I am sure Barack has a plan for that too, right? Open Borders and more of that cheap labor?

I cannot help but be drawn to this phenomenon like a moth to a flame. I know there will come a day when a world leader will become like the Messiah. I know what happens next. I really don't believe it will be an American, but the globalization taking place is also scary and ominous. Just the idolatry of these followers is mystifying to me. And the irony of his name has not gone unnoticed by me. We are fighting radical Islamascists and a candidate with Hussein in His name is peculiar. Can anybody say Manchurian?

I know the Leftists will be the ultimate reason our country falls but if it comes about through a religous like movement, then that would be the most ironic paradox of them all.

The Message From God For the Church Through the Ages

I found this and have to re-emphasize and re-print it. This is where we are now at the last stage of the Church age and awaiting our Lord at any moment.


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John Walvoord,President of Dallas Theological; Seminary- The Revelation of Jesus Christ, Moody Press, 1966
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Taken as a whole, the messages to the seven churches of Asia constitute a tremendous warning from Christ Himself, expressed in the exhortations to each of these churches. He warns the churches today to"hear what the spirit says to the churches."
The Church at Ephesus represents the danger of losing our first love, that fresh ardor and devotion to Christ which characterized the early church.
The church at Smyrna represents the danger of fear of suffering. They were exhorted by Christ to "fear none of the things that they would suffer." In this day when the persecution of the saints has been revived in many places, the church may well need this admonition.
The church at Pergamos illustrates the constant danger of doctrinal compromise, which is often the first step toward complete defection from the faith. Would that the Modern Church, which has forsaken so many fundamentals of Biblical faith, would heed that warning!
The church at Thyatira is a monument to the danger of moral compromise. The church today has not only tolerated but in many cases encouraged compromise of Biblical moral standards.
The church at Sardis is a warning against the danger of spiritual deadness, of orthodoxy without life, of mere outward appearance but no inward reality.
The church of Philadelphia is exhorted to keep enduring with patience and maintain the "little strength" that they had while they wait patiently for the Lords return.
The final message to the church at Laodicea is the crowning indictment, a warning against the danger of lukewarmedness, or self-sufficiency, of being unconscious of desperate spiritual need.
The invitation given long ago to the seven churches of Asia to hear what the Spirit says is extended to all men and churches today. A loving God would have men hear and believe, turn from their idols of sin and self, and look in faith to the Son of God, who loved them and gave Himself for them.
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I too believe the Revelation in terms both for the individual and for the church and for the whole world. We need to know what is there and seek to be prepared as each signpost is passed and we draw ever nearer to 'The Day of the Lord"

A Plea to the Suicidal Nutcases

These Ramapages that end with the shooter killing a bunch of people and then turning the gun upon themself flabberghast and bewilder me. What kind of legacy is that to leave in this world? I wonder if the tortured soul of someone so callous and depraved can even comprehend what a horrific memory they are leaving behind. Do they even care? And if they don't care, then how did that vaccuum get instigated. If their pitiful existence needs to be put out of it's misery then why don't they just kill themselves and keep the bad karma to a minimum?
I am not sure if in this instant news 24/7 cycle it just seems like more of this heinous atrocity is occuring. Or if, indeed, more people are falling off the cliff of despair and dashing their lives on the sharp rocks of reality's fate. I beg of anyone who would do such a thing to talk to someone who can help, anyone who is so depressed they could actually take their own life needs compassionate counseling. And most importantly, to be guided toward our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. For only Satan would counsel a human being to kill other people and then kill themselves. Only Satan would guide a person toward self destruction.
Please, any and all, Lets all pray that this evil is removed as we pray for all evil to be removed. I cannot begin to register the sadness the victims families are feeling and the senselessness of these deaths.

The Bubbling Cauldron

The Good ; Just a few more of these guys to go!
The Bad : Destabilization could bring calamity to us all.
The Ugly: Talk about ugly Americans, this guy hates himself so much he hates all of US.
The world today is such a wicked place. The pressure mounts on all to do the right thing. On this day we should go back to the beginning thank our mother's and try to recapture their hopes and dreams of who they wanted us to become. If they are no longer here then say a prayer for their soul.

Great Quote of the Week

"The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between."
Mother Theresa

Great Quote of the Week

"In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast."
Henry Ward Beecher

Great Quote of the Week

He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: But He that is aware of the snares shall be secure.
Proverbs 11:15

Great Quote of the Week

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy Law
Psalm 119:18

what I can do today?

What does it mean, to live?
Ill pile all my laundry where you should be sleeping. That way something is there.
To Live, thats what we hope happens.
Lies are wise to despise. Like the clutter with which I barricade away my dreams.
It's all there for our enjoyment. But I cant take it I don't deserve it.
We must fear success because then we are subject to daeth.

Great Quote of the Week

"What they desire is a method of forgetting God that will pass as a method of remembering Him." E.G. White

Pardon Me, Excuse Me, I'm Sorry

It seems like the Media Intelligentsia overseeing our National Conscience want America to apologize for every perceived slight from the early days of this country right up to now and our battles for National Survival. Everything that a Liberal looks at must be seen through a prism of the perfect world being the unanimous incontrovertible consensus, therefore should be embraced by all. Tearing down whatever it takes to create a perceived "equality". The Liberal optimist never sees the holes in our defenses this mentality promulgates. Perfect equality cannot be created for all human beings when we are not all equally blessed with the same gifts. Those who can perform brain surgery are not necessarily equal to those who stand by the freeway offramp and beg for food and money. Just as those who serve our country either overseas fighting or here upholding the Law are not equal to the sleeper terrorists here in America hiding and waiting to attack innocent civilians, or the people who die with a needle sticking out of their arm.
From the treatment of Native Americans, the ousting of Britain, Slavery, Civil War, Chinese Railroad workers, buying the Southwest from Mexico, Fighting in W.W.I, The Great Depression, W.W.II, the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, the Counter Culture of the 60's, Viet Nam, the Computer Age, Energy crises, War on Terrorism, and now Global Warming, there has been continual struggles to move forward and keep this Nation as fair and strong as possible. Things have not always been done properly without anybody being slighted, but we can't rewrite history. Even though that gets attempted all the time. To acquiesce to pressure brought on by a cadre of underachievers who can only uplift themselves by sinking others falls far short of equality, fairness or self-reliance.
Two recent stories have come up that beautifully illustrate exactly where the hypocrisy emanates. The recent firing of the U.S Attorneys, and General Pace's comments about homosexuals in the military.
Take the U.S. Attorneys story. President Clinton came into office and fired all U.S. Attorneys, now President Bush fires 8 and gets castigated as a political partisan move. Well the U.S attorneys serve at the behest of the President and can be fired when necessary. Senator Charles Shumer Democrat New York says attorney general Alberto Gonzales should resign over this. The Attorney General did acquisce and say something along the lines of sorry, mistakes were made. I get infuriated every time the liberal media gets the conservatives to backpedal and aid them in their portrait of the conservatives as mean or disingenuous. Shumer says Gonzales' chief of staff Kyle Sampson can't take the fall for Alberto like Libby did for Cheney. Isn't that special, Shumer lecturing someone on ethics and taking responsibility. If my memory serves me well Shumer's office had credit reports on Michael Steele and Shumer's protege Lauren B. Weiner went down. And isn't that crime a felony? When you're a Democrat slandering a Republican I guess the truth and facts don't really matter. And the media will fail to point out the duplicity.
Oh well, all that is not surprising and neither is the Homosexual agenda making another inroad toward being an acceptable alternative lifestyle endorsed fully by the U.S. Government. I guess the Homosexuals feel that if the United States Govt. says it's O.K. then their abomination will be approved by all morality. General Pace came out and spoke his mind, obviously it was not politically correct, and he has been raked over the coals in the press. As a Marine, General Pace is more than likely a very no nonsense, by the book, stand up guy. He also said that adultery was immoral, so he is not just picking on gay people. That is what's going wrong in this country everybody is afraid to make a stand based on moral principles, as if everybodies morality is somehow unique and not bound to a higher standard. I am thankful for General Pace to stand up and claim God as our standard. I also worry about our military being insidiously undermined at it's very foundation. All the big Democrat players are pandering to the homosexual lobby and stating they will allow outright homosexuality in the ranks. As if dealing them a big loss in the War against Global Islamist Terrorism isn't a good enough slight. It will soon be a marvel if anybody wants to serve. At least General Pace will not back down and apologize for being right.

I like Fred Thompson

Even though I like Rudy and I like Mitt Romney, and would vote for a Mormon, if He was our nominee. It is Fred Thompson that I really like, I have heard His responses to speeches, heard Him fill in for Paul Harvey, I just think he looks Presidential, sounds Presidential and could be accepted by the Left and the Right, like Reagan, who got a great percentage of the electorate, but got slammed by the media. This guy is polished , professional, and prepared to lead our country forward. His association with Law and Order can't hurt either. Literally and figuratively.

What Will We do When Computers Fail?

I had to call the Maytag repairman today. The wash machine started flooding the laundry room floor last night. I thought it was the drain so I went out and bought a drain rooter snake. Then I proceeded to take off the trap, spilling just a little water on the floor and got upset about that, not a good way to start a plumbing project, getting upset about a cupful or two of shmeg water on the floor. The drain rooting went well enough, just a half hour down the drain. Again, I got a little upset, still not a good idea. Well, I had to mop up the floor and I got a brilliant idea, when I finally finish this laundry room project I can put a drain in the floor that runs outside so if the laundry room floods again the water will run directly outside. Plus one, minus two. O.K., so I thought that the drain was clear and the wash machine would be allright. Wrong, I checked it this morning and there was water all over the room again. It turns out this nearly brand new (6months) Wash machine is leaking around the pump pulley area. Seems like a bad sign to me, it is really leaking fast. Anyway now I know its not the drain, unless the clogged drain somehow caused the pump to blow out.
So the famously not very busy Maytag repairman had to be called up. After being on hold for a half hour we find out they are pretty busy, and can't make it until Monday night. Our product was registered for the warranty but we paid cash and misplaced the receipt. So this nearly brand new unit that sprung a leak might have to get repaired out of my pocket. Murphy's Law strikes again. Oh well it's only money right? So maybe I will sign up for those anger management classes, this really is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
I still have my computer. When that breaks I will go crazy. At least I can see what is wrong with the wash machine and I probably could fix it myself. But if something happens to the Fax, Computers, router or cable I am up a creek, as they say.
MyBlogspace.com/ and the internet go Poof and the world goes crazy.

Will We see the Umbra or Penumbra?

Saturday there will be a full lunar eclipse and I am not sure we can see it here. They say there will be one August 18, 2007 though, and we can see that one live. I guess I will have to watch this one on the Discovery Channel.

Moving toward the Light

Layers upon layers of entanglements.

Time and Time again.

If it's time to start over, let it begin.

The Death of NewsPrint

I just got done watching a Frontline special on the status of Print Journalism and all the trials and tribulations they are facing. It seems grave with the internet taking so many people away, and yet the internet is dependent on print journalists to some extent to do the legwork on stories and getting the information out there for Bloggers to disseminate. And to give the Yahoo's and Googles their content.
It is a catch 22 for them for sure, because they are behind the curve, and the internet will figure out a way to make everything work. But I think I can sum up what is wrong at the L.A. Times, The Sacramento Bee, The New York Times, and just about any other newsprint operation. If they want people to come back and receive their papers and like them, there is only one thing they have to do. Cut out the Liberal slanting that is so obvious and just report the facts. Eliminate the Agenda reporting and veiled bias. That will help save your Newspapers. If it's already not too late, we will come back.

The SunSet Grey, Today

I have always said Grey was my favourite color.

Sometimes it seems like I can see every color in grey.

And sometimes it seems like the absence of color.

The shades blend so effortlessly. So nuanced, so easy to look at.

It's moodiness can be misunderstood for gloominess.

But it's not too dark, not too light.

The Dog Squad

Big: Gus

Medium: Joey

Small: Bob

These Guys can get the job done. Rats Cats Small Rodents

Our "A" Team

Just kidding they would only hurt a Flea or a Fly or Mosquito

Media Darlings, The Clinton Dynasty

The Today Show just stated that the Clinton Years, looking back now, were a grand time for America. The reasons why Hillary would be so good for America are that things were so much better back then and the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has lost it's punch. The only real problem they state for Hillary is Her war stance irks Her Liberal Base. They even went so far as to say if she were elected Bill would maybe jump into Her Carpetbagged New York State Senator Seat. Unfortunately I dont have time right now to dissect this unbelievably slanted reporting, but when I get home today there will be an addendum. Threre is fodder here that could last all the way to 2008. That's what I get for being late and accidentally seeing some of The TodayShow : (

Sometimes a Leader Has to Lead

The consensus leader of the Free World is probably going to be the President of the United States, I don't think anybody could argue with that. That is not supposition or Fantasy, it is fact. Maybe it would be easier to be an American in the World at Large if this were not so. But it is one of the responsibilities that our Lone Superpower status has bestowed upon US. Our other elections are vital on the world stage, too. Just as every new leader in every Democratic Election in the world changes the dynamic for the Global Situation, with the US electing the most powerful elected leader in the Free World, there is an incalculable gravity assigned to this task. The President, as Commander in Chief, has the responsibility to assess threats and make decisions based on preserving our sovereignty and vitality. There can be no usurpation of this responsibility by Congress and Senators who were not elected to fulfill those duties. Every voter should think twice(or three times) about all the decisions they will require of their Highest Elected Official. Like who will be put on the Supreme Court, what agenda will be pursued(vetoed), how we will defend our country, and who receives pardon. There are no do-overs in elections, or wars. When we elect a new President of the United States for better or worse we are electing the most powerful person on the Planet, if only for a short time.
Many wannabe lone superpower Nation/States take umbrage at this notion, disqualifying themselves from the unbiased Critical School of American Hegemony. We do want to do well in the world , but to do well without sinning. At least thats what we should want for all our trouble. There will always be some who like strife for strifes sake, but think of all the Little Old Grannies and Grandpa's out there, that is also the face of America.
Every President probably had one defining moment, at least, in their term in office that was a culmination of all their dreams and aspirations and what they had actually caused to happen. Some were probably on the good side of the ledger and some, not so good. What is now being portrayed as Bush's War in Iraq probably falls into such a catagory for Him and US. The President believed installing a Democracy in the Heart of the Totalitarian Middle East could change the way all the players over there do business. It could also blow up into a Regional War where the US is not better off because of it. The Lord works in mysterious ways, though, and I am sure His will is being done in this whether Bush knows it or not, whether we know it or not. Sometimes to do great things, people have to take great chances. Playing it safe would have never gotten US here, alive in the 21st Century, with awesome technology, and a chance to serve our fellow Man.
Through God all things are possible, Thank You Jesus.

From the Shadows, through the Cage.

I have heard there's a shadow Government that controls everything.

They want to take away peoples rights to bear arms.

To create a New World Order.

Setting the table for a great world leader.

Those who are true to Freedom will never give in.

We know who will step into the vacuum,

if we give up the right to defend ourselves from tyranny.

Then only the demons desires can be fulfilled. Sometimes when I feel hemmed in by the World at large, I have to remember:

Life without God is like living in a cage.

We work and work and work.

Freedom comes from having the key.

Jesus Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life. The one who will set US all free.

BELIEVE!

Give Me a Break

This Clown is just a Puppet on a String.









Don't tell me He is voting for a Democrat.

Hillary for President?

They say African Americans would choose Her because Bill was the First Black President.

Are you kidding Me?

Note the Monster's Heart, though.

Barack for President?

When Pigs Fly.








Film at 11:00

Space is the Place

Just don't stare into the Sun too long!

To Jym and Bushwacker and all B.D.S. sufferers

How does it make you feel to have the same reveries as Hugo? I know how you feel about Bush but your extreme position seems rather unhinged. I personally did not care for Bill Clinton and had as much reason to dislike him as you do President Bush but maybe there's a better, more constructive way to de-construct Him. I don't know how anybody could be so consumed with vitriol for someone they don't really know. I know Bush is trying just as hard to keep you safe as me. I know there are many others who feel as you do, but you guys won the last election and ina couple years there's another one and Bush won't be running then so maybe,??

What Happens Next

If our fate is to be determined by Politicians who are only concerned with staying in their elected office, somehow Americans who want our Country to stay strong must unite and throw out these bums before their damage becomes irreperable. Our Military can and will deal with the insurgency if the kid gloves come off. The Appeasement Party of America would rather bow down 5 times a day to Allah to retain their rulership of the American juggernaut.
While there are peaceful ways to win some disagreements, both sides have to be committed to peace in order for negotiations. I would just ask the Bush Haters to imagine your country ruled by sharia Law, preposterous!, you say? What do you think the ultimate goal of our enemy is? How do you think they can achieve their dark vision?
First they will try to destroy our economy, this is already happening. They will then try to string out our Military, this too is happening. Then, they will try to erode American patriotism, Loyalty, and unity. This too is happening. The disagreements over here are aired all over the world, and when some are overcome with vitriol and accusations, the fractures are magnified when foreign press reads into it all that they want to see.

Maybe I Am MicroManaging.

God said "Let vengeance be His".

In His own infinite wisdom and revelation He has led me to this truth. As individuals we can only control ourselves and how we react to the world. We cannot control our fellow Americans, or our enemies around the world. We cannot force anybody to appreciate the research and effort we put out to notify friends, neighbors, and fellow countrymen, the perilous path we are heading down. These enemies have sworn to kill US, and I for one take them at their word on it, not their ability yet, but their goals and desires to do just that. Eventually, when we no longer are engaging them or concerned, is the time I fear they will act.

And that is the time and mindset our elected officials are pushing US toward.

Are we a red country or a blue country? Labeling with colours seems like something you might do in Kindergarten class, but Nationally, in the News?

Both colours conjur up negative connotations to me. Red for association with Communism, Blue for Lasciviousness. Both colours also have good affiliations, a Red heart on Valentines Day exemplifies love. And True Blue, is what it says it is.

I remember not too long ago Red was for the Democrats and Blue was for the Republicans on the National election Maps. I wonder if they decided to switch colours because the Republicans were winning and the Red associated with the Democrats was tainting the public perception of these otherwise well meaning 'American Patriots'.

Maybe what it's really all about is the red and blue fighting each other for the white flag.

Just a thought.

We are still over a barrel.

How come when the price per barrel of oil goes below $50 all of a sudden prices will collapse and oil producers will do whatever they can to gerrymander things upward? The price per barrel rises and so do gas prices and everybody in OPEC is happy. I understand it's a business and we all have to make money, but sooner or later the goose can be killed. I cannot continually raise my prices in my business just because my services are necessary. Neither can food producers, utility companies, or medical services (though they do push the envelope courtesy of insurance companies).
Our economy is tied to the world and the world is tied to US. Maybe we could just get ANWAR on line and that would prohibit this alliance of dictators and communists to tether US to their lifeline. If all it takes is a little downward pressure to really straighten out the price fixing then by all means let's figure a way out.

Could they be the most perfect people?

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are moving to New Orleans. Wow, they have picked the most obvious place to reside this side of Paris. It all makes sense. They want to be King and Queen of America, right? Or is it the world? The only thing that would have made it more perfect would have been if Barack Obama was Louisiana's Senator. But I guess after '08 that wouldn't matter either.Their kids will probably like it there. Maybe they could just buy a few thousand more kids from 3rd world countries and start their own city, or they could have their own parish.
I wonder if they will build a Hurricane proof house or fortress. It would not be noble to blame the government when you could live anywhere and choose to live in a city that is below sea-level.

What's in a Name.

One problem with naming your enemy is then you are giving him a chance to change his name and claim you are fighting the wrong person. Make the identification and then deal with the personage. Are we at war with Al Qaeda or Hamas? Hizbollah or Radical Freakin' Islamophobes wherever they may roam? Our vacillating and faintheartedness is just seen as a sign of our decline by Iran, Syria Saudi-Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan etc. The defeatists in our midst will even try to go legalistically, suicidally, insanely, querelous on US and may even get US all killed.

The U.S. is the only force keeping all these rogues in line. US and our petro-dollars.

True Beauty can never be extinguished.

Life as seen through the Eyes of a 7 year old.

What makes US change our perceptions?

The Problem is...

The hard left can get provoked to violence, apparently. When threatened with the end of the "Liberal West", I believe all leftists would give a pretty good account for themselves, (knowing how the enemy feels about them) and probably kick some ass. Knowing the true radical right is not whom the liberals contest and oppose right now, when the time comes the liberals may be able to get ready. I am just afraid the realization might come too late.

You can tell the bad guys by their Black turbans.

Well even if they helped bin Laden, hiding and running have not helped him plan any more attacks on America. Zawahiri and Osama can't even enjoy each other's company, what a pity, maybe they can become martyrs together one day soon. Sooner or later they all can't escape.

Send in the Troops

President Bush might want to send more troops to Iraq. I say good, but only if they are allowed to use whatever force necessary to overwhelm our enemy. Don't send our brave young warriors over there to become targets and statistics. If they can go over there risking their lives I would want the same for myself, no second-guessing, just to be unfettered, allowed to do whatever it takes to survive and win. Defending our country is an honor to which I wish I myself could avail. WE cannot sacrifice anybody for ungrateful idealogues who worship violence.
I know most of our soldiers respect and defer to our host countries customs and traditions with the noblest of intentions - serving the good of the world, I just know it. When you are there on the world stage, especially in the middle east, for most god-fearing people, it must be a time of acute soul-consciousness and awareness.

This is the calling of our time.

Label the Clones.

The FDA has actually cleared cloned meat for our consumption. This cannot be foisted upon US without those who refuse to eat it having a chance to know what it is. Label it or there will be Hell to pay!
Let me get this straight Bush is against ALL cloning, right?
Where's Codex when we really need them,? Democrats? Vegans?