My Blog Worth $59,984,788!!!!

According to a website called CyberWyre found at kingdavid's blog! They will calculate the dollar value of your website(?!) As he said, I'm not greedy so I'm open to offers. I'll take a mere $50 million.

Al Qaeda Also Fed Up With Ground Zero Construction Delays, onion haha

Watch the video in the Onion.
Photo: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/09/ground-zero-rev.html

Gay Men Really Don't Like Women At All

Truth be told, despite how the TV shows try to depict gay men in friendships with women (and they choose straight men to play the part, Will & Grace) gay men don't like women and don't need them at all. This latest article in Drudge Report on a Gay Aussie hotel that is going to ban all heterosexual men and lesbians from entering the premises reminds me of the fact.

They don't want men who like women, and they don't even want women who share their lifestyle on the premises. Never mind just having interesting, engaging people around for good conversation! They just want gay men there so they can carry on with their orgiastic, myopic obsession. Ugh! Road to hell!

Notice it says in the article they will kick anyone out who seems to be acting too heterosexual! I try to imagine how that will be played out. Could be hilarious.

Animal Kingdom Jihad

Dear friend Kingdavid has had a (hilarious)running theme over at his blog of AKJ, and there was this story in the Mpls Star and Tribune of a mystery animal clawing a camper(photo) in Itasca State park here in Minnesota just the other day. The story irritated me a bit because they left out the details of just how careless the camper was. Did he leave his tent unzipped? How did the animal just wander in? This is information we might want to know. (They did have a blurb in a later article about a bobcat that may have unzipped it.) It got me thinking about all the camp-outs where I could have been clawed or mauled in 2005. I was traveling in Montana, California and Arizona and camping out. It was kind of a dream I was living, at least a dream for some of us.

In Montana I met this couple and stayed in their home in Bozeman. They let me know they own a cabin, no two cabins, one large and one tiny next to it(see photos) in Yellowstone (the lucky dogs!) They said I could stay there for free for an unlimited amount of time in exchange for a little work there. So I headed there in my car with my two cats but arrived late at night. So I was wandering in the woods with a flashlight searching for the two cabins when I arrived, not knowing that it was grizzly country until later. You'd think that would be information they might share with me! That was my first brush with death. I was letting my cats out there to wander too.

Later I camped out West of there in some gorgeous mountains where there were mountain lions. There were other people camping around me, but I was in a tent. People were saying that hawks might take off with my cats.

After that I was in California staying in a campground in Monterey and near Santa Barbara. And then I camped out in the open in Arizona, where the hazards were snakes and scorpions, although in winter they were hibernating.

I guess after reading all of Kingdavid's stories on AKJ incidents, and many of them about domestic animals just going wild, what stands out is that I've been protected. Even when there could have been danger, I've been safe. I guess I expect God to protect me and He does.

A Godly Leader

Here is the bible's definition of a leader found in 2 Samuel 23:3-4 -(Webster's Bible Translation)

3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

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4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

David goes on to say:
5 Although my house is not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he maketh it not to grow.

I thought of this passage while reading Jonathan's blog, and the post on Nancy Pelosi.

Greater Love Has No Man Than This,

that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 World English Bible

I would rather give up my life sacrificially than die from a disease or old age. What are we hanging onto our lives for when we cannot? Jesus said that if you seek to hold onto your life you will lose it, but if you lose it for His sake and for the gospel, you will "keep" it. I would rather keep it in the sense that Jesus is talking about, which is primarily, the life after death. Go for the gusto! Lose your life! (now that I have said this, I am going to go preach to myself!)

Memorial Day Poem

Soldier, rest, thy warfare o'er,
Dream of fighting fields no more.
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
Sir Walter Scott

I find it almost impossible to wrap my mind around what the American soldier has done or is doing for me, because it is so far above anything I have done or am doing in return, but I will try to say thank you anyway. I want to thank all the American soldiers who have died for me, or who have risked their lives or been maimed for me. You, like Jesus Christ, sacrificed yourself for me. He did it to free me from sin; you did it to give me freedom to live and choose and believe. How can I thank you enough?

Gabrielle Eden

(a good place to thank the troops is at: A Million Thanks!)

Bush Knows How to Get Pooped On!

http://crooksandliars.com/2007/05/24/bird-shts-on-bush-during-press-conference Piece of cake after every other way he's been pooped on! As usual he handles it with decorum above a tirade of criticism and enemies clucking "it's a sign from God." (It was probably another "Animal Kingdom Jihad" attack.

Dog Breeders Issue Massive Recall Of '07 Pugs

Read about it in The Onion

Good Luck John Edwards

This beats all! A democrat who comes out and says he's not comfortable with gays! John Edwards becomes more interesting every day.

Harsh Treatment of Homosexuals Another Example of the Disease of Radical Islam

Like hangings and torture are going to "cure" people of their sin problem, and like Muslims really love the sinner and care about sin and the consequences of sin. No! Now here we have a perfect demonstration of hate, the kind of hate that liberals say that Christians have towards homosexuals, when Christians say that homosexuality is wrong, but are saying it in love.

In Iran, when torture and hangings ensue for acts of homosexuality, that is hate! (And the Westboro Baptist church protesting at funerals and saying God hates America because of homosexuality - that is hate too, and a twisted brand of Christianity.)

Nothing Without You - Bebo Norman

This is one of my favorite worship songs.

Stand in Awe - Jeremy Riddle

I always get excited when I find a great new worship artist.

I Will Lift My Eyes - Bebo Norman

Majesty(Here I am) - Delirious

Majesty(Here I Am)

I get into the car yesterday (Sunday) and I happened to have missed church. I put on a Christian station and this came on. Instant worship, I couldn't resist. Notice the lyrics: "knowing I'm a sinful man covered by the blood of the Lamb"

By Delirious?

Here I am humbled by your Majesty
Covered by your grace so free
Here I am, knowing I'm a sinful man
Covered by the blood of the Lamb

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

Majesty, Majesty
Your grace has found me just as I am
Empty handed, but alive in your hands
Majesty, Majesty
Forever I am changed by your love
In the presence of your Majesty

Here I am humbled by the love that you give
Forgiven so that I can forgive
Here I stand, knowing that I'm your desire
Sanctified by glory and fire

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

Written by Stu Garrard/Martin Smith �2003 Curious? Music U

Worst Albums Covers

I found this at kingdavid's site, only I picked a different album cover. Again, great minds are thinking alike.

Check It Out Again

I have a new visitor to my blog worth noting: Jonathan of Ambassadors of Christ.

It always amazes me the level of maturity and development of some teens. He describes himself very well in his profile on his blog. And there is another blog I have begun to visit regularly too: Roy, or "Hook" of Hooked On Grace.

He is this breathtakingly prolific writer, and man of God who is very concerned about the church and matters related to our Christian walk.

kitten

Cat meets kitten, kitten kicks butt (edited)

John Edwards Feeling Pretty

This needs no introduction.

Jerry Falwell?

Michael Medved praised Falwell for uniting conservatives, including Jews and Mormons, and calling them the "moral majority." I'm glad for a Jew calling attention to this and respecting him for his values. But I have to recall what bothered me about Jerry Falwell. He lashed out in judgment as if he relied on his own righteousness instead of Christ. This is what kills the message of the cross.

It said in one article that he admitted he was losing the battle for better values. But I believe he wasn't fighting with the right weapons. He didn't touch me during the 80's when I was adrift from Christ with his political Christianity.

The church still hasn't seen its day. The traditional church has been losing its battles in America, but the true church, the true body of Christ has still not fully emerged. We are still waiting for revival.

Note: Falwell was always kind of cute and plump like Santa Claus.

IDAHO: MAY 17, International Day Against Homophobia

For IDAHO (found out on Kingdavid's blog) I declare that I will fight homophobia by never being afraid of homsexuality by always knowing that I can overcome it by the blood of the Lamb.

Miracle On The Road

I don't know exactly what inspires a new post, but you just hope that they have some rhyme or reason and that it speaks to someone. I was just remembering some amazing miracles of provision on the road, you know, when God showed up to protect or provide while traveling.

One is that I was taking a trip to Colorado in December late 2004 (gas price $1.66) for a week or so, and was driving all the way from Iowa to Colorado in one stretch. It was very late, around 3 AM, and I needed to stop and find a hotel. I was near a town called Merino so I turned in but got lost and ended up in another small town instead, named Hillrose. I was traveling with two cats and one of them was getting crazy from the long trek, so I let her out. She always stayed near the car, but this time strayed from the car to a junkyard nearby. I was stuck until I got her back in the car!!!

The little town had nothing. It had no stores, no hotels, not even a gas station, just a few houses. I wondered how people could live in a town like this. It seemed so isolated.

I looked down the street and saw a church. It seemed to be God's sense of humor because it was Lutheran and I was raised Lutheran. It was only a block from the junkyard so I figured if I could get in there I could still find my cat after resting in the church. Why did I just sense that I could into that church? See, I was raised in a small town church as my dad is a pastor. It was indeed open. There was one little door open in the small side door in the very front of the church, next to the altar. It seemed symbolic, being able to enter right into the "holiest" part of the church. God has allowed us into the "holy of holies."

I put my sleeping bag down on the carpeted floor but then realized that there was a kitchen area in back that was more cheerful and carpeted as well. There was also a bathroom. There was also food in the refrigerator so I could get a snack - some ice cream in the freezer, and some water in bottles. There were some chips in bags. I was so hungry I didn't think I could fall asleep.

After setting up my sleeping bag I opened a can of tuna I had and went back to lure my cat out of the junkyard which was successful. Now I had both my cats in the church with me, and they were very harmless to the surroundings. I felt God telling me to check to see if there was a downstairs, but I thought, "nah, there's probably no downstairs."

I finally fell asleep and was aware that someone had come during the morning and saw my cats and left. I was awakened at 1:00 PM by the minister. He was a nice, young, rather roly-poly man, who seemed only slightly miffed, but not that alarmed. I explained my situation and that I was a minister's daughter, and that we had often had bums come to our church and sleep on the pews at night. He told me that there was no problem. He handed me his business card and told me there was a guest room in the basement and if I was ever in the area again to look them up.

I was passing through Colorado again on another trip coming from Arizona and I did indeed look them up. A pipe had broken in their guest room at the time, so they couldn't put me up there, so they offered to put me up in a nearby motel for free. Isn't that the sweetest thing you ever heard? That, my friends is the love of the body of Christ. The pastor and his wife did it for me because they recognized that I am a sister in Christ. I suppose they would do it for a stranger under other circumstances as well. It is the love of Christ. Believe in it. Let it sink in.

Everybody Loves Raymond Can Dance

I don't know how long I've been watching these re-runs, but I love this show for the characters and values. It was unparalleled. And trust me to find it late, but I found it. Here is a collage of dances from the show.

Interview With Everybody Loves Raymond Cast (hillary 2008)

I happen to watch reruns of Everybody Loves Raymond religiously on local station 29 in the Cities. I found this.

Bush Just 'Doing His Job', Right?

It doesn't help the opinion polls to see Bush tirelessly visiting Kansas, because he's just fulfilling his obligations as President, supposedly, but I admire him.

photo: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/08/president_bush_swiftly_to_the.html

The Story Of Mother's Day

The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600's, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday". Celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter*), "Mothering Sunday" honored the mothers of England.
*(For more information on Lent/Easter check out - Easter on the Net)

During this time many of the England's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.

As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the "Mother Church" - the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.

In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe (who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to peace. Ms. Howe would hold organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass ever year.

In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.

While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year, there are some countries such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.

from: Mother's Day on the net

A Mother's Day Poem

M - O - T - H - E - R

"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
"MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

Vertigo

It's my favorite U2 song! I do like the dynamics, and with YouTube, it's free, so why not?

Life Without limbs -Nick Vujicic

You must see this to understand how a young man can live a life without limbs as a life without limits. I found him on Texas Rainmaker's blog. He was at his church. Texas Rainmaker said that Nick was recently in Indonesia, a Muslim country, speaking to a group of 350,000 people, and 80,000(!) gave their lives to Christ. He has been able to go all over, sharing the message of his love for Christ and Christ's love for him. A torso! A torso goes all over the world preaching and bringing people to Christ!

I have seen pictures of people lying on the streets of India, for example, without limbs and thought of how I want to restore them, and how horrible their situation. Nick is the perfect person to give hope to such people. While I believe it is God's perfect will to restore Nick to wholeness (because that is Christ's gospel), it is awesome what God has been able to do in and through him in the state that he is. He is an inspiration. He causes me to be drawn to the hope of heaven, because he obviously relies on that. On Texas Rainmaker's blog you will find a video of Nick doing everyday tasks.

"I'm Just Fixing Up My Manspace"

I just thought this article was pretty funny, unabashedly calling a man's private area to hangout at home his "manspace"

Virginia Tech Had Gun Control

Virginia Tech already had gun control laws in place preventing anyone from defending himself and stopping the crazy person. This ought to be a perfect example of what can happen to a country with gun control in place. Why isn't it obvious that gun control only leaves the majority of people defenseless but still allows the killer a way to find a weapon? And gun control happens when people want to put more trust in their government than in themselves. I found this writing on the topic.

Discerning God's Will

I found this in the bulletin of my parents' church and thought it was good. Based on Dr. James Dobson's answers to the question "how do you make decisions that are in line with God's will?".
1. A search for God's will should begin on your knees. He will meet you there.
2. Examine the scriptures for principles that relate to the issues at hand. The Lord will never ask you to do anything morally wrong or in contradiction to His word.
3. Seek advice from those who are spiritually mature and solid in their faith. A godly counselor or pastor can assist you in avoiding the common mistakes that confuse many people.
4. Pay close attention to what is known as "providential circumstance." When you begin to be blocked on all sides in a particular pursuit, you might consider the possibility that God has other plans for you. Don't give up at the first sign of obstacles, but be attentive to what God is already doing around you.
5. Do nothing impulsively. Give God an opportunity to speak while you concentrate on the first four approaches.

In addition to these five steps to determine God's specific will, you can know His general will for each of us. The Scriptures give all believers the same assignment, and we find it in the words of Jesus, who said, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation" (Mark 16:15). So in whatever you do, whether you are a dentist, a truck driver, an artist, or a homemaker, you have the privilege of using that position as a springboard to witness for the Savior.

Fred Thompson?

I was watching some videos that my politically minded cousin put together for me and my family of Fred Thompson and was not feeling comfortable with him. He was clearing his throat too much in a Fox news interview and I just thought, "Oh no. We've got Obama and Clinton sharks waiting to devour us on one hand, and candidates like this on the other." He just seems to lack confidence. And Drudge Report has an article that expresses doubt in other conservative minds too.

Sexuality Issues

Journal notes.
When someone negates the basic, innate, healthy, normal attraction and desire that human beings have towards the opposite sex, when you condemn that, problems arise, and the result is rebellion, it causes things to be out of balance. Doesn’t it seem strange, when you teach people in the clergy to be celibate, when it is not their calling, they end up in perversion? Perversion results from twisting God’s natural, healthy order of things. Matt 19:11 – “he who is able to accept this..”

God had just been dealing with me on this issue of sexual purity, and I was traveling to the Toronto church to be in revival power with a friend, and she was telling me how she could “see” I was lusting after men, just because I would look at one or say that I liked another one who seemed to be my type. Example of when God deals with an area (sexuality) and after that someone says they see that problem in you – after the fact, after it’s cleansed – weird.

It seemed to boil down to open jealousy of an older woman towards a younger one, I don’t know. She is old enough to be my mother and I know she still wants to get married and maybe it’s just too much for her – a young (attractive, if I do say so myself) female, making her feel old or something.

I had to carefully avoid taking her too seriously, even though I wanted to be sensitive to God if He was trying to say something. Recognize how she might be twisting and skewing the truth. I knew the danger of trying to surgically cut out my most basic sexual interests.

I have had a huge problem coming to balance in sexuality, because what does a person do with his/her sexuality if one is single but has sex drive? This is the basic question and all the problems stem from that. I see stuff about the internet perverts and am reminded of how many isolated people there are in our culture who get sick in their isolation and loneliness.

SCRIPTURE ON SEXUALITY ISSUES

It is wrong even to think lust, so Jesus said. My definition of lust: sex with an object, negating the spirit, soul, mind, value of the individual and denying responsibility for them in a total commitment. This is what has to go. We cannot even think it, moreover, we must not even like it, otherwise we cannot defeat it. See, He must change our desires from within.

There are degrees of lust, and shades of sexuality in complex beings. One may have a positive fantasy about someone close to them whom they love and wish to be married to, and someone else may have degrading fantasies. It is up to the individual to determine if what they are thinking is lust and not godly – that which leads to spiritual death.

The following are passages from the bible about sexuality, and short references to what these passages say. You really need to go and look them up.

Rom 6: 12,13
Sexual immorality mentioned as one of main causes of being in judgment, or even hell. (see Revelation)

Rom 1:29, Rom 2:22
Rom 1: 26 - sexual perversion the first result of exchanging truth for a lie

1 Cor 6: 9-13 do not keep company with sexually immoral people
1 Cor 6: 9 Fornicators mentioned first! vs 13 sexual immorality, 18 flee sexual immorality. Every other sin is outside the body. The immoral person sins against his own body. vs 19,20 you were bought with a price, therefore, glorify God in your body…..!

1 Cor 7: 8, 9 If you burn with passion, marry! 1 Cor 11:11 Man and woman not independent of one another. One flesh!

1Cor 11:27-30 Don’t take Jesus’ body and blood unworthily. What would unworthily be? Casually taking the body and blood without intent to let these do what they are meant to do: change you, redeem you from sin.

2 Cor 4: 7 We have a treasure in earthen vessels (our bodies)

2 Cor 12: 9 God’s grace is sufficient for our weakness - the hinge. Don’t rely on your own strength. All commands are written to inspire conviction, but the power to change does not lie in deciding to “try” to obey them but to cast oneself upon God’s grace and mercy to help in time of need. Righteousness is a work of God.

Gal 5:13 Don’t use your liberty as an opportunity for the flesh
Note: Paul wrote a lot of things that imply to us that we are to do this or do that – and it sounds like something we are to do instead of God. Be reminded that Paul was of all people most aware of the need to fall upon God’s mercy and have God’s righteousness replace his own. The things we hear, the exhortations are things God uses to instill good within us, but we need to hear these things through the Holy Spirit and NOT allow our flesh to rise up and say “I’m going to try to do that!”
Col 3: 5,6 wrath!
1 Thes. 4: 3-7
Hebrews 12: 15,16 Bitterness and fornication equated
2 Peter 2:14 Eyes full of adultery, weak women
Jude vs 7
Rev. 21: 8 and Rev 22: 15 sexual immorality
Marriage is sacred and binding - what then, is sex outside of
marriage?
Matt 5: 27-28 lust is a degrading view of someone. It is ignoring the soul and spirit and looking on the body instead of the soul. vs 32
Matt: 19-3-9

If unmarried man sleeps with unmarried woman he can actually make it up to God and to her by marrying her, and he cannot divorce. Deuteronomy 22: 28 But Deut 22: 25 If she is betrothed and he isn’t and he forces her in the country, where no one would be able to hear her cry out, he is killed. If in the city, both killed. vs 22 If she is married, both die also. How do these laws play out today, considering God fulfills his law through His spirit, even when man doesn’t carry out punishments?
Deut. 27 - more laws on sexuality
Deut. 24:5 1 year of happiness to the newly married

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Beware oh beautiful young woman of your beauty. Men may desire you, but not love you, and women may find it hard to love you, even hate you. It’s because of beauty walls are created. One can merely concentrate on being attractive as the primary thing, leading to trouble.

If a woman or girl has a lot more on the inside - more self love and an awareness of one’s value on the inside, then that woman or girl will demand that value to be seen by others and will not lean on her exterior qualities. What leads to depending on the exteriors? Something goes wrong.

In the Mall of America tonight, I am reminded of things past. I remember loneliness -a spell that would be broken only by the admiring glance of a handsome young man. Now, I am thankful that with time and learning, when I walk around in the mall that I seem to be more of an object of scrutiny for reasons beyond beauty, to both young women and men. Particularly it is the young who notice me. With those women who are not young, I am always afraid of jealousy popping up, so I avoid looking at them at times. But things have changed. The old ways are breaking.

I saw a baby crying as his mother walked away to throw trash away, and look at her with glee again as she returned. She approached him inching, making wide smiles at him while he giggled. I thought of how a child sees his mother as beautiful, even if she has shoulders too wide and wears camp, masculine clothing and isn’t pretty. To him she is beautiful. And this is reality we were all born for: to be loved by people who know us, not to be admired, not to live inside a glass case. To live on the inside of who we are and what we believe and to be known and loved for who we are. How did I get so isolated?

Immoral sexuality is indulged by those who deny healthy family ties, who deny that sex can bring a baby and that a baby needs to come into the world through a home. But how do we get like that? How do we become lost so that we desire sex outside of love and family - so that we attract people we find attractive, but we don’t love them and it doesn’t lead to love, but it looks good, it feels good, and it seems as if one is reaching for love and intimacy, while all the time one is pouring sand through a sieve.

How did it get that way? It comes from pain in those significant relationships. It comes from hurt. But in looking back at the life that led to the wrong things, one has to forgive, one has to forget wrongs that were done. Bitterness underlies all wrong sex, and bitterness has to go.

Sexuality that is evil desires pleasure and even intimacy, but denies responsibility for the person or persons. In the past I chose those who wanted me for a moment, and then ran away. I chose wrongly because there was something wrong in me.

MARRIED, literal translation: “possessed.” Scary!

Bush Has One Of Those Days Where He Feels Like 68 Percent Of People Hate Him

WASHINGTON, DC—In an East Room press conference Tuesday, President Bush told reporters that he had the "sneaking feeling" that 68 percent of the U.S. population hated his guts that day.

"Maybe it's just me, but when I woke up this morning, it really seemed like 60 percent of men and 77 percent of women didn't want to have anything to do with me," Bush said. "I'm even getting the feeling that nearly two out of every three people who identify themselves as devout Christians—people who usually love me—are giving me the cold shoulder lately." From: the Onion

National Day Of Prayer - OOPS!

Almost missed it! It was yesterday. This is what they said about it:

The 56th Annual National Day of Prayer will take place Thursday, May 3, 2007. The theme for this year is "America, Unite in Prayer" and is based on the verse from II Chronicles 7:14 which states: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." NIV.

Well, did you PRAYYYYYYYYY????! Actually, I prayed all day, but I missed putting it on my blog.

There Are People Struggling With Homosexuality Who Don't Want To Be Gay

And there is an answer: Jesus Christ. That's why someone wrote the word "lie" on this billboard. Jesus isn't going to "affirm" a gay couple when it is his desire to set people free from the bondage of homosexuality. But if you are one who is honestly seeking to be free, there is an organization called Exodus International, dedicated to helping people leave the homosexual lifestyle through the power of the cross. And the power is through the cross. I've been struggling to get my own testimony on here, to tell you how I do not stand in my own righteousness but in the power of the cross. I've been tempted by the gay lifestyle, but managed to escape getting involved in it by simple confession. My post Win Over Sin tells how I later won over heterosexual sin.

Wow, reading that over I actually thought "that sounds like no more fun left. No heterosexual sin either. Wah!" Just kidding. My good Christian friends know: sin is bondage.

An Example Of the Disease Of Radical Islam

I say radical, because I don't want to offend Nonie if she's reading (Nonie, who still wants to call herself a Muslim. OK, if she insists). But really, if you read the article on this story, this is an example of the disease of self-righteousness that pervades the deception that has become this religion. He wasn't supposed to affectionately kiss a woman, though it's his one act of non-sexual love towards an older woman, which made me think maybe this man has a chance at having a soul after all! He isn't supposed to even touch any of her skin, but she was gloved and had her skin covered, but there's still an issue! Ach! Ach!

Why? Because they are so ho-o-o-o-oly. So holy they use language such as: "This type of indecency progressively has grave consequences..." And holy people are indeed concerned about whether or not things are right and correct. And if things are wrong, they should be punished. Hats off to hilarious (and truly holy in the eyes of our God) Kingdavid who determined that this man should have his lips cut off! But he's only interpreting the law as it has been interpreted before!

You see, Nonie, the truth is that radical Muslims, because they are so deceived, actually believe in the devil. Muslims like you recognize God, our God, but Muslims like these, unreasonable, and unhealthy, do not recognize the true God. Being caught up in laws such as these characterize Jesus' worst enemies: the Pharisees, the Jews of his day who also didn't know the true God and who he himself said were sons of the devil.

What's interesting about this story is that Mr., ah, Mr. "A" is getting caught at his own game.

Al Gore's Book Is The New Bible

I think this is a hoot! See, this is what God meant when he said "have no other gods before Me." A California hotel is placing Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth in the nightstand drawer instead of the Gideon bible. It's one thing to wonder about global warming and another thing to believe in it like this.

I Guess I Got Tagged Over At Night Writer's Blog

Reverend Mother mentioned that she wanted to tag me. So here goes.
A- Available or Single?
I'm single and available, but that depends on who you are, he he.

B- Best Friend.
Definitely Jesus Christ.

C- Cake or Pie.
This is a very tough question because of the existence of chocolate tortes and French silk pie. It would have to be a toss up. There's caramel pecan too.

D- Drink of Choice.
Here is one of the reasons there has to be a heaven. There are never enough beverage choices in life. We are so limited. Pop is sweet and the sugar is bad for you and for your teeth. Milk is good for you but can be fattening. Juices can add up to too much sugar as well. Tea and coffee become our choices for the non-caloric benefits. Unfortunately, I don't like the taste of tea that well, leaving me very few choices. I love coffee, but how much coffee can you drink? I also love mango juice.

E- Essential Item.
I learned to have only essentials while traveling around the country in a car with my two cats. Cats are essential, thus a cat-box is also essential. The Bible is essential. My computer is essential.

F- Favorite Color.
Red. I've always loved red. As a kid, when I'd get a fever during a cold I'd go asking for red. I also like periwinkle blue.

G- Gummi Bears or Worms.
Love gummi bears.

H- Hometown.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota. It was a heavenly beginning.

I- Indulgence.
My indulgence is travel and camping, if I have the money to do so. I want to go global. Lately my indulgence is to be on the internet. I almost prefer that to going to movies, but actually movies are a big indulgence.

J- January or February.
February. Weird question. In Minnesota, aren't we just getting through both of them?

K- Kids.
Kids? I have taught Sunday School to compensate for not having them. But I have some awesome nephews and nieces in my life too who have made the difference. Oh, I almost forgot. Cats have been like little kids in my life. Pet owners are pretty silly about that.

L- Life is incomplete without…
Animals. And of course, a relationship with Jesus.

M- Marriage Date.
Can't predict that, especially now when it looks like it's going to be the marriage supper of the Lamb coming sooner.

N- Number of Siblings?
Five. Three brothers and two sisters, living around the country and the world.

O- Oranges or Apples?
For some reason I don't like apples that well and they're supposed to be so healthy!

P- Phobias/Fears.
I'm better at denial than fear. Don't like to think about my fears. God has been at work to help me overcome numerous fears. I live above fear better at certain times in my life. My biggest fear to overcome is lack of provision and failure.

Q- Favorite Quote.
Man was born free, but he is everywhere in chains, by French philosopher Rousseau
And since you already read this coming into my blog...here's another one:
And with what do we pay when we purchase the truth? Why, young man,
we buy it with our time, and with our youth.
And here's another:
There's only one trouble with running away. You always meet yourself when you get there.
from the movie "The Leech Woman"

R- Reasons to smile.
On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead. I think that if Jesus can overcome death, then anything in life can be transcended. Laughter is transcending.

S- Season(ing).
Season: Spring
Seasoning: Curry

T- Tag Three.
Kingdavid, Kev, Trailady

U- Unknown Fact About Me.
Should I say? OK. I am a weak thing. I am the weakest thing there is. When God said He chose the "weak things of the world..." He meant me.

V– Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals.
Vegetables are nice, but what am I supposed to do when I'm hungry?

W- Worst Habit.
I'm too embarrassed to admit that I'm still trying to teach myself to get out the tissue instead of using my finger when my nose needs cleaning.

X– X-rays or Ultrasounds.
I can't believe how many X-rays I've had, and every time I freak out just a little, you know, worrying about radiation.

Y- Your Favorite Foods.
All I can think of is chocolate and chicken. I love chocolate and it's amazing all the ways people have thought of to prepare chicken.

Z- Zodiac.
This is the perfect opportunity to take out the four spiritual laws and preach. The Zodiac is naughty, I don't believe in it.
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May Day

Whew! Our parents who had us celebrate May Day probably never heard this description of the holiday:
May Day (May 1) is a spring festival celebrating human fertility and the renewal of nature. The festival originated with the celebration of the Roman goddess Flora and spread to other countries of the Roman Empire. May Day was especially popular in England during medieval times. Activities centered around the maypole, a tree collected from the woods and brought to the village to celebrate the upcoming summer. Many people participated in temporary sexual encounters while they were off in the woods.

Fortunately, Christians liberated the holiday and transformed it. I remember as a kid we made our May Day baskets which we brought to friend's houses.

Lutefisk Capital Of The World

Did you know that there is a town in Minnesota named Madison, after Madison, Wisconsin, that is called the Lutefisk capital of the world? Neither did I. It was on the travel channel, the Taste of America show with Mark DeCarlo. And I didn't know that they have a Norsefest with an outhouse race - an outhouse on wheels! Pictured is 'Miss Lutefisk' humor and the outhouse race. Those crazy Minnesotans!

The Madisonians couldn't answer the question: "what does Lutefisk taste like?" And what do you think Mark thought of it? Did he like it or find it disgusting? Answer in comments.

In "The Ten Commandments" Charlton Heston Performed All His Own Miracles, onion haha

Read about it in The Onion

"Partial-Birth Abortion" Ban Upheld

The Supreme Court upheld a 2003 Congressional ban on intact dilation and evacuation of a fetus. What do you think?


Theresa Bennell
Systems Analyst
"But what if you don't find out until late in the pregnancy that your fetus is doomed to be a total nerd?"


Keith Milan
Gymnastics Coach
"Partial-birth abortion is a horrific practice second only to the grotesque act of sexual intercourse."


Ivan Sarkisian
Respiratory Therapist
"This ban just ruins the whole abortion experience for me."

Silly humor from The Onion

Love Of The Brethren

This is Lauren McCain, one of the slain at Virginia Tech, only a 20 year old Freshman! She was quoted as saying Jesus was the "love of her life" and reading about her, the tears just welled up in my eyes, and something just takes over inside, letting me know there is something inside me that isn't me, it's God, making me love my sister in Christ. It is just amazing. Just think, she was taken away from all of life's troubles and will live in glory now. I'm so jealous. She is definitely a testimony to the godly elements that still live on our College campuses today.

Imagine The Pain

of Cho, the killer at Virginia Tech, or the pain of his relatives now after this tragedy. His parents, reportedly have been hospitalized with shock. I imagine Cho was as miserable with the things that were tormenting him, as he was ready to hurt others. His parents probably didn't raise him in a godly, loving home and he was probably isolated from godly influences. He got into the hands of American psychiatrists - whose healing "arts" are Godless - trying to heal the soul and the spirit without God. He was on an American campus, a place that is increasingly Godless.

Dennis Prager, radio talk show host, made the statement that in our society it is easy to be isolated from the conservative stream of thought but be inundated by the liberal one, but not the other way around. At the same time, it is possible to be isolated from the love of Christ and the saving message of the gospel in our society, and to be isolated from God. Oh sure, one may have heard the story of Ted Haggard or seen Jan Crouch on TV, but not really heard a heartfelt gospel message.

As the psalmist David said, "truly thou art a God who hidest thyself oh God of Israel." (passage?) Hard to understand, but Cho did not have Christ revealed to him.

He would have had more chance being exposed to the amazing wonders of people turning to God and mighty miracles in China, where thousands have been turning to Christ.

There is talk about gun control as an answer - ridiculous! More people should be carrying guns. I thought that would be the obvious answer. But aside from that, the answer is not really something that we should "do" now. There is talk about working harder to solve the problem of the rising number of mental health cases on college campuses - not an answer. The rising number of mental health cases is a symptom of a larger problem, but many don't see the problem. God help us.

Hero In The Midst Of Tragedy

Liviu Librescu is a great testimony to the Jewish spirit to be told on the day of solemn remembrance of the Holocaust. He died on that day. Little did I know when I did my last post on Hitler that it was Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, the day the professor blocked the door to protect his students in the worst shooting rampage in American history. What a great story. He survived the holocaust and later escaped from Communist Romania only to end up at an American university at 76 years of age to be a hero to young students at his last breath!

Hitler Basically Inspired By Jihad

Here it is again, a point that was made by the movie Obsession, that Hitler got his inspiration from a Muslim cleric and that he was basically learning Jihad. It is hatred of Jews they have in common, and as the movie made me realize, the Islamo-fascists are our new Hitler! Hatred of Jews spells out hatred of God. That's who they actually hate because one fact remains: the Jews are God's people.

The Great Global Warming Swindle

Now before you accuse me of having a political belief about global warming, know that I don't know what to believe. And I believe in asking questions and not getting in a frenzy because the world is coming to an end. Here is the perfect answer to An Inconvenient Truth and this documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle, which if I've done everything right you should be able to watch here, suggests that any warming of the earth may be caused by the sun! Of course! I thought that made so much sense. It also states that scientists who are convinced about man-made global warming have to convince people of their beliefs in order to fund their research.

It states that third-world countries are prevented from development of things like access to electricity by "believers" in global warming because they feel the earth can't stomach any more development. This is unfair and selfish. This means: "We have already polluted the earth, and used the earth's resources for our own ends, you must remain in a crude state and can't progress because there's no more room for you!"

Abortion Spells Out Double Standard

Partial birth abortion, or just abortion and a teen stabbing her newborn infant (even if 135 times) are in my mind no different, yet here is a frightened teen facing first degree murder charges. What a double standard. Something just goes off in my head when it comes to our judicial system hearing about this story. It reminds me of the story of Adam Bede, set way back in the early nineteenth century in England, when a pretty young girl also kills her infant, under duress. It is interesting how they convict her at this time in England, how they treat this, and to compare it to today. She is given a commuted sentence. At first she is sentenced to death, but since her lover is an aristocrat who has influence on her behalf, instead of death she is sent to Australia with other convicts.

This, by the way is a beautiful story worth reading and seeing. The British did a film version in 1992 of it that is lovely.

I thought when reading the story that surely the sentence was so harsh back then because it was pre-abortion times. Today they wouldn't see it that way. How could the sentence attached to the baby be so much harsher?

In our society, abortion is OK (and is funded by the taxpayer!) partial birth abortion is being fought for, but when a girl who is overweight comes up having a child under all her weight and in a panic stabs the baby repeatedly, she is charged with first degree murder. Wow! I just find that staggering.

Apology to Nonie Darwish

You may notice her name connected to the book Now They Call Me Infidel in an earlier post. I wrote her an e-mail, as she has a website of her own called ArabsforIsrael.com

I directed her to this blog. And after reading her book I realize that she is this amazing person. She is, at last, a Muslim who is temperate in her beliefs.

In my post Muslim Attitude Toward Dogs Says It All, I say some pretty harsh things about Muslims, but I am referring to radical Muslims - Islamo-fascists. I am referring to Muslims who are irrational and harsh themselves, intent on destroying and frustrating all those who don't fit into their belief system. Nonie is Muslim, but not one of these. I am apologizing to her because I sometimes forget that there are those who call themselves Muslim but don't fit the narrow-mindedness that I describe in that post. Although Nonie probably understands that, I just want to make that clear. I have made this new acquaintance - a meaningful one, and I don't want to mess it up.

Hot Cross Buns Are Too Christian For Hospital

Can we put two and two together? There are two articles referring to removing something too "Christian" today in the news, for those seeking a more secular society. One was a hospital banning hot cross buns on Good Friday and the other was the Easter bunny being renamed Peter Rabbit because it was too Christian. And it causes me to think of how many things in our world we owe to our Judeo-Christian roots, but do we know that? D. James Kennedy wrote in What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? about all the ways that Jesus and Christianity have impacted our world. Did you know that hospitals and Universities were founded in the middle ages by the church? Literacy and education for the masses? The abolition of slavery? Modern science? The elevation of women? Inspiration for some of the greatest works of art? The list goes on.

How can we continue to enjoy the many benefits and blessings of the things God has given us if we choke the very source? Will we figure it out finally, but too late? We who enjoy the blessings the most are the ones who are denying the source the most. In third world countries where people don't have these blessings they are running "to the cross" in large numbers.

In Nonie Darwish's book Now They Call Me Infidel (see earlier post) she makes the observation that Muslims in America will say that they enjoy certain privileges and things are OK for them, but she has to show them the things they enjoy are made possible by American rights and privileges that are not guaranteed in Muslim countries and do not originate in Islam. Again she is affirming the Judeo-Christian roots and the blessings offered by them.

Don Imus' Racial Slur

Now this is ridiculous. Drudge Report had several items related to this story today. First, Don Imus, radio talk show host out of New York city, makes this stupid remark about the Rutger's University women's basketball team, who are black, that they are a bunch of "nappy headed hos." Of course, it was wrong. But then, there are all these reactions and repercussions. A bunch of sponsors decide to pull out of his show. MSNBC decides to drop his show.

The whole world turns against Don Imus. He's got the head of the NAACP crying that he has "violated our community." Oh come on. And what about the lyrics in rap music? What about all the "ho" words there? I can't believe a guy can make one comment and because he's white he can get pummeled to death. Now they are talking about firing him. Obama called for him to be fired. And lily white Hillary, lover of black people, said "I've never wanted to go on his show."

Then, a Pennsylvania DJ got fired for repeating the comments, or, he had people call into his show to repeat them for a "phrase that pays" contest - kind of disrespectful.

Rosie O'Donnell talked about the 'thought police' are coming, and defended Imus. She talked about freedom of speech. I agree with her. Why can't he apologize? There's all this vindictiveness over a few words. When will black people be free of the victim syndrome?

Much to their surprise, the Virgins awaiting Muslims

in Heaven were not quite what they expected.
Kingdavid had this on his site, but my sister also sent this to me, so I thought I'd put it on mine too. Isn't it great?!

Now They Call Me Infidel

Why I Renounced Jihad
For America, Israel, And The War On Terror

This is a book I just finished by Nonie Darwish, an amazing Arabic woman from Egypt, daughter of a "shahid" - a martyr for jihad. She has renounced jihad as the book says, which tells so much. From her childhood she has had an independent mind.

She made her way from living with her mother who was widowed and living independent of a man, to living in America, the land of her dreams. It is great to hear what America means to someone like Nonie. You ought to hear how it is appreciated, for once - truly appreciated! She stands strong against the terrorist mindset and stands for Jews and for Israel.

She has even started a website for Jews called ArabsforIsrael.com. She speaks at colleges every where about her anti-terrorist beliefs. This book is worth reading.

How Does Al Gore Explain This..?

Record-Shattering Cold Threatens Crops
(State College, PA) - A brutally cold surge of arctic air into the eastern half of the United States will easily bring record-low temperatures on Easter morning and could cause significant losses in some of the nation's most prolific agricultural areas.

Resurrection of Jesus

This is from "The Passion Of The Christ." Happy Resurrection everybody!

Global Warming Hasn't Helped Minnesota

I don't know what you believe, but here it is, Friday before Easter and it's Co-0-0-0-0-ld. Cold like it's always been in Minnesota. It's only about 20 degrees in April! Frankly, I have been counting on global warming, thinking that at least in Minnesota we will benefit from it (selfishly.) I have thought that people were moving here because they figured a cold place was safer while the earth was warming. But now, it doesn't look like there is any warming, I'm sorry. And it is surely getting to me. The cold wind blows even into April and I'm sick of it, but I guess it could be worse.

Anyway, if you believe in global warming, come to Minnesota and you will think twice. This is ridiculous.

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (live)

Here is the song to listen to... the "flavor" Gabriel added is Latin. Imagine as you listen to it the whole time he is doing this as a worship to Jesus and not as a love song to a person.

Love Heals Your Heart - Third Day

For Good Friday - this song by the most prolific of Christian musicians in my opinion - every song a novelty. This is one of my favorites. (I am going a little YouTube happy since I figured out how to use my account)

Note: funny thing is singing along with this song I find myself singing "love breaks your heart" because it does. When you love you always risk breaking your heart. I broke my heart loving that cat right there - Tubby, because he's gone now. But the love in this song is God's love, and His love always heals.

Bush Refuses To Set Timetable For Withdrawal Of Head From White House Banister

Bush has refused to budge from his position. From The Onion.

Christ Getting In Shape For Second Coming

The Onion Reports, Jesus Christ, Son of God spends each morning trying to attain perfect abdominal definition.

For Easter - What would you like to resurrect...

and what would you like to put to death? Think about it. And is the power of Christ's death and resurrection enough for you this Easter?

Resurrection

Rainbow Bridge - A place where pets go when they die

My dear friend from high school, with whom I share a love of animals, just told me about the Rainbow Bridge, so I'm putting it here. I went to this church for a couple of years that seems to have gotten its inspiration from this poem, and from this video in particular. It has a big Jesus and a rainbow on the wall over by 35W near the University of Minnesota and it's called "Lovepower." The people are very tender and older and inspired by the 60's, I believe.

I ended up not going there, just dropping in to visit once in a while, because they were a little wacko and had some weird problem relating to young people, and just played very uninspired, twangy music that I couldn't stand. But they helped me during a difficult time, and I was touched by their rainbows and their love of pets and their "pennies from heaven."

I like the poem because it suggests that animals came from God and therefore will return to God, and you will be with them too if you are going to heaven.

"In Your Eyes"

PETER GABRIEL LYRICS

love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes

love, I don't like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes

I always thought that there is absolutely no one you could sing this to but Jesus. But I guess Peter wrote this to a woman. Yet for a long time after I reaffirmed my relationship to Christ I sang this song to Jesus and whenever I hear this played I still think of this as the perfect praise to Him. I introduced this to a group of middle and high school kids in church once. This is one of my all-time favorite songs.

Naked Chocolate Jesus Upsets Christians

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A life-size sculpture of a naked Jesus made out of chocolate has angered a Roman Catholic organization and forced a Manhattan art gallery to reconsider exhibiting it during Easter week.

The sculpture "My Sweet Lord" by Cosimo Cavallaro was to be exhibited for two hours each day next week in a street-level window of the Roger Smith Lab Gallery in Midtown Manhattan. It was set to open on Monday, days before Good Friday when Christians mark the crucifixion of Jesus.

"We're considering our options," Matthew Semler, the gallery's artistic director, said on Friday. "We're still assessing the situation."

I just thought the headline was hilarious, as found in the Drudge Report.

Why Dogs Are Divine

ABC News reports on a dog who saved its owner with the 'Heimlich' maneuver! He noticed her trying to dislodge food she swallowed by performing her own Heimlich, so he jumped on her chest and started pounding on it. So smart! Oh, yes, that "unclean" animal (to Muslims) just saved a human again! Look at that honey of an animal! Oh, dogs!

Anna Nicole Smith Finally Reaches Target Weight

From The Onion

NASSAU, BAHAMAS—Former stripper turned Playboy Playmate turned reality-TV star Anna Nicole Smith has overcome her longtime struggle with obesity, at last reaching her target weight of 125 pounds, sources said Monday.

This is the Onion's humor, finally funny again after failed attempts.

Muslim Attitude Toward Dogs Says it All

ABC News reports about how dogs are unclean to Muslims,

and it's enough to make me so mad. I am tired of hearing about all the self-righteousness in Islam. Muslims declare certain things to be holy and are dead sure they are correct, despising what is "unholy" and it amazes me how Satan has deceived them with their brand of holiness. In Minneapolis, the Muslims who work at Target are so holy, they refuse to touch a package that has bacon in it, so they will not work in a grocery line passing food such as this through the line and have to work somewhere else in the store for the sake of their religion. So holy! Makes me sick! Self righteousness is a righteousness that is man-made not God-made, and is not truly righteous. It is a lie.

Radical Muslims have the audacity to call all those who don't embrace their ways "infidels." Interesting that we use that word to refer to those who who have sex outside of marriage, something that is a part of their religion, as they don't hold sex between one man and woman dear at all, and that is what they call us. Hypocritical!

I cannot believe that Muslims call our bible the word of the devil! Who do they think they are? These are people whose only concept of heaven is sexual, and for men only: 72 virgins in eternity.

Dogs are unclean to them? I find it interesting that one can measure the health of people by their treatment of dogs, since nut-cases mistreat dogs. How can you not see the divinity of the dog? Seeing dogs as unclean shows the twisted thinking in their religion.

Feminism Could Be Bad For Your Health!

This was from The Daily Mail but it will not allow me a transfer to the source. I thought it was funny. Here is an excerpt: "A study in Sweden, arguably one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, discovered that men and women who are equal are more likely to suffer illness or disability.

Those who earn the same are also more likely to become unwell or suffer a disability.

People who have management jobs, male or female, were also found to die younger than those with a less pressured lifestyle."

Speaking In Tongues and Your Brain

ABC news reports, the control center of the brain goes quiet while speaking in tongues, according to a study featured on Nightline. This is a gift God gave me but I haven't used it much. It is supposed to be God praying through you according to His perfect will, and it is His heavenly language. It is supposed to give you peace of mind, and bring you into line with God's will in things. It is also supposed to be a source of Gods' power. Interesting that this secular source reminds me of this neglected gift.

Chocolate is Good For You! Duh!

ABC news just came out with another article about how chocolate is good for you, like I didn't know. I understand it's just the amount of sugar it takes to sweeten chocolate that has always been the problem.

Televangelists

In their defense, I have to say that though God is not using them in my life now, that He has used them in the past and for good. Joyce Myer, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, TBN's Paul and Jan Crouch, and locally, Mac Hammond. They have all had good teaching that I have thrived on for a period of time and learned a lot from. There was a time when I watched Joyce and Benny almost every single morning. I don't agree with their materialism at all, but I can't discount the ways that they have been used in my life. I have given small amounts of money here and there, but caution against giving money to them.

Rat Poison?

"No Big Deal! We just accidentally spilled some rat poison into our food designed to nourish cats and dogs, sorry. Sorry it killed your pet." Is that what they're gonna say? No, I don't believe in suing them, but it's kind of ridiculous. Kind of funny on this side, since I miraculously was using an obscure cat food that wasn't on the list, thanks, God.

Cruise Survivor Made Peace With God

ABC news report. Tim Sears, 31, swam 14 hours in a dark ocean after jumping from his cruise ship while drunk, and had given up. He prayed to God and planned to go under but then decided to swim up and go for one last run, swimming another 3 hours. A cargo ship came and he yelled to it and was rescued. He wasn't attacked by sharks and his survival is miraculous. I'm sure this experience has changed his life.

Wrong Sperm Gives Couple Black Baby

I suppose anything is possible. Abc news reports. This couple realized they got the wrong sperm from a fertility clinic because their child doesn't resemble them. Wow. So now they're suing. Funny thing is, the mother looks kind of black, doesn't she? I guess she's Hispanic. Funny story, funny movie premise!