Taking up where I left off or to quote Gene Autry, I'm Back In The Saddle Again. Blog 6 ta-da!
Do you recognize this signature song belonging to that good old Saturday matinee kids' movie idol, Gene Autrey? (spell check doesn't like either way I do his last name, with or w/o an e) Here's some more lyrics: I'm back in the saddle again, Out where a friend is a friend. Where the lonely cattle feed on the lowly jimson weed, I'm back in the saddle again. I'm back in the saddle again, totin' my old forty four, Where I sleep out every night and the only law is right, I'm back in the saddle again.
Now in 2016 it's a sad commentary on the times here in the good old USA that Gene would be in trouble for 'totin'.
But I like my 'floral tribute' openings better. Sing it; Roses are red my love, violets are blue oo oo, Now I am back my dears, Writing to you. (Yuck that's sweet enuf to make one sick!) But it rhymes.
So I haven't written for over 2 years and I think the reason is it's because there are so many word games to play, so many FB posts to click on and You Tube channels to watch and so many books to read and crossword puzzles to do. I'm busy. Busy doing nothing some might say, but. some I say, 'It's what I enjoy so go fly a kite!'
The weather is running true to form for winter. Twenty three degrees above and snowing. The forecast is for one to one and a half inches by tomorrow. Looks like it's coming true. But we live in this swell house all snug and warm so 'Let it Snow, Let it snow, let it snow!' Love u Lorel!
Lalon enjoys playing solitaire on his Ipad and even checks out emails and FB once in awhile. He also likes to read but he limits his reading time to 30 or 40 minute segments off and on during the day to prevent eye strain. Even so he gets through a couple books a week. He is missing the football season but he won the family's Fantasy Football League so that made him sort of bright eyed and bushy tailed, also a happy camper, and a jolly good fellow. 2016 for him is off to a good start eh?
Just awhile ago my jolly good fellow folded a load of clothes for me whilst I was struggling to do the floral tribute thing. I'm thinkin' he did the better job!
We still worship on Sundays at the Senior Center but are considering an offer of a church building near Medicine Lake whose congregation disbanded a few years ago. They left everything in it and all we need is a piece of land to put it on and the $ to pay for the moving etc. What a great opportunity.
Several women from church are meeting here again in 2016 for fellowship and to study the Bible on Wednesday mornings. We listened to Dr. David Jeremiah on the topic of Spiritual Warfare this week. It's a 10 or 12 week course. The main text was from Ephesians 6 about putting on the whole armor of God and having done so to STAND, for the enemy the roaring lion goes about seeking whom he may devour. ( My thought here: may not can. May implies permission, can, ability.) The lion wants to come up behind you and snap your neck in his jaws,severing spinal cord. If you look/stare him in the eyes, keeping him in front of you at all times, he will back away defeated. Another point Don't Run! Stand! Don't underestimate the adversary...The believer is his enemy. He and his minions seek us out to destroy us by any and all means.
That's another of my dislikes. Minions. So popular now on FB. I've never heard the term applied to any other but the devil. Webster's Collegiate says, ;a servile follower or subordinate. Anyway the word leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The devil's minions are not funny to me and no amount of cutesy one-eyed characterization will make them so in my thinking.
I can't seem to make this Blog # 6 be very lighthearted. Why is that? I'm sort of in a preaching warning mood. Like anyone but me will ever read this anyway so i may as well vent and be done with it. I've copied things in my ;notebooks that I'll record here.
No. 1: Norman Matton Thomas Nov.21, 1884 to Dec. 19,1968 Leading American Socialist, Pacifist, and six times Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party of America in a 1944 speech said this: "The American people will never knowingly accept socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without knowing that it happened." He went on to say, "I no longer need to run as a presidential candidate for the Socialist party. The Democrat party has adopted our platform.
No.2: From The City On the Hill date Nov. 25 2012---Today's Saphire, Before Leaving the Mayflower.
They'd come across the Atlantic Ocean through rough seas and storms 66 days locked up in small quarters. Finally they came to solid ground. It was Saturday afternoon. Despite their eagerness, hunger and seasickness, they didn't set foot on land until Monday. Why? They knew before they embarked on this new life they had to begin in prayer and worship. And it was from these weary but faithful travelers that came the civilization known as the United States of America.
The USA isn't perfect but think how different the world would be without it. Without America there would likely be no Israel in the world. Millions of the poor and persecuted would have perished and the world would be ruled by Stalin or Hitler or their followers.(minions?) And it all began with prayer and worship!
Before we set foot in our new day, new job, new relationship, new ministry, let's be wise pilgrims and do as they did in the Mayflower.
Find time and dedicate it to the LORD, seek His will and all these things shall be added unto you. Seek ye first the kingdom of God...
I'm thinking Blog 6 is long enough and some funny stuff is showing up in my notebooks. Blog 7 may be lighthearted! Hooray!
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