Wednesday, Wednesday

 Nope. Monday still works better....

Now that the madness of "elections" is past (for a couple of weeks anyway) how about we start holding politicians accountable for their actions. Not their moral actions as for the past groups ( After Bush 1 and especially Billy Bob and since ) as we have ignored the moral deficit displayed by all of them. But how about for the cost of existence. We have become a nation of governmental slaves instead of the government serving. The "middle class" supporting the rich and the poor. Farms are more and more going corporate and concerning themselves only with profit (shocker) while family farms continue to decline and are being forced to accept government controlled payments just to get by. Genetically modified crops, cows and poultry are the sources of food sold to us by the mega-stores and I gotta tell you, the end result of this setup isn't pretty. Start now as cost are only going to rise and the dollar is going to dilute. I would recommend getting a few bows and lots of arrows as the skills required to make you own will have to be relearned. They are much less noisy than guns and much easier on the meat. Also you will need to learn how to trust and be trusted. These skills are lost among most of society and will not survive extended anarchy. 

The only thing I see as surviving the collapse of this nation (and others) is The Word. The reason I say that is because the history of the world is has survived the fall of every empire since the time of the Messiah, no matter how evil the times were. It is evident that the rise and fall of nations is as the passing of wind by the world. Religions come and go but the Word endures. Islam, if you really look at the history, shows how it will tear itself apart in the same manner as has happened with Christianity.  Shiite has no tolerance for any flavor. I see the same amongst the groups who call themselves followers of Christ. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox have little to do with each other. Northern and southern Baptist, England and Rome (since the pope said no to H8) separated over authority. Yet the Word lives on. Mankind has proven over and over again that we are doomed. The only way the world will unite is in evil (predicted in the written Word) and it will be called "good" (also predicted). The vision that Roddenberry looked for in Star Trek cannot be until ALL of mankind accepts responsibility for their actions. That means every person individually accepts responsibility for each and every action they take, whether good or bad or neutral. Doable? Nyet. Nein. Nope. Not in this generation, the next generation, or the generations after that. 

I have no hope for the world as a whole, but for those who study the Word, those who heed and apply the Word, those who do as the Word teaches, hope still lingers.

I believe in only one race, Human. I believe in one way, Jesus. I believe that in Jesus is the only way we have hope. I believe the entryway to the path of true peace is not closed as yet, but someday soon it will be closed. My intention is to be at the end of that pathway when that entryway is closed. I also invite you (as in everyone) to join me on the pathway. If you don't want to, your choice. I still love you but, like the Creator, I'll let you choose your own way. I wish you all peace, wisdom and joy.

 

 

 

It's an Oktober morgen.

 I have exceeded my allotted time on earth and still haven't figured out my calling. I wonder if this is why? Only two days from Novebre and eye kant help but wonder why no frost?? Guess it's time to pick the tabascos peppers and palant some turnups.

 

 

Yes, I did.

Tried to post a playlist but I haven't figured that out yet.

 

Much love to all.

Jesus Rulez

Yes, you can consider me a Jesus Freak.

Bye the by

 Yes, that was Bob Marley's song "Three Little Birds".

For those who didn't notice

 Yes, my last post left some holes. That was intentional. Check the last statement for another clue....

Let the good times roll

Whelll. 

48 years. Yep, 48. I've been married 8 years more than I expected to live. Physically I'm a wreck but still I'll keep on truckin' till God says come on home.

 

What do I see in life?? I see people pontificating in generalities where the specifics don't agree. I see hate mongering being exploited rather than addressed. I do indeed see a "Bad Moon Rising". 

Relationships between the races, religions, philosophies will not improve because no one wants truth, all want "My Way" and none of mankind (or animal or vegetative) want a place where different can abide side-by-side. 

For you atheist and agnostic, please ignore the next  bit: Since the time of the garden all of the earth has been a struggle for dominance. You want a plant based example, visit Alabama and check out the kudzu. Prefer an animal based example, walking catfish or pythons. Humanoid?? All governments established by people  are ample examples. Philosophies/religions as well. 

My observation is simply this: the seven "deadly sins" are summed up completely in "self." We are brought into existence by the actions of others. We leave existence by the actions of others. 

Our bodies (and I believe minds also) are not equipped to last more than a few decades and during that time-frame we grow in strength for a while, then our strength dissipates. Mentally the same thing occurs. We have become temporary even though man/woman were created to be of continuous existence. 

Back to the "7 Deadly": I have been a student of the book and letter collection that we call the Holy Bible. I have gone over most of it many times (Numbers always gives me trouble staying awake and the Song of Solomon confuses me a lot.) From the scripture one thing keeps coming up: neither the quantity nor the quality of the sin means a thing. Sin is missing the mark and the passing "grade" is 100%. Anything less is failure. When the creation tries to supersede the Creator, the creation will fall.  

 Was Enoch perfect? I have to say no, but God chose to make him so when God brought him (Enoch) to heaven.  Same with Elijah. If you look closely at the New Testament you see that Jesus was and is in charge. He had the authority to forgive the thief and note that it was on the one who accepted Jesus and he knew his destination for after his passing. This happened under the Law of Moses and the forgiveness received is the same forgiveness others were given during the time of Jesus' teaching. 

 Read the book before say anything. How do we follow the footsteps of the thief? How do we follow the "path" blazed by Yeshua (aka Jesus of Nazareth)? The answers are there between the pages. It's not that confusing but it does require more than 30 second sound bites. 

Take no one's word for it but search out the truth for yourself. That includes what I say. I am not offended  because I choose to not be offended. The world is full of selfish expression and I try to seek truth.

If my views offend you, why do you let them? I mean no one any harm.  I'd rather we have a meaningful discussion. 

Pink Floyd had it right. Time does fly..

 I know most people will disagree, but for me when it comes to Pink Floyd their best album was Meddle. Dark Side was the best engineered but number 2 for me. Wish would be #3 Wall and earlier stuff have good songs but not better overall. I will give Comfortably Numb props but the album doesn't give me the emotional range of their best. 

As for music today, eh! I guess you must think of me as olde. Fortunately I am not overly concerned. I have a lot of old stuff, including radio broadcast, that I can listen to anytime I like.  I've converted much of my tape collection to mp3 and can now have free flowing music for better than a week, probably closer to a month. I'm not positive but I think I have at least a week of Grateful Dead alone. 

Today's artist, Toby Mac is one. My Love listens to Muscadine Bloodline a lot and I find them to be as good as anyone out there. My biggest problem I suppose is that I prefer lyrics to be composed of something besides what I call "gutter talk". If you can't compose without what used to be called "cuss words", expletives, dirty language, whatever you want to call abbreviated expressions, then don't.  Reminds me of a Doonesbury cartoon where the moon is described by one person who has a way with words and a Califoniaese speaker says "Oh wow. Lookit the moon." But I digress:

Sometimes I really would like to get in my space of music place and let the amplifiers roar.