Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Navigating Wait Time
I said to Margaret the other day that I'd seen a prophecy update on YouTube that I thought was worth watching, but when I started it the speaker said "It's January 23-----" and I turned it off because it was already too old.
Do you realize how quickly everything is coming together? Convergence, pace, events, are all so fast that we are practically left in the dust! The swirl of prophetic events is all around us.
Pestilence
Disease
Earthquakes (and volcanoes)
Political Instability
Spiritual Apathy
Confusion
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are certainly saddling up.
As I am sucked in to the impeachment trial for President Donald Trump I must always remind myself that GOD IS IN CONTROL.
I'm interested in this "Q" or Kew component, and I'm following it on Twitter.
I see many apparently faithful people excited about corruption meeting its just desserts.
I, too, hope for this. I am hopeful that God will bring about justice even now.
I also do not trust the cabal of the global elite. They really do have a measure of power, under the prince of the power of the air, and they are not easily thwarted as they set up their prophesied coming new world order.
We know that they will have their heyday.
I also see people who will blink at the past evil of the Democrat party in their blind hatred of Donald Trump. That pushes me more toward Trump than anything else. To see them mock a pro-life, pro-Israel, anti-globalist agenda is more than I can take.
I am all of those, and most of the "evangelical" crowd is just that. What are our options?
President Donald Trump could come out of the closet as an ardent member of the Illuminati Jesuit Cabal, and I wonder if the faithful would still follow him.
I wouldn't.
I support him as long as he fights corruption in the Deep State and apparently combats globalism. We have been lulled into believing that things can come out good---but they cannot. We know prophecy, and we know that horrible times are ahead.
It is our task to warn people that this time of trial is coming, to place their trust in Jesus and follow Him. He is the only hope that there is.
So we wait and watch the proceedings with interest. Will justice be served here and now? Will it wait for the divine King of Kings to settle this?
Jesus is the LORD of heaven and earth. He is the King of Kings.
Those that believe Lucifer is that king will be sorely disappointed. Can we trust the Word of God or not? I say we can trust it. It has been fully reliable and true from cover to cover. His Word is our measurement of all things.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. John 1:1
As prophesied events unfold we can look to the Word of God with more confidence than ever.
I do not know Donald Trump. I don't know if he has repented and put his faith in Jesus. I hope so. I hope VP Mike Pence has done so as well. I know several Bible-believers have confidence in the faith of some of our politicians and lawmakers. I hope they do have saving faith.
Saving faith. What is it?
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Acts 16:31
Repent, therefore, and be converted. Acts 3:19
Open the door, and I (Jesus) will come in. Rev. 3:20
Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. Matt. 4:19
Do not conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...Rom.2:12
Christ, resurrected---1 Cor 15:14-21
Be born again. John 3:7
Affirm these things in your heart and mind. They will transform you into a new creature, a spiritual being with eternal life in Christ. This is the truth sent from above.
When you trust the Almighty He will keep you, guard you, through all of the horrors that you face. Death will not have the victory over you.
So rest easy, dear ones, in the Lord of life.
I've been through deep waters over the past few years. When you have five children you are always facing some trial or tribulation directly or indirectly. The stress leaks over into the lives of others close to you. That is when you band together in prayer and faith that God will overcome this trouble! He does!
I went to three funerals in January. Death comes, and it is hard. All three were hard. To know that Jesus is your savior is to meet hardship gracefully. It is appointed for men to die, but there is no victory in the death of a believer. The victory is that the loved one is with Jesus in glory forever.
That is where we all want to be. Jesus, come soon! Maranatha.
My granddaughter was born last week and she is beautiful. My daughter in law has suffered some complications, so I appreciate your prayers for her. It's stressful, but we KNOW who has her in His everlasting hands.
Lord, we believe! Help our unbelief! We trust in you, even through the deepest waters. You are with us, helping us, encouraging us, holding us.
Corgi Hollows News: Our prophecy tea was last Sunday. We did not do a Bible study this time (NEXT TIME, for sure!) because we talked about current events and what is happening in the world.
School has started, both my teaching and my grad school. I am thankful for a more balanced schedule all around. I've had trouble getting into my (rather) dry classes on evaluation and human resources, but I think they will soon become more interesting as I become more familiar with the subjects.
I got a wonderful situation as the librarian at the elementary school, and I can read to my heart's content. I'm probably going to have this position until the end of the school year. God is SO good!
The animals are okay. The white cat shows signs of stress, too much grooming of his leg. We keep thinking he will stop, but he doesn't. The other pets are healthy and sassy. I'm praying for our cat to "chill" and heal. We've been trying different salves and sprays, all to no avail.
Corgi Hollows is quiet after our frenzied holidays with our dear guests from Germany. I'm getting back to swimming at the Y and my bones and muscles and HEAD thank me. Pain is something I live with every day, but there are days when it dictates my activity.
Self-care sounds so selfish, but I realize that if you don't frame it in a form of self-discipline you will suffer and pay the price of pain and sickness. Taking time for vitamins, exercise, rest, and fresh air is really mandatory.
Cheri and I put the Christmas decorations away last weekend. We finally had a moment. January birthdays have been celebrated (my dad turned 93!) and we are looking for Spring.
My husband finally got one of the cars running. One of the housekeepers at the hotel commented on Cheri's driving the big 12 passenger van to school and work----"That's just got to change!"
Well, maybe tomorrow after the alignment is done....!
Next up is Ed's Buick. It needs major work, so this may take awhile to get it running again. It is a relief to have even one more vehicle back in service. Old cars are the bane of our existence! We are daily learning lessons in gratitude.
It's fun that Ed and Jim, my older (second) son, have a class together at the University this semester! They get to sit together in lecture twice a week. Jim and his wife are all moved into their new home, and my grandson is doing great! We all got together on New Year's with Heidi and Paul, our German friends.
Margaret has big plans again. No, she's not hiking the Pacific Crest Trail again (though she said she'd do it again this summer in a heartbeat!) She's heading out east this summer for a summer job.
My oldest son Joe, and his wife, and new daughter will be facing a HUGE transition this year. They are moving back home to Minnesota. I CAN'T WAIT.
God is good all the time.
Do you realize how quickly everything is coming together? Convergence, pace, events, are all so fast that we are practically left in the dust! The swirl of prophetic events is all around us.
Pestilence
Disease
Earthquakes (and volcanoes)
Political Instability
Spiritual Apathy
Confusion
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are certainly saddling up.
As I am sucked in to the impeachment trial for President Donald Trump I must always remind myself that GOD IS IN CONTROL.
I'm interested in this "Q" or Kew component, and I'm following it on Twitter.
I see many apparently faithful people excited about corruption meeting its just desserts.
I, too, hope for this. I am hopeful that God will bring about justice even now.
I also do not trust the cabal of the global elite. They really do have a measure of power, under the prince of the power of the air, and they are not easily thwarted as they set up their prophesied coming new world order.
We know that they will have their heyday.
I also see people who will blink at the past evil of the Democrat party in their blind hatred of Donald Trump. That pushes me more toward Trump than anything else. To see them mock a pro-life, pro-Israel, anti-globalist agenda is more than I can take.
I am all of those, and most of the "evangelical" crowd is just that. What are our options?
President Donald Trump could come out of the closet as an ardent member of the Illuminati Jesuit Cabal, and I wonder if the faithful would still follow him.
I wouldn't.
I support him as long as he fights corruption in the Deep State and apparently combats globalism. We have been lulled into believing that things can come out good---but they cannot. We know prophecy, and we know that horrible times are ahead.
It is our task to warn people that this time of trial is coming, to place their trust in Jesus and follow Him. He is the only hope that there is.
So we wait and watch the proceedings with interest. Will justice be served here and now? Will it wait for the divine King of Kings to settle this?
Jesus is the LORD of heaven and earth. He is the King of Kings.
Those that believe Lucifer is that king will be sorely disappointed. Can we trust the Word of God or not? I say we can trust it. It has been fully reliable and true from cover to cover. His Word is our measurement of all things.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. John 1:1
As prophesied events unfold we can look to the Word of God with more confidence than ever.
I do not know Donald Trump. I don't know if he has repented and put his faith in Jesus. I hope so. I hope VP Mike Pence has done so as well. I know several Bible-believers have confidence in the faith of some of our politicians and lawmakers. I hope they do have saving faith.
Saving faith. What is it?
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Acts 16:31
Repent, therefore, and be converted. Acts 3:19
Open the door, and I (Jesus) will come in. Rev. 3:20
Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. Matt. 4:19
Do not conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...Rom.2:12
Christ, resurrected---1 Cor 15:14-21
Be born again. John 3:7
Affirm these things in your heart and mind. They will transform you into a new creature, a spiritual being with eternal life in Christ. This is the truth sent from above.
When you trust the Almighty He will keep you, guard you, through all of the horrors that you face. Death will not have the victory over you.
So rest easy, dear ones, in the Lord of life.
I've been through deep waters over the past few years. When you have five children you are always facing some trial or tribulation directly or indirectly. The stress leaks over into the lives of others close to you. That is when you band together in prayer and faith that God will overcome this trouble! He does!
I went to three funerals in January. Death comes, and it is hard. All three were hard. To know that Jesus is your savior is to meet hardship gracefully. It is appointed for men to die, but there is no victory in the death of a believer. The victory is that the loved one is with Jesus in glory forever.
That is where we all want to be. Jesus, come soon! Maranatha.
My granddaughter was born last week and she is beautiful. My daughter in law has suffered some complications, so I appreciate your prayers for her. It's stressful, but we KNOW who has her in His everlasting hands.
Lord, we believe! Help our unbelief! We trust in you, even through the deepest waters. You are with us, helping us, encouraging us, holding us.
Corgi Hollows News: Our prophecy tea was last Sunday. We did not do a Bible study this time (NEXT TIME, for sure!) because we talked about current events and what is happening in the world.
School has started, both my teaching and my grad school. I am thankful for a more balanced schedule all around. I've had trouble getting into my (rather) dry classes on evaluation and human resources, but I think they will soon become more interesting as I become more familiar with the subjects.
I got a wonderful situation as the librarian at the elementary school, and I can read to my heart's content. I'm probably going to have this position until the end of the school year. God is SO good!
The animals are okay. The white cat shows signs of stress, too much grooming of his leg. We keep thinking he will stop, but he doesn't. The other pets are healthy and sassy. I'm praying for our cat to "chill" and heal. We've been trying different salves and sprays, all to no avail.
Corgi Hollows is quiet after our frenzied holidays with our dear guests from Germany. I'm getting back to swimming at the Y and my bones and muscles and HEAD thank me. Pain is something I live with every day, but there are days when it dictates my activity.
Self-care sounds so selfish, but I realize that if you don't frame it in a form of self-discipline you will suffer and pay the price of pain and sickness. Taking time for vitamins, exercise, rest, and fresh air is really mandatory.
Cheri and I put the Christmas decorations away last weekend. We finally had a moment. January birthdays have been celebrated (my dad turned 93!) and we are looking for Spring.
My husband finally got one of the cars running. One of the housekeepers at the hotel commented on Cheri's driving the big 12 passenger van to school and work----"That's just got to change!"
Well, maybe tomorrow after the alignment is done....!
Next up is Ed's Buick. It needs major work, so this may take awhile to get it running again. It is a relief to have even one more vehicle back in service. Old cars are the bane of our existence! We are daily learning lessons in gratitude.
It's fun that Ed and Jim, my older (second) son, have a class together at the University this semester! They get to sit together in lecture twice a week. Jim and his wife are all moved into their new home, and my grandson is doing great! We all got together on New Year's with Heidi and Paul, our German friends.
Margaret has big plans again. No, she's not hiking the Pacific Crest Trail again (though she said she'd do it again this summer in a heartbeat!) She's heading out east this summer for a summer job.
My oldest son Joe, and his wife, and new daughter will be facing a HUGE transition this year. They are moving back home to Minnesota. I CAN'T WAIT.
God is good all the time.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Friday, January 24, 2020
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Cat on the Lap
I'm sitting in front of my fire this morning with a cat on my lap. Predicate was up behind my head on the backrest of the chair for awhile, but left for more interesting pursuits.
Topi is curled up at my feet.
Corwyn waits for my lap to free up, but the white cat refuses to leave.
What a picture of comfort.
Soon I'll leave for a swim at the Y and then off to the hotel. I haven't gotten my textbooks for the semester yet, so I'm a little behind with my classes. Tonight, after I've taken care of laundry I can get to my online material.
As I enjoy my little cozy "hygge" this morning I am thinking about how our time is so short!
I have a darling little new granddaughter. She is beautiful, and her head is full of beautiful dark hair. Everything about her is sweet and wonderful. I cannot wait to see her.
God is so good.
I've been lined up for another long-term subbing job. This one should last for the rest of the year, and it is really perfect. It's only three days a week, so I have some time for studies and housekeeping.
God is good. He gave me exactly what I needed.
We've had a little reprieve in the weather. The biting cold has departed and we have had temps above freezing. This makes everyone happy.
As my husband and I crunched across the snow to choir the other night in 16 degrees I mentioned that it seems that spring isn't so far away. Time is flying by.
In choir we are singing the Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn and the Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjello. Both are beautiful!
The promise of the seasons: it's there in Genesis.
It is impossible for God to lie, and we have His word on it. Spring is coming.
When you see the big picture, the whole picture, you have such a peaceful outlook. Time is fleeting, and we are going to see our Savior soon.
What I love about my family the most is that we question and seek faith matters above all else. We are constantly weighing ideas and reading. Because we have such diverse friends and listen to so many different views we are always coming back to Scripture, measuring and testing.
Within the "evangelical" community there are so many nuances of faith.
As I've lost several people recently ---accidentally and through cancer---I've been going back and reading older literature on faith matters. It's always good to go back----to the eras before post modernism, to compare the outlook of society. It's striking. I find it comforting to see eternal truths and align my thinking with them.
Sin has always been an issue, but we can see how this current generation must deal with it on a deeper level. It's good to go back and compare the saints and their ideas of the past with the ideas of today. What are the truths that we must never forget?
I, like you, have read crazy stuff about what Satan is doing in the world today. I'm concerned about it. I'm glad to be aware. I am always asking myself----Where have I been taken in? Where have I been duped? Is this crazy thing just crazy, or is there truth to this?
Look at all the people with their heads in the sand!
That isn't so bad, if their sand is a focus on Christ alone. Too often it's a focus on secular media and the world's trends.
We must balance an awareness of spiritual darkness with a steadfast holding to Christ and the Word of God.
Yes, things are pretty dark out there. Atrocities are being committed. Darkness is being exposed. Satan is still a liar and a deceiver. People still think Lucifer is really god. There are those that cling to their human doctrines. Paganism is growing by leaps and bounds.
To have your eyes opened to the prevailing deceptions is disheartening, disturbing, and perplexing. One doesn't think it can possibly be that bad!
But it is.
And it drives you to Jesus in ways more real and comforting and inspiring than ever.
That's the good of it.
I'm seeing quite a few young people becoming totally on fire for the Lord. However, their spiritual immaturity puts them at risk for running with the winds of controversy and sensationalism. They must be careful to not be sidetracked by whims and tangents! For anyone seeking truth this can be a mine-field of distraction from Jesus.
So many young evangelicals are flocking toward socialism and social justice.
So many young believers are being stirred up by the floods of information and disclosure on the internet. Darkness seems to know no bounds.
So many people are distracted by politics and personalities.
It's a challenge to stay on the strait and narrow path. I'm no different. Our brains are wired to take in an eternity's worth of information. When presented with a likeness of that in the internet it is absolutely probable that we succumb to that temptation! I must fight it.
So I return to my cat on my lap---even though as I've been writing he's left for a more comfortable perch. My quiet, my heart, my trust in God is my portion for today.
I have learned to be content in whatever state I am in. For now.
Human nature will continue to rear its head, but for today....
Seek the Lord while He may be found.
Topi is curled up at my feet.
Corwyn waits for my lap to free up, but the white cat refuses to leave.
What a picture of comfort.
Soon I'll leave for a swim at the Y and then off to the hotel. I haven't gotten my textbooks for the semester yet, so I'm a little behind with my classes. Tonight, after I've taken care of laundry I can get to my online material.
As I enjoy my little cozy "hygge" this morning I am thinking about how our time is so short!
I have a darling little new granddaughter. She is beautiful, and her head is full of beautiful dark hair. Everything about her is sweet and wonderful. I cannot wait to see her.
God is so good.
I've been lined up for another long-term subbing job. This one should last for the rest of the year, and it is really perfect. It's only three days a week, so I have some time for studies and housekeeping.
God is good. He gave me exactly what I needed.
We've had a little reprieve in the weather. The biting cold has departed and we have had temps above freezing. This makes everyone happy.
As my husband and I crunched across the snow to choir the other night in 16 degrees I mentioned that it seems that spring isn't so far away. Time is flying by.
In choir we are singing the Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn and the Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjello. Both are beautiful!
The promise of the seasons: it's there in Genesis.
It is impossible for God to lie, and we have His word on it. Spring is coming.
When you see the big picture, the whole picture, you have such a peaceful outlook. Time is fleeting, and we are going to see our Savior soon.
What I love about my family the most is that we question and seek faith matters above all else. We are constantly weighing ideas and reading. Because we have such diverse friends and listen to so many different views we are always coming back to Scripture, measuring and testing.
Within the "evangelical" community there are so many nuances of faith.
As I've lost several people recently ---accidentally and through cancer---I've been going back and reading older literature on faith matters. It's always good to go back----to the eras before post modernism, to compare the outlook of society. It's striking. I find it comforting to see eternal truths and align my thinking with them.
Sin has always been an issue, but we can see how this current generation must deal with it on a deeper level. It's good to go back and compare the saints and their ideas of the past with the ideas of today. What are the truths that we must never forget?
I, like you, have read crazy stuff about what Satan is doing in the world today. I'm concerned about it. I'm glad to be aware. I am always asking myself----Where have I been taken in? Where have I been duped? Is this crazy thing just crazy, or is there truth to this?
Look at all the people with their heads in the sand!
That isn't so bad, if their sand is a focus on Christ alone. Too often it's a focus on secular media and the world's trends.
We must balance an awareness of spiritual darkness with a steadfast holding to Christ and the Word of God.
Yes, things are pretty dark out there. Atrocities are being committed. Darkness is being exposed. Satan is still a liar and a deceiver. People still think Lucifer is really god. There are those that cling to their human doctrines. Paganism is growing by leaps and bounds.
To have your eyes opened to the prevailing deceptions is disheartening, disturbing, and perplexing. One doesn't think it can possibly be that bad!
But it is.
And it drives you to Jesus in ways more real and comforting and inspiring than ever.
That's the good of it.
I'm seeing quite a few young people becoming totally on fire for the Lord. However, their spiritual immaturity puts them at risk for running with the winds of controversy and sensationalism. They must be careful to not be sidetracked by whims and tangents! For anyone seeking truth this can be a mine-field of distraction from Jesus.
So many young evangelicals are flocking toward socialism and social justice.
So many young believers are being stirred up by the floods of information and disclosure on the internet. Darkness seems to know no bounds.
So many people are distracted by politics and personalities.
It's a challenge to stay on the strait and narrow path. I'm no different. Our brains are wired to take in an eternity's worth of information. When presented with a likeness of that in the internet it is absolutely probable that we succumb to that temptation! I must fight it.
So I return to my cat on my lap---even though as I've been writing he's left for a more comfortable perch. My quiet, my heart, my trust in God is my portion for today.
I have learned to be content in whatever state I am in. For now.
Human nature will continue to rear its head, but for today....
Seek the Lord while He may be found.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
It's Weirder Than You Think
As a believer in Jesus Christ I have the unique advantage of knowing my life is entirely in His hands. To live is Christ, to die is gain. (Philippians)
I have the knowledge that my days are already numbered. I cannot live one day beyond my appointed days, nor one day less.
Therefore I must not live in fear.
Alongside my housewifely and family duties I can watch the bigger picture of what is aloft in the world and have full confidence that I am in the hands of my Savior.
This is not hubris. This is truth.
Humans have fear. It's a real emotion, and we are naturally inclined to it.
I watch documentaries about history as often as possible. I'm fascinated how people lived, especially around 1,000 years ago. My forthcoming children's book is about the 1300's, and I've had to do some research about those times.
What strikes me most is how little we change as human beings!
It is really in this last century that we have seen technological progress which has transformed our lives, but the basic human character has never altered: fear, aggression, need, desire, anger----these things never change, and we deal with war and hunger and evil to this day.
As a Bible believer I am continually observing how God touches lives. He touches lives in different ways, all over the world. My faith walk is very different from a woman who believes in Jesus in India, for example. I cannot judge her. I can acknowledge that her faith is real and different from mine, but the basics are there---being born again, following Christ, repentance, and transformation.
I am also very keen to watch how Satan deceives us all by appearing as an angel of light. He has captured hearts and led them down broad paths to destruction.
There are some themes that have plagued mankind since the deception in the Garden of Eden. Satan has been working at this deception ever since. Being aware of the deception and the enemy gives us a stronger foundation to wage spiritual warfare, and that is just a fact of being spiritual beings. We are at war. The Bible clearly states that we are at war, with principalities, with powers---that are not flesh and blood. It's a weird war, to our western mindset.
Being aware of the enemy and the way to defeat him (Jesus Christ!) is absolutely imperative to walking with Christ.
As a child of the evangelical movement (I was brought up in it) I have been aware of the dangers of deception.
I have watched preachers come and go, sexual compromise, conflict, attacks, doctrines of demons, unorthodox views, misinterpretations.
I have been disappointed (and even horrified) to discover unbiblical views held by people I trusted---or preachers I've listened to.
I've been accused of many things myself, been believing things that are patently false....
And the list goes on. No one is immune from this.
We are all at risk!
One theme keeps surfacing though, and I had first-hand experience which solidified my own thinking regarding Lucifer and his tactics. I know that there is a powerful force that serves Lucifer in this world and he has infiltrated the church of Jesus Christ to the point that even the "elect" are being deceived.
These people are truly diabolical. They serve a very powerful and smart being and they do what he asks them to do. He even rewards them. He has convinced them all that, in fact, he is god.
The Blood of Jesus Christ is so precious, so powerful, and he cannot abide it! Satan sheds blood daily in murderous rituals----in halal slaughter, occult practices, murder, abortion. Blood is important, and he sheds it with abandon.
He mocks the Savior of the world by his murderous activities.
As someone who has been alerted to his evil I cannot close my eyes to his ongoing deception. I see him infiltrate the faithful through colleges and seminaries, undermining the authority of Scripture. I see false intellectualism thriving in politics and academia.
I see the vapidness of so-called "Christian Literature."
I have a houseful of books that have led the faithful down the yellow-brick path to being spiritually mundane.
I have seen human pillars of the faith waffle on fundamentals of the faith. (That is especially sad to see!)
This is not the time to waffle.
I have been watching for Jesus to come for his bride for over 50 years and there have been moments when I thought it just had to be NOW!
He hasn't come yet, but the promise of his coming is more powerful today than ever before, and tomorrow it gets stronger, if we are still here.
Stop waffling and WAKE UP!
There are demons rising. If you get a chance, check out Ryan Pitterson's book "Judgment of the Nephilim." Pitterson is a lawyer from New York City. His research is remarkable, and his book is amazing. His work is heady and scholarly, so be prepared for some deep thinking. If you want to more easily grasp recent developments in the spiritual world you should check out LA Marzulli's work. LA is smart, funny, entertaining (what this world can handle these days!) and cutting-edge. I so appreciate his style and his work.
In light of knowing about these demons (the spirits of the Nephilim) one can navigate the powers that are asserting their forces through the media, entertainment, politics, and life itself. We are not unaffected.
The mark of the beast is a much speculated concept in the Bible. Do you ever think about it? Do you do research, or watch to see if YOU ALREADY HAVE IT?!!!
If you don't wake up and get informed you may be hoodwinked into receiving it. I'm not trying to scare you, I'm trying to wake you out of the deception that WAS PREDICTED IN SCRIPTURE.
Dear one, I have seen so many already sucked into deception-----to the hyper grace movement, to replacement theology, to the new apostolic revolution, to LGBT+++ agenda, to Mindfulness, to Sustainability, to Globalism, to Evolution, to ------the list goes on.
Now people are calling the spirits of the nephilim back to rule on the earth, as predicted in the Bible.
It's all done in the deception of and name of Christianity.
The New Age is not an old concept. It is stronger than ever. Paganism is the fastest growing religion. Paganism just encircles Christianity if it is not Biblical. I work with a worshiper of Odin. We were in the same Scout troop with a high priest of Norse mythology. Don't you see what is before our eyes? Wake up! We are in the middle of spiritual warfare. These dear souls are going to hell.
Islam is rising. Islam was birthed in the sixth century by a man who was married to a Roman Catholic nun, Fatima. He had conversations with an entity (in a cave, just like Mormon Joseph Smith) that led to the starting of a whole new anti-Jewish religion. People just don't know history.
STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD!
My people perish from lack of knowledge!
Islam preaches an absolute takeover of other faiths. IF not by warfare, in this age by out-populating. WAKE UP! We are at war, spiritual war.
My fear is completely dispelled because---for me to live is Christ, to die is gain. I pray for the Rapture, the seizing, (1 Thess. 4:17) to occur soon---in my lifetime and get this whole mess of deception OVER. I have the BLESSED HOPE of seeing my savior (Titus 2:13) and that is how I live each day, singing out MARANATHA!
There are so many hoaxes that people believe right now. How do you know the truth? You must study the Word of God and press everything through that worldview grid. You must take everything to the LORD in prayer and watch!
Have you been deceived? Have I been deceived?
Of course.
Don't fool yourself. You HAVE been. The devil is pretty good at his game. Once you see that you were deceived you repent and you follow the TRUTH.
Watch out, dear ones. Don't be taken in by pagan ideas and Luciferian mind control. Those things are real, and you are blind if you don't see them.
I write this warning to you, hoping that you will WAKE UP and sound the alarm to all who matter to you. I know it is too late for so many, but there is still time for others to be warned. We have time until our last breath.
One last note on politics: Donald Trump is the sum and product of our age. Eight years of Obama produced him. All leaders, Obama and Trump, are appointed by God in His heaven. If you don't believe that you don't believe Scripture. All leaders are appointed for good or for ill.
I had some high minded self righteous person once tell me that I was evil for voting for Trump. My own heart told me I would have done evil had I voted for Clinton. This impeachment scam right now is simply a cover-up of democrat evil, a distraction of the horrible pro-murder ideas that are going to be revealed. There is NOTHING secret. It will be cried from the housetops.
Trump is an instrument of righteousness even if he is not righteous. The Republican platform of 2016 was incredible. It WAS a platform of righteousness. Trump has delivered on that platform.
I pray that he humbles himself and truly becomes born again. If he is a baby believer I pray for his wisdom and his success and growth in Christ.
Barack Obama was an instrument of evil.
Stand firm on the promises of Jesus Christ, our ONLY Savior. Everyone will kneel before Him, whether they'd like to or not. He is the only way. He is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him.
Accept that. Abandon your prideful heart and humble yourself before Almighty God. Wake up to the weirdness of our times, and find peace in the one who is peace.
The semester has started. I will be studying globalism for the next few months. I'll write when I can. I'm expecting a new granddaughter any day. Rejoice with me! I'm cutting back on my teaching and my hours at the hotel, so I have more time to grieve and study. It's my calling right now.
It's a season, and I'm hoping for JESUS' return ANY TIME NOW!
BLESSED HOPE!
I have the knowledge that my days are already numbered. I cannot live one day beyond my appointed days, nor one day less.
Therefore I must not live in fear.
Alongside my housewifely and family duties I can watch the bigger picture of what is aloft in the world and have full confidence that I am in the hands of my Savior.
This is not hubris. This is truth.
Humans have fear. It's a real emotion, and we are naturally inclined to it.
I watch documentaries about history as often as possible. I'm fascinated how people lived, especially around 1,000 years ago. My forthcoming children's book is about the 1300's, and I've had to do some research about those times.
What strikes me most is how little we change as human beings!
It is really in this last century that we have seen technological progress which has transformed our lives, but the basic human character has never altered: fear, aggression, need, desire, anger----these things never change, and we deal with war and hunger and evil to this day.
As a Bible believer I am continually observing how God touches lives. He touches lives in different ways, all over the world. My faith walk is very different from a woman who believes in Jesus in India, for example. I cannot judge her. I can acknowledge that her faith is real and different from mine, but the basics are there---being born again, following Christ, repentance, and transformation.
I am also very keen to watch how Satan deceives us all by appearing as an angel of light. He has captured hearts and led them down broad paths to destruction.
There are some themes that have plagued mankind since the deception in the Garden of Eden. Satan has been working at this deception ever since. Being aware of the deception and the enemy gives us a stronger foundation to wage spiritual warfare, and that is just a fact of being spiritual beings. We are at war. The Bible clearly states that we are at war, with principalities, with powers---that are not flesh and blood. It's a weird war, to our western mindset.
Being aware of the enemy and the way to defeat him (Jesus Christ!) is absolutely imperative to walking with Christ.
As a child of the evangelical movement (I was brought up in it) I have been aware of the dangers of deception.
I have watched preachers come and go, sexual compromise, conflict, attacks, doctrines of demons, unorthodox views, misinterpretations.
I have been disappointed (and even horrified) to discover unbiblical views held by people I trusted---or preachers I've listened to.
I've been accused of many things myself, been believing things that are patently false....
And the list goes on. No one is immune from this.
We are all at risk!
One theme keeps surfacing though, and I had first-hand experience which solidified my own thinking regarding Lucifer and his tactics. I know that there is a powerful force that serves Lucifer in this world and he has infiltrated the church of Jesus Christ to the point that even the "elect" are being deceived.
These people are truly diabolical. They serve a very powerful and smart being and they do what he asks them to do. He even rewards them. He has convinced them all that, in fact, he is god.
The Blood of Jesus Christ is so precious, so powerful, and he cannot abide it! Satan sheds blood daily in murderous rituals----in halal slaughter, occult practices, murder, abortion. Blood is important, and he sheds it with abandon.
He mocks the Savior of the world by his murderous activities.
As someone who has been alerted to his evil I cannot close my eyes to his ongoing deception. I see him infiltrate the faithful through colleges and seminaries, undermining the authority of Scripture. I see false intellectualism thriving in politics and academia.
I see the vapidness of so-called "Christian Literature."
I have a houseful of books that have led the faithful down the yellow-brick path to being spiritually mundane.
I have seen human pillars of the faith waffle on fundamentals of the faith. (That is especially sad to see!)
This is not the time to waffle.
I have been watching for Jesus to come for his bride for over 50 years and there have been moments when I thought it just had to be NOW!
He hasn't come yet, but the promise of his coming is more powerful today than ever before, and tomorrow it gets stronger, if we are still here.
Stop waffling and WAKE UP!
There are demons rising. If you get a chance, check out Ryan Pitterson's book "Judgment of the Nephilim." Pitterson is a lawyer from New York City. His research is remarkable, and his book is amazing. His work is heady and scholarly, so be prepared for some deep thinking. If you want to more easily grasp recent developments in the spiritual world you should check out LA Marzulli's work. LA is smart, funny, entertaining (what this world can handle these days!) and cutting-edge. I so appreciate his style and his work.
In light of knowing about these demons (the spirits of the Nephilim) one can navigate the powers that are asserting their forces through the media, entertainment, politics, and life itself. We are not unaffected.
The mark of the beast is a much speculated concept in the Bible. Do you ever think about it? Do you do research, or watch to see if YOU ALREADY HAVE IT?!!!
If you don't wake up and get informed you may be hoodwinked into receiving it. I'm not trying to scare you, I'm trying to wake you out of the deception that WAS PREDICTED IN SCRIPTURE.
Dear one, I have seen so many already sucked into deception-----to the hyper grace movement, to replacement theology, to the new apostolic revolution, to LGBT+++ agenda, to Mindfulness, to Sustainability, to Globalism, to Evolution, to ------the list goes on.
Now people are calling the spirits of the nephilim back to rule on the earth, as predicted in the Bible.
It's all done in the deception of and name of Christianity.
The New Age is not an old concept. It is stronger than ever. Paganism is the fastest growing religion. Paganism just encircles Christianity if it is not Biblical. I work with a worshiper of Odin. We were in the same Scout troop with a high priest of Norse mythology. Don't you see what is before our eyes? Wake up! We are in the middle of spiritual warfare. These dear souls are going to hell.
Islam is rising. Islam was birthed in the sixth century by a man who was married to a Roman Catholic nun, Fatima. He had conversations with an entity (in a cave, just like Mormon Joseph Smith) that led to the starting of a whole new anti-Jewish religion. People just don't know history.
STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD!
My people perish from lack of knowledge!
Islam preaches an absolute takeover of other faiths. IF not by warfare, in this age by out-populating. WAKE UP! We are at war, spiritual war.
My fear is completely dispelled because---for me to live is Christ, to die is gain. I pray for the Rapture, the seizing, (1 Thess. 4:17) to occur soon---in my lifetime and get this whole mess of deception OVER. I have the BLESSED HOPE of seeing my savior (Titus 2:13) and that is how I live each day, singing out MARANATHA!
There are so many hoaxes that people believe right now. How do you know the truth? You must study the Word of God and press everything through that worldview grid. You must take everything to the LORD in prayer and watch!
Have you been deceived? Have I been deceived?
Of course.
Don't fool yourself. You HAVE been. The devil is pretty good at his game. Once you see that you were deceived you repent and you follow the TRUTH.
Watch out, dear ones. Don't be taken in by pagan ideas and Luciferian mind control. Those things are real, and you are blind if you don't see them.
I write this warning to you, hoping that you will WAKE UP and sound the alarm to all who matter to you. I know it is too late for so many, but there is still time for others to be warned. We have time until our last breath.
One last note on politics: Donald Trump is the sum and product of our age. Eight years of Obama produced him. All leaders, Obama and Trump, are appointed by God in His heaven. If you don't believe that you don't believe Scripture. All leaders are appointed for good or for ill.
I had some high minded self righteous person once tell me that I was evil for voting for Trump. My own heart told me I would have done evil had I voted for Clinton. This impeachment scam right now is simply a cover-up of democrat evil, a distraction of the horrible pro-murder ideas that are going to be revealed. There is NOTHING secret. It will be cried from the housetops.
Trump is an instrument of righteousness even if he is not righteous. The Republican platform of 2016 was incredible. It WAS a platform of righteousness. Trump has delivered on that platform.
I pray that he humbles himself and truly becomes born again. If he is a baby believer I pray for his wisdom and his success and growth in Christ.
Barack Obama was an instrument of evil.
Stand firm on the promises of Jesus Christ, our ONLY Savior. Everyone will kneel before Him, whether they'd like to or not. He is the only way. He is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him.
Accept that. Abandon your prideful heart and humble yourself before Almighty God. Wake up to the weirdness of our times, and find peace in the one who is peace.
The semester has started. I will be studying globalism for the next few months. I'll write when I can. I'm expecting a new granddaughter any day. Rejoice with me! I'm cutting back on my teaching and my hours at the hotel, so I have more time to grieve and study. It's my calling right now.
It's a season, and I'm hoping for JESUS' return ANY TIME NOW!
BLESSED HOPE!
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Qualifying Justice
Recently I read an article where it warned of any use of a qualifier before the word justice.
I've been thinking about that.
Justice is pure and almost holy. Justice is the rightful answer to both good and bad. God is just, perfect justice, and since we are created in His image we have a keen sense of what it means to be just. Ask any two-year-old.
Lately we have seen some ridiculous ideas of perverted justice.
I'm thinking about a case in nearby Iowa where a man tore down a LGBT flag from a church. He got sentenced: ten years in prison.
I'm thinking about a artist who decided to say no to someone who asked for him to bake a wedding cake. His entire business was ruined.
I'm thinking about a florist who also chose to say no to participating in a wedding and ended up in hundreds of thousands dollars of costs to defend herself.
I'm thinking about the tiny life inside the womb whose only crime was to exist ---tortured to death.
Think about the past and the holocaust. Think about Rwanda. Think about Africa! Think about the horrors of the French Revolution. Think about the Inquisition. So much injustice.
True justice matches a crime with an appropriate punishment. Lying should never be as severely punished as rape. Our hearts and conscience tell us that, but so do Scriptures. There is no justification to lie, but the damages may or may not be as devastating. Justice is rightful punishment.
Treason should be punished. Murder----punished.
Lately we have been hearing the term SOCIAL justice. A qualified justice.
Social justice seeks to upend true justice. Social justice gives a man guilty of destroying a symbolic piece of property heavy punishment. Social justice ends up stealing from rightful justice.
Social justice takes away.
Watch out for social justice. What your heart, your Bible, and your conscience will inform you about justice is completely upended in that qualifier.
Social justice comes first for the unborn, second for the aged. Then it comes for the unwanted, the not useful, the one it doesn't agree with.
Social justice is a pariah, yet it is here to stay at the behest of the elitist mob who seeks to rule the earth. Social justice is just another name for injustice.
Stop qualifying justice and seek it. You will find horrifying things, but you will see the loving mercy of God as well. This is the God we seek as He is.
Love one another. Care for the poor. Love your enemy. Seek mercy. Live as Christ, obeying His commands. Show that you love him and obey his commands whatever the cost.
Lucifer thinks he can defeat the One who created him. Despite his unearthly knowledge he has the false notion that he will win. He won't. No matter the cost, he won't.
He is the great Deceiver and the father of lies. "Social Justice" is a lie from his abode, hell. He turns real justice into injustice.
Wake up, fellow watcher! We are in the last days, and they will come for us. Stand your ground on the Word of God.
Recently I had a conversation where someone insisted on twisting bits of Scripture into heretical ideas. That will happen. Satan knows Scripture better than you do!
This is where a heart filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit is so important. Yes, we have Scripture, all of Scripture, that balances and weighs every word, story, and example. The commands are for specific times and places. Most apply to us today! We must be in continual study and meditation on the truth revealed in the Bible. It is the only way to fight the devil.
The Sword of the Lord----The sword of the spirit, the sword of the Word, all are at our hand to defend us. Trust in the Lord.
I've been thinking about that.
Justice is pure and almost holy. Justice is the rightful answer to both good and bad. God is just, perfect justice, and since we are created in His image we have a keen sense of what it means to be just. Ask any two-year-old.
Lately we have seen some ridiculous ideas of perverted justice.
I'm thinking about a case in nearby Iowa where a man tore down a LGBT flag from a church. He got sentenced: ten years in prison.
I'm thinking about a artist who decided to say no to someone who asked for him to bake a wedding cake. His entire business was ruined.
I'm thinking about a florist who also chose to say no to participating in a wedding and ended up in hundreds of thousands dollars of costs to defend herself.
I'm thinking about the tiny life inside the womb whose only crime was to exist ---tortured to death.
Think about the past and the holocaust. Think about Rwanda. Think about Africa! Think about the horrors of the French Revolution. Think about the Inquisition. So much injustice.
True justice matches a crime with an appropriate punishment. Lying should never be as severely punished as rape. Our hearts and conscience tell us that, but so do Scriptures. There is no justification to lie, but the damages may or may not be as devastating. Justice is rightful punishment.
Treason should be punished. Murder----punished.
Lately we have been hearing the term SOCIAL justice. A qualified justice.
Social justice seeks to upend true justice. Social justice gives a man guilty of destroying a symbolic piece of property heavy punishment. Social justice ends up stealing from rightful justice.
Social justice takes away.
Watch out for social justice. What your heart, your Bible, and your conscience will inform you about justice is completely upended in that qualifier.
Social justice comes first for the unborn, second for the aged. Then it comes for the unwanted, the not useful, the one it doesn't agree with.
Social justice is a pariah, yet it is here to stay at the behest of the elitist mob who seeks to rule the earth. Social justice is just another name for injustice.
Stop qualifying justice and seek it. You will find horrifying things, but you will see the loving mercy of God as well. This is the God we seek as He is.
Love one another. Care for the poor. Love your enemy. Seek mercy. Live as Christ, obeying His commands. Show that you love him and obey his commands whatever the cost.
Lucifer thinks he can defeat the One who created him. Despite his unearthly knowledge he has the false notion that he will win. He won't. No matter the cost, he won't.
He is the great Deceiver and the father of lies. "Social Justice" is a lie from his abode, hell. He turns real justice into injustice.
Wake up, fellow watcher! We are in the last days, and they will come for us. Stand your ground on the Word of God.
Recently I had a conversation where someone insisted on twisting bits of Scripture into heretical ideas. That will happen. Satan knows Scripture better than you do!
This is where a heart filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit is so important. Yes, we have Scripture, all of Scripture, that balances and weighs every word, story, and example. The commands are for specific times and places. Most apply to us today! We must be in continual study and meditation on the truth revealed in the Bible. It is the only way to fight the devil.
The Sword of the Lord----The sword of the spirit, the sword of the Word, all are at our hand to defend us. Trust in the Lord.
Monday, January 13, 2020
Friday, January 10, 2020
Racing
I have had a "quiet" week filled with appointments and organization. I feel that I have been racing around the house, fast puttering, really, and trying to get in line for classes to begin on Monday. I've still got quite a bit to get waylaid, and I will not be totally ready for houseguests this weekend. They are good friends, and understand...
I've had a week of sadness, as well, as my friend grieves the loss of her husband.
We are all watching for the eternal bridegroom to appear for us, his bride, and that is what keeps us going and gives us hope.
The Messiah is coming.
Why does all of humanity wait for the Messiah?
Because it is in our hearts.
God gave Himself, a sacrifice, for our sins that we may be with Him forever.
Why would anyone choose hell?
Blessed Hope
Titus 2:13
I've had a week of sadness, as well, as my friend grieves the loss of her husband.
We are all watching for the eternal bridegroom to appear for us, his bride, and that is what keeps us going and gives us hope.
The Messiah is coming.
Why does all of humanity wait for the Messiah?
Because it is in our hearts.
God gave Himself, a sacrifice, for our sins that we may be with Him forever.
Why would anyone choose hell?
Blessed Hope
Titus 2:13
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
First Post on my New Computer
I've been working with a Chrome Book for the last few years, not thinking I needed a computer for my blogging. Sometimes I pondered the storage aspect, but it really didn't matter.
Last fall, my first semester in graduate school, I learned that I had to do voice over recorded power point presentations for two of my classes! My Chrome Book didn't have that capability, so my BIG Christmas present this year was a new/used thinkpad.
I confess that getting a new device always throws me for a loop, but we must keep up.
Here we go!
If you have read the previous post by Geri Ungurean with Thomas Littleton's letter I urge you to think about what is really happening within "the Church" to prepare for the takeover of the Anti-Christ.
People who promote "Social Justice" (as I heard recently---watch out when ANY word qualifies Justice!) are being duped into the global scheme by the Prince of the Power of the Air himself.
I have been sounding the warnings here on Corgi Hollows for YEARS, but even so people I knew and know have been sucked into the whole movement, lock, stock, and barrel.
There comes a time when only prayer can have any impact on the closed hearts and ears of those who will not hear.
I'm learning that. It's such a hard lesson. You want to shake people, but you can't.
We've all been taken in by the people named in the article, some more than others.So much of the shibboleth is spoken that we assume the best.
It's like Brownies with feces baked into them.
You can't see it, but it is there, and you know it's terrible for you.
WATCH OUT, Children.
The hyper-grace movement, which does not believe in repentance, has hijacked most of post modern Christianity. I know this personally. It's shocking that so many so-called believers do not believe in obeying the commands of Christ.
The evangelical church in America and Europe is cavorting down the yellow brick road toward abortion, Islam, homosexuality, and globalism.
Blindness. Blindness.
Bastions of evangelicalism are weakened with compromise on the tenets of the faith: Biblical inerrancy, infallibility, holiness.
We see the fruit of such thinking as our society turns against God and welcomes/legitimizes sin.
Sin. Paganism. Occultism. Murder.
Once those were horrifying words.
No longer. The church has embraced them.
Come out from her, Oh my people! Come out and live!
Believe me, dear ones. I'm studying globalism for a degree right now. Peter Drucker and his influence is beyond belief: an atheist/communist who has tainted the church and the entire structure of public institutions as we know them.
The agenda to take over the world has been achieved right under our noses.
I'm not kidding, and I'm not overstating. We are on the cusp of a global order, global religion, global society.
Look up, our blessed hope is Christ's glorious appearing, and it cannot be far off.
Love those you meet, those lost. Love those who are deceived. They will not listen to you. They will argue if you try to warn them.They are lost unless the Holy Spirit transforms them.
Those dear ones in your family and your church who have no clue that they are entirely immersed in a globalist cabal----pray for them.
Share Littleton's article with them. Maybe it will let a crack of light in.
Praying with you.
Last fall, my first semester in graduate school, I learned that I had to do voice over recorded power point presentations for two of my classes! My Chrome Book didn't have that capability, so my BIG Christmas present this year was a new/used thinkpad.
I confess that getting a new device always throws me for a loop, but we must keep up.
Here we go!
If you have read the previous post by Geri Ungurean with Thomas Littleton's letter I urge you to think about what is really happening within "the Church" to prepare for the takeover of the Anti-Christ.
People who promote "Social Justice" (as I heard recently---watch out when ANY word qualifies Justice!) are being duped into the global scheme by the Prince of the Power of the Air himself.
I have been sounding the warnings here on Corgi Hollows for YEARS, but even so people I knew and know have been sucked into the whole movement, lock, stock, and barrel.
There comes a time when only prayer can have any impact on the closed hearts and ears of those who will not hear.
I'm learning that. It's such a hard lesson. You want to shake people, but you can't.
We've all been taken in by the people named in the article, some more than others.So much of the shibboleth is spoken that we assume the best.
It's like Brownies with feces baked into them.
You can't see it, but it is there, and you know it's terrible for you.
WATCH OUT, Children.
The hyper-grace movement, which does not believe in repentance, has hijacked most of post modern Christianity. I know this personally. It's shocking that so many so-called believers do not believe in obeying the commands of Christ.
The evangelical church in America and Europe is cavorting down the yellow brick road toward abortion, Islam, homosexuality, and globalism.
Blindness. Blindness.
Bastions of evangelicalism are weakened with compromise on the tenets of the faith: Biblical inerrancy, infallibility, holiness.
We see the fruit of such thinking as our society turns against God and welcomes/legitimizes sin.
Sin. Paganism. Occultism. Murder.
Once those were horrifying words.
No longer. The church has embraced them.
Come out from her, Oh my people! Come out and live!
Believe me, dear ones. I'm studying globalism for a degree right now. Peter Drucker and his influence is beyond belief: an atheist/communist who has tainted the church and the entire structure of public institutions as we know them.
The agenda to take over the world has been achieved right under our noses.
I'm not kidding, and I'm not overstating. We are on the cusp of a global order, global religion, global society.
Look up, our blessed hope is Christ's glorious appearing, and it cannot be far off.
Love those you meet, those lost. Love those who are deceived. They will not listen to you. They will argue if you try to warn them.They are lost unless the Holy Spirit transforms them.
Those dear ones in your family and your church who have no clue that they are entirely immersed in a globalist cabal----pray for them.
Share Littleton's article with them. Maybe it will let a crack of light in.
Praying with you.
Monday, January 6, 2020
Sunday, January 5, 2020
The Roaring Twenties
Hello Friends!
We slipped into the New Year with extreme activity, no other way to put it!
The last month has been incredible.
Shadows
Grief
Angst
Hectic
Push
Pray
Clean
Decorate
Study
Cook
Bake
Wash
Help
Entertain
Church
Christmas
Gifts
New Year's
Sylvester
Bowling
Hamburgers
Work
Fix
Fellowship
Feed
Slip
Snow
Travel
Wait
Speak
Germany
Minnesota
Amtrak
Cathedral
Iowa
Shop
Duluth
Hotel
Finals
Visitors
Raclette
Airport
Mall of America
Eating
Weather
Sissi
Colds
Music
Sing
Live
Breathe
Think
Conviction
I don't know about you and your holidays, but this past month of December has been one for the ages for me and my husband. Add to the list above car failures---you've got quite the time.
And we all survived, I think!
First and foremost our dear friends from Munich came to us on the 19th of December. They celebrated the holidays with us and a pretty strenuous schedule! I had planned the agenda for people in their 30's, not late 50's. By the end of the two weeks (they left on January 4) we were all exhausted!!
We are forever young in our minds and hearts! Our bodies aren't able to keep up.
We tried to show them our little world here in Minnesota. The weather cooperated and we had many days of travel and sightseeing. We shopped, too. Lots of shopping. They had to buy another suitcase/trunk to take everything home!
Duluth, Iowa, and Wisconsin were all included. Our family and friends helped to entertain them, and we are so glad for the memories made.
Our friend, Paul, asked for train things to see. We got them to Duluth, to the train museum there, with a bonus seeing the light show they have up there during this Christmas season. They rode the Amtrak from St. Paul to Winona, and a bonus light rail trip from the airport to the Mall of America. Trains were a recurring theme for the two weeks!
In Iowa we celebrated a second Christmas with my husband's family. Delicious food and good company.
We stopped at the St. Paul Cathedral, the Mill City Museum, and we drove around both St. Paul and Minneapolis. Shopping took time, both for all the groceries we needed to make Schnitzel, Roulladen, and a healthy Czech soup to fight the germs---plus all of the items to take with them back to Germany: Vikings paraphernalia, clothes, gifts. I cannot even remember all of the things we did! Everyday was a new adventure.
My last final was due on the day our friends arrived. I had no time to clean the house, but we all managed. Heidi is a super organizer. She has a very important job with a very important car company in Germany, and she used her supervisor skills to get our house in ship-shape pretty quickly. I hated to see her go...She has the energy of 10 women!!
I did okay on two of my classes. The other one not so much. I'm registered for spring semester, and I think I can manage better. That is the plan. Barring grief, overwork, and a zillion other life twists and turns I'm hoping for more balance.
I'm looking forward to stepping out in to the new year, the twenties, with the knowledge that Christ sustains and holds us. In Him we live and breathe.
Have you noticed that you really have absolutely NO CONTROL over anything in your life, not even the next second? You had no control over your last second either. You breathe because God let you.
God is love.
As we watch the hoards of humanity, billions, seek to survive this existence on planet earth, in Australia, in Europe, in Africa, in South America---I am always struck by the immensity of God's love for each and every creation He fashioned.
He knows you. He loves you. He loves me, and the crazy days just behind us were all in His hands.
My brother and his wife are in His hands. I can't help but think about the sad events that touched our family in 2019. I know God has them under control too.
Right now I am keeping two very close friends in my heart and prayer. They are both losing family members to brain cancer. The end is very near. I attended a lovely funeral for a very beloved older man that was distantly related to me yesterday. Loss is inevitable and ever-present. How do we face it? We get up in the morning and thank the Lord for each new day, waiting on Him and His presence as we work through the motions and annoyances of each hour.
This morning I sang again at the nursing home. "There's a Sweet Sweet Spirit in this Place." I told the old folk that my last months were held together supernaturally by the Holy Spirit. It was evident everyday that God's love enabled the spirit to be sweet and loving, giving energy and power to do what needed to be done.
This is what it is to follow Christ. His yoke is easy, and his burden is light.
Pray for those who do not know Jesus. Christ, resurrected from the dead, is the only answer to the world's suffering.
There is no other way.
"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father but by me."
Hello, 2020! What will the twenties bring? Hope. Blessed Hope, I hope. (Titus 2:13)
Come Lord Jesus! Maranatha!
We slipped into the New Year with extreme activity, no other way to put it!
The last month has been incredible.
Shadows
Grief
Angst
Hectic
Push
Pray
Clean
Decorate
Study
Cook
Bake
Wash
Help
Entertain
Church
Christmas
Gifts
New Year's
Sylvester
Bowling
Hamburgers
Work
Fix
Fellowship
Feed
Slip
Snow
Travel
Wait
Speak
Germany
Minnesota
Amtrak
Cathedral
Iowa
Shop
Duluth
Hotel
Finals
Visitors
Raclette
Airport
Mall of America
Eating
Weather
Sissi
Colds
Music
Sing
Live
Breathe
Think
Conviction
I don't know about you and your holidays, but this past month of December has been one for the ages for me and my husband. Add to the list above car failures---you've got quite the time.
And we all survived, I think!
First and foremost our dear friends from Munich came to us on the 19th of December. They celebrated the holidays with us and a pretty strenuous schedule! I had planned the agenda for people in their 30's, not late 50's. By the end of the two weeks (they left on January 4) we were all exhausted!!
We are forever young in our minds and hearts! Our bodies aren't able to keep up.
We tried to show them our little world here in Minnesota. The weather cooperated and we had many days of travel and sightseeing. We shopped, too. Lots of shopping. They had to buy another suitcase/trunk to take everything home!
Duluth, Iowa, and Wisconsin were all included. Our family and friends helped to entertain them, and we are so glad for the memories made.
Our friend, Paul, asked for train things to see. We got them to Duluth, to the train museum there, with a bonus seeing the light show they have up there during this Christmas season. They rode the Amtrak from St. Paul to Winona, and a bonus light rail trip from the airport to the Mall of America. Trains were a recurring theme for the two weeks!
In Iowa we celebrated a second Christmas with my husband's family. Delicious food and good company.
We stopped at the St. Paul Cathedral, the Mill City Museum, and we drove around both St. Paul and Minneapolis. Shopping took time, both for all the groceries we needed to make Schnitzel, Roulladen, and a healthy Czech soup to fight the germs---plus all of the items to take with them back to Germany: Vikings paraphernalia, clothes, gifts. I cannot even remember all of the things we did! Everyday was a new adventure.
My last final was due on the day our friends arrived. I had no time to clean the house, but we all managed. Heidi is a super organizer. She has a very important job with a very important car company in Germany, and she used her supervisor skills to get our house in ship-shape pretty quickly. I hated to see her go...She has the energy of 10 women!!
I did okay on two of my classes. The other one not so much. I'm registered for spring semester, and I think I can manage better. That is the plan. Barring grief, overwork, and a zillion other life twists and turns I'm hoping for more balance.
I'm looking forward to stepping out in to the new year, the twenties, with the knowledge that Christ sustains and holds us. In Him we live and breathe.
Have you noticed that you really have absolutely NO CONTROL over anything in your life, not even the next second? You had no control over your last second either. You breathe because God let you.
God is love.
As we watch the hoards of humanity, billions, seek to survive this existence on planet earth, in Australia, in Europe, in Africa, in South America---I am always struck by the immensity of God's love for each and every creation He fashioned.
He knows you. He loves you. He loves me, and the crazy days just behind us were all in His hands.
My brother and his wife are in His hands. I can't help but think about the sad events that touched our family in 2019. I know God has them under control too.
Right now I am keeping two very close friends in my heart and prayer. They are both losing family members to brain cancer. The end is very near. I attended a lovely funeral for a very beloved older man that was distantly related to me yesterday. Loss is inevitable and ever-present. How do we face it? We get up in the morning and thank the Lord for each new day, waiting on Him and His presence as we work through the motions and annoyances of each hour.
This morning I sang again at the nursing home. "There's a Sweet Sweet Spirit in this Place." I told the old folk that my last months were held together supernaturally by the Holy Spirit. It was evident everyday that God's love enabled the spirit to be sweet and loving, giving energy and power to do what needed to be done.
This is what it is to follow Christ. His yoke is easy, and his burden is light.
Pray for those who do not know Jesus. Christ, resurrected from the dead, is the only answer to the world's suffering.
There is no other way.
"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father but by me."
Hello, 2020! What will the twenties bring? Hope. Blessed Hope, I hope. (Titus 2:13)
Come Lord Jesus! Maranatha!
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