Apathy

"Natalynn, do you realize you just saw history?"  That was my remark to my younger sister after we watched Michael Phelps win his record 19th gold medal.

"Hm," and a frustratingly apathetic shrug was all that came from the new nine-year-old.

"Natalynn, you know how Mom and Dad talk about Nadia Blackovitch (actually, it's Comanecie, but didn't remember that at the time.), well this is the Nadia of our day, except better."

The same response was all that I got from Neema.

Did she not get it?  No, I think she just didn't care, 'cause she sure got Gabby Douglas.

And nothing I can do can change it, showing every race Michael Phelps ever swam, in his life, from every angle that there was, slow motion, regular, and backwards just won't cut it.  If she doesn't care, she just doesn't care.

This scenario can become an excellent  theological example.

If I'm witnessing to an atheist, or a muslim, or anybody else, if they don't care, I can yammer on 'till my lungs burst, but, it ain't going to help them none 'til they care.  An apathetic person is impossible to convert.

But, God can unplug that little cork on their  cold heart's wall, and once that dam's been uncorked, there's no holding it back.

So if you're witnessing to a resistant friend, you can't do nothing except pray, so do that.

Providence story- amazing.

I have a really nice bible with a good case, with two journals (one for DL, and one regular), a notepad, letters from my Family, pens, highlighters, church directory, church events sheet, verses for 3000-12 (which i did get), forms for my tripping basic (which I didn't get), a paper with my name and adress on it , and those green card you get when you check in at the lodge that say "Welcome to Deerfoot!"in it.  So here the story is in Boss beak form

Camper Ben Phillips- Boss! ( Well at least that's what they would say to be polite)   
Pioneer 3-day canoe hike led by Chief Glen Perry- Boss!,
Ben going on the hike- Boss!,
Ben taking his Bible on the hike- Boss!
Chief Glen Perry overestimating the time it would take to get forom the Lean-to the the pick-up place- Beak!
So the canoers get ther 2 hours and ten minutes before Cheif Dut is supposed to pick them up- Beak!
Chief Glen calling 15-minute quiet time- Boss!
Ben particpating and when done leaving his bible on the dock- Boss!
Then when Chief Dut arrives Ben forgets too get his bible- Beak!
when unpacking Ben realizes that his bible is not there- Beak! (there were tears in this part)
Mrs. Vera Fitch of the US Embassy- Boss!
Mrs. Vera likes kayaking- Boss!
Mrs. Vera kayaking in the spot where the pioneers were- Boss!
And Noticing Ben's Bible!
Get's Ben's bible and opens it- Boss!
Notices Ben's Name Adress and a mention of Deerfoot- Boss!
Calls Deerfoot and tells them that she found Ben's Bible and is mailing it to his house in Texas- BOSS!

More boss than Beak- Our God is an awesome God.

Carzy Deerfoot Itinerary

So, this weekend Mom decides to check my plane tickets, good Idea seeing as it [DL] starts Saturday. 

Departure Dfw- Newark 6:00AM Friday Morning. Wow! we live two hours away from the airport (if you have good traffic, which you probably would at 5:00 in the morning!) so we would have to leave... 3 o'clock.  Not happening, so we will stay with some friends near the airport and only have to leave at 4:30!  Not to mention we get a good Mama date out of it.  But Mom still gets back before Natalynn gets up.  And I get back at 11:00 at night, so crazy itinerary, but worth it. Definitely. Uh-huh amen  hallelujah.

Can't wait to get back to the lodge

WOW

Amazing.  Great piainst. he played it by ear.

What happened to an all-sovereign God?

I'm sorry but this is another social/political post. But this to serious to be left alone.


Are you ready for this? I sure hope you're sitting down.
So many in the church has left God.
Woah! Crazy! True. :-(.
And left him for what? Chaos, without a king. That king that they don't have is the true and living only sovereign God. Who predestined us, according to his plan for his glory.


What did they leave him for? Luck. Easily Satan's easiest lie to believe, Luck is an fundamental (not-to-believe) doctrine. The bible on many occasions calls God A sovereign God. But don't let me tell you, let scripture. Here are some verses that affirm God's sovereignty.


Isaiah 42:9
⁹ See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare;before they spring into being I announce them to you.

Acts 4:24
And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,


Haggai 2:20-23

²⁰ The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: ²¹ “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.²² I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

²³ “‘On that day, ’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

Clearly God Has a plan, Hear and believe oh skeptic!

What the flop??

I was looking up the legalization of abortion in the US when I found a link to a supreme court case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey I clicked it and the page said the summary of the case was this:

A Pennsylvania law that required spousal notification prior to obtaining an abortion was invalid under the Fourteenth Amendment because it created an undue burden on married women seeking an abortion. Requirements for parental consent, informed consent, and 24-hour waiting period were constitutionally valid regulations. Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part.

What the flop??  The spouse should know if you're terminating  a Pregnancy!  "under the fourteenth amendment" made me wonder what the rights the 14th amendment gave, so having my copy of the constitution handy, I looked amendment XIV.   I found this: Section 1 (part of it) "...; nor shall any State deprive any person of Life Liberty or property..." and abortion doesn't?  crazy, It deprives them of life, and in doing so, liberty and property!!

Look supreme court, if you're going to use time, and money to take a case in, at least READ the part of the constitution that they're allegedly abridging.  If (talking to the Supreme Justice) your Mom decided to have an abortion, would that not deprive you of the Life, Liberty, and Property you now have??  And without the due process of Law, that comes next in the amendment that is already being legally broken!  'Cause how can they go through the due process of Law. when you aren't even visible to the naked eye!!  In the popular patriotic song "God Bless America"  The Chorus begins God Bless America / Land That I love / Stand beside her and guide her It should end She needs it so much.

So I'm asking you Brothers in sisters in Christ, and fellow citizens and/or inhabitants of the United States.  To Pray, Pray for our leaders, pray for our citizens, pray for our country, and above all pray for the souls of the People.

"We the people of the United States of America" need to establish a more perfect union, by changing gradually the on we've got, and establish justice.  This can only be done through Jesus Christ, Pray Brothers, Pray, Devote Time every day for solid Truthful, biblical prayer, nothing has or ever will have more power than prayer.  My sister Laurynn, has all those little business-card sized note-cards above her desk, one of them says "If a problem isn't worth Praying about, it's not worth worrying about" another reads "Life is fragile handle with prayer" that is evident so obviously when Men and Women who call themselves Christians (I'm not referring to anyone is particular)  can willingly extinguish a life.  Pray that their hearts will be changed.

FREEDOM!!

A couple of months ago, I was reading a World Magazine, and saw an ad for Good News Club, natrually a s a helper in Good News Club I wanted to check it out.  The Header read "Share the Gospel in Public Schools? Yes it's legal!*" note that asterix, it referenced to a footnote that said "according to the supreme court Milford Central School vs. Good News Club"  so, being in Ruston and having access to the Internet I looked it up; I found this.Sweet Day!

Restrictions on speech that takes place in a limited public forum must not discriminate on the basis of the speaker's viewpoint and be reasonable in light of the forum's purpose. Because the school's exclusion of the Good News Club violated this principle, the school violated the Club's free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. Furthermore, the school's claim that allowing the club to meet on its property would violate the Establishment Clause lacked merit and thus was no defense to the club's First Amendment claim.

Sweet Day!

Sermon from Pastor Stephen

Just in case you haven't been to GCC, here's an example sermon, you can find more of them at gccministries.org if you try to retype this, don't forget its .org, .com brings you to another church's site.  enough of that, video. (that link takes you to the Media center, where you can select videos or audio.)

Good song, I love it

By Keith and Kristyn Getty, We sing alot of their songs at our church.  Our worship pastor got the CD, and we sang this song one Sunday. Love this song