Beautiful Sunset

I am not sure this is the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen, after all I don't live in the most scenic environment to complement, but I can tell you when I looked up from reading the other evening to another glorious sight of God's creation, my soul danced within me:

ISIS and Fear

Honesty I don't even know how my fingers are typing these words since I am so tired. So tired! Feeling creative though, so you better watch out! Watch out! :)

ISIS is so evil! They create an atmosphere of fear that can be smelt all the way from Paris. I can smell them from here and they have the smell of death. So I am being serious compared to the beginning of this post and you might be wondering why. Why the shift? :) Well reading a headline about ISIS already entering our southern border got me thinking and wantin to write a bit. The question remains, was the headline fear mongering on the author's part? Even if it wasn't the author's intent to scare us into some sort of social resistance, there seems to be a prevalent aroma of fear being produced by ISIS affecting ordinary American citizens. Is ISIS really a threat to the United States? Could they really influence a terrorist attack here in the United States just like they did in Paris?

To be honest I think one would have to be naive to think this impossible, but at the same time, as Christians has God called us to fear?

Trust ye the Lord! That is the Bible in a nutshell. Obviously the salvation we find in Jesus is what it is all about, but in our day to day living, Jesus does not want us to fear or worry.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 1 Timothy 1:17

Blessings all! And goodnight, the Lord be with you!

Tick Tock, Tick Tock

I can hear the clock ticking and I have only a few minutes before it strikes midnight. Rush, rush, rush, get it done! Things must be done, time is ticking! Rush, rush, rush! There is no time to waste! Tick, tock, tick, tock, yes the clock is ticking and I can feel the amount of time I have left before midnight, running out. Two minutes left, but I'm nearly done. :)

Good night and God bless!

A Little Thanksgiving Humor

It's that time of year again: Thanksgiving. Simile, be happy, though it's always time to be thankful, this is the time of year we can remind everyone to be so ;). Well, as you may be able to see the playfulness already, I'd like to share a little Thanksgiving humor that I ran across last year on facebook and shared with some of my coworkers whom I knew would appreciate it. Without further ado, here is Take Me to the Greens:

 

God Loves Obama Dearm

I was going to record this in my journal but hey, since I'm blogging this A.M. why not shoot for it?

It was very quick dream, and only the third I've ever had with him that I can remember: I was at a four-way traffic intersection with my mother going in a certain direction while Obama was going in the opposite. There was a red light I suppose, because a lot of us, or at least I was and Obama was, were out of our cars. There was a lull in the traffic, cars were stopped but I sensed that would not last very long, so under the unction of the Holy Spirit, which I hesitate to say because something like that should not be said very lightly, I shouted to Obama: "God loves you Obama!"

It was almost like I could hear him chuckle, and as he did so did a few others who heard me. After that the light changed and traffic began to move. I remember my mother seeming to be a bit embarrassed and that I had to explain to her it was what I felt the Holy Spirit wanted me to say and do.

I find a few things interesting about the dream. First is that Obama was in town (Newark, NJ) on Monday. Second I'd say the dream had a mostly positive feel, or that Obama had an approving disposition toward me/my actions. In the two previous dreams, I sensed a sort of negative feel from him toward me for one reason or another. Third I am not really an Obama fan (and in fact would have preferred not to have been in Newark at all had there been even the slightest inconvenience in anything I was doing) and thus his positive reception of my actions for the first time out of three dreams I find interesting. The meaning? What could the Lord be saying? I will definitely be inquiring.

The Torah Blessing

Tuesday for noonday service we watched a video with Larry Hutch on The Torah Blessing:

I thought is was quite interesting and that he explained a lot in a very non-threatening way, in a way where one would not feel obligated to defend what they believe.