Matthew 24:42 "Therefore Keep Watch"

Therefore keep watch , because you do not know on what day the Lord will come. Matthew 24:42

I honestly do not keep tight with the daily news... I catch the headlines on my facebook posts... and I catch a bit more from what my husband shares from the news radio from work or the newspaper.

It is not that I am not concerned... I just don't feel the need to keep up with all of the "other" stuff in the news. The "other" stuff I refer is is the extraneous and a many times gratuitous " hi-lights" that sensationalize the very thing Jesus speaks of when He shares with us, why He must return.

The world cannot keep going on as it is... waxing worse and worse... indefinitely. There will come a day... and it could be soon, when he will be back to Judge His own from the lost.

My heart aches for the lost. It hurts so badly.. and I so relate to the pain that people go through in their sagas, and travails, so many times emblazened shamelessly on the front page of the papers or the tabloid covers...

...like so many vultures, feasting on others scandals... and percieved pain and loss. As it is.. I relate enough to the scenes of every day life that I see play out as I watch people interact, here and there, out and about.

I can read between the lines because we are, none of us, all that different. We are all cut from the same cloth. We all carry burdens and pain, regrets and loss in varying degrees.

We all deal with these realities differently as well. I guess that is why the 'keeping up with the news' is so painful to me. To me it is overkill. There is nothing new under the sun, and in my 48 years, I have seen so much pain and destruction.

There is nothing that I see that can be too far from what I have already seen, experienced or read about, learned of, or heard God share about in His word what will go down in the last days... etc.

These are no doubt those {the last days} I have no idea how close or far we are from the end.. but I know it is drawing closer and closer... things are lining up with His Word of Prophecy at an alarming rate.. It is only a matter of time and only He knows how much time that is.

Again, we are all cut from the same cloth. The Lord wants to Redeem us .. He wants us to reach out.. to cry out to Him for forgiveness! We are all lawbreakers... just by the very nature of comparrison with His Holiness.

He is without blemish or fault. He is Love Personified, as well as Justice and Mercy.

He is only true to His nature to desire to "forgive us" of our debauched ways and means to live life... OUR way..and certainly not His Way...

But, it is also His nature, that He does not give us what we dererve!

Here we are, truly, whether we acknowledge it or not... helpless, blind, dirty and needing mercy in the hands of a Rightous and Holy Judge...

NOTE: Please read this next paragraph 'very carefully' because first of all, I am not the best writer... my thoughts do not always some out as clear and concise as I would like... and ALSO: Because it is so vital that if you haven't heard this {in your spirit yet}... but only heard it {with your ears}... you need to have it come to life for you....and please know I am praying for anyone who might read it ...

We truly deserve, by the very nature of all that we are and all that we are not... deserving of judgement. "death"

~ That's our just due, as we are all murderers, thieves, idolators, fornicators, blasphemors... and on and on... Yet He (God The Father) sent his Son (Who is and consequently, Who was, here on earth, as much GOD as He was a man when He was sent here to die in our stead as the punishment for our peace and the propitiation for our sins..., to make a Righteous Path, a go-between, between us and {Himself-- God}
God came to earth and died for US!
He came to earth and died for us!
My mind reels at the implications of such love.

Blessed be The Name of Our God, Who Was and Is and Is to Come

A Post and A Prayer and Plea for Freedom

I'm posting this forward from my email... who forwared it to me... because it is a "must-see-must-take-action sort of thing, I believe ,and believe many would agree...

I would have posted it on my facebook profile , but thought better of it. I don't think this one post would have changed the mind of anyone who was already adamantly for this travesty callled a "reform bill" so, in lieu of looking as if I am trying to shove my political convictions down anyones throat, I would rather give an option for anyone to come here and read of the tyranny and injustice for all that is coming covertly to pass... with an overt spin on it to make it look like it's all for our good... again, of course.

Please, if any are concerned for our rights being systematically stripped away, as if all is well with the world..., Remember, to do nothing speaks of condoning it all. It is a farce and and a dangerous political play that will have dire consequenses if allowed to remain unchallenged...
We are gonna lose our prescious , hard won rights...
fast and furiously...
Read on....


Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

What do you call it when a radical minority forces
its will on the law-abiding majority? The
Obama/Pelosi/Reid power axis would have us call
it "progressive leadership." The Founders called
it "tyranny." Read below - Mat.

(I took the liberty to change the name in the post to concerned citizen where applicable and hope I haven't missed it down through the document ... along the way.)

Dear Concerned Citizen,

I am not surprised that socialist leaders Obama, Pelosi and
Reid found a convoluted way to get their tyrannical
healthcare "reform" bill through Congress. And there is
no doubt that evidence of vote buying and extreme coercion,
both legal and illegal, will surface for weeks to come.

But this is not the time to rehash the tragic
spectacle we saw unfold over the weekend.
Now is the time to TAKE ACTION to stop ObamaCare
and its anti-life, anti-family, and anti-economy
provisions IN A COURT OF LAW.

++Americans have lost confidence in the legislative process.

At every step of the way in ObamaCare's long march through
Congress, the liberal Democrat leaders used trickery, overt
manipulation, and out-and-out vote buying to thwart the
American people's clearly expressed opposition to their
socialist takeover of our medical system.

Now, on the brink of this hugely unpopular bill being presented
to President Obama for signature, we are facing the brutal
reality of what the 111th Congress has forced down our throats:

* Abortion coverage Americans don't want
* Exorbitant costs Americans don't want
* Mandatory participation Americans don't want
* New federal bureaucracies Americans don't want
* A vast expansion of IRS power Americans don't want

++Our Constitution is being subverted right before our eyes.

Catherine, the "checks and balances" our Founders gave
us are being systematically overpowered and dismantled by the
Obama/Pelosi/Reid power axis. Never before has the will of
the people been so completely ignored and marginalized.

ObamaCare is unconstitutional! If Congress has the
power to FORCE each person to have health insurance,
then individual liberty is totally meaningless.

Because the bill that passed Sunday night mandates individual
coverage and requires private employers to provide coverage,
Liberty Counsel is FILING SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT THIS WEEK to
challenge the bill's constitutionality!

We need hundreds of thousands of Americans to sign our Statement
of Support for this litigation. Given the sad spectacle we
saw play out in the House of Representatives this weekend,
we must now win this battle in a courtroom.

Please go here to sign your official Statement of Support:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=26419&RID=23553947

++ ObamaCare was unlawful from the beginning.

There were MANY reasons why Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi allowed
no one but their closest insiders - and the White House arm
twisters, of course - to participate in developing and managing
ObamaCare. For one thing, its "Tooth Fairy" accounting can't
stand up to even mild scrutiny.

But the biggest reason was that Congress had NO AUTHORITY to
force its socialist healthcare agenda on citizens and
businesses in the first place!

The bill that passed the House of Representatives on Sunday
night is unconstitutional because:

1) Congress has NO authority to force every American to
carry insurance coverage, and,
2) Congress has NO authority to fine employers whose
policies do not have the mandated coverage.

No matter the desires of certain elected officials, there are
some things Congress just cannot do! And the threat to our
liberty posed by ObamaCare goes FAR beyond healthcare. If
Congress can get away with this expansive power grab, then
individual liberty and state sovereignty will soon vanish.

Nancy Pelosi said as much last week when she told reporters
that after "kicking down the door" with ObamaCare, her
Congress will push through the rest of their ultraliberal
agenda.

EVERY version of the "healthcare reform" bill this Congress
produced - even considering whatever "reconciliation" issues
are eventually appended to the Senate version - is patently
unconstitutional!

Citizen, this monstrous, anti-life, anti-family healthcare
bill MUST now be strongly challenged in the federal judiciary.
With your help, Liberty Counsel is doing exactly that!

++The battle over ObamaCare has just begun.

Americans nationwide are expressing OUTRAGE at the overt
manipulation and total lack of integrity that characterized
the final vote on ObamaCare. Reid, Pelosi and Obama proved
they were willing to do ANYTHING to get this government
takeover of our medical system.

Now more than ever, the socialists and abortion advocates need
to understand that WE HAVE NOT GIVEN UP and will resist
implementation of ObamaCare to the very end. Now WE'LL SEE
THEM IN COURT! And we have an excellent chance of winning
our federal lawsuit.

Here's what I'm asking you to do...

#1 - Sign the Statement of Support for our lawsuit.

We want to deliver hundreds of thousands of these Statements
to all the key plotters behind ObamaCare. Reid, Pelosi, Obama
and all their confederates need to know they're not going
to get away with this travesty! Go here right now:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=26419&RID=23553947

#2 - Call your Representative's and your Senators' offices.

Please
take a moment to call your Representative and your two
Senators and let them know you are OUTRAGED by the way ObamaCare
was handled. Then let them know you will be supporting
litigation against this unconstitutional bill.

Sen. Kohl 202-224-5653

Sen. Feingold 202-224-5323

Rep. Kind 202-225-5506

#3 - Pray that this bill will be derailed in court. Pray for
God's deliverance from being forced to pay for abortions and
from the overt deceit and trickery that has become the norm
from the Obama/Pelosi/Reid power axis. PLEASE keep the heat
on, especially now that the socialists have finally played
their hand.

And, of course, this litigation is going to be very expensive.
Please prayerfully consider a significant gift to help offset
Liberty Counsel's expenses to mount a major constitutional
challenge to ObamaCare.

I have appended a copy of Liberty Counsel's official News
Release about our lawsuit next to your Statement of Support.
You can see it and sign your Statement of Support for
litigation against ObamaCare by going here:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?u=26419&RID=23553947

Now is NOT the time to be silent! Join like-minded Americans
who will be putting the plotters on notice that we are filing
a federal lawsuit this week to stop this power grab once and for all.

God bless you,

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

P.S. This battle is NOT over, no matter how much the
Pelosi/Reid/Obama power axis wants us to think that it is.
Sign your Statement of Support for our lawsuit so we can
win this phase of the battle in court and in the court of
public opinion!

And please pray! There is always hope in God! Also, let your
Senators and Representative know that you WILL hold them
accountable for their decisions on ObamaCare and its outrageous
handling. WE MUST NOT SUBMIT to this tyranny! Once again,
thank you for praying and speaking out.

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wishing for spring

My tennies are ready but the slush bids me stay...
I wish and I ponder a warm dryer day


















I'll wait with God's patience, He'll keep me content,
The Spring will soon dawn nigh
...and with it:
Colors, Passions, Breezes and New
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