"Not Breathing At All"
This link from Operation Rescue reports that a 22 year-old woman died at an abortion facility in Ohio. Hopefully, more facts of the story will follow in the future. This all took place just days ago on March 21st. Of course, I start to think about the whole scenario and about the aftermath with her loved ones. Did her family know? Did anyone pressure her or even try to talk her out of it? Was she told it was "safe" and would be "no big deal"? Was she told "it is not a baby, only a blob of cells"?
The sad fact is this young woman believed several lies to find herself on that abortion table. She believed the lie of Satan that abortion was the solution to the problem in her mind. She believed the lie that her baby did not have intrinsic value in God's eyes. She believed the lie that she herself did not have value in God's eyes. She believed the lie that God would not provide for her and her baby. There were probably many other lies she believed to get her in that abortion facility.
We do not know how God will use this but He will (Genesis 50:20). Not only is God the Great Physician, He is the Great Economist. He uses everything, no small detail escapes His notice or use. Pray for her loved ones, pray for those inside that abortion facility and pray for this to receive wide attention to benefit others.
Kermit Gosnell was not alone in his exploits. There are many others out there and just because we have a media that is sympathetic to abortionists does not mean there cannot be any coverage. This young victim's community needs to know what happened. Enter in "Do-It-Yourself" Journalism. "Tweetfest" and "Journalism" are now together like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. We, "the little people", need to blog, Facebook, Tweet and whatever else is at our disposal to sound the alarm.
I am not a tech-savvy person (that is quite obvious if you have been following this blog at all). Regardless, with whatever sad and pathetic skills I do possess, I will let people know about the life-threatening injuries, the deaths and the situations that result via the abortion industry.
There are many methods of stopping abortion. God will call us to those different areas and in different ways according to how He wired us. James 4:17 "Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." Are we called to be watchmen on the walls? Are we to stand in the gap? In addition to obeying the command to spread the Great Commission, I am called to spread God's truths and to warn about Satan's lies. I am only to be obedient and to leave the results to God.
In what ways is God calling you?
Welcome!
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Another One Bites the Dust??
Prayer can close an abortion facility. We do not know the timing or the ways but it can be done. Obviously and ideally, we want all of them shut down permanently at the same time. That will be done when this earth is no more. In the meantime, we are living in a fallen and dark world with a bunch of sinners.
Abortionists, as I have mentioned before, usually get away with their dark practices. It IS frustrating when the news gets out about an abortion facility that so many people knew what was going on but just looked the other way. In Gosnell's case, many different departments did know that there were despicable things going on but they just only pointed fingers. If you visit the website www.realchoice.blogspot.com website (link at the bottom of my blog website), you can read about abortionists were convicted and went to trial but were allowed to continue their practices. It was not that they were not guilty, the pro-abortion judges just overturned the sentence or they just slapped lightly on the wrist with a small fine.
I try not to be a cynic when I see reports like these. The police raided the abortionist's place of operation. Evidence seized, observations recorded. Complaints filed. Yes, I am glad it happens but then what? Will it go to trial? Will he receive another light fine? Will he be sent to jail? I do not think it is very likely. I am actually shocked that Gosnell got life in prison. After all, the abortionist Rapin Osanthanondh got a 2 year month prison sentence for killing Laura Hope Smith. He got a plea bargain deal that dropped it to 6 months and he got early release in 3 months. After, that he was wearing a bracelet in his 2 million-dollar home. See what I mean? Osanthanondh Guilty
We have had over 40 years of lawlessness. We see the same patterns of letting abortionists kill and maim with zero or little accountability.
No one is going to prison for killing Tonya Reaves after leaving her to hemorrhage for over 5 hours! They are still in operation. The fact that these places stay open to maim and murder just speaks volumes about the pro-abortion crowd's claims that they "care" for women. It is the pro-life crowd that actively shows up, exposes the evil, and files complaints with the authorities. Again, we will see what happens.
Klopfer's Clinic Raided By Police
• Boxes of paper were found stored near a furnace, some papers within 1 inch of a heat source.
• Remains from an aborted baby stored in the same refrigerator as medications.
• Oxygen tanks and other emergency equipment lacking proper maintenance or just not working.
• Infection control lapses.
• Employees laundering soiled linens at home.
• A nitrous oxide tank discovered in 2010 with an expiration date of Dec. 3, 1989.
• General clutter and untidiness at his clinics that were “too numerous to list.”
In search of information, I came across this report from 1928. Abortionist to face death penalty.
You can read the result of that case. Gosnell faced the death penalty initially but he and his lawyers sprung into action to prevent that. Gosnell certainly valued his own life!
I want evil to be exposed and stopped. I want the justice system to work and to see justice be done. It is puzzling that the people who are pro-abortion and claim that they "care" about women do not want abortionists exposed and stopped as well. Every time I post an article such as this on my Facebook page, the pro-aborts are totally silent. For the people I know who have claimed that they care about women, I keep waiting for a response, a question, or even a repost. Will they ever act?
We are in that fallen and dark world so therefore, it is to be expected that there is injustice, unfairness and lawlessness. Regardless, I will continue to trust in the Lord and remember His ways, thoughts and timing. I am very grateful to those pro-life warriors who dedicate their lives to save the babies, mommies and daddies. They even reach out to the abortionists and their workers. Jesus does save!
Abortionists, as I have mentioned before, usually get away with their dark practices. It IS frustrating when the news gets out about an abortion facility that so many people knew what was going on but just looked the other way. In Gosnell's case, many different departments did know that there were despicable things going on but they just only pointed fingers. If you visit the website www.realchoice.blogspot.com website (link at the bottom of my blog website), you can read about abortionists were convicted and went to trial but were allowed to continue their practices. It was not that they were not guilty, the pro-abortion judges just overturned the sentence or they just slapped lightly on the wrist with a small fine.
I try not to be a cynic when I see reports like these. The police raided the abortionist's place of operation. Evidence seized, observations recorded. Complaints filed. Yes, I am glad it happens but then what? Will it go to trial? Will he receive another light fine? Will he be sent to jail? I do not think it is very likely. I am actually shocked that Gosnell got life in prison. After all, the abortionist Rapin Osanthanondh got a 2 year month prison sentence for killing Laura Hope Smith. He got a plea bargain deal that dropped it to 6 months and he got early release in 3 months. After, that he was wearing a bracelet in his 2 million-dollar home. See what I mean? Osanthanondh Guilty
We have had over 40 years of lawlessness. We see the same patterns of letting abortionists kill and maim with zero or little accountability.
No one is going to prison for killing Tonya Reaves after leaving her to hemorrhage for over 5 hours! They are still in operation. The fact that these places stay open to maim and murder just speaks volumes about the pro-abortion crowd's claims that they "care" for women. It is the pro-life crowd that actively shows up, exposes the evil, and files complaints with the authorities. Again, we will see what happens.
Klopfer's Clinic Raided By Police
• Boxes of paper were found stored near a furnace, some papers within 1 inch of a heat source.
• Remains from an aborted baby stored in the same refrigerator as medications.
• Oxygen tanks and other emergency equipment lacking proper maintenance or just not working.
• Infection control lapses.
• Employees laundering soiled linens at home.
• A nitrous oxide tank discovered in 2010 with an expiration date of Dec. 3, 1989.
• General clutter and untidiness at his clinics that were “too numerous to list.”
In search of information, I came across this report from 1928. Abortionist to face death penalty.
You can read the result of that case. Gosnell faced the death penalty initially but he and his lawyers sprung into action to prevent that. Gosnell certainly valued his own life!
I want evil to be exposed and stopped. I want the justice system to work and to see justice be done. It is puzzling that the people who are pro-abortion and claim that they "care" about women do not want abortionists exposed and stopped as well. Every time I post an article such as this on my Facebook page, the pro-aborts are totally silent. For the people I know who have claimed that they care about women, I keep waiting for a response, a question, or even a repost. Will they ever act?
We are in that fallen and dark world so therefore, it is to be expected that there is injustice, unfairness and lawlessness. Regardless, I will continue to trust in the Lord and remember His ways, thoughts and timing. I am very grateful to those pro-life warriors who dedicate their lives to save the babies, mommies and daddies. They even reach out to the abortionists and their workers. Jesus does save!
Deuteronomy 32:3-5
3 For I proclaim the name of the Lord:
Ascribe greatness to our God.
4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
5 “They have corrupted themselves;
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A perverse and crooked generation.
Ascribe greatness to our God.
4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
5 “They have corrupted themselves;
They are not His children,
Because of their blemish:
A perverse and crooked generation.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Cleaning the Causeway
Here's the Texas Prairie Dog popping up out of the tunnel. I have been traveling and about all kinds of business here and there. The wind has been rather blustery recently and causing all kinds of stuff to blow around. All this affects my sinuses so basically I had no concentration yesterday to blog.
I will catch a news report here and there about pro-life issues and I have such an eagerness to post it here on the blog. Usually this happens when I realize that I need to be out the door in about 30 minutes or dinner needs to be cooked, etc. By the time I really get the block of time I want to spend for what qualifies in MY mind as "quality writing", I am pretty much done-in....shattered.....kablooey? What's kablooey? That's the sound of my brain imploding at the end of the night. I am a great procrastinator on top of all of this.
Then there are those days that I just contemplate that maybe there isn't really any reason to blog any reports. All the websites that report these things are at everybody's fingertips already. The information in this huge world is at everyone's disposal by only a click away. This is a redundant website. Then add the fact that I am not a very organized person. That is an understatement. I am a very disorganized person but always fighting those disorganzed tendencies.
Yet, I am back here now...with a headache, a list of things to do, a pile of papers next to this computer and a load of subjects that could be blogged. Well, I am sort of here....for a little while. I have a board meeting tonight in a faraway land (Yes, I hear you locals chuckling at that).
What is on my mind? Loving the unlovable. I am almost finished with a book called Chasing the Dragon. I found it on a table at a conference this past weekend. I had always wanted to read abut Jackie Pullinger but never followed up on it. Jackie's story is about a British woman who goes to Hong Kong in the 1960's and reaches out to the Triad gangs, opium and heroin addicts and the prostitutes in the Walled City. God used her to reach hundreds of very lost souls in the worst conditions imaginable.
I am not going into any detail about this right now. Call it processing, mulling or pondering but I am still in a mode of examination at this point. I know I don't love as Jesus does. Since I was saved, I love more than I used to do and yet, realistically, at times, I love less than I used to in many other ways. If that sounds confusing, I am blaming it on my headache!!!
At the end of the day though, I do know this:
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
That pretty much covers Jackie's story in a nutshell. Put me in that group of sinners just as spiritually destitute as those addicts and gang members. I am cleansed and healed by His stripes but also still very much a work-in-progress.
Well, that is it for now. I have a lot of stuff percolating in this aching brain but I really need to go pray. Pray for my headache, pray for my wicked heart, and pray for a lot of people and situations.
I will catch a news report here and there about pro-life issues and I have such an eagerness to post it here on the blog. Usually this happens when I realize that I need to be out the door in about 30 minutes or dinner needs to be cooked, etc. By the time I really get the block of time I want to spend for what qualifies in MY mind as "quality writing", I am pretty much done-in....shattered.....kablooey? What's kablooey? That's the sound of my brain imploding at the end of the night. I am a great procrastinator on top of all of this.
Then there are those days that I just contemplate that maybe there isn't really any reason to blog any reports. All the websites that report these things are at everybody's fingertips already. The information in this huge world is at everyone's disposal by only a click away. This is a redundant website. Then add the fact that I am not a very organized person. That is an understatement. I am a very disorganized person but always fighting those disorganzed tendencies.
Yet, I am back here now...with a headache, a list of things to do, a pile of papers next to this computer and a load of subjects that could be blogged. Well, I am sort of here....for a little while. I have a board meeting tonight in a faraway land (Yes, I hear you locals chuckling at that).
What is on my mind? Loving the unlovable. I am almost finished with a book called Chasing the Dragon. I found it on a table at a conference this past weekend. I had always wanted to read abut Jackie Pullinger but never followed up on it. Jackie's story is about a British woman who goes to Hong Kong in the 1960's and reaches out to the Triad gangs, opium and heroin addicts and the prostitutes in the Walled City. God used her to reach hundreds of very lost souls in the worst conditions imaginable.
I am not going into any detail about this right now. Call it processing, mulling or pondering but I am still in a mode of examination at this point. I know I don't love as Jesus does. Since I was saved, I love more than I used to do and yet, realistically, at times, I love less than I used to in many other ways. If that sounds confusing, I am blaming it on my headache!!!
At the end of the day though, I do know this:
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
That pretty much covers Jackie's story in a nutshell. Put me in that group of sinners just as spiritually destitute as those addicts and gang members. I am cleansed and healed by His stripes but also still very much a work-in-progress.
Well, that is it for now. I have a lot of stuff percolating in this aching brain but I really need to go pray. Pray for my headache, pray for my wicked heart, and pray for a lot of people and situations.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Dandelions LOVE Round Up!
Second, have Congress set up a special department for the study of population problems and appoint a Parliament of Population, the directors representing the various branches of science: this body to direct and control the population through birth rates and immigration, and to direct its distribution over the country according to national needs consistent with taste, fitness and interest of individuals. The main objects of the Population Congress would be:
a. to raise the level and increase the general intelligence of population.
b. to increase the population slowly by keeping the birth rate at its present level of fifteen per thousand, decreasing the death rate below its present mark of 11 per thousand.
c. to keep the doors of immigration closed to the entrance of certain aliens whose condition is known to be detrimental to the stamina of the race, such as feebleminded, idiots, morons, insane, syphilitic, epileptic, criminal, professional prostitutes, and others in this class barred by the immigration laws of 1924.
d. to apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring.
e. to insure the country against future burdens of maintenance for numerous offspring as may be born of feebleminded parents, by pensioning all persons with transmissible disease who voluntarily consent to sterilization.
f. to give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization.
g. to apportion farm lands and homesteads for these segregated persons where they would be taught to work under competent instructors for the period of their entire lives.
The first step would thus be to control the intake and output of morons, mental defectives, epileptics.
The second step would be to take an inventory of the secondary group such as illiterates, paupers, unemployables, criminals, prostitutes, dope-fiends; classify them in special departments under government medical protection, and segregate them on farms and open spaces as long as necessary for the strengthening and development of moral conduct.
Having corralled this enormous part of our population and placed it on a basis of health instead of punishment, it is safe to say that fifteen or twenty millions of our population would then be organized into soldiers of defense---defending the unborn against their own disabilities.
The third step would be to give special attention to the mothers' health, to see that women who are suffering from tuberculosis, heart or kidney disease, toxic goitre, gonorrhea, or any disease where the condition of pregnancy disturbs their health are placed under public health nurses to instruct them in practical, scientific methods of contraception in order to safeguard their lives---thus reducing maternal mortality.
The above steps may seem to place emphasis on a health program instead of on tariffs, moratoriums and debts, but I believe that national health is the first essential factor in any program for universal peace.
With the future citizen safeguarded from hereditary taints, with five million mental and moral degenerates segregated, with ten million women and ten million children receiving adequate care, we could then turn our attention to the basic needs for international peace.
There would then be a definite effort to make population increase slowly and at a specified rate, in order to accommodate and adjust increasing numbers to the best social and economic system.
In the meantime we should organize and join an International League of Low Birth Rate Nations to secure and maintain World Peace.
Summary of address before the New History Society, January 17th, New York City
"The demand that defective people be prevented from propagating equally defective offspring....represents the most humane act of mankind."
"....we prefer the policy of immediate sterilization, of making sure that parenthood is 'absolutely prohibited' to the feeble-minded."
The question now is who exactly is "feeble-minded"? Who fits in the category of "defective offspring"?
It was recorded (and depicted in film as well), that women in the concentration camps would cut themselves and rub the blood on their cheeks to appear healthy. By appearing "healthy" they could possibly escape execution when they were paraded in front of the Nazi officials.
What would it take for us to hide our flaws? Some of our "imperfections" are subtle, others are evident. I posted a while back about suffering from the terrible and most offensive malady of an in-grown toenail...worthy of receiving execution. After all, to some people in this world, it would be most humane to put me out of my misery. It might even be the most humane act to not allow me to bear children.
To those who know me and love me, thank you for humoring me. :) Still, is it really so silly? Suffering is so subjective. Flaws and imperfections are also subjective. One man's suffering is another man's joy and gratefulness. To Gianna Jessen, cerebral palsy, is a gift. Reflections of a Paralytic
I chose this particular blog template with the dandelions. When I set out to start this pro-life blog (at my daughter's behest), this background caught my eye. Ah! WEEDS! After all, I AM a defective offspring. I am one of those "weeds" who would be considered "unfit" and a "bad strain". According to Adolph Hitler, Margaret Sanger and all of their buddies who cozily comingled, I would have been one of those souls rubbing blood on my cheeks to look healthy. If not in a German camp, I would have been deemed "dysgenic" and separated for sterilization and some sort of work detail.
No, I am truly not being melodramatic. What are YOUR flaws and imperfections? Does it matter what you think those flaws are? I am pretty happy with my life, defects and all. By the way, this young man was pretty happy with his life too.
Nothing has changed from the era of WWII and the mentality like Hitler's. A young mother who was pregnant, was taken off life support recently. One of the excuses was they "thought" the baby might have been "deformed" (or in Hitler/Sanger parlance, "defective"). The language used to describe the mother was very much like a Sangerism phrase, which was "an incubator". The people involved no longer saw this woman as a human being anymore but just a warm body in a hospital bed.
In this day and age, we are still subject to the Hitler mentality. If we are deemed to have any value, we must abide by a narrow criteria by a certain group of other humans. Sadly, even many self-proclaimed Christians have fallen into this worldview as well. "Thanks" to a lifelong diet of secular humanism, God is no longer considered a decision maker of our value. The comments about those "brain dead" pregnant women and "vegetables" at the bottom of online articles are not all from atheists.
The "Plan for Peace" comes form Margaret Sanger, creator of The Birth Control League. The Birth Control League later became Planned Parenthood. The two quotes above came from Adolph Hitler (in Mein Kampf, Vol.1 Ch. 10) and Margaret Sanger (The Pivot of Civilization, p. 102) respectively.
When I hear the name or see a picture of Adolph Hitler, immediately I think of Margaret Sanger who is pretty much the female and American version of Hitler. Certainly, their legacies and worldviews are with us today. Every time I pass by a Planned Parenthood (which is on my way to the cpc), I immediately think of it as a modern-day gas chamber or a KKK headquarters.
From the blog "Priests for Life":
In a June 2009 documentary -- “Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America” -- Alveda King links Planned Parenthood to the eugenics movement of population control.
“We need to remember that over 60 years ago, a man who would today be called the father of modern eugenics proposed that population-control clinics be concentrated in minority neighborhoods, and now today, the vast majority of Planned Parenthood clinics are located in our neighborhoods,” she said in the documentary. “Are we really so naïve to believe this is all a coincidence?”
"According to Alveda King, in the 1960s, at the same time African-Americans began to stage protests and demonstrations for civil rights, “there began a widespread cry from inside government for legalized abortion.”
She asked: “Was that coincidence too, or could it be that when we said we would no longer sit on the back of the bus, a place was being reserved for us down at the abortion clinic?”
Black Genocide has an extensive history of Planned Parenthood's origins. Check it out when you can if you never have before. Also, check out Maafa 21. It is an extremely detailed and thorough documentary on eugenics and Planned Parenthood's practices then to present day.
I did not know any of this growing up. There is a Margaret Sanger award given every year. This year it was Nancy Pelosi but Hillary Clinton has also been a recipient. They laud Margaret Sanger. There might have been a time in my life where I would have done so also. THIS dandelion would have drunk the Roundup. For a time, I did "drink it".
BUT......God saved me! :)
Psalm 119:73-74
Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word.
Do not be fooled by those weeds on this page. Sanger and Hitler might have thought of me as a "useless eater" or a "weed", but they were liars and I know better.
God made me and fashioned me and this Psalm is who He is and that is all that matters!!!! The length of it is WORTH IT!
Psalm 104
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
4 Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,
4 Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.
5 You who laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,
6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
8 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.
So that it should not be moved forever,
6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
8 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.
10 He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.
13 He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
They flow among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.
13 He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the earth,
15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.
18 The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.[a]
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the earth,
15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
17 Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.
18 The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.[a]
19 He appointed the moon for seasons;
The sun knows its going down.
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes out to his work
And to his labor until the evening.
The sun knows its going down.
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.
21 The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.
23 Man goes out to his work
And to his labor until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your possessions—
25 This great and wide sea,
In which are innumerable teeming things,
Living things both small and great.
26 There the ships sail about;
There is that Leviathan
Which You have made to play there.
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your possessions—
25 This great and wide sea,
In which are innumerable teeming things,
Living things both small and great.
26 There the ships sail about;
There is that Leviathan
Which You have made to play there.
27 These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord rejoice in His works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the hills, and they smoke.
May the Lord rejoice in His works.
32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.
35 May sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.
35 May sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Rebecca Kiessling 10 pm (Eastern Standard Time)
Rebecca Kiessling- SAVE THE 1
She lives in Michigan and the interview is at 10pm EST. Check this out if you can.
She lives in Michigan and the interview is at 10pm EST. Check this out if you can.
Fort Dodge, Iowa CLOSES Planned Parenthood
Lubbock, Texas closed their Planned Parenthood too. I understand that even when these abortuaries (whether it is medical or surgical) close down, we still are battling the Enemy as they slink underground to find other dark ways and places to murder babies. The Abortion Cartel will always find a way to ply their criminal craft.
That said, it feels very good to write about those particular Planned Parenthood's shutting down. I lived around the corner from one of them and it gives me great joy to know it is no longer contaminating my former neighborhood.
Planned Parenthood closings
We have a new training class for peer counseling at the cpc. We have 20 students who are interested in volunteering. Our first night usually involves introductions, an overview of who we are, and a quiz that assesses what the class already knows about abortion. We usually have many handouts for them to read and one handout is a page of internet websites. We share pro-life websites but we also share websites from the pro-abortion side too. We encourage them to familiarize themselves with what the abortion side is doing. The more education that the public gets and the more awareness they acquire about Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry, the more the tide turns. It is like turning a cruise ship around.
One article I plan to share next week is this one:
Teen Pregnancy Rate Drops
The article states that the pregnancy rate drops for teens where Planned Parenthood facilities are shut down. Planned Parenthood is extremely aggressive in targeting the young people. They have their tentacles undulating in practically every area a youth would congregate. No different from a pimp, really! Planned Parenthood's products are killing babies and promoting the promiscuity that leads to the conception of babies to be killed. It is Satan's business model. Some of our class attendees already know this but now the rest of them have been alerted. The ripple effect is wide when you think about 20 people who will share this information with family, friends, neighbors, church congregations and acquaintances.
Recently, I was ordering some pro-life publications. I got into a conversation with the woman who was taking my order. She shared that a pro-life group purchased thousands of their publications and inserted them into the newspapers in their towns over the course of a year. This project helped topple several Planned Parenthood facilities. Maybe there were other mitigating factors that also led to the demise of these mills but it sure did help. She shared that there were other ways to get these publications to the public (I was helping with one way).
The abortion mill is a blight on the neighborhood. It is very much like the restaurant that you tell all your friends to avoid. Your knowledge of this restaurant is that the place is filthy, crawling with cockroaches, the staff is extremely rude, the workers in the back are incompetent and for some reason the health department will NOT shut it down....oh yeah, it is because of the corruption. This greasepit they run will only do one thing .....harm the occupants. You warn your loved ones and you warn many others to not darken the doorstep of that horrible place.
Eventually, enough word-of-mouth information will shut the place down despite the corruption! This is going on with many Planned Parenthoods nationally. There is not enough traffic to stay open in some locations. We often see news reports of when a number of people have been sickened by a restaurant's filthy practices or a product in the stores is recalled. Remember the big tomato scare years ago at Taco Bells? If the news anchors announced every botched abortion in the nation, how long would it take to shut these places down due to a dried-up clientele base?
It will not happen due to the fact that the majority of "news" outlets are pro-abortion and would slant their stories to hoodwink the public that all these stories are proof of needing MORE abortion facilities. They tried that with Gosnell! And, even if you did have fair reporting, I know people who are pretty happy with the warm temperatures of sand around their heads.
Maybe someday they will be receptive to truth. It does take time. I know from personal experience!
Reports like this link below opened my eyes. I had NO idea back then about the evil things that took place. It is truly a blindness! Prayer is the cure for this blindness. Pray for eyes to be opened!!!
Woman Hemorrhages from Medical Abortion
The next time someone tells you that overturning Roe vs. Wade will cause women to resort to "back-alley" abortionists, share this with them.
The next time someone tells you that they believe women should have "safe" abortions.....share facts from these cases.
The next time someone tells you that Planned Parenthood offers women help....share the names of the women who died at Planned Parenthood's "care".
The next time you hear that Planned Parenthood should be there for young people, point them to this website's direction (along with Abortion Documents under the "Worst Offenders" or "Recently Closed Clnics" sections).
We are now in the age of DIY journalism. Let us tell the REST of the story!!!!
Did You Know?
"Safe and Legal' Abortion Deaths
Ephesians 4:17-24
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of[d] the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
That said, it feels very good to write about those particular Planned Parenthood's shutting down. I lived around the corner from one of them and it gives me great joy to know it is no longer contaminating my former neighborhood.
Planned Parenthood closings
We have a new training class for peer counseling at the cpc. We have 20 students who are interested in volunteering. Our first night usually involves introductions, an overview of who we are, and a quiz that assesses what the class already knows about abortion. We usually have many handouts for them to read and one handout is a page of internet websites. We share pro-life websites but we also share websites from the pro-abortion side too. We encourage them to familiarize themselves with what the abortion side is doing. The more education that the public gets and the more awareness they acquire about Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry, the more the tide turns. It is like turning a cruise ship around.
One article I plan to share next week is this one:
Teen Pregnancy Rate Drops
The article states that the pregnancy rate drops for teens where Planned Parenthood facilities are shut down. Planned Parenthood is extremely aggressive in targeting the young people. They have their tentacles undulating in practically every area a youth would congregate. No different from a pimp, really! Planned Parenthood's products are killing babies and promoting the promiscuity that leads to the conception of babies to be killed. It is Satan's business model. Some of our class attendees already know this but now the rest of them have been alerted. The ripple effect is wide when you think about 20 people who will share this information with family, friends, neighbors, church congregations and acquaintances.
Recently, I was ordering some pro-life publications. I got into a conversation with the woman who was taking my order. She shared that a pro-life group purchased thousands of their publications and inserted them into the newspapers in their towns over the course of a year. This project helped topple several Planned Parenthood facilities. Maybe there were other mitigating factors that also led to the demise of these mills but it sure did help. She shared that there were other ways to get these publications to the public (I was helping with one way).
The abortion mill is a blight on the neighborhood. It is very much like the restaurant that you tell all your friends to avoid. Your knowledge of this restaurant is that the place is filthy, crawling with cockroaches, the staff is extremely rude, the workers in the back are incompetent and for some reason the health department will NOT shut it down....oh yeah, it is because of the corruption. This greasepit they run will only do one thing .....harm the occupants. You warn your loved ones and you warn many others to not darken the doorstep of that horrible place.
Eventually, enough word-of-mouth information will shut the place down despite the corruption! This is going on with many Planned Parenthoods nationally. There is not enough traffic to stay open in some locations. We often see news reports of when a number of people have been sickened by a restaurant's filthy practices or a product in the stores is recalled. Remember the big tomato scare years ago at Taco Bells? If the news anchors announced every botched abortion in the nation, how long would it take to shut these places down due to a dried-up clientele base?
It will not happen due to the fact that the majority of "news" outlets are pro-abortion and would slant their stories to hoodwink the public that all these stories are proof of needing MORE abortion facilities. They tried that with Gosnell! And, even if you did have fair reporting, I know people who are pretty happy with the warm temperatures of sand around their heads.
Maybe someday they will be receptive to truth. It does take time. I know from personal experience!
Reports like this link below opened my eyes. I had NO idea back then about the evil things that took place. It is truly a blindness! Prayer is the cure for this blindness. Pray for eyes to be opened!!!
Woman Hemorrhages from Medical Abortion
The next time someone tells you that overturning Roe vs. Wade will cause women to resort to "back-alley" abortionists, share this with them.
The next time someone tells you that they believe women should have "safe" abortions.....share facts from these cases.
The next time someone tells you that Planned Parenthood offers women help....share the names of the women who died at Planned Parenthood's "care".
The next time you hear that Planned Parenthood should be there for young people, point them to this website's direction (along with Abortion Documents under the "Worst Offenders" or "Recently Closed Clnics" sections).
We are now in the age of DIY journalism. Let us tell the REST of the story!!!!
Did You Know?
"Safe and Legal' Abortion Deaths
Ephesians 4:17-24
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of[d] the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Help Me, I am Up and I Can't Fall Down!
I REALLY should not have had all those M&M's. Now I am wired! No sleep for awhile.
Tonight was a good night at the crisis pregnancy center. It is always a joy to get opportunities to hold or see a baby and help a mom pick out baby clothes. Sometimes I get to join a mom in an ultrasound and see her baby on the screen.....that too, is also a joy the majority of the time. The best part is when the Holy Spirit is present in the room and "stuff" happens. What "stuff"? I really cannot explain it in the human terms. I could try but really, only God knows what truly transpires in those little rooms.
This is hard to admit but even after 10 years of doing this I still get a feeling of apprehension on the day I go in to the cpc. In the beginning year(s?), my stomach rumbled a few days leading up to the day of volunteering. The feelings ranged from fear of doing or saying the wrong thing, not being able to remember pertinent things to say ("Ohhhh.....I should have said this or that!), and then concern about meeting up with the hardest of hearts (what if I go blank and have NO answer?).
Also in the early years, I was pretty green at sharing the Gospel. It was not anything my former church really emphasized. I was not raised to pray out loud nor pray for someone out loud! I was "cured" of that one day when I failed to say one thing to one client about the Gospel and it was the fear of man rather than having the fear of God that took over. All the way home, I felt convicted and apologized to God. I felt terrible for days. The lesson learned was that anyone I shared the Gospel with was not rejecting me, they were rejecting God. While I hate to see anyone reject God, it is important to remember that I am to be obedient and share His good news. It is the Great Commission. They have the choice to listen or not or accept it or not.
These are growing moments. Have I said the wrong thing? Have I done the wrong thing? Yes. I have made mistakes (WINCE) and I will probably bungle it again. At times, I am just not eloquent at all; it is downright clunky in delivery. The point is to be obedient even if I dread the idea of making mistakes or I get fearful. Then it is just a time to dust off and keep moving on. I pray to God before I meet with each client. The prayer is for me to just get out of His way, to just see my client the way He sees her and to just give me the words to share His message of eternal life. God is SO good!
At the beginning of this blog, I shared that I felt fear at times. As a young Christian, I had to learn that the spirit of fear does not come from God. It still happens but now I recognize where it comes from and it helps me call on God for help. It is different now. While I do lean on Him more now, things have shifted. I do not have the same concerns now. I do not fear about going blank. Nor do I worry about forgetting things because my trust is that God will fill in the blank spots and make me recall to memory what needs to be said. When the Holy Spirit is in control, you just recognize that there was a good reason why some things were said and others were not. Grace.
The term apprehension is more apt now because it is more wariness than abject fear. The wariness is the recognition of my weakness that manifests in many different ways. It is the recognition that I need a guard on my mouth, my thoughts and my heart. It is the awareness that I sometimes seek glory and seek personal ambition. I may get filled with pride (dangerous territory). I now know that I must take every thought captive, especially on one particular stretch of road that leads to the crisis pregnancy center! Why? 1 Peter 5:8-9 has warned me to "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world."
That roaring lion was after me one particular day. On the way to the cpc, I was thinking about how tired I was and about the thousands of things I needed to do at home. I loved being there....but why did it have to be THIS Thursday? It morphed into thinking "well, you aren't that effective there anyway". Not that I would turn around and go home because that just would not happen. However, the thoughts were going down a very negative road. As I sat at the stoplight waiting to turn down the street to the final destination, I was struck! What? Those thoughts are from the pit of Hell. All those negative thoughts were from the Enemy! Then I apologized to God and thought, "HOW could I have allowed those thoughts to sneak in like that?" The best part of this is that the rest of that night was beautiful. God healed a very downcast woman who had faced a lot of abuse. That lie Satan told me at the stoplight was mixed with a little truth. He said I wasn't effective. That part was right. I am not but with the Holy Spirit, I am.
That was not that long ago. Maybe it was two years ago. In addition to the negative thought or two, that particular stretch of road has been used to get my temper and worry up through rude drivers and unexpected construction sites making me tardy. Usually it is very subtle and I know Satan is studying me to try to devour me. He has many devices and schemes. I just have to keep my eyes on Jesus and stay steadfast in the faith. That is where the fear leaves. It is that trust and faith that He has my back and that He is going to use everything for His purpose. I just want to serve Him with a cheeful heart and to divine His word rightly.
We have a lot of difficult moments there at the cpc. It is just hard to see the consequences of sin so
plainly displayed. We see it passed down through the generations. We see broken down relationships mostly stemming from sexual immorality. The situations are often very big messes. When the clients are hungering for truth and are receptive to the hope of Jesus Christ, we see miracles take place. That is why is it so important to stamp out the fear and to be obedient in sharing the Gospel. It is exciting to see a client essentially say "The abuse/bad behavior stops here and now". They may say, "I am not falling for any more lies of the Devil." It really does happen. Transformation really does take place. This transcends Olympic gold medal moments. No, I have never been awarded a gold medal (I am an armchair athlete) but James 5:3 tells us about what happens to gold and silver!
It is late and I do not finish these little blog entries all that smoothly. In fact, maybe I can just blame my meanderings on the late hour. There is the temptation to just end it all abruptly. You all are smart readers and you get the point by now. Maybe some of you can relate to what I have shared tonight. My Christian journey is like my pro-life journey, long and arduous! I think I am soooooooo smart and then I am shown how duped I have been by the lies. At this point in my life, I just shrug and try to have a sense of humor about it all. Okay, folks, it is time for me to go to bed. As my husband says, "stick a fork in me, I am DONE!" or....I am history...I am in the archives!
Okay! One more thing. Seriously......pray for all the crisis pregnancy centers! Pray for their volunteers, their clients, their buildings and their material resources. Thank you!
Tonight was a good night at the crisis pregnancy center. It is always a joy to get opportunities to hold or see a baby and help a mom pick out baby clothes. Sometimes I get to join a mom in an ultrasound and see her baby on the screen.....that too, is also a joy the majority of the time. The best part is when the Holy Spirit is present in the room and "stuff" happens. What "stuff"? I really cannot explain it in the human terms. I could try but really, only God knows what truly transpires in those little rooms.
This is hard to admit but even after 10 years of doing this I still get a feeling of apprehension on the day I go in to the cpc. In the beginning year(s?), my stomach rumbled a few days leading up to the day of volunteering. The feelings ranged from fear of doing or saying the wrong thing, not being able to remember pertinent things to say ("Ohhhh.....I should have said this or that!), and then concern about meeting up with the hardest of hearts (what if I go blank and have NO answer?).
Also in the early years, I was pretty green at sharing the Gospel. It was not anything my former church really emphasized. I was not raised to pray out loud nor pray for someone out loud! I was "cured" of that one day when I failed to say one thing to one client about the Gospel and it was the fear of man rather than having the fear of God that took over. All the way home, I felt convicted and apologized to God. I felt terrible for days. The lesson learned was that anyone I shared the Gospel with was not rejecting me, they were rejecting God. While I hate to see anyone reject God, it is important to remember that I am to be obedient and share His good news. It is the Great Commission. They have the choice to listen or not or accept it or not.
These are growing moments. Have I said the wrong thing? Have I done the wrong thing? Yes. I have made mistakes (WINCE) and I will probably bungle it again. At times, I am just not eloquent at all; it is downright clunky in delivery. The point is to be obedient even if I dread the idea of making mistakes or I get fearful. Then it is just a time to dust off and keep moving on. I pray to God before I meet with each client. The prayer is for me to just get out of His way, to just see my client the way He sees her and to just give me the words to share His message of eternal life. God is SO good!
At the beginning of this blog, I shared that I felt fear at times. As a young Christian, I had to learn that the spirit of fear does not come from God. It still happens but now I recognize where it comes from and it helps me call on God for help. It is different now. While I do lean on Him more now, things have shifted. I do not have the same concerns now. I do not fear about going blank. Nor do I worry about forgetting things because my trust is that God will fill in the blank spots and make me recall to memory what needs to be said. When the Holy Spirit is in control, you just recognize that there was a good reason why some things were said and others were not. Grace.
The term apprehension is more apt now because it is more wariness than abject fear. The wariness is the recognition of my weakness that manifests in many different ways. It is the recognition that I need a guard on my mouth, my thoughts and my heart. It is the awareness that I sometimes seek glory and seek personal ambition. I may get filled with pride (dangerous territory). I now know that I must take every thought captive, especially on one particular stretch of road that leads to the crisis pregnancy center! Why? 1 Peter 5:8-9 has warned me to "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world."
That roaring lion was after me one particular day. On the way to the cpc, I was thinking about how tired I was and about the thousands of things I needed to do at home. I loved being there....but why did it have to be THIS Thursday? It morphed into thinking "well, you aren't that effective there anyway". Not that I would turn around and go home because that just would not happen. However, the thoughts were going down a very negative road. As I sat at the stoplight waiting to turn down the street to the final destination, I was struck! What? Those thoughts are from the pit of Hell. All those negative thoughts were from the Enemy! Then I apologized to God and thought, "HOW could I have allowed those thoughts to sneak in like that?" The best part of this is that the rest of that night was beautiful. God healed a very downcast woman who had faced a lot of abuse. That lie Satan told me at the stoplight was mixed with a little truth. He said I wasn't effective. That part was right. I am not but with the Holy Spirit, I am.
That was not that long ago. Maybe it was two years ago. In addition to the negative thought or two, that particular stretch of road has been used to get my temper and worry up through rude drivers and unexpected construction sites making me tardy. Usually it is very subtle and I know Satan is studying me to try to devour me. He has many devices and schemes. I just have to keep my eyes on Jesus and stay steadfast in the faith. That is where the fear leaves. It is that trust and faith that He has my back and that He is going to use everything for His purpose. I just want to serve Him with a cheeful heart and to divine His word rightly.
We have a lot of difficult moments there at the cpc. It is just hard to see the consequences of sin so
plainly displayed. We see it passed down through the generations. We see broken down relationships mostly stemming from sexual immorality. The situations are often very big messes. When the clients are hungering for truth and are receptive to the hope of Jesus Christ, we see miracles take place. That is why is it so important to stamp out the fear and to be obedient in sharing the Gospel. It is exciting to see a client essentially say "The abuse/bad behavior stops here and now". They may say, "I am not falling for any more lies of the Devil." It really does happen. Transformation really does take place. This transcends Olympic gold medal moments. No, I have never been awarded a gold medal (I am an armchair athlete) but James 5:3 tells us about what happens to gold and silver!
It is late and I do not finish these little blog entries all that smoothly. In fact, maybe I can just blame my meanderings on the late hour. There is the temptation to just end it all abruptly. You all are smart readers and you get the point by now. Maybe some of you can relate to what I have shared tonight. My Christian journey is like my pro-life journey, long and arduous! I think I am soooooooo smart and then I am shown how duped I have been by the lies. At this point in my life, I just shrug and try to have a sense of humor about it all. Okay, folks, it is time for me to go to bed. As my husband says, "stick a fork in me, I am DONE!" or....I am history...I am in the archives!
Okay! One more thing. Seriously......pray for all the crisis pregnancy centers! Pray for their volunteers, their clients, their buildings and their material resources. Thank you!
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