Christian pole dancers ? ... think again....(by Kim Michael McDonough)

***This post is copied and pasted from Kim Michael McDonough's notes on facebook...I would have preferred to just link the original note but its not possible on this site it seems.

CHRISTIAN POLE DANCERS?..... THINK AGAIN.....

Little girls, young lady, woman, those who are spiritually discerning...listen carefully, this could save you a lot of trouble, especially if you have a little daughter of your own... even if you don't agree or believe what you are about to read, it doesn't change the fact that it is the truth...you can do a bible study and a history study on it yourself, and i encourage you to, but this whole pole dancing and stripper thing isn't glorifying to God no matter how you try to look at it, dress it up, or play spiritual gymnastics with it. There are churches that do mock strip teases, and many profressed christians involved in this whole pole-dancing thing one way or another.

Ok, here is a short history lesson learned from scripture, and how it applies today. Baal was a pagan god that Israel constantly fell into worship of. The bible says that it is idolatry to worship Baal. Now Baal was a fertility god, the word fertility being sex. So we have baal here, a sex god. Throughout scripture, you find that with the worship of Baal there was what is called an asherah pole. The asherah pole would sit beside the altar of Baal. Now when the people would come to worship Baal, this is literally what their worship consisted of. They would have sex with temple prostitutes. You see, on the altar, these temple prostitutes would dance on the asherah pole, and the men that would come to worship Baal would throw their tithes and offerings onto the altar and at the prostitutes feet as they danced on the ahserah pole. Then the men who paid would have sex and commit all kind of twisted sex acts with these prostitutes, something reminiscent of what you see in the porn industry today...

but of course there isn't anything of this nature that goes on in our country....or in our churches.....that could possibly be worshipping these old pagan gods, or this old spirit from the ages influencing our culture and women....naaaa of course not....

Same spirits, different packaging.

Every christian should read this ... the HP connection. Lets talk about witches. *gasp*

Every christian should read this ... the HP connection. Lets talk about witches. *gasp*


I believe that every christian should read the following letter.
I put up a post a few days ago about what is a christian....... (Im still praying and seeking the Lord about this post,and will respond to it later ) But if we ask ourselves, what is a christian, then should we not also ask what is a christian NOT ? soooo......

In the meantime.....
Lets talk about witches :)
(oh oh ... )
Please dont tell me you dont want to ? you'd rather watch a Harry Potter movie, or the Ghost Whisperer, instead ? or another popular television series like Charmed or Sabrina or a host of others ....

Well, I came across a very interesting letter that I believe every christian should read. At least leave watching Harry Potter until after you have read this letter...... thats not too much to ask, is it ?

I am always amazed at how when I put up a serious post, people often keep away, so afraid they might 'offend' someone - wanting to fit in with others, so much that they will compromise God and slap Him in the face,denying His Word - lukewarm - as the bible says, tolerating anything and everything and calling it 'Grace" well, God has told us what He thinks about that....

Its time us Christians developed a backbone and came away from the world, not embraced their teachings......

The time is coming and, the Lord will return soon, so .... do you know, you could very well save someones spiritual life, by standing up and telling the TRUTH according to Gods Word ? I pray your do... but you have to know the truth to deliver the truth...... THAT is the Grace of God upon us. That is His Love. Enough to reach out and care....... Take it, use it, heed it, soak it in.

For all the christian advocates of Harry Potter and the like, perhaps you should read this, without mocking in your heart. I am not endorsing this letter, but I am asking you to read it. Even if no comments are made.

Dont take my word, or even the words of the following letter as truth..... instead Ask God, pray, look in His Word.
I pray that the Spirit of the Lord will bring revelation, conviction where it is needed and truth according to The written Word of God (our BIBLES) when you read this following letter by an ex witch.
At the bottom of this note, included are some scriptures, for those that dont know what God says about it all. Again, I reiterate, listen to God - He knows what He is talking about when He inspires men to write it down in Holy Scirpture.

I will close my part of this note with the following scripture here :
1 Corinthians 10:31 " 'whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God "

I write this note with my heart full, hoping and praying that eyes will be opened to see what Jesus wants us to see. Amen.


Here is the letter :

A LETTER FROM AN EX-WITCH WRITING ABOUT HARRY POTTER

I am writing this urgent message because I was once a witch. I lived by the stars as an astrologer and numerologist casting horoscopes and spells. I lived in the mysterious and shadowy realm of the occult. By means of spells and magic, I was able to invoke the powers of the "controlling unknown" and fly upon the night winds transcending the astral plane. Halloween was my favorite time of the year and I was intrigued and absorbed in the realm of Wiccan witchcraft. All of this was happening in the decade of the 1960's when witchcraft was just starting to come out of the broom closet.

It was during that decade of the 1960's, in the year 1966, that a woman named J.K. Rowling was born. This is the woman who has captivated the world in this year of 2000 with four books known as the "Harry Potter Series." These books are orientational and instructional manuals of witchcraft woven into the format of entertainment. These four books by J.K. Rowling teach witchcraft! I know this because I was once very much a part of that world. Witchcraft was very different in the 1960's. There were a lot fewer witches, and the craft was far more secretive. At the end of that spiritually troubled decade, I was miraculously saved by the power of Jesus Christ and His saving blood. I was also delivered from every evil spirit that lived in me and was set free. However, as I began to attend fundamental Christian churches, I realized that even there witchcraft had left its mark. Pagan holidays and sabats were celebrated as "Christian holidays."

As time went on, I watched the so-called "Christian" churches compromising and unifying. I also watched with amazement as teachings from Eastern religions and "New Age" doctrine began to captivate congregations. It was a satanic set-up, and I saw it coming. Illuministic conspirators were bringing forth a one-world religion with a cleverly concealed element of occultism interwoven in its teachings. In order to succeed in bringing witchcraft to the world and thus complete satanic control, an entire generation would have to be induced and taught to think like witches, talk like witches, dress like witches, and act like witches. The occult songs of the 1960's launched the Luciferian project of capturing the minds of an entire generation. In the song "Sound Of Silence" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, we were told of seeds that were left while an entire generation was sleeping, and that the "vision that was planted in my brain still remains."

Now it is the year 2000. All of the foundations for occultism and witchcraft are in place. The Illuminists have to move quickly, because time is running out. It was the Communist revolutionary Lenin who said, "Give me one generation of youth, and I will transform the entire world." Now an entire generation of youth has been given to a woman named J.K. Rowling and her four books on witchcraft, known as the Harry Potter Series.

As a former witch, I can speak with authority when I say that I have examined the works of Rowling and that the Harry Potter books are training manuals for the occult. Untold millions of young people are being taught to think, speak, dress and act like witches by filling their heads with the contents of these books. Children are obsessed with the Harry Potter books that they have left television and video games to read these witchcraft manuals.

The first book of the series, entitled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", finds the orphan, Harry Potter, embarking into a new realm when he is taken to "Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." At this occult school, Harry Potter learns how to obtain and use witchcraft equipment. Harry also learns a new vocabulary, including words such as "Azkaban", "Circe", "Draco", "Erised", "Hermes", and "Slytherin"; all of which are names of real devils or demons. These are not characters of fiction! How serious is this? By reading these materials, many millions of young people are learning how to work with demon spirits. They are getting to know them by name. Vast numbers of children professing to be Christians are also filling their hearts and minds, while willingly ignorant parents look the other way.

The titles of the books should be warning enough to make us realize how satanic and anti-christ these books are. The afore mentioned title of the first book, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", was a real give away.

The second book was called "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", while the third book was entitled "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Nothing could be more obvious than that Harry Potter books are pure witchcraft and of the devil.

This is the oldest con game ever hatched out of hell. As a real witch, I learned about the two sides of "the force." When real witches have sabats and esbats and meet as a coven, they greet each other by saying "Blessed be", and when they part, they say "The Force be with you." Both sides of this "Force" are Satan. It is not a good side of the force that overcomes the bad side of the force, but rather it's the blood of Jesus Christ that destroys both supposed sides of the satanic "Force."

High level witches believe that there are seven satanic princes and that the seventh, which is assigned to Christians, has no name. In coven meetings, he is called "the nameless one." In the Harry Potter books, there is a character called "Voldemort." The pronunciation guide says of this being "He who must not be named." On July 8 at midnight, bookstores everywhere were stormed by millions of children to obtain the latest and fourth book of the series known as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." These books were taken into homes everywhere with a real evil spirit following each copy to curse those homes. July 8th was also the 18th day (three sixes in numerology 666) from the witches' sabat of midsummer. July 8th was also the 13th day from the signing of the United Religions Charter in San Francisco. Now we have learned that the public school system is planning to use the magic of Harry Potter in the classrooms making the public schools centers of witchcraft training.

What does God have to say about such books as the Harry Potter series? In the Bible in the book of Acts, we read the following in the 19th chapter, verses 18 - 20: "And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed."

Harry Potter: ‘Making Evil Look Innocent'

Issue Date: November/December 2001

What are kids saying about Harry Potter?

Here are some samples:

"I want to go to wizard school and learn magic. I'd like to learn to use a wand to cast spells." Dylan, age 10.

"If I could go to wizard school, I might be able to do spells and potions and fly a broomstick." Mara, age 12.

"It would be great to be a wizard because you could control situations and things like teachers." Jeffrey, age 11.

"I'd like to go to wizard school and learn magic and put spells on people. I'd make up an ugly spell and then it's pay-back time." Catherine, age 9.

"I feel like I'm inside Harry's world. If I went to wizard school I'd study everything: spells, counterspells, and defense against the dark arts." Carolyn, age 10.

"I liked it when the bad guys killed the unicorn and Voldemort drank its blood." Julie, age 13.

"The books are very clever. I couldn't put them down. When I was scared I made myself believe that it was supposed to be funny so I wasn't so scared." Nuray age 11.

These are the comments of young readers of the Harry Potter wizard books quoted on a new video by Jeremiah Films. On the video, called Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged, Making Evil Look Innocent, author Robert S. McGee explains: "Children as young as kindergarten are being introduced to human sacrifice, the sucking of blood from dead animals, and possession by spirit beings."

Courts have banned the teaching of Christianity in public schools but Wicca, which is recognized by the U.S. courts as a religion and given tax-exempt status by the IRS, is taught freely. Harry Potter has become the method of introduction of Wicca to the very young.

Harry Potter materials have become much more than a hand full of children's fantasy books. Warner Brothers, Coca Cola, Minutemaid, and Mattel have used the Potter materials to launch games, puzzles, toys, backpacks, and every possible merchandizing product.

Scholastic, Inc., a major supplier of public school teaching aids has added the Potter literature to its line of curriculum materials. When the name "Harry Potter" is keyed into the Scholastic.com web site search engine, it returns 268 matches. "Jesus" returned only 23.

And now, a major movie is about to break on the scene called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Millions of dollars are being spent on pre-release hype.

Once introduced to the world of wizards, spells, and dark arts, readers of Harry Potter can advance their knowledge and skills in witchcraft and paganism by visiting the hundreds of web sites available on the internet.

Or, they can purchase more books on the subject from the well stocked Wiccan sections in local book super stores. Or, they can find over a thousand volumes on witchcraft available at Amazon.com.

Harry Potter books have taken the world of children's fantasy literature by storm. Over 200 million have been sold in 40 languages. One study shows that over half of the children in the western world have read at least one of the Potter books. Many reported rereading each book several times.

But is it just fantasy literature like Snow White and Cinderella? In the Harry Potter video, cult expert Caryl Matrisciana points out that in the older stories, evil never prevails.

There are no absolutes in his world. What is right depends on the situation.

Witchcraft now has a complete package. Starting in kindergarten with Harry Potter and TV witch shows, children are led on to the horror movies and hundreds of Wicca and pagan web sites. When they thirst for more power, high school and college Wicca covens are available. In the adult world, corporations are hiring New Age practitioners to provide seminars in sensitivity training, stress relief, and self improvement for employees.

Former Satanist William Schnoebelen points out in his book, Wicca, Satan's Little White Lie, that, "I finally learned in the most graphic fashion imaginable that the difference between witchcraft or Wicca and Satanism is actually non-existent."

Before he was saved he found himself cruising the streets looking for a lone female to assault, not for sex, but to drink her blood.

The bottom line is a hunger for power. Harry Potter and the rest of witchcraft promises that power. But in the end they discover that Satan is really in charge of the power and only uses it like cheese in a mouse trap.

Harry Potter provides a basic initiation into witchcraft for a whole new generation. Imagine what the world will be like when they grow up.

Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged Making Evil Look Innocent

Millions of American schoolchildren have a new subject in school: witchcraft!
Through the Harry Potter series, the ancient occult religion of Wicca is being introduced in almost every public school in America. This video explains how Scholastic Inc., the largest publisher of children's books in the world, is supplying Harry Potter materials to millions of schoolchildren. Scholastic Inc. is using its unrivaled position in the educational system to flood classrooms and libraries with witchcraft, repackaged as "children's fantasy literature." Teachers are encouraged to read the Harry Potter books aloud in class, and millions of children are being densensitized to the dangers of the occult spirit world.

Through Harry's world of sorcery they are learning what tools today's witches and pagans use -- supernatural imagination, spiritual concentration, wands, brooms, spells and curses. Warner Brothers new film based on Harry Potter has been called an accurate portrayal of witchcraft. And indeed it is.

After reading the Harry Potter books, millions of children will demand to see Warner Bros. new movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

Christian parents have faced a similar problem for years with the teaching of evolution in their public schools. They have responded by teaching their children that they cannot believe everything they are taught in school. Now, with the Harry Potter books on witchcraft becoming part of public school curriculum, parents need to know enough about it to also teach their children that the spell-casting and other activities of Harry Potter are also forbidden territory.

Harry's books are about a young 11-year-old generational wizard, Harry Potter, who attends the prestigious 1000-year-old occult boarding school, Hogwart's School of witchcraft and Wizardry. All his teachers are practicing occultists, and tutor their students in the dark arts of sorcery and divination: fortune telling, astrology, potion mixing, spell weaving and curse casting. Harry's world says that drinking dead animal blood gives power, a satanic human sacrifice and Harry's powerful blood brings new life, demon possession is not spiritually dangerous, and that passing through fire, contacting the dead, and conversing with ghosts, others in the spirit world, and more, is normal and acceptable.


1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 ("Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.")
James 1:27 ("keep oneself from being polluted by the world")
3 John 1:11 ("do not imitate what is evil")
Romans 12:9 ("abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.")
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 (do not learn to imitate detestable ways, including spiritists, sorcerers and witchcraft)
Ephesians 5:11-12 ("Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness" / "live as children of light")
1 Timothy 4:1 (don't "follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons")
1 Corinthians 10:21
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 ("what fellowship can light have with darkness?")
Philippians 4:8 (think about pure, lovely, noble things)
1 Corinthians 11:1 ("follow the example of Christ")
James 4:7-8 (submit yourselves to God / resist the devil / purify your hearts)
Ezekiel 44:23 ("…teach my people… to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.")
Proverbs 22:6 ("train a child in the way he should go")
Matthew 18:6 ("if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin…")
Hosea 4:6 ("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.")
John 3:19-20 (people love darkness instead of light)
Romans 13:12 ("put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.")
Ephesians 6:11-18 ("take your stand against the devil's schemes.")
1 John 5:19
2 Chronicles 7:14

and here, is the so called fantasy influence of Harry Potter books and movies just in case you dont think it has influence.... a quiz actually found on facebook.

Christians In Danger !: What it means to "Believe" in Jesus

Christians In Danger !: What it means to "Believe" in Jesus

A Prayer for us...

Lord Jesus,
I pray that You bless and protect my friends and brothers and sisters, and ask that You continue to complete the good work that You have started in us. I pray for their families and loved ones that You bring them to repentance and salvation Lord Jesus.
I ask You Jesus, to draw us closer to You, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, endow us with wisdom. and help each one of us to have the eyes to see as You see, the hearts to love as You love, the ears to hear Your voice and what You would say to us, fill our mouths with the words Your Words.
I pray You guide each of our footsteps, our thoughts and deeds to do Your Will,in all situations and break off all religious bindings and strongholds, divisions of heart, even those that we have accepted for so long as 'christian' but that are not of You - open our spiritual eyes Lord, to all and anything that would keep us from intimacy with You. Bring us to repentance in the things that You know we need to be free of.
Turn our hearts and faces back to You Jesus with a freshness of spirit that we have not ever known before that we may preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the way You want us to - help us to die to ourselves more than ever before, so we may reflect Your image and we decrease while You increase.
Help us to know Your times and seasons and be a blessing unto Christ Jesus, to all men.
Cleanse our hearts Lord, help us to fall more deeply in love with You each day, forsaking ourselves and things of this world, to walk in obedience to You - make disciples of us for Your Glory. Amen.
Thankyou Lord Jesus in Your beautiful Name I ask this.

Have you seen My Father (by Hubert Rondeau)

I am reposting this instead of 'sharing' directly from his link, because Im breaking the lines of prose up.... I have some friends who are dyslexic and cannot read long pieces of text......so, for their benefit I do so......

please, I urge everyone to read this.

This is one of the greatest and most amazing wonderous writings I have had the privilege to read that expounds the beauty, majesty and wonder of God.... and one cannot help but be challenged, touched, convicted and inspired and urged onward into a closer walk with our God ...... have we, seen our Father ?

Thankyou Hubert.... for within your prose is a mighty wealth of truth.
Jesus bless you my brother ! and continue to fill you with Him.



HAVE YOU SEEN MY FATHER - by Hubert Rondeau.



Have you seen my Father? Hold your breath then, and bite your tongue!

Have you heard Him whisper, roaring mighty winds, and fire, smashing waves, and roaring come?

Have you looked into His eyes, have you felt His searing stare?

Have you crumbled to the ground, have you found a brother there?

Have you tasted, have you seen, that the Lord is good?

Have you trembled in His presence, wishing you were dead?

Have you wakened night in terror, when He pursuing you, terrified your whole body shaking through and through?

Have you been there when He opened secrets from of old?

When something that was long hidden was suddenly revealed?

Have you smelled the sweet aroma of the fragrance of Christ?

Have you felt the fire of His sacrifice?

Have you been there on the cross, with the one you say you know?

Have you died to self in the garden too?

Have you climbed the mountain, to look across the great divide, have you looked and found the Lord, waiting on the other side?

Have you walked through deep dark valleys, have you tasted certain death, as a bear comes down upon you, or such an animal as this? Have you battled with the Giant, the greatest one in the Land, only to find Him in your mirror, wrists attached to your own hand?

Have you got a testimony of what Christ has done for you?

Has He torn away the phony, and shown you the real you?

Have you ever been revived, or did you ever die?

Have you ever turned away from Him, the Lord and saviour Jesus Christ?

Have you ever will you ever bring Him your whole heart, turning to the one redeemer, saying here it is Lord do it part?

For by now you know for certain that, it’s only evil all in all, and if He doesn’t take it from you, your own heart will make you fall.

Have you ever tasted His terror, or the fire of His hand, have you seen the world so different, suddenly so clear?

The things you were told were shades, and colors, are black, and white for sure?

Have you cast out precious pearls, to slog, and slop with swine? Those who have their own religion, and with them, sin is fine?

Have you walked down the straight path, though it’s lonely rough and hard?

Have you been alone forever with a crushed, and bleeding heart?

When He said to you be faithful, did you to another turn?

Did you run to a new love, when the road took on a new turn?

Will you now come a bit closer, write these questions on your heart, let His Spirit work them deeply into every part?

If you will, I can assure you that He will make a way, but it will be rough and rocky, even harsh along the way.

He will purge you, He will cleans you, He will break your heart, He will.

He will form and mould you, shaping every part, when He’s through the you, you knew no longer will reside, that one will be a body, which He has crucified!

I would tell you it’s not easy, in fact it’s very hard, yes for many it’s impossible maybe they just shouldn’t start.

When you get there to His glory, the very presence of Jesus Christ, I believe you`ll see like me, It was ‘me` who made it hard, all along, while doing wrong, doing my own will, and sinning my own song.

When will we wake up that Christ `shine’ on us?

When will we really look for truth, and life, in God in whom we say we trust?

When will we be there, and when will we be really real? Ever, will we ever?

Will we ever really let Him deal with us for real?

When will we see clearly, when will we truly know?

When will we walk in the light, and let our darkness go?

When will we turn to righteousness, and turn away from sin?

When will we hang on our own cross, all our flesh within?

When will we cry for water, that the fount which Christ provides, to drink and never thirst again, He has paid the price.

When will discernment fall on us, to see what truly is inside?

When will we see the Dragons, the Dogs, and snakes as well?

They come to us so friendly, yet try to drag us in to -ell?

When will we ever wake up, ever then we will rejoice.

With zeal, and with fervent hearts bringing praise to Jesus Christ.

When will we walk on water, raging, seas and waves?

When will we be cut down again, for the testimony that we have lived?

~Hubert~

Cry Out

I will go the extra mile for you

Sometimes though its hard to do

For its what the Lord has asked of me

As I was once just as you.

I did not know right from wrong

I did not know the Lord

It was up to my own opinions

And that...is all I heard

I did not believe in God

I did not know Jesus was real

And all I had to go on

Was exactly as I would feel

Demons would speak into my thoughts

And I would think they were of me

One day in a bedroom Jesus came and called

He opened my heart to see

My fight ran out, my pride was crushed

It was revelation time

He spoke and said these words to me

"I will never leave You, you are Mine"

Shocked and dazed but filled with peace

I arose from the floor

And saw and knew with all my being

He had closed that evil door

The Jesus that I had not known

The Jesus I thought could not be

Had come and saved me from certain death

He came and rescued me

There was no bible...I had not one

But evil fled and left

In the presence of His Mighty Being

I listened to all He said

Oh how I was changed that day

You cannot tell me

He is not real

And now I stand before you

.... it doesnt matter how you feel

Jesus is the One above

All names and all the universe

And He will come and speak to Your heart too

He laid His life down... for You

It matters not if you dont believe He is real

But cry out to Him... call His Name

And He will answer you as He did me

It will never be in vain

Cry out to Him and He will come

For He has cried and died for you

And what I say before the Lord

Is real and very true.

He forgave my sins and He will yours

Please don't resist Him to your death

You will never know a greater Love

Ask of Him... its what He does best.

My friend, my enemy, who ever you are

Call and cry out "Jesus, help me !! "

And He will come and you will know....

Just as He did, for me.

Now You Know

Did you hear Me when I came to you

In whispers and in songs

Did you hear Me when I stood before you

In the people you despised

Did you see My tears for such a time as now

When you stand before Me as you grieve

Why oh why My Child

Why oh why did you not believe

Did you see My tears in the faces of the ones you laughed at in your heart

Saying to yourself, it cant be true

But now you stand before Me,

And there is only, Me....and you.

I came to you so many times

I called out your name - yes, I chose you

But you turned away in disbelief.... you really convinced yourself you knew.

Holy Holy is the Lord

You heard it said of Me

But with all your riches birthed of yourself

did it really make you free ?

You closed your eyes and woke up here

To face the One you said you never would

In your heart you said "one day maybe"

But, you knew you never could

Why did you close your ears and eyes

When I was calling out your name ?

Did you not know that what was in My own heart

Was to spare you this agony and pain ?

Now, you hear me as you have never heard

Now your ears are opened wide

And with fear and pain forever more

You have left my side

I cannot save you now My heart is grieved for your soul

...and all because of your destructive pride

..alas, you could not be told.

And, on earth, they still laugh and say

"oh, that story is just so old"

"Jesus died a long time ago, just the fables of men"

I still give to them My Word and yes I died and rose again

So that they will not come to this same end

To forever endure this pain.

Now your tongue has indeed confessed

All has been revealed

And now you cannot hide

I am Jesus Christ the Lord The One you so sadly denied

Now your knees are bended

And you hear My every word

For I am the Great I Am,

The Alpha and Omega

The Beginning and the End

Mother Nature ? ..... just sayin.....

Mother Nature.......just sayin......


I hope Im not treading on toes here...but everywhere I go lately, I hear constantly, continually and consistently the term 'mother nature' .... even amongst christians, and especially more recently since the Queensland floods and cyclone Yasi (at least here in Australia.)

Turn on a news report and you will hear it.....speak to people in the street, and they will speak it.......

"Mother nature releases her fury"
"Mother nature at her worst"
"There's nothing we can do, mother nature has the last say"
"Mother nature must be angry at us"
"Mother nature is smiling on us, its a beautiful day"

These, are just a few of the most common things I hear being said, and excuse me for saying so, its a LIE and pays homage to a deity that is false, and based on paganism.

Im surprised how many long standing christians speak of 'mother nature', and giving credit to this entity.

So, lets look at this 'mother nature' phenomena, and see, where this whole concept came from.

Write this on the memory of your heart.
It does NOT belong on the lips of a christian.

First of all,did you realize that GOD is in control of the weather ? ... not mother nature.

The word 'nature' comes from the latin words 'natura'... which means birth or character.

Mother nature is a personification of nature -as being both a powerful and nuturing woman who gives and takes life.

'Gaea' is the mythical greek goddess personifying the earth and is the greek version of 'mother nature' or 'earth mother'.

The earliest references to the term is in the Mycenae greek "Mother Gaia".

In Greek mythology, mother nature was the god from which all gods originated and was worshipped throughout Greece. In Roman mythology, she was known as Demeter or god of the Harvest- originally meaning mother earth and later 'Terra' or 'earth'.

Mother nature according to greek and roman mythology and mysticism is the master and creator of all the plants, the forests, the seasons and can control all. She can save us or break us.......

Ancient Wicca religion looks to mother earth as a role model............

The modern use in english language of Mother nature started in about 1662, to describe the phenomena of the world into a single entity.

Think about this please....... ..... there is a global and world wide push in the education system,in the political system, in our scientific system to worship 'mother nature'.

Nature is all creation that is not made by man.... so ........whom do we give the credit to ?

God, or mother nature ?
Who do we give the Glory and credit due to ???

As Christians, we should give ALL Glory and honour to God, Jesus is the way of Salvation, the ONLY way.......not a false female deity born in the imaginations of ancient mythology.................... just sayin :)

Silent Tears

How do you see Me,

What do you see ?

I came for you

To set you free

I weep now for your silent tears

Yes even till now I wait for you

Yet.... you do not call out My Name

You run from me

Trying to hide your shame

You say I am not here

You say I do not know

But I see your pain where ever you go

It was Me, the Lord, who brushed by you

As you hurried on your way

When you ran into that man

Yes, the religious fanatical one, today

He reached out with My Hand

Though inadequate he be

He was reaching out with My Love

But your silent tears blinded you

.... and you didnt see it was really Me.

Oh My Beloved, My Beloved, My joy

Dont run! Please stop!

For where you are going, it will destroy

The pain I took the wrath of God

It was for your sins My Beloved Child

You cursed the One who loves you most

You swore in your silent vault

And I weep upon My Father's Throne

Forgive them, for their faults

I am the Living sacrifice you need

But My Words, will you not heed ?

A cup of water your child offered up

Yet in anguish you tossed a stone

And still I wait... I wait for you

Upon My Father's Throne

Cotton in your ears

Glasses to hide the light

Running to and fro

You strive not to spill your silent tears

Running with all your might

Oh how I weep for your empty heart

I yearn to hold you near

Stop running My Beloved

Come to Me

Fall down on your knees

Cling to Me, I'll keep you safe

And banish those silent tears

You know that neurotic mess ?

The girl who lives just down the street ?

She offered Me grapes fresh from her vine

Her steady heart

Her only joy - knowing she was Mine

The young girl who stumbled upon her words

Its in her prayers - she prays for you

She bears your silent tears

Bringing them to His Throne of Grace

Oh Help me, Help me Lord

I am blind I cannot see

But the prayers offered for your soul

Her eyesight cleared and now she see's through Me

Oh how I weep for your rigid heart

Closed up hard shut tight

The emptiness you feel

Echoes in the silence of the night

So come to Me, come to Me

My Father loves you so

Let Me take your pain

Look into My Eyes

And in Repentance there is no shame

I have taken it upon My Cross

That you may bear My Name

Freedom and Eternal Life

My Heart is yours to gain

In Heaven, there is no shame.....

Please..... let Me dry those silent tears

And I will come to you

If you just cry out My Name.

A word from the Lord, given to Jean Maxwell "Time is short"

Sharing a message to the body of Christ, given to Jean Maxwell from the Lord.

Please read this and pray.





The days are coming. Yes, they are even upon you when I will indeed raise up a standard in My house. No longer will I allow My children to run around in disobedience to Me.
The false prophets and wicked ministers have caused much harm to My children. They have hurt them, ridiculed them, lead them astray, chased them away. I am drawing a line in the sand.
Judgment begins with My house and it begins today. Don't marvel at what you see happening before your eyes, but pay close attention. I will be taking out the false prophets, the wicked ministers. I will replace them with My children who hear My voice and follow Me closely.
Oh, the false prophets and wicked ministers will still be seen, but they will not be over My children any longer. They will be over those who only appear to be My children. All will look holy, but those of you with eyes to see will know this isn't so.I am creating a crevice between My true church and those who only appear to be My true church.
The crevice will become wider and wider as time goes by. I am repositioning My people. I am bringing My true children out from among them. They will be left to their own devices, but My children will not be part of them.I am raising up a standard of holiness in My people.
They will no longer look like the world around them. They will be clothed in holiness. The world will see this and hate them, saying that these people think they are so special.
My people will not be swayed with the words of persecution that are spoken.



They will only have eyes for me and won't care what others say. The days of playing church, for My true children, are over.
I am restoring holiness to My house. Just as in the days of Ananias and Sapphira, so these coming days shall be. I am purifying a people for Myself. Any false prophets, evil doers or deceivers who come into My churches will be exposed immediately through My Spirit.
A great fear and reverence for Me and My ways will come over My people. They will understand that things I have tolerated in the past I will no longer tolerate. My people will know they are walking on holy ground.Yes, My people are perfect in My sight because of the Blood of My precious Son, but I am calling them to walk in the holiness I provided for them.
I am able to give them the ability to do this, but they must surrender themselves fully to Me in order for Me to do this. I do it all, but they must be willing. Again I say, I will even make them willing if they will only ask Me to.Watch the purification that takes place in your lives as well as My house.
It will happen swiftly. Again I say, the days are very short. Gone are the days of My people saying, "I will do this or that." The day is here when they will cry, "Lord, what do You require of Me? What is Your will for me?" Their old behaviors will become detestable in their eyes.
They will see their behaviors as I see them and they will be sickened by what they see. A deep wailing and gnashing of teeth will come over My house, a deep sorrow as My children see themselves in light of My truth. They will wail and mourn. They will lay prostrate in repentance before Me. They will surrender all to Me. They will know what I mean in Romans 12 when I said to present their bodies as living sacrifices.
They will be willing to do this. They will beg me to make them into living sacrifices. I will answer their cries, accept their offering of themselves and I will raise them up from their places of wailing and mourning. I will raise them up. They will then be flooded with My peace, love and joy.



They will feel like new babes again.
They will feel altogether new. This I will do. All this I will do.After I do this, I will have for Myself vessels worthy to carry My glory. As the world becomes darker and darker, My glory will shine forth brighter and brighter through My children.
The world will see My glory but will despise it. They will hate My children because of the glory they carry with them everywhere they go.



My children will do great exploits in My name. They will baffle many. Those who are chosen to come out of the darkness will step into My glorious light, but the time of the Gentiles is almost full.
There will soon be a time when there will be no more Gentiles who enter My kingdom. It is almost time for salvation to come to My chosen people, Israel. Redeem the time, My children. It is short. Be about My business.
Snatch those I call you to from out of the darkness while there is still time. Time is short.
Time is short. Time is short. I will keep saying this until you fully understand what it means.
Time is short.

All I know.

When I first came to know You Lord

It was because You beheld me tight

When I was scared of dying

In the middle of the night

You spoke words to me

That I had never heard

Whether that was right or wrong in others eyes

That thought, did not occur

The years went by

And You held my hand

You held my grief steady when I fell down

When my husband went to be with You

When gutteral pain enveloped me

You were the One who dried my tears

And said, look, look ... look at Me

I've heard the clamour and the din

Of voices all around

Telling me all about You

And whether its who You are

And at times the load is so weighted heavy

That I cant walk very far

So, I crawl to You on my hands and knees

And grab hold of Your feet so tight

Holding on with all my might

And through my life each time I've cried out

Its YOU, You alone whom has been my rescue

And Jesus, I remember what You said

"Don't be afraid, I'ill never leave you"

You knew me before the theology

You delivered me from false deities

When they've told me 'I am right and you are wrong"

YOU have been my Only Song, all along

And now the years have passed by more

And the more I learn, the less Im sure

Yet, you've pitted me against the one

That tried to steal my husband now my daughter and son

But Lord, just as You said to me so long ago

"Hold onto Me, dont let go"

Now, years on Ive been around the mill

And I've listened to all the religious spiel

They've taught me well, that I concede

Yet, its only Your Voice, I really need

And when I first came to know You Lord

It was because I cried out Your Name that night

In a moment You became my Light

No religion, no book or cross I knew

Just you Jesus, Holy and Mighty

You Jesus, thats all I knew

And now the silence is deafening

Family, friends, even children gone

They stopped listening... I stopped preaching...

I speak to You about them day and night long

And I know that You will hear my cries

And bring them to their place with You

That all Ive told them is really true

And that they will come to truly love You too

I hear the earth is trembling

I hear the crashes so threatening

I see the evil men rising high

Lifting themselves up into the sky

They shout "there is no God !!" and deny

Oh Lord,....There is only You.... no, no other.



All I know.... is what You have done for me

Given me life, so I can be free

Bonded to You for eternity

Oh, help me Lord with every breath I take

That who You really are I do not forsake

Help me to live that for you I might die

To help others from the eternal cry

Give me the prayers Lord,

Grace me with Your Words

And oh let it be Your Voice, they have heard.

Thats all I know Lord.......

That........is all I know.

Beware of Folly

Here is a word for you from the Word.

Proverbs 9:13-18

The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way. “Let all who are simple come in here!” she says to those who lack judgment. “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!” But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave [or of Sheol, the nether world]. NIV

That picture of Folly says one thing to me. It says that Folly offers us something below the real price. People are going on their way, they are pursuing their legitimate ends, and Folly impinges upon them with a suggestion that somehow if they turn aside and buy from her and receive what she has to offer, they will be getting a special bargain.

I have come to the conclusion that in the spiritual life there really aren’t any bargains. God doesn’t bargain with us. He doesn’t offer bargains. He doesn’t reduce His prices. And if you ever find somebody who is offering something spiritual at a reduced price, beware; it is not a genuine offer. It comes from Folly and from deception.

There is a price for spiritual blessings. There’s a price for spiritual riches. The price is twofold: commitment and discipline. Folly is undisciplined. She will try to persuade you that you can get it without discipline; that you don’t have to make a real life commitment. Don’t listen to her, she’s deceiving you, she’s turning you aside from the right way. - Derek Prince

The Right to Correction. Dr. Derek Prince

Here is a word for you from the Word.

Proverbs 9:7-9

Whoever corrects a mocker brings on insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. NIV

Nothing sorts out people more sharply and more quickly than their reaction to reproof and instruction. If a person gets angry when he is reproved or instructed, the Bible says he is a mocker. It says he is a wicked man. But if a man is righteous, when he is reproved and instructed, he will be grateful, he will respond with love, he will ask for more.

This poses a question for me that I often face up to and I think each one of us needs to face up to it from time to time. How do I personally react to correction and reproof? Do I get angry? Do I want to answer back? Do I want to throw it away and say, “That isn’t right, it isn’t fair, I don’t deserve that”? I hope not. I hope you don’t react like that.

Remember that your reaction to correction and to reproof is going to clearly indicate your character. If you get angry, you reject it. Then you’re a mocker, you’re a wicked person. I’ve seen this is true in life. Beware of a wrong reaction to correction. - Derek Prince

For another great resource from Derek Prince Ministries, check out the new Derek Prince Podcast on iTunes. It’s quick, it’s easy and best of all it’s absolutely free.

Also, be sure to listen in on this week's broadcast of Derek Prince Legacy Radio as Derek brings more straight forward, practical teaching to help keep you spiritually strong.

Seek Wisdom from Dr. Derek Prince

Seek Wisdom

Here is a word for you from the Word.
Wisdom is Speaking:

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. NIV

If you determine to seek wisdom, you will find her. She will not hide from you. She sets her conditions, but she is willing to be found. Then she continues speaking:

With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. NIV

The blessings that come with wisdom cannot be estimated. And then wisdom describes the way to walk:

I walk in the ways of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and make their treasuries full. NIV

I believe the real important condition there to inheriting those blessings and enjoying them is to love wisdom. Love is a strong word. Love means putting wisdom first. It means devoting time to wisdom. It means sacrificing other things to achieve wisdom, but the reward is so great.

The fruit of wisdom better than fine gold. What wisdom yields surpasses choice silver. Riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. If our heart attitude toward wisdom is right, then all these will be the outcome of that relationship.

Make your mind up that you are going to love wisdom. I would say it is right to love wisdom passionately. I believe that many times, as Christians, we are too tepid, we are too lukewarm. We need to have a passionate love of wisdom. - Derek Prince

For another great resource from Derek Prince Ministries, check out the new Derek Prince Podcast on iTunes. It’s quick, it’s easy and best of all it’s absolutely free.

Where O WHERE, Are WE?!

Where O WHERE, Are WE?!
©Sue Ray (of Sonshine, Silliness & Legends)
All Rights Reserved

It's 11pm, somewhere nearby a car alarm goes off, disrupting my sleep. I peek out my curtains to see where the noise is coming from, and suddenly in that moment, I know. A babies cries are heard, not audibly?, more in my head. I know a child is hungry, or suffering some other form of abuse. A woman screams, a shot is fired, and another, and another.

Have you heard the alarm, have you heard that babies cries? Whether you realize it or not, you probably have. In today's society, people don't like really like to get involved in the problems of other people. Let them hit bottom, and they'll figure it out. In the meantime, We pray, & We're safe.... But ARE WE??

Have you ever found yourself smack dab in the middle of life, when all of a sudden, everything comes "unglued" so to speak? Chances are at some time or another you have. Our lives are full of trials and tribulations. God allows us to go through these, so that we will rely on Him and, in doing so HE will make us Strong.

Take a moment to ponder this thought? What if, God, didn't want to get involved? What if He never came to earth? Where would WE be? He could have been like that you know. He could have decided on that first sin, to just say? Ah, heck with it, they'll never learn. He could have, but He didn't. He chose us, so that we might choose Him.

I've often wondered how it is that we end up, where we are in life. To many, this is because we have chosen to be, wherever it is we are. And while that's true to some extent, I also believe when God created us, the plan was set in motion for our lives. So in another sense, I wonder if the choices we make would have to be in some way ingrained in our beings, that this is where we're going, this is the path we are to travel... kind of like auto-pilot if you will.

Just writing that got me thinking... "Wow, that's pretty deep... I'm not sure if *I* even understand that.

God gave me the attached song one night not long after I'd fled from my marriage and the life that had become overwhelming to me. I can see the path that God KNEW I would be taking. He prepared me years earlier by pointing me to the verse that I would cling to like a lifeline. "It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect." (Psalm 18:32 NIV)

Just a few years later, I was asked to lead a 2 day retreat at the women's prison, and did so using that as the main scripture theme. So it should have come as no surprise that when I was in the midst of my marital struggle, this verse would play a central theme in the song God gave me that night; and yet to some degree the thrill, exhilaration, and humbleness I felt that God was using my struggle for something so powerful took my breath away.

Ironically, while the central theme remained the same, the scripture verses that I read as this song came into existence were NOT the same ones that I had used for the retreat. One of these days I need to find the piece of paper I'd written the song on that night, as I had notated the verses God took me through on it as well. To this day, that main scripture verse gets me through the struggles of life.

When I was younger, I can't even remember the number of times, I planned on running away from home. The funny thing was, it was always clear to my parents... I made no bones about it, I wanted out. I can still picture one of the first times, standing in the hallway, ready for adventure, white suitcase in my hand, ready to head for greener pastures.

Much like God, my parents were way smarter than I, and used some kind of logic that blew the wind out of my sails. So I'd always end up, my suitcase unpacked, right back where I started from.

Looking back, I realize that even then, God knew what He was doing... Shaping me, and molding me into the person I would grow into. His design had taken root, and though many times, stubborn and sure that there was something better out there, I was, and still am, right where God planned me to be, growing deeper in understanding all the while. As a child, I was probably NOT NEARRRRLY as stubborn as others... My daughters, ventured, to areas in life I couldn't even begin to fathom. *I* have encountered things, that many will never experience. I would hazard a guess that the same can be said for your life experiences.

We're all on this journey called life, with enough differences to make us unique, and enough similarities to make us able to learn and grow from each other. The concept is mind boggling, but the end result is a tapestry that contains such beauty, it can ONLY have been designed by God.

Looking back on your own life, Can you pinpoint the times in life God has armed you with the strength to persevere in a difficult situation?


His Way is Perfect
©Sue Ray (of Sonshine, Silliness & Legends)
All Rights Reserved - 2001

The world's become a crazy place
There's violence everywhere
A child lives in misery
But many just don't care

Is it any wonder then, as we've turned
From all that's true
And tried to serve some other God
Ruin & misery describe you

(chorus)
As for God, His way is perfect
Faith is a shield of victory
He can make the darkness light
But where O where are we
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He's the rock that can't be beat
He'll make our feet that of a deer
If we would only turn to him
And give away our fear

What Happened O so long ago
Seems all to be in vain
When a person flees from one they love
'cause they just cant take the pain

Peace and joy aren't far away
If you'll just reach out your hand
He'll be beside you all the way
'cause it's time to take a stand

(chorus x2)

As for God, His way is perfect
Faith is a shield of victory
He shed his blood for one and all
But where O where are we


His Way Is Perfect 1999 Retreat Scripture References from the NIV

Abandonment: Matthew 26:38-46
38 Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me." 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." 40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter. 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." 42 He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." 43 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. 45 Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us go! Here comes my betrayer!"

Tears: Psalm 56:8
8 Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll - are they not in your record?

Hope: 1 Corinthians 10:11-13
11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Joy: Psalm 139:1-10
1 O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. 5 You hem me in behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

Faith: Matthew 17:20
20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

Stumbling Blocks: John 10:28-30
28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."

Walking with God: Genesis 41:38
38 So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God

Strength: Psalm 18:30-36
30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. 31 For who is God besides the LORD ? And who is the Rock except our God? 32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. 33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights. 34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35 You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. 36 You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.

Wisdom hates evil

Proverbs 8:12-13

I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion. To fear the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. NIV

Wisdom comes to us in the Scripture sometimes as a person and speaks to us in a very personal tone of voice. Wisdom presents to us a choice. Wisdom shows us the dividing of the pathway-the pathway of life and the pathway of death. Wisdom warns us that if we are to walk in the pathway of life we have to hate evil. There is no room for compromise.

Those who are walking in that pathway cannot in any way permit themselves to entertain the thoughts of evil. We have to watch our own lives, our own behavior. We have to guard against the things that wisdom hates. Wisdom hates pride and arrogance. These are subtle things that may begin to grow up in our lives without us scarcely being aware of them. Evil behavior and perverse speech-these are things that wisdom hates, and if we are to walk in the way of life we have to hate what wisdom hates. We have to side with the Lord against sin and iniquity, rebellion and deception. We have to dethrone these things from our hearts and to make room there for wisdom-wisdom with prudence, with knowledge and with discretion. We have to bear in mind continually that all the counsel of wisdom, all the instruction and even the admonition of wisdom is designed for our good. - Derek Prince

For another great resource from Derek Prince Ministries, check out the new Derek Prince Podcast on iTunes. It’s quick, it’s easy and best of all it’s absolutely free.

Also, be sure to listen in on this week's broadcast of Derek Prince Legacy Radio as Derek brings more straight forward, practical teaching to help keep you spiritually strong.

Wonder Woman to the Rescue!
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I have what I like to call 'Wonder Woman' syndrome - I have to be careful not to jump into things to quickly without thinking them through because I want to save or would like to think I can save the world - Fully KNOWING I can't!!! lol Luckily I realized this a few years back and have learned it's better to think things through lest I become overwhelmed, though I STILL find myself doing this now and then....
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Like a freight train on a collision course... in my minds eye, I see Wonder Woman there, just in the nick of time as the train is about to go off the deep end. Using her mighty powers, she slows the train before it's too late... before things get toooo out of control.
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This past weekend was one of those overwhelming times. As my daughter & her little family are getting ready to move out of state, I found myself volunteering to have my granddaughter spend the night and then spend all... (and I do mean ALL) day with me on Sunday. This, after I'd just finished a most excruciating yet exhilarating week in training to become a 'Peer Counselor'. Excruciating, because of the amount of information that was stuffed into my brain, and exhilarating because it was a training that I was really excited about and enjoyed beyond anything I'd experienced in a long time.
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Taking a deep breath, 'Wonder Woman' stops the train, before it derails. She says to herself, 'We need to slow this thing down', take a breath and regroup, after all Rome wasn't built in a day.
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Recognizing a need to slow down is a fairly new skill for this Wonder Woman - as the train comes to a slow chug, I pat myself on the back for having noticed where the train was headed. There's still much I want to conquer, putting my training of that from last week, and an earlier training I'd received to help me notice such things to good use, is a priority and something I'm feeling a need and a desire to concentrate on.
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For those of you who know me, this might mean I don't get back to you as quickly as I once would have as I take a little extra time to focus.
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'Don't lose sight of that destination' she says, you're getting there.
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Wonder Woman to the Rescue!
©Sue Ray (of Sonshine, Silliness, & Legends) 2008
All Rights Reserved
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. Ps.18:32

The Flying Nun

The Flying Nun

I remember when I was younger, one of the programs that I'd loved to watch was the Flying Nun. I'm sure you can imagine the excitement I must have felt when I came across it in the TV Series Videos on Netflix. I’d been like a kid atChristmas waiting for the first one to come in the mail.

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So one afternoon several months ago, I was watching, oh I think it was the 3rd episode... I'm not sure which season, when Sister Batrill received a treasure chest via air freight which, had belonged to her now deceased 87 year old Aunt. Ohhhh the things they removed from that thing! lol A Big Blue Feather Boa, A Wig, etc...

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It was comical because She had been telling the Sisters what a Sweet Little Ole Lady her Aunt was and out comes all this stuff and a black negligee. Anyhow, the last thing she pulled out was a bright red Parasol... Our dear Flying Nun thought it would help to temper her flying & landing.

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As she went up, flying through the air with that umbrella, I got to thinking. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to do that? I know there have been times I'd like to have been able to do just that. I know where I'da flown... Straight up & into God's lap. Sometimes I've felt like I've been living someone else’s life…

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I don't know when it started, but I DO know, that there have been times I wondered what on earth was going on. Once upon a time I would never have thought & done some of the silly things I can now say that I've done in the past. I certainly wouldn't say I'd have enjoyed them.. but I HAVE done some really off the wall stuff, and enjoyed them at that time. Looking back, I just shake my head, as I know God must've been doing.

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There have been times I've found I wasn't so sure I really knew, or even liked this person I had become back then. I could so easily place the blame elsewhere, and I have to admit, at times I did.. But I always knew I was responsible for the choices I made.

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Sometimes I would think if we rewound my life a bit... Ya ever have those moments?? Did you wonder, too as I did, Can we do it Lord…. Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please!!???

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Those were the times, I'd have loved more than anything, to be able fly right up & to crawl into my Heavenly Father's lap!What's that? I see…. Oh, so that's not how it works…

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Darn, & I was hopin... weren't you? But I Give Thanks that He is ALWAYS ready to walk us through, whatever comes our way. It IS sometimes more than a little tough. Having a friend like Him beside us, well that DOES make a big difference…

Can you see Him as I do

that mighty God of ours,

sitting in His big ole chair

with that sketchbook in His hand?

Can you see Him as I do

drawing pics of me and you

as we go about our lives

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Can you see Him as I do

that mighty God of ours,

sitting in His big ole chair

with that tissue, in His hands?

Can you see Him as I do

drying up those tears you cry

when you just don't understand

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Can you see Him as I do

that mighty God of ours,

sitting in His big ole chair

with His arms stretched open wide?

Can you see Him as I do

waiting for you to say

Abba Daddy I have found

you have plans I just can't see

and I don't have to worry 'cause

I know You're looking after me

-

Well creep on up over here

let me show you how it's done

Put your hand in His my friend

as He sketches one by one

Climb upon His lap and

this is what you'll see

Our Abba Daddy sketching out

the lives, of you, and me..

-

Maybe it seems crazy,

but to Him you're everything

He just wants to be the one you turn to

He wants to be your King

-

Can you see Him as I do

that mighty God of ours,

sitting in His Big Ole chair

with that sketchbook in His hand

Can you see Him as I do,

as He turns around to say

Hush my child, all is fine

for I have heard you pray

The Flying Nun's bright red umbrella turned inside out, and she catapulted, landing in the Convent's garden pond... TOTALLY drenched, she cried out, "God? What does Mary Poppins got that I haven't got?" How many times have you found YOURSELF comparing the gifts He gave you, to those of another?

God is the ONLY artist of the Sketchbook for this life of mine...
The Flying Nun - ©Sue Ray, May 2007
Sketches from God - ©Sue Ray, Jan 2006

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Oh for a Good Nap !!

An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard; I could tell
from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was
well taken care of.

He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head;
he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the
hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.




An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.

The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks.

Curious I pinned a note to his collar: 'I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.'

The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: 'He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 - he's trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?'

The Overcoming Spirit!

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The Overcoming Spirit! Their weakness was turned to strength. - Hebrews 11:34 NLT

A grindstone can make a diamond shine, or reduce solid rock to dust. It depends what you're made of. Charles Steinmetz, one of the founders of General Electric, was made of the right stuff. Crippled from birth, he was so short in stature that he looked like a dwarf. His mother died before he reached his first birthday. His father was poor but he was determined that young Charles would have an education. Charles couldn't run and play games like normal boys, so he decided to devote himself to science. He set this goal: "I will make discoveries that help other people." When Charles immigrated to the United States he couldn't speak a word of English. His face was swollen from the cold he'd endured on the boat passage. His sight was defective. His clothes were shabby. The port authorities were tempted to return him to Switzerland. But he stayed and found a job that paid $12 a week. There he showed amazing abilities. The infant company, General Electric, quickly realised his incredible potential. His career was marked by unparalleled research and development.

When he died in 1923 one writer said, "He had the mind of an angel and the soul of a seer." What did Charles Steinmetz have? The overcoming Spirit! Do you have it?If what you're doing doesn't produce resistance, it's not worth doing. The winners in your Bible are described this way: "Their weakness was turned to strength. They became strong in battle" (Heb 11:34 NLT).

What turns weakness into strength? Faith that refuses to back up, back down, or settle for less than what God has promised.

SoulFood Bible Readings: Hos 11-14, Lk 2:34-40, Ps 21, Pr 14:17-20

RAPTURED BY A PIZZA - almost.

I thought I would repost this because it might just be time for the funny side of christianity. I first posted this on BC a longgg time ago, but for those that havent read it, here it is again.

A day in the life of a window washer (well, a blonde one anyway)... I nearly was raptured by a pizza.

Its really not easy being a blonde christian window washer living in a mini hollywood mecca .... Strange things happen and there are just too many blonde moments - I wouldnt recommend it as a career for the level headed.
umm...... People ask me all the time if I see any 'interesting' sights as a window washer, and I have to admit, that I dont!
I think I miss all the action because Im too busy trying to untangle myself from flying squeegees and drowning myself with water.
butttt... I do meet some interesting people along the way and have interesting experiences
Mostly though, 'things happen' when I wash windows.

Like the day a couple of weeks ago....

There I was, mid afternoon cleaning the windows of a local pizza restaurant.

Now, this small quaint restaurant looks out over the carpark of a small but very busy shopping center. It has windows that reach from floor to ceiling.They hadnt opened for business yet that night, and from the outside I saw the waitresses busy setting up.
I finished the outside, tapped on the window and Tom the boss let me in, where I promptly started cleaning the inside windows.
From the view I had, it was a cloudy but mild overcast day, and I heard Tom singing in the background and the clatter of cutlery and crockery being prepared for the night.
I was in such a happy mood that day, and was singing to myself.

La la laa....
I reached up with the squeegee and did my famous wonder window washer woman swirl (cmon, its an art using a squeegee you know... actually, it took a lot of practise to be able to swirl the squeegee - I remember the first day I decided to impress a client with my expertise and somehow the squeegee and I departed ways and it went flying......... - but, thats another story).

Anyway... so la la la, washing the windows and swirling and twirling my squeegee.
Tom was animatedly yapping in the background and between song I answered chatted with him.
It was when I had the squeegee up mid air I heard it.
I felt it.
I stopped.
Frozen.
Suddenly, the ground beneath me began to vibrate slightly and shake.
I looked down. umm.... hmm.... I looked outside and up at the sky.
There was a low rumble - and looking into the cloudy sky, I thought, oh wowwww.... jet planes must be flying low today.
You know how that feels dont you ?
When one of those super duper things fly over you? ????

I couldnt see a thing. Because the doors were closed, I couldnt hear anything that was happening from outside either - except, I heard this low rumble and the ground shaking - so, I looked across the carpark.

It was mildly busy.... I expected to see other people looking up.
But nope !!!
Everyone else was acting normal...
Was everyone deaf ?
Was I the only one that could hear this looming, sound ?
I put my squeegee down and banged my hands against my ears and shook my head.
Maybe its vertigo !
Nope, it kept boom boom boooming and vvrrrrrring in my ears.
I looked up at the sky again... nada !
So, I turned around, and saw Tom and the waitresses still going about their business, setting tables, and Tom was busy flipping pizza bases in the air.

Hmmm...... I turned around and stared out the window again.

Suddenly it stopped. just stopped!.
So, I picked up my squeegee and started again.
Strange, I thought - God, what WAS that ? I started to have a conversation with Him..... and suddenly ... booom booom booom vrrrr vrrrr vrrrrr..... and the whole earth started shaking again !!!!! this time, it was distantly louder!

Oh my gosh !!!
I thought, this is wierrrrrd.
I looked up at the sky again, across the carpark again.
Nothing.
No one took any notice.
And then something happened.

It struck me, if I could hear this,
.... and no one else could
..... and I was a christian
..... and Jesus was coming back soon
..... umm..... (well yeah, I got all my doctrinal theory mixed up at that point lol, geesh, you know, I didnt care much about doctrine at that point all I knew is that it could be an imminent sign of the times !!! )
Gosh....... I shocked myself.
I was shockkkked... umm.... now what Lord ?

I looked again, and no one was taking any notice of this boom boom vrrr vrrrr beneath my feet, surrounding me and vibration filled the air.

Maybe I should run outside and warn everyone ?

"Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming!!!"

I put my squeegee down, and in an almost act of bravery, reached for the door to run outside. But then, I thought, well umm.....maybe there is something else I should do..

So, in my quick thinking, I started to prayyyyy ....
if this WAS the rapture, well, gee, I wouldnt get time to get home to my kids !!!!

I tried to look calm on the outside..... (I tried very very hard)

I prayed in the spirit and you know, it energized me soo much !
mannn I had that squeegee flying down the window and doing swirls and twirls whilst I prayed for my kids safety, that Jesus wouldnt forget them, that they would be safe, oh, and Lord have mercy on my parents too
... umm.. and my sis and her family and
.... oh and whilst Im at it Lord, can you let Tom know you are coming toooo ?? !!!!!

I gulped.
The rumbling vibrating sound was descending upon me and I tried to hold that squeegee steady, but I was shaking sooo much.

I closed my eyes for a moment.
And then........ the noise stopped again !

Well, by this time, I had a tear growing inside my eyes......

He's forgotten me !
I didnt get raptured !!!!!!
Oh Lordddd, forgive meeeee....... where did You go ?

Lord ???
Helppppppppppp !!!!!!! (well okay, this was all silent in my head, but I knew Jesus could hear me ! )
I stood in stunned silence,
.... now get a grip eli, get a grip, it doesnt happen that way, you know that.....err, do I ?
ummm yes you do....
well, then why........ oh sigh.
Just keep cleaning windows would ya.so.....
I picked up my squeegee once more, still trying to fathom out what happened.

And the noise STARTED AGAIN !!!!

Right, this time, I was beside myself.

I looked up at the sky, across the carpark.
I looked back at Tom and his staff.
No one was taking any notice !!
My eardrums had burst, that must be it !!!
Thats why I was hearing this !
Or maybe, just maybe, God was giving me plenty of warning (coz He knows Im blonde lol and these things take time...
He twinkles his eye and I am still trying to work out should I open or shut my own).

I looked back at Tom again.....and with the ground vibrating heavily beneath me, I turned to him, very prepared now to warn him that Jesus was on His way NOW and he had to take notice and repent straight away !!!

.... and I said......"Tom..."
"yes eli ?"
"are you okay my dear? "
"ummm yes Tom
.... umm..... Tom..... can you hear that noise ????? "
"what noise eli ? "
(I gulped, oh Lord, thats it, Im convinced now, if he cant hear it and I can....)
"err..... THAT noise Tom...
you know........
the vrroooom vrooom boom booom.... "
and my teeth were chattering and I gave him a visual display of the vibration surrounding me, shaking my body.

"err....... eli ? "
" Tom ? .... can you, can you hear it ? "
"yes eli, I can hear it "
(ohhh Hallelujah Lord !!!! He is gonna be saved, Im not the only one here !!!)

"eli......... "
"yes Tom"

"thats my new pizza oven".

Oh.
Oh............

I turned around sheepishly and closed my eyes, my face bright red with embarrassment.

"Lord" I said, "why didnt you tell me ?"

I cringed inside.

"Well, I did eli, you My daughter, werent listening... you were too busy panicking"

"oh"

"well, Lord, umm - Im sure glad this is our secret... "

"yes" He said "it is "

"thanks Lord"and we laughed together.

Im sure glad God had a sense of humor when He made me.

Yep, you meet the strangest people washing windows.