This County is Sick

A Grant County snow plow pushed my mother's mailbox over when plowing the road. They refuse to pay for it since they say thier plow did not actually hit the box.

It was the snow that pushed over that box, not the plow pushing it. Evil snow it was!
Now I know why I really don't like winter. It is all that evil snow..

This County is sick!

A Word from one of My Teachers

Thomas Akempis: An Imitation of Christ
From: Thomas Akempis: An Imitation of Christ

"The more recollected a man is, and the more simple of heart he becomes, the easier he understands sublime things, for he receives the light of knowledge from above. The pure, simple, and steadfast spirit is not distracted by many labors, for he does them all for the honor of God. And since he enjoys interior peace he seeks no selfish end in anything. What, indeed, gives more trouble and affliction than uncontrolled desires of the heart?

A good and devout man arranges in his mind the things he has to do, not according to the whims of evil inclination but according to the dictates of right reason. Who is forced to struggle more than he who tries to master himself? This ought to be our purpose, then: to conquer self, to become stronger each day, to advance in virtue."

Oh Marion, How long has Christ desired to gather you as a mother hen with her chicks?

IWU

An open Letter to IWU:

RE: HAVING A HUMBLE OPINION OF SELF

"EVERY man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. He who knows himself well becomes mean in his own eyes and is not happy when praised by men.

If I knew all things in the world and had not charity, what would it profit me before God Who will judge me by my deeds?" Thomas Akempis

"Every perfection in this life has some imperfection mixed with it and no learning of ours is without some darkness. Humble knowledge of self is a surer path to God than the ardent pursuit of learning. Not that learning is to be considered evil, or knowledge, which is good in itself and so ordained by God; but a clean conscience and virtuous life ought always to be preferred. Many often err and accomplish little or nothing because they try to become learned rather than to live well." Thomas Akempis

New High Rise Apartment Complex Comes to Marion

Marion continues its... advancement:

Announcing Mobile Towers West!

This is the new High Rise Apartment complex, for the poor and unemployed in Marion. The funds were raised for this project through begging by formerly employed citizens at local convenience stores. You will notice this is the Christmas Picture of the complex. This begging was necessitated, because they were temporarily short of funds due to mismanagement of their unemployment benefits that ended last year, and they could therefore not afford the five dollar fee for "Christmas in the Park."
(note the Iron Cross in the top Left corner donated by a humanitarian couple who said: "We feel your pain". Christmas brings the best out of people!)

Isn't it great to know, that Marion has no economic problem as even their wasteful poor get to live in newly built high rise units? Of course this high rise will never reach full occupancy since Marion has no unemployed.

Let's keep it going Marion!

OK, what am I saying? I put this forth as the very kind of foolishness, our local government, and news paper propagate. They tell everything with Wayne colored glasses. They offer crap or nothing to the poor, and expect applause, and they would take credit for anything the poor peoples could come up with to lessen their own oppression.


News Flash:

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood! The Mobile Towers neighborhood association, plans to have a Christmas party around New Years. They will walk around rich neighborhoods after Christmas and secure a couple of discarded trees to use for decoration for the celebration. Also exact location of Mobile Towers is hard to know as the dwellings are moved often, in an effort to avoid any new special tax that the City Council would levee against it.

The MT neighborhood association has asked for Burn Barrels for the party and wrapping tubes and paper so that they will have heat for their party. Seems the burn barrels disappeared strangely from Matter Park after a recent City Council Meeting.

Repent Unto the Kingdom

I occasionally see on my TV, a local ministry of sorts, with their mouthpieces propagating their beliefs. It is sad as a prophet, to know that their lifeless faces portray the truth of their lives.... There is a demon spirit riding on their backs, and making inroads in their lives.

The Devil is a liar, and always comes to steal, kill, and destroy.

The answer for all of us is to repent unto The Kingdom...

A Kingdom Perspective

This morning I viewed Steve DeNeff, Kieth Durey, and two others on the IWU discussion program. They were generally talking about what is passed on (spiritually) to the next generation.

They thought, that the main thing to pass on was "who God is", believing worship styles are more fluid. They believe "faith" is the thing or practice, that must be passed on. I agree in part.

Certainly without faith it is impossible to please Jah. No argument there. But there are "types" in Old Testament worship regulations that must remain a part of worship eternally. These are not held as "ceremonial law", but spiritually-as pattern. Old Testament patterns do matter. But righteousness, is only by faith in the finished work of Christ on Calvary. Faith is not a feeling. There is a substance to faith.

As I have pointed out on my blogs, there are constants in the faith. The absolutes or constants are set, they do not change. Faith, Hope, and Love, are constants. Faith, hope, and love are a progressive force, in relationship to Father. You will not love without hope. You will not hope, without faith. Saving faith is a gift from Jah.

Church elder ship is a constant. However "Elder's Boards" are not, they are of a pattern, and useful when done in faith. Sunday School may be useful, but it is not an absolute. Sunday Worship is only an absolute, because men ought always to worship. But you can be holy without visiting the corner meeting house each Sunday Morning. Where you meet is a variable. To meet together is a constant. Meeting should be daily not held off till the start of the next week.

Gifts are useful until a maturity of the whole manifests. (this is rare)Once maturity comes the Spirit of Jah within, teaches primarily through the revealed word, and unction. The Holy Spirit is not a variable. Without Him you are not saved.

There are variables. If we leave out a constant from our faith-worship, we have heresy. If we hold or practice an absolute of the Word, as a variable, we have lie, confusion, and every evil work. Variables are things such as worship style, music, pews or chairs, elders or prophets as elders.. the externals. Constants are to be Word grounded in faith, and in hope, love, holiness, passion, and purity of heart. Fellowship is a constant, not a variable. Fellowship at some corner station because some preacher said you must, is more akin to witchcraft than faith.

Those who worship the Lord must worship in both Spirit and Truth. This is a constant. For, it is not enough to mentally ascend to the "high way" of Jah. We must also descend in a broken and contrite heart. It is not enough to feel contrite. We must live in contrition. So, what is true, and to be highly considered is: "Without the Spirit of Jah, we are none of His". This is true no matter how correct our eternal form of worship is. The truth is there is no real worship without the presence of the Spirit of Jah. Indeed worship practiced in a biblical pattern and correct form, yet which lacks faith, hope, and Love, is humanism.

For a greater understanding of these and other things from a Kingdom of Jah perspective, go to my blog called, Emmaus Teacher, listed in my information on this blog.