Isn't she a doll! I could just love this one up!
Friday, March 20, 2009
By Glenn Beck
AP
President Obama shares a laugh with Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show'
While Rome is burning, Nero is playing the fiddle on late-night television.
I know it's easy to tune out — especially on a Friday when you probably just want to order a pizza and watch basketball — but that's just what people are counting on.
If you want some real "March madness," just look at some of this week's fires:
• Big United Nations members — including Russia and (surprise, surprise) the French — have called for an end to the dollar and suggested a global currency.
• The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates that our budget is $1.5 trillion more than their estimate from just a few weeks ago.
• The Fed is pumping another $1 trillion into the system by buying debt from our treasury.
• Our government is shredding the Constitution by using the IRS as a weapon to target specific individuals with a 90 percent tax!
• According to USA Today, 11.2 percent of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are now unemployed.
• We've now lost a million jobs in two months.
But while all of those historic things are happening, President Obama is fiddling like... well, like a very famous fiddler who's name I would love to know right now.
He's ranting about AIG bonuses that his administration had a part in authorizing; he's filling out NCAA brackets; he's working on his bowling technique; his wife is planting gardens at the White House, and then he goes on "The Tonight Show," apparently to demonstrate that the economy has now been fixed and we can all laugh about how close we came to disaster.
(I wonder if the millions who are out of work find it funny?)
No other sitting president has ever gone on "The Tonight Show" before and it's possible that no other sitting president has ever been this out of touch.
While Obama is on "The Tonight Show," you are on the front lines, fighting our fires with just a shovel and a garden hose.
More proof America can't count on its government anymore and it's why I've been telling you all along that our future depends on you.
What do you think? Send your comments to:glennbeck@foxnews.com
— Watch "Glenn Beck" weekdays at 5 p.m. ET
I hope you are hungry church!
Because the pork roast is cooking, and it smells wonderful. Proverbs 25:2121If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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I figure, I do show off my daughter quite a bit.
So, I decided to add these hooligans in.
I did not want you all to think I was biased or anything. 'cause biased, I ain't. They are all numero uno in my booko.
Why I’m Planting A Garden - Surviving The Middle Class Crash
http://survivingthe middleclasscrash .wordpress. com/2009/ 03/15/why- im-planting- a-garden/
By Shirley Braverman
In 1947, two years after world war II ended there were 20 million small gardens in the United States. They provided 40% of the produce in the American Diet. The gardens started during the depression. During the war, they were called “Victory Gardens.” Even the first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, had a garden.
I grew up in a garden; we grew tomatoes and zucchini. By age seven, I knew how to remove the suckers from the tomato vines, how to pull weeds and how to pinch off the multiple yellow blossoms. Blossoms had to be 4 inches from each other to get the largest fruits.
The people in Kirkwood, Missouri liked large tomatoes and zucchinis. When the depression started in 1929, the city fathers’ got together and declared that “No one in Kirkwood would go hungry.” They organized the town and, “though,” as my grandfather said, “the whole damn town of 18, 000 didn’t have $500 between them,” no one went hungry.
Next door to me was the lettuce lady. In her flowerpots, she grew all the lettuces, spinach, chards and greens. She used flowerpots to keep the snails and caterpillars off her plants. When we wanted to make sandwiches or a salad, my mother would send me off with a scissors to Mrs. Ball’s house and I would carefully snip off the outer leaves and bring them home to wash and put on the sandwich or in the salad. The shortest food chain in the world. I never saw lettuce in a ball ‘till I was a teenager and a supermarket came to town. What’s more, Mrs. Ball just loved my tomatoes and zucchini. I was so proud when I took them to her. They were my greatest accomplishments in my young life. Across the street was the onion lady. She grew every onion, chive, shallot and garlic known to mankind at the time. She sprouted them in her basement and people picked them up for their own gardens in the spring. Grandpa Van raised chickens and rabbits and had fruit trees - apples, apricots and a cherry tree that was in the back of the chicken yard. Every time a cherry fell off the tree, the chickens would race over to eat it. Gustof Franks had the two cows and we traded him eggs for milk and butter.
No one threw anything away. Table scraps and other uneaten food would go in the “slop” bucket. Neighbors came by and threw them to the chickens while they picked up a few eggs. The tops of carrots and lettuce scraps and greens went to the rabbits.
There was a trading system. A basket of apples could be traded for a skinned rabbit or a basket of grapes or apricots. An apple pie could be traded for milk or eggs. Another man grew corn. He had about 10 rows and he cracked some for my grandfather to feed to the chickens. He also gave it to the women who headed the canning committee. For his fresh corn, he could get canned peaches, applesauce, canned corn, potatoes or apricot syrup. Oh yes, we had potato people. They had raised beds and raised potatoes better than any I’ve ever tasted in my life. And there were peas, beans, and herbs. Everyone grew something, raised something and traded something. My other grandfather, although a natural stone quarryman, also kept beehives. A pint of honey went a long way in trade, as did a full honeycomb. Once every two months our butcher would take some meat or fish: pig, calf, chickens or rabbits into Saint Louis and trade for salt, flour, coffee, paraffin and soap.
And then there was hunting. The men went hunting on Saturday and whatever they shot, quail, rabbits, possum or deer, was eaten on Sunday. There was also the Merrimac and Mississippi river to fish in. Catfish, Sunfish, and Perch. They could be traded for canned fruits, vegetables, eggs, you name it.
I don’t think I ate an orange till I was almost twelve, after the war, and I marveled at this miraculous fruit, and then I was even more astounded with bananas. I was so used to this culture that after the war when I heard that the Greeks and the Russians and the Chinese were starving, I wondered, innocently why they didn’t plant gardens. Even today, when I hear that one in 8 children goes to school hungry, when I hear pleas for food donations for the poor, I wonder why we don’t have community gardens. Instead of talking on phones or watching TV or playing video games, couldn’t the children use their energy to weed the garden and harvest the food?
So, plant a garden and tell your neighbor to plant a garden and share. Mobile Home Parks and Apartment Complexes could create community gardens. Why waste the gas to have your tomatoes shipped in from California or Mexico when they can be grown just as easily in your backyard and taste much better picked off the vine.
They say dark days lie ahead for the economy. But, whatever happens, we don’t have to go hungry. We can feed ourselves. Come on my Beloved Country, let’s get organized. Let’s start digging. Let’s do something economically beneficial, wonderful, brilliant and powerful. Let’s all plant gardens.
Shirley
About the author
Shirley is 77 years young, and was a nurse for 25 years. She used to write health articles until the editors just wanted her to rave about whatever their advertisers were hawking at the time. She watches for the newly developing diseases and watches in fear as TB and MARSA spread like wildfire and no one pays attention. She saw Morgellon’s a while ago and it scared her. She has 8 grandkids and worries about them. She is starting gardening projects to help. This is her first community article to go in the mobile home parks newsletters.
Have you ever given thought to this song that many of us have sang before? It is not in our hymnal at church. It is one of my favorite hymns. I think those of us that are saved, we often get complacent with our life. We forget what lays ahead. We get so caught up in what is going on with our lives. We forget what is waiting for us. We forget we have a Mansion Sublime!
I'VE GOT A MANSION
I'm satisfied with just a cottage below
A little silver and a little gold
But in that city where the ransomed will shine
I want a gold one that's silver lined
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And some day yonder we will never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold
Though often tempted, tormented, and tested
And like the prophet my pillow's a stone
And though I find here no permanent dwelling
I know He'll give me a mansion my own
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And some day yonder we will never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold
Don't think me poor or deserted or lonely
I'm not discouraged I'm heaven bound
I'm but a pilgrim in search of the city
I want a mansion, a harp and a crown
I've got a mansion just over the hilltop
In that bright land where we'll never grow old
And some day yonder we will never more wander
But walk on streets that are purest gold
Words and Music by Ira Stamphill
Jesus said, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). Later He told his disciples, "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you" (John 14:2). God's word assures us of heaven, but it also warns us of a place of torment. Revelation 20:15 says, "...whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." God doesn't want anyone to spend eternity in hell. We are told that He is "...not willing that any should perish..." (II Peter 3:9).
The Apostle John writes, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God: that ye may know that ye have eternal life..." (I John 5:13). God has provided everything we need to spend eternity in heaven with Him!
The Bible tells us the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch as he was reading about Jesus from the book of Isaiah, "And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understand thou what thou readest?" And he said, "How can I, except some man should guide me?..." (Acts 8:30-31).
This booklet is designed to "...guide you into all truth..." (John 16:13). Our hope is that you will choose to be born again, so that you will see the kingdom of God.
God is Holy
God cannot tolerate sin because of His holiness - He is completely without any wrong. Many people only think of sin as a type of crime-something done against society. Sin is more than a crime, it is transgression against God. Even though you may be a very moral person, the Bible says that you are still a sinner. "As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one..." (Romans 3:10). "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned" (Romans 5:12).
Is it enough to try to keep the commandments? No. "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all" (James 2:10).
What is the end result of sin? Spiritual death. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23).
God is Just
The Bible tells us that hell will be a terrible place. It will be filled with anguish and pain beyond any human's comprehension. Jesus told his disciples that "The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 13:41-42).
What happens to a person without Christ after death? They will go to hell. "But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath powet to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him" (Luke 12:5)
What cleanses us from all sin? The shed blood of Jesus Christ. When John the Baptist first saw Jesus he proclaimed, "...Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Jesus Christ was the final and ultimate sacrifice. The blood from His sacrifice doesn't cover our sin, it totally cleanses us of our sin. "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" (I John 1:7).
Is there any other payment for sin? No. "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood there is not remission" (Hebrews 9:22).
Is there anything a person can do to pay for sin? No. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Why did Jesus give His life? Because of His love for people. "For God sent not his Son into the World to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:17).
God is Love
Is Jesus the only way to salvation? Yes. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14:6).
Is God's love for everyone? Yes. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
What are God's conditions for having everlasting life? Believing in His Son. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" (Joh 3:36).
Will Jesus ever turn someone away? No. "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will no wise cast out" (John 6:37).
The Bible tells us, "Therefore if any many be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passew away; behold, all things are become new" (II Corinthians 5:17). When a person accepts Jesus Christ as his personal Savior he is born again. Spiritually, he is born from above and becomes a member of God's family. The Bible states, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on the his name" (John 1:12).
God's Path
What must a person need to do in order to be born again? Simply repent, believe, ask, and receive.
1) You must repent
To repent is to see your condition as God sees it and to express sorrow. In this case, you repent of your sin. "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation..." (II Corinthians 7:10). You must admit to God that you are a sinner deserving of hell because of your sin.
Repentance is also a sincere turning away from sin to God. The Bible states "...that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance" (Acts 26:20).
2) You must believe
Believing is more than just acknowledging that Jesus Christ exists. The Bible says "...the devils also believe, and tremble" (James 2:19). True believing is placing your complete confidence in Him and His ability to save you. "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). You must believe with all your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that He died on the cross to save you. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness..." (Romans 10:9-10).
3) You must ask
Believing is more than just acknowledging that Jesus Christ exists. The Bible says "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13). To call upon the Lord is to ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and save you from an eternity in hell. You must pray and ask for "...with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Romans 10:10).
4) You must receive
To receive something you must take it. Salvation is offered as a free gift from God. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23).
The Bible says, "For by grace are ye saved... it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8). Like any gift, it is not yours until you receive it. "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" (John 1:12). You must pray and tell the Lord that you wish to receive His wonderful gift of eternal life!
The Time is Now!
You have come to the place in your life where you must make a decision. If you choose to accept the payment made by the Lord Jesus Christ for your sin, then you simply need to bow your head and pray. Tell Jesus, in your own words, that you are sorry for your sin and ask Him to forgive you and save you from hell. Tell Him you are willing to receive Him as your Lord and Savior. Let Him know you want to accept His gift of eternal life. Remember, Jesus Christ never turns anyone away!
"The Lord is...not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (II Peter 3:9)
Taken from the Little Red Book - www.littleredbook.org
We can know, if you have read thus far, let me give you an example. An analogy if you will. My pastor gave this one to Casey and he told me it as well.
Take a chair that you are sitting on right now reading this, you knew that sitting down it was going to hold you and not collapse. Right? You did not have to think about it. You had faith that it would hold you up. So why not have the same faith in God and His word?
Then one Sunday morning, Valerie from church gave a small testimony about her salvation. She had thought she was saved. She had the knowledge. It was all in her head. She knew Christ, but she did not KNOW Christ in her heart. Casey realized that she shared the same testimony. Casey agonized over her salvation almost the entire week. She was not 100% sure that if she were to die she would have a home in Heaven. She was scared. She talked with our Pastor, as well as the myself and her dad all week.
Stanza 6 anon.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
Didja read those words? Seriously?
On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball,
When somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.
It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.
The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer,
It grew into a tree.
The tree was all covered,
All covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs,
And tomato sauce.
So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.
If you want to here it being sung, click on the link here.
