In the arms of a friend

Full  Circle 

As a child I would watch the Billy Graham Crusades on our small black and white television. That was a strong part of my childhood.  Never could I have ever imagined the great privilege that God would let be mine. 

Here, in the Philippines Sunday February 7 2016 , Jim was preaching at the Baptist Church  and so we took our grandson Noah who asked to come with us.    We arrived early and 

I suggested to Noah that we greet a few people. 

I noticed an elderly couple in the back so we went over and I extended  my hand to the old woman. She heartily shook my hand , and smiling, introduced the elderly man next to her as her husbands and ,told me ,  they  are the parents of the present Pastor of the Church.  I told her that, I  too was a Pastors wife, and before I realised the  Providence of our meeting, she implored me to take a seat beside her and began to pour forth her heart.  Her husband  was the Founding Pastor  and now suffers  with a debilitating  loss of language, dignity and memory. He  has  Alzheimer's   and she is  his caregiver which requires constant  supervision, as I witnessed that morning. Whispering, to me, how  difficult and emotional  it is, I just listened and hugged her. In    addition, their other adult son is special  needs  and lived  with them. I could see in  Her face the serenity of committed love but there too was agony of concern .  My  hand in hers  affirmed  how much she appreciated me being  with  her, putting her head on my shoulder.  

Confiding, only such things as one tells their  best friend, I was so humbled she took encouragement  from me. For how  often I have been bereft of  understanding  even the bitter struggle concerning my own circumstance. How then would I be able  to offer such solace? 

 It was a poignant moment in  suffering that it occurs again in  bold strokes of Divine Poetry, " comfort  one another in the same love you have been comforted with" .   She then quietly kissed me  and said "God sent you here to  me today, I needed encouragement  and you understand. " 

What is the full circle? 

This Pastor was Billy Graham s Interpreter, when Graham   preached in the Philippines in the 60s, the same years I watched  as a child. 

This day,   50 years later  I sat at her side, hand in hand  an Encourager    and  Confidant . 

 God, Jehovah  SHAMAH is near to the broken hearted. "a very present help in time of trouble" 

The invention

  At the risk of writing about this controversial  subject truthfully , it  begs  for  respondents . 

The Defense For  Marriage Act , D.O. M.A  was strong-armed by SupremeCourt Justices  who  successfully  overturned  the American voters voting against homosexuals Rights to marriage . 

At this juncture I want to say it's not about  equal rights of homosexuals, as they can  live out their expressed choice as homosexual. it is all about   equal rights of  very young tender innocent children placed in same sex parent  homes. 

 Who in their right mind thinks it is normal and an appropriate place for them to be raised in  such environment .

This is nothing other than a masquerade and how can a young boy receive nurturing in his    natural  role as  heterosexual , or a young girl for that matter lacking the essential guidance from a nurturing mother who is heterosexual . .  

 

it is a quintessential evil to surrender  children to this persuasion.  The homosexual  couple has chose for themselves such lifestyle, but to influence and deceive  the children , abandoned  to this during their formative years, is frankly, a real travesty   of justice .

 The democratic process was hijacked , as The Defence Of Marriage Act overruled , nullifying the expressed  votes against homosexual marriage , however   Liberals Agenda  invented " Marriage"  as the rights of the homosexual ,    overturning the D.O.M.A. 

As a Nation, we have victimized our children even before they were born. 

Due to legislation millions of unborn children were terminated in their mothers womb before they had a chance to life . 

Now we will witness againanother kind of victimization in a profound loss of  Innocense  and an undetermined effect by these children whose  childhoods  are  being  altered and Compromised  .  

The sweetness of innocence

While enjoying the Christmas  Ballet  Nutcracker  , I was  thoroughly caught  up in the beautiful stage dressings of tapestry and lights, the  fanciful props like giant cake decorations while  sweeping music with full imagery and beautiful ballerinas in   they're sparkling enchanting gowns  gracefully leapt  and pirouettes  across the stage ,  I was  caught  in a moment of surprise   by the tiny sweet voice of innocense. 

She was sitting behind me with her mother and her Family asking is that the sugarplum fairy? in earnest she asked again, sitting on her  mother's lap and pointing at the  stage. 

Her little voice was the greatest joy for  me that evening. Joi d Vivre . Joy of life ,   As The French put it  simply. For hers was the voice of innocents and naïveté. 

This beautiful gift of innocence   comes to us by the children. This is the most delicate and fragile as niavitee and lasts only a few years comparatively in their childhood. 

It is a gift to all of us.  Do we  not all smile  when we hear the laughter of little children. 

It truly lightens the heart. 

I believe we must provide guardianships of their innocence and naivete. 

This is an act of preservation for not only our world but our culture here at home. 

PLAYING FOR KEEPS

When I was a little girl, my father spent many days teaching me how to play this game  of checkers with  strategy. He would tell me strategy is essential  to winning. Of cause it is only a game but strategy proves very worthy  when preparing an argument and defense of righteousness

Playing for keeps:

Why do I say this , and what do I mean by it?

Well catching the Conservative mind set off guard with filthy behaviors and New social norms provide shock value and  rhetoric for The secular agenda and mindset. 

Under attack are the  Conservative family values , 

In which children  are prudiciously  taught biblical Truths     

 and encouraged  to embrace   moral safeguards, which encourages rational thinking  and problem solving with a strong appreciation for reasoning.  But  the anti God  agenda  promotes the god of self and all the filth rhetoric it can spew forth. They are playing for keeps, and do not want to lose ground once attained.

Incensed into all of this   Is an anti  tolerance for Biblical  values and   expressions of conscience. With the "dumbing down" of  our free speech, it is socially awkward and unsociable to share ones opposing viewpoint.  There is  an  unspoken anti-tolerance in our culture  that leads one to,  be sensitive and  aware  of strong contrasting opinions. Adopting the salve of P.C.. We forgo our voice, so needed as now.

But have you noticed that as the anti religious  rhetoric, do not want our  rights showcased or even verbalized, they showcase theirs with Gay Pride and Marriage, however oppressive and shameful it is to the majority of Society at large.  How then will parents protect their child or children from witnessing  homosexual behavior and marriage rights, being told that this is ok and the same as traditional marriage?

Some Federal judges  seem bent in favor of  supporting the anti-God,  anti-Traditional  Family Values  even overturning  the votes of  the American voters.

This is due to the strong persuasion of Political Correctness and rejection of Judeo-Christian values.

Actually, we have been dumbing down our  critical thinking and response on moral truths and traditions by such persuasion, contrary to the very core of our system of Beliefs.  It is the influence of Political Correctness and the rejection of traditional, historical American values that are still held by the majority of Americans . P.C.  is a danger in that it  sanitizes away rights and wrong standards, and moral overtones that guide us, impairing good judgement . 

Some Public Officials voice their agendas  aggressively  against such Christian  Beliefs  and values espousing that moral adherence to moral and spiritual concerns, as divisive and an old fashioned answer .

  

It is tragic when you analyse this.  Those who practice the ethics of  their Christian beliefs, espousing a conduct  of moral excellence are the very ones now being labeled  " Out of touch. " 

It is obvious Christians and their Belief Systems are  actively under  assault .   

Those who hold such opposition to moral traditions,  view these as irrelevant, intolerant and old fashioned.     Policy Makers, in contradiction to of those who remain at the Moral Crossroads, would  as some  say, "they stand on the wrong side of history".  A departure from a viable sense of moral truth and embracing   situation ethics  is quickly becoming the new  alternative.   

If  we accept this rhetoric, we silence our conscience and adopt their ideals without the safeguards  of moral values to  Undermine  the influence of this dangerous persuasion..

What will we  do, the day is here that  Homosexuals have the right   to raise  children and  look to adoption and Foster Care to fulfill their desire to parent. 

However the difficulty in  supporting this, is certainly not based on the  temperament  of ones warmth  and affection, or charm and affability.   I have met and talked with several who ascribe to  this chosen lifestyle. They have shown themselves pleasant and sociable. But this is hardly the issue of concern.

 If allowed to follow a rational course of thinking, and it  calls for our best ,  in regards to the appropriate concerns , based on a moral regard for the children's    Psychological  health, well being and overall  should be and remain of paramount  importance and highest priority in their placement. 

Children living in a home where there is not  importance given to  typical gender roles,  creates  a confusing and shameful   home life from which, I must conclude, nurturing is not substantive . 

  

 They would otherwise have to  live in an atmosphere of deceit and duplicity and this, I believe, will cause them to have emotional breaks with reality .  Obviously we place these innocent children  under  the very influence  and risk of  perversion. 

This  is unconscionable and unthinkable. 

  Our societal responsibility  then as "provisional guardians of Innocence"   to provide a safe nurturing  home and life skills environment for it is fundamentally  imperative children  need to see and be raised  with the  traditional  role models. 

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Wheretofore, perception of self is a conflicted  one if the child or children   Are living in a  same sex home. This is not the real world we live in.  

Now, Biblically speaking,  homosexuals same sex couples,  practice   Sexual  perversions  as a  lifestyle.

 We must, first and foremost,  think  of the rights off innocent children  and only their well being as to  decisions made on their behalf.

 Children need traditional role models , gender natural mothers and fathers , to have a strong sense of identity.  Sexual  confusion  and or , pandering to "sexual identity  crisis"  promotes deviant behaviours. For example , today's  renaming gender assignments and transsexualism, play into this madness. 

I believe too little  concern and thought has been spent regarding  "rights " of children and too much funding for same sex interest. 

My strong awareness and support is for equal rights. We are for all Races, religions and Sexual Orientations.  In question in this Blog, are the Equal Rights of the Homosexuals and They have lives together  and have married , but never with the legal status as now. With this, the concern is  presented. Legal  Adoption Rights? 

Equal rights for the Children to protect them from  the 

Deviant lifestyle

Not reasonable to impose this upon unsuspecting innocence.

Use Reason

    Well the victimization of the children be silenced by  Political  CORRECTNESS 

Liberal values do not esteem christian values  , so they rally  to destroy the dialog  of morality and biblical absolutes.  

Dietrich Bonhoeffer , German Theologian and Pastor ,  in Nazi Germany' fighting the evils of fascism said ,   

"silence in the face of evil is evil it self"."

We cannot be silent we cannot be politically correct ,and we cannot be undecided on this.   we must however   hold  a higher criteria  to  moral values in the Word of God and stand in the face   Of unrighteousness and do not support the filthy narratives .  

We still have the power of legislation as citizens. 

This matter is of grave consequences. It is a titanic issue we face in protection of the Innocence and Naivete of children. They must not go down with the ship , politically  speaking. Our voice must be heard and remain resolute. Gay Pride cannot have Innocence.    Shonda Davis 

http://billmuehlenberg.com/2015/09/01/the-sexterminators/ 

Stories That Change Lives , Forever .

Learning to tell the story that changes lives. The Testimony  

These  sessions are soimportant    and practical , as they show the  value shared as each take opportunity to share their testimony among their group , learning the tools of friendship evangelism . 

This  Seminar  covers several methods of evangelism that is 

 Culturally sensitive and easily embraced. 

With these methods , a person can share their Faith with another  who has not had an opportunity to hear , and share with clarity, confidence and often having a second opportunity for  conversation together.

This  method crosses ethnic and socio:economic barriers. Each shares with another as they feel capable and comfortable. It is the mose lively and engaging of the Seminars. 

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Off The Plane, Straight To Work

Immediately  after a brief nights sleep, we were picked up by 7 am on motors and whisked away  under cover up for the meeting place.  Here we held our first class ,  inductive . Beginning at 8 it would take most the first 8 hour day, heavy in teaching this method , 

I remain at the back of the class , working  in my "bubble" so as not to distract . However I soon realised, it seemed   Unusual I would have earphones on. 

They do not realize I do my work  at this time , and that o have  attended this seminar and graduated from it 27 years ago.   While I can appreciate their concern, it is misplaced. 

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 We are in the second day of the second Semina in Evangelism  and it is interactive. This is fun to hear the responses. 

Jim labours to keep it fresh, relative to the situation and encourages feedback . 

Of course some of his dumb jokes fall flat on  my ears.  

The power of ones personal testimony is just that. It is a powerful persuasion because it is Ones story.  It i is moving from head knowledge  to a real life heart relationship. Becoming a person of faith, not solely the intellect.  

Without exception, every person , whether in times during  great-hardship or  broken-hearted ,  struggle to  make sense ,   of the difficulty ,  and others are driven to their knees in prayer. Every one who came to Him, He did not turn away. " john 6:37

Jesus Christ is the same , yesterday, today and forever". Hebrews 13:8

 Jesus Christ heals the broken heart. 

 Regardless of culture  or ethnicity   Or education or professional status or Century ,    Christ  Changes lives.  

So in the end it is His Work, we are only messengers. 

 

CHRIST ALLONE IS YOUR LIFE PRESERVER

Embrace Biblical Ethics , Your Life Preserver

When it comes to ethics, Bonhoeffer noted, "(i)t is not only what is said that matters, but also the man who says it" (Ethics, p.267).

Third, like Aristotle, Bonhoeffer stays as close to the actual phenomenon of making moral choices as possible. What we experience, when faced with a moral choice, is a highly concrete and unique situation. It may share much with other situations, but it is, nevertheless, a distinct situation involving its own particulars and peculiarities, not excluding the fact that we are making the decisions, and not Socrates or Joan of Ark.

And finally, again like Aristotle, Bonhoeffer sees judgments of character and not action as fundamental to moral evaluation. Evil actions should be avoided, of course, but what needs to be avoided at all costs is the disposition to do evil as part of our character. "What is worse than doing evil," Bonhoeffer notes, "is being evil" (Ethics, p.67). To lie is wrong, but what is worse than the lie is the liar, for the liar contaminates everything he says, because everything he says is meant to further a cause that is false. The liar as liar has endorsed a world of falsehood and deception, and to focus only on the truth or falsity of his particular statements is to miss the danger

 of being caught up in his twisted world. This is why, as Bonhoeffer says, that "(i)t is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie" (Ethics, p.67). A falling away from righteousness is far worse that a failure of righteousness. To focus exclusively on the lie and not on the liar is a failure to confront evil.

 

You Must Discern And Choose God Honoring Decisions For Your Lives 

Recall  the Disney Children's Film,  Pinocchio  ,  where having been through all his tumultuous misadventures,  his  father Gipetto sits  grieving at his  sons  bedside, ,  when Pinocchio ,  his lifeless little  body   starts to stir , as if in prayerful mourning    Gepetto   whispers  audibly , 

 " Pinocchio   ,  Pinocchio , my little wooden head, your dead, dead. Put your head down , Pinocchio , your dead"

  All the while Gepetto grieving , Pinocchio stirs to life from   silent slumber wiggling to life and amazement , announcing in delight to  all,  " Father Father I'm not dead, why, I'm alive ,    And  I'm real , I'm a  . I'm a real boy."

Of course there is a  real truth here , and we are rarely  as alive in a  spiritual sense  as when we experience stress by  confronting  evil, that is poised by undermining our moral values. 

Don't stand for it. Let us, like Pinocchio stir from slumber. 

 We are lulled to pacifity   At the humming of the ideology  via  compromise .

  

 If we  are thinking that tolerant is as a virtue in this sense , we are  slumbering still if we are not aroused and called to Action.  "Hell in a Handbag" is pretty much the  condition of things if we remain at  ease. We can hardly "stir the waters" they are already a rolling boil. .  

Dear fellow Christians ,  know  your  Bibles.  You must  practice Spiritual Disciplines such as Prayer and Fasting.   Show yourself  strong, a fortitude of conviction., 

Arm yourself   With a    Resolute  purpose , that is to have your mind made up already  to  be accountable as  men  and  women   of Faith able  minded to embrace righteousness when it is yours to do so, or  reject summarily with  prejudice , such moral filth   that is  now legislated  upon  our collective   Consciences. . 

. "Gird your minds for action "share your convictions and do not be silenced by Political  Correctness , to do so will make your testimony null and void.  this is exactly what the church succumb to in Germany during Nazism . 

  

Let us  be heroines and heroes of the Faith by dissenting  Moral Filth, and in response modelling  godly and virtuous traditional values.  

Innocence   must never be condemned to lies as the alternative  lifestyle. 

It is degrading, shameful ,  debilitating , and unnatural . 

Save children from the Hell of spiritual darkness .  

Do this for our  children, they cannot do this for  themselves  . " 

Shonda Davis July 4 2015