My marriage was worth fighting for~

I'm so proud of Ms Kay Robertson of Duck Dynasty, and of her husband, Phil. They openly share with everyone what they've been through in their marriage, the bad and the good.

And if anyone watched the first episode of the fourth season, or read their books, you know, it was pretty rough in the beginning, for many years: blatantly rough. And for the most part, everyone goes, "awwww, isn't that wonderful. They're doing great, good thing Ms Kay forgave him or we wouldn't have a show today that was number one and so much enjoyment to watch."

Why is it we can't do that for each other in the now, in real life? Someone shares with a friend what she is or was going thru in her marriage, and you get negative feedback and judgment.  We judge the wife that stays with her husband, saying things like" If my husband did that I would NEVER take him back!" "She's an idiot to take him back, he'll just do it again."

I've been married almost 40 years and there have been some rocky times. Without The Lord we wouldn't have made it, just like Phil and Ms Kay. Our own children are very happy we forgave EACH OTHER and worked things out in our own marriage. Marriage is hard, no doubt about it.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 KJV
[9] Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. [10] For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. [11] Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone ? [12] And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Nothing is impossible, and if you're having hard times, seek out Spirit-filled counsel ours, not all counselors are good ones.  If you ask the Lord, he can guide you all the way and get  the help you
need: He certainly helped me.

The 2011 Japan tsunami...

Wanting to get started on some things I noticed about the tsunami....

In some of the towns after the 2011 earthquake, the residents familiar with tsunamis, had been thru it before, knew to rush to higher grounds.. Then there were some that didnt take it seriously, "not going to affect us" or it wouldn't reach them, the waters had never gotten that high in all the years before, so they ignored the urgency to get to higher grounds quickly. (These were comments made by survivors.)

One elementary school, the teachers debated too long on the necessity to reach higher grounds so by the time they decided to do,so, the waters rushing about 500miles an hour, drowned most of the children and teachers. This information came from one of the little boys that barely made it out of reach and survived.

I spent weeks viewing every 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami utube video I could find.

How some took things seriously and some didnt.  How some were laughing when the tsunami started because they had NO idea it would kill and wash away their whole town. The laughter was gone in about five minutes.

I want to add to this because I feel there's so much to be gleaned from their experiences.  I also feel like we may be doing the same thing, many of us, thinking that things will go on being "the same as always" not "counting the times" or paying attention to world events.

Jesus is returning sooner than we think, I just FEEL it. I look around me and truly believe we are in the end of times as we know it.  America, the world...not to scare anyone but to say, let's not be in denial, let's be prepared and dig into prayer and Gods word so we will be able to hear his voice when He says, GO TO HIGHER GROUNDS QUICKLY, or TAKE OTHERS WITH YOU!!

God is so original: bikers as modern day Minutemen!

That's what I'm seeing as I watch the 9/11 bikers riding to Washington DC ~ remembering who we are, what we stand for. Not forgetting what happened that day and WHO did it.  

1 Corinthians 1:25 KJV

[25] Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians 1:27 KJV

[27] But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

1 Corinthians 1:31 KJV

[31] That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Standing up for our country, FIGHTING for our rights, all of us.

Who alone....

Decided I wanted to listen to the Word while making my bed so I placed the CD of the New Testament into the Boz alarm clock/CD player..it's one of those sets that have music in the background to help hold your interest. The narrator was in I Timothy 6, that Jesus the true Potentate alone has immortality.

I grabbed my bible because to ME it sounded like Jesus is the ONLY one that has immortality. Got my IPad, searched the iPad bible I have, looked up those scriptures and definitions...

Now I understand what it says ~ I Timothy 6:16: "Jesus...who only hath immortality" (the part I needed clarifying) means He is the only one that HAS immortality or the ability to give it to others.  God in the flesh spent 3 days in hell, fought whatever battles he had to fight there, and rose from the dead WITH THE KEYS TO HELL AND DEATH!!

Revelations 1:18: "I am He that liveth and was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and  have the keys of hell and of death."

In 2008, I was diagnosed with an incurable terminal illness, a rare bone marrow cancer. My diagnosis would be the result of a bone marrow biopsy so I wouldn't know for close to a week. But the first night in the ER I told The Lord, YOU tell me what I need to know, PLEASE! 

I opened my bible and Proverbs 23:18 stood out of the pages: "For surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off." Here He was, telling me my life would not be cut off but the doctors were telling me that my life WOULD be cut off, prognosis was 5 years ONCE DIAGNOSED with myelofibrosis.

I am now termed "clinically improved". Am on the second research medication, and have better quality of life than initially expected. I give God all the glory, and thankful for being on a research medication that works for me.

So yeah, death is likely more on my mind than some because of this "little issue". So maybe now it makes a little more sense why I wanted to have that assurance of eternal life that the Robertson family has. The more I'm in the word and build up my faith, the sturdier I'm getting. Hallelujah!

The time is short----

I sense it so strongly....

I had a dream few weeks ago...I was sitting on top of a sea, and something underneath was rising causing me to rise up with it. Before me arose a huge dragon, totally detailed...think "the hobbit" movie, only there was no fire and the eyes weren't red.

It was facing me when it arose but turned its head slowly to its left. It was out of the water down to its chest, the rest of it still in the water.  I wasn't afraid of it. But I had a strong sense that the dragon, the devil in the Bible, is going to show itself soon. I looked up scriptures to see if my dream was spiritually significant and I think it is:

Read Revelations 12~ talks about how the devil that great dragon was cast down to the earth...isn't the sea part of the earth? "Woe to the inhibitors of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, for he knows he has but a short time."

Chapter 17 says that the serpent went to make war with the remnant of her seed, those that keep His commandments and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

So what are we going to do, how do we prevail over him? I'd gotten depressed, fearful, concerned over it...will it happen while I'm alive---whether it does or not the remnant of MY children somewhere down the road surely will be, and I won't them to prevail!  I want them to be strong and love not their lives unto their death, like chapter 12 talks about.

Chapter 10 says the power of Christ will be here, and the kingdom of God, and salvation and strength!! Everything we will need to prevail we will have.... It speaks positively that THEY OVER CAME HIM, the serpent. Not "we hope they do"; it states in God's word, that they DO!!

On utube there are sites called the truth , or what is the truth.... Eye openers...be aware of our times, don't allow you or your family to be in denial. We're only here for a while, this isn't our "home"' our true home is in heaven, and He wants us to bring as many people as we can with us, thru our testimony, because of Jesus.

God made people because He wants relationships and to share His love with us. He made,so many of us because He's so,big, eh? Don't you agree? :)

Needing that "assurance"

Ever feel totally helpless-what can I do about what's going on in our country, my family, what I'm going thru right now, my health, things that I have no control over, the future- wake up scared and don't even really realize you're depressed and scared ~ just happens slowly.

Max Lucado just wrote a book Pray It Through, tell The Lord how you feel.. So I did, I told him while I cried a little. Feeling like if I really let the flood gates loose, there would be no stopping it..I heard long ago, that The Lord wants to be the first person I go to when I need to confide in someone. But I've been holding it in. Why do I do that??!

The  next thing I read on Facebook, someone had posted words that went something like this: The Lord knows where you are and who you are and what you're going thru. Tell Him how you feel.

Well it made me feel like he is so much closer than my finite mind even realizes- cuz all of a sudden, I have peace. "Peace that passes all understanding". That happened without me trying!

Some of my family members tease me because I watch Duck Dynasty reruns, the Robertsons on U-Tube, read their books, everything I can get my hands on about them...I know why I do it: because of the CONFIDENCE they have in Christ. Maybe if I listen to their preachings enough it'll sink in?

They have such an assurance of their standing with Him, where they're going when they die, and the desire to tell EVERY one they come in contact with about Jesus and what He's done for us. I have always wanted to be like that, to have that assurance, and to know HOW to share Christ with others. I feel I fall so short.

Should I be sharing this part of myself with the whole world, or whoever reads my blog? I tend to think, I'm not the only one that feels this way. What have I got to lose: nothing.