As I begin this blog entry, I’m staring out at the white heart-picket fence and the weeping willow tree branches are swaying in the rainy breeze… willow leaves cover the grass and puddles have formed in the wheel ruts of the lane… a squirrel just hopped out of the tire swing to make another nut run. My thoughts are interrupted… and I begin to ponder: day after day the squirrels run back and forth — gathering and hoarding nuts for the winter. I wonder if I ought to take lessons from them or attempt to brush off a lingering uneasiness…
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As you listen, keep reminding yourself that the year was 1964. This is not just another video; and, btw, the reason I use so much video is to punctuate reality and history. Take 28 minutes and listen — you’ll be amazed at the timeliness of this message. Surely this was needed before this past Tuesday.
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Go get a cuppa… this is long, but very worth the read. October 27, 1964 Rendezvous with Destiny Address on behalf of Senator Barry Goldwater A Time of Choosing Ronald Reagan Thank you very much. Thank you and good evening. The sponsor has been identified, but unlike most television programs, the performer hasn’t been provided with a script. As a matter of fact, I have been permitted to choose my own ideas regarding the choice that we face in the next few weeks. I have spent most of my life as a Democrat. I recently have seen fit to follow…
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“Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His: And He changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him. Daniel 2.20-22 …blessed be the Name of the LORD.
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It is in the quiet crucible of your personal private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God’s greatest gifts are given in compensation for what you’ve been through.” —-Wintley Phipps
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I must say… the political things are not the most important things to think on — though they are the things filling the space these days. I considered a friend’s comment (regarding something completely unrelated) the other night — something she had shared with a friend of hers some time ago when the friend’s thoughts were occupied by unrighteous things. She said, you are giving way too much mind space to that thing. I considered this this morning as I realized I was allowing political mess to occupy too much space in my mind. In the end, all that will…
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Well, butchering chickens is sort of like most other jobs you don’t want to do but do them anyway — both obligation and necessity reign over preference and desire. Butchering chickens is instructive — both to butchers and to consumers. The butchers see the incredible handiwork of the LORD, the “fruit” of much labour and the conquest satisfies that deep-seated hunter-gatherer disposition and is great consolation to the provider of the family. The consumers? Well, they just consume. But they do dishes, too. So, butchering and consuming is a win-win situation. We have yet to eat one of our “meat…
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I keep wondering how all this stuff is going to pan… Earlier today I heard a woman say that it would be a total miracle if JMcCain was elected President… and I replied that it would be a *miracle* if BarackObama were to be elected. O… no, no, no… not bcz of any polls or anything like that but bcz he’s a man who’s largely come out of nowhere and has nothing clearly defined as far as policy or plausible solutions to the dilemma of the catastrophic financial and social problems facing this county (and around the world) and yet…
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