tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92211881037810531652024-02-19T07:26:06.225-08:00THE SNOT TROUGHTim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-73156370142292002242018-05-10T20:49:00.001-07:002018-05-10T20:57:02.608-07:00Love Lost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">O</span>ver the years we realize our greatest accomplishments and mistakes, reflecting back with smiles and tears. In school we are pressured to find a career, go to college, chose what to do with your life...so we do. Some of us seek to have a home first and career second, while few of us are lucky to aquire both. I sleep each night knowing that I have helped many many people. I know some who only hurt others and bring pain to all they know, and I am thankful to have in my heart the desire and ability to do for others. I have never had much luck in the family department, as it would seem I cannot find someone who desires a home and shares in the attraction of me as I would them. I did however know love once. I think of all those who have a fake love and never really know what it is to see someone walk in the room and have their breath stop ...every time. I know what it is like to live with someone, even be married to them and never love them that way. I was able to know love my freshman year of high school. It was only for 8 weeks, before she left me and the day after was with one of my best friends who as it turns out is today a pastor of a church. I saw her pictures on face book the other day and was still in awe and breathless as much today as I was then over 25 years ago. She married straight out of high school to a man who moved here out of state. I reached out from a college dorm room but it was to late and I have lived with the regret my entire life. We talked but never dated again our Junior year but my mom being the Christian she is tried to convert my true loves mom from Lutheranism and turned her mom to advise against seeing me. I have never forgiven my mom for that and it placed a wall in my heart toward my mother that will never come down. I have never known pain such as the loss of her. I remember the morning after the phone call where she let me go....I was up all night crying in bed, sleepless. I guess the exhaustion got to me and half asleep at dawn I watched the sun come up...and I was amazed the world was still going on...my world had stopped but life moved on. In all honesty...something died in me that night. I was so hurt I was never serious again with any female even though it was only for two months....I was beyond happy, I was in love. It would prove to be the only time in my life I have felt what love was for someone. I had love for my wife in my own way, and love indeed for my children but the love for someone so deep you remember their parents phone numbers to this day, the sound of their laugh that was intoxicating, and the smile...of someone heavenly...her voice was so peaceful ...so many things that even know I remember rings in my heart all the more of what I felt so many years ago.<br />
She has a great life, with beautiful children and a good man, at which I can't help but to smile, glad for her. It's a pain and a gladness together...I really cannot explain it but both feelings reside together.<br />
I once thought that I would get in good health and wait him out..lol...stepping in as she would be widowed one day, and as cruel as that sounds..I will always hope to be with her again.<br />
I live with so much regret, but none greater than in my youth..not telling her how I felt, and thinking she would return to me seeing the love I had and letting her see other people ...all the while I knew that she never knew my heart...never knew what I was thinking...because I was stupid and shy leaving it unsaid.<br />
I know for a fact I have never been loved by anyone on this earth in the realm of females, not as I have loved. If you love...really love...not just reside together with someone, not just co-exist, treasure it, because from where I am now...it only comes once...and for me though only two short months...for me...I knew love once, I have loved.Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-8238052676905982672015-07-11T12:00:00.000-07:002018-05-10T21:12:44.206-07:00Safe Haven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The following is a writing exercise for me in the form of therapy as I write to tell my story that no one else but me can tell. For over two years now I have dropped off the face of social media. I was nowhere to be found online, my blogosphere got three months of ever more rare and limited posts before total silence and Facebook only got an occasional (always impersonal) post or share, mainly pictures of the kids. It was only several months ago that Facebook became a regular thing for me again.</div>
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It extended beyond social media though. Friends struggled to get a response from texts they sent or calls they placed and voicemails they left. I suddenly disappeared from everyone except my kids. People who ran into me would say, “Aren’t you pastoring"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>With virtually any question asked next I would visibly lock up and mutter some quick, conversation killing or altering comment. Over the past 2 years now some people have heard some things that has led to some information being somewhat public in some cases. Most people have no idea though of a pain worse than death that exist as the Bible suggest.</div>
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This blog post is several things for me. It is a reemergence into the social media world, maybe even the world as a whole. It is deeply therapeutic. It is a symbol and manifestation of my personal progress. It is me<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>choosing to own my story. It is an outlet for some of my strengths (and likely weaknesses). It is evidence of hope and peace.</div>
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For years I was a consistent blogger, reaching out through Facebook and Blogs to the world in general for Christ. The blogs were about the ministry I had, showing what God was teaching me. Then I went silent. I want to return to the blogosphere with the hope of being a writer/communicator who shares what he is learning about God and life. The only way to do that with any merit is for it to be personal though. The only way to be personal is to open and honest. The year plus of social silence has been because I did not want to nor did I know how to do so well or appropriately anymore. This is my attempt.</div>
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5 years ago this summer marks a deep tragedy in my life. It was the beginning of a long, painful journey that I admit I am still on. It is fair to say that nothing I’ve ever experienced has shaken or tested me like this. I am still learning how to heal, cope, survive and thrive.</div>
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Here is a secret about me: My deepest desire in life is to make God happy. Guess that’s not a secret anymore. I don’t mean happy as in appeased. I don’t think God is awful and terrible and seeking sacrifices pleasing enough to make Him content. I mean I wanted to make God happy. Sometimes that’s a good thing and I live because I know and trust Him to be the epitome of good, love, truth and peace. </div>
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This desire was the root of several things: trying to be the best husband possible, seeking out how to be as loving as I could be for others, and so forth.</div>
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One year ago I was spent. I had overly given of myself to others, the church and my wife without knowing how to set boundaries or say “no”. I was even told so by the good counsel of a wonderful friend. But I didn’t understand and I just kept going. At minimum I consider myself guilty of pride, arrogance, foolishness, youth and lack of self worth. My wife had an affair, then another, and yet another. I lost my marriage. Family was my life...my dream...my world. I was one of those who fought for and worked endless hours to make a future for my children and wife like no one else could, making a future that now...no longer exist. </div>
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I’ve never in my life considered divorce an option. I’ve always considered marriage vows binding. If you say “til death do us part” then that’s what you mean. Once married, I thought that unless one of us died, we would always have each other.</div>
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I knew it wouldn’t be easy either. I actually got married at a time where my usual optimistic romanticism had been thoroughly tainted by cynicism. I expected hard times with bad emotions and was ready to commit through them, ever pursuing love and joy. I was abused as a spouse. One time after the first affair I packed my bags and was leaving...it ended in her strangulation of me until I passed out on the back porch. Cuts and bruises from her fits of rage that I kept hidden from the world, that my parents didn't see until after the divorce became more evident of the struggles I faced in marriage. </div>
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I will never forget the night that I was blindsided by a report of parents of a 21 yr old caught on the phone with her at 33 yr of age. It could not have been more unexpected for me. Not only had it come with no verbal warning but it came right after I had purchased a $800 gift card to dicks for her to get things she has expressed liking. I had finally scrapped and saved for to give on our 14th anniversary.</div>
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In a moment I went from focusing my energies on means of making my marriage better to being told it was going to end without my consent. It was over six months later before I was able to accept or grasp that the divorce was inevitable and out of my control. A marriage is not made up of one person’s resolve. No matter how deeply you love, you cannot alter the freewill of another. They always have the freedom and ability to make their own choice.</div>
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After six months of hurt, struggle, and sacrifice to save something, I accepted it was all gone forever. A deacon forced us to leave to protect his children from her new addictive sinful lifestyle, I also received a pledge that they would work against us in all we do, even threatened to never receive a check or benefit again financially. I briefly considered having the church to vote on it, but quickly realized it would cause a division, and that is not what I was called to do. So we left, without the churches knowledge why, and letting those men left to lead them, with lying hearts. I lost my job, my spouse, my kids half the time, and all my income in the blink of an eye. Then I got a job in masonry, selling firewood, logging, any odd job really to keep the house for the kids. Alimony was not an option for me as I am not a tyrant, nor greedy, although my lawyer told me I could receive half her check! Events years later would show her greed, but her heart is lost...searching for a shadow, only to see it vanish as she grabs. Sin does that. The house to me is worthless...just a place of broken dreams...lost hope...and endless sorrow. </div>
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My intention for the separation was for it to be a time for us to get individual help before reuniting and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>getting marital counseling together. In a little over a year, she had cheated on several other men and they all ended up contacting me and spilling the beans...and seeking the truth. Lies had according to her become a habit she couldn't break. She even said she lies to herself. I possess a physical copy of the papers, she sued for divorce and full custody of the kids, but that was impossible to take place. The kids beg me to not send them back to her constantly, crying as they leave...heads down dragging, but always running to reunite with me smiles all around..to me that tells the tell. And I am still learning how to protect them with out being there with them. Her verbal abuse continues on in them sadly. My 6 year old could rip out your heart with the stories he tells of how they are treated.</div>
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I was a youth pastor of a church. I was a husband (my joy). I was young and full of hope and thoughts of the future. My life had a trajectory. Suddenly, it was all stripped from me.</div>
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I am now a divorced man. Many Christian communities would not accept me as a pastor on those grounds alone. The "elite" pastors of our community treat me as if I had cheated...and as though I have the plague. I have seen men of Baptist renown, as pure hypocrites now whom I use to see as heroes in the faith. I realize today more than ever...we need champions of love in the church, in which we have none. I’ve always wanted to live as a missionary in foreign countries. The missions organization I most desire to work for has already informed me that because I have been divorced I can never work for them. Nothing was asked of the circumstances. The label is enough that I am disqualified. To live out my calling as a pastor and/or missionary is now inevitably going to be a difficult path for me to search out, and perhaps impossible.</div>
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For over 18 years my life was tied to a person who has now rejected me, and finally now, I them. I am now teaching History at a high school. I had a degree as a back up plan as I had been done wrong by my home church before and knew better than to rely solely on the church for finances. God loves the church, but sadly the church does not always reflect that same love. I commented to the deacons that I was still burdened to pastor at the church I had served as senior pastor for 10 years. I used Charles Stanley as an illustration that it could be done as he has faced identical divorce from a spouse running to the world....the response he gave was that "I was no Charles Stanley". Words cut deeper than swords. My intent was never to compare myself to such a man, but to illustrate it could be done. My heart was broken...rejection from a spouse, from those who were suppose to be my friends and even pastors who told things that were shared with them in confidence...my faith in man was at bottom. My dad is the only man I trust and my best friend. So now what do I do?</div>
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I am 38 and feel like I’ve been set-back a lifetime. I’m through 2 years and I’ve dedicated to healing before trying to live life as usual. </div>
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I need to own my story. A better way of putting that might be “come to terms” or “accepting and realizing”.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That’s what I have been reminded of over and over again. I feel shame and failure because of my divorce, even though I gave it my all, and her words were she was treated like a queen. I believe in striving ardently to have only one marriage and staying true to those vows. I believe in the spiritual symbolism behind marriage. I believe in love. And because of a circumstance I had not imagined, I am here today divorced knowing that God is gracious, that covenants can be broken and honored as such and that though divorce is ALWAYS a tragedy, sometimes the fault is not wholly two-sided. Sometimes someone is a victim of divorce, not a participant. She was simply set down after 3 affairs and told...to chose..and she left. She likes to tell people she was kicked out, but that is a lie she tells to feel better about herself and she loves to have people feel sorry for her to show her pity. I sat the kids down on her departure and made her tell them why she was leaving. Her words were "me and your dad have tried and cannot get along" I smiled in pain...and quickly stopped her..and told the kids I was indeed willing to forgive all her wrongs to me and them and make it work still, but she was not interested in our home but other men. She agreed and they heard the truth, which was why I wanted to do it all together so she couldn't tell that lie I knew she would in front of them later on. The kids know.</div>
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There is a lot more that I’ve been learning through this. There is infinitely more that I do not know. I have a long road before me. I’m still very broken on Holidays, they are the worst. I will carry this with me for my entire life. How I respond is my choice; the situation is not.</div>
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I don't see any easy avenue to grow in God. I need to be myself, living out of my giftings and strengths. That means also displaying my weaknesses. I need to love like Jesus, which means loving myself and loving my enemies. I need to heal and be living evidence of the restorative power of Christ. I am looking to start over, finding the right one who will view marriage as binding and know that with me they will always be safe. The right one will surface...I do not believe it is Gods plan for me to remain alone...patience is a difficult thing...and that is what God is teaching me...which is not good for me :)....patience.</div>
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I hope that sharing my story helps someone. I hope that my honesty and vulnerability are treated with care and respect.</div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The history of American music finds its roots in what we call today blues. Country music finds its beginnings in bluegrass. Those songs of this world tell of the valleys in life, and the songs were a reflection of how they dealt with the hardships, thus "Blues", feeling blue, lowness, sadness, bluegrass, it is how they coped by singing. Christian music on the other hand almost always begins in the valley as well, for we have sadness and heartache being people too, BUT the kicker is, when we sing, the end of our songs ALWAYS end on a Mountain...Amen!!! I say Glory to Jesus. He is the reason for the season,,,"Go tell it on the Mountain!"</span></span>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-47559224280719319012014-02-05T10:09:00.002-08:002014-02-05T10:09:18.687-08:00Whom is your master? <br />
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<br /> So many in this world feel they are beholden unto none....but the harsh reality is we all serve someone! If we are Christians, Bible reading, born again, blood washed Christians we know that we are not our own, for we were bought with a price! We are slaves and servants of the most high King, and Jesus is his name! If we say "it Is my life I can do with it as I <span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">please" then we serve self and the flesh which in reality is serving sin, and the devil whom is the father of sin! A true Christian does not serve self, because we follow Christ example and sacrifice our life for the benefit of others, such as a spouse needs, or children desires, or even neighbors. Gods plan has structure and substance which you cannot find anywhere else in this chaotic world. Children are subject to there parents (Col 3:20), but oh the love and joy that is exchanged - its not a task master type relationship. The wives in turn are subject to there husbands (Eph 5:24)- nor is this a task master with a whip relationship, but one of love and joy as well. To the men, the husband is subject unto God in how he leads his home. I can testify that walking with God by example is one of the greatest joys I have ever been afforded. There is no greater walk in this world to be found. We are all subject unto Gods will and structured plan. And in that solace you will find peace and joy, and true happiness knowing all else in the world is mass disarray and turmoil! So the question remains.....whom is your master? whom do you serve? There is no in between! No purgatorial stand can be made here on these grounds, you are either for God or against him! <br /><br /> "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24</span></h2>
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Sad to say but the arrogant "we told you so" just doesn't seem sufficient to the voters of NC. Lies of the "Education" lottery bringing more money to the school system certainly has given the school system an education as they have once again began cutting spending and X-ing out more and more jobs. Of course if we do the unpopular, politically incorrect thing of actually reading and believing the Bible we would have know from the beginning that embracing the lottery could only bring death to the school system. Sin never brings life in the end, only death. The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. A fool is one who comes into quick gain. We don't have to travel far into the Bible to see that God disapproves of the lottery, and sees it as sin.<br />
Although the words "gambling" and "gamble" do not appear in the Bible, we cannot assume that an activity is not a sin simply because it is not mentioned. Looking at pornography on the Internet and using illegal drugs are not mentioned either, but both violate God's laws. While casinos and lotteries promise thrills and excitement, obviously people gamble to try to win money. Eccl 5:10 "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth
abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity." 1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after,
they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many
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Gambling is a way to bypass work, but the Bible counsels us to persevere and work hard:"He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent
maketh rich." Proverbs 10:4One of the key principles in the Bible is that people should be wise stewards of everything God gives them, including their time, talent and treasure. Gamblers may believe they earn their money with their own labor and may spend it as they please, yet God gives people the talent and health to carry out their jobs, and their very life is a gift from him as well. Wise stewardship of extra money calls believers to invest it in the Lord’s work or to save it for an emergency, rather than lose it in games in which the odds are stacked against the player. You have a better chance of being struck by lightening or eaten by a shark than hitting the winning numbers.<br />
Ignorance is bliss. The lottery according to one Appalachian State professor is a poor mans tax! I would have to agree. The rich do not play the lottery, because they have no need to, yet the poor flow their money into the lucky 7, and power ball without being asked to for a chance at a better station in life. Need I remind every child of God that if the Lord is your shepherd you shall not want! Contentment is a rare thing, are you content? Basically why would the rich not be opposed to the lottery, and the answer is their taxes are not raised since the poor give the money freely!<br />
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It seems that today children are crazed about inking it up. According to History it is a heathenistic practice, by native tribes globally from Africa, to Australian, and in America. Prison tattoos are a sign of bondage and repression as illustrated in the Holocaust picture above. Your body, for a follower of Christ, is the temple of the Lord. Christ in you the hope of glory. If God dwells in you as you are in a house or church, we should take care of it. How would graffiti look on the side of your house? Your church? Of course that goes father than just tattooers. Pruning, cleaning, and upkeep are also necessary for a temple to exist correctly. We are aware of the fact people desire to express an idea, verse, picture, or some other "highly" significant meaning. Sadly those things leave scares if removed and are in fact permanent. Your body, being the temple of the Lord, should be treated respectfully. You are valuable, of Hugh significance to God. Nothing more sacred and Holy as a place of worship....a temple. So in the words of one of my former students who told a tattoo artist that approached her seeking business, "why would I want to put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari?"Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-6745112248673249962012-06-11T03:59:00.001-07:002012-06-11T03:59:56.804-07:00Senoir Week<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">
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Senior Week<br /> In light of many teenagers living it up this week at the beaches etc, take heed to these words! If a flower is picked before it's time to bloom, the beauty God intended you to see, the fragrances to smell, and enjoy will be lost forever - you will never see or experience the perfect plan of God in fornication! An apple picked from the tree before it is ripe leaves a bitter taste i<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">n your mouth you never forget, but that same apple eaten when ripe (inside of marriage) causes the taste buds to explode with juices overflowing and mouth watering for joy! <br /> True love never asks "If you love me you will do this for me, never, never , never!True loves is what can I do for you, and doing it. Real love is enduring. How do you know, one might ask! Because I have talked to the author of Love, Jesus Himself. God is love. He loved the world and gave. Our culture defines love as "getting", God said to it's very core it is "giving". Today we have to many on the dating scene who only have a romantic obsession, which to no surprises lasts only about two years. Love grows, so to fall in love is to say it takes no work, makes no sacrifices, and needs no effort put forth. If you have ever planted a flower you know it must be cultivated (worked on). True love begins with a commitment (I'll go die for their sin Father), and then gives and invest in that other person (Jesus walked on earth for 33 1/2 years for others benefit.)True love is known and concluded in sacrifice (Someone did die on a old rugged cross for you - have you experienced that kind of love?) May the Holy Ghost shoot conviction and keep you safe and pure!</span></div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-91506957667751329762012-05-29T14:01:00.000-07:002012-05-29T14:01:09.866-07:00A Biblical Union<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4fc537525e24d6941953631">
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Why is marriage so important?<br /> <br /> In light of recent days it is clear that one or both sides are unclear about issues of marriage! A vote promoting biblical marriage is viewed as taking a step backwards! Why do Christians hold marriage as so valuable? Why would a child of God make such a strong voice heard about this and not about drugs, alcohol, or other issues? Pause for a moment with me to u<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">nderstand why over 65 million Americans felt like it was necessary to protect marriage!<br /> One reason is because it is God’s perfect plan and design for one man to desire to spend his life with one woman! Those who hold the Bible as the gospel truth know it is designed as God’s perfect plan. If there were only people together who were married no STD’s would exist! No aids epidemic, no rape, or teen pregnancy anywhere! If children were born only inside of a one man-one woman home then the word "abortion" would make one scratch their head and say, “what is that”. If every child was born inside of a married home, with parents eagerly awaiting the babies’ arrival no Orphanages would exist! I would not be foolish enough to pretend this would ever happen in any part of the world, but it is still Gods’ plan as defined by the Bible! That is the kind of world I voted for, one with less problems, less pain, less heartache, one with less debates, one with less sin! <br /> A more important reason so many voices from those in and out of church rose up was perhaps the main issue! What the world doesn’t understand is that marriage paints a perfect picture of God. Gen 1:27 states man and woman together make His image! A father alone cannot do it, nor a mother alone, nor even two of the same gender! My father was a strict man, that taught us to do what he says or suffer the punishment of not doing it. I learned when dad spoke you had better listen! My father was a strong arm of help to me, and still is, a protector if you will! All of that and so much more is a picture of Gods very nature (God is holy), full of wrath, honor, protection, provision, but that alone is not a complete picture of God. My mother is one of the most loving, caring people you will ever meet! Her priorities in life included making sure we were fed, cleaned, and presentable. She is more merciful that dad, and much quicker to forgive us for doing wrong, knowing the wrath of our father! The woman paints a picture of Gods mercy, love, care, and forgiveness (God is love)! So you see, both a mother and father are needed to display that picture of who God is! The BIG reason is so when God the Father through the Holy Spirit convicted me of my sin, I was terrified, knowing I was going to Hell because of my sin (the Fathers voice was all bussiness)! BUT because I knew God loved me and would also forgive me if I asked, pleaded with him to spare me, which he did. I learned all I know about Salvation as a child by being raised in a home with a mother and father. So to a Christian, to redefine marriage is to redefine God, to redefine Salvation, which is our most sacred and precious doctrines!<br /> Since it is Gods’ plan, he made it where such a joining of a lifelong commitment was to include vows to each other, the witnesses present, AND to God himself. Marriage is sacred to a born again child of God that to its’ core is as Holy as the one who designed it and defined it! Any “attack” on sacred things has left villages bloody, and caused nations to go to war. Gods’ people didn’t grab pitchforks, and guns to resolve this grand issue, we simply voted! I know not everyone believes as I do, but now at least you know why this topic of conversation is such a big deal to so many who voted For Amendment one!</span></div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-36932168142882749212012-05-29T13:46:00.002-07:002012-05-29T14:01:38.395-07:00Does God Hate? Sure He does!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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that God HATES (def=detests) sinfulness is not shocking to me for He is Holy,
but that he could LOVE Jacob (or us) is the amazing thing! How could he love
any of us, for we are sinners everyone!</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The world that has never been in services, as we all have, don’t
understand his power or presence in such a way to know his Holiness! God is
love, indeed, but he is also Holy! His Holiness demands judgment for sinful
living!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">The idea that God hates seems strange and impossible to
this world, but to the believer it is no surprise because we know and
acknowledge we are sinners! Media tends to stir up strife and point fingers at anyone "too" conservative and deem them as haters. Jesus told his followers that they hated him long before they hated us! The miracle that makes us worship is that he “loved
Jacob” and those who accept his Sons’ sacrifice on Calvary! I understand how he
can hate those living in sin, rebellion, and in wicked lifestyles, but what
boggles my mind is that he could love any of us! The world today is preaching
God loves everybody yet Esau would disagree knowing that his rebellion caused
God to hate him! Does God hate you? If your life is full of rebellion to his love
(Jesus) or you live in unrepentant sinfulness, and even in abominable
lifestyles He does! Also know you can live in the love of God and rejoice in
the presence of God! One trip to the altar, filled with genuine repentance and
confession of Him as Lord of all can cause you to live in God’s love, not hate!
The choice is yours to make, so choose wisely!!! “The fear of the Lord is to
hate evil” Proverbs 8:13. Amos 5:15 “hate the evil, love the good”</span> <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt;">We love him because
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Think not, you decide.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you lie to Congress, it a felony.<br />If Congress lies to you, its just politics.<br /><br /><br />Government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals<br />Government spend pocket change on the victims.<br /><br /><br />Public schools can teach Homosexuality as OK<br />But they better not dare mention "God" in their education process.<br /><br /><br />If whites dislike blacks it's racist<br />If blacks dislike whites it's their First Amendment<br /><br /><br />You can kill an unborn child<br />It wrong to execute a mass murderer.<br /><br /><br />We don't burn book -now we just rewrite them<br />We disarm the socialist/communist threat by renaming them progressive.<br /><br /><br />If you protest against President Obama's policies you're a terrorist or racist<br />But if you burn an American Flag or George W Bush's picture in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right<br /><br /><br />We can watch and allow pornography on TV/Internet but condemn those who dare place a nativity scene on their lawn.<br /><br />You can tax those who work to provide for those who refuse to.<br /><br /><br />Everyone supports the constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology.<br /><br /><br />We still have freedom of speech unless you are politically incorrect.<br /><br /><br />We sent Actor Wesley Snipes to jail for tax evasion, yet Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel, who was indicted 20 times for fraud and evasion, gets a mild censure and no jail time from Congress.<br /><br /><p>We can't close the border with Mexico. But we have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea halfway around the world.</p>I have no clue why our Government has less than 20% approval rating from US taxpayers and voters....do you?Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-70243721428267094442011-04-16T07:15:00.000-07:002011-04-16T07:43:34.725-07:00Out of the Darkness and into the Light<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpATnzYvyTyi-LLk-CxImUx-b1NvG7TJ_3OduJt2lJIa6Six7x_qmNtnd8jyWkfI7AVkkIWSn5CPsqHmapf4AccxBEOdKFW8rTk2wZDJ_fR0lARsjvuIKCJTJq6-tbN9YQMXdl5snWIo/s1600/15_19_1---Tree--Sunrise--Northumberland_web.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596191839004376946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpATnzYvyTyi-LLk-CxImUx-b1NvG7TJ_3OduJt2lJIa6Six7x_qmNtnd8jyWkfI7AVkkIWSn5CPsqHmapf4AccxBEOdKFW8rTk2wZDJ_fR0lARsjvuIKCJTJq6-tbN9YQMXdl5snWIo/s320/15_19_1---Tree--Sunrise--Northumberland_web.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPaEq2QJHuMRDGW3qWYJHV910oAGrm5p4oZHI-_t3TrIPbsi0H59UNJMJojrMa0l1dm6XeU31n2Z1my3Uthx92OMReKQnRMzD8TXnLI8sEG_NG37EcU8xb78qsb76PN2ZPGVpCFCb0qg/s1600/sunrise.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596191102552093106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPaEq2QJHuMRDGW3qWYJHV910oAGrm5p4oZHI-_t3TrIPbsi0H59UNJMJojrMa0l1dm6XeU31n2Z1my3Uthx92OMReKQnRMzD8TXnLI8sEG_NG37EcU8xb78qsb76PN2ZPGVpCFCb0qg/s320/sunrise.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Out of the darkness and into the light. A phrase used by most all Christians, and rightly so. No other description of what happened at Salvation could say it better. Quite the opposite of what i was to what I am now. It may be the reason that the world lives for the night. Parties, dances, fornications, drunkeness all seem to magnify after dark. Most all dwi, or dui are at night. This is the reason I think most people don't believe in the God of creation, because they are never up early to see the Sun rise or see the deer and the antelope play...lol. Honestly my favorite time of day is daybreak. Why, you may ask? The reason is it testifies of my salvation: Darkness turns to Light and beauty only after the sky is a gorgeous red. My Darkness (sin) only turned to Light (being born again) after I passed through the Red sky (blood of Jesus Christ). Repentance is the key, and without the shedding of blood (Jesus blood) their is no forgiveness of sin. Amen</div><br /><div>The world lives for the night. It is a testimony of sin, darkness, unknowing, blindness. Grandmaw always said nothing good happens after darkness falls, and more than not that is true. The old timers used to go to sleep with the sun and rise with it to, and their lives were much simpler then, we would all have to agree. So get a good night sleep, don't join in the worlds sin for a season and arise each new day refreshed, encouraged, renewed that the God of all Glory awaits you first moments of seeing Him in the Light of His creation. Jesus is the Light of the World. The lost men love darkness rather than light, because it reveals who we really are...sinners all. God Bless. </div></div></div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-35288228973711023962011-03-07T17:51:00.000-08:002011-03-07T18:22:55.338-08:00Tender-hearted<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pqMlm6t44EaJkp9IGPYuGy71Wat_7YS5KntI-mEzGwcD-Q625sJ_3bfGmlhU8e9oRgtq9Bg9nF_HDNMp-L47wYTCoxOmtPF677TlxWtA3gCSFbUNUu1Vk7TRxZOAesDFLj3nKbqEgE8/s1600/hurt+hearts.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 170px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581527999175528114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pqMlm6t44EaJkp9IGPYuGy71Wat_7YS5KntI-mEzGwcD-Q625sJ_3bfGmlhU8e9oRgtq9Bg9nF_HDNMp-L47wYTCoxOmtPF677TlxWtA3gCSFbUNUu1Vk7TRxZOAesDFLj3nKbqEgE8/s320/hurt+hearts.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>In a world of pride and know-it-alls it is refreshing to cross paths with those who have a tender heart. A tender heart is always concerned with others and not self. A person who displays compassion that is unconditional and not self-centeredness is a help to any soul. I must admit it is a great challenge today to keep a tender heart, in a world that seeks to hurt, bruise, and steal,...leaving the average heart to harden a bit. It is not easy when most everyone around you criticizes, gossips, and runs people into the dirt to keep a heart that cares, and bleeds with and for others. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>A perfect example of how to do it right is of course...the Lord. He was mocked...spit on...lied to...beaten....scourged.....cut....crowned with thorns....nailed to wooden beams...stripped naked....embarassed....and his heart remained tender....His first words....Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. Could you friend have done that? I honestly don't know if i could or not. A tender heart gets hurt, cut, broken....But to remain tender...it cannot harden. How is it possible you might say....the lesson is the same = keep your eyes on Calvary. Jesus kept his focus on what mattered....souls....salvation...eternity. "We have all eternity to brag about the victories won, and only a few short days to win them" - Amy Carmichael (Missionary to China). The hardened heart cannot worship, testify, pray, or be a blessing to someone else. Are you a tenderhearted soul? Arrogance, the"well-to-do", and the fool educated beyond his intelligence all sport a useless heart. Humble yourself brethren....keep a tender heart....yes you will be hurt, stepped on, and cut...but keep your eyes on Calvary were God first spoke to us a tender word. </div><br /><br /><div>Remember in the physical sense as well as the spiritual a hardened heart will cause trauma to your body and death. </div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-18167578020414459502011-02-21T07:02:00.000-08:002011-02-21T08:02:33.597-08:00The Entitled Generation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwr-1dum_9Rz7ouWPZiEjYK3o0bvTt6bHLYnCdKXkNmLFRgdFXIOVBmP0zrsliLxBOV4nmHDhJcEQvA8uFo1iBtQqy6QbtON3jTl5_HRCobAbjyOFiqI3FdQW2QsAYIKiPHpEaBlQjOTk/s1600/lazy.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 260px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576172997584178050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwr-1dum_9Rz7ouWPZiEjYK3o0bvTt6bHLYnCdKXkNmLFRgdFXIOVBmP0zrsliLxBOV4nmHDhJcEQvA8uFo1iBtQqy6QbtON3jTl5_HRCobAbjyOFiqI3FdQW2QsAYIKiPHpEaBlQjOTk/s320/lazy.bmp" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Have you noticed how a generation of young people and some older ones to, feel they are entitled to special treatment? They expect to be waited on hand and foot, even though they are capable of doing things for themselves. But why not? We have taught them at home and in school that they are “special”, they deserve to be “first” and as every adult knows, we have to supply them with every whim of their heart…. Cell phones, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">iPods</span>, (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">PSP</span>) personal play stations, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gameboys</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wii</span>, computers, notebooks, calculators, name brands shoes and clothing, etc… at least that is what the media tells us, and we believe it as do they.<br />The problem is, today’s youth takes no responsibility. We work and provide while they sit and play with their “toys”. Ask them to wash dishes or carry out the garbage and they will look at you as if you have slapped them in the face…its an insult to them. Honestly adults are just as bad, we think the Credit card company should give us free <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">airfare</span> for pumping gas and using their card, what a joke. </div><div> Moms used to bake cakes (from scratch of course), cookies, bread, casseroles, fry chicken, peel potatoes, clean veggies, can fruits and vegetables, mend cloths, yarn socks, make clothing of all sorts, knit scarves, crochet afghans, make quilts, read to little ones, and all the while, rock babies, play with the tiny ones, help with homework and teach the rest of the family to do likewise. Everyone contributed to the care of the family.<br />Dads washed the car, changed the oil, fixed the motor, mowed the grass, repair the lawnmower, raked leaves, shoveled snow, did household repairs (plumbing, electrical, carpentry, etc.) trimmed trees, tended the garden, and taught his sons the same skills as well as working a full time job. Everyone contributed to the care of the family.<br /> Today life is made “easy” for everyone. We have less at home to do. Mom is gone to work along side dad. Babysitters take care of the young so they can play all day and/or watch TV. Decorated cakes, packaged cookies, ready sliced bread, instant fried chicken, instant potatoes, and even cleaned veggies at the local supermarket are readily available with canned fruits and vegetables. And if you don’t feel like eating at home, go out to one of the many fast food chains. Clothing and socks are thrown away if they need mended. Electronic games and TV with 24/7 cartoons are available to keep kids out of mom and dads hair while they do things that have to be done. Car washes, ready lubes, mechanic, riding mowers with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">baggers</span> for leaves, snow blowers, or better yet a yard maintenance crew will do it all. Plumbers, electricians, carpenters all do the repairs now. Tree trimmers tend to that small oak in the front yard and no one knows how to plant a garden anymore.<br /> The results….life is easier, yes…or is it? More divorces, hyper kids (who are drugged on Ritalin) emotionally distraught people, angry parents, and more drugged out children that ever before. Everyone is entitled to live in their own little world without having to deal with any on else, after all “I” should have it “MY” way, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">shouldn</span>’t I? Then we better take out the book of James out of the Bible that states how poor we are, unworthy, evil, and degenerate....<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">hadn't</span> we.</div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-74480180153676019642011-02-07T08:41:00.000-08:002011-02-07T09:27:53.171-08:00Church Nativity 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMPcz1V_1Ce-oqPHpRepcGJsokjesNdOb4T81H2SmFYstuBfboNQ6kgK2zhpqtYANVMuSwiQ45YsRwrElaZc8ZhVvtgElcVRf8Uv3Z5jHeLjN4XW6gQW1prC5txlvfLlTESUNMGXDfwM/s1600/wise+guys+2010.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570998023795371922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMPcz1V_1Ce-oqPHpRepcGJsokjesNdOb4T81H2SmFYstuBfboNQ6kgK2zhpqtYANVMuSwiQ45YsRwrElaZc8ZhVvtgElcVRf8Uv3Z5jHeLjN4XW6gQW1prC5txlvfLlTESUNMGXDfwM/s200/wise+guys+2010.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiufF_1pCB9NbHP0jxLbYI3Vg3axxfHMef1HWadibPyCgIHEQoZYcpv2HsG5pKJnCw2an47WP_4olHYeeFQK8mqg1HPWUO6NTXatQ7Zo1hQZ-hsTUWIyssi99lSs7aeH-6tayF9V9Pmw/s1600/sheep.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570991143602800786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiufF_1pCB9NbHP0jxLbYI3Vg3axxfHMef1HWadibPyCgIHEQoZYcpv2HsG5pKJnCw2an47WP_4olHYeeFQK8mqg1HPWUO6NTXatQ7Zo1hQZ-hsTUWIyssi99lSs7aeH-6tayF9V9Pmw/s320/sheep.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>We were blessed to have the Lord lead us at St. Jo to have a live drive-through Nativity in 2010. It was tremendous....so many gated driveways, no trespassing signs, and closed doors we just cannot get to and God made a way for us to reach many them. We had people from 2 states..and at least 6 different counties come by and see us on those 2 nights. We had a head count of nearly 2000 people. Some drove by and saw Barney...the camel...and went home to get their whole family and bring them through. What a blessing!</div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div>To see <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">unwed</span> mothers who attend church nowhere come by and roll the window down to read the scripture we posted at each scene to their children was enough to make one shout. Children who would have otherwise never heard the age old story of a Savior come from Glory heard it. To see other churches come by was a blessing to ....Oxford Memorials youth...and other church vans never ceased to end. Lord willing we will do it again December 9-10, 2011...6:30- 9:30 each night. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMPcz1V_1Ce-oqPHpRepcGJsokjesNdOb4T81H2SmFYstuBfboNQ6kgK2zhpqtYANVMuSwiQ45YsRwrElaZc8ZhVvtgElcVRf8Uv3Z5jHeLjN4XW6gQW1prC5txlvfLlTESUNMGXDfwM/s1600/wise+guys+2010.bmp"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMPcz1V_1Ce-oqPHpRepcGJsokjesNdOb4T81H2SmFYstuBfboNQ6kgK2zhpqtYANVMuSwiQ45YsRwrElaZc8ZhVvtgElcVRf8Uv3Z5jHeLjN4XW6gQW1prC5txlvfLlTESUNMGXDfwM/s1600/wise+guys+2010.bmp"></a><div><br /><br /></div><div>Just so you know...it took over 68 people to get all this done and not one job was left <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">unmanned</span> or anyone left standing...I pastor a great flock. We are <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">greatful</span> for each one who helped and those who were unable that prayed. All the work was worth it, and the fellowship was above measure. The ladies made and passed out hot <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">chocolate</span> and cookies and Church invitations with Salvation tracks. It was a blessing to see so many Baptist working together to accomplish a goal unreachable in some divided assemblies. If you didn't make it out come by this year and Celebrate the Saviour coming to this world to make a way for Man to be in fellowship with God again.....His blood washes away all sin....bless His name</div><div>...................................................... </div><div>I road a camel once...and if that is the ship of the desert i was on the titanic...it was a rough ride....and i spent <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">alot</span> of time <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">wrestling</span> sheep that were akin to the mules...it was great..<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span></div></div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-29568385621371437452011-02-03T16:35:00.000-08:002012-05-29T13:49:34.702-07:00New postA new post to tell you i will soon be posting........no time now....busy busy busy...stay tuned to this same bat channel and at a later time...thanksTim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-33181799158157959362010-12-17T09:40:00.000-08:002010-12-17T10:08:58.228-08:00How did Wise men know with out a Bible?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyVR-pc6ulCII9qBtmYyiTD3TJoNaX-9znyc3xQWoaKMQxy0n8VXcC0UuYfzC1kC12aSkruoYcxYutNw4h4OJqP3yIhJ1_dNJFKyajvxiyp5tYlTlkRplj8khjFnOtjzHvmhzeeoAPa4/s1600/thumbnail.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551713998124826386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyVR-pc6ulCII9qBtmYyiTD3TJoNaX-9znyc3xQWoaKMQxy0n8VXcC0UuYfzC1kC12aSkruoYcxYutNw4h4OJqP3yIhJ1_dNJFKyajvxiyp5tYlTlkRplj8khjFnOtjzHvmhzeeoAPa4/s320/thumbnail.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Wise men came from the East....probably Babylon and from the school of Daniel who taught their and was considered one of their wise men or magi. The Magi were astrologers or star studiers. I'm interested in a verse from Matthew 2:2 which says the Magi astrologers knew 3 truths without ever reading a OT Bible of there day...1) Someone was born....2) He was of Royal lineage...and 3) He was a Jew....." Where is he that is born King of the Jews?, for we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him." WOW ... he had a star that told all that...How?</div><br /><div>I'm glad you asked. Daniel told them that a Messiah was coming to Rule the world as did most all OT prophets. They obviously studied the Hebrew nations constellation or group of stars...It was Leo meaning Lion. The Jewish Hebrew people were called the Lion in Gen 48. Something was happening in the Leo constellation that revealed one born to the Jewish peoples. Look at sky charts and you can trace back a orbit or clock like rotation of two planets that would have caused an astrologer to be amazed...they were Jupiter and Venus...Venus or Virgin..or Virgo was a planet that rotated around the Sun and eclipsed with Jupiter -"the King planet" to created what seemed to be a new glow in the sky that would have lasted for almost two years....WOW The KING planet and the VIRGIN planet crossed paths in the constellation LEO....can you see how they knew one was born a King of the Jews? </div><br /><div>Gen 1 :14-15 show God created them (stars) for a specific reason...1 for light...and 2 for a SIGN...Lost man here is your sign.....sinner look up and see the sign. Stars are Majestic, glorious, but never to be worshiped Deut 12. To God and Jews it is punishable by death if you do. Worship the creator and not the creation. So read your Bible and not your Horoscope. </div><br /><div>Wait look at this....i personally don't believe that the star was created at his birth, God is bigger than that. He some 4000 years earlier spoke all the stars into existence and set them in motion or orbit rotating around the Sun in a clock like manner.....He knew the exact time His Son would be born and put Jupiter and Venus on a collision path (from our view anyway) some 4000 years before it ever took place...THAT A BIG GOD !!!!! Ow year Jesus was crucified before the foundations of the Earth were ever spoken into existence to. Hope this was a holiday blessing to you...Merry Christmas </div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-10837633877958036922010-11-28T13:46:00.000-08:002010-11-28T14:23:40.866-08:00We come bearing gifts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZXxPlNcYmQt-jYTZlZcG0orvzU3b8cMd6b_4Dq664-La_k45ZMeybWp5NlHhXhUTOFpcoksqdGz4bAqW6jspgrf8RnHDOHNJSeq2_b9iAWm8vV38lOmqkv7EfiOpSbV6AkdeGEqCh7w/s1600/follow+the+star.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544720388684145874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZXxPlNcYmQt-jYTZlZcG0orvzU3b8cMd6b_4Dq664-La_k45ZMeybWp5NlHhXhUTOFpcoksqdGz4bAqW6jspgrf8RnHDOHNJSeq2_b9iAWm8vV38lOmqkv7EfiOpSbV6AkdeGEqCh7w/s320/follow+the+star.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>What are we coming to church for? To many I fear are coming to receive and to take home, to few come to give. I certainly don't mean a tithe or offering, but worship. I would rather be a lowly shepherd coming to worship with my small flock of sheep any day than to be a wise man knowing how the markets operate, or knowing when to buy/ sell/ trade on Wall street. Remember those that come to worship always get their first. Wise men came to see the young child (Matthew 2:9 "When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was." ), that was in a house not in a manger as verse 11 of the same text says ("And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh" ). It was around one to two years later, after the birth. Shepherds came to see the Jesus the same day he was born (Luke 2:11 "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord") and they went and got there to see him on the same day, "And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger"Luke 2:16. I hate to be the one to bust your bubble but the shepherds and wise men were not there on the same day or at the same time. </div><div>Shepherds are lowly, no one in the eyes of society, the poorest of the poor....disrespected, unappreciated, yet that is exactly who God chose to come see and worship the Savior first. Wise men brought gifts, shepherds shouts and praise, which will you bring?</div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-55124624422429375352010-11-05T07:54:00.000-07:002010-11-05T07:59:49.571-07:00Hair Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN1_awJKqGOeai3VeOSp2FJk5naDxY_Iq1IC0sVJlNKr97hyXL5i9Eusx7N47QUdNnymlBQnwKXmETCdrnjU0Z1OgGXCBuOy3CGQ5PRZMQcQORDLGG44LWEYVgI02mf3GAjnTpSZpV4I/s1600/resize.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536080400460843346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN1_awJKqGOeai3VeOSp2FJk5naDxY_Iq1IC0sVJlNKr97hyXL5i9Eusx7N47QUdNnymlBQnwKXmETCdrnjU0Z1OgGXCBuOy3CGQ5PRZMQcQORDLGG44LWEYVgI02mf3GAjnTpSZpV4I/s320/resize.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekMR_mpzGjwXQP2uNsKJXdJEwDkDThn5UmkKP8WTq45-JxaPNZMFo8IeicBMZj1idR70X9iF-63byl-qRZ2o5ElUHI4E9qAuEL4PJHCDYdZD_zlSV5b3NidVCIsNL9UyOP7fDwA1cuM8/s1600/resize.jpg"></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Comb it, braid it, weave it, curl it, straighten it, dye it, perm it, crimp it, wash it, shampoo it, condition it, dry it, highlight it, moose it, wet it, scrub it, spray it, flat iron it, steam it, slick it, style it, net it, wear a hat on it, brush it, grow it, Afro it, beehive it, swirl it, bun it, french twist it, stick gum in it, spend big money to replace it, cut it, trim it, ponytail it, put bows in it, shave it, donate it, fake it (wig), or just simply get up and go with it. Anyway you do your hair remember God has them all counted and numbered! If you lose a hair the count doesn't go from 2,345 to 2,344 no God says hair 278 just let go. He knows more about you than anyone else. He made you wonderfully and fearfully. Trust in the creator to help you with all you do today, for He careth for you! Will their be bald heads in Heaven? Full heads of hair? If nothing ever dies there will we all have long hair like cousin "IT" since cutting it would produce dead hair - what about toe nails? My mind is a dangerous thing, who can know it. One thing is for sure if nothing dies their no one will have dead skin cells falling off their pretty little heads = no dandruff. Blessed day. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekMR_mpzGjwXQP2uNsKJXdJEwDkDThn5UmkKP8WTq45-JxaPNZMFo8IeicBMZj1idR70X9iF-63byl-qRZ2o5ElUHI4E9qAuEL4PJHCDYdZD_zlSV5b3NidVCIsNL9UyOP7fDwA1cuM8/s1600/resize.jpg"></a></div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-74435677623962927412010-10-15T15:54:00.000-07:002012-05-29T13:54:08.455-07:00Is GOD LOVE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfD3Zy10BUjJcYRJK9K5Q6rFExSX7bnahOZmuljTgj3Wp7_fJ15dBIx6bndk0a7MullrUbzj1v9BgtzBaljaGHZOTkIHNEYz_FEgJOigaQaTHTI_drPwZQOcH4EPDv5130N25TU1x7OVo/s1600/starving_children.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529419171906918178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfD3Zy10BUjJcYRJK9K5Q6rFExSX7bnahOZmuljTgj3Wp7_fJ15dBIx6bndk0a7MullrUbzj1v9BgtzBaljaGHZOTkIHNEYz_FEgJOigaQaTHTI_drPwZQOcH4EPDv5130N25TU1x7OVo/s320/starving_children.jpg" style="float: left; height: 226px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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Still one may beg the question, "What about all those suffering with no food in Africa, and around the world?" The TV is full every Holiday season with commercials of pitiful children starving that rips even the coldest of souls heart out. (My opinion) Your money sent over their to feed the poor is a waste of time. Jesus said "the poor you have with you always" = never will the world be without starving people, children. The cure is Jesus alone. Put money in a trustworthy missionaries pocket and send them the gospel which is the Bread of Life. Only when they repent of sin and accept Jesus and not religion and tribal rituals will they be fed. If God can split the Red Sea (and he did), and tell the fish to get in Peters net on that side of the boat, more than he could drag in - doesn't it stand to reason he could cause enough fish to swim to their African shores and creeks to feed them all and more? Yes of course He can, and will if He alone is their God. Jeremiah said he never saw God children forsaken or His seed begging bread, meaning he will take care of them that are His own. Whenever a person comes by the church asking for grocery money or gas money rest assured they are lost. Elijah had no meat or bread and God sent a raven to feed him, and He promised to not give his children a stone that came begging bread - He will take care of you. Now if your lost it is by Gods grace your not already dead and in Hell. Sinner know he will not meet a lost mans physical needs as he does for his children, He died on Calvary to meet the spiritual need first - then he takes care of all the rest. So give them a meal - they will be hungry tomorrow, BUT give them the message of the Master and He will feed them all the days of their life. Lord give us this day our daily bread. Amen</div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-14051338208397496112010-09-29T04:57:00.000-07:002010-09-29T05:37:47.743-07:00A Subliminal Christian<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOplpL3Zpu9MKaUlf1WPiV-F1HXb0GeuPNCtM_WeFwc_30Yk8hIQ-hpU5UkjVr1bAusUr7AFQkS1aOORb2Rw8d00HeRsCizxfwhGu_KP9-sgNqZ98Salq60MOvm6b8xXijBKg3xoHpv4/s1600/subliminal-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522313435563842322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcOplpL3Zpu9MKaUlf1WPiV-F1HXb0GeuPNCtM_WeFwc_30Yk8hIQ-hpU5UkjVr1bAusUr7AFQkS1aOORb2Rw8d00HeRsCizxfwhGu_KP9-sgNqZ98Salq60MOvm6b8xXijBKg3xoHpv4/s320/subliminal-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcW5t1wbOKom8hoMNUTh_i4WE7_FjGpIjwHfdToLYIwp2fU6pLIrm19gFV8BLgXQ8DfsBQfg7zpEXJHfzZXE1k06-k85sW5wC4n-EmMy_H3qrRSCP4iNycXPD6Ui4HbgLQrmJDqldaPGs/s1600/Ellie%20Phant%20from%20SubliminalMessages%20dot%20com.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522313427874208546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcW5t1wbOKom8hoMNUTh_i4WE7_FjGpIjwHfdToLYIwp2fU6pLIrm19gFV8BLgXQ8DfsBQfg7zpEXJHfzZXE1k06-k85sW5wC4n-EmMy_H3qrRSCP4iNycXPD6Ui4HbgLQrmJDqldaPGs/s320/Ellie%2520Phant%2520from%2520SubliminalMessages%2520dot%2520com.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I hate subliminal imaging (dRiNk pEpSi). Introduced in 1897, the concept became controversial as "subliminal messages" in 1957 when marketing practitioners claimed its potential use in persuasion (gO tO ChUrCh). Visual stimuli may be quickly flashed before an individual may process them, or flashed and then masked, (cHuRCh=Go) thereby interrupting the processing, don't you hate that? </div><br /><br /><div>Well truth is most Christians are subliminal in that they hide their faith and expect others to just see the quick prayer over their food that could be mistaken as a yawn, nose wipe, or a muttered word. "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost" 2 Cor 4:3. Or some chose to live worldly and blend in, then get mad if the preacher says on Sunday to repent and live right because someone is watching your life. NEWS FLASH - if your saved you have lost people watching your life - do they see Christ crucified in you, or are you hiding it, using only subliminal imaging? On judgement day I really don't believe a good response would be "but I thought they saw the Bible in my car trunk, and knew I was a Christian"!!!!!!! So the real question is Who are you hiding the gospel from? Classmates, co-workers, children? </div></div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-45851066707563829572010-09-03T10:08:00.000-07:002010-09-03T11:09:01.362-07:00Save the Planet?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdWaek8TFL6dUFxnMfuWBB-Jgn7ZI2OxmZ1y5Ng_lF1hqYIZ6A4v7Y-CaAewJIHnSvL-2adJ-7bR0NJzzJJ9B6AGv-Oe6ePRXcAzb6WXboXo90somfEF_NNmlIPruVAPU-FCrVYyscFA/s1600/go_green_logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512750149117212626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 316px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdWaek8TFL6dUFxnMfuWBB-Jgn7ZI2OxmZ1y5Ng_lF1hqYIZ6A4v7Y-CaAewJIHnSvL-2adJ-7bR0NJzzJJ9B6AGv-Oe6ePRXcAzb6WXboXo90somfEF_NNmlIPruVAPU-FCrVYyscFA/s320/go_green_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5NqemPyRJLtZwmy0iPj9f5WT8Jf3x3fpGc-Dr0q7x9KsbPyEcyywfErMCOvVM0CHrpAIbGr8Alz2iNDs6fnEh__9cAi5vsRpjZOm4Cj6Sz9-7jz49WA0zEtezlFA7d7C-I8pVmGagpg/s1600/thumbnail.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512749624018702130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5NqemPyRJLtZwmy0iPj9f5WT8Jf3x3fpGc-Dr0q7x9KsbPyEcyywfErMCOvVM0CHrpAIbGr8Alz2iNDs6fnEh__9cAi5vsRpjZOm4Cj6Sz9-7jz49WA0zEtezlFA7d7C-I8pVmGagpg/s320/thumbnail.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>It has always amazed me how people get so worked up about saving the planet! I am for bamboo bowls and compose piles and think <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">supporting</span> local farmers is right. I like solar energy, and think (don't eat) organic food is terrific. I'm all for more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">efficient</span> shower heads and clothes dryers to save me moo-la but will it matter in the end? I have not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">received</span> any fines for littering so know this is not a venting, or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">vendetta</span> about a ticket or the like. People argue about trash, pollution, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">smog</span> but does it matter at all. Save the planet - it is a figure of speech I guess. Go green, drive a Hybrid, burn vegetable oil not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">petroleum</span>. I'm for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">recycling</span> but refuse to wear Patagonia's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">PCR</span> fleece vest ($70) that is made from recycled soda bottles. Oil drillers are getting their ear full these days around the gulf, and here as well. Whales, walruses, snow owls, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">platypuses</span>, O' my. Know that even if we destroy the O Zone and all of that stuff the planet will still be here - it may be a cold, dead, lifeless rock the way we treat it but it will be here. We should concentrate on saving people. Thant is what God is focused on - seeking to save that which is lost. People need help - need truth, need God. I would trade all the snowy owls in the world for one soul to know Jesus as Lord and I love animals. </div><br /><br /><div>Just for the record this planet is going to burn up, aka, be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">destroyed</span> one day anyhow. God said He was make a new Heaven and a NEW EARTH, and the old Heaven and earth will pass away.Revelations 21:1"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. "</div><br /><br /><div>Only those believers that Jesus died and arose from the grave will escape the real pollution- sin. </div><br /><br /><div>2 Peter 2:20 "they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ"</div><br /><br /><div>Here Peter says the earth will be destroyed in fire:</div><br /><br /><div>2 Peter 3:5-7 "For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the <strong>earth, which are now</strong>, by the same word are kept in store, <strong>reserved unto fire </strong>against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." </div><br /><br /><div>Get all the Hybrid cars you want, nothing but the blood of Jesus will save you from that day. I don't really care if you hug a tree, hug a bug, or hug your momma , but you had better hug on Jesus first and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">foremost</span>. Love what is here now (people) and gone tomorrow! People are the only things on planet Earth that have a chance of not burning <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">forever</span>. Save the people not the planet, by getting them to Jesus.</div></div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-13186626921248654302010-08-17T11:03:00.000-07:002010-08-18T15:52:45.628-07:00Smoke em' if ya got em'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi46KXqt2BKCxwXc-xo56UK0_1zkPJwM8S4sDTV8Rm-zrPGh4cEcPKgsUzArytru3TMY3uBDJhLUDnLy7BNxKaOMO8F6xlo0r6B8p-h5BANyukXAsjc7mrUAlOjpqqv4gxyGo0U3TcL8/s1600/smoke.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506884080182247010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi46KXqt2BKCxwXc-xo56UK0_1zkPJwM8S4sDTV8Rm-zrPGh4cEcPKgsUzArytru3TMY3uBDJhLUDnLy7BNxKaOMO8F6xlo0r6B8p-h5BANyukXAsjc7mrUAlOjpqqv4gxyGo0U3TcL8/s320/smoke.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What do you identify with smoke? To a young man i met today he related it to sorrow, for his house burned to the ground and he lost family members due to smoke inhalation. I relate it to birthday parties since my childhood was filled with happiness. To timber cutters smoke means run, or danger. To the lost man it signifies an end unwanted, and undesired. </div><br /><br /><div>There are different smells that smoke makes depending on what is being burned. A house fire smells like tar b/c of the shingles, that tar smell is overwhelming. A brush fire smells quite different. I personally always love cool fall mornings because of the wood fires people use to heat their homes with. It is a sweet smell to me. Birthdays have their own unique smell as burning wax candles are burnt and blown out - to me that smell means it is a time of celebration. Then i also remember that poor little squirrel that didn't understand just how electrical currents flow and the aroma of burn hair turned my stomach. Incense is used by many to make a room or house smell better. In the Holocaust testimonies of people burning in concentration camps was a most horrid smell, that was detectable for miles. I do not like smell of smokers smoking, I thank God for Credit/Debit cards and gas stations that accept them so I do not have to go inside to pay and come out smelling like smoke. Diesel smoke, factory smoke, train smoke, match smoke, electrical smoke, machine smoke, marijuana smoke (which I personally have never tried), candle smoke, gas logs smoke, cigar smoke, plane smoke, liquid smoke, fireworks smoke, grill smoke (which I like), Japanese restaurants cooking smoke in front of you smells good. Food burning in the oven has its own unique smell (gag),What smoke smells bring you joy? sorrow? celebration?</div><br /><br /><div>To God, some smells please and some he dislikes as well....a sacrifice for sin is a sweet smell to God but no sacrifice is needed today because, Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice for sin that appeased a Holy God forever.<br /><a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Rev&c=8&t=KJV#4">Rev 8:4</a> - He likes the way incense smells with prayers<br />And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.<br /><a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Rev&c=15&t=KJV#8">Rev 15:8</a> - His glory is smoking hot<br />And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Rev 9:2 states that the bottomless pit is filled with smoke- not a smoke I want to smell. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The bible says smoke arose, and it arises, rises up....aka it goes up.... to the heavens so to get to heaven do as the Hebrew children did and follow the pillar of smoke... following the smoke will lead you up to a higher place. Jesus died on Calvary to take you to a higher place if you call on him to repent of your sins. Smoke em' if ya got em'</div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-26106623486186751302010-08-09T02:00:00.000-07:002010-08-09T02:21:48.738-07:00Bridge Heading Where?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYa8ynzQaX5ebpd2-GfhzKpNeFGK_2n-lViFMiTPqmUQg85SAYdxGCBH468s9w4eX52qwneZbzfTwjFYjScVfN2PecfI-i-zFASn5P9XLJq4MhLyd3C0zcPCOlWHfTw0hGYs0JyITWFZQ/s1600/bridge+to+nowhere.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503332471240736530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYa8ynzQaX5ebpd2-GfhzKpNeFGK_2n-lViFMiTPqmUQg85SAYdxGCBH468s9w4eX52qwneZbzfTwjFYjScVfN2PecfI-i-zFASn5P9XLJq4MhLyd3C0zcPCOlWHfTw0hGYs0JyITWFZQ/s320/bridge+to+nowhere.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Two points of view here when beholding such a sight. A) is this a bridge to nowhere; or B) is this an adventure into the great unknown? Both a little scary, both are filled with mystery. Some day I feel I'm on the bridge to nowhere - nowhere good anyway, and at any moment could step off into the end of life as i know it. Yet there is an excitement of pursuing across such a bridge to see what awaits, an adventure if you will. </p><p>I am not talking about what awaits after death at all - for I know where I'm going then. It is the now that I speak of. What does this day hold - do we want to run across to see or creep over if fear? Normally I would run over, but as of late in my life at least, I have been walking more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cautiously</span>. In fear really of what new horror awaits just out of sight. But things were not always such.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of my life has been a run to get their and get it done. Now I have a different approach. In good days we have no problem heading over - in more trying times we naturally are more cautious to say the least. </p><p>What is over their? Treasure and gifts; rewards or ruin; gloom or glory; vipers or victory? So much of our life we think we have planned out but in reality we really don't know what is ahead - death, disease, deliverance? </p><p>The only one who can find any amount if comfort is the child of God. He alone knows what is over there, and he alone can help or hurt us with it. It is hard to say but true none-the-less, whatever is over their is for our good and his glory. Sometimes you wonder how can He get glory from such a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tragedy</span> as death, or heartbreak - but i have seen it, beheld it with mine own eyes. In funerals souls come get saved. In tragedy hearts and lives knit closer together and to him as well. He allows the pain so as to administer the cure. As Job said and as we also may say (who knows what is over their) "The Lord <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">giveth</span> and the Lord <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">taketh</span> away, blessed be the name of the Lord" </p>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-57143248514486852412010-07-20T08:31:00.000-07:002010-07-21T11:09:18.469-07:00Keepin it real<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24-y_ALQtm6M4vaq7Zo-1xOAdCSysBfGAgchV4yrBX24_V271MqRe8rmNn-y1wxhAfBih3TgBNn21Lha1ZwCUHEfEw1yG2LGbPVfe13FwAd4nXtSECpTU99tVmFMxBr8WUCWnRaWfYGg/s1600/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496011606949894082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24-y_ALQtm6M4vaq7Zo-1xOAdCSysBfGAgchV4yrBX24_V271MqRe8rmNn-y1wxhAfBih3TgBNn21Lha1ZwCUHEfEw1yG2LGbPVfe13FwAd4nXtSECpTU99tVmFMxBr8WUCWnRaWfYGg/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Sad to say but the world is more honest than the church in most places. We put on a fake smile, dress in clothes we are exspected or feel obligated to wear instead of what we want to do and go through our play performance every Sunday trying to feel something. The only time it gets real is when God shows up and shows out. Then people get real - dealing with sin, sorrow, hurt, pain, suffering, and self. We really do go through our unwritten programs every week unless He messes it up for us. I hope and pray God messes up your service sometime soon and it gets real - the singing, the worship, the praying, the preaching, and the repenting. Why Lie the drunk says, so if the world is keeping it real shouldn't we be? Keep it real, get it right, or get right when its not.</div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221188103781053165.post-53120818405567768422010-07-20T04:26:00.000-07:002010-07-20T04:57:50.247-07:00Ink<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBr_3jLTO6adpA6qstx5na756Kccm73t_SlbAiVdFUnoptYhd6JUcjnTAbZYE_dY7PbB9TER_zkjF4gfLCa34575MRflYSY4JcguLpFHrWuS2JWmOeYCAIEemt1TA0ThT7SHSaMwEehM/s1600/moodztat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495956232495730690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBr_3jLTO6adpA6qstx5na756Kccm73t_SlbAiVdFUnoptYhd6JUcjnTAbZYE_dY7PbB9TER_zkjF4gfLCa34575MRflYSY4JcguLpFHrWuS2JWmOeYCAIEemt1TA0ThT7SHSaMwEehM/s320/moodztat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Roses are red, violets are blue, I thank the good Lord, I never got a tattoo. What in the world is the human desire to ink up their body. Truly I don't even like the fake kind. Is tattooing a choice or what a "friend" does to you when your wasted? But honestly when I was a teen in High School I did think on getting a "Tigger" (from Whinny the Poo) tattooed between my calf and heel (glad i didn't now) Why? because I could bounce. Never did I want barbed wire around my arm or a dragon on my back, a loves name or initials, or even an heart with mommy on it burned into my arm. Lev 19:28 makes it pretty clear "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD." Don't cut it in nor print it on. Ow well, maybe the need arises from the local trailer park and grows from their, who knows. Can you be a red neck without one? Who knows! Are they condemnable, No. I have many vets with their service branch on their arm faithfully in church today and God saved them. A tattoo on a arm in a service is only a testimony of a gracious and forgiving God. But being real, just go buy some paper and have the artist draw on it, carry it with you, show that off. Avoid the pain and the potential Aids threat from shared needles. Use your head for something besides a hat holder, wise up, save the loot and go buy something for yourself less permanent. </div>Tim Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231710044504534855noreply@blogger.com2