It's been a LONG time since I've had this much hope for my country!!! Many of us, who have been watching our freedoms dissolve right in front of our eyes, are hopeful that our country maybe really CAN be great again!!!!
Now THIS took a great amount of imagination and just the right amount of hope!
Now that the time of Andrew and Marie's wedding date can be counted in the single digits, I have been finding myself crying quite a bit. I worried about it. I thought it meant that I was a rotten mom and I was filled with remorse for all my failures. Truly that IS a part of it but mostly I am crying for all of the years that went too swiftly! Where did my little boy go?????????
Well, I saw this speech today and I felt a whole lot better. Mothers crying about their children leaving the family and starting their own must surely be normal. What a comfort to know!
Maybe I should jot down some notes just in case someone asks me to give a speech at the rehearsal. HMMMMMMMMMMMM
I covet your prayers as we travel far to an unknown land to unknown people to give away our son in marriage!
I believe that God is in charge of who rules a nation. I have to wonder what He was thinking when he put this woman together and put her into power. The only thing that I can think is that He is using this criminal to wake up His sleeping people!!
If you STILL have not learned about the TRUE Hillary, and you plan to vote tomorrow, then I BEG YOU to watch this video! For your sake, for mine, for all of ours, we ALL must vote her out of power and into jail NOW!
If I'm missing in a few weeks, you can know that those who are trying to silence Christians in our country thought I was talking too much. So be it. If I can play my part in the Lord's work of waking up His sleeping church, then I am honored to be the first Christian martyr in our neck of the woods. Then at least I don't have to live on the same planet as someone THIS corrupt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After all, we're all going to die sometime!
Dawn
PS Please scroll down and read how God has chosen a man to save our country from a complete take-over by the likes of this creature from hell!! Watch the video now.
I am old enough to have watched Andy and Barney weekly. I am old enough to have walked to school safely. I am old enough to have learned of all the mighty industries that were producing American goods. I am old enough to know when America was great!
You who are younger may have listened to the other candidates words mocking Mr. Trump's motto, "Make America great again." She said, "America IS great," but I have to ask who it is great for? It's great for the Clinton's (so far) and for corporate heads who plunder their staff and let lower level management take the blame for THEIR crimes! NO THAT IS NOT GREAT!! What America has sunk to is NOT great!
The education system is this country is stealing it's students knowledge of right and wrong. How could this ever reap a nation of righteous citizens? The medical system in this country is stealing citizen's rights to educated choices for their families' health care. The religious system is totally out of whack patronizing to the vanity which is natural to sinful mankind.
The family has deteriorated to the point where half of all marriages end in divorce. Is THAT great?
I could go on and on but I think that I have said enough to have you ponder what is so great about the country that the Clintons and others have forced upon us.
I cried when I watched this video. I know that many of my self-righteous brethren will point out that Mr. Trump is no choir boy and his wife probably didn't' grow up attending and later teaching Sunday School as I was fortunate enough to do. However, I am thinking of King David--a man after God's own heart. He committed adultery AND murder and raised some of his children to do the same--to take what wasn't theirs.
YET Yeshua came from the line of David! How could God choose to send His only son into the world through the line of an adulterer and murderer? That's a good question to ponder, isn't it?
To be blunt. I am voting for Donald Trump and am encouraging every American to do the same. Why? Well, this video is the best one I've seen yet to summarize why. If you've watched the former video I shared, you know that God has chosen Trump to save our country from complete and utter destruction.
Open borders mean there's no country at all. Anyone can come and take while our own citizens are left paying for their care instead of our veterans needs. I could go on and on about this but this video covers all my thoughts on why our country is NOT great any more and why I am voting for Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump understands the world economy and how to get our country back on track financially!
Mr. Trump is pro-life!!!
Mr. Trump is pro 2nd Amendment rights!
AND
Mr. Trump will suggest the same kind of people for the US Supreme Court appointees!
I prayed long and hard about who to support in this election process. The Lord has helped me to see that His choice for the next President of our once-great country is Donald J. Trump. If you doubt this, then scroll down and watch the video entitled, "Trump chosen by God to save America from destruction!"
Please take a few minutes to watch this video then PLEASE, for the sake of freedom on Earth, go out and vote for Trump next Tuesday!
I grew up believing that God reveals the future to His people who are listening. I believe this even more now as He has revealed things to me that later came true. This prophecy gives me so much hope for our country! I BELIEVE THIS PROPHECY!!!
PLEASE take an hour and listen to this video if you care about the future of freedom on the Earth!
God HAS heard our cries for safety in the time of storm and HAS answered them already. You can help on November 8th by VOTING. You can help before that by sharing this video with all who will listen! Then you can encourage every believer to vote too!
I watched the Vice Presidential debate last night. It was interesting to me that Hillary's running mate spoke of his life of faith but remains pro-death as a leader of our country. How can that be when Christ said, "I have come to bring life and life more abundant?"
It was an immense blessing to me to hear Governor Pence speak of giving his life to Christ in this section of the debate. He speaks of praying for guidance and of living out, to the best of his ability, Christ's teachings. He quoted the Scripture that says that God knows us in the womb. HE KNOWS OUR NAME!!! Governor Pence is opposed to abortion on demand because it is murder!
In reference to Senator Kayne's philosophy, I can only say this. It is total nonsense for a leader of a Christian nation, one founded on the principles of God, to say that "I have faith" but then to live like he doesn't have faith! What I am saying is that, when one has true faith, they know in their heart that God can and will help EVERY mother to find a home for her child that she feels she cannot support for some reason!!
I know that national security is of great importance to EVERYONE in our country right now. I agree with Mr. Trump about having borders. That one is pretty simple. We all lock our doors at night, right?
However, I have to wonder if anyone in our current administration has thought about national security in this light? In my opinion, by allowing abortion on demand, we risk God's wrath on our nation. Sometimes I'm amazed that He hasn't destroyed us yet.
However there are many people in America who are donating their time and resources to help unwed mothers through their pregnancies. I've done it myself. They then help to find homes for these precious babies that the mom feels would be better off with others. Many people are donating time to do this because of their strong belief that EVERY life is precious!!!
It made me very happy to hear Governor Pence speak about adoption! Nowadays there are thousands of young couples who can't conceive so, by bringing people together, adoption blesses ALL involved. What is so hard to understand about this??
Well, I could go on but I'll let you listen to this part of the debate. There was much fuss about "Trump said this," and Hillary's "Basket of deplorables" BUT for me it's all about life. A nation that no longer values the lives of it's people is a doomed nation!!
I believe that our country is doomed if Hillary Clinton becomes our next President so PLEASE vote for the Trump/Pence team! I vote for life because each one of you reading this is a blessing from God--whether you realize it or not. If you don't, I pray that the loving Heavenly Father whom I have known and loved for 47 years will reveal Himself to you and show you how much He truly loves you!
I never knew this before I started reading Pastor Prince's thoughts on God's blessing His people with PEACE!
JESUS
HAS GIVEN YOU HIS PEACE
3 Oct
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as
the world gives do I give to you…
In Israel, Jews greet each other with the words “shalom, shalom”. Unlike the
English word “peace”, “shalom” does not just mean peace of mind, but also
wholeness for your entire being—spirit, soul and body. It means having a sense
of completeness and soundness. In other words, shalom encompasses your
provision, health, safety and total well-being.
When Jesus spoke to His disciples in John 14:27, He did not use the English
word “peace”. He would have used the Hebrew word “shalom”, saying, “Shalom I
leave with you, My shalom I give to you…” Interestingly, the word “leave” here
actually means “bequeath”, the way a rich man bequeaths his estate to his
beneficiary.
The disciples must have been excited when they heard that Jesus was
bequeathing them His shalom. They must have known that to receive His shalom was
to have His health because they had never seen Him sick. To have His shalom also
meant never being in lack because He was never broke. Whenever He needed money,
money was there. Once, money to pay the temple tax came in the mouth of a fish!
(Matthew 17:24–27)
The disciples also understood that having Jesus’ shalom meant having His
abundance because they had seen Him meeting the needs of thousands with plenty
of leftovers. They saw him feeding 5,000 men (not counting the women and
children) with 12 baskets full of leftovers! (Mark 6:34–44)
Jesus wanted His disciples to know that His peace was different from the
peace that the world offers. His peace would change whatever trying
circumstances that beset them. Even if it was a mega storm, it would have to bow
to His peace. The Prince of Peace merely spoke, “Peace, be still!” and the winds
and the sea obeyed Him. (Mark 4:39) His peace changed the mega storm into a
perfect calm.
Beloved, that is the kind of peace that Jesus has bequeathed to you.
Therefore, believe that His shalom which He has left with you will change all
your difficult situations, bringing you from sickness, lack and mental anguish
to health, provision and total
wellness!
I hope that you will forgive my ignorance of John Stossel but our family swore off all television nearly 2 decades ago. SO, I have no idea what he might have said on his show to produce death threats.
As I would ponder his character, then, all I have to go on is this documentary. I have no idea where my readers are at in regards to gun control but I have no problem insisting on my 2nd Amendment right to protect myself and others from ALL invaders. If you disagree, then PLEASE do NOT watch this! I do NOT want to hear your opinions to the contrary! This is NOT a discussion.
I share this for my fellow citizens who are seeing our government overstepping it's rightful powers and infringing on our Constitutional rights. If any of you care to have this discussion with those you love, I share this as a possible beginning point to your debate.
If you are someone who has never thought about this issue, I would strongly urge you to begin your introspection here. This is a good place to start!
I love the story where the woman was continually stalked by a felon. Their family did all sorts of expensive things to keep him out of their home and lives. They had security systems and restraining orders and ALL OF THESE MEASURES FAILED TO KEEP THIS CRIMINAL AWAY FROM THIS WOMAN!
When she finally got her concealed carry permit, just one time aiming the weapon at that criminal's face and cocking it, took care of the problem. He NEVER came back. They learned later that he kept terrorizing other families but not once did he return to their property. She didn't pull the trigger. She didn't kill him BUT she could have if he would not have backed down. THAT'S WHAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR THEIR FAMILY.
This is a well thought out presentation. It is magnificent and I don't give editorial praises too easily! You will be glad that you took the time to watch it, IF AND ONLY IF, you do so with a sincere desire to know the truth about guns.
I had hoped that my next post would be about the wonders of CFT but I have been so busy enjoying the wonders of CFT that I haven't taken the time to write about it here! Now something else has come along that I view as even MORE significant than that, which I had not thought possible, but I can see that it is.
I have known that this election is pivotal to the future of liberty on this planet. I have also known, through divine revelation, that Obama was going to do all that he could to halt the election process and keep that position he has been "Holding" for the past 8 years indefinitely.
I have known that he would release a plague to distract our country from holding the election. In the wake of many deaths, he would halt all future elections and rule as the king he fancies himself to be. I used to think that it was going to be a virus, or some other pathogen, but now I am wondering if the Lord was referring to the increasing ISIS attacks on our soil?
You see, I have studied their plans for the future of our country for almost 20 years. I have seen their plan to destroy freedom on the planet working and working quite well. Why, at this very moment they are trying to take the Internet away from us so that we can no longer communicate with each other freely.
So, their main gist is to create one fabricated crisis after another until we would run to big government and scream, "SAVE US, SAVE US!" Then Big Brother would say, "OK but first you have to give up your guns so that I can save you," and so forth and so on.
WELL, ALL OF MY WONDERING HOW FAR THEY'D GET JUST STOPPED FOR ME!!
I know that God talks to His people and THIS is something that you will want to ponder. If they DO actually succeed in taking away our Internet liberties, I believe now that it will only be temporary. Even all of the vile scoundrels combined can NOT stop God and His plan.
Listen and draw strength--oh church of God. If you, however, are on the side of those fighting God by living an evil life, I beg of you to ask the God of the Bible to forgive all of your sins and make a new person of you. He loves all of us but, when someone is foolish enough as to wage war against GOD who loved them so much that He gave His only son to die for them, well then they will have to live outside of His grace and His kingdom. We all reap what we sow sooner or later!
NOW IS THE TIME TO REPENT!!!
Dawn
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
In only ONE WEEK, I am heading to Minneapolis to take Dr. Gillespie's class from 2 of his students. When I get back, I will be taking volunteers for me to practice on so I decided to share a little about CFT here before I go.
This is an amazing modality! There's nothing, in my opinion, more helpful to recover from disease than BodyTalk. However, there are several amazing modalities which compliment BT beautifully and this is one of them. I have actually been wanting to learn this technique for 4 years but the time is finally right now!
One year for Robert's birthday, I gave him a precious book called THE JOURNEY! It's a beautiful story about how we are taught to believe that the end of all things is the goal. We work our rears off to get an A; to win the race; to earn the raise; to have a loving family; or to loose weight. We think that some day we can be happy IF.........................
This lovely book helped me to see that every day IS a treasure. Each person we meet along the way IS a rich reward from God. Every time I am kind, whether to someone else or to myself, I WIN! So, I know this to be true.
However, when I watched this video just now, it really sunk in!! My sitting at this computer writing to you, my dear readers, IS important. Right at this moment, in all the world of choices that I could be making to spend my precious time on, writing to you IS what matters most as it is what I am supposed to be doing.
I live in the middle of nowhere. Many days I see nobody but my dogs; my garden; my clients on Skype; and my menfolks at suppertime. Nevertheless, I AM making a difference by sharing with all of you invisible readers that you matter to me!
Did you catch that? YOU MATTER TO ME!!!!!
We all took a wrong turn somewhere when we started to judge others based on how much stuff they have. Who cares? With nothing we came into the world and we can take nothing out with us when we leave it so why would stuff matter at all??
Sure we need shelter and clothing and food BUT we need companionship and encouragement and support and love MORE!! Do you agree? I grew up being taught the Bible and I agree with it that it is better to eat a simple meal with someone you love than a feast with those who despise you. However, have I REALLY grasped this in every cell of me? Is it even possible?
Well, I can see clearly how God leads me into truth one lesson at a time and I am certain that He does the same for you. So, if you have lost touch with the joy of your own existence, then please WATCH THIS VIDEO!! For me, it put another brick in my wall of "I matter because I exist!" In other words, I am here for a purpose and I believe that to be to give others HOPE that they can be well and happy if they will only surrender their lives to the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ!
I hope that you will give yourself the treat of watching this video today. I pray that you will enjoy your day like never before BECAUSE YOU EXIST!! YAY YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! and YAY ME!!!!
Sometime in this past year I discovered Jay Sekulow and the organization he formed which is called THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE!
Ever since then I have been TRYING to get people to learn about him and the good work that the ACLJ does to help keep the world free from tyranny.
Actually, I've been disappointed in my attempts to "Share" Jay with the world! I was hoping to be able to help people see this American hero who has been fighting for freedom VERY successfully for nearly 4 decades.
When I discovered this biography on Jay just now, I decided to share it for I believe that it captures Jay's passion for freedom and equality for all! If YOU have been looking for a hero, you can look no further!
It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Jay Sekulow!!
I recall one day about 8 years ago, as I listened to Rejoice Radio, I was crying about something. It could have been about missing my Heavenly children but my heart was so heavy and there was just no way that I could find happiness that day.
Now, I was raised in a musical family and some of my earliest memories were of my father singing close harmony in the men's quartet he was singing with at the time. I can vividly recall playing on the floor with my friend; my mother was at the piano; and my father with his strong Baritone voice blending with the other 3 neighborhood men.
All of a sudden it was magical.
The setting sun fell on the carpet where I sat while Heaven came down and touched my desperately lonely heart with the wonders of close harmony and I've been hooked ever since!
It's no wonder, then, that my weary day following a miscarriage should be touched with the excellent close harmony of this group.
As I listened that day, the Lord once again touched me with the immense satisfaction that I feel when good singers sing close harmony!
I began to listen more intently to the words of the unknown group singing on the radio and I was sooo blessed to hear this song, "Tears are a Language God Understands!"
I recall sitting on the floor, once again as the soft sunlight surrounded me, and I felt the presence of God as when a little abused child heard the wonders of music for the very first time. I was mesmerized by these 3 voices and I had to know who they were.
When I recovered myself, I quickly wrote an email to Rejoice Radio and asked them, "Who is the group that sang a song about God understanding when we cry about 15 minutes ago?"
The reply came back, 'Their name is 'The Booth Brothers!'" I instantly became a fan and have traveled several times to hear them singing in person since that time. Each time their tight harmonies captivated me BUT the best part about their music is how they portray God's love for us through every song in one way or another!!!
I AM HOOKED! Also, I am not ashamed to admit it. ;) Nearly every morning I listen to a Booth Brother song to remind myself that God loves me AND He loves EVERYBODY!!!
I invite you to listen now to TEARS ARE A LANGUAGE GOD UNDERSTANDS!
This is how I grew up thinking that Jesus must have looked when He walked the Earth over 2,000 years ago. I suppose that all cultures view Him looking like them. Actually as a Hebrew, most likely His skin was much darker than this and I doubt that He had blue eyes. Most likely they were a lovely brown which oozed out love for the people and anger at those who were harming His people.
At any rate, I am sure that He was very handsome as He had NO imperfections! I wonder what it would have been like to look into those eyes of wisdom and compassion! The Bible says that, at our deaths, we will see Him when we stand before Him to be judged. Oh, how I long to hear Him say to me, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant!" That really IS my life motivator!!!!!!!!!!!
I receive my inspiration to keep following Him through prayer and digging through my Bible. He also inspires me through friends; through reading; through music which praises Him; through spending time with His gentle creatures; through caring for "The" garden He gave us; and through studying the marvelous human body which He created and gave to us as a tremendously wonderful gift!!!
Today I'm so very thankful to share "My" Jesus with you. I pray that each reader around the world can sense His love for them right now!!! I love this hymn, "My Jesus I love thee," because it's something that I can give to Him. I can give Him my praise; I can give Him my gratitude; AND I can give Him my love! That's what He longs for folks, just to be loved by YOU and by ME!
MY JESUS I LOVE THEE
My Jesus I love Thee, I know Thou art mine,
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now!
I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now!
I'll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now!
In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I'll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now!
Why do I love Him soooooooooooo much? That's easy to answer for me. I love Him with all my heart because of all that He has brought me through. Listen to verse 2 of this song. Those who have been through unbearable loss--THAT'S ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and STILL HE HAS KEPT ME ALIVE!!! I LIVE TO SERVE HIM AND TO GIVE HIM PRAISE AS THESE FELLOWS DO!!
You see, He's brought me through 7 years of incest; loosing my possessions to a house fire; 17 miscarriages; repeated cancers in my body; shingles TWICE--the second time on my brain; 750 beestings as I recovered; MS; full-body mold toxicity; some form of pain almost constantly my 58 years on this Earth BUT still I live. Even when I no longer wanted to live, I LIVE!! It's only because of His living in me that I could ever bear all of that and still remain sane. HE KEEPS ME SANE and HE KEEPS ME GOING!!!
It's HIS grace poured out on me that has brought me to this day and I LOVE HIM with all my heart!! I hope that you enjoy this song by my very favorite singers as much as I do. Let's look for good today. We can do that, can't we?
I SEE GRACE!!
Dawn
PS. Guess what? The Lord told me, as I watched this song again, that the time to spill my secret to my readers is NOW!!
Ten years ago, as I lay dying with shingles on the brain, I went to a friend's health center to die. I could not bear the to see the suffering on my children's faces any longer so I was able to leave my precious family.
After we began the bee sting therapy up at the health center (yes, that means real live bees stung me in the head), the Lord told me that some day I would open up a health center here on my farm. I laughed, knowing that I would die soon! However, when the bee venom started to work it's healing, I started to ponder that concept. What if God really DID want to use me to bring healing to many hurting ones as I was at that moment?
That dream has grown quickly as I see God bringing me tool after tool to ease suffering and heal His people and their relationships. For every suffering that I have endured, He has provided a tool not only for my relief but for the relief of others and I marvel that He could use one as ill as I was to help bring healing to His world!!!
He even gave me the name of the health center which He will build here sometime in the future. It is to be called, 'Dawn of Grace" meaning that grace grows slowly in each of our lives as we recover from all of the pain that the world throws at us. When people come to us, it will be the start of God's grace entering their lives and showing them His way to their full recovery. Once grace starts it's work, though, healing eventually comes--that has been my experience over these past 10 years.
Now, He just showed me that the Booth Brother's song I SEE GRACE will be our theme song at our healing center. HOW PERFECT IS THAT????
I named my blog A RAY OF HOPE when I was recovering from shingles on the brain and quite desperate to find ANYTHING that would help me to heal again. That was 10 years ago.
So for the past 10 years I have tried many tools, any and all of them that crossed my path, and several have remained keepers. That's not what this blog post is about.
Basically, the pain in my body on an average day is anywhere from a 7 to a 10. I'm happy when I can use my tools to NOT take any pain killers but I work at it--often all day long!
Now, I found THIS tool which I believe explains why I have continued to deteriorate in my health no matter how much I do every day to prevent that. I share this for those of you who sincerely have tried everything to get well and just haven't gotten there.
I urge you to give this a try!! This article covers the science behind the tool so dig in and by all means, buy yourself a fascia blaster and started blasting away all the PAIN!!!
Hopeful again,
Dawn
PS. I tried to copy the article but it wouldn't copy so check it out here instead!
Were you a pretty girl in high school? Were you an ugly girl in high school? I was most definitely an ugly girl in high school and to this day I still have my doubts that anything has changed!
This song came out the very year that I was 17. I remember seeing the boy that I thought was the coolest thing since sliced bread driving by with my cute, little cheer leader neighbor girl. They had just driven by the drive-in and, as I sat crying at how ugly I was, THIS song played on the radio. It was the first time that I ever heard it and the words haunted me and they still do!
The hope that this song gave me was enough to keep me from pulling the trigger. The hope that it gave me, though, wasn't real.
You see, I've come to see that those who were pretty girls in high school STILL see themselves that way decades later. YES, the opposite is true too!! You see, I've never gotten over being an ugly girl and I feel it's bight over and over.
It can be such a little thing but, when a pretty girl laughs and all the men in my life laugh along with her--I am STILL the ugliest girl in the world.
I don't suppose that it will ever change. Thanks to my brothers who convinced me that I was so ugly that nobody would ever love me, I have known of my ugliness all my life!! If I could ever think of a healthy revenge for how they have ruined my life, I'd do it. For now, though, all I can say to them is this--congrats--YOU WON!! I know that I am ugly through and through. Nothing that I ever do will change that fact!
I have no idea IF this is all true or not BUT I agree 100% that we need someone in the White House who will PULL US TOGETHER! Enough of this government that gains control over us by separating us from each other!
This is one hour off the presses at the ACLJ--the American Center for Law and Justice!! Read it and weep for the demise of freedom around the world! http://aclj.org/jihad/the-world-is-at-war
Once again, the terrorists have attacked France.
The carnage is ghastly. Last night, a terrorist attack ripped through Nice, France on Bastille Day – France’s independence day – slaughtering more than 84 people (including two Americans). Dozens more are injured as the death toll continues to rise.
The jihadist used a time-tested terrorist tool – using a large vehicle as a weapon of mass destruction.
Radical Islamic jihadists continue to strike at the heart of freedom day after day. ISIS (the Islamic State) has repeatedly attacked our NATO allies in France, Turkey, Belgium and beyond. ISIS has directed multiple jihadist attacks in America – from San Bernardino to Orlando. The Jihadist cancer is spreading!!
The world is at war!
The global jihad must be destroyed. The time is now for the world to unite to defeat the radical jihadists.
We’ve outlined a crucial 5-point plan to defeat ISIS (the Islamic State) and other jihadists:
1) Name the enemy: Islamic jihadists.
2) Fix our broken intelligence.
3) Ramp up undercover stings to smoke out jihadists at home.
4) Authorize military force against ISIS.
5) Unleash full U.S. military might to utterly destroy ISIS.
We’re aggressively working in Congress and across the globe to implement this strategy.
The world must unite immediately to defeat and utterly destroy this evil.
Jay Sekulow has become a daily hero in my life! At 11:00 AM I watch him and learn what is really happening in the world. He doesn't only share the bad news, Jay shares the good news that he and others are doing to fight evil! He has numerous petitions which we can sign to join our voices together and make a difference against evil!
THIS is why Jay, and his organization The American Center for Law and Justice, are my heroes! I copied this from my most recent email from Jay.
Lest you think he's just another money grubber, he's NOT. Look at all of the legal things he's doing for OUR freedoms to remain intact. Jay has argued for life and liberty for decades at the US Supreme court and won! Yes, I have finally found my hero!
Check out the ACLJ, and their many triumphs for life and liberty, here: http://aclj.org/
Yours for freedom,
Dawn
President Obama's virus of deception has become a pandemic.
His Attorney General refuses to tell the truth to Congress. His former
Secretary of State lied to Congress.
His Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is censoring references to "jihad"
and "Islam" from its files. His IRS targeted conservatives. His State Department
flat out lied about the Iran deal.
The fix is in, but we won't let President Obama get away with it.
We've sent multiple legal demands to the DOJ, FBI, and yesterday to DHS.
We're vigorously working on several more critical legal demands in the coming
days.
By law, the Obama Administration must answer us. If they don't, we're taking
this lawless Administration to federal court. We've already filed a major
federal lawsuit against the State Department for its Iran lie.
We're aggressively battling this Administration as it uses your taxpayer
dollars against us in court.
But, today, every tax-deductible donation will be doubled
through our July Matching Challenge. End the lawlessness.
What a relief! I am not the only one in the world who feels this way but WAIT--there's more!
Listen. I hear you. You’re a few pounds heavier than you like (or a 100 lbs heavier than you like). I completely understand how you feel. I get that same blah feeling about myself when I think about booking new head shots or long overdue pictures of me and Justin.
Precious, I even picked a career that has me permanently behind the camera rather than in front of it. Seeing myself in pictures actually produces the faintest sick feeling in my stomach.
Isn’t it amazing we can see the beauty in our best friends, sisters, mothers, and aunts without the slightest thought to their flaws... but can obsess for hours on our own imperfections?
We fixate on our flaws to the point we shirk at any documentation that our round faces and curvy bodies ever walked the earth. No pictures to show how we LOVE, how we laugh, how we are treasured by our families. How is it possible that a double chin can overpower the beauty of a mother cuddling her child? How does arm fat distract from the perfect shot of a spontaneous hug? I swear y’all... how is it that we can put more value on a TUMMY ROLL than the captivating way you throw yourself into a roar of laughter during a shoot?
In our warped minds pictures become frozen mirrors that we can stare at as we pick apart our features over and over again.
I know girl. I know.
My personal duck-and-cover (or signature “make a funny face”) approach to having pictures of myself changed completely when I had a serious car accident last year (and started over). In the flash of a second (or a flash of the text message the young woman was reading) my entire life changed.
I nearly left this earth with no physical evidence of the goofy, wide open and loud love I have for my life, my husband, my family and friends. I haven’t had professional pictures done since our wedding in 2006... always waiting for this elusive moment where I would be thin enough (pretty enough) to have such a permanent record of me. Because, you know, HEAVEN FORBID there be any proof that I look the way I actually look.
So here is the harsh truth y’all. Listen good. Our vanity is no longer enough of a reason to avoid the camera. Life doesn’t wait until you “get thin” enough to capture it. Life is happening... it is happening right now and the only moment we are guaranteed is the one we are living.
I shudder at the thought of leaving behind no pictures of my life with ME in it. My mom says of the accident she is “just glad that we’re still a whole family.” My gift to her this Christmas was a family portrait showing just that, nine months post-accident... a whole family.
Do you know what my mom sees when she looks at this picture? Her beautiful family all together.
Do you know what my husband sees? The family he gained the moment he met me (and how much he looks like my dad...)
Do you know what my dad sees? The happy family he has worked for every day of his life.
Do you know what my brother sees? That he got away with wearing shorts...
Shocker: No one is looking at how fat I look.
Can we agree to put the value of family over the value of fat? Can we just accept that the weight you’ve been trying to lose for 5 years might actually just be a part of what you look like... and that if this magical day does come when you’re acceptably thin you’ll STILL regret not having any pictures of you with your kids from ages 5-10? Can we acknowledge that the insecurities we have in our heads will never be a part of how our children, husbands, and friends see us? Can we just please let our loved ones remember the YOU they love?
Your children want pictures with their mom.
Your husband wants pictures with his beautiful wife.
Your mom and dad want pictures of the happy, successful, amazing woman they raised (OK, and more pictures of the grandkids while you’re at it).
And if you’re thinking that high school friend on Facebook will say to herself (“wow she has gained weight”) then... news flash you DID. You gained weight. Shed a tear. Read a book. Drink a sweet tea. Watch Oprah. Whatever it takes. Accept this reality... YOU GAINED WEIGHT. The truth is you’ve gained a lot of other things too (a career, a family, some kids, a house, a love for travel, the ability to coordinate your separates...) and that girl from high school is going to spend a lot more time hating on those things then she ever will on your double chin.
So you’re feeling too fat to be photographed? OK... but you’re the only one who notices. The rest of us are too caught up in loving you.
The Bible verse which got me through shingles on the brain, now a decade ago, is John 14:27. Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you. Not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid.
Peace is God's gift to the world!! In light of the violence in Dallas last night, my heart was crying out for peace today. Once again,, it came from the John Birch Society which we have been following for nearly a decade.
PLEASE listen to this video and understand that we are being played by those who want to destroy personal freedoms in the West! THIS advice may save your life and prayerfully it will save our country!
About this time 10 years ago, in July of 2006, I noticed a lot of heat in my head! It would get so hot that I had to go to the kitchen sink and spray my head with very cold water. I likened it to a volcano going off inside my head and nobody knew what it was and then I got dizzy.
After three weeks, during which time the nerve endings were being burned by shingles, the pain began. It felt like someone was holding a hot iron to my neck for THREE months!
Although Robert took me to 4 doctors, none of them could identify what was killing me!!!
Then I went to a health center to die, so that my children didn't have to watch it any more.
Then God sent an angel who whispered the words, "Internal shingles" into my left ear the first Sabbath morning I was there. That was when we started bee venom therapy which jump-starts the immune system; contains an anti-inflammatory; AND it has anti-depressant properties. Over the next year, Cora gave me nearly 750 bee stings in my head so that I could keep living and THEN I found BodyTalk which ended all of that! Slowly my nerves healed and the head bobbing ended and I could begin to think again.
Slowly I recovered from shingles on the brain but then many of my friends rejected me because God chose to heal me through a method other than "Running to the doctor," which I did FIRST but got no answers from anyway! Some friends!!!
God saw me through it all but there have been many times that I begged Him to take me home and end all of the suffering. Suicide was often in my mind but He kept me from that too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The small, peaceful voice of God kept saying, "I still need you here!"
SO I AM HERE! If you ever need a friend OR my professional services as a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner, I AM STILL HERE!
Sometimes my family asks me why I invest so much time into helping hurting individuals or families. I guess they can forget the Summer of 2006. That's good--I don't blame them for wanting to forget it--I get that.
I, however, can never forget! No matter how hard I try, I can never forget the pain NOR how God brought me through it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nor can I forget those who helped me during the most desperate year of my life!!! I want to thank you all again for, without any one of you, I would NOT be here these past 10 years!
THANK YOU
,
Robert
Cora
Andrew
Jacob
Paulette
Chris
Bartletts
Chico
Harris
Steve
Elizabeth
Melanie
Sylvia
AND
Dr. John Veltheim
Dr. Veltheim is the creator of The BodyTalk System of Healing of which I am proud to be a part for the rest of my days on Earth! God bless you all!!
With all that America has sunk to, it is STILL the best nation to live in EVER! WHY? Because it was founded on the principals of freedom!
No matter how wicked our present government is, they cannot remove the fact that our Constitution gives every TRUE American the right to freedom of speech; freedom of religion; freedom to carry a weapon for self defense; freedom to peacefully assemble; and many others.
What does such a situation EXPECT of it's citizens? To me, the number one requirement to live here is to acknowledge that every other TRUE American has the same rights that I have. Nobody's rights are more important than another's!!!
An unborn child has the same rights as I have!
An aged adult with dementia has the same rights that I have!
A special needs person has the same rights that I have!
A politician has THE SAME rights that I have!
A "Special in their own head person" has the same rights that I have! Indeed, when freedom prevails, NOBODY has any more rights than ANYONE else! ALL ARE EQUAL!!!!!
This is the America that I grew up in and the America that I grieve the decline of. It is also the America that I fight for every day as I kill in me this idea that I am more special than anyone else!
The principals of America ARE worth fighting for and they ARE worth dying for if need be!
May God bless America with a strong shot of reality as to it's true spiritual state! May God bless America with the Third great awakening with MILLIONS of people turning to Him in repentance of sins. May God bring America to it's knees in sorrow for leaving Him so that it may remain free for generations to come!!
Every week about now my family and I are just about exhausted. We work HARD for 6 days every week and then on the Sabbath we rest hard! We do very little other than worship the Lord; fellowship with each other and guests; and REST.
Our very first Sabbath observance was the week that Jacob was born so we're going on 21 years of enjoying this bliss. Keeping the Sabbath has been an immense blessing to me and to my family! If you have never done so, I urge you to do NO work from Friday night at sunset to Saturday night at sunset. Focus on God and His marvelous creation and you WILL fall in love with the Sabbath as it has been blessed by God since the creation.
Anyway, I was looking for a resource to share with those of you who have not yet become aware of the joy of the Biblical day of rest. Here is an excellent resource for you that I find easy to understand. I pray that these words will not fall on deaf ears but that He will water my efforts with abundant growth and sweet peace in many more Sabbath keeping homes!
If you have a toxic chemical load in your body from vaccines; a poor food supply; living in non-organic agricultural areas; living by factories; war; OR yo-yo dieting then PLEASE listen to this video!
Dr. Yu outlines a very simple method that he uses with his patients to mobilize the chemicals in the body and then help the body to excrete them! He has helped many people to mobilize the chemicals in their body out of the fat; into the bloodstream; and out through the skin and the bowels.
This is a VERY impressive video! It takes very little time to incorporate these few changes into one's life! I'm going to start doing this because I STILL am not well after 10 years of trying to recover from shingles on the brain!
Dr Yu mentions that this helps with infertility issues too. It sure does make me wish that I had known this 20 years ago!
Here's to YOU, Dr. Yu and Dr. Mercola for sharing this with us!! God bless you both!
I am very reluctant to recommend ANY supplements to people as they may help some but, other than Stem Tech's products, I haven't found anything that lives up to it's claims.
This product came to me after MUCH prayer so I just went with it. At this point, I have been using Nopal Cactus for 3 days and I am amazed at the amount of energy I have. Mostly, though, the constant inflammation that has kept me in constant pain for decades is already starting to lessen.
I'll keep you posted as things progress. Now I'm not saying that this will solve all the problems of the world! What I am saying is that this product seems to be helping ME with some very old problems.
I urge everyone to read this short article and see if it sounds as though something that will help you to feel better too.
Keep praying and keep searching and keep believing that you will be totally well and some day you will. God is good and leads us step by step to the answers you are needing to be who God designed you to be.
What can I say? I did my very best to get a nice firing line put together but God knows best and it looks as though it will be a very small shoot after all.
At any rate I have been doing a lot of sharing about Project Appleseed with my FB friends and decided to share with you also.
You can read all about the Appleseed program here: appleseedinfo.org Hopefully this post will inspire somebody somewhere in this country to attend a shoot this Summer. Perhaps some of you will be able to come to our late Summer shoot????
At any rate, I love to shoot so I'll share a photo of me at the shoot we held here at our farm in 2012. YAY Appleseed and YAY ME!!!
In only four more days the magic of an Appleseed shoot will take place here!! We've hosted about a dozen shoots in the past decade and each one is incredible!!
Those in attendance learn how to shoot better but it's much more than that. People learn the price that was paid for our freedom in the early days of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!! Once this registered for me, I had a much greater appreciation for the freedoms that we have been given and that is mammoth in our age of Christian complacency!! I had to ask myself, 'Is there any sacrifice too great to save freedom?" and the answer that keeps coming back is a resounding, "NO!"
For those who don't live anywhere near us, you can find a shoot in your area by going to the Appleseed website: appleseedinfo.org.
Here's a photo from a shoot I attended at a friend's farm in June of 2011. To be a part of a firing line, at an Appleseed event, is simply unforgettable! I challenge each reader who truly loves freedom to take the plunge and attend an Appleseed shoot near you!! It WILL make you a better person!!
I also love that Appleseed shoots are family events. I grew up saying, "Families who pray together, stay together!" I wonder what happens to families who shoot together? They have a hoot together??? ;)
Come on over, those of you who live nearby. You'll be glad you did!
In less than 2 weeks, we'll be hosting our first shoot of 2016. Will YOU be able to join us? Perhaps this may inspire you to take the leap and attend an Appleseed shoot? You will LOVE it IF you love America. That's the only prerequisite in my opinion. Anyway, I just copied this from the Appleseed website to inspire you to attend. If not here, if not ours, then PLEASE consider attending an Appleseed shoot somewhere this Summer IF you want to be inspired as to the greatness of our wonderful country! To find locations of all shoots in our country, and to read about this fantastic volunteer program, check out this page: https://appleseedinfo.org/
Why should I come?
Why should you come?
Well, for one thing, to see what this Appleseed stuff is all about. To find out why one well-known gun writer who was there said, "This is going to be the next big thing that nobody saw coming."
Another reason...
To learn to shoot a rifle well — to learn to shoot it just as well as your forefathers.
Another reason...
To hear the story that every American should hear. About how your forebears took up arms, on the first day of the American Revolution, and did things no other people in the world have ever done. To learn things you don't learn in school, about that day. About where the Revolution really started — it did not start in Lexington, nor did it start in Concord. According to John Adams, it was over before it started. Be there to hear The Story, because to hear it is to remember what they did, that day. And to remember, is to honor them for doing it.
Another reason...
To gather new hope for the future. To see Americans — volunteer Americans — not sitting around complaining: no sir, out doing something about it — like saving their country, one person at a time.
Another reason...
To meet other Americans with whom you can enjoy learning to shoot, and learning more about the momentous events of April 19th, 1775. So you'll go home with your hope for America re-kindled and enlarged because you know that there are others just like you.
Another reason...
To qualify to purchase an M1 Garand — still one of the world's finest battle rifles — and a true piece of American history...direct from the Civilian Marksmanship Program for a price several hundred dollars under market.
Forty years ago this month I graduated with honors from Eureka Public School in Eureka, South Dakota!!!
I think that statement deserves it's own paragraph! Last night our Senior class President sent over a short summary of his life, over the past 40 years, in honor of our 40th class reunion. He urged us all to do the same and my first thought was, "Yah right--like anybody would even care!"
HOWEVER, then I read his life's summary and found it very captivating! That was the encouragement I needed to write a little something about my life over the past 40 years to share with whichever of my classmates would care to take the time to read it.
This is what I wrote and, after going through the effort, I thought that perhaps there may be someone in the blogging world who may be interested enough to read it too, so here it is.
Thanks for checking in on me here!
Lots of love to all my readers!
Dawn
Hi to all of you 76ers,
I think one cool thing about how my life turned out is that it hasn’t
changed all that much in one really important aspect. I recall helping my dad
clean grain in the granary in our back yard from my earliest memories. After
school I would go up in the granary and heap the grain over the shoots so dad
could keep the grain cleaning machines running. Later, I helped my brother
clean the grain for dad and his many customers. Still later, as a young bride,
I made a little extra income running the grain cleaning equipment by myself.
Years after that, my husband bought a small grain elevator and cleaned grain out
of it. Still later, he built a portable grain cleaning unit which he has taken
to farms for nearly 25 years. After that, my son built his own unit and has
been a portable grain cleaner, like his dad, these past 5 years.
The grand finale of this tale is that last Summer Robert and I bought the
massive grain cleaning facility in Steele, ND where, guess what, we clean
grain. My husband, my 2 sons, and now my son-in-law operate this plant year
round providing farmers and grain processors both organic and conventional grain
cleaning. It’s been amazing to watch our niche grow and such a joy to keep our
family working together!!!
Personally, I wandered into the world of alternative health care 10 years
ago when I was dying from shingles on the brain! It saved my life and now I
provide these services for others! I love seeing the improvement in people’s
health (and relationships) and I hope to be doing this work for another hundred
years or so.
Robert and I chose to home educate our 3 children so that we could assure
that they got a Christian education and to teach them the skills that we wanted
them to have in the business world. It was an awesome 22 year “Project” which
ended 2 years ago when we graduated our youngest from our little school we had
named, “Seeds of Truth!” I will always remember my speech on that day where I
shared the joys and some of the challenges we had experienced as a home
schooling family. I hadn’t planned to say this at the end but I imagine that it
came from all of my years in school. I looked across the crowd of faces; took a
deep sigh; and said, “School is out!” As the tears slid down my cheeks, I
finally understood how much I had truly loved school BOTH as the student AND as
the teacher!
Last Fall, Robert and I celebrated our 35th anniversary and we wondered,
“Where have all the years gone?” We’ve farmed/ranched organically and
conventionally. We’ve cleaned millions of bushels of grain. We’ve milked
hundreds of cows and dozens of goats. We’ve welcomed into our arms and grieved
the loss of our children. We’ve home schooled; home churched; home birthed; and
home worked but it was always about our family being together because THAT is
what matters to me the most! To those of you who feel the same, “You’re
awesome!”
