Really having a rustling
in my spirit the last couple of days...may be longer...about all of the
chaos...
I believe it is time to
get some of these thoughts down...so bear with me...I am only in the roughing
out process...as I begin this blog...
There's just a lot going
on in my life...what about you?
First, looking at the
family scene...and not even going into details...or people's privacy...
- almost 3 wks ago...2 extremely important people in my
life died on the same day, my aunt and my sister's husband...and we had a
week of family gathered at funeral homes and funerals...
- about 1/1/2 weeks ago I was told the biopsis taken on
my arm and thigh at the dermatologist were cancer...I was given options
and chose to have removed Mohs procedure...which took place this week on
Monday...
- during the same week...last week...2 grandgirls had
strep...2 others had virus...which seemed to go through family nabbing
several...anyway...lots of sickness before the procedure, including me...
- we're all in the aftermath of all that...and I'm
awaiting sutures being removed from thigh...and the other place on my arm
being removed
- aunt who died's son diagnosed with Lou Gueriq's
disease...and another son's wife with a new lesion on her femur...more
myeloma...and on 2 chemo meds
- husband busy besides his business...fixing up rental
house
- I've busily filled in where needed for each son's
family...making busy week...lots of traveling...but time to think
Now, that's a very light
and un-wordy description ...there was more... but I wanted to preface what I'm
writing with the fact that I'm in this world like everyone else and there's a
lot of chaos going on around me as well as all of you.
This writer is not out
of the trials and tribulations that are going on in every family.
How do I know everybody
is stressed? Well, I have a prayer ministry...and the prayer requests have
climbed to an all-time high...you can check me out on facebook...at womenwho
pray...:)
Were we promised a bed
of roses? Or, did our LORD through His Word to us say, "Ye shall endure
tribulation!!"
Now, the good news is
that He said we will endure!!! Glory to God!!! Therefore, let me add right
here, this is why we can "count it all joy!!"
To continue with my
thoughts…I have been very concerned with the Church...
We are the Church of the
Last Days!! We are not the Latter Day Saints, but we are the Church Triumphant
and we are in the Last Days!!!
If you do not recognize
this, please turn to Matthew 24, where the disciples were asking Jesus what to
look for at the end times.
I think it is ironic
that I have read this chapter for oh so many years...that I can quote a great
deal of it from memory...I certainly know when I hear words from Matthew 24 and
25 that I know their location in the Bible.
Wars?? Rumors of Wars? Earthquakes? Perilous times? Persecution of the saints galore!!!
What to do? Run around
saying there’s a lion in the street…oh my! Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz…lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!
We are told to look up!!
Why? Because our redemption draweth nigh!
I’ve heard from several
people I know about how they are going to vote or not vote in this election…and,
listening to the news…though I must say it is hard to call American news news,
anymore…
I taught journalism in
middle school one year…and, quite frankly, we don’t have any journalism today,
according to its definition…according to its rules…and like all good and
orderly things in the United States of America…journalism has rules.
There are things you can
do and things you can’t do in journalism…just like there are rules in any real
or true meeting…with guidelines like Robert’s
Rule of Order.
A journalist has the
responsibility to report the facts and only the facts! They are not to have any persuasive or
opinionated argument in their voice at all…not tone. Isn’t that hilarious? How long ago has that been? Since we heard only the facts…the truth…where
has integrity gone?
You would think that
this new millennium of people…where we don’t need to spell or use cursive
writing…or we don’t have to have any manners…any rules of order…any dress codes…any
code of conduct…any recognition of authority …that somehow we just got here on
our own...
We created ourselves. We raised ourselves. We rule ourselves. Let’s see, I believe that is defined as
anarchy??
Now, this is another
sign of the last days…Malachi says when we’re
running to and fro…Matthew 25 says,…like
in the days of Noah…eating and drinking…giving and taking in marriage…and the
flood came…and took away those not prepared in the ark with Noah!!
I have to be totally
honest here. Before I was 30, I believed
hook, line, and sinker in the fact that I would not be here …during this time.
I taught it to others. I have had to confess as sin my part in the
deception that the Church is not going through trouble!!
I am a believer! I
believe that Jesus Christ is LORD and I am saved…and, I am here!!!
I have not left …and for
several years the words all about the meek and the righteous inheriting the
earth has taken on new light…
I have had to ask God what
I am to do, since, I am here, and unless something happens, America is in
trouble!! ...and, let’s face it, saints of the Church of America…we have made a
mess of our nation!!!!!!!!
It is our fault. Now, bear with me and hear me out. Then, comment all you want to…but that is
what a Democratic Republic is…in fact Federal Republic is what we are called in
many places…but I have the freedom to voice my opinion.
I do not have the right
to hurt you…or to take your rights! I
actually don’t have the right to publicly berate you or stretch the truth about
you. Slander and liability don’t seem to
exist anymore.
My principal in high
school taught us: “Your right ends where my nose begins!!” All of us under Ray Jackson that learned that…have
been good, abiding citizens of this great nation. We were told to register to vote, and I
believe most of us do!
We were taught that
voting is a privilege and is our voice in America. We all have one vote…and should take it
seriously. I believe who and what we vote for matters to the LORD.
I am trying to stay focused
here and write down what is bothering me…what is stirring up in me…
It has been awhile…back
several months ago…that I spoke about about getting ready…that the LORD was
returning…and it was time to set thing in order.
After the months of all
the republican candidates rising and falling in the media…I made a decision and
voted.
There were those who
voted the same way and ones who did not…all of us voting for a candidate of the
same party…Republican.
I had listened to all
the debate. I had changed my mind more
than once.
I had voiced my support
for Herman Cain, and I was very sorry that he was not still a candidate when I
voted. Truly the smear campaign on him
was amazing.
You see, Herman is a
black man. I had listened to him via
radio for a long time, and I like what he had to say. I liked the name…Tea Party…as I taught U.S.
History…and the Revolutionary War was one of my favorite times to study and to
teach…with Samuel Adams and the Sons of Freedom.
Herman is a Christian…not
because he says so…but because along with confessing Jesus Christ as LORD, he is pro-life…he is pro-Israel…pro-family, and pro-America. My husband and I planned to vote for him.
Living in the south all
my life…deep south, in fact…in the Bible belt…and certainly growing up with all
of the separation of blacks and whites when I was in grade school…it was
amazing that we were going to vote for a black man…at least to people looking
on. I mean my parents grew up in
Atlanta, with the white neighborhood and the black one back to back, and no locked doors. I grew up with a maid in my
home, who by the way I loved dearly).
When Obama ran for
office, I did not vote against him because he was black. I mean, I’m an educated woman…and I was a teacher in
the public school. His skin color and
national origin did not matter to me.
What he believed in his
heart did! Obama was a member of a
church, whose preacher preached against America. He is married to a woman who spoke out
against America publicly before the election.
Our president is
pro-abortion and proud of it…has said so many times. He is not pro-Israel. Much prayer went up against all the
consideration of supporting Palestinian Jerusalem…which he spoke in favor
of. Let’s see Muslim Jerusalem…isn’t that an oxy-moron??
I believe in my
Constitution…it is the law of this land.
More than once decisions made by Mr. Obama have shown that he does no
support the 1st or 2nd amendment. How can a Catholic hospital…a religious
hospital…be forced to allow abortions in the hospital? According to who?
If that were to come
into effect, what would stop our government from making decisions about
churches and church schools? Nothing…that’s
what!!
Now, it is not the first
time that this nation has had presidents deceive us. President Carter ran on the fact that he was
a Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher.
He deceived many people…some friends of mine.
I was in Texas years ago
with a feminist rally going on that had several of the president’s wives on
stage condoning some pretty extraordinary behavior going on. Much of the material that I gathered as I
slid behind the lines and went to the meetings said socialism and feminism on
the same pages…linking them.
I was president of
Mothers On the March a pro-family, pro-life organization and aligned with
Phyllis Schlafly. Many of us were
members also of Eagle Forum. We defeated
ERA in 1982…Georgia was one of 4 states that held this back.
What I hear today sounds
so much like those days! What was held
back then is on us now. Trust me…I wish
it were not so…but it is.
Back a few months ago,
there was a slight mention in the news of a treaty. My sister sent email to me and posted on her
facebook page about it. I was listening
but busy.
This last week, with our
Ambassador and our military being murdered…and then seeing our U.N. delegate
defend our lack of outrage…and seeing the U.N. president…I was reminded that
our president was in favor of that treaty…don’t remember the name of it right
now…
But, Saints of God, do
you know that that treaty will supersede the jurisdiction of our nation. Does this ring in your ear like mine? Have we heard of a world tribunal…or world
court…or one world government.
So, I guess, I’m going
to sort of nail it down for you where I stand….since it seems that that’s what
we are doing.
I also want you to know
that you do not have to agree with me. I
respect your right to have a different opinion.
I respect your right to put as many signs for your candidate in your
yard as you want to. That’s is what our
Nation is about. We have the freedom to
speak…though my niece and I both lost signs that were torn up by people who are
not voting for our candidate. Those
people do not believe in the same liberty I do.
I had a hard time at
first picking my candidate for the same reasons that some of my very close
friends and brothers and sisters in Christ have had…because there is seemingly
no candidate to vote for that is a righteous
man. Righteousness means right with
Christ. Jesus is his LORD!
As I look back, over all
my years…soon to be 63…and on back when my parents voted…there is only one that
I felt that way about. History tells
some pretty hair-raising stories of our presidents.
We are not a nation that
wants or needs a king. That’s why we fought for our
independence. I think people have forgot
that.
I remember, when I saw
Reagan for the first time at a Christian conference in Texas…that the believers
wanted him to be…I don’t know…Baptist…Methodist…Pentecostal…Catholic…or?? But, he wasn’t.
I was president of MOM
and pregnant with my youngest. We got
behind him because he was pro-Life, pro-Family, pro-Israel, and pro-America.
I know that Obama says
he’s a Christian…like Carter did…but he does not walk the walk or talk the
talk. He speaks socialism…which I taught
students and warned against for years before I was a teacher…during the MOM
years. When we all share everything...it means that we all own everything and no one owns anything. SCARY!!!! U.S.S. R. was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
When he condoned gay
marriage…another oxy-moron…he is the only president ever to do so…and, in fact,
the only head of any nation to do this! Woe, woe, woe, Saints of God!!
I have had gay friends…I
have friends with gay siblings or gay children…I’m not against the person. However, I am very much against what I know
by God’s
Word to be sin to be
lifted to the same place as God’s 1st institution…the Family!!!
Male and female created
He Him and told them to multiply and subdue the earth.
Let me also say that the
platform that our president stands on…the democratic platform…is pro-abortion,
anti-Israel, pro-gay marriage, and…this very year…tried to throw out the name
of God and Israel.
Wake up Church!!
As a believer, I
recognize that Mormonism is a cult. That
means that they do not believe that Jesus is God. The WORD says that according to who we say
Jesus Christ is…not a prophet or good man…but God, Himself…makes us a believer
or not.
I will share some
experience here if you’ll bear with me a few more minutes…during the MOM days,
we received some criticism from Christians because we did not have a requirement
to join MOM. We had many different
denominations, Catholics, and Mormons…all working together to defeat the ERA.
Mormons printed our
material more than one time at no cost to us…we were tiny and it only cost
people $7 to be a member…and then, printing costs were much higher than
today.
As a pro-life believer
and one who puts feet on my beliefs…I’ve had churches, even my own, not let us
put out pro-life material from Georgia Right to Life. Let me say clearly that not only is the
material welcome by the Catholic churches as you’d expect, it has always been
welcome by the Mormons.
I remember having
someone say years ago, if your house was on fire…or if there were snakes in the
front yard…would you ask the neighbor that came to help if they were mormon? Or
Hindu? Or Muslim? Or????? I think not.
So, in conclusion:
·
I will continue to pray
for the salvation of both of these two men because it is not God’s will that
any perish but all come to repentance.
·
I will vote because it
is a right and a privilege that many nations do not have. I can vote my heart’s convictions without
fear of being shot down or arrested because I live in a free nation where my
husband, my son, my father and father in-law, and both grandfathers served this
nation. I have a bff whose son is in
now, and my great-nephew is in Afghanistan as I write. My parents and in-laws,
and grand-parents are cheering me on.
·
I am not compromising when I vote for a man of a different faith than mine. I’ve known of no Bapti-costals like me running for president. J
·
The LORD told me as I published
to you earlier that we are not voting for a man but against the anti-Christ
spirit. I can’t vote for anyone standing
on the democratic platform as it is blatantly anti-Christ. God is pro-life…Children
are a heritage of the LORD. He created male and female to populate the earth…Israel
is the Apple of God’s eye…He has created us equal and given us life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
·
I learned many years
ago, that if I was not sure about the man or woman, I could be sure about the
platform.
·
The Republican platform
is more pro-life, pro-Israel, pro-marriage between a man and woman, pro-Constitution, and pro-God than ever.
·
Mitt Romney is not a
Christian but he supports Christian values…he is pro-life, pro-Israel,
pro-marriage between a man and woman, and he was a conservative governor.
·
I will vote for the
Romney/Ryan ticket proudly.
·
I will respect your
choice to vote the same or vote differently.
May the LORD bless you
in all that you do in the Name of the LORD!
Until the next time…
Teddi
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