Respect for our flag...

October 26, 2016 at 7:57 AM ·

RESPECT for our flag is on my mind. I recently posted a comment about this and the reply of a woman astounded me. It was so beautiful I decided to cut and paste it and share with you. This is about our flag and our military. The next time you have the opportunity to see a military funeral, watch the care given to the flag over the casket. 

Here is her story:
When my father died, he was in Georgia and was to be buried in Florida. It was assumed that there would be someone who knew how to fold his flag. As it turned out, there was one man--and me. I had been a part of funeral details while in the Navy. The friend held the end with the stars, and I folded. I did the inspections of corners and mentally transformed myself to being in uniform. When I finished folding, the friend held and turned the flag while I inspected. I came to attention, and he followed suit. He handed me the flag. I took one step back, did an about face, walked to my mother, knelt on one knee and said the words. By the time I was done, both of us had tears streaming down our faces. I stood, came to attention, and saluted. Then I relaxed, went to my mother and held her until she was calmer. Then I sat down.

A Mimi memory from 2013

October 25, 2013

Yesterday during Kyla's nap time Landon wanted to play doctor with a few of their bears. I was his assisting nurse. His "buddy" bear had a big boo boo on his foot so I wrapped it in a bandage. When Kyla got up and joined us she was visibly upset by bear's boo boo. I tried to explain it was pretend. When they come today, I will need to remove the bandage and say "all better!" and let her kiss it. :-) :-) LOVE being their Mimi!

Being assertive vs Being aggressive

Of late I've seen some "hot, sometimes abusive" remarks on Facebook.  These always seem to be related to political topics.  Because Facebook is a public arena I have a suggestion that has to do with being assertive or aggressive.

First, the problem as I see it.  I have numerous friends on Facebook and I enjoy reading their posts because it helps me stay connected with them.  I am assuming those who comment on their post are friends as well.  Under a post is a REPLY which can be clicked on and before replying, the name of the friend who posted appears.  I like this because it is clarifying to all readers that I am responding to the friend who wrote the original post.  But sometimes I forget to click on the REPLY and what I type is written as a comment.

There have been times that a friend of the one who wrote the original post reads my comments, may not like it and then blasts me with accusatory remarks that are often hurtful and judgmental.  These have caused me to back away from "debates".  I don't like and I don't need to be diced and sliced by mean words from someone who knows nothing about me.  I want to say here and now: "I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!"

Is there a solution? YES.  I am going to try to always use the REPLY so that it obviously states to whom I am speaking.  But if I fail to use the REPLY, I guess I will start my response to nastiness with "I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!"  Facebook provides the personal messaging if a friend wants to have a deep debate with their posting friend.  Also, the person who wants to throw their objecting slurs about can do their own post on their own Facebook timeline and then their friends can debate all they want there! Regardless of my solution and/or feelings - LET'S KEEP IT CIVIL and learn how to be assertive and not aggressive with our words.  We never know what is going on in someone's life at the time.

El Elyon

GOD NAME: El Elyon - The God Most High - He is the Sovereign God in whom we can put our trust. El Elyon has supremacy over all false gods. Psalm 78:35, Daniel 4:34 & Acts 16:17. Let the world know!

My Facebook Star Information

(NASA, ESA) 
Light echo is seen around V838 Monocerotis, a dull star in an obscure constellation that suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy in January 2002. The mysterious star, thought then to be the mythical Planet X, has long since faded back to obscurity.

NASA isn't sure mystery planet Nibiru even exists but that hasn't stopped conspiracy theorists linking it to biblical end time prophecies.  Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson is the latest religious theorist to claim that the alignment of Nibiru – also called Planet Nine or Planet X – is a prophetical precursor to the apocalypse.
He claims there are codes deep inside the Old Testament and that the words 'star Nibiru' can be found alongside 'Messiah.'
Conspiracy theorists like Glazerson believe the addition of another planet in our solar system could be a sign of the world coming to an end.  'This is a message to the entire world. Nibiru is to warn the world to repent. Not only Israel but also the world has to repent,' he said.

NASA has been shy to confirm the existence of Planet Nine but now it seems even the space agency is finding the evidence hard to ignore.  In its most recent update on the intriguing question, NASA said there was 'a possible 'Planet Nine' on the distant edges of our solar system.

Rick & Kay Warren's son from July 2013

Sometimes my Facebook post is like a page in my journal and you, my FB friends get to see my inner thoughts...I read in our newspaper yesterday the article about Rick and Kay Warren returning to their church after an extended time away to grieve for their son, Matt, who took his life...a friend of theirs wrote: "Every skeptic should have the fortitude to watch and observe Christian faith at its best." He was referring to that of Rick and Kay...no phoney "we are Christians and we will suck it up and be strong" They were raw in their emotions and intensely honest about faith and God. Rick said "for seven years, I prayed every day that God would heal my son's mind...it was the #l prayer of my life. It didn't make sense to me why this prayer wasn't working"- Then on April 5 Matt died...Kay said, With his death, my hope for a healed mind on Earth was over and hope seemed like a mockery to me...but what happened that day is not the end of the story." As I read their story, I realized their hope did not die with Matt...AMAZING. 

So, me? I pray daily for Landon and Kyla...for God's protection, HIS work in their lives and that they, too, will come in faith to trust HIM. But, after reading the Warrens' story I ask myself, "Can God really be trusted?" 

This is what I read this morning: Hebrews 6:17 - 19 "God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that He would never change His mind. So God has given both His promise and His oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible to God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to Him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls." 

I will never understand the whys of our shattered dreams. But, if I can't cling to God's "I am faithful and I am God and I have plans for your good", then I have nothing. So, I choose hope, even when it seems a mockery.

The Feel of a Praying Life

p. 84
"The feel of a praying life is cautious optimism---caution because of the Fall, optimism because of redemption."