some news notes & some personal notes

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/irs-obamacare-has-us-doing-things-were-not-remotely-qualified-burdens-small-biz

IRS: Obamacare Has Us Doing Things We're Not Remotely Qualified For, Burdens Small Biz
Healthy.
BY Mary Katharine Ham
July 8, 2010 11:05 AM

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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37953


Sens. Coburn and Barrasso Release 100-Day Obamacare Check-Up
by Connie Hair
07/08/2010

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http://www.nfib.com/legal-center/healthcare-lawsuit

Press Conference: NFIB Joins Lawsuit

Fla. Attorney General Bill McCollum and NFIB Small Business Legal Center Exec. Dir. Karen Harned discuss NFIB joining 20 states in challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.

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http://www.brownbailout.com/?fbid=EkHiJzuIOD3

http://www.brownbailout.com/media-center/

( Note: these last two links will lead you to a site that offers you a way to "take action" regarding the UPS "bailout" attempt, which is UPS's way of using legislation regarding the FAA to have a negative effect on FedEx, as a corporation. I believe that is illegal and wrong. It all has to do with unions. Unions and how adamantly opposed I am, personally, to them in any form, ... is one reason why I am thankful my Lord & God, The Almighty, allowed me to be born in Texas, a former Republic, a nation of its own. Texas does not 'have' unions, as some states allow. I am just thankful for that. It does not mean Texas is better than other states. It simply means I do not see the benefit of unions in any state in what we call the U.S. of A. And the laws in Texas also reflect that same viewpoint.)

... and that note and the various events that have gone on, over the past 2 years, and more, also lead me to make the following statements, though I realize some may not understand "why" or may think I am going pretty far "out of reasonable bounds" in saying this.
... but I just feel led to share it here (since this is 'my' blog), even if only for the few who will "try" to understand my "heart" in what is typed, below, here, and who will pray for many, like me, who have the same, basic beliefs I have, and whose hearts are quite broken over the evil being pushed upon us by evil leaders in our country, and evil leaders all over the world. They are men and women who are "of the world," though I am only "in it," by my Lord's decree and Plan.

... please understand, that if you do not agree with what I share, here or anywhere, you can still "love one another (aimed in my direction)" and pray for me.

You can still study God's Word, and see if your allegiance should only be with The Lord Almighty!

You can still pray for God's Might and Power to continue to work actively in your soul and life! (and in mine)

You can still pray for God to bring the kind of deliverance He has brought to the people of Israel, in many positive ways, over many centuries!

You can still abide by the original intent of the men who were willing to die, when they signed the Declaration of Independence, so we (the people) could be a nation that glorified God, and whose leaders would (were meant to) only be true believers in The Sovereign Lord Adonai, The Controller of the universe He made and designed to be His, and His alone, believers in His Son, Yeshua The Messiah of Israel.

You can still trust in God, and be loyal to Him, His Plan for all people, and for this earth we live on, ... and continue fulfilling the responsibilities He has given you to do, without being disloyal to your fellow Americans, by praying fervently and with a zeal for The Lord of hosts, Y-hw-h Sabaoth.

You can love your brothers and sisters in America, and across the world, by seeking God's Face, by believing every Word God teaches you to understand and know, and by living out His Plan for your life, regardless of how others, around you, choose to live, looking only to Yeshua, The Author and Finisher of our Faith (our trusting belief).

You can still "love" me, and others like me, by getting to know The Lord of all better each new day He gives you, until you see Him face to Face! (in Heaven)

... okay, now, for what I wrote, that might shock some, and might be used by others to condemn me, but which I hope most will try to understand I believe I needed to write here.
Wrote it here just so some would understand that, when push comes to shove, some of us "will not back down" from our belief in The Great I AM, El Elyon, nor will we back down from our full support for Israel and the Israeli people whose God is The Lord (for God's chosen people, that is), and for The Word of God, which is our Life and our necessary "daily food."
We will not stop learning how to speak the Truth (of The Lord) in agape Love, though that does not mean we will only speak what others want to hear, but will do all we can to be faithful to speak the Truth in agape Love, as our Lord commands us to do. .... We are not perfect, from a human viewpoint. We are just "forgiven!" Thanks be to God, The God of Israel, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

(Here [below] is my main message; like some "pastors" in the U.S. of A., I had a long introduction before even getting to 'the meat' of what I was intending to share, here. Maybe it's a 'southern' thing. Sorry. Yes, I do tend to use far too many words to suit many people. Am learning. Thank you to those of you who are able to remain patient with me!)

Many Texans, in state or currently living out of our native state, as I now am, ... may be seen as odd to others (and some have not set a very good example of what I, personally, believe the heart of a true Texan is like), but many will be working to urge our fellow Texans to, once again, oppose those (in the current administration in Washington, D.C.) who try to "hold it over us" as did Spain and Mexico, in their time (when Texas was not yet a Republic or a state in the U.S.), or who wish to "use us" to bring in income or commerce (via NAFTA or NAU, both of which I am opposed to) they want to use for their own personal, evil agenda, or their evil plans contrary to The Good and Righteous Plan and the perfect Will of The Lord God Almighty, The I AM, El Elyon.

We are not unAmerican. We are faithful to what the men believed, who founded this country! But the current government administration is not! And the man in The White House is not legally an American citizen. I learned this through the (audio) testimony of his own grandmother, because she was there at the hospital when he was born in Mombasa, Kenya.
He was the son of a man who had dual citizenship in Britain and in Kenya (who already had another wife in England, at that time), and of a woman who, by all available information, was anti-American, herself, and a rebel at heart, but who was an American citizen herself.
In 1961, a mom's U.S. citizenship "does not" guarantee that her children are automatically U.S. citizens, no matter where they are born. She was "under a U.S. law, in 1961," that said that, at her age at the time of her son's birth, her child had to be born within U.S. borders to be a legal U.S. citizen.
BHO was not born within U. S. borders.
(Yes, I realize some will not want me to share this. It has been shared, over and over, on several websites, and through video sites on the internet. What I am sharing is not new. I just believe it is true. I believe we should all have an opportunity to know 'the truth.')
So, from all that I have read, about all of this, from all viewpoints, I can only come to the conclusion that what I am sharing here is the truth, from my personal perspective and from my level of understanding.
If you wish to disagree, or do disagree, kindly do it on your knees, before The Lord Who is The Controller of the universe, and rules over all men and women who have ever lived on this earth. He always hears and answers the cries and the prayers and supplications of His own children. If you are one of His children, He will hear your prayer and He will answer you. He promised that, in the book Jeremiah was told to write, in Jeremiah 33:3)

I belong to The Lord Almighty, through belief in, trust in, and knowledge of His only-begotten Son, The Lord of all lords and King of all kings, Yeshua The (True) Messiah.

I do not plan to support any form of a U.S. government that turns its back on YHVH God, and on Israel, by decisions made by its leaders in government that are against Israel as a people, or against the Jews and the Christians in America, or in any other nation in this world. True believers in The Lord Yeshua The Messiah are always pro-Israel and pro-Jew, because we worship the same Creator and Lord, and we study and live by The Word of YHVH God.

I am glad for anyone who wants to know, to know this, ... that my King and my Lord and only Sovereign is not related to the U.S. of A., but He is The Lord Almighty, The King of the universe He made and He still holds all things together, in it.

I owe all my allegiance, all that is in my life and what my life is, to Him, alone! He is The Only One Who has the right to give me life, or to take it. When I die, I will return to Him, Who gave me life on earth, from before I was seen on earth, while I was in the womb, being formed by His Loving, Merciful Hands!

I am a lady of Peace / Shalom; I do not wish to, nor would I, fight except in The Spirit of God, through Spirit-led, spiritual warfare prayer. I mean, I belong to The Lord of Sabaoth, YHVH Sabaoth, El Elyon, Whose Name is also YHVH Shalom, The Lord Who is (our) Peace.
I wish only to be known to be independent of all ties to the current administration of the U.S. government, because I have no beliefs that agree with what the current U.S. administration is doing to go against the commands and the teachings of Almighty God, The Lord YHVH.

I wish to be known to have my allegiance in and with YHVH (Whom some call Y-hw-h), my Father in Heaven, The God of Israel, and The Messiah of YHVH God, Yeshua (Who is also YHVH God in the flesh, and Who was raised from the dead on the third day after He died, and He lives now and forever, and is active in my life. And my Teacher is The Holy Spirit, Ruach haChodesh, Who is also YHVH God.

... for those who wonder why I feel led to share this, ... just trust that some, who are willing to lay down their lives on our behalf, on the battlefield,
... either standing by a "church" pulpit,
... or on their knees at the side of their children's beds, praying,
... or holding a weapon that can end someone's life (under military jurisdictional authority, operating under "orders"),
... are all willing to give their lives for more than just their own families and themselves, and those they love and know personally.
They are willing to die for others (for you and for me), because there is One Who died in their place, long ago, yet He lives, now and for ever.
-- They are, and I am, willing to die for (and being faithful to) The One Who bought (redeemed) you and me (if only we will accept His free gift of deliverance from eternal condemnation for our sins and transgressions against The Almighty God, YHVH) -- Yeshua The Messiah.
He (Yeshua, God's Son Who came in the flesh, to live on earth, suffer & die, and then, rise again, on the third day after he died, according to God's Word, which is Truth) fought for you and me, in much prayer and entreaty, before The Throne of God Almighty.
He (Yeshua) then suffered much grief over those who would oppose Him and His Father in Heaven, and who would reject Him, for all eternity.
And then, He gave the last measure of His Strength, while saying: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

He (Yeshua) also said (while hanging on a Roman execution stake, outside the walls of the city of Jerusalem): "into Thy Hands, I commend My spirit."
And, I must say, with my Lord, that I am entrusting my entire life, as I have done already, but am sharing it here, to The Hands of The Lord Adonai YHVH, Elohenu, The Lord of all, and Yeshua The Messiah is One with The Father YHVH. I can do nothing without Him.

And He (Yeshua, God's True Son) has chosen me, and ordained me, that I should go and bring forth fruit, and that my fruit (souls for His Kingdom) should remain: that whatsoever I shall ask of The Father in Yeshua's Mighty Name, He may give it (to) me.
-- I only share my version of this verse to show that He chose me, and has ordained me, to do His Will. If I am unfaithful in doing that, then I have failed to fulfill and do what He has commanded me to do. It will not mean He has failed. He is ever True and Faithful. And He will fulfill all His Will.

When I fail Him, He is ever Faithful, and He will bring me, draw me, back to His Heart, in Patient Mercy, and in Mighty agape Love, through Grace, and through His Righteous Will, so I can, then, begin to walk with Him more closely, afterward.

When I fail Him, He is still ready to forgive me, as I repent, confess my sins, and forsake my former wandering ways, ... agreeing, again, with His Truth.
Admitting to The Lord that we were / are wrong does not make us weak. It shows our Strength can only be found in The Joy He gives us. When we let our Strength be "in Him," He makes us meek, one whose strength is under His Control. When we are weak, He shows Himself to be Strong. He is our Strength, our Rock! (for those who believe in The Lord Messiah Yeshua in His Blood Atonement He did in their place, to pay the sin-debt each of us owed to God, our Father, Who made us)

May each step you take be taken in a way that is drawing you and bringing you closer to His Loving Heart, in fellowship with Him, and for His glory and praise!
And may others see Yeshua (Jesus) in you!

This is my heart, folks. (not all of it; just a part of my thoughts)
I just hope others will not take offense at my words.
But if you do, please first take it before The Lord in sincere, heart-felt prayer.
Please do not attack me. My Lord takes attacks of that sort as if they were made against Him, personally. I dwell "in" Him. I abide "in" The Lord Yeshua, The Messiah of God Almighty.
These words only reflect some thoughts that are in my soul.
If they are not in yours, that is fine. You must walk your path. I must walk mine.

I have been misunderstood before (and am not real good with words), many times, ... and I realize I will be misunderstood again.
But before I die, which might be 52 years from now, at age 104 (hee hee!), or before I am taken up into the clouds by my Lord, Who redeemed me by His Blood He shed in my place, ... I would like to leave this "note" as part of a legacy my own children may read, one day.

Of course, I do believe that, when I am "taken up (caught away, in the Greek)," that all my (our) children will also be taken up / caught away, ... to meet The Lord in the air, and then, we shall be "ever" with The Lord YHVH / The Lord Yeshua! Hallelujah! Am so thankful to The Lord, The Lamb of God, has chosen to redeem all six of my (our) children! Praise His Name!

Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord Yeshua!

The Lord is our victory! His generosity goes on and on!

I Corinthians 15: 57-58 reminds us ...
"... thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ). Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding (!!) in the work of The Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor (for / to win souls for His Kingdom) is not in vain *in* The Lord."

I Corinthians 15: 50-54 also speak of victory ...
"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit The Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption (that which is able to die; the *flesh*) inherit incorruption (eternal life). Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last Trump: for the Trumpet shall sound, and the dead (in Messiah) shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So, when this corruptible (body of the flesh) shall have put on incorruption (immortality),a nd this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

The Lord is the Victor over death.
He alone holds the keys to death and hell, now.

We can trust Him Who is True.
He alone is able to deliver these mortal bodies into (as He changes them into incorruptible spiritual bodies) immortality.

I John 5: 4 shares with us ...
"For whatsoever is born of God (our Father in Heaven, YHWH, the Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob / Israel) overcometh the world (system): and this is the victory that overcometh the world (system), even our faith."

I John 5: 5 - 13 continues ....
"Who is he that overcometh the world (system), but he that believeth that that Yeshua (Jesus) is The (True, Only-begotten) Son of God (YHWH)?
"This is He that came by water and Blood, even Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ); not by water only, but by water and Blood. And it is The (Holy) Spirit (of YHWH) that beareth witness, because The (Holy) Spirit is Truth.
"For there are three that bear record in Heaven, The Father, The Word, and The Holy Ghost (Spirit): and these three are one.
"And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
"If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His son.
"He that believeth on The Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.
"And this is the record, that God (the Father Almighty) hath given us eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son.
"He that hath The Son hath Life: and he that hath not The Son of God hath not Life.
"These things have I written unto you that believe on The Name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal Life, and that ye may believe on The Name of The Son of God."

I John 5: 20 ... shares more truth, for those who believe ...
"And we know that The Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is True, and we are in Him that is True, even in His Son Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah (Christ). This is The True God, and eternal Life."

He has already won the victory over death, and over this world system in which we live, being on the earth as we are. He won it through His Life, suffering death, burial, and subsequent Resurrection from the dead! (on the third day after He died)
All we need do is realize we have no way to get to Heaven ourselves (on our own merit), after we die, because we were born unable to measure up to God's "mark" ... His standard of Righteousness, of sinlessness, of being pure in heart (on our own), of having a right attitude at all times, and in every motive of our hearts, ... and more, because He requires us to be holy, as He is holy, and we can only do that by being "in" Messiah, through our belief in His Name, and in His atoning sacrifice as the Lamb of God, in our place, to redeem us (each of us individually).
We can never do enough to earn our way into Heaven, or eternal Life, on our own, by ourselves.
We need a Redeemer, One Who is our kinsman-Redeemer (as Boaz was, for Ruth), Who is willing to "pay the debt owed" by our sins, and iniquities, in God's sight, ... to make us acceptable to The King Eternal (Melech ha Olam).
We must believe on The Name of The Son of God, Who took upon Himself our sins and iniquities, on the tree, the Roman execution stake. To do that, we can "call upon The Name of The Lord," and He will surely save us (deliver us from eternal condemnation) from the wrath to come. He promised. He cannot lie. He is The Truth! He will do it!

The victory has been won! Yeshua the Messiah has won it *for* us! Hallelujah!!! Let's (we who already believe) trust in Him, Who made us, has redeemed us, and will carry us through into eternal Life with Him, in Heaven! Those who read this and do not know Him may visit http://www.lifeinthebible.org/ to learn *how* to join the family of God.
http://www.openwordbase.com/ has some interesting research you may wish to explore! It's a great resource for school teachers!

Found some more that's inspiring at Robin's place

Am finding The Lord is urging each of us, as this universe winds down, for the coming "place" God has designed to make, to replace it, ... as true believers, we all need to get serious about what He has taught us, about "moving" away from our usual thinking, that comes into our minds from our flesh, and "move over" (each moment) into "the spiritual rest" (and the righteous thinking) that our Lord Yeshua the Messiah desires for us to take part in, and join Him in, and also ... let Him use for the good of all whose lives our life touches.

So, am hopin' to share some thoughts with you here, that might encourage your heart, today, ... after being reminded by some thoughts Robin Sampson shared on her blog, yesterday.

This related to our "Spiritual Rest" in our Lord Yeshua,

as shared by Robin Sampson, on her encouraging blog, at this link,

http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/spiritual-fruit-begins-with-spiritual-rest/
you can experience "spiritual rest" ... as you choose, daily, or moment by moment, to "dwell" in The Lord Yeshua haMashiach. He told us to do this, so He must have known the benefit, the lessening of "stress" having negative effects on us, if we would, and the benefit to our health, beside the improving of our relationships with others, that would come, as well, from our ... just surrendering to His Spirit, and ... choosing (it is a choice) to "rest in" His LovingKindness (as The Lord Who does all things for our good, and Who *is* Compassion), in His Care for us (as El Shaddai, The One Who is just what we need, at any moment, if we will only cry out to Him in our need), and in His generous Grace (which is "sufficient" for every need we have), and in His Shalom Peace (which does pass, go beyond, all our human understanding, and fills us with Peace that overlooks and overcomes all strife, all anger toward us, and all hatred in words or actions toward us, from those who do not understand what God is up to, in us, or maybe, through us, that they are "taking" wrongly).

So often, I forget that my Lord Yeshua is wanting me to "release" my tensions to Him alone, and ... not let what others say or do "affect me" in the old way they used to. Am observing that, in my life, and thinking, some old habits or thought patterns are not wanting to let go, or go away, as much as I believe they should, or as one of my daughters reminded me they should, the other day. I must, instead of following "natural" ways of thinking, choose consciously, to switch over to the Path of Light, that (when I am on it) enables me to think in The Way of The Lord, because His Word He has given us "the mind of Messiah." -- wow! Imagine that! It is true! He *has* given us His Way of thinking, His ability to "choose righteousness," instead of our old fleshly way! If He has set me free (and He has!! Amen!), then I am "free" indeed (assuredly!)!! Hallelujah!!!

The Lord is always right here with each of us who "abide in Him," so, for me, I can overcome my old tendency to let the wrong attitudes of others affect me in a negative way, but only by His Loving, Might-filled, Righteous, Merciful, Kind-hearted Power (dunamis) working in me His Will for my life, as His friend.

As I choose to "dwell in the secret place of The Most High (El Elyon)," I "shall abide under the Shadow of The Almighty (El Shaddai)." (from Psalm 91: 1)
Then, as I practice "dwelling" in His "secret place," I will be able to demonstrate that (from verse 2, of Psalm 91) I can say "of The Lord (YHVH), He is my Refuge and my Fortress: my God (Mighty One); in Him will I (choose to) trust."

*If* I let worry about our family's future in the nation we were born in (maybe we need to make plans to be ready to leave, should The Lord lead us to do that, to opt for serving on a foreign mission field, rather than the large field, ready for harvesting of souls by The Lord, right here in America), or concern for others' actions and words (that damage the lives of those around them) that God will reprove, or observations that lead me to correct another whose life is not going as God would wish it to go, and they are not seeing the path they have left (God's perfect Will), nor the one they have chosen to walk on (which does not please God), which I maybe just need to (surrender my rights to) leave to God to correct that soul (whom He loves immensely), in His own Way, ...
....... then I have chosen, also, to not demonstrate that I am able to "dwell" (by His enabling, abundant Grace, that gives me the desire and the "power," or ability, to do, or accomplish, His Will!) in Him, "under the shadow of His" protecting, Loving "Wings."
... and if I do that, I am also not choosing to run to or dwell in Him as my "Refuge," though my right mind knows He truly *is* my Refuge, and my Strength! If I forget to think on these things, at a time of 'crisis,' then I am guilty of not seeing Him as He truly is, in one aspect, as my "Fortress" ... where He rules and reigns, and overcomes all enemies of His Love-in-action toward all those who put their trust in His Son, Yeshua haMashiach.

Will I choose to fully trust Him ? Will I, at least, try to trust Him a big jump more, toward Him, than I did yesterday ? Am I willing to give up, or yield to Him, my rights to correct that other person, who is also "on" God's pathway of Life, but who is stumbling, perhaps, or making a few wrong choices in thinking, as I have, so often ? Am I willing to show more patience toward others, whomever they may be, in order to let God work in their hearts, rather than expressing what I am observing that they are doing that I know God will judge in His wrath, toward those who do evil ?

He is surely in charge, and in control of all things that occur in this universe! I must choose to remember that that is The Truth! It is!
I can let Him take care of 'fixing' things that go on, in the lives we live on this earth, before we get promoted to His Glory Land!
He does know the right thing to do, even if it does not "look," to me, like the one doing what is wrong, or being allowed to remain alive (though even this nation's laws would say that one deserves to die), or like the one whose life touches my own, and what that one is doing, or has done, has had a very negative effect on my own, ....
I must remember that The Lord is fully able to deal with each of these circumstances, and each person whose life touches mine, in a negative way.
If He knows best what to do, in each of life's situations that He allows to come up, and affect our hearts, or our emotions, or our income levels, or our children's lives, or our country's leaders doing what is evil, or planning evil behind "closed doors," or ... then I must leave it to Him to do what is best. I do know He is able to deliver me, and anyone else, from those who plan evil, in this country, or in any other, if He wants to use that deliverance to bring more lost souls to a saving knowledge of His Truth, and of God's Son, Yeshua haMashiach. He can! I must leave it to Him!

His Mercy endureth forever! I must show mercy, in action and in words, and attitude, from my heart and soul that God is sanctifying, as He works in my life, daily!

My concerns for the welfare of others, or for the provisions I want to help them with, or for some blessing I would like to see them experience as a result of the right choices they could make, with regard to an area of their lives God wants, very much, to bless, or for the healing God wants to do in the heart or emotions, or more so, in the physical health, or lack of it, that someone I know is experiencing, painfully, or for the good God desires to do, in the spiritual growth of a believer, to enable that one to grow much more close to His Heart, but they do have blind spots, they are not "seeing" are causing themselves much pain, and they do not, if made aware of them, want to make the necessary changes that would open the door for God's abundant blessing to pour down on them, from Heaven, so much so, that they would not know how to receive it all. But what a huge blessing it "would" be, if only they could "see" what they cannot now see, with their spiritual eyes, due to hardness of heart, or due to resistance to His Holy Spirit's work in their lives, as believers in The Lord.

Anyway, Robin Sampson's short article on "Spiritual Rest," inspired me today, as well as The Lord urging me, has led me to write this.
I do hope it offers you the hope He has available for us all, if we will just "cry out to God," for the "Help" that He truly is and has for us.
He patiently waits on us, to "move." (over to His way of thinking)

... that must be why, David wrote, in Psalm 27, verse 14, as he sings: "Wait on The Lord (YHWH): be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine (your!) heart: wait, I say, on The Lord (YHWH)."

In Isaiah 30: 15, The Lord urged Isaiah to write down these encouraging and helpful words, to guide us to make some right choices, with regard to "spiritual rest" we can find only in Him: "For thus saith The Lord (Adonai, our Master) God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved (delivered); in quietness (trusting Him) and in confidence (knowing He has a plan to do good for us, at all times) shall be your Strength: ...."

And ... in Isaiah 32: 17, the prophet shares with us another insight God wishes us to know and think about: "And the work of Righteousness shall be Peace (Shalom); and the effect of Righteousness quietness and assurance forever." wow! That is what we all want, and need, especially in these times of uncertainties.

... but God has not forgotten us! He never will! His thoughts about us and toward us (for us) are so numerous, daily, that we cannot count them all! And all His plans for us are for our good, and they "are" good!

Please visit Robin's site, to read her article there, at the Heart of Wisdom (her blog area), using the link below:

http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/spiritual-fruit-begins-with-spiritual-rest/

Fruit of the Spirit Friday - Spiritual Rest

God is able to fill us with all Goodness, Gentleness, Joy, Peace, Love, and Strength, and even with His Kindness He can enable us to demonstrate toward those who are His enemies! He can make even our enemies (His enemies) to be at Peace with us, if we are staying on His Path of Life, by choosing, moment by moment, to "dwell" in His Son, Yeshua haMashiach, The Lord Who made us, and knows us, and wishes for us to come to Heaven, so we can enjoy the inheritance He wishes to share with us, in Glory, for eternity! Hallelujah!!

The Haven of Rest is my Lord

One hymn that The Lord keeps bringing to my mind is "The Haven of Rest," by Henry L. Gilmour, 1836 - 1920. The melody / music for it, was written by George D. Moore, 19th century, and the arrangement in our hymnal was done by Don Peterman, 1925 -

The words are ...

My soul in sad exile was out on life's sea,
So burdened with sin, and distrest (distressed),
Till I heard a sweet Voice saying, "Make Me your choice!"
And I entered The Haven of Rest.

(chorus)
I've anchored my soul in The Haven of Rest,
I'll sail the wide seas no more;
The tempest may sweep o'er the wild, stormy deep --
In Jesus I'm safe evermore.

I yhielded my self to His tender embrace,
And, faith taking hold of The Word,
My fetters fell off, and I anchored my soul --
The "Haven of Rest" is my Lord.

(chorus)

The song of my soul, since The Lord made me whole,
Has been the old Story so blest (blessed),
Of Jesus, Who'll save whosoever will have
A home in The Haven of Rest!

(chorus)

O come to The Savior -- He patiently waits
To save by His Power divine;
Come, anchor your soul in The Haven of Rest,
And say, "My Beloved is mine."

(chorus)

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This hymn is a real inspiration to me. It tells of The Lord
Who I have truly found to be my Haven of Rest!

He is always there!
He is our Help! (at all times)

Ever Thought About ...(?)

Ever thought about ... (?)

... how The Almighty, Compassionate, Generous, Kind-hearted, Awesome, Strong One, The Lord God ... delivers His children from harm, danger, drought, famine, and pestilence? Ever wonder about how He uplifts them daily, from each test and trial, ... and even encourages, provides and protects them?

Ever figured He's busy continually healing His children, helping them get out of some "real jams," or messes, or how He gives them hope when the future does not look positive?
Ever wonder how He fills them with His Shalom Peace while their lives appear to be in the middle of a storm? (of trouble that's comin' at them?)
Ever think about how He gives them His enabling Grace?, to get through the "hard times?" -- !

Ever think about this?: Did it ever occur to you that nothing ever occurs to God? He is never surprised by anything that goes on, on earth! He's always quite far ahead of us! He's ever planning out things for our good, though "situations" and "circumstances" may not look so "positive" to us, at any given moment.

Ever wondered why ... God never stops to think about things. He already has them figured out, long before we arrive "at that moment in time." --!

And, among other things "Good," that happen to us, at times, God our Father in Heaven is always *doing* (producing) (bringing about) (arranging circumstances so that we see they are working for our) Good for us all, who are His children. But ... it is only for those who are His children!

Dwell in His Loving care!
He is ever there! (He is Immanuel! -- God with us!)

Trust in His Strong Arms!
He'll deliver you from all harm!

His Peaceful Voice with calm you;
He will always come through.

The Blood of Yeshua will cover,
Over you He will hover.

As a hen, for her chicks cares,
El Shaddai will protect you where-
(ever you are).

He is able to deliver you,
In praise He dwells, fights for you!

Give Him the praise due to His Name!
(use His Names to "bless" haShem!)

Baruch haShem Adonai YHWH! (Yahweh)
Baruch haShem Adonai Yeshua!


Have a wonder-filled day, today (and tomorrow) basking in The Loving Lord's "Light" ... with His rays of Hope, Health and delivering Help, only He can give!

He Loves you with an everlasting Love! And underneath are the Everlasting Arms! He rejoices over you with singing, and with Joy, and ... He rests in His Love for you! -- from Zephaniah 3: 17

Verses for your Inspiration and Enlightenment

Hebrews 13: 5 -6, 20-21

" Let your conversation (way of living, behavior) be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hat said, 'I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.'
So that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.' "

"Now the God of Peace, Who brought again from the dead our Lord Yeshua ha Meshiach, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant,
Make you perfect (mature in Him, complete in Him) in every good work to do His Will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His Sight, through Yeshua the Messiah; to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen."

Jeremiah 6: 16

"Thus saith The Lord YHWH, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the Good Way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. ...."

Malachi 4: 1 - 2

" For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shal be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith The Lord of hosts, YHWH Sabaoth, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
But unto you that fear My Name (haShem, YHWH, The Lord) shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with Healing in His Wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall."

Zechariah 14: 1 -

"Behold, the day of The Lord YHWH cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem / Yerushalayim / to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Then shall The Lord YHWH go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle.
And His Feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem / Yerushalayim / on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and The Lord YHWH my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
... v. 8 ... And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem / Yerushalayim/ half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
... v. 9 ... And The Lord YHWH shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord YHWH, and His Name One.
... v. 12 ... And this shall be the plague wherewith The Lord YHWH will smite the people that have fought against Jerusalem / Yerushalayim/ ; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes (sockets), and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
v. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord YHWH shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
... v. 16 ... And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem / Yerushalayim / shall even go up from year to year to worship The King, The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth), and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
v. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem / Yerushalayim / to worship The King, The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth), even upon them shall be no rain.
... v. 18b ... there shall be the plague, wherewith The Lord YHWH will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
v. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
v. 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, "HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD (YHWH); and the pots in the Lord's (YHWH's) House shall be like the bowls before the altar.
v. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem / Yerushalayim / and in Judah / Yehudah / shall be holiness unto The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth): and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the House of The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth)."

the Phyllis Schlafly Report

Friends,

If you are not yet aware of the organization called Eagle Forum, please at least read the report on that site, for the month of September of 2008, using the link I have put below. Have only included the title for that page's articles, below here, for you to get a quick idea of what you will read about, on Mrs. Schlafly's Eagle Forum site page there.

It is both enlightening and helpful to all who are true believers in The Lord Jesus Christ / The Lord Adonai Messiah Yeshua. We all need to be informed, and Eagle Forum is one sure way to know what is going on, behind the scenes, within our nation! Phyllis Schlafly is one dear grandmother who cares very much about what all of us, as believers in The Lord, need to use to urge us to pray, and to seek God's Face, about.

The world scene is changing so that the values many of us grew up being taught ... are under fire, to say the least. Please read what is on her site, and support Eagle Forum with your prayers, ... at least. They are doing a great job of keeping us informed about what's going on in Washington, and among those who legislate laws that they try to "sneak by us," because they know the general voting public in America will not support what those in Committees in the House of Representatives and in the Senate "have in mind."

Though our nation's laws may no longer be able to sufficiently protect us, as true believers, and God-fearing voting American citizens, God Almighty, YHWH, the Great I AM, El Elyon -- the Most High -- is still alive, and always will be, and He is still in control of all things, and of all people. He will never let us down! He will always defend us, and will always hold us in His Hands, carrying us in His everlasting Arms. We can never be separated from The Agape Love of The Lord Almighty, El Shaddai! And He keeps His Word -- He is YHWH Shammah, Who is ever with us, because He promised He would never leave us nor forsake us, so that we can boldly say: The Lord is my helper, I will not fear! -- from Hebrews 13: 6

Praise The Lord all day!
He is your Help and your Shield!
He is your High Tower, your Refuge in times of trouble!


http://eagleforum.org/psr/2008/sept08/psrsept08.html

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Help! Notes continues ...

God is on the throne, and prayer still changes things ... mostly "us." I hope to share some help-ful websites the Lord has led me to, to help you all. Life continues. Help! Notes will continue, as the Lord allows time for me to post to it.

If someone asked you "would you consider yourself to be a good person?," what would you say?

Just wondering.

Anyone may come and read this blog. You all are welcome. Yes, I was born in the South (of the U.S.A.). I am patriotic. Am a veteran's daughter, married to a veteran, of the U.S. military. We hail from England, Ireland, Scotland, and several other places. My family raised me to live my life trusting in the One, True God, YHWH Elohenu, El Elyon, God Almighty.

He has always been "there" for me. He is Jehovah Shammah! His Help is always All-Sufficient, for He is El Shaddai! He is my Righteousness, for He is Jehovah Tsidkenu! Hallelujah! What more could anyone need?

Oh yes, He is also the Lord Who heals me continually, Jehovah Rophe (Ropheka, some say). And He is Jehovah Ra'ah, my good Shepherd, Who moment by moment tends to me, as a shepherd tends to his flock. And He is Jehovah Rohi, Who sees me continually.

Please come again. More "Help! Notes" will follow.

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An educational site with several Help-ful links, for your benefit.
May God bless you richly!