America and those who cannot protect themselves

 

I was busy watching videos about retirement issues and economic issues, housing problems and opportunities that are new, and thinking about watching a movie before it got so late.  

I sent an email to the Mayor's office in New York City today.  I watched a video about NYC by Cash Jordan and the immigration issues they are struggling with.  I decided to share a memory from my life with the Mayor because that was the only contact point I could find that was related to the issue.  I don't know if I will get a reply that is worth anything, but I felt it was important enough to share.

When I was younger, I can't remember when it was, there was a movement in the US to sponsor Vietnamese people in our churches and other groups across the nation.  I imagine it was somewhere around the time of the Vietnam war, but I can't be sure.  It may have been another people group.  It's been so long ago.  But I vaguely remember it being about Vietnamese people, maybe Vietnamese families.

What I wanted to share with the Mayor is the sponsorship program.  Churches committed to caring for these immigrants.  They helped with housing, jobs, getting settled into American culture, and language issues.  I imagine there are groups in NYC that can do the same thing, especially with the language barriers.  I think families are the most critical need for housing and jobs and building a better future, but I also know singles and couples will be in need.

In Oregon, there are new laws being implemented about homelessness and camping in public spaces.  One interview on the news was a couple with a dog.  The news person asked if they would follow the mandate.  No one talked about the restrictions in shelters against couples and dogs.  I wondered what the government expected them to do, and how to handle the dog issue.  Dogs are a safety issue for homeless people.  Being a couple is a safety issue as well as a human need.  These things don't go away just because you are homeless.  It's been a problem for as long as I can remember.

I think it is foolish of the government to expect people to leave all the things they have struggled to create so they can build a better future just to spend a night in a shelter.  What are they supposed to do with all their belongings, and their dog?  What is needed is a safe space to "live" in their tents as they keep building a better future.

I hate to see this happen.

When I was homeless, I didn't have all the extras.  It was just me.  Just a backpack of some kind.  No pets.  No tents.  No man.  Sometimes a vehicle, sometimes not.  Sometimes kids, sometimes not.  And I tried to find Christian shelters if I could, because I am a Christian.  Things are different in non-Christian shelters and services.  The unsaved don't like the differences in Christian shelters.  This spiritual battle exists in many parts of our lives/world, including within social services.

The Mayor here talked about shelter being a "carrot" to offer the homeless... about offering it over and over again.  Then he said the law has to become a stick (fines and jailtime) to make the homeless change.  This is where the couple with the dog don't fit.  They aren't trying to be difficult, they just want to be together, protect each other, protect their dog, protect their small amount of belongings, protect their lives, and find a better future.  What good will government "interventions" do for their lives? 

So, I will continue looking for better options as I wait for GOD to provide for me and Working Together.  It's all I can do right now.

In Christ,  Deborah Martin  -  https://work2gather.us 

Happy 4th of July to America

We are seeing our freedoms become mandates.  I'm not sure what America will look like in the near future.  I am trying to keep my eyes on GOD and my faith in His ability to accomplish His Will in our time.  

Thinking about the future again... where are we heading?

I am getting ready to return some of the DVDs I checked out ot the local library so I watched two of them again today.  WHAT THE HEATLTH and NO SAFE SPACES.  It was hard to view all those details again.  I may watch them again tomorrow to make sure I remember them.

I also watched another DVD for the first time.  It was called DEFINING US.  I thought it was about New York City education systems, but I later realized some of the stories were about Los Angeles.  I don't know if there were other locations included.  I won't watch it over again so you will have to watch it to find out.  :-)  

The copyright year was 2022.  It included some of the recent social unrest over the murders of black men by police (George Floyd), and general references to the effects of poverty and inner cities on the people who have to live in them.  It also shared some of the efforts schools in these difficult areas are making to change the futures of the kids who go to their schools.  Many school officials were featured, giving comments on what their kids need and how their efforts were reaching them.  It was good to see their success stories.

Education is so essential to building a better life.  Our economy is struggling and priorities in government spending are going to get even more difficult.  Criminals tend to take the most funding and get prioritized over other important programs because they represent a safety issue.  I think education will need to get more parent involved, but that is also something poor neighborhoods can't always do.

I wondered how all our government spending would change if we went to just ONE TAX, my view on the tax subject.  

If property taxes went away, how would it change the issue of funding...

The main issue in education is that school funding is attached to neighborhood property taxes.  Rich neighborhoods have better schools because of that fact.  Poor neighborhoods have little funding because of this property tax connection.

Per child statewide is my view.

Taxes are a huge problem in our country now.  The government misspends them and then raises the amounts or creates new taxes.  People and businesses are being crushed by the burdens taxes bring to them.  It's really a mess.

I wonder what will happen in the near and far future.  Socialism isn't going to solve the problem.

I better stop here or I will go on and on about this issue.

I watched a YouTube sermon by John MacArthur on the Antichrist over the weekend.  It was interesting to hear what was included.  It has inspired me to try to study the topic in my Bible again.  I hope to share the differences I see and how our world is becoming what the Bible warns us about. 

The hardest issue is the Rapture idea that seems to have taken over.  I don't know how it happened, it just seems like people want it to be true.  The Antichrist is how we will be missing from the wrath of GOD, not the Rapture.

I hope I can find a way to explain what I discovered so long ago and built Working Together for us to survive together as long as possible.

I really wish I was a better person to do this job, but it is what my life is about.  Whatever happens, I am trying my best with the resources I have... which is little.  Pray that GOD will help us.  Thank you for any prayers you lift up for Working Together, me, and all the Christians who need help.

In Christ,

Deborah Martin

https://work2gather.us

Finding the way forward... one day at a time.

This seems to be the theme of my life.

One day at a time.

The Bible tells us this moment is all we have but we think our lives will be forever.  Well, a long time.  Now that I am up there in years, it seems this one day at a time theme is still the only option.  The reasons why seem to change, but there is even less of a guarantee we will reach tomorrow, or our next birthday, or the many goals we still have.  

Today I came across a YouTube Short about Christian things.  I think the channel was called The Bible Minute, but I am not sure.  The topic of the video was a question many unbelievers ask about God... about people who have never even heard about God - asking how He can judge them.

My reply was the Bible tells us Creation is a witness of God.  

I also mentioned reading in the Bible that some are made for the day of evil, for the End Times.  We will not all be saved.  This is a big question in my mind.  How are some of us created just for the days of evil?  To me it is saying some of us will not have the option to be saved.  I don't have my answer about this passage yet.  I am just thankful that I found God and salvation.

I am struggling with the details of living in these End Times.  Technology has brought things into our lives that I never thought possible.  And there is no way to stop them.  We will have to learn how to cope with them as they create the fulfillment of prophecy.  Living one day at a time is our only choice.  

We are heading into robots, into internet controls we don't even know about, into microchips in the body and becoming a computer ourselves.  No one in the days when the Bible was created could ever have understood what we are living.  Symbolism, interpretations, words that are chosen to describe what is seen, these are things we have to deal with as we try to understand what the Bible says.  I am thinking of the visions of John in Revelation... about the many times the Bible says "like" when it is describing something in a vision of the future.  I am thinking about all the things that are missing from the details we have.

I believe God's Word is fully true.  I don't know if we can fully understand what is being shared with us.  I know that every time I read the Bible I discover something new because I have been changed by my own experiences and knowledge.  

I suppose this may be why there are so many denominations and ways of seeing parts of what the Bible says.  

Through Working Together I wanted to create a yearly event I called "40 Days in the Wilderness."  It was meant to be a way of gathering all the representatives of the many denominations together to share their views on these differences, find what GOD meant by them, and discuss what we could do to overcome them to become ONE BODY of CHRIST.  I wanted to find a way to solve these issues that divide us.  With the internet, we could all watch the discussions and find ways to participate.  Later, I realized this could become the way the Gospel would be heard all over the world.

Because of all the things I have wanted to do through Working Together, I can see why there has been so much opposition in my life.  What I don't understand is why GOD hasn't provided for Working Together.  I have to assume it was not the right time.

This could be a good sign for Christians.  It might mean we have a little more time before the Antichrist gets here, openly.  Global dominion takes time, I hope.  It's hard to know.  I see the power of the internet, the goal of digital currency as our global money, and the microchip already in human bodies.  I don't know what God's Plan is on the way to the Antichrist. 

I can only do what I am able to do in each day.  That is all God holds me responsible for.  I just wish I could have helped more people, more Christians.  I hate to see suffering that might have been prevented.

Pray for all of us.  It's going to be a lot of chaos when these struggles finally reach us.

In Christ,

Deborah Martin

Working Together Inc - https://work2gather.us

Still working on my goals for this year.

 I am not sure I can share everything that has been happening in my life, but I do want to share some updates and some thoughts.

My Goal Statement Project is coming along.  I am writing the two statements I decided on in the mornings.  I am working on a way to repeat them daily, once or more, so I can keep that focus in the front of my mind.  I see that is the main reason for repeating them... to keep them on top of your "to-do" list every day.  It helps keep you moving in the directions of your chosen goals.  Once in the morning is just not enough.  I may try to write them more often through the day.

I started working on some art yesterday.  It took awhile to reach that point and it isn't proving to be a good event.  Space and deciding what to paint are the second problem.  I am getting to a better place in this quest.  Small changes add up.  It's forward movement... just very slow for me.

I have bought more lottery tickets in the last two months (June and July) than in years (YEARS!) past.  It is my decision to buy them when the jackpots are high WHEN the option comes before me.  I didn't think about the effect of shopping more often.  :-)  BUT, I am going to follow through for this current effort.  I may change my strategy in the future.

Right now the jackpots are almost 700 million and almost 500 million.

I walked to the store this morning.  I was not happy to have to spend another five dollars to buy one ticket for each of the three games in my state.  It is a waste of money if you don't win... my view.  BUT, you do have to have a ticket to win.  I'm working through this current strategy and trying to find a different plan for the future.

If I win enough money to get Working Together started, pay off my debts, and set up my retirement plan, then it would be a good investment.  :-)

I watched a video at You Tube yesterday... and it seriously impacted me.  It was called The Great Awakening and I found it on the channel Project Clarity.  I would urge you to find it and watch it, too.  It will change your view of America.  I think you will see how prophecy is becoming reality in our lifetimes.  

We get so busy with our own survival we don't notice all the events in the world that are the are GOD's prophecies becoming a part of our lives.  I suppose that is the strategy of Satan, we just don't think about it because we are so busy with our lives.  I always discover things I never knew before.  

I hope you watch it and think about your families, your work, your life.  We don't have much time left.

Pray for GOD's blessings on me if you can.  I really want to get some things started to help us -- Christians and America.  When Digital Currency and the Antichrist get here, we won't have any money to spend.  I think we need to use it N-O-W to prepare for what's ahead... the hard parts, the times when those we love will be losing what they worked so hard to build.  I know the poor can't do much of anything to help anyone, including themselves.  If we all wait until we end up poor, homeless, and isolated, no one will be able to help us.

Let's start gathering to find out what we need.

Let's start seeing the end of money, and figure out how to invest what GOD has blessed us with for what is ahead of us.

I suppose everything is going the way GOD saw it going... I keep hoping we can make it stay away a little longer, and prepare to keep each other safe in our own communities.

It's hard to have tried for so many years and not been able to get my work started, ready for these times.  I just wish GOD would have shown me why He didn't provide.

Until next time...

Deborah Martin

FAITH :: Updates at my posting spaces today... Continued prayer for me and WT

I've been busy with updating my blogs and will be going to my Patreon page next.  I think most, if not all, of them are at my WT homepage for now.  That needs updating as well, but will have to wait until I know what GOD wants me to do.

I think the post at my WTI blog is the most important. I hope you will read it.

Working Together Inc: WTI :: Praying about the future of Working Together (working-together-inc.blogspot.com)

Others already updated are ::

Crafts Explored  ::  https://crafts-explored.blogspot.com

Food to Live  ::  https://food-to-live.blogspot.com

Making Prisons Better  ::  https://making-prisons-better.blogspot.com

Eventually I will get to ::

Shelter for All  ::  https://shelter-for-all.blogspot.com

Political Rehabilitation  ::  https://political-rehabilitation.blogspot.com

and my Patreon page  ::  https://patreon.com/DebsRetirementPlan

I am working toward a goal of posting at each space a minimum of once a month, hopefully more.  I know the future will be better, hang with me as I seek GOD for help in these challenges.

This blog is for my personal path, but it is also linked to my efforts for myself, for Working Together, and for all things Christian.

In the times when I wonder what GOD is doing and why He doesn't provide what I know is necessary and for good purposes, I have to believe that what the Bible says is true, is true.  We just don't understand all the hidden details.

I could ramble on for hours about all the thoughts I have been having about our nation (USA) and the Body of Christ and the End Times and what lies ahead of us, but I won't. Not today. Today I am thinking about WT and funding and Christians surviving the attacks of the Enemy as the End Times get worse. 

The Bible says that when we are weak, GOD is strong.  

I think we have not seen the impact of "Free Will" on all of life... especially the growing darkness and persecutions we face as individuals and as believers.  We suffer because someone chooses to sin... others suffer when we choose to sin.  We see the effects of sin, but not where they started... I have been thinking about how LONG the process of change is and how slow the process of discovering its effects is. 

The last Presidential election was something that no one could ever have imagined happening in America, but it did.  Other things like that are growing.  People and denominations and news sources and things we have trusted are falling away from a foundation of godly character and integrity.  This is the process of evil growing.  The Bible tells us these things are coming.

I think the two final Witnesses will be Elijah and Enoch because they will be strong in the faith that will be required.  I don't know of ANY Christians in our time that would ever be able to stand like they did in the past, and will in the future.  We don't honor GOD like that.  I don't think I ever could.  

Faith that stands against the times it lives in is something I am searching for these days.  We have movies that affect our concept of GOD and Bible stories... I don't know that movies are a good base for faith, but they are easy to take in.  The Bible has been changed from one interpretation into a zillion study Bibles by popular preachers... all wanting to share their own version of what they believe the Bible says.  I don't know the original languages... I have to look at several versions and then pray for GOD to show me the Truth according to Him.  And then there is the fact that GOD doesn't tell us every little thing about His Plans.

Faith is something that isn't always clear.

I am trying to find a way to survive the changes we face on the way to the Antichrist... who will kill us when we refuse to take the Mark of the Beast.  I don't know if I can be that strong alone.  Finding ways to gather together is the only option I see... for life, for survival, for food, for helping each other, for fellowship and community.

What do you think?  Is there any other way to live in a world without money?

In Christ,

Deborah Martin

http://work2gather.us

FAITH :: America's Future and GOD's Word

This election seems to be our national decision about where we are heading... Freedom and Democracy, or Socialism and Government Rule.  It is hard for me to see my country becoming what it is.  I hoped to be gone when Prophecies became this real.

We see the increasing violence, we see the difference between a godly nation and one that is honoring abortion, euthanasia, mercy killing, addictions, greed, self, and alternative sexuality in children and adults. 

Those who hate the boundaries GOD places on our lives, for our own good, will do anything they can to malign the faith of believers.  The theme seems to be force... and the anger keeps rising every year.  In the Bible, there are only two real references to the way the world will be in the End Times... one of them is about Sodom before it was destroyed.

This prophecy is about the sexual appetites of its citizens and the inability of the populations to stop them.  I wouldn't say we are as violent as Sodom yet, but we are heading in that direction.  The attitude of force against anything related to GOD is becoming open and vicious.

When the two angels came to take Lot and his family out of Sodom because GOD was going to destroy it, the Bible tells us men rushed from all over the city to be the first to conquer the new visitors.  The Bible tells us that Lot was willing to sacrifice his daughters to appease the violent men.  The Bible tells us they had a huge "lock" on their door to protect themselves from what was outside.

I can't imagine living in a place like that... and I have seen inner cities I was afraid of.  

Violent control is not always physical.  We have seen how the courts have been used to hurt and destroy Christians.  We see the media used to make everyone afraid to believe what they want to.  We have seen small children used to further the cause of the LGBT community.  We have seen "coalitions" created to prevent the success of any other theology.  

I have wondered how many of the gay people I see on TV and in the news became that way by force, by fear, by abuse... thinking there was no other choice.  

Only GOD knows the hearts of each of us... whatever our sin may be.  He is the only one who can know how to judge these issues.  I have just tried to understand how to protect myself and my children and my family and my friends and my Christian Community.  

How can we approve the purposeful murder of unborn children, simply for the "cause" of making it legal.  I can see how abortion is really a modern form of child sacrifice, how it protects the man who created the child with the mother, and how greed is the reason it is so important for some to protect.

Greed is also behind "mercy killing" - another form of legalized murder.  Euthanasia, volunteer suicide, the high cost of medical services, government health insurance, the war between Democrats and Republicans, the national budget and debt, the breakdown of the family structure - including large distances between family members because of work, education, and other factors, all contribute to the changes in our nation and its values.  Once the government controls health care, it will begin to limit what is approved for payment.  If the government reaches the 100% level in taxation, we will all be employees of the government.  There will be no getting away from the governments ability to decide our entire lives.

America is not ready for this kind of submission.  We don't believe it will ever happen.  We are the frog that is put in the water when it is cool and then boiled without a fight because the heat rises slowly.

I believe this election is the second major turning point in our future history... I believe 9/11 was the first real evidence of GOD removing His protection from our nation.  This is all tied to prophecy.  If Trump wins, it is only four years (we hope) until the next point of decision.  Prophecy will come true, we just don't know how or when.  We see the signs of what GOD warned us about, but only GOD knows all the details of how it will become reality.

I hope and pray that GOD will help us to elect Trump again... just to find more time to fight against the tide of evil that is taking over the world on its way to the Antichrist and the final end of our lives.  

What matters most now?

I'm not sure I can answer that for everyone.  I am still trying to find ways to protect myself and other Christians.  We need to think about what is coming.  We need to find ways to protect each other on the path forward.  

If we can gather together, we can find answers together.

In Christ,

Deborah Martin

work2gather.us

and more...

13FEB 2020 Challenge Update

Hello to all...

I can't believe what I discovered today!

I found a YouTube video about "Forever Foods" (things that last a LONG time in a pantry), and the maker had a Patreon page.  So I went to check it out (Prepsteader).  When I went to contact her, there was no place to connect for questions or comments! I went to the website (prepsteaders.com) eventually and found a Contact Us form, so I tried that.  As I write this there seem to be problems connecting with her sites... hope it is just a glitch from here.

Now I am waiting to see what I hear back, if I do.
I was amazed that I couldn't just ask a question.

I was asking the page creator if she liked being a part of Patreon, and if she would check on my page and suggest anything.  I shared that I make every tier a different project, and am trying to focus on exclusive benefits (available only to supporters), and that I want to find the right place to suggest the ONE-TIME donation button, separate from signing up.  I hope to do this more often and get more feedback.

Note::  I was looking for her name  (something like Christi Swartz) and discovered her YouTube channel states over a hundred thousand subscribers, since 2012.  I probably won't hear back from her, her Patreon only has 18 supporters.  (Found her name!  Christa Swartz -- only one letter off!  :-)

I do see this a lot.  I think there is a flow that each person has to find.  I would like Patreon to be my first space because of the tiers... as I move forward, I can build up and slow down as needed... the funding is month-to-month and that works great for the money issues. My individual project tiers will become a varied participation option.  I am interested in many things, so that works best for me.

If only GOD would just bless my efforts.  :-|  He just doesn't seem to listen to me!    :-)

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This week's Patreon Update has a graphic that is pretty close to one I might use to advertise my quest.  I am waiting until I decide what to promote.  I have a very limited amount of funds.  I may try to do a quarterly ad campaign, while I learn about this process and decide where to focus my money and time.

Let me see if I can post the graphic here...

It looks blurry here, so I hope it looks better after I post this.  You can see it better at the page...

https://www.patreon.com/DebsRetirementPlan

This one has a lot of the information to share with people as an advertisement.  I may need to do a post boost if it doesn't work as the right ad size.  I guess we will find out soon... I need to start getting that information.

Below are the new tier photos (graphics) I made for identifying the tier for the Challenge.  The first one had too much information to read it right... so I remade it into the second version.

Note -- I am trying to post all of these at the Pinterest board for this Challenge.

https://www.pinterest.com/work2gather

Creating graphics for all the different spaces online is quite a challenge in itself.  Canva has prepared sizes for some of the social media needs, and Twitter posts are what I do most of my graphics as, but the tier options are 460x200. This seems to be very different.

It was also my first effort, so I had no idea what would fit.  I am planning to make more, especially for the recycling tier.  Once I get some of my crafts made, I can use them as the graphics..  

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I am wondering if my page name is a big hindrance to my current quest...  I chose the name because that is what this support is for... to help me build up my finances so I can do as many of the things I have been trying to do all my life as I can.  Crafts, WT, Bucket List, etc.

When it is attached to my support Challenge, it sounds like just a retirement plea... which it is, kinda... but not with this Challenge.

What to do.
If you have any suggestions, let me know.

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Guess that is enough for now.  I am beginning to make lists of topics to share and notes about things to write about.  Maybe my journal will help with that.  I am beginning to write more details about my days and have begun to just write on pages as I need them for each day.  I was trying to keep it to two pages per day, but that isn't working.  CHANGE is always necessary!  :-)

In Christ,
the Great Savior,
the Life,
and our hope for heaven.

Deb Martin
work2gather.us

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

My goodness... the days fly by.  Another month is almost gone.

I started my budget for November, trying to make everything fit in... starting with most needed.  I only have $150 for my personal needs, so that goes fast.  I got a notice from Social Security saying they automatically enroll me in Medicare, with a mandatory payment of $134/month, deducted before I see anything.  That means I will have $16 to live on if I can't find a way through this economic misery.  I have hated the government all my adult life, and now I will die hating the government.  I have to wonder at times like these... how will I ever get out of the government pit...

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Today was a strange day.  I mostly did household tasks, then watched a news program and a movie before my son and his wife came back.  Time just seems to fly away... I never get what I want done.  Well, I shouldn't say never, but some days are really hard.  I hope to figure out a better way.

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I saw something on Peter Thiel, a new name in my horizon, over the weekend... I think it was that free press documentary.  He brings up so many issues that we face.  I became aware of an ocean community that he wants to create, outside of the domain of any nation, in international waters.  Quite an interesting drawing.  I wondered how it would fare in storms on the ocean.  I didn't think it looked that sturdy... just from the quick glance they gave of the concept.  Later, after thinking about it, I realized it would be a learning experience for him... you can't get away from government.  It would become a new "state" and have to create its own government... rules to live by.  Funding issues will need to be addressed, so some form of taxation.  We all want to get away from the government because it is too intrusive. It wasn't meant to be that way.  Freedom is slowly being lost to government controls.  That is what we want to escape.

I think about all these issues all the time.  It is also part of my End Time search for answers.  How will Christians survive the hostility of government, and militaries, and terrorists, and disgruntled sinners... and family, friends, workplaces.  The future is going to be hard for Christians, and probably Jews.  I am not really sure how Jews will be affected yet.  They are still waiting for their Messiah, it may be the Antichrist will be the one that fools them.  I thought of that one day when I remembered that the Temple, which will be rebuilt, becomes the place of desecration.  Miracles.  The "miracles" of technology are looking more like the fake miracles that are prophesied to occur.  Especially with wireless taking over.

In hearing about Peter Thiel and PayPal, which is fast becoming an international money system, and the issue of homosexual activism in his heart, and the ability to financially destroy his enemies, and support what he desires... the New World Order looks really well funded and Christians very underfunded.  It always makes me wonder about GOD, and why things go like this... and my own ministry desires all these years. 

Then I saw his face in a news item about Trump.  He is just a human being trying to find his way in this world... like the rest of us.  He is in a different "group" of the world than I, but he is still part of the world and trying to find his way through this life, looking for love, needing GOD and not knowing it.  It really reminded me about all the billionaires we know about.  We see their money, they look for humanity.

It is a timeless reality... we just don't think about it when we read the Bible.  We want the wealth of Job, of Abraham, of the rich young ruler, of David, of anyone who has wealth in the Bible... we don't see the details behind the money they have.  I remember when I was reading about Job and realized he took care of EVERY fatherless child and widow in his community, as well as sacrificed continuously for his children's sins.  I have been so amazed by that ever since.  We don't see the responsibilities that GOD attaches to our wealth.  Christians with money often consider it "theirs" as a sign of God's approval.  Sometimes it isn't God that is doing the blessing.  Remember how Satan tempted Christ after he was fasting for 40 days.

In the early days of my searching, I would hear testimonies of people giving all of their paychecks to the Lord as an act of faith.  I have never had that kind of faith.  I want to give more after I have enough to survive on.  Right now, the tithe is all I can handle.

I also want to note that we only hear about the blessings of these people who testify like that, we don't hear about the hardships they go through to find their way through those acts of faith.  GOD is good, He does bless, but I think He blesses for a purpose... like caring for the fatherless and widows (Job).  I have often thought that the gifts of the wise men were God's way of providing for the needs of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus as they tried to survive Herod and others... going to new places at a moment's notice, needing basic survival options like housing, food, etc.

I'm not sure how God decides on blessings, and if some who are blessed are kind of responsible through their actions for some of the process (manipulating people),  but I keep trying to understand.  I have been seeking GOD for a long time for Working Together, and for other ministry efforts before that.  I wonder what GOD is trying to say by the things I have encountered along the way.  I know what I want to do is right, and good, and godly, and necessary, but not why it has been so hard to find a way to fund it.

Today I saw a short part of a program with Franklin Graham in it, dealing with opposition in a foreign country.  He considers the opposition a sign of ministry importance.  It has been a thought of mine, too.  It took some time to pray through the reality of opposition to godly dreams.  I had to decide if it was a NO from God, normal in Christian activities, or just a sign to WAIT for God to open the doors... and what I was suppose to do in the meantime.

That is what the End Times are... growing hatred for God, Christians, ministries, goodness, etc.  How that hatred manifests itself is also changing.  No other time in history has had the unknown reality of the internet and technology.  Because of the internet, we won't always see our enemies in their human forms, or even know how to fight hidden attacks.  It is something I don't know how to deal with, especially the growing internet attacks against innocent people.  I continue to pray about these things.  Everything in our survival is becoming attached to technology, digital realities that can disappear in a micro-second.  I often wonder what it will mean to the world when the Antichrist gets here.

There is a part in the Bible I read one day, and I haven't been able to find it again.  I normally read the King James, but I don't remember if I was reading in that Bible at the time.  Maybe you can help me find it again.  It was in the Old Testament, talking about the end of time, and about how a third of the earth's inhabitants were destroyed, naming 5000 as being destroyed, which would mean there were only 15,000 human beings alive at the time.  It was a frightening realization... and has made me wonder what would happen to reduce the population of planet Earth to 15,000 people.

We think nuclear blasts... but the Bible also talks about every mountain disappearing, every island disappearing.  The rivers dry up over in the lands of the Bible... which one, I can't remember... but I think it is the one that the Jews crossed over and left a pillar of stones in the middle... I think it will be found then and be more proof that GOD helped the Jews cross the river out of Egypt.   It's been awhile since I read all this, but I remember thinking that GOD always leaves a witness.  That would be something GOD would do.

I have thought that taking all the oil and gas and water out of the earth is leaving empty spaces down there... which is becoming our earthquakes up here.  Not knowing what is down under the ground means the mountains and islands could one day fall into the earth's empty spaces.

I have thought that we are polluting the world so badly that our actions will destroy the water table, which we depend on for our survival as a planet.  We can't make clean water... we can try to find a way to take out the impurities, but in an environmental catastrophe we wouldn't have that kind of equipment readily available...

The Bible talks about a kind of "rebuilding" of the earth for 1000 years.  Maybe those very few people I discovered (above) will be the ones who make another world of people before the final judgment.  None of us really knows how the prophecies are going to unfold in real life... we know they are true, but not how or when they come true.

I'm planning to restudy all these End Time details so I will let you know if I find different theories as I do that.

We need to remember that no one has the final truth about every bit of the Bible.  Some things are easy to see, others are things we have to discover, study, pray about, and trust GOD for.

I hope GOD will provide for Working Together soon.  I see the needs growing every day... and when the harder persecutions come it will be too late.  I hate to see suffering... needless suffering... and wanting to find a way to lessen it or end it.  If no one else wants to do these things, I do.

In Christ,
Deborah Martin

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May God hear my plea and provide for Working Together's financial foundations.  Amen.

Friday, 26 FEB 2016 :: Still praying

My search for housing is again a major event in my life...

As a senior, the problems seem much worse...  I am hoping that GOD will deal with the problems I can't change, and help me to find solutions that will last for the rest of my life... however long or short that will be.

I am still looking for ways to share my basic prayer request.

I am still trying to earn the money through online sales,  through sales of WT Trial Memberships that will lead to wage income for me and others, through donation possibilities at my "crowd-funding" offer  (my fiverr gift gig)... and letter, email, and other contacts with Christian resource possibilities.

I have been out of any "loops" for several years now, dealing with work problems, health issues, location issues, etc., so finding people who know me well is impossible.  It makes me wonder what I can do, who to ask, where to search.  And there are those other issues beyond my ability that I pray to GOD for resolutions for....

I hope you are still praying for my housing request.  I think the official post is on this blog... entered on the 10th or 11th of FEB I think.

My life hasn't been what I thought it would be, but it has been the best I could do with my circumstances.