Independence Day, USA, 4 July 2018

I better get this done before I get lost in the links online...

I just finished watching the documentary I recently bought called ANIMALS :: FRIEND OR FOOD? -- so, the emotions of the topic are still fresh.  I guess it was about the way we get our foods, what we decide to eat, how involved we can be in the process.  It was about the way you learn to farm and how our food is processed to eat... kind of.  In the end, the man in the film couldn't do any more killing of his food animals... but... that didn't mean he stopped eating meat.  He hired out the task.

I have often said I want to grow a bunch of chickens so I can have them processed by someone else so I don't have to know which chicken I am eating.  That is how I would solve that problem.  :-)

It's a film from 2003... quite some time ago.  The cover also says it won a bunch of awards.  I'm not sure it was that good, but it is an unusual "documentary" for the issues of food, surviving, meat eating, etc.

For the Fourth of July, I think the best thing you could do is to go to Focus on the Family's website and listen to their two-day presentation with Andy Stanley and Michael Youssef.  

REALLY GOOD.  

So, make sure you find Tuesday's program first.

I usually watch the celebration/s on TV for the 4th... not sure I will find it tonight.  Macy's seems to be the only one in our area... 8-10pm here.   I love my country, don't always like its government, but am always thankful for being born an American... despite all the problems in life, in the world, in my America.  I think everyone loves their country, but maybe not their government's priorities.

I have mostly been busy trying to reorganize my things again, and getting my spaces and projects and supplies ready.  It was a day to make sure my bills were taken care of, so my budget for the rest of the month is pretty low...  of course, I always seem to make it stretch, change my priorities, or something.  I now have a personal mandate to get my items to sell online and see how they do.  :-)  Is this what they call motivation... not sure it works.

It feels like Saturday today... with the day off for others here and no mail, my routines are off.  I hope you are doing better.

I will get going now...I pray that America will find her way back to goodness and GOD... when so many people lose their moral values, it creates an environment of self-only people... and slowly becomes a place no one really wants to live.  Think about those places where power is the only thing that matters, where the amount of money you have is the gauge of your worth, and crime is the ruler instead of the needs of the people... it is decline of a nation in slow motion, the death of all that is good about America.

Without GOD as our moral authority, what takes His place?

Until next time,
In Christ,

Deborah Martin
work2gather.us


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May GOD help our country to find its way back to Him.
May our people see the importance of godliness in our daily lives.
May we all discover what matters most... in our lives and in our communal lives.
May life be good for those who love GOD.
May the future find us all in Heaven.
Amen.

Monday, 11 June 2018

I keep getting distracted... I need to work on that...  :-)

All day Sunday I was "moved" to write a post... but I never did... in the morning I thought of lots of stuff to write, but in the busy-ness of the day, I couldn't remember my inspirations...

Today... I am almost forgetting to post, getting sidetracked by social media, fatigue, and politics!

When I feel the evils of the world attacking my life, I remind myself that I am only one of GOD's people, and that my place in the workings of prophecy are small... GOD will achieve His goals, He will bring about His plans according to His timetable.  I just do what I can on my way.  Some days are harder than others, but I do my best.  There is so much sorrow and pain in other lives, more than mine, so I try to keep my perspectives in godly focus.

I have long said, often, that there are some things we can control and some things we can't.  We have to focus on what we are able to do.  It isn't easy, but it is what we have to do.

How was your day?  Your weekend?

I spent Saturday watching some movies, including a version of Jungle Book... so glad to see it after such a long intermission... it was animated, and funny, and I kept trying to guess the voices.  Some I didn't know.  When I watched the credits, I discovered one name and then found it at another movie for my next viewing choice... Daddy's Little Girls.  I still don't really know who he is (in movie standards), but I did like the movie I watched.

I have always been fascinated with the presentations of poverty and wealth in movies... I think Sabrina was one... the chauffer's (spelling?) daughter and the wealthy son.  I have always loved the original OVERBOARD movie, with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, even though some parts are not something I need to see.  This movie, Daddy's Little Girls, had me crying because of the poverty and court issues it brings up.  Of course, I have to wonder, again, if that is really how wealthy people act.

What else did I see... I can't recall right now.

I am not in a good mood for writing... so I better take the safe path and let this post end here... I can really get going if I am irritated, and tired.  This is the human condition.

So, until next time,
In Christ,

Deborah Martin
work2gather.us

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I saw on Twitter that Trump is meeting with the leader of North Korea...  may we all pray that there is a good discussion between them and that the problems we all face together will begin to be solved.

May our country be protected.
May our rights be protected.
May our freedoms be protected.
May our lives be protected.
Amen.