THE POWER OF A WOMAN

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This picture almost demonstrates the power of a woman.

Some of you kids will not understand this.  But us 

grandfathers do.

Imagine that little girl as your granddaughter.  Or in my

case it would be a great granddaughter.  She walks up 

to you and puts on her "innocent helpless" look.  Be

assured, they know how to do it.  And when she looks

up into your face says; "Grandpaw".  Brother, you just

lost the battle.  That little girl just got anything in the 

world she wants if it is humanly possible for you to 

do or get it.

True, their mothers don't fall for that line like you 

and I do because they have been using it all their 

life.

Ladies.  Truly it is you that I am wanting to make 

a point to.  And my first couple of illustrations would

seem to be blaming the women.  Not so, they are just 

the first to pop in my mind.  There have been many

Godly women who have used their influence to 

change the course of life for their whole family.

Consider Eve.  The very first women there ever was.

She messed up and fell for a lie so she ate some fruit

she was not suppose to.  Then she looked up into Adam's

face and said, that was good, here try some.  And the 

whole human race has been messed up ever since.

Consider Jezebel the wife of Ahab who was the 

most evil king that was ever over Israel.  

Ahab was bad to start with but then he 

married that witch Jezebel and 

the Scriptures tell us:

"(No one else so completely sold himself to what

was evil in the LORD'S sight as Ahab did under

the influence of his wife Jezebel."

(1 Kings 21:25  NLT)

One more.

Remember the daughter of Herodias who danced for

king Herod  and he was so overwhelmed that he 

promised her anything she wanted up to half of

his kingdom.

All she wanted was the head of John the Baptist,

so God's prophet lost his head because of a girl.

Something you and I have both noticed.

You have watched boys of - every age -

make absolute fools of them self to get

a girls attention.

Ladies what I am saying is that God has given

you a power and an influence over males that

can be used for good, or evil.  Are you using it

for God, or the Devil.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Jesus gave his life for our sins,

just as God our Father planned,

in order to rescue us from this

evil world in which we live."

(Galatians 1:4 NLT)

GOD'S FORMULA FOR HAPPINESS

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"Happy are those who reject the advice of evil 

people, who do not follow the example of sinners 

or join those who have no use for God.

Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the 

LORD, and they study it day and night.

They are like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear

 fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up.

They succeed in everything they do.

But evil people are not like this at all; they are 

like straw that the wind blows away.

Sinners will be condemned by God and kept 

apart from God's own people.

"The righteous are guided and protected by the LORD, 

but the evil are on the way to their doom."

(Psalms chapter one GNT)  

A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE

Ladies please I am not trying to pick on you one way

or the other.  In fact growing up without sisters I thought

that girls and women were angels.  I think that it was my

wife who told me that not all females are angels.

But one morning while reading my Bible I noticed what an

influence one woman had on her husband.  Then my mind 

began to wonder over the influence of a number of the women

mentioned in the Bible and their influence, either good or bad.

Consider:

Eve.  She influenced Adam to eat the forbidden fruit and the

entire world has suffered for it since.

Sarah.  She influenced Abraham to have relations with a 

woman he should not have.  The result is hard feelings 

and war between two races of people ever since.

Ester.  Here is a good one.  She simply melted king

Ahasuerus's heart.  That saved the Jewish people.

Solomon's wives.  They influenced him to worship

foreign gods to his hurt.

Jezebel.  She influenced Ahab to live an evil life.

King Herod's step daughter influenced him to have

John the Baptist's head cut off.

Here is a more modern day woman.

Susan Wesley.

If memory servers me right, she had 14 children.

She spent time with every one of those children

every day.  In the process she raised John and Charles

Wesley who greatly influence the world you and I 

live in.

I guess what I am trying to say is that it bothers

me in our modern world that women are trying to

be every thing but a woman.  In their God given

position women have one of the most influential

positions on the face of the earth.  Why lower it?

Most of my life I have heard the expression,

"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."

Having never read the poem before it is included

below.

Blessings on the hand of women!
    Angels guard its strength and grace.
In the palace, cottage, hovel,
    Oh, no matter where the place;
Would that never storms assailed it,
    Rainbows ever gently curled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
    Is the hand that rules the world.
Infancy's the tender fountain,
    Power may with beauty flow,
Mothers first to guide the streamlets,
    From them souls unresting grow —
Grow on for the good or evil,
    Sunshine streamed or evil hurled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
    Is the hand that rules the world.
Woman, how divine your mission,
    Here upon our natal sod;
Keep – oh, keep the young heart open
    Always to the breath of God!
All true trophies of the ages
    Are from mother-love impearled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
    Is the hand that rules the world.
Blessings on the hand of women!
    Fathers, sons, and daughters cry,
And the sacred song is mingled
    With the worship in the sky —
Mingles where no tempest darkens,
    Rainbows evermore are hurled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
    Is the hand that rules the world.

by William Ross Wallace (1819-1881)

WHY LORD? WHY?

Many of us have had family members or known of 

people who were living for God and a blessing to all

around them, and yet had a premature death.

My own son was that way.  A young man helping his

church and it seemed everyone in the community.  Yet

he was killed in an auto accident.  It was one of the 

largest funerals I have ever attended because of his 

love for God and all around him.

I could not help but wonder, "Why Lord?"  Why some

one like that instead of an old worn out man like me.

I believe the answer is in the Scripture below.

"The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;

And devout men are taken away while no one understands,

For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

He enters into peace;"  

(Isiah 57:1,2 NASB)   

I feel like God gave me my answer.

HANG IN THERE LIKE GARLIC

Perhaps I should start this way.

What looks like garlic,

smells like garlic

and taste like garlic -

but is not garlic? 

You know the answer, "Elephant garlic".

The smart people tell us that "Elephant garlic"

is not a garlic, but a leek. 

[I understand "leaks".  Nearly everything

I have "leaks".]

So for you folks who like to pretend to be 

smart I am talking about  "Alliumampeloprasum."

And what is the big deal about "Alliumampeloprasum",

Simple.

I try to be honest and accurate - not like a lot of 

our so called "scientist" who take the facts they

want and mix them into whatever theory they can

concoct, and call it science.  Except, of course,

when I make it obvious that I am joking or jesting.

So, to be exact, these photos are not true garlic,

but "Alliumampeloprasum".  But to us simple 

folks it taste like garlic - and that's good enough.

The "garlic" in the image above is in an area of the yard that

was an Elephant garlic bed a couple of years ago.  The bed was

taken out - but the garlic continues to come up anyway, even

with constant mowing over it.  Garlic hangs in there.

And the garlic above is in an area of the yard that was an 

Elephant garlic bed three or four years ago.  But the garlic still 

persists in coming up.  Garlic hangs in there.

In another area of the yard (Not pictured.) what you smart people

call "Spanish Roja" and we common folks call "ophioscorodon",

the garlic keeps coming  back even after being mowed over and

mowed over and mowed over.  Garlic hangs in there.

I love this photo because it is some straggly garlic plants that

I was trying to save, but did not have room to plant.  So I just

laid the plants down on a bare spot and put a little dirt on top

of them.  I did not even plant them, but they were happy and 

came up anyway.  What a lesson, garlic hangs in there.

What is the big deal about hanging in there?

About two thousand years ago God told us that this

period of time we are living in was coming.  He even

told us what people would be like today.  And, it is 

just like he spelled it out.

However, he told us a lot more.  Things that you do

not want to hear.  But they are going to happen anyway.

God told us that there would be a great turning away

from faith in God.  You see it happing right now.  He

also told us that a time is coming when there would be

a one world government or system.  And a one world 

religion. You can see the signs of that happening 

even now.

However, the man at the top of that government or 

system is not from God, but Satan himself.  And

anyone who gives their allegiance to that world 

system  and religion is bound for the Devil's 

eternal hell.

The point is,

get your faith rooted deep in God and his 

Son Jesus Christ.  Then hang in there like

garlic.

WHEN THE WAY SEEMS DARK

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One morning  I woke up excessively tired from the day before.

I had lost all enthusiasm for the day, though I had been looking

forward to it.  It was like "What's the use?"  Even coffee did not

help.

Particularly heavy on my mind during this period is the realization 

that the world we live in has completely gone insane.  It seems that

evil is gaining the upper hand on every front.  Even though I knew

this time was coming.  Over two thousand years ago God let us 

know that this evil time was coming and that it is going to get even

worse.  That is one of the reasons I left were I was living and moved

here over forty years ago.

Also I know that God tests our faith with various trials.  As well,

as use trials and hardships to strengthen our faith.  But still I was

not bubbling over with joy.

Then I read this verse that spoke volumes to me.

"All of you that honor the Lord

and obey the words of his servant,

the path you walk may be dark indeed,

but trust in the Lord,

rely on your God."

(Isaiah 50:10 GNT)

Yes, things may be dark and dreary in the world and in our
life.  But hang on to God's hand and he will lead us through
it.

HOW TO ENJOY LIFE

"As the scripture says,
'If you want to enjoy life
and wish to see good times,
you must keep from speaking evil
and stop telling lies.
You must turn away from evil
and do good;
you must strive for peace
with all your heart.
For the Lord watches over
the righteous
and listens to their prayers;
but he opposes those who do evil.'"
(1 Peter 3:10-12 TEV)

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THE RECORD

"God told me to write down in a book what the people
are like, so that there would be a permanent record
of how evil they are.  They are always rebelling against
God, always lying, always refusing to listen to the LORD's
teachings.  They tell the prophets to keep quiet.  They say,
'Don't talk to us about what's right.  Tell us what we want
to hear.  Let us keep our illusions.  Get out of our way and
stop blocking our path.  We don't want to hear about your
holy God of Israel.'  
But this is what the holy God of Israel says: 'You ignore 
what I tell you and rely on violence and deceit.  You are
guilty.  You are like a high wall with a crack running
down it; suddenly you will collapse.  You will be shattered
like a clay pot, so badly broken that there is no piece big
enough to pick up hot coals with or to dip water from a 
cistern ...... And yet the LORD is waiting to be merciful to
you.  He is ready to take pity on you because he always
does what is right.  Happy are those who put their trust
in the LORD.'
(Isaiah 30:8-15,18 GNT)

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EVIL VS. RIGHTEOUS

"The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin,

but the root of the righteous stands firm.

An evil man is ensnared by the 

transgression of his lips,

but the righteous escapes from trouble.

From the fruit of his words a man

is satisfied with good,

and the work of a man's hand 

comes back to him."

(Proverbs 12:12-14 RSV)

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TODAY'S PROMISE

"The LORD loves those who hate evil,
he preserves the lives of his saints;
he delivers them from the hand of the wicked."
(Psalms 97:10 RSV)


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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

TRUE RICHES

"But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into this world,

and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

But if we have food and clothing,

let us be therewith content.

But they that will be rich fail into temptation

and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful

lusts, which plunge men in destruction and ruin.

For the love of money is the root of all evil:

which while some coveted after, they have erred

from the faith, and pierced their hearts

through with many sorrows."

(1 Timothy 6:6-10 AKJV)