thanksgiving...

there is no thanksgiving without knowledge of God who created the universe and all mankind. we now face recession, layoffs, political corruption, moral decay and all things that rob one of "joy". for a nation of people who allowed a handful of people to take GOD out of our schools, public view and other things, does it wonder the fail of society to hold us all together in unity? a nation that worships the creations i.e. celebrities, sports stars and designers all idols but not the God who created them? at this point i simply sigh with deep sadness for those without knowledge of the Ancient of Days, Almighty God who sent his Son Jesus to offer redemption to the world and forgiveness.

i write with gratitude to Creator of all things for our daily bread, for family, hope, faith and love which sustains us all regardless of unbelief, doubt or denial of the existence of God. nothing the "world" of governments, corporations or media remotely matches the deep satisfaction that faith and the word of God can give.

i am thankful for freedom. this a God given right to all humanity. Freedom which diminish each day by power hungry politicians leading blinded people into snares. for they will reap what they sow into eternity for leading them astray. freedom to choose good over evil and blessing over curses.

i am thankful my eyes were opened to receive the good news of the Gospel of Christ who set me free to choose life.

Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute

Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute

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A Salute to an All American Company

I am serving up some good news to your friends and neighbors — letting YOU know about Dreyer's Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute. In 5 years, 7,500 parties Dryers has GIVEN ice parties to over 75,000 happy neighbors.

Had enough bad news about companies, fraud and greed? Then check this story out. About 3 months I ago I came across a site contest asking for a short essay on why I think my neighborhood deserved an Ice Cream Party. First you must know that I love ice cream. Second, that my neighborhood is only 2 years old and was abandoned by it's builder due to the economic downturn and we have empty lots all over with a handful of actual residents. So, based on those two things I wrote to Dryers and entered the contest.

A month ago I received an email along with a real live letter through snail mail, both telling me I won. Out of 1500 applicants my story won! WOW. An ice cream party in Tucson and in my neighborhood. So today on July 25th I am preparing for this party. They sent me a box of goodies: apron with their logo, yard signs, name tags, door hangers with information, cups, spoons, napkins, even a Sharpie marker to fill things. I have a fistful of coupons for free ice cream, along with a camera for pictures.

The online the site has invitations, games, and projects for empty ice cream cartons along with instructions on how to give a great party. All this for FREE. Can you believe it? In an downturned economy Dreyers believe enough in our citizenship to give. I am actually stunned and honored to have won this prize. It's more than the ice cream it is hope and renewed respect for those businesses that care. From now on Dryers Ice Cream will be the only brand in my freezer.

So DRYERS ICE CREAM company wins the award for best company in America - for building communities in a positive way, donating back to the consumers with good will - no strings attached! I'll post about the party after it's done. By the way, after walking the neighborhood, I met lots of neat people who are happy that this is happening.

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I read this article by Patrick J. Buchannan. I subscribe to Paul Revere's Riders and thought this to share this clip. Isn't it exactly what is true about B. Obama?

Obama is the anti-Reagan. Where Reagan ever spoke of the greatness and glory of America, her history and heroes, her capacity to make the world all over again, Obama is like a dismal parson, forever reminding us -- and everyone within earshot -- of our own and our fathers' sins.

Obama is not only demoralizing Middle America, he is driving away the God-and-country patriots who are sick of hearing this rot from professors and journalists, and prefer not to hear it from their president. He is ceding moral high ground to regimes and nations that do not deserve it.

If Obama believes he can build himself up by tearing America down, he is mistaken. Cynical foreigners will view it with snickering contempt, patriotic Americans with disgust. What kind of leader is it who talks down his own country on foreign soil?
America's performance in the Cold War was hardly flawless. But does anyone deny that we were on the right side, that the Soviet Empire and Mao's China and communist Vietnam and Castro's Cuba were on the side of tyranny -- and that the neutrals were by and large irrelevant or worse in that great cause?

A nation is an extended family. While families fight and quarrel, often bitterly, you do not take the family quarrel outside the family.

You don't hang the family's dirty linen on the communal clothesline.

Obama, however -- like some Hollywood actress seeking sympathy and public approbation with her tell-all biography detailing how she was abused by her father -- trolls for popularity with America's adversaries by reciting for the benefit of the world all the sins his country has allegedly committed.


When did this become the duty of the president of the United States?

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maelstrom in america

Hello, am back. I took leave of blogs for a season. As I think why it may have to do with a need to re-group, along with healthy dose of real life living. So much has changed in the world. Seems clarity becomes all the more important when navigating through life: making right choices, standing for things you believe in as well as wondering how things will pan out with current economic/government climates.

The multitude of viewpoints out there from socialism being the new world order, to some saying Obama is the anti-Christ, to gloom, despair and miser on end. Media eyes only the worst and comes up with anything to make nothing into news with their spinning words and focus on maelstrom.

As far as media/government/business is concerned I think of the Leviticus verse "you shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another" 19:11. It all begins with the individual. Like myself practicing this basic rule, then expecting it of others then holding each other accountable. Certainly it begins at home and in ones own mind.

Somewhere along the way this was lost. Could it be when the 10 commandments were taken down? What was so wrong with those rules that atheists felt the need to dismiss them? Perhaps they were breaking those simple rules and wanted freedom to do the opposite? Foolishly our country has *"dissed" God's law just like the days of Noah. Our leaders are now fools "right in their own eyes."

I know this: a wise man listens to counsel. Godly counsel from what I gather it means. (Proverbs 12.15) A stinging boundary to men who refuse to admit there is sin in this world. Even the religious leaders are all over the place. There are those who so narrowly point their fingers and damn us all to hell to those who will let anyone into their “heavenly church.”

So what is truth and how do we begin to find clarity? Ones man’s manna is another man’s poison. Even scripture cites that to some Christ is the aroma of life and to others he is smell of death.

15For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? 17Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God. 2 Cor. 2:15-17 (NIV)

in my view here is the bottom line. One, we are to love God with all our heart, mind and soul. Two, we are to love one another as God loves us. Last of all God is above, within and beyond all we perceive with human eyes. NO matter what we see and live right now, this verse is how to stand strong.

11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. 12 Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength. 1 Chronicles 29:11-15 (NLT)

*dissed 1. dissing someone is showing disrespect to them 2. being dissed is the act of being disconnected, by voice or by modem, from another party

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YOUR CHOICE: is PG GREEN?

I like good cleaning products. I like companies who I can trust have my well-being in mind. P&G state that do just that:

P&G is committed to social responsibility. We are always seeking ways to better integrate economic progress, social development and environmental concerns to ensure a better quality of life for future generations.

My experience tell me there are small reasons for dissention of P&G’s social responsibility.
Take the BABY COME BACK
Swiffer Wet or Dry Sweeper. I like this product. It’s easy to use, makes the floor clean and fresh smelling. On the flip side, you have to buy Cleaner Solution refills at $3.50 per 1 liter that lasts for about 6 large floor mops. Then you buy pack of 12 pads for $6.15. I’d say you use 3-4 solution bottles for every 4-6 pads. I’m not good at math, but keeping a clean floor using this method costs a lot of money.
They want us to buy this product so we will need them forever. Just like the song: ““Baby come back! You can blame it all on me…I was wrong, and I just cant live without you.” Think about the landfill and all those plastic bottles and dirty pads. Lots of post consumer waste … And yes Mr. Procter and Gamble -- baby, we will blame it all on you!

Wikipedia on P&G Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified Procter & Gamble as the 52nd-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, with roughly 350,000 pounds of toxic chemicals released annually into the air.

On the other hand, Procter & Gamble has for several years funded a recycling school in the slums of Cairo, Egypt. The project teaches the people of the village how to properly recycle plastic and also the business and economics of recycling. So why not here in America?

I think we just need to communicate better with American Corporations. P&G's website is excellent. There are many resources like their Every Day Solutions pages... http://tinyurl.com/everydaysolutions with suggestions on Losing weight by House cleaning! (something I should be doing right now!

So check their website, find the products and write reviews. Let them know we want products that aren't so costly and are safe for the environment without all the plastic refill bottles. Then pass this link out to your your email lists so they too can choose clearly what's good for our earth.

P&G WEBSITE or send your thoughts directly CONTACT P&G
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CONFUSED CLOUDY THINKING?

Everyone has thoughts that spin round and round. How about the ones that fight as if in a war over which one is right? You know those times when thoughts race through your mind with no end in site. You know those times of disagreement with someone and the entire scene repeats itself in so many scenarios that you drive yourself crazy. Everyone on earth experiences this. So tell me your thoughts:

• How do you tell what thoughts to believe?


• How do you tell which thoughts are true and which ones are lies?


• Where do you go to find peace of mind?


• What does it take to be at one with your own thought life?

The first book I read was Proverbs from the Bible.

• Proverbs 23:6 - For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.


• Proverbs 14:15 - A childish person believes anything. But a wise person thinks about how he lives.

My quest for peace of mind happened in my 30’s when diagnosed with depression. It took many years to find that it’s your thought life that contributes to your well-being. How did I get there? I read books. I read until I found answers to all my questions at that time. I still read when I want to learn anything new or polish skills!

The list of books went on:

• Telling yourself the Truth – William Backus


• Minding the Body, Mending the Mind – Joan Boryesnko, Ph.D


• The Road Less Travelled – M. Scott Peck, MD


• The Power of Positive Thinking – Norman Vincent Peale


• You are What You Think – David Stoop, Ph. D


• How to Think like Leonardo DiVinci - Michael J. Gelb


• The Thinkers Way - John Chaffee

What I found was a common thread of truth found in the orginal verse in Proverbs 23:6. What you meditate on, feed your mind with is what you become. So think about it:

What are you thinking?

You can find these books new or used at Amazon.com - click the links/sponsored ads at the bottom of the posts to get started on your way to clear thinking!
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ENDING THE TRAGEDY ...

of Under-Appreciated Blogs!

If you have an underappreciated, underloved, desperately lonely blog, Chuck Westbrook has an idea. He wants to share the love and help the “little guys” get some readers. I think it’s a cool idea so I’m going to participate. If you’re interested, check out his post here and get involved as well. Here's the scoop from Chuck's blog:

This is a problem we can do something about without too much trouble. Here’s what I’m thinking.

Gather some nice bloggers who believe in helping good content rise. The more the merrier. This becomes our group for the project. A good, lesser-known blog is chosen. Everyone in the group will read that blog for two weeks. At the end of the two weeks, the group moves to another blog to read.

With scores of bloggers focused on a particular blog, the author should see many nice things happen over those two weeks, especially if the blog really is a hidden gem. This includes discussions, traffic, constructive criticism, encouragement, and connecting to some of the bloggers in the group. That author then joins the group and we move along and do it again.

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