tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33527815480127091892024-03-12T17:45:15.128-07:00grace illuminatedJLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-30459863096339928812018-11-29T13:35:00.001-08:002018-11-29T13:35:46.152-08:00Tragedy versus Judaism<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.aish.com/jw/s/5-Inspiring-Jewish-Responses-to-Tragedy.html?s=rab">http://www.aish.com/jw/s/5-Inspiring-Jewish-Responses-to-Tragedy.html?s=rab</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div> JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-19642121087264316152018-02-26T17:18:00.001-08:002018-02-26T17:18:32.206-08:00Mark Twain on Jews<div align="justify" style="background-color: #fff4db; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 16px;">
"If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one quarter of one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk.</div>
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His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine and abstruse learning are also very out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvelous fight in this world in all ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself and be excused for it. The Egyptians, the Babylonians and the Persians rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greeks and Romans followed and made a vast noise, and they were gone; other people have sprung up and held their torch high for a time but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, and have vanished.</div>
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The Jew saw them all, survived them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmaties, of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert but aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jews; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality? "</div>
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- September 1897 Quoted in <em style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12.8px;">The National Jewish Post & Observer</em><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, June 6, 1984 </span></div>
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JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-72615230127531316192017-05-31T18:18:00.001-07:002017-05-31T18:18:45.835-07:00Jordan Peterson: Maps of Meaning 1 (Harvard Lectures)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v3Bu7oCB8_k" width="480"></iframe>JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-39277160201019887312017-05-06T08:53:00.001-07:002017-05-06T08:53:52.082-07:00Thank You for Signing the Preamble - Now, Let's Get to Work!<div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> The Dreyfuss Civics Initiative <<a href="mailto:info@thedreyfussinitiative.org">info@thedreyfussinitiative.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> May 5, 2017 at 11:38:22 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jredgrace@gmail.com">jredgrace@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Thank You for Signing the Preamble - Now, Let's Get to Work!</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> <a href="mailto:info@thedreyfussinitiative.org">info@thedreyfussinitiative.org</a><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div> <!--Copyright (c) 1996-2017 Constant Contact. 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It's a mandate. A directive of what it means to be an American. Thank you for signing the Preamble in support of bringing Civics back to the classroom. Together we can help turn students into citizens.</span></span></div> <div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;"><b> </b></span></div> <div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;"> </span></div> <div style="color:#595500;font-weight:normal;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;"><strong>Take Action</strong></span></div> <div style="color:black;font-weight:normal;font-family:Times-New-Roman;margin-top:0;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;"> </span></div> </strong></div> <div style="font-size:11pt;">Protecting American values is an active endeavor. Get involved in your community today! </div> <ul><li style="font-size:11pt;">Become a guest speaker at local schools.</li><li style="font-size:11pt;">Demand municipal government be accessible and transparent. </li><li style="font-size:11pt;"><span>Participate in online forums to share community information and ideas.</span></li></ul> <div><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div> <div style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;" align="left"> <div class="_mce_tagged_br" style="color:black;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;"> <div style="color:#595500;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center;" align="center"><a style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ElROXfUIkWrykXRmYPPLxJ8V5hc8SP3Y5J30PXg3oXbLgoyNO9Q9EA_Y-XTAbds-QgLA27ES9OWMLeNqYNP0EJoSgmu-vyiGkJmosIhbZJ_-yX7oQ5yQX4bh7XM7H4CdkxLyhMWzCQqccyY9bHxyfUmLE9jFK0dSrTfMomlsLDOHqzphCaI8XvIpH57hFwZm0U-M5rdHT1ZMea_TOVi9l2SkrIiaI_9ApsJz76vtiVM=&c=IUjoaCy-ZetaLDHnDFY9hBEvNVw-Tlv7rqCUAcx0WNxEE1l-xf_EJA==&ch=UQZws3yM5je2poNkJtmwxajCTSQmeOcboJO8DDZmOS5Uh6Vthhpf2Q==" linktype="1" alt="http://www.thedreyfussinitiative.org/support-us/as-an-individual/" target="_blank">What Can I Do? 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Like a bird on the wire<br />Like a drunk in a midnight choir<br />I have tried in my way to be free</div>
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Like a worm on a hook<br />Like a knight from some old fashioned book<br />I have saved all my ribbons for thee</div>
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If I, if I have been unkind<br />I hope that you can just let it go by<br />If I, if I have been untrue<br />I hope you know it was never to you</div>
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Oh, like a baby, stillborn<br />Like a beast with his horn<br />I have torn everyone who reached out for me</div>
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But I swear by this song<br />And by all that I have done wrong<br />I will make it all up to thee</div>
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I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch<br />He said to me, "You must not ask for so much"<br />And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door<br />She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"</div>
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Oh, like a bird on the wire<br />Like a drunk in a midnight choir<br />I have tried in my way to be free</div>
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JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-59462843359084803912017-03-05T21:09:00.003-08:002017-03-05T21:09:50.650-08:00A Time Such As This<br />
This is the age in which we live.<br />
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The speed and complexity of the change is unprecedented and worldwide.<br />
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In the recorded history of man we have not seen climate shifts on this scale as well as mass animal deaths + extinctions, not to mention the technological advances of our own species - just in the last decade.<br />
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Recent News Clips<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omAH6Co-FI0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omAH6Co-FI0</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTD13kIiZtM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTD13kIiZtM</a><br />
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Increasing hatred.<br />
Persecution of speech and freedom of thought.<br />
Just some highlights.<br />
#Orwellian #crimethink #thoughtcrime #newspeak<br />
#surveillance #EarthChanges #ExtremeWeather #AI #extinction #SignsInTheHeavens #galacticevents #MysteriousSounds #NaturalLaw #LHC #CERN #BirthPains #StandFast #HumanitarianCrisis #Wars #RumorsOfWars<br />
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<br />JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-9396053976993668062017-01-25T13:22:00.000-08:002017-01-25T13:26:37.698-08:00He Knows The Way I Take<div class="version-NIV result-text-style-normal text-html " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">
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<span class="text Job-23-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="chapternum" style="bottom: -0.1em; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; left: 0px; line-height: 0.8em; position: relative;">23 </span>Then Job replied:</span></div>
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<span class="text Job-23-2" id="en-NIV-13422" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">2 </span>“Even today my complaint<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13422A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13422A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> is bitter;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13422B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13422B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-2" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">his hand<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-13422a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-13422a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+23&version=NIV#fen-NIV-13422a" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> is heavy in spite of<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-13422b" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-13422b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+23&version=NIV#fen-NIV-13422b" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> my groaning.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13422C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13422C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-3" id="en-NIV-13423" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">3 </span>If only I knew where to find him;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-3" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">if only I could go to his dwelling!<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13423D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13423D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-4" id="en-NIV-13424" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">4 </span>I would state my case<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13424E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13424E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> before him</span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-4" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and fill my mouth with arguments.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13424F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13424F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-5" id="en-NIV-13425" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">5 </span>I would find out what he would answer me,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13425G" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13425G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and consider what he would say to me.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-6" id="en-NIV-13426" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">6 </span>Would he vigorously oppose me?<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13426H" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13426H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-6" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">No, he would not press charges against me.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13426I" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13426I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-7" id="en-NIV-13427" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">7 </span>There the upright<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13427J" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13427J" title="See cross-reference J">J</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> can establish their innocence before him,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13427K" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13427K" title="See cross-reference K">K</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-7" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13427L" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13427L" title="See cross-reference L">L</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text Job-23-8" id="en-NIV-13428" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">8 </span>“But if I go to the east, he is not there;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-8" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">if I go to the west, I do not find him.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-9" id="en-NIV-13429" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">9 </span>When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-9" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13429M" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13429M" title="See cross-reference M">M</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-10" id="en-NIV-13430" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">10 </span>But he knows the way that I take;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13430N" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13430N" title="See cross-reference N">N</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-10" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">when he has tested me,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13430O" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13430O" title="See cross-reference O">O</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> I will come forth as gold.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13430P" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13430P" title="See cross-reference P">P</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-11" id="en-NIV-13431" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">11 </span>My feet have closely followed his steps;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13431Q" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13431Q" title="See cross-reference Q">Q</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-11" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I have kept to his way without turning aside.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13431R" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13431R" title="See cross-reference R">R</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-12" id="en-NIV-13432" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">12 </span>I have not departed from the commands of his lips;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13432S" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13432S" title="See cross-reference S">S</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-12" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13432T" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13432T" title="See cross-reference T">T</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text Job-23-13" id="en-NIV-13433" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">13 </span>“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13433U" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13433U" title="See cross-reference U">U</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-13" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">He does whatever he pleases.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13433V" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13433V" title="See cross-reference V">V</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-14" id="en-NIV-13434" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">14 </span>He carries out his decree against me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-14" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and many such plans he still has in store.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13434W" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13434W" title="See cross-reference W">W</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-15" id="en-NIV-13435" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">15 </span>That is why I am terrified before him;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13435X" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13435X" title="See cross-reference X">X</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-15" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">when I think of all this, I fear him.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13435Y" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13435Y" title="See cross-reference Y">Y</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-16" id="en-NIV-13436" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">16 </span>God has made my heart faint;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13436Z" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13436Z" title="See cross-reference Z">Z</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Job-23-16" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">the Almighty<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13436AA" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13436AA" title="See cross-reference AA">AA</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> has terrified me.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13436AB" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13436AB" title="See cross-reference AB">AB</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="text Job-23-17" id="en-NIV-13437" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">17 </span>Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-13437AC" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-13437AC" title="See cross-reference AC">AC</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Voice of the people? This sure sounds like a pretty good start. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "HCo Whitney", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">"Because today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another – but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.01em;">For too long, a small group in our nation’s Capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost.</span></div>
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Washington flourished – but the people did not share in its wealth.</div>
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Politicians prospered – but the jobs left, and the factories closed.</div>
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The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.</div>
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Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s Capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.</div>
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That all changes – starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you.</div>
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It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. </div>
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This is your day. This is your celebration.</div>
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And this, the United States of America, is your country.</div>
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What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.</div>
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January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again."</div>
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<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/inaugural-address" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/inaugural-address </a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I moved to Martha’s Vineyard in July of 2011 and I found it to be beyond what I imagined. When you can smell the sea on the air and see the light of the sky reflected back on itself, mystery of mysteries how there seems to be a song that rolls in on the waves. I have lived most of my life on the shores of the "Inland sea", and Lake Ontario is one Great Lake, I am no stranger to glorious sunsets and the beauty and peace that comes with residing by water. I was however, unprepared for the grandeur and majesty that is the Vineyard in the midst of the Atlantic. Six miles out to sea and surrounded by only the steel blue waves, the night sky patterned with innumerable stars - a place that transports you back in time to when the tales told in the heavens and the lights from above guided our way.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working and living Up Island, in the small operational fishing village of Menemsha, I found myself removed from Edgartown and its Yacht Clubs and men in Pink sweaters with Nantucket Red pants, those affluent summer residents. Instead, I lived where once the sunset in an orange fire into the deep water, all you could hear was the song of the bell on the buoy, keeping time with the moon and her tides. In the morning and as the day dawned in the wee hours before, the cries of the fisherman, in their weathered carharts and stained hoodies, could be heard echoing through the Harbor along Squid Row. Setting lines, getting gear in order to head out for the days catch, which could include Bluefish, Albacore Tuna, Striper Bass - caught that day and then served that night, at the oldest restaurant on island -Home Port, where I managed the dining room. It would sometimes take 3 or 4 men to carry in a 300 pound fish, scales gleaming and glistening silver flashing in the sun from the boat on the dock to the back of the pick up truck, through the parking lot and onto the Chef’s table. A team of guys breaking the beast of the sea down, from tip to tail, all parts used and served to the masses who would wait for an hour or more for a table, to be read the daily specials of the ever changing chalkboards created by yours truly and my young effervescent hostess. The floor would be dangerously slick with butter as Lobstah after Lobstah went out to the tables, guests dining on crispy fresh fried fish, whole belly clams, seared scallops and the best yet - selections from the raw bar; Katama Bay Oysters or little necks, plucked hours before from the water and shucked before your very eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My move to the Vineyard was a whim, a friend lived there - a seasonal job opened up, she knew the owner, she recommended me for the position. My children were both over 15, and my family thought they could survive without me for the summer in New York, so off I went on what would become an incredible learning experience and the adventure of a lifetime. It would end up becoming our home. Giving up the only place we had ever known, for an existence only attainable by air or sea. My oldest son joined me after about a month, then his brother a month later (both going right to work in the island’s Hell’s kitchen's). Meeting extraordinary people from all corners of the globe, was one of the most educational and emotional experiences of my life. The world came to this place, and many became family. My husband, Nate, had put in his notice at work by the fall, we had found a place to rent (that was not a Windmill, where we all had been staying for the summer, pictures below) he had secured employment on island, and was blessed to end up doing some incredible high end finish carpentry work. Nate was able to learn so much about traditional American craftsmanship while we lived on island, it was like living history at the edge of the world in more ways than one. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I began researching the local history of the Vineyard and discovered that the town of Oak Bluffs with it’s colorful, quirky, unique gingerbread cottages, had been founded when thousands had journeyed to the island for those summer camp meetings - steeped in revival and a passion to worship God, I was struck by just how many stories a place can hold. The tales that could be told by that “venerable grove of oaks” as well as the rolling rock walls placed by early settlers, and the trails through forests by a people far more ancient than that. The Vineyard is home to the Wampanoag Indian tribe, the only Native American people to retain their original ancestral land in this country, as well as holding the claim to fame of being the very tribe that hosted that first Thanksgiving all those years ago over on the coast in Plymouth. The purple marbled Wampum that is still made into fashionable jewelry today, is dug and ground from quahog shells just as it was hundreds of years ago, the tourists clamor for it - and the trade is good for the people (see my one and only piece in photo below, it reminds me of a Supermoon). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I, like Dorothy, have learned in my life, that there is no place like home. That you can go searching for yourself all the way to OZ and back, but you really needn't look further than your own backyard. I have also learned that home</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where the heart is - where you hang your hat - where you are surrounded by those you love. Many of those I loved then and now, are far from me, some in actual miles, some near- but unreachable-separated by the distance of illness and decay, some unreachable and gone from this time. It is because of the fleetingness of place and home that we, therefore, must hold those we love</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in our heart</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - no matter where we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">physically</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> find ourselves. I have always felt myself a stranger in a strange land, whether in the small lakeside village where I grew up surrounded by friends and family who had known me my whole life, or as I found myself, on a tiny island surrounded by strangers - proud New England Patriot Yankees, to be exact. I must admit, despite living in one of the top vacation destinations in the US - I had an ever present longing to return "home". Although, it was not so much the shores of Lake Ontario that beckoned me to return, but again, the sense of that strange land which called me back. This call could be heard most clearly however, through the bell on the buoy out there in the lapping waves themselves - there it came from a distant time, and the voices became many and long. John F. Kennedy, a sailor on the Atlantic waters I was blessed to call home for a while, once said;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>“We are tied to the ocean. </i><i>And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch </i><i>- we are going back from whence we came.” </i></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Brainyquote, n.d.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My years on the Vineyard afforded me the interesting opportunity of solace and solitude, soul searching and seeking by the sea. While the summer season had me working 70 hours a week to meet the demands of the 120,000 tourists there to do business, the winter found me among the few 20,000 hearty souls who stayed to weather the bitter and harsh cold. I spent this time, bundled in front of a fire or at the Chilmark library - not only researching local history, but exploring my own. I became a bit obsessed with tracing my genealogy and discovering my own roots, looking for that strange land that seemed to call to me through the eons. The Vineyard for me, was a place of personal discovery, where the winds blow fierce off the Atlantic -especially in the bleak and brutal winter months. A shore where you must learn to stand solid and firm -in the face of whatever may come in on the tide. As with the many who came during the Victorian era across the water for tent revivals, looking for a spiritual awakening, I surely found mine among the venerable oaks, the green pastures filled with sheep, the red clay cliffs, all with the velvety night sky hung above… even the Zodiac gracious enough to include me in its extraordinary tale. </span><br />
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<br />JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0Dukes County, MA, USA41.376808565702355 -70.636596679687541.186213565702353 -70.9593201796875 41.567403565702357 -70.3138731796875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-50456312790278380972016-10-02T10:41:00.001-07:002016-10-02T10:41:19.720-07:00Forgive as you would be forgiven.<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Erev Yom Kippur October 11, 2016 ~ Yom Kippur October 12, 2016</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can't ask forgiveness of God until you've asked forgiveness of <i>people</i> the day before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not so easy right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">THEY were WRONG! I am HURT! I am offended! WHERE is the JUSTICE?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It flies in the face of our very nature to love those who hate us, to forgive the unforgivable - but it is indeed what we are asked to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I struggle with this, which I do - as by nature I am one unforgiving bitch, I think of Christ on the cross..."Father forgive them they know not what they do". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I think "THEY don't deserve forgiveness", I remember neither do we... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">more specifically me, I do not deserve forgiveness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You see, I am a thief - a murderer - a sinner, guilty of many transgressions in both thought and deed.... and I know that my time is coming soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Consider Him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May you forgive and be forgiven. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today I say to you, L'shanah Tovah! Happy Rosh Hashanah! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Shanah Tovah Umetukah... a good and sweet year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">May it be written and may it be sealed that you have a new year that brings fulfillment </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">and happiness, peace and prosperity - </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have a Happy, Healthy New Year!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As is tradition, in the year to come I offer a prayer for my children; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">that they may live upstanding lives dedicated to acts of loving kindness, charity and study:</span></div>
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<br />JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-27722438273855668332016-09-20T17:07:00.001-07:002016-09-20T17:07:11.299-07:00Anonymous - Native American Hopi Prophecy - Elders Speak<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cNybroOL9OE" width="459"></iframe>JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-5660023925545585882016-09-09T12:48:00.000-07:002016-09-09T12:48:03.166-07:00A Son, A Savior<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #001320; font-family: Arimo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">We are all in the valley - the shadow of death looms over us all. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #001320; font-family: Arimo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">We keep ourselves busy, busy, busy with the distractions of this world - of this life, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #001320; font-family: Arimo, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">We do not have to endure alone, our God will go before us, He will walk through the valley with us - we can stand and fear no evil. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For all the glory that they share</span></div>
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THAT DAY, when you just didn't get it. </div>
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The deal did not go down, or at least it did not go down as you had planned it would. </div>
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God's will, or our own.</div>
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God is His own interpreter and He will make it plain. My prayer for all of us today is for strength, and joy - that despite circumstances, we will choose gratitude. </div>
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<span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">Tell me that I’m not forgotten</span><br style="background-color: #ccccdd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">Show me there’s a God</span><br style="background-color: #ccccdd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">Who can be more than all I’ve ever wanted</span><br style="background-color: #ccccdd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">‘Cause right now I need a little hope</span><br style="background-color: #ccccdd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">I need to know that I’m not alone</span><br style="background-color: #ccccdd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">Maybe God is calling you tonight</span><br style="background-color: #ccccdd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">To tell me something</span><br style="background-color: #ccccdd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: #ccccdd; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13.4px; line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">That might save my life</span><br /><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;">"What we need is not division; what we need is not hatred, but love and compassion toward one another and a feeling of justice toward those who suffer within our community, whatever their color or faith. Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world." </span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I keep listening, but find I am unable to hear the voices of reason. During that era where many marched for civil rights and social justice, it seemed they spoke out for those who were unable to speak for themselves. Today people only speak on their own behalf, to further their own agenda. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we watch the Presidential election unfold in sordid politics, as we endure the storm of our climatic change, as we hear of wars and rumors of wars and nations rise against nations - I find myself searching for just one voice of reason. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In America we have the unprecedented possibility to allow the voice of the people to rise above all others in a resounding shout - one of unity and brotherhood, one of freedom and justice for all. Instead, we see the divide-between rich and poor, white and black, Christian and Muslim - growing... a gulf between us widens, as we allow ourselves to be conquered by ignorance and hate. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My fellow Americans, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My fellow citizens of the world,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Deep in my heart, I do believe, we SHALL overcome someday - we shall ALL BE FREE.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We must, however, STAND TOGETHER. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We can not let the power elite, the 1%, the forces that enslave, to steal from us this world. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fear not, our Lord is with us. He will strengthen us. </span></span><br />
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BE STRONG. CHOOSE COURAGE. Even harder, HAVE HOPE.<br />
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I drove by a serious accident involving a vehicle and a telephone pole yesterday. Watched a woman screaming in pain being loaded in to an ambulance. First responders deal with these situations daily, and I am filled with gratitude and have the utmost respect for those who serve their fellow man in their most desperate times of need. "There is no greater love than this, that a man would lay down his own life for that of his friends." John 15:13. I am grateful for those who run towards danger, instead of from it - so thankful for the watchmen on the wall. We are called to care for one another, are you able and willing to answer that call?<br />
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What a world, what a world. Who needs scary stories, when you have the horrors of life, am I right??? North Korea and Iran unleashing their nukes, kids killing kids and everybody just going about their business, pausing only to pray that the "government" will solve all their problems. YIKES, people, we have got to get back to basics here.<br />
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My Fellow Americans and Citizens of the world I am here to tell you that you live in what may be the most exciting time in recorded human history. You were chosen to be here NOW, and while things may look bleak or overwhelming, please stop and consider - you were born for a time such as this.<br />
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Before our very eyes we watch as Orwell, Phillip K. Dick, Asimov, Huxley and H.G. Wells have become prophets. We also watch as words, recorded 2000 years ago by an itinerant preacher and roughneck carpenter from Nazareth come to pass.<br />
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<li>Wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:7)</li>
<li>GOVERNANCE BY DATA/Loss of Civil Liberties</li>
<li>The Internet of Things (Daniel 12:4)</li>
<li>RFID Chip, don't stand in line for it people. (Revelation 13:16-17)</li>
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JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-4023041692216097072015-12-16T18:07:00.001-08:002015-12-16T18:07:13.282-08:00#Putin Tweet from Nick Armstrong (@10centnickel)<style>@font-face{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}</style><font face="Calibri"><p dir=ltr>Nick Armstrong (@10centnickel) tweeted at 6:18pm - 27 Nov 15: </p> <p dir=ltr>Year 2068: peanut butter shortages lead to the collapse of North America. Immortal Emporer Putin takes over the world. Vodka permeates life. (https://twitter.com/10centnickel/status/670381232161624064?s=17) </p> <p dir=ltr>Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=18</p> </font>JLR Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748989673150724077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352781548012709189.post-7146872966643210042015-11-25T08:19:00.000-08:002015-12-14T17:39:58.228-08:00Waiting for the Rapture? <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, it would be a nice idea wouldn't it? Whisk me away Lord... no trial or tribulation for me. Unlike Noah, we don't need a boat and will not go through the storm, won't have to endure any time (let alone 40 days) in the desert, Jonah may have had to spend 3 days in the belly of the whale - but not us! We are going to get zapped outta here...right? WRONG.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our Savior HIMSELF, said we would endure tribulation in this world;</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you believe in the rapture, my hope is with you for sure. However, I think you should examine scripture (from Genesis to Revelation) for yourself, and see if that line of thinking truly lines up with what our Messiah taught.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For example;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"> Jeremiah 5: </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">7</span>"How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods...</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">9</span>Shouldn't I punish them for these things?" says Yahweh; "and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">10</span>"Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">11</span>For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me," says Yahweh. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28.8px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">1<b><u>2</u></b></span><b><u>They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.</u></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I ask you to take a close look at the history of "rapture" theology, it is the invention of man.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A man named John Nelson Darby invented this doctrine around 1830 AD, based on essentially one passage in scripture; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, and also his interpretation of the "missing" church from the later chapters in the book of Revelation. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I believe that the Rapture is a great deception, designed to get the eyes of believers off the signs of the times.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jeremiah 5:31 tells us this, and asks us an important question, what do you say?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We must stand steadfast in the face of fear and be courageous, and we must stand together against those who would seek to spread terror, violence and horror. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is not a time to withdraw, or to build walls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a time to reach out and take each others hands, to walk united - in a show of force - a force of good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This not a time to be worried about causing offence, this my friends is a time for serious action - from the streets of small towns to the paved walks of great cities, WE MUST CRY FREEDOM. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today I pray, not for the peace the world would give, but that peace which only God can give, that peace that passes understanding. I pray for those in the line of fire, those searching for hope, that they would be given the strength and courage to endure. May God bless us and have mercy on our souls, in the matchless name of Christ the King. Amen. </span></div>
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