One day in the spring 1989 I felt a strange restlessness as I wandered around the house.  It was an unusual feeling because outwardly things seemed to be fine. There was no trouble in the home. My children were well. I was not ostracized for ready my Bible. I was able to attend my Bible Study classes, go to church, and do all of the things I loved to do. I was alone for the day and everything was peaceful, sort of. In the quiet peaceful atmosphere I continued to feel a sort of unrest. I examined and reexamined the various parts of my life and still could not get rid of the uneasy feeling

After awhile I said, “Lord is there something You want?” .  I may have even spoken this out loud. He answered immediately with,  “I want you to give up smoking.” I panicked. I remember saying, “Oh Lord, let me go to my Bible Study and ask them to start praying for me so I can get ready to do this.” And He said “No, I want you to do it now.” I ran into the bathroom with my purse to hide from the Lord and have one last cigarette. I can’t imagine what I was thinking, but there I was sitting on the toilet, hiding from the Lord, as I pulled an almost full pack of cigarettes from my purse. Read more…

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I can almost smell and taste the spent cigarettes in this picture.

I started smoking when I was 15 or 16 years old. I used to sneak my father’s Tareyton cigarettes out of his dresser drawer and I’d meet up with my friends to smoke. In the ‘60s it was  a lot safer to walk around town and out in the country. No one bothered us and we had a lot of freedom. Sometimes my friends and I  hid cigarettes in the woods. I don’t remember much conversation about cigarettes being bad for you besides,  it was something most parents did. We weren’t allowed to smoke because we weren’t old enough, kind of like drinking, but being kids in the ‘60s, we were rebellious and secret smoking made us cool..

So that’s how I started smoking, and I kept it up for many years, at least 25. My Dad was upset when he found out that I smoked because I’d been in a fire when I was 14 and had smoke inhalation and pneumonia. But I smoked anyway. I entered college as a voice major and kept on smoking, usually, a pack of cigarettes a day. Read more…

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I grew up in a Dodge family and I married a Chevy guy, but recently I’ve become a Ford lover. It occurred when President Obama decided the United States government should be in the car business. That bit of meddling from the man who’d rather I drive a plug-in vehicle than anything with strength was enough to turn my head from the power of the Cummins Diesel and the heft of the Duramax to the heart of the Ford-  Ford Tough.

In a few short months , our newly elected President has tried to up end my beliefs, my thoughts and my rights and frankly…I’m not falling for it.

At first I was angry but then I did some soul searching and revisited what I believe and where I stand on things.  And I decided the time for being quiet had ended.

First of all, since I abhor having people cram their ideas  and opinions down my throat, I’ve always made a huge effort not to cram my ways and ideas down any one else’s throat.  That probably won’t change a lot but then again I’m not going to hide my opinions either.  I have come to realize that there are a lot of us in America.  We have kept quiet about what we believe regarding faith, regarding rights, regarding morals because we believe that everyone has the right to their own opinion.

And the more Barak Obama and his crew try to shove their way through the Presidency the stronger the American Patriots become.  The numbers are growing  and the weak are being strengthened.  And I don’t mind telling you that God has not forsaken His people. Read more…

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I was filled with sadness as I watched a lonely coyote make his way through a farmer’s pasture. The day was gray, pointing to the arrival of unpleasant weather.  The coyote was determined as he traveled on his way. He alone knew his destination. He had the scruffy look of living on the run, a scavenger finding only scraps of food.

The coyote’s profile was sunken, as if he hoped the world wouldn’t notice him before he reached his destination, concentrating on survival. He didn’t move with the free floating, energetic gait I’d seen in other coyotes. His was uneven, halting.  Then I noticed that he was making his journey on 3 legs, with a hind leg held up, useless.  I realized that he’d likely been shot. Farmers considered coyotes intruders, vermin.

I began a small prayer for this single struggling traveler. “Please help him Lord. Please heal him and help him to find his way home to rest.” That’s when I heard it. It was not an audible voice but nonetheless it was clear. Jesus said, “This is the way things will be until I return.”

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The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution of the United States  (printed below) are known as the Bill of Rights.  You can read  Ammendments 11-27 on the National Archives website at http://www.archives.gov/

The Preamble to The Bill of Rights

Congress of the United States
begun and held at the City of New-York, on
Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. Read more…

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I believe that it’s a wise decision to choose to read the important founding documents for the United States once a year. I encourage everyone to read the Declaration of Independence. I’ve copied it  below.

In Congress, July 4 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Read more…

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