Lovin’ my Girl-ness

    I was just thinking it would be nice to write about something different today. The rest of the world will still be there to talk about tomorrow and if it isn't, then I am sure I will have much better things to do than blog.

    This morning, I was just thinking about how great it is that God made me a woman. Oh sure, there are tons of things I could complain about like hormones, PMS, PAP exams, emotions, chipped nail polish, and the run that has just started racing up my new pair of panty hose, but who ever heard of a free lunch right? There are some men out there who wish they were born women, and some go to such extremes to try and make their bodies look like the body of a woman. But like I said, there are no free lunches; you can't be a woman unless you have experienced a craving for chocolate so desperate that you would be willing to scratch the eyes out of the gal sitting next to you munching away at her own little pack of M&M's. Of course, I am kidding, sort of. The Bible says "thou shall not covet" which is a sin I am guilty of for at least one week out of every month when it comes to chocolate. Those men who try to be women are only kidding themselves, because every woman pays the price of being a woman, and every woman has a specific purpose for God's will.

    God created man in his physical image: two arms, two legs, strength, and honor. Women, on the other hand, were made in the image of God's spiritual beauty. Think about how the Bible describes the church at the end of days. The church is the bride of Christ, beautifully adorned with the gifts Christ has provided for her. A man is to love his wife the way Christ loves the church, and we all know that Christ loves the church so much that he died for her. Clearly, God considers women to be a special part of His creation; He gives the church a feminine personification by calling it the Bride and Christ the Bridegroom. I don't know about you, ladies, but that just makes being a girl worthwhile doesn't it?

    Am I a feminist? I suppose in the most general sense of the word, I am indeed and I believe God has become a feminist. Let me tell you how I define feminism. A woman whose husband is either dead or useless needs be able to make a way for herself in this world. Please note that I will not dog on men because Adam was created first and man is the God-ordained head of the household. But in some cases that are increasing in number nowadays, it is the woman who plays the role of spiritual leader in her home because her husband refuses to obey God's commands. I do not say this is true in every Christian home or even in most Christian homes, but I do say the number of women having to step up where their husbands slack is increasing. This is why I think God has become a feminist from my understanding of the word. I believe God has allowed women such liberty in our American society today because some men are slacking off.

If, God bless her, Mrs. Palin become President of this United States of America, it will be because there is no man found better fit for this position. As it is a woman's duty to care for her household, so too could a woman take care of her home country. I don't think she would rule the country like a man, she would rule it as a woman, a wife, and a mother.

As far as liberal feminism goes, it makes me sick. Those fools will scoff at women who choose the life of a housewife, a soccer mom, or even a beauty queen in a pageant. Why should women who like to be girly be scoffed and ridiculed? I tell you what, I don't want to be a MAN! Eww! So my favorite color is pink, so I played with Barbie Dolls until I was twelve, what is that to you? Sure a woman should be able to do anything a man can do, that doesn't mean we want to. And your support of lesbianism? Disgusting! Keep that junk away from my children. It is not for YOU to decide what I should teach my children. And THAT by the way will be that homosexuality is wrong, thank you very much. Try as you might, you won't take my faith, my kids, or my freedoms from me, all are in God's hand.

Sisters, what I have just mentioned above is an example of people who want to take away your joy for being a woman. In some sick and twisted way, people who are liberal feminists want women to be EXACTLY EQUAL to men. But that is simply impossible. We can't be men, because we are women. God has a special plan and purpose for each and every Christian woman on this earth.

Ladies, I challenge you to be prayer warriors. Get into the spiritual battle between the demons of this world and your homes. Fight for those husbands, lift them up before God, fight for those children, their minds are in danger from the toxic waste that politicians spew from their mouths (which is a greater threat to society than the smog of industry). Let's go into battle together on our knees, girls. We are wives, we are mothers, we are daughters, we are sisters, we…are…WARRIORS!

Homosexuality Not Something to be Proud Of

Obama made the following comments at a White House reception honoring "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month":    

There are unjust laws to overturn and unfair practices to stop. And though we've made progress, there are still fellow citizens – perhaps neighbors or even family members and loved ones – who still hold fast to worn arguments and old attitudes, who fail to see your families like their families and who would deny you the rights that most Americans take for granted. And I know this is painful, and I know it can be heartbreaking.

– Barack Hussein Obama, June 29, 2009

http://raptureready.com/featured/graham/g81.html -Article by Ron Grahm

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    For those who engage in a homosexual lifestyle, I just want to say that God loves you just as much as he loves all of his creation. Unfortunately, there are people who consider themselves Christians who will tell you that you are evil and deserve to rot in hell. I have witnessed one person telling a gay person this before and I am here to tell you that it makes me sick and is simply not true. It doesn't matter what you have done, God still loves you. BUT, it is important for you to understand that the Bible clearly states that one man having sex with another man or one woman having sexual relations with another woman is a sin. The Bible also says that lust, hatefulness, cheating, lying, killing, worshiping anything that is not God, or even sassing their parents is a sin. Your sin is not more severe than a student who copies answers for a test and submits it for his own. Your sin is not more severe than a teenager that rolls her eyes when her mother asks her to do something. Sin is sin and it needs to be dealt with. But I do not hate you, and God does not by any means hate you. In fact, He loves you very, very much.

    Now I will speak to those who are reading this for information. I would highly encourage you to go to the link I provided above and read the article. I will be quoting this article throughout my post today.

    As you may have read in my previous posts, I have been mostly talking about the effect that today's society is having on our children right under our noses. This is a particular subject that I am very passionate about as my husband and I consider bringing our first child into the world. It is important for everyone to gain knowledge of what is going on around them and how it is affecting our kids. Although you may not have seen You Tube videos of what is being taught in the classrooms about homosexuality, does not mean indoctrination isn't happening to our children.

From a gay tolerance web site, teachers are encouraged to sneak the topic of homosexuality into the classroom.

"If you're smooth enough few may notice that you started out talking Socrates and ended with the Stonewall riots. Indirectly, you're aiding them in seeing LGBT people as positive contributors to society." http://gaylife.about.com/od/gayteens/ss/studentteacher_3.htm Oh keep reading if you are intrigued and want to learn what kind of "smooth" talking is going on in our kids schools. They are being spoon-fed this poison about tolerance of a homosexual lifestyle before they even realize it!

    Below is a bit of information that is often left out of talk about homosexuality, because it is based in Biblical truth.

 

Homosexuals also have an interest in saying they were "born that way." All attempts thus far to prove this have been based more on wishful thinking than solid biological research, but if it is found to be the case, so what? The Bible teaches we are all born with a predisposition to sin. It shouldn't surprise us that some 2% of the population finds this predisposition expressed in homosexual desire.

Graham is right when he talk about the fact that every human is born into sin and must be saved by grace to be free from it. This makes a whole lot of sense. Of course some people feel they were born homosexual, ALL are born with a sinful nature. Only Jesus Christ can save us from our sin.

Password Compromised

    This happened a little while back but I just wanted to let anyone know who has previously read my blog and discovered that there was a post that was a bit vulgar. I did not write that. My password was compromised. I have deleted the offensive content and have changed my password. I guess I need to be changing all my passwords regularly from now on. I'm just glad it was only my blog and not something involving my personal information.

I apologize if anyone out there read that and thought that I put it there. Unfortunately there is no telling who has or has not and for some people, my integrity was compromised along with my password. Things like this happen to the best of us, though.

Thanks for reading.

Not MY Kids!

    If you have been watching the news lately, you have seen the video with the children singing praises to Obama. But what you didn't know was that there was more to this video that makes it much worse from a Christian perspective than even Fox News reported. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrsl8o4ZPo This link shows the entire video. Please watch this before you continue reading.

    Ok, let's talk about the first song they sang. "Red, yellow, black, white, all are precious in his sight." Clearly this is not talking about Jesus, but it was a song originally written for Him. This is a blatant slap in the face for not only Christians, but anyone who does not "worship" Obama. Now the next song is sung to the tune "Battle Hymn of the Republic". I think this one is the bigger stinger for Christians not because of the lyrics specifically, but the fact that those words were put to the tune of a song that was first intended to praise God for delivering victory in battle.

One parent of a child in the video is horrified and told Fox News "I'm stunned -- I can't believe it's our school," said Jim Pronchik, who told FOXNews.com his 8-year-old son Jimmy was one of the 18 students in the video. "We don't want to praise this guy like he's a god or an idol or a king or anything like that. That's the wrong message to be sending."(FOXNews.com) Evidently, the school did not even tell the parents that their children were going to be videotaped and then published on You Tube, let alone the small fact that they were replacing words in songs to Jesus with praises to Obama.

Because the lyrics on this video are hard to understand, you go here to find the complete lyrics: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/24/lyrics-songs-president-obama/

    While I was looking at this video, I have come across some more things that will send chills up your spine. In the following video, you will watch as some students hail Obama as the "Alpha and Omega" praising him and promoting his health care bill. These students are obviously much older than the kids in the previous video, but young enough to be susceptible to an indoctrination that they cannot possibly fully understand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtGr1JFCnE Like I said, chilling.

    Have you watched the video "The Story of Stuff"? You may have seen it on the news but probably not the whole thing. If not watch it now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8 Now, I consider myself to be more conservative than the average republican, and yet, I don't think I would forbid my child to see this. This lady has some very good points but leaves out some information. As a Christian, I think it is important to take care of our environment. We are to be good stewards of our God given resources. However, the rights of animals and trees should not be elevated over the rights of people. The whole Green Energy idea does not upset me really, it is the idea that in California the possibility of a rare tiny fish MAY be present in the water, so those people that live in that area are not allowed to water their crops, feed their families, or get income from the sale of those crops. These people's way of life is deteriorating because their MIGHT be fish in that water. People need to come first. I have no problem sacrificing the fish to feed the people.

    It is true, that gluttony is a sin. As God's children, we need to learn to be more content with what we have and not "covet" our neighbor's things. There is nothing wrong with being a consumer, but from a spiritual perspective, we should ask ourselves "What purpose will this item serve? Will it glorify God?" If the answer is to only pleasure yourself and will not bring glory to God in any way, we should reconsider the purchase of that item. For example, a computer can be a valuable resource in furthering the Kingdom of God. But if you are using the computer to cheat on your spouse by looking at porn, ignore your children because you are playing games, become lazy watching You Tube all day instead of going out into the world and telling of God's love, this is not an item we need to buy. Therefore, I agree with this video that consumption of goods in and of itself does not make people happy. People do indeed buy things to try and find spiritual fulfillment and happiness. The viscous cycle of consumption, working to pay for our consumption and society telling us we are worthless if we do not consume the latest items is very true. Green energy and green living is not going to provide that spiritual fulfillment or happiness either. The element that is missing to this whole thing is Jesus. Once you have Him on your side, you fill find that fulfillment and will not have as strong of a desire to consume. Stuff becomes less important unless you buy that laptop and use it for His purpose and through Him find satisfaction.

    We put on our armor everyday by reading the Word of God, but we do not need to go in and fight. Jesus has already won the battle. If you align yourself with Him, victory is yours. This is how you break that cycle of unhappiness, and you can work on Green living as a way to be a good steward of God's creation. Just keep in mind that people come first, animals and environmental issues second. Save those rainforests, but not at the expense of building someone a home. Learn to consume based on things you truly need or can use for God's glory. In this way, he will bless the things you have and will not allow tools used for His purpose to cause harm to His creation.