Purposeful Movements

Sunlight peeks through the canopy of a hundred year old forest, gently piercing through to the path in front of me.  As I walk, the rocks and thicket cause me to carefully direct each step. Ahead the path splits and the light and shadows shift on my choices.  I can clearly see each, but I am not sure which one will take me to my desired destination. 

Time is important to me.  If I go the wrong way, there will be delays, boredom, difficulty and frustration.  I may even get lost altogether.  I am intentional and I don’t want to waste a moment of my life.  I appreciate the beauty of the path.  The hundreds of hues of green and the delicate movement of the foliage give me a sense of peace in knowing that  life is more than the drama I experience.  There is so much more.  In this place, I hear the sounds of the forest reminding me that the world is vast and diverse.  The tweets and clicks are peaceful.  I am not rushing, but though this is a beautiful journey, I have a purpose.

Our lives are very much like this scene everyday.  We may have hundreds of decisions to make each and everyday that are a part of our life’s journey.  We can see the options before us.  If I get out of bed early, I will be able to work on that project, do the dishes or fold the laundry before going to school. I can set my alarm, but if I hit the snooze button, I have decided not to take advantage of the time productively.  It might be a small decision, but it could lead to the need for more decisions.  If the laundry wasn’t folded, should I wear wrinkly clothes or iron?  Each of these choices hold their own implications.

Taking the time to enjoy the here and now is not always easy.  Especially when demands on our time are great. I once had the opportunity to talk with a young mother who was suffering from back pain.  As we talked about body mechanics and good or bad positions, stretching and other activities, one phrase kept coming to mind.  Use purposeful movements.

I think of that often.  It's application moves well beyond physical movements that strengthen back muscle and prevent injury.  If we spend our lives using purposeful movements, we won't waste it.

Life is precious.  You only have one. As you travel your path, are you thinking about what you are thinking about and making decisions on purpose?

How do People Vote to Kill Children?

This week in Albuquerque New Mexico the people voted to allow 5 month old babies to be killed.  True that are 20 weeks and older in the womb.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v70cQzwRxfI
 They haven't been born, but clearly they are babies and clearly they can feel and respond to their surroundings and clearly some children have been born and with some medical interventions have grown to become wonderful, beautiful members of families.

This wasn't a few people on an appointed court or panel.  This was the general public.  I am speechless.  How can this be?

Kristan Hawkins, www.KristanHawkins.com  suggests that it was the clause which allowed for fetal deformity.  In other words, if the baby isn't perfect we should be able to kill him or her earlier rather than allow them to live.

1st abortion is very bad for moms, more so if this is a first pregnancy. Because the breast tissue changes in the last trimester of pregnancy to get ready to nurture her child, when the pregnancy is unnaturally interrupted, the ducts have undifferentiated cells.  Those cells that were in the process of changing can turn cancerous. www.abortionbreastcancer.com 

2nd The risks for physical maternal damage is great.  Inserting instruments to remove the baby can tear or puncture her uterus.  Or depending on whether the baby was killed by lethal injection or not, ripping the little ones arms and legs off to kill him poses its own risks of damage. Just think about pulling his legs off with metal tongs, a jerk from the baby as he tries to get away could cause a tear or puncture. 

3rd The emotional damage is often far greater than people realize and you cannot get a do-over.  The emotional effects of abortion have long been studied by Dr. David Reardon. http://afterabortion.org Check out his work here. 

And lastly, they voted to Kill Babies.  I have heard so many stories about misdiagnosis and people out growing their difficulties.  Who's next?  Do we really think this will end here?  There are lots of disabled people in our nation.  What of the elderly and their declining health and utility?

As Obamacare stumbles and flails and healthcare costs rise, do you think you are safe?  What if you have an accident or sudden infection that threatens your ability to work and pay back the government elites for the healthcare services you'll need? 

Just look up World War II: The Holocaust, to see pictures of piles of bodies.  Then, look up abortion pictures to see piles of bodies.  It is the same.  It is the same.  Mass genocide. 

Haven't we learned from History?  

Real Life

What is your real life? 

This may sound like a crazy question. It may be a crazy question.  It may be the only crazy question deserving of a thoughtful answer.  Obviously, if you are reading this, you spend time on the internet and engaging in some form of social media, probably other forms of media too: radio, television, etc.

There are so many blurred lines these days.  It is hard to know who or what to believe.  It is really difficult to know what to support and what to ignore or oppose.  

For example; a group purporting to rescue trafficked children was featured on a TV show recently.  The comment tread following the clip that was posted online was full of skepticism, suspicion and distrust.  The group was asking for donations and support.  Ostensibly, to continue rescuing and broaden the scope of their work.  People didn't automatically jump on board.

Trust must be earned.  But when is it unwarranted?  President GW Bush said, "Read my lips...No new taxes."  Then soon enough, there were new taxes and his credibility went down the tubes.  President Obama said, "If you like your insurance plan, you can keep it.  If you like your doctor, you can keep him."  Now that so many people are receiving cancelation notices, perhaps the disillusionment is settling in.  This is just one of a long list of lies that have been exposed by people we thought we could trust.

We don't know what we don't know.  How often are we fed a pack of lies or an embellished truth?  There are so many alternate news sites that claim to offer the opposite of what the main stream media reports.  It would seem that we are jaded, as a nation.  Our entire country has been duped again and again.  It is hard for most people to trust anyone or anything.

It is so common for people to escape by zoning out on tv or the web, but hopefully we are aware and actively building our personal relationships.  The real people in our lives need us.  We need real people too.  We need to be real with each other.  We need to be honest and truthful.  

That doesn't mean we say every thing that is on our minds.  Sometimes we must use a filter.  That filter is a loving, thoughtful examination of what we are thinking to ask if it will help, heal or hinder.  

Speaking all things through this filter of true love will make the world a better place and it will make our lives better in every way.

Our real life is happening now.  
Are you tuned in?  

      

The Word, The Will and The Great Conspiracy

This could be a book.

I have long heard people say things like, "It is fate." or "We are predestined." or "God is in control." or "It was meant to be." All of which may be true, but not out of our control.

The Word of God has a lot to say about His sovereignty.  I believe He can do most anything.  I say most, because I believe He cannot do anything that is contrary to His own character.  He cannot lie, for example.  God is Love.  So, He won't do anything that is not ultimately loving. He may allow someone to go through horrific things and die.  He may allow a storm to take a whole village.  He may even allow a tragic diagnosis.  But in His view, which I believe to be a little broader in scope than ours, He has a vision for good in the end or for a people or individual people.

I contend that; although I believe in a Creator God who is intimately involved in His creation, He works with our permission, submission and cooperation.  We are co-workers together with God.  Our human will is enough to thwart His plan for a situation.  Of course, ultimately He can use any one else to accomplish what He wants to.  His very Word says it has supernatural power. When I need restoration, I use the Words of the Bible to restore my soul.

If you have read this blog before, you know that I am a survivor of lots of abuses.  I live well now because of my willingness to align myself with words of healing and health, encouragement and peace. My will, together with the Word, is awesome.

The great conspiracy is that old serpent, the devil's, plot to trick us into thinking that this world is all there is and that everything happens for a reason and that we have no control over our lives.  We are stripped of the power to change things when we believe this.

If we just move along the path that is in front of us aimlessly, without a destination in mind, we will miss our destiny.

Do you have a vision for your future?

Silent on the Issue

New Hampshire law is silent on the issue. NH law is silent on the issue of abortion in many respects.  

We have no protection for women's right to know what they are agreeing to when they submit to abortion.  There is no law requiring information on fetal development, no decision time requirements, no required paper trail to verify that they even get risk assessments for physical or mental health.

NH has the federal mandatory reporter law, but no oversight, no tracking whether or not minors are protected from sexual predators when they enter abortion clinics.  There is no way of knowing if sexual predators are protected by bringing minor girls in to kill the evidence of their statutory rape or even trafficking and prostituting of minors.

NH clinics are not subject to any regular medical facility inspections, they are less regulated than fast-food restaurants.  At least there are laws requiring health inspections in Denny's.  Abortion clinics are shrouded in mystery.

NH law is silent on whether or not insurance providers cover abortion. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare doesn't specifically require it either, however there are ways around that. Each carrier decides for itself whether or not to cover the brutal murder of preborn babies.  

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, PPNE has federal tax payer money grants exceeding $1.6MM for their business in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.  They employ attorneys and lobbyists to keep their business as free from restriction as possible.  

I think it is important to realize what abortion is.  I think it is really important to remember that the tiniest members of our community are killed, that women are wounded and that some people make a lot of money shedding innocent blood. www.abortionno.org depicts abortion in raw graphic images. 

NH Lawmakers, that blood is on your hands.  NH citizens, we have a lot of work to do.