I have a hunch that if a similar question to the one asked by the prophet Joseph Smith were posed to the Lord today, (which of all the political parties is for freedom and personal liberty?) there would be a similar response, Namely they draw near with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Our current debate has far transcended the petty name calling of which party did what. We are now dealing with a joint effort of elitists that desire nothing more than complete subjugation of the world to be ruled in mediocrity. Someone said that there was no way this could all be one big happy conspiracy because there is no way all the people could be on the same page, but I contend that if there be one common goal and one architect then there would be no need for the same page because each of the snakes of Medusa would be vying for the same end.
What frightens me about President Obama is the feeling that I am watching a very skilled magician. I think President Bush was performing many of the same tricks that have been used for quite a few decades. With some of our leaders it was more Kaw and his hypnotic eyes, with others it was a blatant request for everyone too look that direction while I work. Some of these rebelled and I believe paid very high prices for this, but others were all too happy to be assuaged by the lure of power being used by the greater magicians. I think of the wizard Saruman from The Lord of the Rings who became captivated by the unblinking eye of Sauron. The end result of this being generations of People slowly relinquishing their will and allowing the yoke to first be placed around their necks and then like frogs in a pot having the pressures build and their liberties relieved.
So what is too be done? I think the march on September 12 was a good start and it is time to stand up and shed the shackles of your party, for I believe both have been co opted by an evil movement who will use any method to accomplish their goals. I believe they have come to a point where they believe the American people are ready to be subjected and to them I declare in the words of Patrick Henry "give me liberty or give me death".
I WILL NOT BOW!
The main thing I have settled in my mind is this, there probably will come a time to fight, there may come a time to die, and for me that time will be when the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints calls, me with the confirmation of the Holy Spirit and says The time has come! Brigham Young stated that if a hostile army came over those hills he would see it as a sign that it was time for this nation to secede from the nations of the world, thankfully the time was not then, but when it does come I invite all people who love freedom and liberty, be you called by whatever name, to rise up and stand together under the title of liberty!
Then we will sing my favorite verse of the "Star Spangled Banner"
'Oh, thus be it ever, when free men shall stand between their loved homes and the war's desolation! blest with vic'try and peace, may the heav'n rescued land praise the pow'r that made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,and this be our motto: "in God is our trust!" And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
I love you all. We are in some point of the last days. It is time to check your lamp, be vigilant and work to bring as many people as we can to the feast of the bride groom.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
I LOVE free stuff! And I LOVE handmade gifts, so taking a cue from Annie's blog here it is:
I hereby commit to offer the first five individuals to comment on this post a homemade gift of my choosing;
Be sure to be one of the first five people to respond to this post.
In order to post a comment, you have to first post this on your own blog and agree to do the same for another five people (So maybe a lot of people reading my blog don't have their own, but agree to the second part and I'll hold up on my end of the deal).
You in turn have the opportunity to be the recipient of a fun homemade gift from me.
There are of course some restrictions:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make or that I will like the way it turns out.
2. What I create will be just for you (Kathy & Kimberly-I may reserve the right to consider responses from you actually from your unborn babies...)
3. This thing will be completed sometime this year.
4. You have no clue what it will be and I'm pretty sure I don't either.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
I hereby commit to offer the first five individuals to comment on this post a homemade gift of my choosing;
Be sure to be one of the first five people to respond to this post.
In order to post a comment, you have to first post this on your own blog and agree to do the same for another five people (So maybe a lot of people reading my blog don't have their own, but agree to the second part and I'll hold up on my end of the deal).
You in turn have the opportunity to be the recipient of a fun homemade gift from me.
There are of course some restrictions:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make or that I will like the way it turns out.
2. What I create will be just for you (Kathy & Kimberly-I may reserve the right to consider responses from you actually from your unborn babies...)
3. This thing will be completed sometime this year.
4. You have no clue what it will be and I'm pretty sure I don't either.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Three Fingers pointing back
Many years ago someone told me "if you point a finger at someone just remember that there are Three fingers pointing right back at you".
The profound nature of this statement is mare adequately summed up by one of my favorite although poignant sayings it is this: In general the biggest problem you have with others happens to be the biggest problem you have with yourself.
This is painful to hear and not a good idea to say to someone (instead just leave this blog up and let them "discover it on their own", I'll take the heat for you). In this line of thought I have become enthralled with a show on the Style Network called Clean House Where a team goes to a filthy house and tries to sell the cause of the clutter at a yard sale, then uses the money gained to remodel the house. This show can be very entertaining and infuriating, watching people cling to the most ridiculous items even when they are assured of receiving much better in the trade. It reminds me of a thought by C.S. Lewis where he equated our relation with God to the remodeling of a house. Initially God changes the color of the paint and we say, wow that is great thanks, but then he knocks down a wall and we say, hey easy there, and only as things progress we see that he isn't remodeling our house he is destroying it and building a mansion for us.
This is the point the people on the show arrive at when they come home and finally see what idiots they have been, and some still are.
During these shows I tend to become agitated and want to yell at these people until I remember the aforementioned line and realize that I am clinging to items in my possession that I had no need for, So I start selling (my wife did the selling I just said okay) and I felt much better. Then I watched one episode where the house was absolutely filthy and once again I realized That I could do a better job keeping my house clean, so rather than feel self righteous about my lack of things I had to repent from my habit of filth and clean up.
Now I see that God has decided to use this moment to teach me one more thing, aparently now it is time to clean out the things in my day that barricade his spirit from comuning with my soul. Until I quit doing the things that clutter my mind and keep me from clearly seeing the image of Christ and repent of the filth that has clouded my sights I am short changing myself just like the people on the show.
More than anything I need to look within and focus on the only house I can really clean, Mine and until that one is perfectly clean I have no right to tell others how to clean theirs but I can love them with the love of Christ whose house is spotless.
The profound nature of this statement is mare adequately summed up by one of my favorite although poignant sayings it is this: In general the biggest problem you have with others happens to be the biggest problem you have with yourself.
This is painful to hear and not a good idea to say to someone (instead just leave this blog up and let them "discover it on their own", I'll take the heat for you). In this line of thought I have become enthralled with a show on the Style Network called Clean House Where a team goes to a filthy house and tries to sell the cause of the clutter at a yard sale, then uses the money gained to remodel the house. This show can be very entertaining and infuriating, watching people cling to the most ridiculous items even when they are assured of receiving much better in the trade. It reminds me of a thought by C.S. Lewis where he equated our relation with God to the remodeling of a house. Initially God changes the color of the paint and we say, wow that is great thanks, but then he knocks down a wall and we say, hey easy there, and only as things progress we see that he isn't remodeling our house he is destroying it and building a mansion for us.
This is the point the people on the show arrive at when they come home and finally see what idiots they have been, and some still are.
During these shows I tend to become agitated and want to yell at these people until I remember the aforementioned line and realize that I am clinging to items in my possession that I had no need for, So I start selling (my wife did the selling I just said okay) and I felt much better. Then I watched one episode where the house was absolutely filthy and once again I realized That I could do a better job keeping my house clean, so rather than feel self righteous about my lack of things I had to repent from my habit of filth and clean up.
Now I see that God has decided to use this moment to teach me one more thing, aparently now it is time to clean out the things in my day that barricade his spirit from comuning with my soul. Until I quit doing the things that clutter my mind and keep me from clearly seeing the image of Christ and repent of the filth that has clouded my sights I am short changing myself just like the people on the show.
More than anything I need to look within and focus on the only house I can really clean, Mine and until that one is perfectly clean I have no right to tell others how to clean theirs but I can love them with the love of Christ whose house is spotless.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
I LOVE MY WIFE!
Thirty years ago to the day in the fields of Iowa a small miracle occurred. A darling baby girl wailed into the air with her first breath. She would grow and learn through adventures and challenges. She used to hang out the laundry all the time to gaze longingly at the vision who was the boy next door. Eventually she went to school and worked full time to receive a degree in hotel management. Angels would keep her car on the road and out of harms way during this time because she was asleep and they knew she had a big job to do later on in life (raise me).
She worked a summer job in Massachusetts and then decided to try the great white north and drove off to Alaska. after a few Summers a goofy bus boy came North (to escape some turmoil he had created) and soon found his own heart in turmoil.
I couldn't believe my fortune when a friend asked me to come on a hike to a waterfall and this woman was going to accompany us. shortly after, she and a friend came to eat where I was serving and it became clear that I had eyes for Michelle and none other.
I behaved as normal as possible and yet she persisted in liking me (weird). during this time I had a shorn head, loooong goatee and behaved like a complete Ass.
Eventually the Lord persuaded her to investigate the church and she saw the truth disparaging the wishes of her family she became what she had declared she never would be, she became one of us, a Mormon.
I was becoming lonely and decided I wanted to marry so I pondered and remembered this great gal from Alaska so I asked Heavenly father if she would be worth marrying and he said yes, so I asked him thirty or Forty more times just to be sure. He finally took my hand and spelled it out so clear for me that I could no longer deny that I wanted more than any thing to change Michelle's last name from Aalbers to Hiatt.
On a day in Navou when even the Icicles realize it is just too cold to be out she fulfilled my wish and joined me in the Holy Temple to be sealed for time and all eternity by the authority of the holy Priesthood.
Four and a half years later she has given me my second greatest source of joy in our little son Beck and today was the day we celebrated her birth. I gave Beck (16 months) one of her presents and told him to take it in to his sleeping mommy he toddled off right to her bedside and started talking to her in his baby gibberish to wake her up it was one of the most tender things I have ever witnessed. It was a remarkable weekend where she did all she could to make me happy but it just backfired and made her happier.
I love her more than life itself and I will do whatever there is to be done to ensure that I am worthy of standing by her side throughout this life and into the eternities. I thank God that he protected her and prepared her for the day when she and I could begin a path that would lead us forever into the bosom of our Father in Heaven.
She worked a summer job in Massachusetts and then decided to try the great white north and drove off to Alaska. after a few Summers a goofy bus boy came North (to escape some turmoil he had created) and soon found his own heart in turmoil.
I couldn't believe my fortune when a friend asked me to come on a hike to a waterfall and this woman was going to accompany us. shortly after, she and a friend came to eat where I was serving and it became clear that I had eyes for Michelle and none other.
I behaved as normal as possible and yet she persisted in liking me (weird). during this time I had a shorn head, loooong goatee and behaved like a complete Ass.
Eventually the Lord persuaded her to investigate the church and she saw the truth disparaging the wishes of her family she became what she had declared she never would be, she became one of us, a Mormon.
I was becoming lonely and decided I wanted to marry so I pondered and remembered this great gal from Alaska so I asked Heavenly father if she would be worth marrying and he said yes, so I asked him thirty or Forty more times just to be sure. He finally took my hand and spelled it out so clear for me that I could no longer deny that I wanted more than any thing to change Michelle's last name from Aalbers to Hiatt.
On a day in Navou when even the Icicles realize it is just too cold to be out she fulfilled my wish and joined me in the Holy Temple to be sealed for time and all eternity by the authority of the holy Priesthood.
Four and a half years later she has given me my second greatest source of joy in our little son Beck and today was the day we celebrated her birth. I gave Beck (16 months) one of her presents and told him to take it in to his sleeping mommy he toddled off right to her bedside and started talking to her in his baby gibberish to wake her up it was one of the most tender things I have ever witnessed. It was a remarkable weekend where she did all she could to make me happy but it just backfired and made her happier.
I love her more than life itself and I will do whatever there is to be done to ensure that I am worthy of standing by her side throughout this life and into the eternities. I thank God that he protected her and prepared her for the day when she and I could begin a path that would lead us forever into the bosom of our Father in Heaven.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Get done to you as you went and done!
Every now and again (every other minute) I discover that the natural man whom I thought to be dead inside me was in actuality sleeping. When this natural man wakes up he is generally embodied as the antithesis of charity and things become difficult while he is at the helm.
Often times one of my favorite curses to invoke during these times when I am ignoring the spirit and following other paths is the ancient law of "I hope the things you have done come back to bite you in the butt!" ( the exclamation is to show how intense this law is).
Last night my bosses wife had to have emergency removal of her gallbladder that caused her to be unavailable to come into the office today, while we had the greatest sympathy for her it did pose an immense problem because she is the one who prepares the paychecks for the company. This problem is dire because like myself there are many people who work at this company who are unable to save money and are being required at the time to live paycheck to paycheck. One nameless gentleman has enough fuel to reach his home but not the return trip tomorrow morning now say what you will about saving and rainy days but the fact is the job doesn't pay all that well and expenses are going up wildly fast.
This is where I am sorely tempted to invoke the aforementioned law, the only problem is it has all ready been invoked as they were not able to pay Christmas bonuses because they are waiting for six hundred grand that is owed from people they have done work for. I recently read a letter that they are sending out to their clientèle stating that for every period that payment is not revived an additional late fee will be added on to the bill. In the name of justice and equality I propose that the same be applied here and for every day beyond the agreed upon payday the company will invoke a late fee to be paid to each of the employees so they can cover the late fees applied from their various bill collectors.
Ultimately It comes to this if one of the commandments is do unto others as you would have them do unto you, why does it seem that so many institutions who are so concerned about their own money don't seem to care when it comes to my money. I don't think I ask to much in wanting my paycheck on the day it was promised.
HOLY COW this was initially written in January and it is now September, since this time I have received a very nice Christmas bonus and the owner of the company gave me a very intense Avanti Mountain bike. Sometimes The Lord blesses me with pleasant memories and sometimes he blesses me by not making me remember certain memories and sometimes he needs me to humble up real quick and he helps me remember memories like the one I just recorded. Man I can be such a dork sometimes. In some amazing way the check didn't end my world as I apparently thought it would at the time and since I'm not dead yet I have some time to repent and try again.
If Mark or Carrie red this I am sorry pleases forgive a dork and Carrie I am so glad you are well.)
Often times one of my favorite curses to invoke during these times when I am ignoring the spirit and following other paths is the ancient law of "I hope the things you have done come back to bite you in the butt!" ( the exclamation is to show how intense this law is).
Last night my bosses wife had to have emergency removal of her gallbladder that caused her to be unavailable to come into the office today, while we had the greatest sympathy for her it did pose an immense problem because she is the one who prepares the paychecks for the company. This problem is dire because like myself there are many people who work at this company who are unable to save money and are being required at the time to live paycheck to paycheck. One nameless gentleman has enough fuel to reach his home but not the return trip tomorrow morning now say what you will about saving and rainy days but the fact is the job doesn't pay all that well and expenses are going up wildly fast.
This is where I am sorely tempted to invoke the aforementioned law, the only problem is it has all ready been invoked as they were not able to pay Christmas bonuses because they are waiting for six hundred grand that is owed from people they have done work for. I recently read a letter that they are sending out to their clientèle stating that for every period that payment is not revived an additional late fee will be added on to the bill. In the name of justice and equality I propose that the same be applied here and for every day beyond the agreed upon payday the company will invoke a late fee to be paid to each of the employees so they can cover the late fees applied from their various bill collectors.
Ultimately It comes to this if one of the commandments is do unto others as you would have them do unto you, why does it seem that so many institutions who are so concerned about their own money don't seem to care when it comes to my money. I don't think I ask to much in wanting my paycheck on the day it was promised.
HOLY COW this was initially written in January and it is now September, since this time I have received a very nice Christmas bonus and the owner of the company gave me a very intense Avanti Mountain bike. Sometimes The Lord blesses me with pleasant memories and sometimes he blesses me by not making me remember certain memories and sometimes he needs me to humble up real quick and he helps me remember memories like the one I just recorded. Man I can be such a dork sometimes. In some amazing way the check didn't end my world as I apparently thought it would at the time and since I'm not dead yet I have some time to repent and try again.
If Mark or Carrie red this I am sorry pleases forgive a dork and Carrie I am so glad you are well.)
Why Santa is good for Christmas
Much has been said about the horrific of Santa Clause and how he is usurping the role of Christ and taking over Christmas. I have found that a good balance can make Santa's role in the holiday a very helpful beneficial thing.
In the Old Testament the Israelites were commanded that they should not overuse the name of the Lord this was so enforced that modern day Jews cant remember how to pronounce the name of the Lord because they have not used it in such a long time. In a more modern sense we have been commanded to utilize the name of the Priesthood after the holy order of the Son of God as Melchizedek who was a righteous King in Old times. In conclusion the long and short of it is let Santa field the secular and Jesus field the religious and lets all go dream of sugar plums and worry about something else.
In the Old Testament the Israelites were commanded that they should not overuse the name of the Lord this was so enforced that modern day Jews cant remember how to pronounce the name of the Lord because they have not used it in such a long time. In a more modern sense we have been commanded to utilize the name of the Priesthood after the holy order of the Son of God as Melchizedek who was a righteous King in Old times. In conclusion the long and short of it is let Santa field the secular and Jesus field the religious and lets all go dream of sugar plums and worry about something else.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
The woes of entropy
Entropy is a law of physics where in order tends to proceed toward chaos.
The standard joke being a teenagers room and the lack of cleanliness therein. A friend of mine asked today about why this guy she has dated and kissed has not felt it needful to call her. For the sake of the article I will state that she is a wonderful person and I don't believe he is ending things with her. What I believe is that he feels he has built something very nice and that since it was built well there is no more need for maintaining it because why would it fail. He hasn't realized that this relationship like all things in the known universe are obedient to the laws of entropy.
Last night I bought a rose and showed up completely nude on my doorstep to let my wife of almost four years know that I still had feelings for her and it became a very tender moment that we both enjoyed. Tonight I came home from work and we ate dinner as we watched Seinfeld during this episode The character of George makes a comment about work saying that "...the more time I spend at work can only do harm" This is how I feel. Seinfeld ended and those on the FOX network know that The Simpsons is on next. I have been a Simpsons fan since the days of the Tracy Ulman show and I find it very hard to resist any episode of theirs, Tonight was no different. So I watched which would have been fine except that it started during a conversation between me and my wife.
Now she is upset with me.
I know we are still in love because if we weren't then she would have no feelings towards me at all. This is the sort of entropy that moves so quickly because it is being incubated in such a high pressure environment called marriage. I am not a fatalist but I am fairly positive that I will do something else that will make her glow with happiness and then I will do something that will exact the complete opposite response.
Here is my plea: try to remember the nice things that have been done for you or they might stop being done. well that was a lovely pity rant and now I am going to try and make her smile again.
The standard joke being a teenagers room and the lack of cleanliness therein. A friend of mine asked today about why this guy she has dated and kissed has not felt it needful to call her. For the sake of the article I will state that she is a wonderful person and I don't believe he is ending things with her. What I believe is that he feels he has built something very nice and that since it was built well there is no more need for maintaining it because why would it fail. He hasn't realized that this relationship like all things in the known universe are obedient to the laws of entropy.
Last night I bought a rose and showed up completely nude on my doorstep to let my wife of almost four years know that I still had feelings for her and it became a very tender moment that we both enjoyed. Tonight I came home from work and we ate dinner as we watched Seinfeld during this episode The character of George makes a comment about work saying that "...the more time I spend at work can only do harm" This is how I feel. Seinfeld ended and those on the FOX network know that The Simpsons is on next. I have been a Simpsons fan since the days of the Tracy Ulman show and I find it very hard to resist any episode of theirs, Tonight was no different. So I watched which would have been fine except that it started during a conversation between me and my wife.
Now she is upset with me.
I know we are still in love because if we weren't then she would have no feelings towards me at all. This is the sort of entropy that moves so quickly because it is being incubated in such a high pressure environment called marriage. I am not a fatalist but I am fairly positive that I will do something else that will make her glow with happiness and then I will do something that will exact the complete opposite response.
Here is my plea: try to remember the nice things that have been done for you or they might stop being done. well that was a lovely pity rant and now I am going to try and make her smile again.
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