Posted by: the warrioress | December 30, 2012

2013, Here We Come!

With the new year upon us, I thought I would offer a private prayer for all of us in this world, and beg God‘s mercy upon each one of us;  I hope that we might all know and meet Him — (even those of us who don’t believe), and that these might have opportunity to experience God’s presence as I have. God, please touch your potential sons and daughters and make yourself known to them as you introduced yourself to me.

As we move through the new year, I hope that I can become all God wants for me to be. I hope I can live my life more graciously, as Jesus did when He walked among us. Despite the changes made in my political/spiritual points of view in the last year, I love everyone on this Earth, including people I’ve had difficulty with in the past.  I think I love these more challenging people in my life in a special way because they challenge me as Christ has.  I appreciate such challenges; they help me grow.

I thank all who have been spiritually growing with me and observing my spiritual growth within the Word Press blogger family. I also thank my other online friends. You all are a blessing to me. I appreciate your loyalty and faithfulness in continually commenting and reading my blog faithfully.  I am trying to get by all of your blogging sites as often as I can. May God bless and keep you. Even if you don’t believe as I do, I simply wish you peace, love, joy, and real happiness in your life in the upcoming year.

Love,

the warrioress/Adrienne

“May Monday evening, December 31, find you seated around the dinner table, together with your beloved family and cherished friends, ushering in the new year ahead. You will find the food better, the environment quieter, the cost much cheaper, and the pleasure much more fulfilling than anything else you might ordinarily do that night.”

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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“May we live as God intended, in a world at peace and the awareness of His love in every sunset, every flower’s unfolding petals, every baby’s smile, every lover’s kiss, and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous beat of our heart.”

A Very Happy New Year to All!

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 29, 2012

Kathy’s Song

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Kathy’s Song

by Simon and Garfunkel

I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls.

And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To England where my heart lies.

My mind’s distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you’re asleep
And kiss you when you start your day.

And a song I was writing is left undone
I don’t know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can’t believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme.

And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.

And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I.

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(Just as a fyi:  For the secular among us, this song may mean something else — but for me, when the word “you” is used, I picture Jesus Christ.  Lately, I’ve felt somewhat alone without my former beliefs, but I’m not talking about Christian belief in God; I’m thinking about my former, traditional, conservative beliefs that are subscribed to by most of the religious right, that really have very little to do with what the bible actually tells us, in my opinion).

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 28, 2012

Fiscal Follies

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fol·ly (fl)
n. pl. fol·lies
1. A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight.
2.
a. An act or instance of foolishness: regretted the follies of his youth.
b. A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.
3. follies (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An elaborate theatrical revue consisting of music, dance, and skits.
4. Obsolete
a. Perilously or criminally foolish action.
b. Evil; wickedness.
c. Lewdness; lasciviousness.

Tax

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It would seem that every other five minutes, we hear about what will occur here in America if we fall off of the fiscal cliff. Every American’s taxes will go up, not just those making over 250 thousand dollars a year — also the two million unemployed will be cut off from unemployment compensation, and should the farm bill not be re-initiated, milk will sky-rocket up to $7 bucks a gallon.

President Obama has put together a simple minimum package that will prevent this tax increase on we, the middle class, (those who make less than $250,000), but will our House Republicans allow it to pass? They appear to be determined to hold the country’s feet to the fire and are seemingly dug in. I guess it’s akin to telling all of us that if we make the rich pay more, (how dare we?!!!!), they will see to it that the rest of us pay a lot more as well! How intriguing.

Personally speaking?

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My take on this is that I think this is a good thing in that I’m not going to forget this when it comes time for this Independent woman to vote in the next 2014 election; I will take the opportunity to encourage every voter I know to sweep the house and senate floor of every single Republican up for re-election. After their most recent well-deserved beating, I can only imagine how hard they will be hit the next time around. We can all leave them no doubt as to our intention, since they apparently did not get our message on November 4, 2012 when we re-elected President Barack Obama for another four years.

Shall we ready ourselves to resend that message to our hard headed friends on the right? I say “Amen,” brothers and sisters, AMEN.

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 26, 2012

Transition

Change

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“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed [changed] by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:2 ).

God renews our minds as followers of Christ. We are often in flux, ever-changing and growing in Him. He changes us if we are open to it; this is an important part of our spirituality in this relationship with Him.

If we choose to close ourselves off from Him and refuse to grow, we become stagnant and unmoving. God uses us best when we allow ourselves to be open to transformation and the transition process we go through while we’re being transformed.

Going through transition can be confusing. We can feel vaguely unsettled sometimes or even uncertain. I’m learning to trust that I’ll come through transition unscathed and the wiser for it. Every time I think I’ve found myself and know myself as I relate to Christ, God shows me another facet or layer I hadn’t comprehended, that I don’t know at all.

I find I don’t know much in the overall scheme of things. Humility is best because I see daily that I have just touched the surface of all the Holy Spirit has for me to learn.

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 24, 2012

Our Christmas Eve

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. — 1 Thessalonians 5:18

And it’s another Christmas Eve for my little family!

We are truly blessed here and thank God for everything He has given us through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

We’ve done our Christmas shopping, paid our December bills, hung our Christmas lights, got our little Christmas tree into the window and decorated, and now we’re ready to clean up the house and relax!

We’re having a honey-baked, smoked ham this Christmas, prepared courtesy of Bill Miller’s. We’ll also have some dressing, sautéed cabbage, potato salad, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, olives, hearts of palm dinner salad, and pecan pie!

We hope to go to church late this evening for a Christmas Eve service.

I hope you are as blessed as my daughter and I have been so far this Christmas. We are very thankful and appreciate all of you who have been faithfully reading all year. May you have a lovely, pleasant, happy Christmas and remember the birth of Jesus Christ! He is the reason for the season.

If you are alone, lonely, saddened, or simply without hope, please simply pause, get on your knees, and call out to Him. Tell Him what you’re feeling and tell Him you want Him to change your life.  Ask Him to take charge of your life. Tell Him you believe and want to experience a relationship with Him. Ask Him to forgive your trespasses, repenting and being sorry for these sins sincerely. Your life will change — and for the better; I promise you.

If you’ve met Jesus Christ through reading my blog now or over this last year and want to know more, please email me privately at Biblewarrioress@aol.com, and allow me to help you move forward with your life as a Christian.

God bless you this fine evening!

The Warrioress@ Lifeofafemalebiblewarrior.wordpress.com

Adrienne

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 20, 2012

Adulterating the word of God

Kayode Crown is a bible teacher at Daily Meditation. This particular post, “Adulterating the word of God,” is an incredible posting that holds much truth for all of us. It is so easy to preach from a place of anger or with an agenda in an  attempt to sway people. Is what we “preach” and “teach” really God’s will?  Is it really the word of God? It cannot hurt to ask ourselves these questions and do as Kayode suggests and check ourselves. I know I will certainly plan to do so in the future. Thanks, Kayode. Wonderful work here….

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 19, 2012

Go Piers Morgan!

I think this interview is well worth watching. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a talking head insult anyone in quite the same way as Piers Morgan insulted Larry Pratt in this debate/interview; I just had to cheer him on. This is an extremely serious issue that many of us are quite passionate about.

We can’t just let this battle lie this time. Something needs to be done. I  hope Americans are not going to sit back and not react while we continue to lose our rights to an education, recreational pursuits, shopping, and normal living activities because someone wants to have access to an AK-47. How did the criminals get the upper hand in this country? How are we allowing such a thing?

The gun murder rate in America is off the charts.  When little children are being murdered in their very classrooms — innocent babies who are required by law to go to school, but are not safe there, we have to act! This just cannot continue. President Obama must reinstate the ban on assault weapons and create a more secure environment at every school entrance with metal detectors and ID check.  And at the very least, we need metal detectors and security  where people are congregating to enjoy themselves. The state of this country has changed, and we have to change along with it.

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 18, 2012

Just My Take on the Matter

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My young teen’s school called today, leaving a message about the security of the middle school campus. Apparently, they are stepping up patrols in the attempt at easing parental minds. I doubt anyone’s mind is eased, regardless.

This isn’t a political discussion for me, at this point. It’s pretty simple. I have a child in school. She’s my only daughter. I’m not going to live every day of my life worrying about when her middle school is going to be shot up to hell and back. I want something done about the problem yesterday.

I don’t care about the politics of it, just as I’m fairly certain most parents who have school age children could care less. We just want our kids kept safe in the ongoing EPIDEMIC of these mass shootings, in a culture out of control with the lust for blood and violence.

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I don’t care about stupid conspiracy theories, false flag crisis’s, the Republican plea not to take away our gun rights, or their nittering about being forced into gun control.  I don’t care about the religious aspect of it.  I don’t care about about an alleged disarmed populace. I want all assault weapons banned in this nation immediately. We don’t need them as citizens of this nation. No nation does. We really don’t know what’s good for us anyway. Too many of us are so politically-motivated and agenda-ridden that we couldn’t make an objective decision if we were paid to.

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As for the antichrist taking over and eventually murdering all the Christians, well, that’s going to happen anyway, in my opinion,  so bring it. There is nothing we can do about what is written within the bible. Everything is going to happen exactly as it said it would. If we attempt to fight those who willingly worship the beast, we’ll die by the sword — because we lived by the sword. At my age, I have no desire to go to war, (Red Dawn), against a corrupt, evil government anyway. So that’s pretty much that, as far as I’m concerned.

I want my child to get through high school in one piece. I want the school system to be safe. I don’t want the ridiculous notion carried out of arming the teachers with concealed carry permits and weaponry so that they can be sharp shooters to take out the bad guy. How utterly absurd that idea is! How could anyone even consider this as a viable option?

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Just teach my child properly and take away the ability for any future nut-cases to get a hold of assault weapons, period.  Yes, I know there are millions already out there floating around, but shut the barn door now before anymore of them get put out into the stratosphere. Put security guards at the entrances of schools and no one gets in without ringing a bell and going through a metal detector. There’s simply nothing else to discuss about this matter.

If any parent who has a school age child can disagree with me, I’m concerned about their mental health.  The populace in this country who don’t have school age children are simply arm chair warriors with an opinion where they have nothing to lose — and we’ve all got opinions.

I am tired of these unending school shootings and I want this problem over. Now.

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 17, 2012

I was wondering how to say this, and you have done so for me, Padre Steve. I’ve been grieving about the loss of these children and just couldn’t think how to say appropriately what you’ve said here so very well, Padre. You’ve summed up my frustration and despair better than I ever could have. I do hope that those who love the Lord will begin to act like the Lord; wouldn’t that be nice, especially in light of what’s occurred yet again to the victims of yet another gun massacre?

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newtown-town

I am still trying to comprehend the massacre in Newtown Connecticut. It seems to be an evil committed by a young man who was quite possibly mentally ill. He used an arsenal of weapons kept by his mother, a woman who ensured that he was able to handle weapons, and who he killed before he went on his rampage. He may have been evil. He may have been mentally ill. He may very well have been both, but more importantly he was well trained in the use of firearms and very well armed.

This is not an article about gun control. However after seeing the effects of these types of weapons on civilians in this country and US military personnel and Iraqi civilians in Iraq I wonder about the wisdom of allowing just anyone to own a military grade assault weapon and enough ammunition to lay waste to a town…

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Posted by: the warrioress | December 15, 2012

On the Other Side

Innocent as a lambs, these gifts from you

And now we return them; moments shared too few

Not certain why they’ve gone away

We only know they’re in your care today

Nothing can hurt them; no longer afraid

Lord, in your arms, they won’t be betrayed.

And now as you hold them, we beg that you’ll touch

the hearts of their fathers and mothers, and such

America grieves with these families who lost

treasured loved ones; who can count the cost?

Comfort their hearts as only you can

Bring them to know you, woman and man

We live in a world that’s as cruel as it gets

within this life, you’re all that fits

Care for the teachers, those heroes among us

Thank them and bless them, in your love we trust

And now as we weep, in sorrow and prayer

Bring us together and show us you’re there

What we’ve lost is just on the other side

The distance between us — not really that wide

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Bless your lambs, Lord Jesus

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