Posted by: the warrioress | April 30, 2012

Preparation for Perilous Times

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Christian symbol: This symbol was used primarily amongst Christians in early church history (1st and 2nd century A.D.) etc etc... (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The following article, written by Don Koenig, is one of the more practical that I’ve read.  This is calm, sincere, reasonable wisdom that I believe we can all benefit from. I really enjoyed this particular writing of his and have included the link to his site as well, toward the bottom of the article. Mr. Koenig doesn’t mind if his articles are shared in their entirety, as long as we link back to him and give credit where credit is due.

Don Koenig has the ability to offer really practical suggestions in a manner that does not incite anxiety. I feel certain that this is godly wisdom. Please enjoy; I know I did.

Preparing to Live in Perilous Times in America

by Don Koenig

I have indicated that this is the generation that will likely see Bible prophecy fulfilled. I been asked what we should be doing as Christians to prepare for the time of trouble ahead. There is both spiritual preparation and physical preparation that we need to do and sometimes they will overlap but I will try to separate them out the best I can.

Spiritual preparation for these last days

Get serious about your relationship with Jesus Christ. In other words, make Him the number one priority in your life. Obviously, if Jesus is the number one priority, you will communicate with Him daily and read the words Jesus gave to you in the Bible for your instruction and edification.

Especially pay attention to the New Testament which is the instructions for the New Covenant Assembly born of the Spirit. Also spend a good deal of time in the Psalms and Proverbs because they give valuable keys for good living and fellowship with the Lord.

Walk by the Spirit and not by sight. God will make it clear to you what He wants you to do but you must step out in faith and actually start doing it. If you do so, He will guide your paths.

Pray for wisdom to understand your calling in these last days and then do it with all the strength with the spiritual gifts that God will give you to complete His good work in you. Be open to correction from sincere Christians because we all get off track now and then. Let no one judge your motives if they truly came from a sincere desire to please the Lord and out of love for others.

Be separate from the world. Do not be enslaved to the many enticements and distractions that are in the world. That probably means changing some habits that are impacting your relationship with God even though these things might seem quite normal to those in the world. You may need to get rid of material things and worldly influences that are hindering you. Find spiritual substitutes, for example, fill your mind with Christian teachings, music, meditation on the word and with thinking on what God would have you to do with your talents.

Times of trouble, persecution and testing will come to all Christians; some will be very subtle and some will be very obvious. You will not like them when they come but each will help build your faith and your character if you remain steadfast by trusting in God.

Attend a Bible believing church regularly. As things grow worse in this world this might mean that you will meet much more often than you do now, possibly in your own homes. In some places in the world where there is much persecution Christians meet almost daily.

Fellowship with other Christians. The Body of Christ has many different functions with different gifts and purposes. The parts were designed to work together for the common good. If you do not have many Christian friends you probably need to find a home fellowship or you need to attend small group functions in your local church.

Physical Preparation

Bottled water fills an aisle in a supermarket

Bottled water fills an aisle in a supermarket (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Don’t expect that the Rapture will occur before any time of trouble in the West or in America. There could be great calamities in the nations before that event, as there were many times on earth in history. Many Christians are going through tribulation right now and there is no reason to think that Christians in the West will escape tribulations while their nations are rejecting God and living in evil. Those who even try to change their nation may be hated and persecuted just for telling them the truth.

Take wise advice that your government gives you for your physical well being. If you think that shows lack of faith in God you are wrong. Governments are used by God as His servants on the earth.

The US Government as well as some other governments are telling you to have at least three months of reserve food on hand. So be wise and start acquiring it. Have twice that amount for every member of your family. You do not need MRI’s or bulk dried food. packaged and canned non perishable foods found on the shelves on your local supermarket will last for years, are cheaper, taste better and you can continually use the older stock and replace it. I recommend a year’s supply of food. If a deadly flu pandemic or an EMP attack were to strike in early fall you might need to get through to the harvest of the next growing season.

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In these days of just-in-time inventory, any major disruption will cause food shortages. You don’t want to put yourself and your family in the situation where you will have to depend on the military for your survival. Even your ancestors knew enough to store up for the lean times. Joseph did in Egypt. Early American Farmers canned several years of food in case of a lean year. Today’s modern American Christians think they are unique in this world and will never see troubles like Christians in the rest of the world. They are uniquely wrong.

Don’t forget you also need a source of water and a way to purify it. Five drops of laundry bleach per gallon will do the job in a few hours. There are many other ways to purify water as well.

Home school your children or send them to a private Christian school. You might think that you cannot afford to do that but you really cannot afford to expose your children to the blatant anti Christian amoral brainwashing that goes on in public schools. Better to go without some things than to find out your child has become brainwashed, perverted and corrupted. I assure you, most who go through the public school system today will not come out of it with Christian beliefs.

You might think you will need to save money or gold for the end days. I don’t think that is necessary. You should get out of debt and stay out of debt and try to have enough savings to keep you going for six months. If a complete collapse of the system happens, whatever money you have might become worthless and commodities like gold will become illegal and be confiscated. The best physical preparation anyone can make for these last days or any days is to have an indispensable skill that others need. If you have a usable indispensable skill, your family will never lack what you need to survive. Of course, not everyone can acquire such skills but if you have the opportunity to learn one, do so. I do not consider many service and clerical office jobs to be indispensable skills in a time of economic trouble.

You might consider a small cache of items that you can barter with should money becomes worthless. Basically that could be anything that people need to live on. Again, don’t get carried away with this. If you have too much stuff on hand you are a target for someone to come and take it away.

If a deadly flu pandemic hits – like the bird flu – you are going to have to stay out of public places. Air borne flu will not spread above 86 degrees F. or when relative humidity is above 80 percent. Keep that in mind. You may have to keep yourself and your family in one of those two environments until the deadly pandemic runs its course. Be aware that flu spreads rapidly in cold dry climates. If you fly in an airplane during a pandemic you have put yourself in an ideal environment to catch it. If you pile into a cold car with other people you most certainly will catch it if one of the others in the car is carrying it. If deadly flu or germ warfare happens you are really going to have to think things through before you do them. Do what the government tells you in health related matters.

The government will have safety equipment for emergency personnel but they will not have the safety equipment for general population’s. They may have a vaccine or anti virals that you might have to go somewhere to get. You are going to have to use your own judgment on the information that the government gives you. Certainly have a multi-band radio that runs on batteries.

If possible do not choose to live in big cites. If there is any civil breakdown things will get rather nasty in the cities at least until troops come in. Even then you will be under martial law and will not be allowed to travel freely. If you are in a city you need to network with people in your own neighborhood that are trustworthy Christians.

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Wood pile (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If you are totally dependent on electric you need to get a generator and have fuel on hand. If you live in a cold climate you might not have heat for an entire winter. For example: gas lines could be empty, electric could be off and propane deliveries might never come. Try to have one wood source of heat and a stock of wood even if you never intend to use it. If you have no way to do that you might consider buying a kerosene heater and keeping some fuel on hand. It is not the safest source of heat so you will have to keep some windows cracked to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, but the 22,000 BTU’s most kerosene heaters produce will keep a large room warm in any house.

If you cannot do these things know where you can go in a time of crisis. Perhaps that will be a friend, relative or a church that is prepared. Don’t count on any significant help from casual acquaintances or neighbors. They will have their own hands full. There will be government public shelters as a last resort but if there is air borne disease they may be deadly.

In any situation God gives wisdom to His children that ask.

Don’t just believe or follow those with their own radical agendas. There will be anti government groups. If you follow them they will only get you killed or jailed. The prime objective is for you and your family to survive the crises. The objective is not to fight the inevitable globalization or new world order that you think is coming. As good as the US constitution is, in time of world crises, the government is not going to abide by it. So quoting the constitution to those in authority or taking up arms against the government is not going to accomplish your prime objective. Global government is inevitable or the Bible is wrong. If it is inevitable. There will not be anything that you can do about it when the god of this age is allowed to implement it. Make the God of creation your refuge and you will not be disappointed. He knows how to take care of His own.

by Don Koenig

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 25, 2012

The Coming Persecution of Christians

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An image of a handshake superimposed upon a Greek cross. Created for use in the category Christian organization stubs on the English-language Wikipedia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

While I am not actually frightened and living in fear of the coming persecution of Christians, I am becoming educated, aware, informed, and preparing for this to take place. There are numerous Christians who are also preparing, who have educated and informed themselves, who pray about these matters regularly. We live in troubling times. I think all of us must pay attention as we were instructed to by the bible, the apostles, and Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now learn a parable of the fig tree;  when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh; so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors. Matthew 24: 32-33 

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Revelation 3:3

The following excerpts are from this reading by Paul McGuire. The reading is entitled, “The Coming Persecution of Christians II.”

Christian’s in America are very naïve, they have little or no understanding of the realities of history. What happened in Nazi Germany, can easily happen here. In fact, there are many disturbing parallels between what is happening here economically, theologically and politically and what happened during the Weimar Republic. This is how it will play out.

You are beginning to see very quickly two kinds of Christians emerge in the United States and Europe. First, you will see an “Emergent Church,” that goes with the flow of humanistic secularism. In Nazi Germany, the term “Emerging Theology” was a term that was actually used. This will become the State approved Church, like the one Hitler approved of in Germany and currently exists in China. This type of Christian Church will be approved by a totalitarian state because it will empower that state through its complicity.

Secondly, you will have the true Bible believing Church that will be persecuted because it stands for Biblical truth. This true Church will largely be driven underground as it is in China. It is absolutely crucial that we perceive current events through the lens of Scripture. The Bible is very clear about what is going to happen in the last days.

Crucifixion of St. Peter by Caravaggio. The ea...

Crucifixion of St. Peter by Caravaggio. The early Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

There will be a one world economic system, a one world government and a one world religion. All of that “Beast” system is emerging before our very eyes. Christian pastors and individual Christians who believe that they will find safety through accommodation to the culture are no different than the Jews who believe that giving up land will bring about peace.

Both Christians who claim to know their Bible and Jews who believe a two-state solution and surrendering Jerusalem will lead to peace and safety will quickly discover that accommodation leads to persecution, death and slaughter. Let us remember that both Jews and Christians were saying right up until their deaths “it can’t happen here.” This is what most American Christians are saying, “It can’t happen here.”

And at the same internet address, also by Paul McGuire, another excerpt here from “The Coming Persecution of Christians in the Coming One World Government.”

My spiritual mentor, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, who has been called the greatest Evangelical theologian of the last 100 years, warned that as the anarchy increased in our world due to moral relativism, that totalitarianism would rise to control the chaos. Schaeffer issued that warning over 30 years ago and said we had a brief window in which to preserve our religious freedoms.

Dr. Schaeffer believed that the greatest contributing factor to the rise of totalitarianism was the fact that the Evangelical Church was accommodating to a growing humanist culture and not standing for Biblical truth. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the “Emergent Church Movement” and in the “Seeker-Friendly Movement,” but it is epidemic in the Evangelical culture as a whole. Tragically, what Schaeffer predicted would happen in the church and the culture is now happening before our eyes. Schaeffer stated that it did not matter whether or not the totalitarianism came from the left or the right because the results would be the same. 

And it continues with this final excerpt:

These “unnamed” “right wing extremists, a term which is used over 47 times appears to profile any taxpaying U.S. citizen who may hold one or more of the following beliefs and could be classified on an elaborate government computer network as a “right wing extremist, militia member or terrorist. Any one of the following beliefs could classify an individual or groups as a terrorist:


Pro-life
Critical of the United Nations
Critical of the New World Order
Critical of the Federal Reserve
Homosexual marriage
Oppose the North American Union (which officially does not exist)
Critical of the income tax
Oppose illegal immigration
Fear foreign powers such as Communist China, Iran, Russia and India
If you are concerned that China and India are prospering economically while America is on the down turn
Critical of any of President Obama’s policies ( abortion, homosexual marriage. etc. )
Concern about RFID chips
Belief in Bible prophecy or “End Time Prophecies” 

Please make the time to read through this, located here:

http://www.paulmcguire.com/comingpersecutionchristians.html

You can also learn more about Mr. Paul McGuire by visiting his website HERE 

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 23, 2012

My “Fake” Picture

NEWSFLASH:

The picture to the right, that is also upon my gravatar is NOT ME. I’ve written upon several posts upon this blog that I am writing this blog anonymously. 

Why?

Unfortunately, where I was blogging in the past, I was relentlessly stalked and heckled and I had my real photo available to all.  People attempted to find out my real name and find my legitimate Facebook profile. They hacked my email address.  They searched my email so that they could dig up dirt on me to use to destroy my reputation and witness as a Christian. They quite literally stalked me  and there were some that were crazy enough that I felt they might actually show up on my doorstep and harm me. These people made me extremely cautious and wary, thus I continue to be cautious today with pretty much everyone I encounter on the internet;  furthermore, there is another major reason why you don’t see my real image upon this blog.

I believe that in the near future (within the next few years) Christians are going to experience dramatic, real persecution of not just the emotional kind here in America;  I believe it’s going to absolutely become the physical kind too. I don’t want to make it easy for those who will be involved in helping put this into action.  I think most Christians are going to have to “go underground” if they want to survive.

For those of you I am becoming close to in real time, off line, whom I share my personal telephone number with, etc., you probably already know who I really am, my full real name, address, and likely have seen my real picture.  I’m not trying to hide anything from anyone.  My real first name is  actually Adrienne. 

If you, the reader, ever feel that you want a more real time relationship/friendship with me, by all means, write and let me know if this is something you desire.  I have no problem sharing who I am with someone I can trust — when enough time has passed  between us that there is real communication and reason to be able to trust. 

This topic came up because of a few comments on another site about my using the current gravatar on this blog and the fact that it is a fake picture and thus is not really me.  I love the image of the girl in the picture and the expression upon her face as she is praying.  She looks like a bible warrioress, don’t you think so? 

Now do I? In real time?

Well, a few of you already know the answer to that 😉

Personally, I feel that I’m an attractive, intelligent, pretty woman and I certainly don’t have the image that I’m using on my blog up because I don’t think I’m naturally beautiful.  I think my physical image is that of your average woman in mid-life, and most who know me describe me as “cute,” “pretty,” and “young-looking for my age.”  

What is my real age?  Well, I’m no spring chicken. I’m not a “young person.”  Mid-life should be enough for you to take a guess at an exact ball park figure. One of my commenters here I’ve interacted with for a few years;  Hpylady has seen my real picture and it was she who initially tagged me with the phrase “bible warrior” before I ever started this blog (chuckle). I guess there’s something about me in real life that must have made that phrase fit.

Anyway, I hope I cleared up the confusion for those of you who may be wondering about who I really am and what I really look like.  If I feel like sharing my real photo down the road with the entire internet, you’ll see it in a future post. (wink) 

If you can’t wait until then, write me….  : )

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 23, 2012

Love Is Not a Fight

 Love is not a fight.

When Jesus Christ is the foundation of your love, relationship, or marriage, it changes everything. 

Learn how to love — the Jesus Way. 

Love Is Not a Fight

(Warren  Barfield) 

Love is not a place
To come and go as we please

Fireproof (film)

Fireproof (film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It’s a house we enter in
And then commit to never leave
So lock the door behind you
Throw away the key
We’ll work it out together
Let it bring us to our knees

Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it’s something worth fighting for

To some, love is a word that they can fall into
But when they’re falling out
Keeping that word is hard to do

Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it’s something worth fighting for

Love will come to save us, if we’ll only call
He will ask nothing from us, but demand we give our all

Love is a shelter in a raging storm
Love is peace in the middle of a war
If we try to leave may God send angels to guard the door
No, love is not a fight but it’s something worth fighting for

I would fight for you, would you fight for me?
It’s worth fighting for. 


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Posted by: the warrioress | April 21, 2012

God School

Loving God is a wonderful way to live.

No matter what happens, I rarely feel alone, worried, or afraid. I always know in the back of my mind that He is watching over me. I always know He has a plan for my life; all I have to do to fulfill it  is to stick close to Him and do the next right thing. I can trust His Holy Spirit to guide me about what that will be. 

Despite already being saved and believing in God, I didn’t live my life as a devout Christian in the past. Once I  begin really trying to live my life as a follower of Jesus Christ, according to the bible, I began to  grow spiritually. This hasn’t meant that I haven’t still made mistakes or used bad judgment; I can still react the way I did before meeting Jesus Christ, but I am under the tutorship of the Holy Spirit now. I am made aware when I am out of the will of God, if I choose to listen to that inward nudge in the right direction.

Sometimes I feel as if I am attempting to get a degree in following  Christ.  This God-school of life has been the most interesting of all of my many educational endeavors thus far; these classes have meant the most. I want to succeed and receive a 4.0 (A) from God at the end of all of this.

Learning to be who God wants me to be is an all-consuming passion for me now. I know that when God is finished, I will be the best mother, friend, sister, and person that I can possibly be in my life. I will truly know how to love the way that He desires me to love.  I will be at my most fruitful for Him. I will be the happiest I can ever be, because only God knows the real, true desires of my heart. And He wants these for me. He knows what will make me the happiest.

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 18, 2012

Enemy Mine

God has shown me a lot lately;  it’s heavy-duty enlightenment too. It’s enlightenment that I actually prayed about and requested an answer about, because I’ve struggled terribly with something.  Well, I have finally received an answer and it’s been pretty timely too, which is always nice.

I asked God to help me with an intense resentment I’ve had about someone whom I have disliked and felt competitive toward for a while now. Basically, I’ve disliked a particular woman I know because she has been as passionate as I am about sharing her belief system; but from my perspective, her belief system is moving people closer to hell and away from Jesus Christ, which is the opposite of what I see my belief system attempting to do. I’ve viewed this woman as an enemy of God and of myself, because of her sheer fervor in her preachings. These preachings of hers are mostly anti-religious, anti-theist and consist of a lot of new age, power of positive thinking type psycho-babble. Her distaste for the God of the bible has been and is tangible.

Then there’s that she’s just arrogant at times and probably a lot of other things that aren’t coming to mind now. The point of all of this is that I don’t really know why I have disliked her so, but I have. What’s strange is that at one time I really liked and admired her a lot, but that was before; that was before she started attempting to spread her anti-Christian message in competition with me spreading mine. The war was on at that point and it has been one heck of a fierce battle between the two of us, let me tell you.  She will never admit it, but we’ve both bloodied one another, spiritually & emotionally speaking.  As I review the thing in my mind now, I’m ashamed of what I didn’t see until early afternoon today. How could I have missed this?

She wrote something early this morning on her blog. It was a post explaining what she’s been through in her life and how what she’s suffered and endured have essentially contributed to and created her perspective and philosophy of life. What she described that she had endured was intense and horrific. I empathized greatly with her plight and felt sad for what she shared that she has been through.  At the end of reading her words, I could certainly see why she is passionate about what she’s been clinging to, philosophy-wise.  I could also see that what she believes is as important to her as what I believe is to me. It’s important to her that she share it with others, even if I don’t happen to approve of or believe in what she’s sharing — even if her beliefs go directly against everything that mine stand for, that I believe in.

What I suddenly realized is that this woman has as much right to share and be passionate about what she feels has changed her life as I do. Who am I to begrudge her this or to turn what has brought her happiness and peace into a personal affront to me and my own beliefs? Why and how did this whole mess have to become such an unspoken, ugly competition between the two of us anyway?

I wish I knew….

It must be some awful weakness within me, some insecurity, and obviously something ugly that Christ needs to remove that has contributed to this problem between me and her. As I now see my part in this whole mess, I will never understand why Jesus Christ and God want to even bother with me. I am really something sometimes. I’m about as undeserving of God’s love and mercy as one can get. And sometimes I’m just really dense, like in this particular case; I miss the blatant obvious!

But never mind all of that…this post isn’t about that and me flogging myself over my flaws and challenges.  God showed me, through her words, what I needed to see so that I could understand her better and love her for who she is, not who I think she should be. Talk about some insight!

Whatever she does about God, the salvation of Jesus Christ, and her choices in life are between her and God; it’s really not my business. If I’m sincerely concerned, I should simply be praying for her, not secretly and even not so secretly hating on her and condemning her, wishing the worst upon her when she irritates me with her anti-religious zeal. I need to remember that she’s who she is because of what she’s gone through. God can reach anyone at any time when they are ready in the way that they need to personally be reached out to.  I can only share what I have shared with her before and then it’s all entirely up to her, but regardless of what she does,  I need to see her the way that Jesus Christ sees her, the way that my Father in Heaven sees her. I need to love her the way that they do.

Wow.. imagine that.

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 17, 2012

Hurt

Get Hurt

Get Hurt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

One of the hardest things to do in the world is admit when I’ve been hurt and hurt bad, emotionally. It is very humbling to admit to being hurt, especially by one’s enemies, or whatever we call those who don’t like us very much. It’s especially hurtful when those whom we love hurt or disappoint us.

It’s very freeing, however, to be really honest and just admit when we are hurt;  I think we can actually heal then. Trying to put on a brave front and pretend that we don’t have any feelings, when our feelings have really been badly hurt, only causes an inward rage and makes the hurt inside fester and grow; it really can grow to a boiling point. This is dangerous because when that happens, we have people going off the deep end and shooting up schools etc.

Hurts

Hurts (Photo credit: darkmavis)

There is something infinitely rewarding that allows healing and acceptance when we just come clean and tell the world that people were successful in hurting us, which is exactly what their intent was. They don’t have to change when we take this action. We can simply look at them and their meanness and feel honest-to-goodness love for them and pity. We can see their flaws, weakness of character, and all the ways in which they need to change. We can sympathize. We can forgive at that point.

All that counts in this world is that we change, that we don’t allow our hurt to turn into rage and bitterness, and that we sincerely forgive those who hurt us.

I’m working on all of this. It’s an on going spiritual process and a tough lesson to learn. It requires insight and a willingness to be vulnerable and experience humility. I’ve never cared much for humility. Jesus Christ and God seem to like to teach me about it a lot though. Go figure…heh heh.  

🙂

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 15, 2012

Turtle Time

Well, it’s officially spring again, and today and yesterday I’ve been able to do something that I wasn’t able to do for nearly two years. Every since I seriously injured my right leg and ankle, breaking it when I took a tumble on my kitchen tile, I’ve been pretty much incapacitated. Even now, it’s slow going. The good news is, though, that I’m finally back into a tennis shoe and am using a cane, and thus this means that I am walking again!  I’m not using a wheelchair anymore or a walker.

backyard pond

backyard pond (Photo credit: massdistraction)

So, yesterday, I ventured out to the back of my little property and studied the unfortunate stagnating pond and waterfall that have been shut down since my unfortunate spill. The pond is surrounded by a large, completely fenced in habitat that I refer to as “Reptile Riviera.” It was built by two loving, generous friends of mine, who know my animal fixation. They agreed that my two turtle friends needed an outdoor pond so that they would be truly blissful, and so that I could sit by the waterfall on the benches and watch them swim in all of their great delight.

A Red-Eared Slider turtle, keeping defensive w...

A Red-Eared Slider turtle, keeping defensive with only the nostrils and the eyes above the water surface. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Well, yesterday, my child and I went about draining the pond and attempting to scoop out the mess of dead leaves and rotting mulch that had found its way into the pond. We drained the pond nearly all the way down, up to the pump, and then refilled it. I de-chlorinated it and applied another pond chemical that makes the water healthier, and then we went and got the turtles out of their indoor winter pond. They come inside into this indoor pond when it gets cold, usually about late October and then they go back outside in late April.

Turtles

Turtles (Photo credit: blumpy)

Lucky and Redlet have not been outside in nearly two years, though, because of my leg, so they looked around inside of the habitat as if they were dreaming; I could see that it seemed rather surreal to them and that they weren’t quite sure they wouldn’t be snatched back into the indoor pond again. Redlet headed to the fence to peer out, but Lucky, the biggest turtle, headed right to the pond, toward the waterfall. She’s the size of a large dinner plate and is an aquatic River Cooter. I just adore her.

She was run over on a nearby highway and was nearly dead when I stopped my truck and rescued her. I nursed her back to health, but the top of her shell was broken off so she will always have to stay in captivity. Little Redlet arrived in the yard about a year later. He was so tiny, I was afraid I would run over him with the riding mower, so I went ahead and introduced him to Lucky. The two of them seem to love one another, so it’s been pretty cool.

A Suwannee River Cooter.

A Suwannee River Cooter. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Anyway, these turtles are both in the pond by now, and they are happy! The sun is shining, the water is about 72.5 degrees F. They are swimming and diving, and the waterfall is running merrily, making a lovely splashing sound. I sit myself, sunning, on one of the benches, studying them silently. I was secretly relieved that they were doing what turtles love to do, out where they belong again, where they can bask in the sun to their heart’s delight. I felt like such a good turtle-mom. There’s nothing quite like sitting by my pond and thinking, daydreaming, or just watching my babies swim, knowing they are happy in their element.  

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 11, 2012

Blogger Awards – by the Procrastinator

 

The following bloggers have been so kind as to nominate me for these fine awards over the last few months. Unfortunately, I have done nothing about it and these awards have stacked up. I am ever-so-grateful to these friends of mine for thinking of me and feeling as if I’m worthy of these awards. God bless each one of you!

The Struggler’s Handbook — Liebster Blog Award

Loopyloo, “Patricia” who does “My Blog” – Versatile Blogger Award and the Sunshine Award

Cathy from “Did Jesus have a facebook” the LOL award and the Genuine Blogger Award

Mikey, who does the blog “Have a Dream” — the Sunshine award

Zendictive nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award!

Now what can I say about each one of these wonderful writers?

I can say a lot!! And I will!

The Struggler’s Handbook written by The Struggler, is one of the more down-to-earth, sincere, authentic blogs I’ve come across. He’s my kind of blogger in that he tells it like it is and doesn’t pull any punches. He’s straight up about himself, his life, and his struggles with faith. He makes me feel better about my own struggles, so I love to read him. Stop by and visit his wonderful blog.

Loopyloo, “Patricia” who does “My Blog” is a delightful conservative blogger who knows how to make a beginning blogger feel good! She’s been so unbelievably kind to me and always makes me feel like she enjoys what I write. She writes very informative opinion pieces and shares inspiring vids and thoughtful text about the bible, spirituality, and religion in general. She loves a little politics mixed in with her faith and is a most definite READ for all of us.

Cathy from “Did Jesus have a facebook”  this lady is a hoot! This is one of the most honest people! She is totally straight up and will move you to your core with her wonderful, witty writings on a variety of topics from family, to faith, to politics, to what’s going on in her home and her daily living experiences. Cathy makes me smile and I find my head bobbling up and down as I relate to each and everything she seems to write; it’s just amazing! A definite MUST if you haven’t visited her yet.

Mikey, who does the blog “Have a Dream” This guy, Michael, is a sweetheart who isn’t afraid to keep us all on the straight and narrow by making sure we’re not just sitting around getting comfy in our ruts 😉 He will get you moving and thinking about what you’re doing in your life. I love his work because it picks me up and demands that I not get too settled in and become worthless to the world.  Thanks for all your hard work, Mikey! 

Zendictive blogs sort of an ongoing inspirational teaching series through story form, and the stories appear to have important moral principles behind them. They are inspiring and make you think about yourself, your life, and the way you interact with others. I love her easygoing style and way of sharing her stories. Zen is a gentle, loving person who I would like to be more like. Thanks, Zen.

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And now for the ten things about me that you never really wanted to know and probably didn’t know! 

A couple years ago, I built an outdoor turtle pond for my turtle rescues (2) named Lucky & Little Redlet.

I have a 2005 candy apple red Ford Explorer Sport Trac Pick Up that I adore! And they aren’t making them anymore, so I’ll hang onto to this one as long as I can! 

I’m going to keep Vicki, the newest stray puppy, addition to our ark/family. I’m not very good at foster-parenting, obviously. ha ha.

I really honestly like animals more than most people, but there are exceptions to this rule, and I have God to thank for this.

I often wonder if I will survive my young daughter’s teen age years. They are just starting. (sigh)

I don’t feel that I do “this Christian thing” too well, to be absolutely honest with you, but I really love God quite deeply. No lie.

The bible absolutely delights and intrigues me.

My favorite Blue Bell Ice Cream flavor is “Banana Pudding.” 

I am a very silly, mischievous person in real time with those who know me well, whom I trust.  With the rest, I’m actually pretty shy.

WordPress.com means the world to me, as do all of you who read me, like, and comment on my blogs.  I just hope what I write blesses and helps somebody somewhere, some of the time. 

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The Latest Group of Bloggers Who are Deserving of an Award:

These people have blessed me with their writings and I love them lots! They are newer bloggers with less than 200 followers, who have caught my attention, who I rarely want to miss reading:

 5 G’s and a Cup of Joe  – This is a blog by Regular Joe, who is exceedingly wise and funny, who has a lot of good things to say.  Joe, I want to bless you with the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.

The 1 saved by grace –  The lady’s blog is terrific and I’ve been learning a lot from her through reading her as often as I’m able. She knows the word well. She deserves the Genuine Blogger Award.

Everyone Has a Story – Bird is a beautiful writer who will leave you wanting more. She, too, has been teaching me so much of late. I will gift her with the Liebster Blog Award.

Ed Christian’s World – Ed  is one of a kind and someone I am growing close to through his superb Christian advice on how to live this life. He and his wife are lovely people and he is very wise. I recommend stopping by and getting to know this man’s writings. I want to gift Ed with the Sunshine Award because he has really been making me feel good lately. God bless him.

Epignosis Ministeries – This is good stuff. He knows the bible and is a Christian apologist who really helps me out when I want to deeply meditate on the bible and the teachings within. I like his style! He deserves the Versatile Blogger Award.

Lame Housewife –  This wonderful woman’s writings puzzle me at times and worry me a little because she hits to close to the core of who I am and sometimes that’s not so good. lol.  The great thing, though, is that she makes me take a deep look at my walk with Christ. And she keeps me humble. Thanks, Ms. Lame. God bless you. You get the LOL Award because you are teaching me to laugh at myself and my character flaws. 

Last but definitely not least:

Robbie “Rambo” Judkins Robbie is a great guy who has a biker ministry and the best part of his blogs are that he is down to earth, no frills, and a simple good Christian man who doesn’t bs around. If you want good, practical teaching, visit Robbie! He’s also my friend, he and his wife. Robbie, you get the Genuine Blogger Award.

Now friends, if you’re all smart, (unlike me), you won’t put this off, and you’ll share ten intriguing, fun things about yourself with all of us, put the award on your blog, link back to me with your thanks, and send out your five or more nominees for what you were so happily gifted with.   And I hope you’re more organized than I am! 😉 Blessings, bloggers. 

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 8, 2012

Easter Evening

Jesus has risen. He is ressurected. He is alive.

This is just a facet of the good news that we share with those who are still perishing. Dr. Charles Stanley has been a good and faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ for many, many years. His words of wisdom are valuable and precious, thus I thought I would share today’s Easter message with you, if you were unable to view it.

He ministers out of Georgia and offers a lot of sound truth and important perspective on living the life of the Christian, for believers and unbelievers alike. I hope you enjoy his teaching as much I did.

God bless you and may the rest of your Easter be peaceful and happy.

If you’re on a mobile device, click HERE to view the video.

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