Posted by: the warrioress | April 7, 2012

Jesus is Alive!

 Easter symbolizes the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. It is memorable because a miracle occurred and Jesus Christ has overcome. He is alive! Despite His murder by crucifixion and subsequent death, Christ rose from the dead on the third day, eventually ascending to the right hand of the Father/God.
This is also metaphorical for what happens to us when we find the Lord Jesus Christ and essentially “die”  to our old selves and our sins.  Our old sinful man is our past and we rise from the dead too, figuratively-speaking. We are thus “born again,” a new creature in Jesus Christ, our sins wiped clean.
We are able to experience this because of the suffering and death that Jesus Christ endured for us. He did this so that we too might live holy, through Him, and His selfless action on the cross; that He rose again and conquered even death is what we celebrate on Easter Sunday.

The apostle Paul tells us:

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Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it. You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose. For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. Then He appeared to over 500 brothers at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep. Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one abnormally born, He also appeared to me. (1 Cor. 15:1-8) 

We have this word and witness of the apostle Paul that Jesus rose again; that this is the gospel that we, as Christians, are being sent out into the world to share and proclaim to those who are dying, who may not know, or who may not believe.
Luke 19:10 reads, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

 Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

So what does this have to do with you? What does something that happened this many years ago have to do with us, today? Start by watching the following video and making a decision to believe. Everything changes after you turn to Him, even if you have initial doubt at first. Reaching out to Him, and attempting to seek God with a sincere, whole heart, brings God to you. Jesus will be waiting. Just reach out to Him.

 http://youtu.be/WkjgJq8ti_Y

 What must I do to be saved?

God’s simple plan of salvation

May your Easter Sunday be a most blessed event and may you come to know our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and God the Father. 

What must I do to be saved?

God’s simple plan of salvation 

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 6, 2012

+ Lead me to the Cross +

The Runaway

I was very young when I found Him

I had no idea who He was or what He did for me and you

All I know is that He heard my cry and covered me like a protective blanket

He brought me to shelter and loving arms where I learned more about Him

A foundation was developed

It was created upon rock, not sand

I turned to it as I grew into an adult

Christ never let me down nor did He ever abandon me

Like the prodigal son, I went my own way

It was years before I came home

When I returned, He was waiting for me as if I had never left

He welcomed me back with open arms; I was forgiven 

Thus began my formal theological education

He fed me on milk until I was ready for meat

I slowly came to understand that I live to please Him

Because there’s nothing I want more than to please Him

So I am growing, maturing, and learning what “devout” means

I still sin

I still fail

I still fall short

But He loves me anyway

He led me to the cross and now I lead you there

…Just click this, please…

http://youtu.be/WMJox5-K5jU

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 4, 2012

Tormenting the Christian

The Temptation of Christ, 1854

One of the devil’s favorite things to do to me the last few years is to attempt to torment me through a variety of interesting ways.  When this happens, I feel as if I am under attack spiritually, plain and simple. Sometimes I’m not at all surprised by these attacks but other times, I’m left reeling a bit. His abilities to know which buttons to push are uncanny.

He uses various circumstances and even sometimes people to try to get to me. The fairly sinister  dialogue is repetitive and goes something like this:

(devil) “You know you’re not really a Christian; everyone knows you’re just a wannabe. Anyone who knows about your past (sins) knows you’re just a phony. People will find out about your past and then what? They’ll know you’re not a real Christian..”

and

(devil) “You like to pretend that you’re such a good christian, but you can’t live up to real christian principles.  You’re just a liar and no one respects you. Some good Christian you are!”

and

(devil) “You don’t measure up to the biblical disciples or to the other real Christians. You’re not good enough. Look at how you fail daily compared to this one or that one…You’re just not good enough and God doesn’t really love you! God is repulsed by you.”

and it continues on with more of the same….

I’ll be honest. There have been moments where I’ve been stressed, worried, or simply exhausted and these kinds of mental and emotional attacks have played havoc with me on some level that I might not have even been consciously aware of.  I’m beginning to recognize this kind of mental dialogue though and the purposes of the dialogue. 

The devil wants to shut me down, stop my testimony for Christ, and disable me any way he can. He wants to steal my joy, confidence, and faith in my salvation. He wants to eat my lunch through crippling my belief and trust in my relationship with God the Father, Himself. If he is successful in getting me to believe, (even for an instant), any of the crap he loves telling me, he’s got me off-balance and out of commission and thus, out of the will of the Father. He’s got me stewing in my misery and essentially has me castrated and castigated. I’m no longer effective for Christ and so he wins. Another Christian silenced and doubting himself.

I was doing some reading about this kind of thing and stumbled across an amazing, informative writing about this HERE. The writing was called “The Satan Whisperers.”

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 4, 2012

Easter Weekend on the Horizon

Crucifixion of Jesus -2011

Easter weekend is a big deal in our home. It’s a time in which we think about the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross and the wonderful miracle of His rising from the dead on Easter Sunday. What all of it means is explored with my young daughter and I through a variety of venues.

I’ve DVR-ed several movies that we haven’t seen before that are religious in nature, that teach from the point of view of what life lived around Jesus Christ must have looked like in those days. We watch these movies together and discuss them.

We also attend church at the primary church we’ve been going to for the last however many years. We attend different churches and don’t belong to one in particular, but this neighborhood church houses our neighbors and community members so we continue to go to it for that reason. We attend Sunday school and go out to lunch after church, discussing the services together and the message given by the minister.

Picture of Jesus with American flag

We have quiet time where we study the bible together. Sometimes we read to one another from the latest book that we are also studying. Right now, we’re reading a book entitled “Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter.” It’s a wonderful book that was brought to my attention in an interesting way, that I believe was quite literally “heaven-sent.”

We try to keep things quiet and respectful of who Jesus is/was the entire weekend, meditating on what all the bible means in our daily lives in terms of government, politics, America, and the world. Some weekends are more “teaching successful” than others over these many years. I hope this upcoming weekend turns out nice and memorable for both of us.

I think putting emphasis on what Jesus did for us is especially important as my little one is growing into a young woman. I only have a brief window of opportunity to influence her and set the example in this regard, before she flies off to live by her own rules and values. I want to set within her mind the importance of recognizing what Jesus did for the world and most especially, for her, via His death on the cross and rising from the dead.

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Posted by: the warrioress | April 2, 2012

Love Can Break Your Fall


Love Can Break Your Fall

Don’t turn away
Just say what you need to say
You’re not alone
But you got to move on, got to let go
When the passion surrenders
When the dream you share is longer than
I know it hurts so much
Tell me, how in the world can you blame it on love?

And don’t say its love that broke your heart
When you trusted someone
Cuz love’s the victim not the crime
And love will be there to break your fall
If you trust in love
Know that love would never, break your heart
Love can break your fall

I know, it’s hard to trust again
I’ll stay with you, stay with me now
Let go of your heartache
Learn to forgive
Won’t you wait just a moment
Give your heart a chance to begin again
And though you run before
Tell me, where will you go if you walk out that door?

And don’t say its love that broke your heart
When you trusted someone
Cuz love’s the victim not the crime
And love will be there to break your fall
If you trust in love, just in love
Know that love would never, break your heart
Love can break your fall

I could never have found my own way
It was God’s love that saved this heart of mine from dying
And when you find this love is all that you have
Then you’ll see love is all that you need

And don’t say it’s love that broke your heart
When it’s over and done
Believe in love forever
And love will be there to break your fall
If you trust in love, just in love
Know that love would never, break your heart
Love can break your fall

©Cindy Morgan

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Posted by: the warrioress | March 30, 2012

Fostering Vicki

Fox terrier cachorro

Last Sunday a little surprise happened along my way…

My daughter and her best friend were playing outside and the surprise caught their attention and drew them to bring it into our yard.

“It” was a small, about three to four-month old, fox terrier mix puppy.

She’s darling, of course — that has never been in question.  

The problem is that we already have quite the crew here. We’re essentially our own ark and if this continues, someone might call that unfortunate “animal hoarder” show, (which in my opinion is simply made up of good people who just can’t turn suffering, hungry, and abandoned animals away so they have way more than they can deal with or afford – why don’t more people help them and take some of the burden off? (sigh)).

Noahs Ark Animal

Anyway, I’m trying my hardest to be realistic and recognize that we can’t afford to feed another dog or give the necessary veterinary care like regular shots, monthly heart worm preventative, etc.  There comes a point when one has to recognize that they can’t save the planet.  So I’m attempting to move forward as a responsible animal rescuer and foster parent little “Vicki” until a truly good home turns up.

I reported Vicki to the city newspaper as “Found” and they printed the ad free, which will run all weekend, in the event some family or person actually lost her.  By next week, I’ll have the pics up and a flyer made so I can share it around my neighborhood, and then I’ll turn to Craigslist and no-kill shelters in the attempt at finding a new and loving home for the pup. In the interim, we got her a little pink collar and innumerable chewy treats because she is teething and is chewing on everything. Not to mention that she is in the process of being potty trained, so that’s always fun. heh.

I’m praying that God will bring someone loving and kind to take Vicki in, who will shower her with all of the love and snuggles that I would, were I able to keep her for my very own. All I can do right now is love her and show her that she’s wanted and appreciated.  It’s clear that she can’t get enough of this!

What’s tough is trying not to get too attached because every day I grow to love her more and more.  She’s a little pistol. Fox terriers are kind of hyper and need lots of exercise and play time. They are very loyal and brave and are actually quite feisty. Vicki deserves a wonderful home and great person to love her.  

In the meantime, I’m speaking firmly to my heartstrings and striving for logic and reason. “We can’t keep her..” is my new mantra. 

God help me. 

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Posted by: the warrioress | March 30, 2012

Regrets? Not a Chance..

The “fall out” for exposing a post on someone’s blog via linking to it has been exactly what I expected it to be.

I’ve been accused of stealing the written post, & “robbing” the person of his “work,” (eye roll), all of which are lies.  

I’m not in the least surprised that this has happened and is happening.

People become really pissy when they are essentially exposed for what they are … pure bullies. They don’t like being stopped in their tracks or their bullying. They especially don’t like it when someone has the audacity to stand up to them and make them stop. And when that someone is successful?

Look out, baby! 😉

The seal of the Holy Ghost Fathers, the Congre...I expect the absolute lies and misleading bologna to be spread around about me; it’s just more persecution for my doing the next right thing, but this time I know I’m blessed by God Himself because I followed my conscience; I listened to the Holy Spirit within me that insisted that I speak out and get involved. I got involved and I don’t care how much heat I take for it. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I will do it again, and again, and again.

In fact, every single time I come across some profane filth that persecutes the religious, I will bring it to the world’s attention via this very blog. I will link directly to it and share the material with everyone who reads me, so that no one can say this kind of verbal abuse is not occurring, so that we are all aware that the religious are being mistreated in America.  I will prove that this is the case.

Doing this is not “stealing,” nor is it robbing anyone of anything. It’s called journalism essentially, and it is EXPOSITORY WRITING that reveals TRUTH.

I expect hate, rage, and more persecution for my efforts.  And I bless those who continue to persecute me and those of us who tell the truth, who are not afraid, who stand up for what we believe in fearlessly.

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Posted by: the warrioress | March 23, 2012

Life Juggling

And now for a more personal touch.

This post will simply be an update on my life, which at the moment seems metaphorically like a juggler who is wildly tossing up all the balls, trying to keep them in the air. The juggler has an eye on the good Lord, praying that God will prevent the balls from plummeting down all over the juggler. Not sure how this is going to go, answer-wise. God often has a sense of humor where I’m concerned.

So, okay, first we have a major truck repair on the horizon — the “harmonic balancer..” if that means anything to you. (sigh) Along with that, we’ll include the “serpentine belt,” so we’re looking at nearly one thousand big ones. (more sighing)

Dodge Lil Red Express Truck

Dodge Lil Red Express Truck (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Next, we have the fact that the truck’s not going anywhere this weekend, so now we’ve got:

1) One disappointed teenager who made fantastic grades on her report card, who was looking forward to roller skating and lots of fun, who will now have to be told, “sorry, the truck ain’t moving anywhere this weekend, babe.” 

2) Her best friend who was also looking forward to a fun weekend out, who will now be told that we’re all grounded to the house, along with the truck — until next week at the earliest. 

I guess it’s gonna be a frozen pizza, pay per view kinda weekend… 

Raining Again

Raining Again (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Do you ever feel that when it rains, it most definitely pours? It’s sincerely pouring over here. I’ve got to get on the ball with getting the income tax filed too. And get the stupid riding mower fixed.

I could go on, but I’ll spare you, the reader. Hopefully God’s blessing your life with fewer trials and tribs than He is mine. (snicker) Just remember what we’re told: 

Thank Him gratefully for all of our troubles and view them as a “learning experience.”  

Uh huh.. okay.

I also need to get onto the post that catches me up with the various blog awards I’ve been blessed with. I think I’m backed up about five or so of those.  Guess I’ll work on that post next. (wink)

Well, God bless all of you for a lovely weekend, no matter how you’re spending it. 😉  I might as well be cheery about it and make the best of things, huh?

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Posted by: the warrioress | March 20, 2012

Verbal Abuse of the Religious

We should all know by now that verbal abuse and thus EMOTIONAL abuse of anyone is akin to a batterer who physically abuses and persecutes his victims. Verbally abusing another is emotional battery and unfortunately, this kind of persecution is now occurring to the religious all over the internet on a variety of social sites where people congregate. This is not okay! This kind of abuse must not be minimized. Why?

It is imperative that when a society is being set up to accept horrific actions and behaviors, (think Hitler/Nazism/Jewish), that the society is first de-sensitized to the horrors that are coming. Almost all physical battering begins with verbal or emotional abuse. It’s not a giant leap to go from this verbal persecution to the attempt to harm others physically.

I believe that society is being prepared to accept the abuse of the religious, or those who believe in Jesus Christ, who follow Him as their Lord and Savior, who believe in the bible as the word of God. These biblical believers who are outspoken are being persecuted right here in America in front of our very eyes.

I’ve already provided the most recent example of this in my posting, “Evil Incarnate,” where I link to proof of this verbal abuse that actually threatened the Christian with bodily harm, along with the profanity and hate speech meant to beat down anyone who believes. Fortunately, due to my speaking out about it, that persecutory piece of writing has now been deleted by the site moderator where the abuse was taking place. This is no great victory, however, because for every abusive bit of rhetoric we expose, another quickly takes it place.

As Christians, if we don’t speak up and speak out about verbally abusive behavior aimed our or someone else’s way, we encourage it with our silence. We put our very stamp of approval on it! In our silent complicity, we join the world in potentially bringing in real physical persecution for those who believe in the bible and what the bible symbolizes.

If you see someone being persecuted verbally because they have faith, you must come out of your silent, protective place in Jesus Christ and stand up for your brother or sister being harmed by speaking out. You should expose the abuse that is occurring. If you just sit silent and allow it continue, you will be complicit in the desensitization of the populace to the abuse of the religious.

The bible already tells us what is coming; though we cannot change what has been foretold, we can do our part to protect one another and dissuade the world from engaging in atrocities and abuse of one kind or another.  It starts with each one of us and demands bravery, activism, and strength of character. Look around you.  Expose abuse when you see it happening. Don’t just ignore it or celebrate persecution as something you are due. The persecution of the religious is not okay! It’s not something we have  to just lay down and endure.  I am discussing this topic in more depth at Conversation Corner if you care to join me.

Thank you, and may God keep all of us close and supportive of one another in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Posted by: the warrioress | March 19, 2012

Hardcore

The capture of Christ (detail)

Christians are all different, just as a I suspect the disciples of Jesus Christ were. These were rough men; they weren’t the kind that pick daisys and write poetry under the light of the silvery moon. They were fishermen, laborers, and men who were probably using some colorful language from time to time. They were certainly warrior-types, as we know from the story of Peter attempting to chop off the ear of one of the men who was about to haul our Savior away to face justice for being the Messiah.

Can you imagine the job Jesus had just trying to train these guys and turn them into godly men? It makes me chuckle a little to think about it. He had to be a patient kind of person. He also had to be the kind who overlooked the rough exterior of someone because He could see right through to their hearts — and it was their hearts that counted in their walk with Him, wasn’t it?

Disciples chosen and sent out

Disciples chosen and sent out (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I’m different from many other Christians in that I feel led to talk about things we don’t hear Christians talk about much. I feel an urgency in my spirit that we, as Christians, need to be able to discuss openly the things that some of us fear shouldn’t be spoken about. My writings are not going to be only about sweetness and light, uplifting stories, or scripture that builds up and inspires. There are  a lot of people blogging these kinds of posts for you already. My purpose is to talk openly with Christians and the world about the tough things, the unspoken things, the “difficult to think about and read” kind of things.

If hardcore truths and questions disturb you, if the exposing of things that you may not find particularly pretty or want to think about bother you, I’m not the blogger for you. If you want a dose of the realities of what’s going on out here in the world, in life, I’m for you. If you don’t mind thinking about and talking about these kinds of topics, click the “follow me” link and subscribe, please.

Jesus Discourses with His Disciples

I don’t mean to offend anyone with my writings, but I’m not going to hush or edit them away just because it makes some folks uncomfortable. We’ve been quiet way too long about a host of topics as Christians and because of this we have our own community surfing porn and destroying their marriages because they are afraid to talk about sin and its impact on their lives.  It’s easier to act like everything’s just peachy in our walk with the Lord when it’s anything but! We are afraid to talk openly and honestly with one another.

We need a closer knit community, in my humble opinion. We need people who are willing to become a little more hardcore in their abilities to help others. We have to understand that everything just isn’t nicey-nice in this world all the time for anyone, and most definitely not always for Christians. Christians need to know how to get through these difficulties and how to deal with the tough times. We’ve got to learn to communicate with one another and answer the hardcore questions and concerns that lurk underneath of our walk with Jesus Christ. He wouldn’t want any less for us and neither would His disciples.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

I love the Lord deeply, but I’m extremely upfront, brutally honest, and I believe that this is my calling. I’m not going to sugar coat what concerns me because it may be a little offensive. I hope you can hang with what I write, but if it’s a little too much for your taste buds and Christian sensibilities, I apologize; I know there are other blogs and bloggers that may be more your cup of tea.

When the student is ready, the teacher appears. 😉

God bless  you for reading me and being understanding. (hugs)

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