The Great Multitude and the Great Tribulation

I give you the author of "Red Moon Rising", Peter Goodgame. I am proud to say that he is a good friend, and that he also numbers me among his friends.

His book is available at his site. The title of this article takes you to the article on the site. Navigate to the home page where you will see a listing of all of his writings.

I have discerned that Peter is gifted with Prophecy in the Spirit. My own spiritual inventories have concluded the discernment is my primary gift. Because of this I read up on his latests and like to catch his podcast interviews. I listen to what this man says. I measure it against the rod of God's Word and I believe that God has given this man the same knowledge that He gave to Daniel (who had to seal it up ) and John (Who spoke in veiled references that without the sum of all of the prophets, it cannot be understood. Revealing it, in the process. Peter explains it. And he does it simply.

I am sorry if the paragraphs get all clumpped up. I see to have this problem when I c/p. But for anyone interested in eschatology, or the study of Biblical endtimes, it is well worth the effort.

God Bless!


His book is extremely forward-thinking. He doesn't consider just the Revelation, Daniel, and Ezekiel. Believing that the sum of God's Word is truth,

http://www.redmoonrising.com/
The Great Multitude and the Great Tribulation
A verse-by-verse study of Revelation 7:9-17

The Habit

Quitting was inevitable. Either I quit on my own, or the grave would have stopped me. So I chose the former option!

It is almost the most difficult thing I've ever had to do. It goes right behind childbirth. But at least childbirth eventually ends in a birth relatively quickly. The angst of not smoking does not go away as fast.

I'm relying on a lot of prayer, nicotine gum once in a while, and the support of my whole family.

Also the knowledge that I no longer stink with the fumes and have the terrible dragon breath that goes with smoking. I feel much cleaner and smell so much better. It is these things that I think about when the craving hits. Plus my knowledge that cravings do go away if one doesn't give in to it.

About 10 years ago I quit smoking, and it lasted for 6 years! However in the process I gained 70 pounds. So about 4 years ago I started back. My justification was to lose the weight. (Justifications to oneself are often not logical or realistic, lol!) So I'm quitting again, and this time I have no plans to pick the nasty habit up again.

And I'm praying that I don't gain any weight this time. I am trying to be extremely careful about what and when I eat.

But I did it before so this time I'm armed with the knowledge that I can do it again!

I just had to share this...

HAD to share this. I really hope it is legible. It is to me, but I just got my new eyeglasses today and can actually see things and read print that small!

This is my libertarian plug for the week!

Blessings!

Root Cause Analysis

I've been trained so that my brain naturally works this way.

Immediately after my recent car accident (that totalled my car), I began work on this.

The facts were as follows:
1. I did turn my head and looked in both directions before I made my move.
2. Though not the best of traffic circumstances, I was sure that the other lane was clear...
3. Because I had turned my head and looked!

As I was determining the root cause, it became clear that it could have been one or both of two things:

1. Poor eyesite. Two years ago when I renewed my license, I was fearful that I would not pass the eye exam. Though there was clearly a blind spot on the road, I turned my head and actually looked.

This led me to the eye doctor for a much-needed and long-overdue exam. As it turns out, I have astigmatism in both eyes and I am far-sited. Hopefully my glasses will be here next week. (This is just another reason why I need to make carrot juice a main staple in my diet again. A glass right now, in fact, is a good idea!)

2. Overly-aggressive driving. Sometimes I tend to be this way. I was trying to cross four lanes during a busy time in a small town and had made this particular maneuver many, many times before. It was cake. Up until this last time, that is.

I learned that AARP has an online defensive driving course. It is also available to everyone. For non-members it was $19.95, and members can take it for $15.95. A total bargain! I have begun taking the course. It is very long, with 8 modules that take about an hour for each to do. The modules have quizzes throughout and then a final exam at the end.

I am still taking the course. I have two modules left and will try to finish it today. I have linked the site to the title of this blog in case there is any interest.

I have learned a great deal throughout this course so far. In fact, I can say that I am surprised by how much I had forgotten over the years as well as some good tools to use during quick desicion-making. For example, I realized that that maneuver which I had managed successfully for so long had to go in lieu of a much safer route.

Time to finish up that course!

Masquerade Prom

McBryde Hall at Winthrop hosted the glitzy and glamerous beauties and tuxedoed young lads from York Comprehensive High School last night for their prom.

Ashleigh had the privilege of working on the important details as part of the junior steering commitee.

The pictures I've seen today have amazed me. These folks really had a great time and masquerade balls are pretty awesome. Too bad no one really wore their masks for much time. I don't have any mask pictures yet but when I do, I'll put them on my facebook album.

The only sad thing for me is that she'll never wear that dress again.

Karl Urban did it for me!

Duncan took me to see Trek for our date night last evening. The first time I laid eyes on Dr. McCoy, I instantly recognized him from...somewhere?

I asked D and he thought it might be "that Suncom guy." I just said, "no, it's not him". Unbeknownst to him) I KNOW Harry Connick, Jr. when I see him, having been in love with him since he did "Hope Floats". Anyway, please forgive my digression.

Duncan and I both agreed with the critics who said it was more of a mixture of Star Wars and Star Trek.

I've never really been "into" the Orignal Series, and this movie was based upon that cast. Now having said that, I will say that is really where Star Trek ends in this movie. With the names of the characters.

These people didn't act in character with themselves! Bones never gave a sneak, much less painful hypospray in TOS. However his new "invention" sure did a lot of that in this movie. It made the audience laugh. As well, Uhurra wasn't a slut and Spock was not violent. Also the Captain's commission was very odd.

My advice: If you are a complete Trekkie, more than likely you will not like this movie. If you don't mind that the characters weren't themselves and do not disapprove of these 'new inventions', then you'll probably enjoy it.

I felt betrayed. And I am a serious Trekkie.

But not 100%, because Bones truly saved my day...

I actually made Duncan stay through the credits because by the end of the movie I still had not figured out where I knew this doctor from. And what a shocker! He was Karl Urban, aka Julius Ceasar from the Xena:Warrior Princess! Urban has aged very well. Mmmhmmmmm.Xena is actually my second favorite show. My DVR is set to record everything Star Trek and Xena. Problem is, Oxygen has quit running the Warrior Princess.

Oops, I shall not digress again. I give the movie 3 out of 5 and that is ONLY because of Karl Urban.

Today's the Day!

I'm going to purchase a Saturn! It's a beautiful burgundy red and of course has everything I require in a car: power everything, a stick shift, and only four cylinders. It's a gas-sipper that I can handle and really drive!

I've waited nearly two weeks for this car since my little periwinkle blue Ford was totalled.

I can hardly wait to get behind that wheel and put her in my drive way. The next thing I will do is place my Libertarian magnets on the rear bumper and tomorrow perhaps I'll stop by the Shepherd's Fold to get another decal that says "Fear Not: Isaiah 41:10", which is my favorite verse.

Ok, I have to display the Libertarian symbol, because it was part of my promise as a volunteer to the party. But I may just use the one that shows the symbol only. Not sure... I'll figure those details out later!

What I am sure of is that I am sick and tired of having to depend on the hubby, the daughter, and my friends to cart me around. I do not like to be chauffeured at the whims of these folks (I love them all and appreciate the help. Don't get me wrong.) I'm just ready for my own wheels!

So this evening when my old high school mate who is selling the car gets home, I'm going over there with some cold hard cash and will bring that baby home.