Fear and worry are interest paid in advance on something you may never own.

Is fear and worry keeping you from getting what you want or desire? What is keeping you from reaching your goal?

FEAR: is a fundamental, evolutionary survival mechanism triggered by an unpleasant emotional response to a perceived threat, danger, or pain.

PHOBIAS: is an exaggerate, irrational, and persistent fear or aversion to a specific object, activity, situation, or person. There are many different kinds of phobias that can keep people from getting what they want. The biggest fear is being afraid of the dark, flying, high places, or even failure, Some people are so afraid of failing that they refused to take chances. Some people will never take the leap of faith. They play it conservatively and refuse to take a risk.

Taking a risk is scary. I don’t care what the risk may be. Making an investment is risky. Falling in love is risky. Following God can be risky as well.

When Peter woke up and saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat, Peter took a chance and step out of the boat to walk to Jesus. But when, Peter looked down instead of forward, he started sinking. In Matthew 14:31, “Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Are you like Peter? You start out good but the moment something bad starts to happened, you become fearful.

WORRY: to feel or cause anxiety, or dwell on potential problems and unpleasant outcomes.

What cause you to worry? Do you worry that no one will ever love you? Do you worry about money? Do you worry about the future?

Fear is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. Worry is simply the triumph of fear over faith.

If tomorrow never comes, do you lie awake wondering? Do you doubt?

Remember, God is still the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He promised to never leave nor forsake you.

People can get so worked up and stressed out over worrying. They become overwhelmed. The stressed overcome them and it began to shows on them. They become tired. They even lose faith. They even succumb to all kinds of illnesses from migraines, cancer, and heart disease.

There is an old Swedish proverb that says, “Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.” Worry is simply the misuse of God’s creative imagination which He has placed within each of us. When fear rises in our mind, we should learn to expect the opposite in our life.

To worry is to strangle or choke off what God has in stored for you.

As I heard this summer, God has a story for each and everyone of us. His story isn’t finished yet. He’s still working on our story, whatever it may be.

As we dwell on and worry about matters beyond our control, a negative effect begins to set in. Worry is a route which leads from somewhere to nowhere. Don’t let it direct your life.

As my mother would say, “why worry about tomorrow?

Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Don’t let fear and worry keep you from taking a leap of faith.

In Psalm 55: 22, “Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.”

DON’T WORRY AND DON’T FEAR!! This is easy said than done. We all tend to worry and become fearful.

Once again, what are you afraid of? What are worrying about? I hope this blog speaks to you. If it does, please press like and comment below. I love to hear from you and hear your testimony.

For those who does Bible devotions and pray, when is the best time?

The best time of day is now! Time is a ticking! This is the day! Time is money! Procrastination is a killer. When you choose to kill time, you begin to kill those gifts and callings which God has placed within your life.

Are you killing or wasting time, in hoping someone else will step up to the plate?

I do my Bible devotion twice a day, in the morning when I wake up and at night when before go to bed.

In Ecclesiastes 11:4, “Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.”

Let us talked about seasons and time for everything as in Ecclesiastes 3. In verse 1, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” In verse 2, “a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,” Verse 3,”a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build.” Verse 4, “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Verse 5, “a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain.” Verse 6, “a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away.” Verse 7, “a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak.” Verse 8, “a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”

We all heard the classic song, “Seasons in the sun.” Do you know that it was taken from the Bible passage in Ecclesiastes 3?

The time is now for Christians to wake up and get involved; otherwise it may be too late for America. Division is better than agreement in evil. We cannot sit back and do nothing, in hoping someone else will speak up.

The mistake most people make is thinking that the main goal of life is to stay busy; so we’re too busy to get involve and speak out against the evil in the world today. So many people think, it’s not my job to get involved. I’m not a preacher or a politician.

If we don’t get involved, the devil will win in destroying everything God had created. If we don’t get involved, they will succeed in indoctrinating our kids with this evil in the world today. Evil cannot survive in the light. As Christians we are to go out and reach the lost for Jesus. We are to take a stand against the evil in the world today. It’s not just the preachers. We definitely cannot count on our politicians because some of them are corrupted.

We Christians need to be known as those who accomplish great things for God-not those who simply talk about it. Procrastinators are good at talking versus doing. As Mark Twain said, “Noise produces nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as though she has laid an asteroid.” In other words, put your money where your mouth is. Don’t be all talk and no actions!

Many people say that they are waiting for God; but in most cases God is waiting for us take up your cross. The price of growth is always less than the cost of stagnation. As Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing.”

If we sit and do nothing, we become stagnant and stale. We let evil get a foothold in the lives of our children. Do we want that? I sure as hell don’t!

Occasionally you may see someone who doesn’t do anything and yet seems to be successful in life. Don’t be deceived! The old saying is true, “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.” As Christians we are called to make progress- not excuses.

Are you making excuses just to keep from doing what you know you need to do? We all do it! I’m guilty of it. Either I’m too busy or whatever excuses I can come up for that situation I’m making excuses for.

Procrastination is a primary tool of the devil to hold us back and make us miss God’s timing in our lives. The fact is, the longer we take to act on God’s direction, the more unclear it becomes.

Don’t miss the opportunity to speak out and take a stand. There is a time for everything. We can’t sit on our ass and do nothing; otherwise we will miss what God has in store for us. When doors open, we must be willing to go through it. Just like, if you don’t take the time to witness, there will be another lost soul.

The time is now to speak up or it may be too late. God gave me the tool to speak out in my blog. Believe me, I’m not going to miss the opportunity and by doing so, miss God’s blessing upon my life. Who is with me on this?

What are you waiting for? Waiting is the hardest thing to do. No one likes waiting. Sometimes though, waiting is necessary and sometimes it’s a waste of time. People don’t like waiting for a train or red lights. Guys don’t like waiting for their girlfriends or wife to get ready. Or whatever you’re waiting for. Don’t wait for an opportunity otherwise you may miss the blessing in store for you.

When the opportunity and the right time arises, don’t sit on your ass and do nothing, waiting for someone who is more qualified to come forward and take the blessing that is yours.

Why is letting go the hardest thing a person has to go through?

Mothers have a hard time in letting go of their kids when they go off to college and leave. Fathers take it hard when they walked their daughters down the aisle to give them away at their wedding. That is one time when you may see a grown man cry as a father is giving his daughter away in marriage.

When it comes to a father and daddy’s girl, some father become overprotective of their daughter to the point of sitting up cleaning their gun in reality they are waiting for their daughter to return home from her date. Any prospective boy dating a girl, they fear meeting the father the most, not knowing what to expect. I heard it says that raising a daughter is harder than raising a son. The reason: a parent worried about their daughter coming home pregnant. That’s why there was such thing as a shotgun wedding.

Sometimes, it’s about letting go of the past. I’m not saying that we should forget our history. We are to remember our history, otherwise we are doom to repeat it. I’m talking about letting go of the pain and the hurt you have suffered. Those who have been abused knows that letting go of that is very hard.

From someone who had been sexually molested, I know how difficult it is to let go of the pain. Some people think that when you forgive you should also forget. I’m here to tell you from experience, you’ll never forget the abuse you suffered.

It’s easy to forgive but hard to forget. You cannot forget the hurt that was done to you. When you forgive, it doesn’t mean you can ever trust that person ever again.

Don’t consume your tomorrow feeding on your yesterdays. As Dolly Parton sang, “You still got a lot of living to do.” Don’t let what happened to you keep you from achieving your dreams, everything you ever want.

Decide today to get rid of any “loser’s limps” which you may still be carrying from some past experience. In other words, don’t let your past keep you from moving forward. Apostle Paul was once a chief of sinners. He made it his life purpose to persecute Christians. Then when he was on the road to Damascus, he was blinded. Once his eyes were opened, he became a top missionary for God. Moses had killed an Egyptians soldier and yet God still used him to freed the Israelites out of Egypt.

In a sense, every conversion is surprising.

In Luke 9:60-62, verse 60 says, “Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Verse 61, “Still another said, I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family. In verse 62, Jesus replied, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

The more we look backward, the less able we are to see forward. It is never God who holds us back. It is always our own choosing to allow the past to keep us from living to the fullest in the present and future. Failure is waiting around the corner for those who are living off yesterday’s successes and failures. We should choose to be forward-focused, not past-possessed.

Before I went on my work and witness trip to Indianapolis, my oldest sister, Barb was dying of cancer. I had people telling me that I shouldn’t go, like my mother. I was torn between serving the Lord on a mission trip and being there for my family. A friend from church, Paul Dennis sat me down and reminded me that missionaries choose to leave their family behind to go to foreign countries to serve the Lord. This passage about Jesus saying, “Let the dead bury the dead,” says it all. It was a great experience I wouldn’t have miss in all the world. When my sister had passed away, someone from the group offered to help me to get back if I so chose to. I prayed and I knew I was where I was supposed to be. When I got back home, I was told that I made the right decision.

In Philippians 3:13-14, “Brother, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Now my sister, Barb was the third oldest in my family and the first to died. She took care of us younger kids, while our parents worked.

The key here is: “forgetting those things which are behind.”

It is wonderful that persons should be so suddenly and yet so greatly changed.

Perhaps God will reach down and convert some strident anti-Christian voice today. Those who are the loudest may be the ones most secretly longing to believe. Let’s pray for some more “surprising conversions.”

Who knows they could be the next Apostle Paul or Chuck Colson?

Today is the day to begin to shake off the shackles of the past and move forward. This is the day the Lord hath made!

As Taylor Swift sang, “Shake It Off!” The time is now to shake off the shackles of your past hurts and move forward. It doesn’t mean we are to forget our history. We are not to dwell in the past. The past is past. It has no life. Don’t let your past dictate what your future and present will be. You can overcome past hurt.

I may have been a victim; but I’m also an overcomer. I’m a survivor of child sexual abuse.

Let the dead bury the dead, go out and serve the Lord, wherever He may send you.

And no, I don’t mean, “It’s Howdy Doody Time?

Remember, a man with one watch knows what time it is; whereas a man with two watches is never quite sure. Yet now days not many people wear watches; when they can get the time from their phone, and they’re checking every so often. Almost to the point of being distracting to the task at hand

Have you ever noticed that some of the most miserable people in the world are those who can never make a decision? When the human mind is in doubt, it is most easily swayed by the slightest of impulses. This opens the door to many, many wrong decisions. Many times indecision allows things to go from bad to worse. Indecision is deadly. The truth is that the most dangerous place to be is in the middle of the road.

One of my favorite ride at the fair was the bumper cars. Have you ever been in a bumper car that would stall until someone would hit you? That can be frustrating!

Yet in life, we get into a situation that would stall us in making decision.

Procrastination: is the voluntary delay of a task knowing that putting it off will lead to negative consequences.

Are you a procrastinator?

Do you procrastinate?

I have to admit, I’m a procrastinator. I put off things. Believe me, it can get you into a lot of trouble, whether you realize it or not. I remembered when I was in college. I had a class that met once a week. It was a writing class. I would put off doing the assignment for the class since the class only met once a week; so I figured I had time. Believe me, I don’t know how I passed the class with a B.

James 1:8 says, “he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.”

Now believers should be the most decisive of all people, but we’re not. An indecisive person allows instability to creep into every area of his life. If we don’t decide what is important in our own lives, we will probably end up doing only the things that are important to others. The greater the degree of wishful thinking, the greater the degree of mediocrity. Being decisive, of a dream, greatly increases our probability of success. Ir also closes the door to wrong options.

The challenge for all of us is to be dedicated dreamers, or should I say, decisive dreamers. Harry Truman once said, “Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.” Most of the time, we may not have all the facts available about any given situation, but we will usually have all the facts we need to make a decision.

This past summer, I heard a message at camp in which the speaker asked, “What time is it? ” He went on to say, “the time is now to reach the lost.” We seems to be living in the end time with all that is going on in the world right now. More and more people is turning away from God. We’re losing our kids as our schools is indoctrinating them. They are telling our kids that it’s alright for them to have a sex change operation. They are even saying that they are a pronoun. That is child sexual abuse and any teachers who do that should register as a sex offender. There are people who think that men should be allowed in women’s locker room and play on women’s team. How would you feel if a man entered the women’s locker room and your daughter was in there? You wouldn’t like it would you. Now men have more of an upper body strength making them stronger than women.

The clock is a ticking. The time is now to speak up against this injustice.

Some people would say that Christians shouldn’t choose political parties or get involved in politics. Whereas, now is the time more than ever for Christians to get involved in politics. Our values are at stakes now more than ever. We must think about our children and their future. If we don’t do something, God may bring about destruction on the United States.

I think this is one of the reason that Donald Trump was elected President even more in the 2024 election. Christian parents woke up to what was being taught to their kids in our schools.

The time is now to be decisive and not sit on our ass, doing nothing. The fact is that decisive people typically prevail and rise to the top because most people are indecisive.

We cannot remain neutral on this matters and spiritual matters, or we will likely find ourselves operating against heaven. We should not be the kind of people who claim that God has told us one thing this week and the very opposite next week.

Remember, misery loves company and if the devil can control our will, he controls our destiny. Now if God controls our will, then He controls our destiny.

The choice is ours! So what time is it? The time is now to make the right decision. As for me, I have chosen to serve the Lord. I have chosen to vote Republicans because I cannot support the Democrats and their views. The Democrats views go against everything I believe in and stand for.

Who is with me this midterm?

After taking a summer off from this series that I started in the Spring. This next blog in the series is on the 10 Commandments, with reference to the 9th commandment.

Do you know the 10 Commandments?

The are God’s law handed down to us and the Jews when Moses came down from Mount Sinai. These are not suggestions but laws that we should actually obey. If you obey these laws, all the other laws will come easy to follow.

At one time, the 10 commandments were posted in the classrooms in our schools. At one time, the 10 Commandments was posted in the courtroom as well. There’s still a monument of the 10 Commandments standing outside the Fargo Public Library; but for how long before the Left have it taken down.

If we still had the 10 Commandments in our schools instead of what they have now, we wouldn’t have the crimes we have right now. People used to respect one another and accept their political views. People knew their neighbors and respected them. As in a small town, people take care of their own. If they would teach the 10 Commandments once again in our schools, crimes rates will come down. There would be less people in prison.

I was taught the 10 Commandments growing up as well as in Catechism and Confirmation class. We had to memorize the 10 Commandments before we were confirmed.

To help remember the 10 Commandments, think about this old song by Tex Ritter. The song was called, “Deck of Cards.” in the song, there was a group of soldiers on a long hike. They came to a town called, Cassino. They went to church on Sunday morning. One boy only had a deck of cards. He spread it out. When brought in front of the Marshall, he explained that the cards were his Bible.

You can find the 10 Commandments in Exodus 20. The first half of the 10 Commandments was about honoring God. The last half about respecting others.

In Exodus 20:2, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out Egypt, out of the land of slavery. In verse 3, “You shall have no other gods before me. In verse 4, “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. In verse 5, “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.” In verse 6, “But showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” In verse 7, “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” In verse 8, “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” In verse 9, ” 6 days you shall labor and do all your work.” In verse 10, “but the seventh day is the Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your servants, animals, or alien within your gates.” In verse 11, “For in 6 days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”

People have been making idols for themselves ever since. They have been putting money and jobs over God, the church and family. This has been the downfall of the world today.

In verse 12, “Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land of the Lord your God is giving you.”

This commandment can be the hardest one to keep. For anyone who were raised in a dysfunctional family of abuse, you may find it difficult to keep.

In verse 13, “You shall not murder.” You commit murder not just by your actions but by your words as well and by hating others. You commit murder when you have an abortion.

In verse 14, “You shall not commit adultery.” No one stay married for a long time anymore. Now days, people goes through partners like changing underwear.

In verse 15, “You shall not steal.” In verse 16, “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” Yet there are people who would steal your identity make false testimony against you because they don’t like your viewpoints. They will falsely accused you without getting the facts If confronted with the truth, they don’t want to hear it.

The last commandment can be one of the hardest commandment to keep. In verse 17, you shall not covet; which means to have a strong, wrongful, and selfish desire for something that belongs to another person. Yet there are those who wants what you have but don’t want to work for it. Those on the Left is promoting that with Socialism.

We are told not to lie. Yet, lying comes easier in the world today. Our politicians, news media, weatherman, lawyers, and doctors lie more and more. People lie to their spouse or significant others. Hope built on a lie is always the beginning of loss. Never attempt to build anything on a foundation of lies and half truths. People seems to prefer if you lie to them rather than tell them the truth. They are offended by the truth.

Remember, lying will always distort God’s guidance in your life. Lying becomes a very easy habit. The fact is that a person who allows himself to lie once will find it much easier to do so a second time. Always tell the truth, and you will never have to remember what you said. Like Pinocchio, the more lies he told, the more his nose had grown. Bill Clinton didn’t necessarily lied when he said he didn’t have sex with Monica. It was only half truth. To him, since there was no sexual intercourse, he didn’t had sex.

In Proverbs 12:22, “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.” In Proverbs 19:9, “A false witness shall not be unpunished.”

The seven results for lying are: 1.) you will attract other liars. 2.) you will have a lack of understanding. 3.) you will never enjoy permanent results. 4.) you will end up in bondage. 5.) you will be punished. 6.) you will become a fool. And 7.) your lies will come back to haunt you. White lies will grow up to become a big fat lies.

As Luke Bryan sang, it’s not easy to keep these commandments. We tend to break some rules and commandments.

There is a reason why you swear on a Bible when you take an oath in office or in court. Yet, Zohran Mamdani, the Socialist mayor of New York City chose not to swear on a Bible when he was sworn in as mayor of New York City.

If they just bring back the Bible and the 10 Commandments in our schools, it will take the violence out of our schools. Crime rates will come down, there will be less people in prison. I rather see the Bible and the 10 Commandments in our schools rather than teachers promoting gender mutation of our kids.

Then and only then can we actually have a revival in our land. The best is yet to come!

How do you like your bacon? I prefer my bacon to be crisp. The reason for it, is because I was taught that pork must be cooked well-done to prevent getting food poisoning.

How would you feel if someone told you not to bacon around them? How would you feel if that same person told you to get rid of your dog if you live next door to them because they find it offensive to their religion?

I would still eat my bacon and I will still keep my dog because this is America and we have the rights to enjoy our bacon and our dogs. If they are offended that’s there problem. No one is going to tell me that I can’t eat bacon or have a dog. The only one who possibly have the right to tell me not to eat bacon is the doctor for health reason.

The Muslims are not allowed to eat pork. They are not allowed to drink alcohol. They are not allowed to have dogs.

This is not about what the Muslims believe or against.

Those who are against the Save Our Bacon Act argues that the legislation harms small independent farmers, punishes those who already upgraded their farms, and strip states of their right to set food and animal safety rules. The critics say the bill helps major multinational companies and industrial agribusiness while hurting family owned farms.

When in fact the Save Our Bacon Act is a federal legislative proposal designed to prevent individual states from enforcing their own animal welfare and food production standards on agriculture products brought in from other states. It stop states from placing restrictions or housing requirements on livestock raised outside their borders. This bill is a direct response to voter approved measures like California’s Proposition 12 and Massachusetts Question 3, which ban the sale of pork, eggs, and veal from tightly confined animals. It serves as a rebranded version of the earlier ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act.

The supporters of this act argues that large agricultural groups and lawmakers said that this would hurt family farms and raise food prices.

The opponents such as animal protection groups, small farmers, and advocacy organizations like Humane World. They state it strips away states rights, harm animals, and hurts smaller producers who already spent money to meet higher welfare standards.

The government should keep their hands off our families farm. Yet, we have some who are in favor of food produce in lab like Bill Gates. Now Bill Gates is responsible along with Dr. Nazi Fauci of performing sick experiments on orphans. He, along with Dr. Fauci should be sentenced to die by injection. Bill Gates is in favor or lab grown food. Now that is just sick.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is in favor of banning cow farts because she thinks it’s bad for the Ozone.

If you asked me, there are those who are afraid that this bill would take money out of their pockets. They say it would put money into big corporation; while taking food from small farmers. Those in Washington have gotten rich by taking advantage of the little man.

Bernie Sanders, who is the father of Socialism and pushing for Socialism, had gotten rich off the back of the little man. He doesn’t want anyone else to have what he has; that’s why he wants Socialism.

We need to stop putting poisons in our foods we produce, from the crops we grow to our Livestocks.

Just like those in Washington shouldn’t be allowed to get rich off the back of the American citizens. They shouldn’t be allowed to do inside trading and get these kickbacks they get. When a person worked in retails, you are not allowed to take kickbacks.

What do you think? Are you in favor or against the Save Our Bacon Act?

This is a controversial topic that has been in the news lately. It will be over the reason for the 14th and 15th Amendments. It’s controversial because of people from other countries like China for example is coming to America to get pregnant and have the kids here. That way, their children will become natural born citizens. That way they can get their foot in the door of our government and get all the benefits.

Born in the USA is a Bruce Springsteen’s song about coming back from the Vietnam War.

Now Bruce Springsteen was known as “The Boss.” He was one of the greatest rock star of the ’80’s, back when they actually made good music and kept their political beliefs out of the song. Back when people could have different viewpoint and no one cared. People actually got along, and America was united. I’m not saying we were perfect. Some topics were left off limits.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, establishing birthright citizenship, equal protection under the law. This came about after the Civil War that freed slaves. It prohibits state government from making laws that limit the privileges or immunities of US citizens. It prohibits state government from taking away life, liberty, or the property without fair legal procedures. It was an equal protection to treat everyone as equal.

Seven things to know about birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment. Number one: birthright citizenship in the United States pre-dates the 14th Amendment. Number 2: the purpose of the 14th Amendment was to reunite the country following the Civil War. Number 3: The 14th Amendment initially did not mention citizenship. Number 4: birthright citizenship for all children of immigrants was first upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898. Number 5: Native born did not include Native Americans. Number 6: There are still some exceptions. Finally, Number 7: most of the Western Hemisphere followed the U.S. example.

The 15th Amendment prohibits the federal government and the states from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

It was the Republicans who passed these amendments. The Democrats were against it because they didn’t want to freed the slaves in the South. Just like it was the Republicans who fought for Civil Rights for the blacks. The Democrats will try to tell you different though. They come across as the party of the blacks; even though they were behind the KKK being founded.

This came up again because of certain countries are taking advantage of these 2 amendments for their own gain. It went up the Supreme Court and they ruled in favor of the amendments. Which make sense because they were appropriately written for that time. They couldn’t foresee the future. They had no idea that other countries would try to take advantage of it.

The thing the Supreme Court recommended was for the Congress to amend those 2 amendments. They can’t seem to come together on that. Both parties are at each others throat. Not only that, even within the same party there are those fighting it as well. They can’t seem to pass the Save America Act.

The Save America Act will require voter’s ID to vote. The Democrats say it is racist and sexist. They think it would be Jim Crow point 2. They think that it’s too difficult to get an ID. Yet they wanted an ID for everyone who got the Covid vaccine. Does that make sense. The Democrats is now the party who cannot define a woman.

What this this amendment will do would prevent the Democrats from cheating in the elections by allowing illegal immigrants from voting. It will also keep the Democrats from getting votes from the dead as well.

They had voter’s ID in North Dakota as long as I was able to vote.

There was talked about that Obama should had been president because some think that he wasn’t an American citizen. It was proven otherwise though.

I think that it should be required to be a Natural Born citizen to be in the House and Senate; half of those would not be allowed to hold office. Illhan from Minnesota would be one of them to be kicked out.

Other countries don’t have this problem; because they don’t have duel citizenship like United States does. When a missionary goes to another country and give birth, their children doesn’t become citizens of that country. So why should people from other country like China be allowed to in the United States?

It’s time to passed the Save America Act! Anyone who doesn’t passed it may their name be name mentioned so that the American people can vote them out in November.

At one time the Democrats was for it; but since Trump is for it. they are against it.

There’s also a few Republicans who is against the Save America Act like John Thune from South Dakota.

Like I said this is very controversial. I finally gave you my views and I back it up with history and a little research.

Do you know that something good can always comes out of something bad? Remember, if you’re going through hell, just keep on moving forward before the devil even knows you’re there. It doesn’t matter what you may be going through, something good will comes out of it.

This blog isn’t actually about that, so to speak; since I have a blog out there on that that subject. Instead, I’m going to be talking about celebrities that originated from North Dakota. I mean, it’s rare but there are some celebrity who came from North Dakota. I mean, North Dakota may still be in the stone age with somethings. North Dakota is definitely a cheap state. North Dakota is so cheap that when birds fly over they go cheap cheap. North Dakota is one of the fly over state.

Have you ever been asked, “Where the hell is North Dakota?” Some people when they hear of North Dakota, they think of Minnesota. North Dakota is flat and built on a lake bottom, Lake Glacier; which covered a large part of eastern North Dakota Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba. My step dad would say, “if you build on a lake bottom, be prepared to get flooded.”

Even though Teddy Roosevelt wasn’t from North Dakota, he loved coming to the state. Teddy Roosevelt was captivated by the badlands of North Dakota. I mean, I can’t see the beauty in the state of North Dakota. Minnesota and Wisconsin is more beautiful.

The famous western writer, Louis L’Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. Who haven’t read his novel as a child? He’s as famous as Laura Ingalls Wilder. I grew up on his Western, wishing I should have been a cowboy as a child.

The most famous baseball player from North Dakota is Roger Maris; who was raised in Fargo, North Dakota. There is an exhibit for Roger Maris at West Acres. He ended up with ALS; which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s a muscular disease, that is a fatal nervous system disease that gradually destroys the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

People I’ll be mentioning are people before the oil boom hits North Dakota and before NDSU Bison made a name for themselves on ESPN.

Who grew up going to grandma and she would have Lawrence Welk on TV? I grew up watching Lawrence Welk over at grandma’s house.

Did you know that Lawrence Welk was from North Dakota? Lawrence Welk was born March 11, 1903 in Strasburg, ND. He was famous for champagne music, waltz; which is a progressive smooth ballroom and folk dance, and the accordion, a box shaped, free reed musical instrument powered by a hand operated bellows that pushes and pulls air past internal metal reeds to create sound.

Who remember dancing the waltz in high school gym class? Do they still teach that in school? Boys hated dancing the waltz in school. It was uncomfortable but something that must be taught before we grew up and get out in the real world. I grew up dancing the waltz and one time as a child I dance with an older colored woman.

I also grew up listening to the accordion being played. I had a great Uncle who would play the accordion.

Lynn Anderson, famous the song, “Rose Garden,” was born September 26, 1947 in Grand Forks, ND. Her mother Liz Anderson. Her mother, Liz Anderson was also a country singer. She was born January 13, 1927 in Roseau, MN. Lynn Anderson had performed on the Lawrence Welk show. Lynn Anderson wasn’t related to Bill Anderson; even though they would joke about being kissing cousins.

Angie Dickinson was born September 30, 1931 from Kulm, ND. She’s 94 years old. Her most famous role was “Police Woman.” She was also in “Rio Bravo.” She was also in Big Bad Mama. Frank Sinatra was the love of her life. She was a sex symbol back in her prime.

Josh Duhamel was born November 14, 1972 in Minot, ND. He was married to Fergie from Black Eye Peas. He got his start in daytime television, All My Children. and was also in Las Vegas. He’s probably the most famous star from North Dakota.

Even though Paulette Carlson wasn’t from North Dakota, She was famous back when I was in high school because of her band Highway 101. She was born October 11, 1952, in Northfield, MN. She started performing in dance bars in Fargo. Those from Hawley, remembers her well because of her connection to Hawley, MN.

After NDSU Bison became famous because of ESPN, we had such stars as Carson Wentz. He wasn’t the first Quarterback from NDSU though. Phil Hansen played for NDSU Bison and then Defensive end for the Buffalo Bills.

Blind Joe was born July 14, 1982 in Fargo, ND. He got his start on The Voice. He’s blind.

Jonny Lang, a Blues singer was born January 29, 1982 in Fargo, ND.

These are just some stars who came from North Dakota. It goes to show that even North Dakota can have famous people living their state. So you see, something good can come from something bad, so to speak.

Do you tend to hear voices around you? Are you in tune to hear the voice of God speaking to you?

According to the world, if you admit that you hear voices, they may want to lock you up. Even if you are seen as constantly talking to yourself, they may want to lock you up as well.

My mother would say, “You can talk to yourself, just don’t let the world see you answer back.”

If you say that God is speaking or had spoken to you, the world will laugh at you, thinking you’re crazy. I’m here to tell you that God speaks to us in many different ways. It’s the work of the Holy Spirit. God can still speak to us today in many different ways. God will speak to you through his own powerful voice or His soft voice. He will speak to us through the Bible. He will speak to us through a sermon. God can even speak to us through unlikely people.

Please don’t think that I’m crazy when I tell you how God had spoken to me!

One of my favorite verse in the Bible is Isaiah 6:8. The verse says, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

I came upon that verse around the time I accepted the Lord Jesus into my life. It was a verse that televangelist Dwight Thompson also used in his ministry as well.

I’m going to give you a little background to this verse. In the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah saw on the throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Isaiah felt he was unworthy when he cried, “Woe to me! I am a ruined ! For I am a man of unclean lips, and live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord almighty..”

Have you ever felt that you were unworthy to be chosen? Believe me, I have felt that time and time again.

Johnny Cash had a song out there called, “I saw a man.” In the song, “last night an angel came and took my hand. He called me by name and bid me to look the other way.”

In Isaiah 6:6-7, “Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, ‘see, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

It goes to show that God can used ordinary people to do His works if we’re obedient. God told Noah to build an ark before He brought down the flood. The people thought Noah was crazy for building an ark in the middle of a desert.

Both Abraham and Sarah laughed when God told them that they will bear a son in their old age; so Abraham can be a father of many nations.

God got Moses attention in the wilderness with a burning a bush that never burnt up. God intended to used Moses to freed the Israelites from Egypt. Now Moses, himself, felt unworthy of the challenge made by God. He made excuses and excuses why he felt he was unworthy. Moses had a speech impediment. He felt that he was too old to pick up and go back to Egypt. Moses had a temper as well. God told Moses to take off his sandals because he is standing on Holy ground.

God chose David because He said that David was a man after His own heart; even though he committed adultery with Bathsheba.

When I went to district camp this year, the message was on Moses and the bush on fire. God’s promise is still true today. God is still working on our story. He’s not through with me yet. As I heard a pastor say, “We all have a story to tell.”

There have been times that God had actually spoken to me directly during the night. The first time was after Dwight Thompson preached on Luke 15, “The Prodigal Son.” God had told me that He loved me and was always there for me; even during the time I was being molested. That was the time, I accepted the Lord with tears in my eyes.

Another time was when I was feeling sorry for myself. Earlier that day, I had a visit from the Mormons or Latter Day Saints knocking on my door. Then that night, God told me to get up and pray for your pastor. God didn’t tell me the specific thing to pray for my pastor. God just told me to stop feeling sorry for myself and get up to pray for my pastor. I pleaded with God to just let me lie down and pray; but God wouldn’t let me do that. I had to actually get up and pray for my pastor. It goes to show, if we’re not obedient with God, God will not let us sleep until we do what he asked. I didn’t know the reason for that prayer; but to speak to me. It also goes to show that God will used the unlikely people to get our attention.

You may think that I’m crazy when I have told you I have heard God’s voice speaking to me. To some, you will say, “they are coming to take you away, to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time.” To those who thinks I’m crazy, I don’t know who you are.”

Is God speaking to you? I don’t think you’re crazy because God had spoken to me.

If God is speaking to you, be obedient to what the Lord is saying. You should talk to a pastor or someone in the church to see if it’s really God speaking to you though. Sometimes the devil will even speak to you making you think he is god.

If God is actually speaking to you pray this prayer, “Lord, thank you for speaking to me and making your presence known. Help me to understand your words, obey your will with a brave heart, and keep my life aligned with your truth.” If you said this prayer, then find yourself a good Bible peaching church, and seek advice from a godly preacher filled with the Holy Spirit. Just think, if it wasn’t for Ananias being obedient to God, where would Apostle Paul have been? Pay attention to the voices you hear in your head. The world may think you’re crazy; but it could be God speaking to you.

Do you ever wish you can get a new life when things don’t work out as expected? Do you wish you can just start over?

Sometimes, there is no second chances in life or a relationship. If you mess up in a relationship, you could be kick to the curb and going through the Big D, and I don’t mean Dallas.

Sometimes though, you are given a second chance in life to make a change for the better. There’s no guarantees though. If you grows up in a dysfunctional family or low income, It’s hard to break free from that lifestyle you grew up in.

There’s a homeless shelter called, “New Life Center,” They don’t really help like they should. New Life Center runs like a jail. I can understand with some people, you have to lay down the law if you are to help that person; but not everyone is the same. New Life Center and other homeless shelter gets money from the government by how many people they have in the shelter. New Life Center has different variety of people who are homeless. If you have a bladder issue; which leads you to making a mess, they will kicked you out because of it being unsanitized. As some gets older, they will have bladder issues. They must be set up to help them as well.

The state should withhold money from these homeless shelter if they don’t actually help the homeless get on their feet. I can understand that there are some you can’t help because of mental illness.

They worked with Fargo Housing to help find an apartment. Yet Fargo Housing doesn’t help as good as they should.

You hear stories of homeless shelters are filled up with illegal immigrants in these sanctuary city. New Life Center has there share of illegal immigrants as well. It seems that they and Housing would rather help the illegal immigrants over the American citizens. When they do that they should lose funding as well, as being investigated.

If a husband messed up and cheat on his wife, he should expect to get a divorce. As Jerry Reed sang, “She got the goldmine, I got the shaft.”

There is hope though in starting over with a new life. It’s all about being born again.

BORN AGAIN is a Christian term for a spiritual rebirth; which means a person gets a new spiritual life through faith in Jesus Christ. When a person accepted the Lord into their life and seek forgiveness for their sins, the Lord shall forgive you of all your sins. He wipes the slate clean. The past is no more. You get a new life in Jesus Christ.

Have you messed up so bad that you are seeking forgiveness? Do you want a new life in Christ Jesus?

If you want a new life, you can say this Sinner’s Prayer. “Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe that you died for my sins, and that You rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and ask You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In your name. Amen!”

If this blog speaks to you and you have said the Sinner’s Prayer, then find yourself a good Bible preaching church and fellow believers to help you along the way to have a better life by being better together.

If you agree that the homeless shelters like New Life Center should do a better job in helping the homeless, contact your legislator about it.