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.

Do you ever wonder why you got the name your parents gave you? Do you know what your name mean?

Believe me, I wondered what my mother was thinking when she named me. For the longest time, I did not like my name. I’m sure that I’m not alone in that thinking.

My name Dale means, “A dweller in the valley.” It’s a gender-neutral name deeply rooted in the natural landscape. My name comes from the old English word dael and the old Norse word dair. Both describe a wide open valley stretch between hills. It began in medieval England as a surname for people who lived in or near a valley. It is used as a habitational name across Europe. This includes Norwegian farm names and Americanized version of the German name. My name inspires images of peaceful, green, and lush rolling hill. The symbolism behind my name is because the valleys are low, sheltered areas bordered by mountains. It carries a sense of serenity, protection, and deep, grounded strength.

When I looked at this meaning of my name, I can understand why I prefer a cabin in the woods, to either be by the lake or in the mountain over the big city as I get older. This explains a lot about my nature. Maybe my mother saw that in me when she chose my name.

My name can either be s girl’s or boy’s name. I mean, there was a singer named Dale Evans. My name isn’t as common as some name out there. It’s different and unique. Every so often I find someone else with my name, both male or female.

Growing up, I would be teased a little when some would say, “Dale, where’s Chip?”, from the cartoon characters “Chip and Dale; not to be confused with Chippendales. Now Chippendales is a world famous dance team known for live adult male striptease shows.

I would even get teased by my last name Heger. Some would call me “Hagar the Horrible,” from the comics. Hager the Horrible was a Norwegian Vikings; and my family originated from Germany. It was the high German; which is similar to the Scandinavian country. My last name gets misspelled a lot.

Growing up, I would asked my mother why she named me, Dale. I would rather been named Steve.

I learned that I could have been named after my real father, Ervin; but out of respect for my Aunt Dorothy, who had an Ervin Jr, who had passed away at the age of 12, my mother chose not to do that.

It’s usually some family tradition for the first son to be named after their father. In Luke 1:13, “But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.” In that day, it was unheard of to not have a son named after the father.

Some people named their children after famous people. Some after a family member. Some are even named after an old girlfriend or boyfriend. I mean, how would you like to be named after your father’s old girlfriend ? You would probably have an icky feeling.

Or how would you feel to be named after a celebrity. A famous child celebrity that some parents would name their child after was Shirley Temple. Another celebrity name a child is usually named after is Mickey Mouse.

So who were named after? Do you like your name or are you like me and preferred to have a different name? How would you like to go around with the name “Sue” as in the Johnny Cash song, “A Boy Named Sue?” Especially if you are a boy!

Like I said, “I didn’t much care for my name growing up.” After seeing the meaning of my name, I can now understand and appreciate my name. I prefer a peaceful, tranquil quiet life of the country over the city. So I guess my name make sense in a way.

It’s a parents choice to name their child whatever name they want. Just like it’s a child not to like their name and prefer to be named a different name. My name is unique because it’s not as common as some . Some of the older name is coming back as well. I just hope the name Eliza Jane doesn’t come back; because I don’t really care for that name also. When I hear the name Claudia for a girl name, I’m reminded of someone with claws.

Something for a parent to think about when choosing a name for their child; but in the end it’s their choice. A little fun insightful blog on names.

Have you ever looked at someone and wondered, “What’s up with that person?” Do you look at a person in disgust because of how they look or dress? Do you feel disgusted by some people just because of the way they look or dress?

It’s all about stereotyping people and pre-judging someone without getting to know that person..

STEREOTYPE: is a fixed, overgeneralized, and simplified belief about a group or class of people. It assigns specific traits or expectations to all members of that group, ignoring individual differences.

Almost 2 years ago, I came to that reality about myself when I met a young man named Joey where I was staying. When I saw him from a distance, I did a double look at him and felt very concerned about what he was doing in such a place as were at. I was concerned about the way he was dressed that someone would hurt him. He would dressed up in women’s clothes.

It wasn’t until I got a chance to know him that I saw him at a different light. He opened up my eyes to the fact that we all stereotype someone, one way or another. We all have the tendency to prejudge someone before we get to know that person. As God told Samuel as he was searching for David, “Men looks at the outward appearance-while God looks at the heart.”

Joey took a chance on me so we could get to know each others. I had a chance to hear his story. I grew to love and accept him as one of God’s children. It didn’t matter how he dressed or his lifestyle choice. We became friends as I took him under my wings, looking out for him. I will cherished the memory I had with Joey even though I had grown attached to him. He may have been a hard habits to break; but I will cherished his friendship.

Jesus Christ scolded the Jewish Pharisees for being hypocritical by not accepting others. They saw anyone who was different from them as being “unclean.” Remember, Jesus came down to earth not just for the healthy but for the sick as well. People needs the Lord.

Some so-called religious leaders in the church today do the same thing that Jesus accused the Pharisees of. If they don’t fit in a certain mold like Joey for example. In some churches, some may find it disgusting if someone comes to church not dressed in church clothes but rather jeans that are dirty or have holes in them.

Now Mother Theresa’s ministry was working with the lepers in Calcutta, India. Now Lepers are considered to be an outcast and shunned by society.

I will give some examples of people who are considered outcast and shunned by society. At one time, anyone who had AIDS were considered to be an outcast. After Rock Hudson died of AIDS, the joke going around was: “do you know how to prevent getting AIDS? You are to sit on your ass and keep your mouth shut.”

TRANS were all lumped together and have a mental illness and are violent. I don’t believe that is true because of knowing Joey the way I do. Even though, I don’t think that the schools should be teaching this gender mutations in our schools; it doesn’t mean I don’t accept them. Anyone who teaches that to our kids should register as a sex offender, because they are sexually abusing our kids.

Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachman felt that homosexuality is a form of mental illness and they should be institutionalize and deprogram. Homosexuality is not a mental illness. God doesn’t make junk! God loves us no matter who we are.

Let’s get to the real reason for this blog though; and that is the homeless problems in this country. There are more than one reason why people are homeless. Yet, society would lump all homeless together as being winos and drug addicts. There are people who are homeless for other reasons as well. They complained about the homeless situation but they doesn’t want to do anything about it. They see homeless as lepers, the outcast of society. They want to put the homeless all into one area just to separate them from the rest of society. That way they don’t have to look at them in disgust and disgracer. Like the saying goes, “out of sight-out of mind.” Not all who are homeless are alcoholics or drug addicts. Some may have mental illness, some are families who are living on the streets because they cannot afford a place to live. Some may have been evicted for some reasons either of their own faults or the landlords choosing to kicked them out without giving a liable reason for it. There are elderly who are homeless.

It’s a crying shame that some Veterans are homeless. They fought for this country, for our freedom, but because of the government, they are not well taken care of for their service to this country. In this case, I’m glad for the “Tunnel to Towers,” set up in memory of Stephen Siller by his brother Frank Siller. Stephen Siller was a firefighter who was killed on September 11, 2001 attack.

Have you ever been compared to someone else? Then you are guilty of stereotyping and lumping people together like society would do with the homeless, Trans, or the gay community.

I remembered growing up my mother would compared my sister and I when it came to our reports cards. If one person got a good grade and the other didn’t, she would get mad by saying, “Why can’t you be more like your sister or brother?

Even the schools are guilty of comparing students together and stereotyping. If a child is high energy, they think that they have ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder, they are all hyperactive and need to be medicated. They rather drugged our kids so that they can easily control them. Kids will be kids, let them be.

My mother’s favorite song was, “Don’t Laugh at Me, by Mark Wills. We are not all alike. We should get to know someone before we condemned someone. Yet we are so quick to judge someone for whatever reasons.

Some people would even judge you if they don’t like who voted for, for example anyone who voted for Donald Trump are called racist or Nazi.

Let us take the time to get to know someone; instead of being quick to condemn someone because we don’t like who they voted for, what they are wearing, or even their lifestyle choice. Let us see a person as God sees them. Let us look at the heart of a person. Who knows, you may find that you like that person after all.

I’m glad for the opportunity of getting to know my young friend, Joey. I’m glad that he took a chance on me. I cherished the memories I have with Joey.

Let us just get along with one another and quit judging someone for whatever reason or their circumstances in life. We are all God’s children. It doesn’t matter if we’re black or white, or whatever other reasons. By learning to get along with others, love wins in the end.

As televangelist T.D. Jakes would say about his wife, that she was his first lady of his ministry.

Now a first lady has an important job when it comes to supporting their husband no matter what job or position he may hold. They are to be supportive and encouraging.

In this blog, I will be discussing some of the famous first ladies in America. I have already done 2 blogs on 2 of the first ladies. Some first ladies were great support and some were dealing with issues of their own. Some were more outspoken than others. Some stood out more compared to others. Some were just a sidekick or arm candy for their husband, who happened to be the President of the United States. I will only discussed the first ladies during my lifetime, to keep tis blog from being too long.

Lady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor. The reason for her nickname “Ladybird,” was because she was considered to be as pretty as a lady bird; which refer to as a ladybug. Now a ladybug is a beetle that referred to as a lady or mother Mary. When a person sees a ladybugs, it’s recognized as a powerful symbol of good luck, prosperity, and transformation.

Pat Nixon was the wife of President Nixon. She was given the nickname “Pat”, because she was born on March 16, a day before St. Patrick Day. She was often referred as “St. Patrick’s babe in the morn.”

Betty Ford struggled with addiction to alcohol and prescription painkillers. She founded the Betty Ford Clinic to help others with addictions and alcoholism. She was dealing with her own demons before she could be an effective first lady to Gerald Ford. You have to admire her for that because it takes courage for anyone to faced their demons no matter what it may be.

Even though Jimmy Carter was a weak president, his wife, Eleanor Rosalynn Carter, also known as Rosalynn was an excellent first lady. She was a genuine support for President Jimmy Carter. She reminded me of Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt did the legworks for her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt since he couldn’t walk. Rosalynn Carter was supportive for Jimmy Carter. They had a long supportive marriage and a long life together. They were a couple that could be admired by others because of their loyalty and love for each others. They had a never ending love for each others.

What can I tell you about Nancy Reagan? Her biggest cause as a first lady the “Just Say No” campaign; which spawn the “WAR ON DRUGS.” She was very supportive of Ronald Reagan; even though she came across as someone with the attitude of someone who thinks their “shit don’t stink but her farts gives her away.” She wasn’t as down to earth as Ronald Reagan. She came across as a snob. Her daughter, Patty Davis didn’t think so highly of her mother.

It kind of make me wonder what kind of first lady, Ronald Reagan’s ex-wife, Jane Wyman would have made. The reason she divorced Ronald Reagan was because she didn’t want a political career like her husband. Their kids were more Conservative than the kids Ronald and Nancy had.

This reminds me of a former pastor and is wife. When this pastor had the call to become a pastor, his wife did not. He went on ahead of her to a Nazarene Bible college. It took a few months before she finally got the call to be a pastor’s wife.

It’s also goes to show what length a husband will goes through for their wife to get them to go along with them. When my step-dad was married to his first wife, he chose not to make a career in the military; even though that was what he wanted. Then when he married my mother, he would look for ways to manipulate her to get what he wants. Deep down he wanted to move back to the farm; but he went different direction until she would caved to his whims. He first suggested that the family moved to Alaska to help build the pipeline. He even suggested, moving the family to Bismarck for some reason.

What I’m getting at the first lady has an important job when it comes to their husbands. They have to be willing to stand by their man and go wherever he wants to go.

I’ll talk more about Nancy Reagan later.

I have have already talked about Barbara Bush in a previous blog; in which I called her “everybody favorite grandmother.

I even talked about Hillary Clinton, and we all know the story about her. I will just say that they both needed each others. Bill needed Hillary for her political wisdom, and Hillary needed Bill for his charisma to be able to win the people over. Bill came across as being likeable; whereas Hillary came across as the evil queen.

Laura Bush was not as outspoken as some first ladies we had. She was married to George W. Bush. She was an educator. She may had helped George W. Bush kicked alcoholism but she wasn’t nothing like her mother-in-law, Barbara Bush. I couldn’t admire her; then again I didn’t care for George W, Bush either.

When the Obamas came on the scene, it was easy to admire but things went south later on with Michelle Obama, causing me to lose respect for her. Some people would joke saying that Michelle wasn’t really a woman, but a man. I wouldn’t say that about her though. Where I lost respect for Michelle Obama was after she started whining about race issue and the reason why we won’t elect a woman or even a colored woman for president. She seems to have so much hatred for America, the country who broke the race barrier and elected the first black president. She should be proud of that but it seems she is so filled with hatred. I cannot respect her anymore. If I could, I would say to her, “We have gone pass this race issues when we elected your husband to be president. It’s not about not wanting a woman or even a colored woman for president, it’s all about being the right woman. Now both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris was not the right woman. I had voted for Elizabeth Dole over George W. Bush.”

When Donald Trump was president his first term, his wife, Melania was still trying to figured out her role as first lady. I have to say by the time of Donald Trump’s second term, she had found her etched in society as a first lady. She is a beautiful classy lady. She reminds me of Jacqueline Kennedy. She had brought back class and elegance to the White House.

Now before I get to Jill Biden, let me mentioned again that one of the things I could admire Nancy Reagan for was the fact she genuinely cared for her husband, Ronald’s health and well-being; especially toward the end of his life when he was diagnosis with Alzheimer. Nancy didn’t force Reagan to go out in public when she saw his mental health failing like Jill Biden did with Joe Biden. If you asked me, I would tell you that Jill Biden is guilty of elderly abuse for what she did to Joe, She did it because she cared more for the power than her own husband. She said that she was a doctor. She’s no more of a doctor than I am the president of the United States. I have no respect for Jill because she had committed elderly abuse and should be locked up for the rest of her life. She was a disgrace to the White House.

Would a good wife would do that to her husband? Wives are to honor and support their husbands. They are not to put their needs above their husbands. They are to support them in sickness and in health. Now Jill Biden didn’t do that at all.

These are only a few first ladies. Who do you admired? Who do you not admired?