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I would like to wish each and every one of you

a gloriously wonderful and happy Thanksgiving.

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This year and for the first time I put up a fall holiday tree in our home. It sits in the living room in the front window. My neighbors probably thought that I'd gone over the edge until I explained that it was not a Christmas Tree. Not this early and way before Thanksgiving. It is a Thankful Tree and it has special meaning.

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I used my artificial Christmas tree representing the coming birth of Christ.

White lights cover the tree representing God's love for His Son. They shine out onto us allowing us to see the Love that emanates from Him.

Raffia streamers encircle the tree representing the way that Christ wraps his loving arms around us, and they represent the never ending Love of our Heavenly Father.

Clusters of branches and twigs combined with berry sprays, leaves, pumpkins and nuts represent the bountiful blessings from our Heavenly Father.

Paper tags onto which words of thanks have been written hold the names of loved ones and represent our prayers being presented to the Father. As our family members will write our names on a tag and hang it on the tree this Thanksgiving, we will thank our Heavenly Father for all our blessings and ask Him to continue to bless us abundantly in the coming year.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

May your day be filled with love, joy, family, friends and peace in knowing a true and loving God.

Pack Your Bags

Pack your bags .....
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A long list of current events is changing how we live not just here in America, but worldwide. The economy and collapse of the monetary system is just part of it. Now our head of government wants Congress to pass a health care bill that is supposed to improve our current system of healthcare in this country. Well, there are surely a lot of things wrong with our health care system and it does need to be improved. However some of the items in the new plan are frightening to me. People all over the country are appalled at some parts of the plan. Guess what? It’s all been predicted. Everything that is happening right now, this very minute, has been prophesied. Read your Bible. It’s all there.
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So why are we so surprised and shocked that it is happening now? I suppose that we all thought it would happen …. someday. Not now. Not while we were still living. Well, people… it is happening now. Get ready. Pack your bags. The world is going on a long trip and it won’t be a luxury cruise.
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This is but one more step to fulfill the prophesy of the coming times. If you are a Christian you have probably already heard many times about the Rapture and the second coming of Christ. You know what will happen. Like me you probably didn’t think it would happen this soon. It’s time to lay aside worldly things and to be ready. Once you are prepared then go to all your friends and family and help them to understand what is to come.
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If you are not a Christian, you can become one. Right now. Right this very minute. All that you have to do is to believe in Jesus Christ, to acknowledge that He is the son of God, that he was born of a virgin birth, that He was crucified and that He died for your sins. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins, to come into your heart and to cleanse you of all your unrighteousness. Then …. Thank HIM.
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If you are unsure of what all this means, then now is the time to learn as much as you can about what it means to be saved, to be a Christian. Read a Bible. Talk to other Christians. Seek the answers that you need. After you are saved, talk to others.

This picture of a little angel shows her with packed bags. Of course, for those going up in the Rapture, there will be no need to pack anything of a worldly nature. You won’t need a suitcase where you’re going.

Dear Heavenly Father,
Please bless this blog so that it will touch the hearts of others.
Please let it help someone who does not know Jesus, and let it help bring them to salvation.
Thank You, Lord, for everything. Most especially, thank You for salvation through belief in Your son, Jesus.
These things I ask in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Amen.

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Additional Comments: November 8, 2009.

Follow up to all comments received about the above blog post.

I've heard from several people who are either for or against the proposed health care reform. Some of you have asked me to be more specific. You see .... it isn't health care reform that I oppose. It's government regulations and restrictions on our rights as individuals to make our own choices. I would like to see them do something about the corruption and abuse of the health care system, insurance fraud, etc.... but why take away our right to make our own choices as to coverage, care plans, providers etc? It just smacks of our big government becoming more of a dictatorship instead of a democracy. Now... I am by no means an expert on any of this. But I as an individual want to express my concern over governments taking rights away from citizens. Citizens = me and you.