Izzy Herriette & Co.

The background in the picture above is a symbolic pose created for the book "Manifesto - Before the Cock Crows" (which I authored in 2004 - by revelation of the Lord).

1) The umbrella represents - covering and structure

Umbrella: sunshade. A portable shade or screen for protection from sunlight, rain, etc., in its modern form consisting of a light circular canopy of silk, cotton, frame of radiating bars or strips of steel, cane, etc., sliding on a rod or stick; in zool., the umbrella-like gelatinous structure which in most jelly-fishes constitutes the largest part of the body.

(Psalm 91) - God's covering for His people!

2) The wooden shoe forms representing - forming steps, a pattern for our walk; creating thereby a "fitting and comfortable covering" for that walk (Holy Spirit given symbolic meaning)

"Manifesto - Before the Cock Crows" I could describe as a 'fireworks display' bursting forth from the mind of God (His wisdom) teaching us that the modern-day Priesthood, as well as the Old Testament Priesthood, was created by God as a means of establishing a covering for life. That covering comes out of a formation created by a certain walk, steps...steps...steps... that can be taken - as taught by that God ordained Priesthood. This is a message for Fathers and their children, Christ and His church, nations and their governments. It is a revelation to save the nations at this very hour!

I believe this verse in the Bible to be an accurate depiction of our day:

Ruth 4: 6 - 8 - And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance; redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things, a man plucked off his shoe and gave it to his neighbour; and this was a testimony in Israel. Therefore, the kinsman said unto Bo'-az, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

The redemption for our current global chaotic status is found, again, in that leadership role - leading and teaching those right steps that will ultimately form a way for our deliverance.

I believe that the Lord would say, 'It's time for a kinsmen redeemer, a people to pluck off their shoe, representing an acknowledging on the part of the Priesthood across the globe, that there is a great need for a stepping forth and a collective coming together, if you will, to work a work NOW - to redeem this generation (kind) that is about to be lost. I am speaking not solely, of peoples but also of governments of the peoples. Let there be a surrender unto that end, at least amongst God's own, and particularly in the Priesthood, to lead the masses; to turn them back unto pathways of safety! Let there be much corporate prayer and seeking for God's Remedy - His strategic plan to implement - for the saving of the generations , for a saving of the kind of nation we once were: one nation under 'whom'? God?

The book "Manifesto - Before the Cock Crows" reveals that Remedy!

Pr 14:12 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Pr 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Pr 3:6 - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

In fervent, fiery love and passion, for 'that which maketh rich and addeth no sorrow', for every man, woman and child in the earth, and for the kings that rule over them...

This is Izzy Herriette with Bold Statements
Heralding A 'Head's Up' from: The Bird's Eye View

Izzy

As soon as our book is made ready for distribution, you will upon reading the content therein, be able to envelope and arm yourself with what the Lord referred to as "The Bird's Eye View" of things taking place around us and even unto us - today.

People are hurting, people are confused, some are frightened, some discouraged and others just plain uncomfortable with our world's present conditions.

The perception of this particular "day and hour" painted on the pages of this work, came out of a called apart time for me in the year 2004. "Leave this job, put your ear to the ground and I will allow you to hear 'shaking' and 'tremors' beneath that others are not hearing". This was the directive that initiated my launch out into deep, dark, uncharted (to me) waters!

At the close of the year, released back to what should have been for me "safe familiar shores" I found myself instead dwelling still where those mysterious waters had dared to carry me.

The four years following would successfully evade me and I would find myself abandoned - separated and moored - by and unto the inscription of those days "those waves".

Psalm 107: 23-30 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths, their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and staggar like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them to their desired haven. Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.

Prophetic Word - Summer 2007

I had just returned from a meeting in Branson, MO., and had been contacting ministries all that summer, regarding the book "Manifesto-Before the Cock Crows."

I'd no sooner gotten my bags unpacked, when in the Holy Spirit, there came yet another "radical stirring"! The Lord directed me towards the piano. I sat down there and He began to pour out a song for the youth ministry that I had just seen in Branson. He told me, through this song, that there were coming "tumultuous" days and times ahead! I shook!

After the song was written, He quoted two scriptures to me, followed by these words which He spoke tenderly to me, "In days to come, people will get 'really good' at 'calling upon me'".

I knew that those words and scriptures were indicators of a people being in tremendous need, as a result of extremely trying circumstances coming upon them unawares!

I put the scriptures on these little tags just to have setting before me as a reminder of that day.

I have to say that upon hearing these things from the Lord, my mind always has to ask the question, "Lord, is this really you? And if so, why do these things have to happen, Lord?"

Well, two years have gone by now and I can honestly say that I can and have seen the very thing that those words on that day spoke of. There have been now, to this date (Oct. 2009), SO MANY DEVASTATING CIRCUMSTANCES "CATCHING" FOLKS EVERYWHERE "UNAWARE"! Wouldn't you agree?

And now I literally weep before Him in prayers over the world. And as I am in those prayers, as of late, a prophetic song given me in 1980, continues to come and play in my spirit. I can't recall all of the words ... but these I do recall ...

Oh, Lord
All the people in the world
Who are cryin'
People who are dyin'

Hear them Lord
Satisfy their soul
Wash them Lord
Cleanse them
And make them whole

Take all their cares
Their worries and their fears
And drown them now, O Lord
In the passion of your tears

Hel them to know
That you really are there
Help them to know
That you really do care

Hear them when they cry
Hear them when they sigh
When they reach out from their heart
Not knowing why

See them Lord
See them as they nearly
Break beneath the load
Carry their burden Lord

I know that the song is applicable to every single day in this earth and to every single person on any given day ... but I wonder ... I really "wonder" ... was this song prophetic of "this day" ... just perhaps.

I know that the Lord always hears our cries. And I know that He is close and wants to come in and help!

Revelation 3: 20 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

John 14:21 - He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

If you find yourself in a situation or circumstance today, which requires help beyond yourself, why don't you reach out in faith to the One who promises that if we come to Him, he will in no wise cast us away but will hear and answer us and make His resources available unto us. He is a Good God!

God bless you! God bless America! God bless the nations!

Izzy

Friday, August 15, 2008

Second Video Above - Part of a medley given me for the present world condition...written prophetic in 2007.

This is only a small part of a medley of songs that the Lord gave to me in the summer of 2007, as I was working on the photos for the book "Manifesto-Before the Cock Crows". It melted my heart as I listened to "His heart" towards all peoples in the earth at this time.

I believe this song to be especially directed towards us, in this awesome nation of the United States of America, where (without any real evidence to support these statements and only by revelation of the Lord) I absolutely see "a tumultuous time approaching us!"

I see in and by the Holy Spirit, that there is coming a day soon, where those very particular ideals...formulated by words...set by laws...recognized as standards and foundations upon which the nation would be established...signed and agreed upon by those given charge at the time of inception, will come under great assault! There will come a mighty strong force (contrivance) deliberately designed and devised to strip away and to "neutralize the very structure that created of us on that one day - as one peculiar nation - under God"!

Quoting the Lord's words to me in 2004, an excerpt now taken from the documentation found in "Manifesto-Before the Cock Crows":

"There is a catalytic converter coming - an all out campaign being sent - to bring about a neutrality - to the foundations of Christianity - and to America as well"!

The Lord, further, and at that time, expounded with these words, one for each letter in the word "campaign":

Catalyst
Against
Mighty
Powers
Assailing
Infrastructure
Guaranteeing
Neutrality

The lawmaking process in our country could very easily tip a scale here very shortly and we must be active in keeping our eyes upon these matters of such great importance! The way of the nations, is the way of the generations!

I believe this to be a time demanding great deliberations on the part of the citizens of this great country., as well as for those members of the followers of Christ in the earth today - the Church!

What do we truly want for ourselves, our children, our grandchildren and for future generations who we will leave behind one day? We will answer to those children for the choices that we ultimately make on their behalf - with our authority to influence. What will we choose for them, at this obvious fork in the road? (Visions posted on izzybuild.blogspot.com)

My prayer (having been alerted by the Lord's insights) is that we "AWAKEN" to recognize our need, as well as our obvious responsibility as "elders" in this day unto the peoples of the land, to step up to the plate with right enlightenment; with wisdom that will truly perceive the end from the beginning! To go then beyond, to do as those who have gone on before us, and to quit ourselves like men, making ourselves ready to take upon us the sacrificial nature that those men and women from former times willingly and boldly chose to cloak themselves with in order to not only create but to valiantly protect and maintain for us as beneficiaries - the goodness and greatness that we have enjoyed in this wonderful place - the United States of America!

God equip us with comprehension for this "monumental moment in the history of mankind," as were His words to me by revelation in the year 2004.

As we turn to Him, and inquire of Him, He will be faithful to answer with that which leads unto life!

Revelation 3: 17, 18 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched , and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Izzy Herriette
With Bold Statements

From The Bird's Eye View

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Another World...

...another day, are old things truly passed away! I love old things! I guess I always have, sort of. Thirty years ago, though (giving away my age), I began to have a deep stirring, a spiritual sensitivity over old things (I realize how strange that probably sounds). It really bothered me at the time. I had just laid down much of my seeking after 'things' two years prior, for the purpose of focusing my attentions on the Lord more. I felt that He'd asked that of me. He wasn't denying me anything. It was a filtering process that I needed to go through. So when this interest in 'things' began to spark, once more, I immediately assumed that I was pathetically weak and already returning without enough resistance, to that materialistic extreme that I'd just released myself from. What I was feeling however, wasn't a lust for temporal stuff, it was instead a groaning, grieving sadness and an enormous appreciation for the period of time (and the very people) that the articles themselves stood for. I knew that these feelings weren't truly owned by me. They were rather, a divine impartation from the Lord. At the time, I was incapable of grasping hold of the sense of it all. And He evidently didn't deem it necessary to share His reasoning then either. But now, finally - all these many years later. Guess what?

From the moment I walked through the door and entered into the room where I would set about to initiate and complete this project (this site) it has been, well, let's see, how can I describe it? I guess this little illustration might do: A construction worker shows up on a designated site to do his job. Suddenly, to his surprise, a steady stream of long lost friends begins to show up on the site to visit him. I tell you, memories - like children dancing in my attic, springing out of a treasured trunk, with me ascending the stairs to see 'what was the matter', have held me in audience from the onset of this project. I've found myself wondering what I've actually gotten myself into, here. Why are such old unanswered questionings, coming to lock arms and partner with their answers, now? (I'm beginning to feel as though I've been caught in a long, type of a, plotting out. And, I see Him as the mastermind behind it all. Somehow I have the distinct feeling that the 'truth' is about to be exposed.) Could it be that the answers are forthcoming now, for their relevance to this time - a time demanding answers, at that?

You'll be able to tell from this site, that I do love times past. I'm not stuck in the mud though. Nothing like that! I'm not a stationary person, in that way, anyway. I love all of the new stuff out now: technology, modern conveniences, fashion, etc. I don't oppose too much in the way of advancement, as long as it's unto a use for good. I'm very capable of adapting to and even being excited with change. However, I'm seeing a disconcerting, progressive 'new wave' emerging, in the way of human behavior, that frankly has me on my knees. And that same groaning and grieving over things past has (interestingly enough) returned.

This blog will be far different from the usual that you would log onto. I could sell my creative handmade items here, and oh, how I've been encouraged to do so. And I just may do that on a separate site. I could share foods, movies, small talk, all of which are great and I enjoy them myself. However, I am hard pressed to share something here, that acts as a persistent distraction to me (at the moment) from the things that I would prefer to focus on. Someone has got to take time out to address the greater issues, and I for one, am compelled to do just that.

Having said that... read on at your own risk!

Friday, February 29, 2008

Slowly But Surely

If you're visiting the site, it's been a two week long ordeal here, now. Night and day, because this is all foreign to me. I'm still experimenting, still learning, still perfecting what I've already learned, and hopefully there's something of interest for you by now.

This content represents my heart and life, if I may say so without being "overly serious". After twenty-nine years of following after a "Man" I met (not from this world), taking a different road, being misunderstood, and pressing on in spite of it, I now have these things to show for the time spent. Some of that "fruit" has been shared throughout the years but much has been concealed until now. Many of my closest family members, friends, and even mentors - who years ago gave me a hearty hand of fellowship and a 'nod' to move forward - have not seen or heard of these things posted here for you to see.

After waiting all this long time to do this, I am glad to say that I do have a bit of a "stockpile" to pull from; an overload for you I'm sure. Take what you want and come back for more at another time. The Lord has been very good to me. All things given to me, have come by way of of my belief in His written Word - His rich promises to me.

Ephesians 3: 20 - Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us...

Psalm 37: 4 - Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Malachi 3: 10 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes...And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land.

Upon learning that there are promises to the believer (many of them as a matter of fact) and that I could have whatever ones I wanted, I decided to be a "glutton," honestly, to absolutely gorge myself. I wanted everything He had to give me and I began a quest to learn what exactly those things were!

I'm not ashamed to say that I wanted them all. The Lord takes great, great delight in that! And it works because He truly did give His life for it! All that you will read, displayed here, is only a "grain" of what He's so graciously given me over he years. Many, many hours of teaching, 300 prophetic songs, plays, and now a book - these are just a few of His blessings in my life.

I have had many, many say to me over the years, "I wish I could hear from Him like you do." I think that that is one of the greatest "promises" for us. And it is for "us"! Anyone who chooses to seek Him out, He says He will be found by that one, and He will reveal Himself to them.

Knowing Him, truly knowing Him, is by far the greatest gift of all! He truly is an awesome God and He watches over His Word to perform it!

I pray that you will find something on these pages that will encourage you to believe and to boost your faith!

Oh, and by the way, just so you understand, I know I haven't arrived yet, I still have more that I'm pressing toward attaining. And certainly, there are many who have far surpassed me. We give

from what we've received and then He's faithful to multiply back! It's kind of like you emptying out one basket and He gives you back twelve - full!

So, time to share what's been going on 'behind closed doors'!

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Several years ago, the Lord began to speak to me about a time coming in not so distant a future, in which the minds of men would be 'turned'. He said that there would be a strong luring, an actual plotting for the minds of men, for a reformation. I began to watch and I began to see. Eight years have come and gone. No one need name all of the sources that lurk and prey over the minds of men these days; unto a destructive end. How strong are we? How equipped, truly, are we, to resist those contrivances that would come to reinvent our way of life?

In yet another called apart time for me, in the summer of 2006 (July 4th, to be exact (and it's highly likely that these words are for our nation, just as many in my book are) at precisely 3:00 A.M., He awakened me to pour out a twenty-two page detailed message regarding this 'age of information'. I can't begin to expound the content here on the blog, however, I can share the basis of that message. He said that this is the 'information age' (which we're all fully aware of already). He then went on to say, 'Information will put you in-form-ation'.

He then had me study the definition of each of the parts of that word. Again, the message was central to the capturing and the sealing of the mind. Oh, what a powerful 'word' this is, as you look around our world, as it is transforming today. The Lord so strongly warned in this message that we must brace ourselves, position ourselves boldly in that place that He has ordained for us, through His infallible Word; for the days coming! It is true, what He said back then, "You must 'identify' yourselves with My Word!" Listen to the definition: To make, represent to be, or regard or treat as, the same or identical; to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing (this is central in my book: Manifesto-Before the Cock Crows); attest or prove to be as purported or asserted; determine who is or what or whose is; establish the identity of. Also, to associate in feeling, interest, action, etc.; link or connect inseparably. He gave these instructions: "Identify the promise, the mandate, the mantle and the requirement; identify it and then identify with it!" He admonished that all of His own would need to 'brace' themselves in a certain posture, position or holding pattern, much the same as one strapping themselves to some form of an anchor, in preparation for a coming mighty storm!.

Oh, how excited I am to be able to share these words with you, now. Can you see it all happening? Yes, of course you can. Then we must adhere to His warnings and follow His specific instructions. Gird up! Act responsibly with your mind! In doing so, you will save yourself, as well as those around you!

Isaiah 26: 3 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

Are you aware that in a study of the Hebrew coding of the Bible, this particular scripture is specifically speaking of the "end of the end times"?

1 Peter 1: 13 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance; But as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. (More "information" found in "Manifesto-Before the Cock Crows.")

Remember to: Keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus!

Sweet To Me

You have no idea what this picture means to me. What it means to finally be able to post it here, for someone to actually see! It goes without saying that these are baby gowns from another era. I've been collecting these little beauties (by faith) for the past five years. Many a 'questioning eyebrow' hath been raised in regards to my costly (time, money, logic) pursuit of this investment. Oh yes, quite an ingathering, lading my house with...! What be the meaning of all this? Ahhh... But, then, in a most enlightening, unfolding fashion, last summer it all came together. (This is exactly how the Lord works with me. Whew!) Suddenly, in the hottest part of one of the hottest days of summer (whew, again), my husband and I found ourselves 'bolted' headlong into a project we'd had no preconceived idea of diving into that day (a pool, maybe, instead). We spent an entire day and on into a late night, taking what resulted in pictures (another draping in the house) for my recently written book: Manifesto - Before The Cock Crows. This scene (above) reaches in and literally grabs my heart, as well as, my attention and then asks of me, 'What are you going to do about it?'. As does every other image that we managed to capture that day (every one by the way, using pieces from those 'quirky collections' springing from those endless rendezvous of mine with 'fancy'.) . 'What are you going to do about what?', you might ask. What am I going to do about the generations who seem to have turned their eyes far, far away from the people who once wore these very precious, pristine wraps; choosing in an alarming manner (to us watching, still attached by choice to their honorable [yes, and understood by us to be necessary] legacy) to sever themselves from what they represent. 'Let bygones be bygones' - this is the 'new world', I guess they would protest! But my heart is flailing within me, as I'm envisioning a 'kind' (generation) beginning to ever so stealthily, fade away before me. Extinction? Genocide? Oh, Dear God, I pray not! But... Do you see what I see? Do you hear what I hear? Do you know what I know? Are you asking yourself the same questions that I can't stop asking myself? Where are we going? What are we doing? Where will it all end? Stay tuned...won't you...for the conclusion...of!

Who Will Remember? Who Will Preserve?

Most know that something is 'sorely wrong' with the way things are in our world today. There is a 'sensing' in us, however long we may intentionally try to escape it. Only by means of denial can we live on, rejecting what we truly know. But I know that's not the right answer. But what is the answer? Are there enough caring, who will also be daring; to step out and choose to find the way to remedy our situation. to inquire whether that even be a possibility unto us? As unto them, so unto us, in the words of Jesus at a monumental moment in the history of mankind (and then the cock would crow) he said, 'My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here, and watch with me...And he cometh unto the disciples, the third time and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, "What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."...Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest...!" (Matthew 26: 38-46). It wasn't just one hour of prayer that Jesus was seeking from the disciples, but rather, one particular hour; a pivotal hour! I wonder if anyone hears the call of the Father, to pray for the crucial hour in which we find ourselves now to be living in. I sometimes feel like the guy in the scenario, who's found driving up a 'one way' the wrong way! I daily feel such a pulling, a tearing in my heart over these matters, only to be treated by peers, as one who needs to 'hush' and get on with my life, have a 'positive' attitude and believe in the 'good'. I do believe in the good. That's part of the problem. I'm seeing so much less of it, these days. In my looking around, I question whether or not others are experiencing the same inward aching cry that I am. Then I ask myself if I'm all alone, in all of this. Which I sensibly already know the answer to. Looking at things as they are these days and just briskly waving them off, is much the same, in my estimation, as walking past a person who's in a perilous situation and saying, 'Bless you!', as you continue on your merry way. Bless you America! Somehow you'll find 'your way'. Jesus, prior to pleading for the aid of his disciples, in the garden of Gethsemane, had foretold them of a gloomy, yet powerful event approaching, a forever life altering event, an event that would change the course of mankind forever. Here they were, in that very time with Him, and they had failed to capture His words, leaving them no discernment with which to recognize the moment. I recall a particular stinging line, in a song written and ministered by one of the greatest Christian songwriters of our day, Keith Green (many years ago): 'no one hurts, no one aches, no one even sheds a tear but He cries, He weeps, He bleeds and He cares for your needs and you just lay back and keep soakin' it in, ah, can't you see it's such a sin'! We just keep running, in our lives. We continue to ignore things that so demand our attention. Have you ever found yourself in a situation, desperately trying to warn someone of pending danger, only to find them completely deaf to your every word? I think the worst experience I've ever had of that in my life, was when my gorgeous little three year old grandson, took off running away from me, down our street. He thought it was funny. He had no concept that cars race down roads and they don't see little boys running in front of them! Oh, the indescribable horror I felt that day, as I (grandma, huffing and puffing) ran down that street after him, praying that those cars that normally came flying around that corner, would somehow be held off until I could catch the tiny marathoner. He ran for almost two blocks before I finally stopped chasing him and stood still, at which point, he stopped because it wasn't fun anymore; Grandma wasn't chasing him. Ethan didn't heed my warnings that day. As a matter of fact, the more I warned, the more he ran. I wonder if that isn't exactly what we're doing today. Running in the directions that we're running in, just to see if when, once, we've reached that line, that One that we've always been told would show up, will actually show? We are a peculiar people and we do not always understand what motivations are truly driving us! I suspect, bottom line, that we are proving the Lord, in all of our actions, this day. I believe that the entire Garden of Gethsemane setting, typifies this moment. I believe it to be, even, a prophecy for this moment! I believe that I can prove that, scripturally, and I do that in the book. This, my friends, is no 'ordinary' day and if we don't recognize it...

Father, Hear Our Prayer!

Where can we turn for answers to our troubling times? 'Tumultuous times', I heard the Lord say to me. Only one place, I know! And I feel those winds blowing against us. I know their harrowing, incessant, unapologetic, slapping handiwork. I know also, the power and the wind of an Almighty God, that can cleanse us, cleanse our land, heal us and heal the nations! I pray, I pray, I pray... for a rushing mighty wind of God to come and sweep over us and to deliver us with a divine deliverance! He is our hope, our 'snatching away' from that which seems to have laid hold of us. We must, first, be capable of acknowledging that we have, indeed, followed a 'whispering' that will eventually turn to a 'devouring', before we will even consider ourselves to be in need of any kind of a returning. Revelation 3: 17 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Matthew 4: 16 - The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. Matthew 11: 28-30 - Come unto me, all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Malachi 3: 7 - Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Nurture Back Unto Life? Still Hope?

Job 12: 7-13 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air; and they shall tell thee; Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and they shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding...He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

A Salute To The Patriarchs!

My heart, daily, overflows with honorary memories of many from my past who have now gone on. I have nothing but fond, deeply loving recollections of those from former generations. Ones who I was blessed to have had placed in my life, I can't wait to see again, not only for the sake of seeing them again but for the privilege of being able to express how much more I appreciate their standards for life, now. Those coming up, don't have (many of them) mentors, fathers, elders, leader examples to look back on. We are living in a time when the 'face' of the earth has changed, so drastically. I pray to God, for the sake of my children, grandchildren and future generations, that somehow, things will return to the pattern that made for us, such favorable living conditions! God Bless the earth and the inhabitants thereof.

Memories from Grandma

My grandmothers (both of them) were extremely special to me, as well as my greatgrandmother! Very, very special. My father's mother, one day, picked up one of my Bibles (I've gone through, I don't know how many of these over the last 35 years) and I'll never forget it. She stood looking at that one page for the longest time. Then she shook her head. A tear streamed down her eye and she said, 'No one has a Bible like this unless they have something really deep going on with Him'. I miss her so very much. She was my home away from home. Such a role model of everything good; to me! (This is my Mom and Dad's influence, also.)

Save Our Children

I never imagined when I was young and growing up, that I would in my adult life, live where people would steal and murder children. I cringe every time I hear of another child molested or abused in any fashion; children being murdered before they're even given the chance to take their first breath from the womb. It's frightening to me. Yes, as a believer, I have rights in the Lord to be blessed. I do not have the right to close my eyes or my heart, to shut my mouth or my prayers or to harden my heart to the cries of the innocent, who have no one to defend and/or protect them and their rights for life. God forgive us for 'looking the other way'! Change us, Lord.

Tribute To My Father

Oh, my father! My hero! I can't speak of my father without tears. I owe him everything! All that I am today, is because of the role that he chose to play in my life, growing up. My dad was far from perfect but he is perfect in my eyes today. Every single time the doors were open to the church that I grew up in, we were there. Church people were our family members and our biological family members were all so close together too. We had such closeness back then. My father and mother are honored by almost all who know them. They are the most rock solid people I know. Their faith has never waned once over these many years. They are true 'standard bearers' for God and His ways. I am so thankful that my parents throughout their married years, never gave a split second's thought to divorce! Even though it was rough sometimes. Having been divorced myself (many years ago, now) I have become a despiser of divorce. I just can't say enough about the security and the many benefits of a family that never separates itself. None of my family members, Aunts, Uncles, have ever divorced, it just wasn't something they wanted to do. Family! My father was awesome with us as children. He played with us, took us ice skating, sledding, social and church functions. My parents were always there! I can't imagine having to grow up as a child, with your parents torn apart. It grieves me to see it happening in almost every household today. It breaks my heart to see the children suffering so. I don't look down on or condemn anyone for their lifestyle. I just know, for myself, that God has reasons for what He says. When He says, in His Word, that He hates divorce... I understand why now; experientially. He's never wrong. Many of us are broken because we've chosen our own paths to walk in. Lord restore us!