Your Mental Health in a Brave New World...

As a mental health practitioner, I was thrilled to hear of the launch of O's latest hope and change.

The following website:   http://www.samhsa.gov/economy/  was launched to help you prepare yourself for the impending economic doom.  Should you feel like you might kill yourself, if you find yourself crying frequently because O's stimulus package isn't doing it for you, NEVER FEAR O is here to help.  

Here are a few of the tips the website suggests for managing stress:

1. Try to keep things in perspective.  It is all gonna be okay people.  The savior of socialism is here.  

2. Engage in activities like physical exercise, sports or activities.  You know, when you exercise you release endorphins that make you feel good.  If you feel good maybe you won't think of the rat hole our country is sliding down into and you can pretend that it is all gonna be okay.

3. Strengthening connections to your friends and family.  Then you will have more shoulders to cry on when the goverment: a) sucks up the rest of your income in taxes, b) takes over your company and you lose your job, c) takes away all of your consitutional, inalienable rights, and d) sells your soul to China for a world currency.

4. And finally, develop new employment skills.  Why?  Wll, because quite frankly you are gonna need them when you have a bunch of bureaucrats running companies when they have no idea what the hell they are doing.

That about wraps it up for tonight.  I am going to go find some new job skills since counselors are no longer needed...websites can take care of everything in our new world.

So many things, so little time....

Okay, here it is the long awaited blab blog about our falling apart world.  Today, the government fired its first CEO.  Now, this goes against everything that is freedom and democracy.  Read the headlines...I know some of you don't really care if we are democratic.  You think socialism is a better way maybe.  Maybe until we are paying more than half of our paycheck in taxes.  It is time to wake up and it may be too late already.  At the rate we are going, the Grand Ole USA that has been the country of our childhood will not be here, not as we know it anyway.  The Government running companies, the Government spending money by the trillions, the Government censoring the media, the Government taking away our guns, the Government picking "special companies" to be tax free (see not including churches and non-profits that happen to support God), the Government sanctioning the killing of babies (read today that the Government is going to allow 17 year olds to take the morning after pill without parental consent, what the hell is next?), the Government passing the "Fairness" act so the right to free speech is regulated by whether you are liberal or not, our Consititutional rights whithering away before our eyes.  You wanted hope and change, well people, you got it.  One out of two ain't bad, right?  You guess which one I am referring to.  

Ask the people living in "free" Russia how they feel about socialism?  Ask our friend from Waleses dad if he likes socialized medicine while he has his six month wait for his needed heart surgery.  How will you feel when your kid is sick and needs immediate treatment but can't get it because he has to go on a list to wait his turn or your mother dies because she had to wait to long to have surgery?  How about when you decide it is finally time to speak up but there is no one left to listen because they have been effectively silenced by the takeoever of what used to be these free United States?  

There are things that are broken here in our country, but this is not the way to fix it.  This is the way to hurry it along to its ultimate demise.  Maybe we are reaping the wrath of a Holy and Just God for our rebellious, hedonistic lifestyles, our lack of dependence on Him and our selfish desire to meet our every need. 

I have to say though, I still believe in America.  I still believe in freedom.  I still believe in people.  It hasn't been that long since our forefathers shed their blood to purchase the very freedoms being signed away every day by your president.  Is anyone paying attention?

All that being said, I believe in the God of the Universe.  The One who still resides on the dollar bill (that is the US dollar bill not the global united currency or the 666 stamp on the forehead)....the dollar bill that says IN GOD WE TRUST.  What has happened to that Trust??

Make no mistake, HE is still the one and only God!  Liberal or conservative, dark or light, dense or bright, the Bible says that we will all bow before Him one day where every tongue will confess that He is Lord.  It appears that it may be sooner rather than later.  

I am the eternal optimist, but if this ship doesn't get righted soon it is going down.  The truth is glaringly obvious.  Did you ever think it would end this way?  Freedom, I mean?  The dream of democracy?  Where will they go?  You know the poor and huddled masses?  The freedom train will still be rolling, if not on our grounds in our hearts.

Coming Soon.....

I have a lot to say, but unfortunately, I am too tired to say it all tonight.

So, let me just preview that I will be blogging tomorrow about the socialist takeoever of the United States Government.  The stuff we have talked about in the past was kids stuff compared to the "hope" coming out of Washington now.  A government takeover of private companies, banks, etc., global currency suggested by the Chinese and considered by the sec. of treasury, no tax deductions for church donations only places "approved" by the government, no conservative talk radio, no guns, no more freedom, no more grand Ole USA, all of this and we, the people of the United States of America, are just standing by and watching.  What to do?  What to do?

  

Listening

I incline my ear 

to hear just what you are trying to convey

because I am listening.

My mind and heart are attuned to what you are saying,

not always with your words, but what you are saying with your heart and your hurt.

I hear your anger, your frustration, your pain.

I hear your joy, your fears, your gain.

I rejoice with your epiphany,

I silently cry when you've been violated and when you feel like you are nothing at all.

I take it in.

I breathe it in.

I leave it at the foot of the cross.

For I am a just a tiny piece of the puzzle called healing.

I just want you to know that I am listening.

Saturday Morning Blues...

It is 2 a.m.  I am sitting in a hospital room with my grandmother, who has pneumonia.  

She is making me crazy.  Every few minutes she asks if I am asleep.  If I was asleep, I wouldn't be because she won't be quiet!  She needs to be sleeping.  Then she says, I told you to go to sleep.  Ugh!! I am sitting in a very uncomfortable chair.  I have a crummy pillow and  a litle blanket, but I am thinking no sleep is going to be had.  I am gonna try though.  More and better stuff soon....

Why Am I UP?

It is almost 1 a.m.  Why am I up?  I should be sleeping peacefully in my bed having been there for several hours now.  I always find myself back here.  Tired, but awake way past the time I should be.  I used to think when I grew up I would not be a night owl.  I would go to bed at a decent hour and get at least 8 hours and get up early to get things done.  Maybe I haven't grown up yet.  :)

Buy a GUN!!! Support the NRA!

Okay, I am on a rant.  I have decided to purchase a gun.  Now, what makes this shocking is that I am not a "gun" person.  I have never shot anything.  I don't anticipate killing anything.  I hope I do not ever have to use my firearm to protect myself against a criminal attack.  I am not going hunting and I am not planning a coup.  However, I do believe in the constitutional right to bear arms.  This is one of the amendments that makes our country great.  Since we are turning socialist and well-respected pastors are beginning to warn of things that are coming...I have decided that owning a gun and supporting the NRA are some necessary things for the future.  Although there is a debate over the wording of the second amendment it basically states an individual has a right to bear arms to protect and defend the Constitution of these free United States.  O is a socialist and since we may at some point be moving to a police state, it may be a good idea to have a gun.  Now, I know some of you will say I am over the top and have finally completely lost it, but I submit to you...have you been reading the news lately?  A minister was shot and killed in the pulpit on Sunday.  Another crazy went on a spree killing 9 yesterday.  

You may be asking yourself, why has this led you to buy a gun?  Well, I never felt the need to buy a gun before now.  I haven't felt like it was a right that anyone was going to take away.  I have been satisfied up until now with other people having the right to bear arms and me not having to do it.  But, given the precipice we appear to be dangling over, I have decided it is a good idea to exercise my right BEFORE it is taken away and we are all just little lost sheep being led to the slaughter.  

On to the NRA.  Now, have you actually been to the website for the NRA?  This is a membership with some great benefits.  Here is their web link:   http://www.nra.org

I encourage you to join and show support for our second amendment rights.  Become a card carrying member.  Here is what you get for $35.00.  Defense of your 2nd amendment rights, a shooter's cap, NRA magazines, decal and card, insurance for your guns, and the peace of mind that you are a part of protecting what we have always known as home...The Good Ole' United States of America.  Hurry, don't wait or it may be too late!!!

Tuesday Morning....

It is Tuesday morning. 10:40. I am awake.  I am alive.

It must be a good day.

Taliban Moderates...I just couldn't resist!

Okay, really, what is a Taliban Moderate?  Is this a new political party?  

The headlines read, "Obama considers reaching out to Taliban Moderates."  Yeah right. 

These are the people who blew up the towers.  The Pentagon.  Have we forgotten already?

This just seems like an oxymoron to me.

Daylight Savings Time...

Today is the dreaded day of the year where we "Spring Forward!!"  It sounds like a good thing, right?  I hate this day.  I love gaining an extra hour of daylight, but this day is too much.  Why does it always fall on a Sunday.  Why don't they do it on Friday night when most folks can sleep in on Saturday.  I wonder if anyone, besides me, will be in my Sunday school class this morning.  I am doubting it.  We'll see. 

Have a lovely extra hour today.

Signed:  Grouchie!

Don't Go T.O.

Okay, of all the boneheaded moves, why release TO?  I know some of you folks will disagree with me, but really.  This guy is a misunderstood, great football player.  You release a guy when he is not playing well.  You release a guy because he is getting arrested for being stupid or doing wrong, but you don't release a guy who is in the prime of his career.  Jerry has taken a bigger chance on other things.  He has made dumber decisions, but this one may rank up there.  Roy Williams (the receiever, not the safety) didn't prove anything last year.  Come to think of it, Tony Romo didn't prove too much last year either.  He isn't being released.  He is probably the reason TO is.  I wasn't a TO proponent from the beginning, but the more I learned of his story and watched him play, the more I was convinced.  He is the real deal.  Hall of fame.  Selfish, yes, but name me a great football player who doesn't want the ball?  There isn't one.  Distraction, not really.  Demanding and high maintenance, maybe.  Well, I guess we will see on the field next year if this was a good decision or not, but I am not sold.

Reflection One on Hosea

This morning in Sunday School (yes, I finally figured it out), we briefly examined the first chapter of Hosea.  This is an interesting book.  First of all, it is interesting to see that God would ask a mortal man to marry someone unfaithful to illustrate a point. Of course, my jaded mind says we are all unfaithful.  Now some of you will scoff, but it is true.  We are all unfaithful to God at times. Be honest.  How many of us have idols in the high places?  Television, time, sporting events, just what we want to do.  Those are idols.  Anyway, back to Hosea, he was a obedient to God.  He must have known that his obedience would come at a heavy cost.  He married Gomer.  One translation called her an adulterous woman, another a prostitute.  In the first chapter, Gomer bears three children and each one is named by God as a further illustration of Israel's separation from Him.  Can you imagine how Hosea must have felt?  Unfaithful wife and three children, some of whom may not even be his.  Listen to their names: Jezreel (God scatters) - named for a valley where the Israelites shed much blood, Lo-ruhamah (unloved or pitied), and Lo-ammi (Not My People).  Think about it for a minute....very sad.  

Don't we sometimes lament our plight in this life.  Yet, here is Hosea being obedient to God and at the same time sentenced to live a life full of heartache and pain.  I will post more on this study as we go.