"Seed to Sow" ---- Some people walk Some people race Some people vary in their pace But God can use what you can give Within the mystery of His ways Don't underestimate..."-Wayne Kirkpatrick/Michael W. Smith: "

And Jesus was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:

 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 
Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 
 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” 

 And Jesus said to them, 
“Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 
The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 
And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. 
And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 
But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”-Mark (Chapter 4)

"I know your side so very well; it makes no sense that i can tell; the smell of hell is what i smell; and you hand it out with handshakes everyday; i have trouble with the persons with the signs; but i feel the need to make my own"

Abortion is killing humans. And many humans are blind to this fact. The same humans who were not aborted.

"He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches"-John the Apostle (Rev. 3:22)

"Now the Lord is perfect in all His works. He does nothing by chance. He caused no part of the Scriptures to be written by chance. In all His dealings you may trace design, purpose, and plan. There was design in the size and orbit of each planet. There was design in the shape and structure of the least fly's wing. There was design in every verse of the Bible. There was design in every repetition of a verse, wherever it took place."-John Charles Ryle (From His book: 'Holiness'.)

"Whether we live, may we live unto the Lord, or whether we die, may we die unto the Lord; or, if He comes for us, may we be found in peace, without spot, and blameless!"-JC Ryle

"Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." . . . Alas, what searching, sifting words are these! What thoughts come across my mind, as I write them down! I look at the world and see the greater part of it lying in wickedness. I look at professing Christians and see the vast majority having nothing of Christianity but the name. I turn to the Bible and I hear the Spirit saying, 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord.' . . . Would you be holy?

 ... Then you must begin with Christ. You will do just nothing at all, and make no progress till you feel your sin and weakness, and flee to Him. He is the root and begining of all holiness, and the way to become holy is to come to Him by faith ... Christ is sanctification to His people.

 . . .Wait for nobody. Linger not. Think not to make yourself ready. Go and say to Him, in the words of that beautiful hymn:

                                                  "Nothing in my hand I bring,
                                                   Simply to Thy Cross I cling;
                                                   Naked, flee to Thee for dress;
                                                   Helpless, look to Thee for grace."

. . . . May we all feel the importance of holiness, far more than we have ever done yet! May our years be holy years with our souls, and then they will be happy ones!"-Bishop John Charles Ryle

"Saddam's belligerence was one of the main reasons we had kept U.S. troops in Saudia Arabia, which had fueled Bin Laden's propanganda. . . . . Saddam seemed emboldened by a decade of UN and American acquiescense."-Don Rumsfeld

 --I have been reading Donald Rumsfeld book: Known and Unknown. For me, since reading this book, he was one of our nations very good leaders. Many lies were told in the Media during his years serving, as usual. And many Americans ate up, and still do eat up, the Media's propaganda as usual. But to read the true account of 9/11 and listen to this man has been an eye-opener for me.

Here's an excerpt:

"In the aftermath of 9/11 and our changed global environment, I wanted updated thinking about U.S. interests and options. . . . . When is it reasonable to conclude that all means short of war have been tried and have failed? Is preemptive action to forestall the threat then justified? . . . . The Bush doctrine of preemption,... could not be seen as a license for an American president to exercise unchecked military power on a whim. After all, the Founding Fathers saw unchecked power as the greatest danger to human liberty. Our Constitution created a system of checks and balances in the hope of ensuring that no president, legislative body, or court could accrue enough power to overwhelm the others. . . . . 

In our system of governance, U.S. presidents, even when invoking preemption, are still accountable to the American people and subject to the internal checks inherent in the American political system. . . . . . 

I supported military action against al-Qaida and the Taliban because they had left us no alternative. Saddam, to my mind, was different. I thought we might be able to find other ways of bringing about regime change in Iraq. 
     On September 12, 2001, I wrote myself a note. "At the right moment," I stated, "we may want to give Saddam Hussein a way out for his family to live in comfort." I thought an aggressive diplomatic effort, coupled by a threat of military force, just might convince Saddam and those around him to seek exile. By 2002, the Iraq regime had seen what we were able to do in Afghanistan. If there were enough rational individuals around Saddam, they might be convinced that George W. Bush was not bluffing and was committed to the disarmament of Saddam Hussein. I hoped the world could stand united in that message. That hope was doomed to disappointment."-Donald Rumsfeld ('Known and Unknown', A Memoir)

(As President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East, Rumsfeld met with Saddam Hussein during a visit to Baghdad in December 1983, during the Iran–Iraq War)

*I actually met Donald Rumsfeld in St. Micheal's on the eastern Shore of Maryland, when I was on vacation last summer. I was taking an early morning bike ride from the Inn I was staying at, and i saw him riding his bike on a side street. I rode over and we had a short chat. A very nice man I thought.

"Your love never fails, It never gives up, It never runs out on me."

John 15:13: " Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. "-Jesus

"I kill the children before they're born, As their little feet begin to form. I kill the children, I am scorned."