Sunday morning, after the Praise and Worship portion of the service, I had a horrible experience. The tinnitus that had been plaguing my sleep and awake times flared up HARD. Now, instead of a gentle static in the background of everything, the static is full volume and I can’t hear anything over it. Or under it. Or through it.

TMBWitW arranged an appointment for me for tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. How I made it through today’s work I don’t know.

As an explanation of what I hear, go put your headphones on – the ones connected to your FM receiver. Find a frequency between stations. Turn the volume up to eleven. Now try to think or sleep. Look at someone while they are talking to you. Can you read their lips? I sort of can – as long as they are facing me. I spent a lot of time not interacting with customers today. I also somehow managed to start the training for a new guy.

The thing I miss most of all is the sound of MEG’s voice. She is a quick little learner, though – her Mommy told her to make sure I could see her, then talk to me normally – and Daddy would try to read her lips. You could see that concept working through her mind, and her lips kinda moved a little as she held her fingers over them to feel what they were doing while she talked – then she very carefully got my attention, and said “Daddy, I love you.” I could read her lips – but I couldn’t hear her sweet voice.

Sure hope the Ear Nose Throat Doctor can help me work through this.

Chat ya later…

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Today marks All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween as the world declares it. Actually, as the US decalres it – most other countries around the world don’t observe this day as a holiday.

My family (and, by extension, my church family) does not recognize this day as a holiday. Yesterday I sent out three Tweets in a row – and I’ll copy them here.

Tweet number one: ‘Why don’t you do Halloween, Cary?’ Because God says to avoid the appearance of evil.

1Thessaloinians 5:22 “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” That’s pretty clear.

Tweet number two: ‘Our Harvest Festival provides an alternative.’ OK, when are your alternatives for Passover and Ramadan?

Celebrating the holidays of religions that you don’t follow may be “inclusive”” but it makes for misunderstandings from not FULLY knowing what you are celebrating. OK, so you are trying to convert or introduce people to your faith. What about the Jews and the muslims? Why not try to convert them instead of heathens who do not love the Lord but instead are trying to glorify demonic activities?

Tweet number three: ‘There’s no harm in letting them dress up!’ Dress them up all you want but celebrating violent unrepentant death is not edifying.

When my Pastor saw this one on Facebook, he commented “Dress up on October 31st, 30th, or close you celebrate Halloween. That’s the truth.” Very much so, Pastor. Very much so.

TMBWitW sent this to me, via email. She got it from one of her mailing list groups, in this case it was from Vision Forum Ministries:

The Five Scariest Things You Can Do This Halloween

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. (Proverbs 8:13)

By Doug Phillips

Our country is in the grip of a fear crisis. The tension because of this fear is almost palpable. There is fear over elections, fear over the economy, and fear over hundreds of other issues ranging from the environment to terrorism.

The one fear that America is missing is a fear of the Lord. As a people, we no longer fear God. Because we do not fear God, we no longer hate evil (Proverbs 8:13).

Instead of hating evil, Americans toy with it. We toy with holidays like Halloween that were conceived in evil and that promote the “cute-ification” of evil, whether that evil takes the form of witchcraft, sorcery, ghoulishness, or some other form of malevolent imagery paraded before our children. We laugh at the very things that the Lord describes as “abominations,” and we find ourselves obsessively fascinated by, and attracted to, all things dark.

Yet we do not fear the Lord.

Those who “hate evil” are very scary to a secular society that fears man more than God. They are scary because they dare to declare that there are absolute standards by which society must be governed. They are scary because, if they are successful, industries like Hollywood that make billions of dollars by promoting ungodly fear will lose their influence. They are scary because such people will not be swayed by political candidates who use fear as a tool for manipulation.

With this in mind, I offer you the five “scariest” things you can do this Halloween:

The scariest thing you can do this Halloween is to not make light of evil. Halloween was conceived in evil and has remained a celebration that uses children to promote a fascination with darkness and superstitious fear. Simultaneously, it makes light of things that the Bible describes as evil. Stand against such things, and the world will find you very scary indeed. The fear of the Lord makes men turn from evil (Proverbs 16:6).

The scariest thing you can do this Halloween is to not be fearful. The media wants you to be afraid of everything from overpopulation to global warming. The politicians want you to be afraid of the economy and political instability. God wants you to do what is morally right, trust Him completely, and never be gripped by an ungodly spirit of fear. You can place your trust and hope for this nation in the King of Kings. Jesus said: “And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him” (Luke 12:4–5). Believe this, and you will be light to the world.

The scariest thing you can do this Halloween is to completely skip Halloween and remember Reformation Day. It was 494 years ago that Martin Luther nailed his world-changing 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. These theses included rebukes to ungodly fear and superstition. 502 years ago, sometime near October 31, a baby named John Calvin was conceived who would dedicate his life to eradicating an ungodly fear of superstitious beliefs and proclaiming the gospel of grace. His emphasis on reformation, revival, and the sufficiency of Scripture had such far-reaching implications for nations like the United States that he has been described by Christian and secular scholars alike as the true founding father of America. The Reformers did something that was very scary to the world of their day. They stood against all forms of dark superstitions which grip the minds and souls of men. It was their emphasis on the fear of the Lord and the wisdom of Holy Scripture that was used by God to liberate untold numbers of men and women. But to remember the Reformers instead of Halloween is very scary to the world. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10).

The scariest thing you can do this Halloween is to refuse to watch or allow your children to watch any of the toxic Halloween and horror films emerging from Hollywood. America’s fascination with ungodly fear has made horror the most popular and fastest-growing film genre among youth. When parents allow their children to toy with this genre, they promote ungodly fear, and they contribute to the fear-factories in Hollywood that prey upon the youth of our culture. Say “no” to Hollywood horror and you will be dangerously scary to the media elite. “Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence….?” (Jeremiah 5:22).

The scariest thing you can do this Halloween is to get on your knees as a mother and father and pray that the Lord will send you many children who will fear God, not man — children who will especially shun the glorification of witchcraft, the bondage of ungodly fear, and the “cute-ification” of evil that is promoted through holidays like Halloween. Cultures that toy with evil end up being cultures of death. The Christian response is to be a people of life. That means babies. It means fearing God by honoring His command to “be fruitful and multiply.” It means remembering that the Scripture describes children as a “blessing” and a “reward.” Raise children that fear God more than man, and that will be answer enough to our Halloween-and darkness-obsessed culture; for if you trust God over your womb and commit your children to a holy education, you will be very scary to the modern world. “Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord” (Psalm 34:11).

Persevero,

Douglas Phillips,
President, Vision Forum Ministries

Let me throw a couple more at you regarding fear and it’s proper place in your life:

2Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

Romans 8:15 “For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father.”

Chat ya later…

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Well, it would seem the pResident has figured out a way to reduce the debt. Obama(THHO) has decided (notice he always ‘decides’ to do something, instead of ‘introducing legislation’ or asking for input?) that in order to “tame the nation’s rocketing federal debt” he will order a new set of taxes on millionaires and above. His plan does not specify if he means someone with a net worth of one million or more, or someone who earns one million or more, so those of you who have been scrimping and saving in order to have a comfortable retirement? Sorry. The country government needs you(r cash).

AttackWatch is gonna have me on their list yet.

Hey, Obama(THHO)! I know someone who could probably help with you financial issues – but he’s on a book signing tour right now. Maybe when he swings through your area he could give you a couple of tips? I’m thinking the first tip he would give you is “Quit Spending Money You Don’t Have.” Tip number two would be along the lines of “Cut Your Expenses (Stop Spending Money You Don’t Need To)”. The guy’s name is Dave Ramsey and his track record has spoken for itself over the years.

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The headline reads “Flooding, cleanup in wake of storm” and I had to read the article to make sure they weren’t talking about a flood of tears in the liberal news outlet’s studios, since there was nothing overly dramatic to blow out of proportion. The cleanup of those tears, according to the subheadline, could run into the billions.

Hype? You betcha. On the front page of today’s Arizona Republic, there is a picture of an oceanfront house in Fairfield, Connecticut with what appears to be the back porch collapsed into the high water. The rest of the house is standing, and, at least from the photograph, still above water.

photo by Cathy Zuraw/Connecticut Post

The AZREP caption reads “A home in Fairfield, Conn., is submerged after Tropical Storm Irene sent seawater flooding into shoreline communities and destroyed oceanfront homes as it surged across New England on Sunday, toppling trees and cutting power.”

Ok, it’s a small example, but typical of the OverActiveMedia – didja notice the use of the word “submerged” in the caption in connection with the pictured house? Just curious, but when did “submerged” come to mean “when a part of the back porch falls into the water”?

Like my buddy Texas Fred says, what a NewsGasm!

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I sent it in today, I also doubt if they will print this one or pay attention to it:

I would like to ask the Arizona Republic’s Editorial Board to make a small change in their style book. The general consensus of the Mainstream Media seems to be that a group of twenty representatives backed by a certain grassroots effort is the reason S&P downgraded the country’s credit rating. Amazing feat, actually – since they are only twenty out of over 500 members of Congress – and they are not backed by the Tea Party, but the TEA Party. TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already – which is why the TEA Party endorses candidates (of any political persuasion) who will stand against any increase in taxes.

I look forward to the correct name being used in future articles explaining how such a small group of freshman lawmakers can hold sway over the entire congress.

I gotta give a tip of the Stetson to Texas Fred for pointing this out – like many others, I had just glossed over the fact that the local bird cage liner always used the wrong appellation.

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