WARTIME MENTAL HEALTH

 Hello, boys & girls. I am MAD DOG AKA Mike Dittmer. I am not a prophet, nor a scholar. Like the Blues Brothers, I am a musician. So bear that in mind Will you read my blog. I am not perfect. 

No I saw quote some of the teachings of Jesus. You are strongly encouraged to do your own research and I am not going to be scholastically perfect but I think I can get the meaning fairly closely.

Jesus said, that we you and I shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that we are not you at e not troubled. I take that to mean that we are responsible for our own mental health. 

Now I am turning to Revelations chapter 2 verse 26. Jesus is speaking. He that overcometh and keepeth my works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations. Verse 27. And he shall rule them with a lot of iron as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers even as I received of my father. 

I have reason to suspect that we are in the age of the book of Revelation. In chapter 12 it seems clear to me again with my limitations that the wilderness that God set aside for the protection of believers in Christ and the Jewish people is now called the new world. 

Would it be too much of a stretch to think that current events reflect that now? It is permissible to disagree with me. I don't mind when I am wrong, and I don't mind when you are wrong. I have no authority other than my own adherence to being truthful in everything that I speak and believe. 

That's enough for today, boys and girls. I mean no disrespect it's just that I am 78 years old and many of you are not. Later Gators. 

THE HISTORICAL ORACLE

 

Many of my international friends on blogspot may not be acquainted with Don Surber. He is a long time journalist who was fired for his political views because they are conservative. I find that he is my most accurate source of news and I read him daily. I'm going to introduce a link to today's post by him where he does a comparison between the poorest state in the USA and compares it to Britain. Enjoy! 

BRITAIN IS POORER THAN MISSISSIPPI

LIFE IS UNCERTAIN

 Life is uncertain. 

Eat dessert first. 

MAD DOG 

READ REVELATION 2

 

26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 28And I will give him the morning star. 29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. I am not a prophet, or a Bible scholar. I did not graduate from college. I barely graduated from high school. Like a Elwood blues, I dress in black and I am a musician. But God does answer my prayers and I do read the Bible. Lately I've been reading Revelation. To my observation, modern times seem to be fulfilling those scriptures. I would strongly urge my friends and my family to read Revelations more carefully. It does not seem to fit any narrative that I have heard from the pulpit but I strongly believe that God knows what he's talking about and he knows what he's doing and things are under his control. King James Bible Text courtesy of BibleProtector.com Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible © 2012, Used by Permission Bible Hub

I AGREE

 I agree with John the Baptist. I must decrease. The name of Jesus must increase. MAD DOG. 

This is an old picture. My grandchildren are almost all grown up now except for the youngest Liam who's in high school. Thanks to my oldest granddaughter I am now a great grandfather.

HALF MY COUNTRY HATES ME

 Half my country hates me. This is all my fault? 20 years ago or so I had a strong desire that I turned into a prayer that God would send us a president that understood the tariffs like Jesus did. 

At the same time, I became known as MAD DOG because I was fearless. I worked in a frightening factory that ran wire for both automotive and appliances. We used a process called continuously! vulcanization which is abbreviated as CV. Because United States is rich in; natural gas and the area around South bend Indiana is not union, although South bend is, there is a lot of wire manufacturing. 

I preached at a church that I founded and at the same time worked for a company that became known as Standard Motor Products. Millions and millions of feet every month. I was a master operator, which means I filled in on any line that they needed me on. Although we were non-union we still got time and a half for overtime, double time for Sundays, and triple time for holidays. We were known for shipping orders huge orders on time 95% of the time. To achieve that very lofty goal we were a sled dog pack and the people that drove us were the schedulers and you had to keep up or somebody would bite your ass. 

I learned because I was unafraid to try every job in the factory and for a while I enjoyed the highest pay rate in the plant and I worked the most hours, so much so that I made more for several years than the company president. And for a while everybody knew it. My initials were MD and a forklift driver used those initials and gave me the name mad dog. Everybody in the plant knew that I was a preacher and that I worked an ungodly amount of hours like Elon musk and that I never back down from a bully. Many people knew me as mad dog and didn't know my real name Mike ditmer with two tees. 

Now that you know this part of my story and I don't like to ramble on, I will stop here. But now you know why halftime my country hates me because I dared to pray for a president that understood like Jesus did the power of tariffs.

TUCKER CARLSON

A Russian spy, a Chinese spy, and a Qatari spy walk into a bar, and the bar tender says, "What can I get you, Tucker?"

From my atheistic Jewish friend on Twitter

 

COOL STATS

 Here are the stats for my blog THE SHEPHERD'S JOURNAL for the last 30 days. My favorite ex son-in-law Charles Xavier is taking me to Biker's church in Lakeville. God is good.

UNO!

 

If you would be great in God's kingdom, then learn to be servant of all. Who said that? MAD DOG 

EASTER GREETINGS

 

Greetings from the land of MAD DOG. I hope all of you had a blessed Easter. I am enjoying the results of the resurrection and the preaching of the gospel by my favorite pastors including my brother, the bikers church of Lakeville, and the thousands of my friends from the poor countries of the world who are rising economically but are still often desperate. God has made them rich in faith which is far preferable to being wealthy. Later Gators

POVERTY BRINGS GREAT FAITH

 

I am in constant prayer for the great nation of Bangladesh which will be the tip of the spear in preaching the gospel in these last days, years, and centuries. God has blessed the poor with great faith and I have always preferred faith rather than money. MAD DOG

A CUP OF DON

 I haven't had my first cup of coffee yet. I think I will save that for later. The cat and I are sitting on the edge of the bed enjoying a wonderfully refreshing dose of Don. Then I will lay back down close my eyes for another couple of hours and start another delightful day of being in my electric chair inclined with my feet elevated enjoying another day of disability and fun. Later Gators. MAD DOG 

DID I DO THAT?

 

 

 

As a notable catalyst, note the word cat, I chose plastic straws as my preference in the cat poll. Although I don't consider myself a righteous man, I am living proof that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous or should I say faithful man is very effective. Note that I am a trained bully fighter by my tiny 5 ft 2 in mother from Springfield Illinois who promised me a bowl of ice cream every time I got beat up when I stood up to a bully. It's actually part of the American psyche ever since this nation was formed and response to King George the third who single-handedly tried to beat the s*** out of our nation and made us into intercessors for many groups of bullies for almost 250 years. I prayed for two decades for a president who understood and used the power of tariffs properly and now I feel like the boy who said DID I DO THAT? Later Gators.