Ascending, Falling

 This subject has infinite potential for continuous updating, especially in these end times. Each chapter? will have a title. Let us proceed.

The ascendency of the living and written Word of God, the virgin born, crucified, and resurrected Jesus Christ.

The decline of the dead words of men,  their traditions.

#maddog I am tired. I will write more later.

 

Bullies vs Anti bullies

Luke 6:22 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

God despises bullies. There's always the danger that a bully will turn into a murderer. There's also the danger that the bullied will erupt and morph into a bully also.

There is also the chance that a predatory bully will by transformered by the grace of God into a watchdog, like early mankind transformed the vicious wolf into the modern watchdog.

I suspect that's how God transformed Trump. We will see.

More later.

Stagng for Mary's Alzheimer's

I'm up again while Mary's snoozing. I'm staging for the changing of PJ's and bedding. Sipping hot fresh coffee. #Godisgood  #alzheimers  #maddog

Perks

I'm up to do some laundry. Being an extreme #nightowl has it's perks. If you're up too say hi! #maddog

Doctor Who or Harry Potter

A Note to our assistant for Mary's Alzheimer's and my mild disability and my daughters' (both of them) almost full time substitute. She was the catalyst for getting our dryer finally totally working after several hard working attempts and trips by our super skilled apartment maintenance man Steve laboriously cleaning out the lint plugged duct from the dryer to the outside vent when she took out the dryer screen and pulled out the elusive final rabbiting wad. 

Worked perfectly ever since!

Boy, Rachel, when you fix something, it stays fixed! The dryer is still working. Are you a wand from Harry Potter or a sonic screwdriver from Dr Who? 

Elvis & The Pope: Part One

Duane said he knew Elvis! 
Duane irritated me, because he was always claiming to know famous people.
In Fullerton, California, I served as Minister of Youth under the ministry of Bob Leffel at the Fulleton 1st Church of the Nazarene. I assisted in the music, but the Minister of Music position was held by a talented and outgoing man by the name of Duane Howard. Duane had formerly been the manger of a recording studio, and he was always mentioning names of people he had worked with, as if they were his personal friends. Kris Kristofferson, Andre Crouch, Elvis Presley, the Imperials?! I took his conversations with a large grain of salt, or perhaps a whole bag.
I wondered if I was overly skeptical when we attended a concert of the gospel quartet called The Imperials. During the intermission, I was walking beside Duane as we approached the music stand, and I noticed that as Duane approached, the manger of the group, the bass, who's name was Armond Morales, saw Duane from a distance, and shouted at Duane with a delighted face, and inquired about Duane's family, calling them by name.
Duane later took Lynne and me to a Bill Gaither concert together, the early 70's version, when Bill sang with his wife and brother Danny. There was a rumor that Elvis was attending the concert. I noticed the balcony was roped off.
During intermission I had to use the restroom desperately, and the men's room had a very long line, and the intermission was almost over when I got back to Lynne and Duane at the record stand. She had a very quiet demeanor, and she turned to me and said that she and Duane had seen Elvis. I thought to myself,"Big deal!" and never asked her about it. On the ride home from the concert, Duane was all excited about "seeing" Elvis, but Lynne was still quiet. I suspected that Duane was making too much about the Elvis sighting, and I made no comments nor did I ask any questions.
Several years later Lynne and I were visiting with some friends, Denny and Jeanie Middleton, who had come over both to visit and to check up on us (read the story of Chief Lone Eagle - Pursued by Grace), and I brought up the story of Duane and The Imperials, and grudgingly admitted that perhaps Duane was a little better connected than I had thought. But I tried to justify my skepticism with the comment that he said he knew Elvis personally, and I thought that his claim to know Elvis personally was an overblown fiction.
"But he did know Elvis!", my wife forcefully interrupted!
I sputtered that he might have been acquainted with Elvis, but friends? She went back to that night that I disappeared in the restroom, and told the rest of the story.
That night Elvis came sweeping down the wide elegant stair way that led to the balcony, which had been closed to the public. He was surrounded by his body guards and friends, and halfway down the stairs, he looked across the huge atrium, filled with thousands of people, and spotted Duane. Elvis smiled, yelled Duane's name, and waved. He made his way across the room towards Duane, and as he drew near, he asked "How's your wife, Joyce, and the kids?" He named the children by name, and stood by Duane for perhaps 20 minutes, standing elbow to elbow with Lynne, who was too stunned to even talk for the rest of the evening! Right after Elvis left, I returned to the atrium, to face a woman that was quiet, because she was in a state of shock!
Why did you never mentioned the details?!" I questioned her!She told me bluntly, "Because you never asked!"
Lynne also clarified my thinking on what I thought was bad news on an otherwise miraculous story. Read it here in
Here's the link to Elvis and The Pope: Part Two
http://revmaddog1948.blogspot.com/2012/04/elvis-and-pope-part-two.html

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The Marcelos Mexican Restaurant of Plymouth Indiana Story

Minudo soup from Marcelos in Plymouth Indiana has arrived via Ezrun. Can't wait! The habanero sauce on top of the peanut butter jar goes into the peanut butter. 

More to come. #maddog

Weird Fusion Nightowl

Just a heads up to my visiting friends and family. I'm morphing into a weird fusion night owl so you can come as early as you want. But not everyday!? Probably will always prefer later afternoons and evenings, and there's no limits as to how late. Texting or calling first always helps.

Antisocial But Inspired

memes, screenshots. quotes, and jokes graveyard.

I plan to continuously clean all my photos and files, from the sacred to the secular, hits and misses. Let's see where this goes. #maddog

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Officer: Dispatch, I'm at the home of an old woman who shot her husband for walking on her freshly mopped floor.

Dispatch: Is she in custody?

Officer: No, the floor isn't dry yet.

This Gospel Must Be Preached To ALL Nations

The phrase "This gospel must be preached to all nations, then shall the end come," has been ringing in my mind lately. I suspect that the Spirit is nudging me to meditate on that.

Mary is sleeping soundly in the bedroom. When she stirs around, she will call out "Daddy!?" rather than my name. Rather than correct her, I have from time to time promted her with "You know I'm your husband, right?" As long as I am gentle in my prompting, she responds with  "Of course!!" It is so easy for me to be irritating to a woman. Sigh. Keep the grace pouring down, Lord!

Observations and questions about preaching the gospel:

If we want God's Kingdom to be established on earth as it is heaven (remember the Lord's prayer?) then we must preach the gospel... everywhere!

Don't let the sounds of warfare drown out the peace of God in our hearts and stop us from continuing to preach the Gospel. Press on!! God is with us, so none can stand against us! 

More to come on this post. Stay tuned.