Mom's Musings

Exactly what is Christian

2009-06-07T14:11:54Z

Recently a public figure in a speech acknowledge that he was Muslim and then added of course he is a christian. Can a Muslim also be a Christian?

Susan Boyle

2009-04-20T10:52:37Z

I have watched/listened to her entry in the British competition many times.
I saw a very attractive middle aged lady who, after some time, got the courage to go on a public stage to perform. She knew she could have been laughed off stage. In one news clip she said she began singing at 12 and wanted to be a professional singer. For 35 years she has had her dream that has been set aside for various reasons and this may be her only chance to achieve her dream.
She must have spent hours of practice and hoping, and used great care in her musical selection. Her choice in music was really "Her song" and she sang from her heart. Skill and education can make a good singer, but she sang from her heart and it showed. It gives something that cannot be caught with education and/or skill.
I hope for her that she is offered a great contract by a music studio and her cd's can shortly be purchased. I intend to own some of them. She has a gift that these younger professionals cannot not hope to have with their lights and movement to distract the listener.

Last Days?

2009-03-01T13:30:52Z

When the prophet in Deut. 21:23 foretold, saying, "cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree" the Israelites knew this referred to the Messiah. However, they did not understand the kind of death the Messiah would experience or even that He would die.

Rev. 13:16-17 is telling about something that will happen in the final days. It states that everyone will need a mark to buy or sell. Because of our present economy and the government "bail-out" the news media has reported that part of the bail-out money has gone to banks and that the government will be owning part of those banks. Government owned and/or run banks are a short step to control of the population. With computer chips being implanted in pets so that lost pets can be returned to their owners and GPS systems available, technology has now provided the means to control people in their buying and selling and also keep track of where they are.

I believe we are in the final days. What do you think?

Our Symbol

2009-02-18T16:51:58Z

Today I saw a pair of eagles flying and gliding above me. My first thought was that they were majestic and a fine symbol of our nation. However they are also predators, not only killing but eating smaller and weaker things. Are we like that?

The Dream

2009-02-05T15:01:20Z

I am nearer to 80 years old than 70, so this began many years ago. This is a true event in my life.
I was raised by a single Mom. We lived out in the country and did not have a car. I don't remember my mother reading the Bible to me or telling me Bible stories. We did not go to church as it was too far to walk. One day when I was in the third grade some of the other children came to school and said the world was going to end at noon. They seemed happy and excited about this, I was terrified. They lived in town and could go to church and certainly must be right with God. I knew I was not. I was so happy when noon passed and nothing happended.
After this I had the dream. Jesus came and was taking people to heaven. He did not come all the way to the ground, but was up in the air. And people were flying up to meet Him, but not everyone was going. Those not going, which included me, were reaching up to Him, but we remained where we were. Sometimes I was standing on the ground and sometimes I was in the ground. I always woke up, so frightened, but I didn't know what to do to make things right between myself and Jesus.
Time passed with the dream reaccuring from time to time. Always the same. I married and worked in my husband's business. One day a patron came in and started to share Jesus with me. He said he didn't know why he was doing this, but he understood that I was very interested. He told me that God loved me and wanted things right between us. He said Jesus had taken my sins and died for me, and that if I would pray amd acknowledge my sins, and ask God to forgive me that He would not only forgive me, but would someday take me to Heaven to be with Him. I did this, I did not experience a light as Paul did and have found out since then my experience is most common, generally we just feel so unburdened. But God did forgive me and changed my life. Since asking God to forgive me and asking Jesus into my life I have on occasion still had the dream, but now I am always going. I still wake up when I have the dream, but now it is with great joy.
The Bible tells us we will have dreams. Everything the patron told me was true and scripture affirms it. That Jesus comes and takes some people to Heaven and not others is true, also that He does not touch the earth at this time is also true according to scripture.
If you want things right between you and God, and you acknowledge your sins, go to God in prayer and ask. He sent Jesus to die for you. God loves you and has already demonstrated His love for you. He will forgive you, He wants things right between you and Himself.

John3:16-19, Romans 3:23, 6:23, 10:9-10

Fairy Flowers

2008-11-17T15:44:16Z

I am a school crossing gurard in Florida. The job requres that I be at a certain location for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon. At the morning location I cross few children and have a large amount of waiting time. In the afternoon the first 1/2 hour is waiting for school to let out and then 20 minutes of work. I use the time to walk or pace back and forth. I have noticed in the weeds beside the sidewalk some very tiny flowers. Each bloom is under 1/8 of an inch. They are beautiful. They are blue, dark red, yellow, yellow with a dark center, white and white with a dark center. They have rows of petals, or 4 petals up to a larger number. As I have thought about these tiny blooms I have also thought of the Magnolia bloom, along with the hibiscus and angle tumpet blooms which may measure up to seven inches. As my mediatation I thought of the blooms in trees and the multitude of types of trees.

What an Awesome God we have, to create such variety for us to explore!

How would you?

2008-05-07T02:12:57Z

Try to imagine yourself 2000 years ago. If you knew only what was known about things that were around at that time, how would you describe a meteour or a helicopter. 2000 years ago there were no cars, airplanes or other mechanical things.

What do you suppose John was describing in Rev. 8:8? How about Rev. 9:7?

I've thought of this and don't know how I would describe these things.

Now how about this?

2008-04-14T16:15:24Z

In Romans 8:22 Paul wrote "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." Could this be why there are so many things happening in this groaning of the earth. I'm thinking of the unusual weather, in floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.

Jesus speaking of the end times, in Matthew 24:7 said "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places". Mark 13:8 and Luke 21:11 also state these words from Jesus..

Empty Cities

2008-04-05T03:34:46Z

Scattered about the earth are some ancient cities. The cities I'm thinking of are not inhabited and have been void of people so long there is no historical record of them. These cities have not been battle sites, there are no bones or weapons scattered about and no apparent reason why the people left. I wonder if the flood waters of Noah's flood were rising so the people left.

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When I wrote this I had in mind some of the sites in Central America. One of things that is amazing is that the builders were able to use hugh stones in their structures and also put these together with only a minute seam noticeable.

Technology

2008-03-23T11:32:27Z

I few days ago I went to my post office to buy a couple stamps. My choices were to stand in a long line to use cash or use a debit or credit card. The purchasing of stamps for cash at a separate automated window has been removed. It made me think of how technology has changed and is changing things. In 1956 not every one had a telephone, and the telephone was in a booth or building connected by a wire. Now even children carry one in the pocket and radio waves are used in the connection. I can understand that shortly people will need a card to buy and sell, and shortly it will be more feasible to have a chip put into a hand to carry that information and more that we now have on a card.

At the present time a chip can be put into a pet in case it gets lost. Years ago when social security numbers were first instituted some people refused claiming it was the beginning of the "Mark of the beast" What do you think? Is this technology a pre-cursor?

What do you think?

2008-03-04T16:50:16Z

The Bible tells us that during the tribulation prices will be really high. Today I drove by a gas station I usually trade at and saw that gas was up another .05 cents a gallon. When you see this, does it make you think of how people will just accept higher prices? Do you think of how fragile our economy is? And, that it is interwoven with the economy of every other country.

Noah

2007-05-16T14:39:53Z

Genesis 6:28-30 tells us that after Noah was born Lamech, his father, had other children both sons and daughters. I wonder if Noah's siblings also laughted at the Ark. I wonder if God gave the time after Noah and his family entered the Ark for his siblings to enter also. The flood, when the door was shut and the rain started, must have caused much heartache for Noah. Genesis 8: 16 relates that the Lord shut them in, suppose Noah would have waited longer for his siblings?

Yet to Come?

2007-03-26T14:41:33Z

I've been thinking about how things will be in the future. One of the thoughts have been about the economy after Jesus takes His followers out of the world. Because many of us owe on our homes, cars, etc. I imagine the beginning of chaos will be with the banks and lenders.

I still owe on my home.

Moses' Prayer

2007-01-04T14:29:16Z

Exodus 33:12-13
I seldom think of prayers that Moses made, however I recently purchased an Amplified Bible and have been reading it. This prayer really touched my heart.

Verse 12 is an introduction but beginning in verse 13 Moses speaking to God. "Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You, (progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, perceiving and recognizing and understanding more strongly and clearly), and that I may find favor in Your sight."

WOW!

How about you?

2006-09-28T14:29:28Z

Ever hear someone say that certain groups should be return to their country of origin? Well, in my case I have traced some of my lineage back to Germany, France, Denmark, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Holland, plus a whole bunch I don't know. They would have to cut me up in little pieces to send me back.