Made in the Shade.

 Made in the Shade.

 

Made some stew yesterday that turned out mighty tasty. It will also be din-upper today. Cooked a sausage patty for breakfast earlier, but did not put eggs with it. Have nearly a dozen eggs that got dirty and won’t be included in the dozens to be given away. The “dirty” eggs usually involve a broken egg in the nest—one reason why the old woman picks up eggs at least two or three times per day. Have given “dirty” eggs to Maggie because she knows how and why to clean them.

 

Looked at a weather map earlier and noticed that it was mostly red. The temps may not make triple digits here in WF, but we never know when a cloud will become something more than just a likely shade. Have never heard of the number of tornadoes that we have had this year all over the map!

 

From the Torah study, the final part of Daniel, Chapter 7: “So here we again have the precise description offered in Daniel of one like a Son of Man, who is coming in the clouds. This is course, the returning Yeshua, who has consistently called Himself the Son of Man throughout the Gospels. And the Son of Man has come to reap, to harvest, the final harvest of Believers before the End. And, by the way, this final harvest will, I am completely convinced, coincide with (and fulfill) the prophetic Feast of Sukkot, the 7th and final Feast, which is also called the Feast of Final Ingathering.”

 

“So now you have a decision to make; and it’s a serious one. You can’t just pretend you don’t know; you can’t try to find middle ground on the issue of Daniel because there isn’t any. If Daniel is false, then so is Christ because they are so intertwined by the Son of Man concept. If Christ is false, then so is the New Testament because the promises and hope of the New Testament depends upon a real, true, divine Messiah who bears the attributes of Daniel’s Son of Man. And if Daniel and Christ and the New Testament are false then indeed we have been duped; we are alone, without hope, and without salvation. Here’s the good news: Daniel is true, and everything predicted in it has come true, and what hasn’t yet is still future and in process. Christ is who He says He is, and proved it by His resurrection from the dead and ascension into Heaven as witnessed and attested to by many. And the New Testament is true, because historically, spiritually, and factually the test of time has proved it to be true and accurate, without apology and without fail and without need for revision.”

 

One lesson at a time is about all the old woman can deal with in a day, but this one was an extremely important one. For twenty years, my husband, the nag, and our children attended the Worldwide Church of God. And yes, it was in many ways a “cult,” but at the same time we learned to trust the Old Testament as well as what it came to in the New Testament. It was worth the twenty years for what we learned. (My children might not agree.)

 

Now, for the present, it would be wonderful if the ICE agents were less like the Gestapo, but for those who have lived in the U.S. for 30 years without attempting to get citizenship, it really does seem strange. And perhaps the over-zealous capture and gathering of any non-citizens will eventually make sense. Just be VERY glad that you do not live in Britain where the major problem in immigration is Iranians who live in communities that violently oppose the police! Patty says while we are praying about these things, we need to pray that our aim is sure. She just makes me laugh at her “Redneck” attitude.

 

At least my neighbor Shona is back home. Really hope that her mom is better. Strokes are weird happenings, but some are worse than others. Let us continue to pray for those who need healing.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.