A telling mini-documentary
Keep this in mind when considering your vote in November:
If you value your freedom, ACT to preserve it.
Faith can change the course of history, one generation at a time.
Keep this in mind when considering your vote in November:
If you value your freedom, ACT to preserve it.
Sweetpea and Buck (Ages 15 & 12) are in the kitchen whipping up a double-batch of choco-chip cookies — for which I’m sure I’ll need to make a “milk run”, later this afternoon. Munchkin and Puff (10 & 5) are making crafts on the coffee table — looks like some get well cards for Mama, who’s napping after a nasty tangle with the stomach flu this morning, during our church fellowship. Cass-a-frass (2) is down for a nap, my “Yellowjackets Fav’s” playlist is helping me to tune them all out, and I think I’m finally free to put electronic pen to ink, so to speak.
May the Lord bless you in your going out and your coming in… Psalm 1.
In the mean-time, here is a great deal from Lehman’s (my new favorite store 🙂 — a great price ($26.50) on a well-made oil lamp. Makes a great addition to your preparedness supplies. Or a fine gift for that out-of-town friend you haven’t seen in a while. 🙂
I recently had a talk with my dear bride, after she read a formidable blog post I drafted (which will most likely go unpublished).
“So what do you think,” I said.
[Pregnant silence]
She takes a deep breath and says, “Don’t you ever get — I dunno — kind of tired of writing all this ‘get ready for the future’ stuff? I mean, don’t you think people want to know what’s on your heart?
“Well,” I reply, “This ‘future’ stuff is on my heart…”
“Yeah, but there’s more to you than ‘prepare for such-and-such’ or ‘have you seen this news story’, isn’t there? I think you’d draw people in a lot more if you dig a little deeper. Tell them about your struggles.”
[Another pregnant silence — this time it’s mine]
“You’re right, you’re right, I know you’re right,” I say, referencing one of my favorite “When Harry Met Sally” lines. (Movie quotes are a closet hobby of mine.)
I hate it when she’s smarter than me. Actually, it happens way more than I care to admit.
So I spent the next few days thinking about what I could possibly write, that would let you in my experiences, thoughts and feelings over the last six months or so. In a day or two, when I blurt out the next post, you’ll have lots of juicy gossip to use against me. I hope we can still be friends after that. 🙂
Until then, call me “Musing in Montana”.
I pray I can lead my son into this type of manhood. Thanks for the encouragement, Mrs. Lewis!
Click here: Ode to men
It’s lunchtime, and I know you’ve been looking for something challenging to read while you munch that leftover pizza. Take 15 minutes to read this two-part article from Brandon Smith at http://www.alt-market.com/ and Stewart Rhodes of http://www.oathkeepers.org/. Then, please post a comment or send me an email about how this article affected you.
“Getting Off the Globalist Chessboard”
http://www.alt-market.com/articles/96-getting-off-the-globalist-chessboard-an-introduction
http://www.alt-market.com/articles/232-getting-off-the-globalist-chess-board-safe-haven-relocation
God bless you, and let freedom ring.
Psalm 139
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it. 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
Psalm 56
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
Joshua 1:9
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
I have a couple of things I’d like to share with you.
I am first and foremost, a Christ-follower. He has bought me at the cost of His own blood, and I am amazed that He would even regard me, let alone redeem me! To God be the glory, great things He has done.
I maintain that the United States Constitution represents providential brilliance in the forming of a great nation, and that it is still the best way to govern a free republic. Insofar as our elected officials (or the interests that steer them) deny this, we are doomed to reenact the tyranny that has plagued every other nation that has rejected man’s unalienable, God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Finally, I believe that my first “church” is the wife and children that the Lord has blessed me with, and consider it my great privilege and utmost responsibility to lead them well, so help me God. Frankly, I’m replaceable in every other sphere of my existence… but to my family (especially the aforementioned), I get one shot to be the man they can respect. I’ve always said that the husband/father will lead his family to heaven or to hell… but he will lead them. I intend to never abdicate this role, so help me God.
When we moved to the heart of the “American Redoubt“, five months ago, we knew it was a huge risk. Yet, we were — and remain — convinced that it is a risk worth taking. Back in April 2011, when my dear bride and I became prayerfully resolved that we must make this move, there were SO many questions… far more than we could answer for ourselves, let alone explain to others. Nonetheless, we had irreversibly begun the process of “waking up” from the “American Dream”, and our alarm clocks wouldn’t be “snoozed”. These alarms (in no particular order) had names like:
Molotov Mitchell, James Wesley Rawles, Dr. D. James Kennedy, John Taylor Gatto, Brandon Smith, OathKeepers, JPFO… but more importantly, the Bible, and the Constitution (in that order). We were beginning to understand that most Americans — and yes, even most church-going Christians we knew — have been lulled into a drowsy apathy by the pursuit of affluence, as well as by the debt-driven activity of our Federal Government, among many other reasons.
Nine family-enriching years of Biblical home education has given us the clarity to determine that we weren’t cut out to be “sheeple“. So, we voted with our feet. As painful as it was to say “so long” to dear family members, we left the most liberal (and populated) state in the union. Yes, it has cost us greatly, in many ways. Yet, the Lord has proven that the promises of His presence and provision are true. We are warm. We are in good health. We eat well, and are building friendships with mature believers. I have steady employment, and what’s more, I get to explore this incredible countryside as part of my job. Best of all, the Mrs. and I get to introduce our children to a different way of life, before they grow out from under us. We believe it’s a risk worth taking. And we’ve been assured by our Creator that He will be with us and sustain us.
Thanks for taking the time to read. I would encourage you to check out the materials linked in this post, and find your own “alarm clocks”. Tempus fugit.
In addition to my recent Facebook posts highlighting how proper use of firearms can protect life, here’s another story with a righteous ending:
Passers-by rescue children from icy river crash – Life
I know my posts have been very brief lately, and kind of hinder the goal of keeping you in the loop about our goings-on, so I aim to rectify that quickly and thoroughly. Until then, thanks for your patience, and keep coming back. 🙂