Life springing up like seeds
I saved some marigold seeds from last year and planted them in potting soil. They sit in a Southern exposure window on a large white folding table.
I’m interested to see if they, with every-other-day
watering, will sprout and produce new marigold plants.
I believe these seeds will sprout and produce marigold plants because I believe in God’s plan of renewal and life, and life more abundantly. Planting the seed and letting the miracle of life spring forth is the way God provides for us now and always.
No matter who is making decisions concerning our health and well being, God has a plan for each one of us.
No government policy can change the fact that life goes on, even in the off chance that our way of life is interrupted by high inflation, war, pestilence, fire, flood, etc.
Life goes on despite the way the world may go. Our hope is in trusting the Almighty. That through His Son our sins are forgiven and we live now and eternally forever with Him in the glory of heaven.
Will the grace of God allow these marigold seeds to grow? I’ll keep you posted.
Jeff Crane, Murphy
Administrative state of U.S.A.
The U.S. Constitution ensures separation of powers in our federal government through three branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
A fourth branch of extra-constitutional government has evolved, the Administrative State. This branch consists of federal bureaus. No one knows with certainty how many federal agencies exist, yet they make most of the laws rather than our elected Congress. Their drive to protect turf is inflated. They are tantamount to the “deep state.”
None of these federal agencies in the Administrative State is enumerated in the U.S. Constitution. They have power because a feckless Congress surrendered its constitutional obligations to them. These alphabet agencies (DOJ, FBI, IRS, DHS, etc.) have a partisan bias and abuse the power entrusted to them.
Agencies cannot be condemned or amended by the electorate. The ballot box has no cleansing effect against the deep state.
Unelected bureaucrats have nothing to fear from the voters. The bureaucracy maintains its power and influence regardless of the political party dominating Capitol Hill.
Congress has the power to purge federal agencies from the top down. Remember, Congress funded and fed this leviathan. But with Democrats in control of the Senate and White House, hell will freeze over first.
What happened to the boxes the FBI retrieved from the Clinton Foundation in Arkansas? Were they seizing “evidence” or covering up?
In the FBI’s unprecedented raid on President Donald Trump’s residence, were they seizing “evidence” or covering up for a panicking deep state?
Such tyranny is why the Founding Fathers penned the Second Amendment into the supreme law of the land – the only amendment that places power directly into the hands of “we the people.” Therefore, the Marxists and deep state are desperate to disarm America. They know they cannot impose their tyrannical agenda when there is a patriotic rifleman behind every tree.
Terry Payne, Marble
Get rid of the United Nations
The Babylonian system has failed to solve its economic and political problems. In 1787, they drew up an entirely new constitution of the United States and agreed with the famous French philosopher Montesquieu to set up a system in which no one person or agencies could make a law, arrest a violator, find them guilty and punish them, because Congress does not have the power to legislate as it sees fit. Article One Section Nine and the first 10 Amendments (the Bill of Rights).
But they went back to collecting taxes on everything. In 1943, Moscow and Teheran, Iran, paved the way for the new world organization, which they agreed to call the United Nations.
On April 12, 1945, one of the chief architects was 12-year President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This has brought untold sorrow to mankind with this sickness of the United Nations and members; the United States, United Kingdom, China, Soviet Union and Iran because it is the International Court of Justice where the “mandates” came from; with the help of both political parties, big tech, news companies, big business and our dual court system, they are two-faced snakes.
Today, we should pass a law to include DNA samples, driver’s license with picture, address and fingerprints from any and all illegal immigrants and persons to the United States data base, for criminal investigative purposes because people are selling their vote and soul for government welfare, union benefits and big business profits. The answer is to void the 230 laws, close the United Nations, cut all government benefits to unions and let every state take care of themselves.
Cotton Allen, Brasstown
Thankful for thinking of me
About all of us have been going through a rough time, especially with inflation and because contractors are busy and don’t answer their phone, return your calls, and therefore, don’t come out when you really need them.
It is times like these that I am thankful for being part of the family of God and grateful to the various members. God told me He’d send workers when I need them, so I would like to thank my brothers and sisters in Christ who have been angels in disguise to me:
Mountain Men at Shepherd of the Mountains; pastor Phillip Cochran with Murphy Church of God; pastor Patrick Garrett and elders at Journey Fellowship: George, Janna and Mark; pastor Jimmy Tanner and members of Murphy First Baptist: Mary Moore, and Rachelle, Camillo and sons; Shannon and Gregory Jones with the Seventh-day Adventist body of Christ; Derwin Chastain; Bethany and Bob with Catalyst Church; pastors who gave a love offering when my bathroom was dysfunctional and all my plumbing needed to be reworked; neighbors Brian and Shayne; and others who have encouraged and prayed for me.
When you don’t have gold, frankincense and myrrh to give, don’t discount the comfort you give someone, especially those who are vulnerable: those who are alone, the elderly and disabled, when you pick up the phone and say, “Are you all right?” or “I’m just checking on you” or “What can I do to help?”
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me’” (Matthew 25:40).
Thanks, love and blessings to all in the New Year.
The Rev. Shirley M. Frisbee, Marble