Let Freedom Ring
This makes me so happy that someone still has common sense!!
Thank you, KISD, for not being communistic and infringing on our constitutional God given rights!
This beautiful tiny home above is for sale! The blueprints are $500 and it will cost $125,000 if you have us build it for you. Whether you want to purchase the blueprints (get $500 off now using the code TINY at checkout) or have us build it for you this tiny cabin is perfect for anyone looking for a 2/2 home with plenty of design flair and space. This tiny home is absolutely stunning and we are thrilled to offer this new design to you. If you have any questions or would like to purchase this home or the blueprints today, contact us for more information.
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Shane owns 24 acres in center point and invited us to move our tiny house here and help him develop a tiny home community with about 30 homes. We have two temporary spots available on a first come first serve basis. Text shari at 830-285-5909 for more info.
Shane has been actively involved in our community helping to solve homelessness for many years and now volunteers on the strategic planning committee for the Texas homeless network. He has invited us to be a part of the change we seek locally by forming a coalition to serve the often forgotten population of Kerr county with a goal to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-re-occurring.
Shane and his wife have served on many overseas mission trips where they couldn’t leave all the orphans behind and ended up adopting eight children, including two sets of siblings from Haiti. Blended with two natural born children, including grandchildren now, they have created a beautiful loving family unit and have plenty of room to welcome more family inside the tiny home community. They have the biggest hearts and have reached out to us to partner with them in creating a beautiful tiny home community on their 24 acre property in the hill country. Stay tuned for more information.
Never underestimate the power of your encouragement to our family on this journey to our dream of creating multiple tiny home communities across the nation to bless families for generations to come. Thank you for being there each time we faced a crisis or an obstacle and wanted to give up.
Compiled, written and shared by my beloved Aunt Suzie from North Carolina.
If you are wondering if God exists:
Evidence 1
Since the universe had a beginning, it had a cause.
Science teaches that the universe had a beginning. Since the universe is not eternal, the universe must have a beginner.
Evidence 2
Every design has a designer.
The universe has a highly complex design, therefore the universe had an Intelligent Designer.
Evidence 3
Every law has a lawgiver
Since there is moral law, there must be a moral lawgiver. Every culture has similar moral laws giving credence to a Universal Lawgiver.
If you are wondering if God left you a message, here are key evidences of validity of the Bible, they are:
Evidence 4
The Bible stands alone as the best-preserved literary work of all history.
Before the invention of the printing press, ancient manuscripts were copied by hand. This was a very tedious process and great care was taken by the Jewish scribes through an intricate method for counting letters, words, and paragraphs. Their lives were dedicated to ensure that no copy errors were made. When a copy error was made, the entire scroll was destroyed. When a manuscript was finished, it was checked and verified to be an exact duplicate. Then the copy was given equal authority as the manuscript from which it was copied, then handed down generation to generation.
Evidence 5
Archaeology presents compelling evidence that the Bible is accurate in what it describes
Numerous excavations over the years lend credibility to cities and places mentioned in the Bible. Civilizations have been discovered, such as Ur, Huran, Babylon, Jericho, ancient Mesopotamia, Dan Meggido and many more.
Evidence 6
The Bible has proven to be completely accurate in the prophecies that have ben fulfilled. No other divinity has ever been able to accurately state the future.
Evidence 7
Through the years, the Bible has proved to be indestructible.
The Bible has survived all kinds of bitter hostility and attempts to destroy it by burning it, cutting it into pieces, or punishing those who posses it, but it still remains today.
Evidence 8
The books of the Bible, written over a period of 1,500 years by different authors, present a common theme. Beyond Moses, Paul and Peter, the bible was also written by Joshua was a military general, Nehemiah was a king’s servant, David was a shepherd, poet, musician and king. Solomon was a king. Jeremiah was a prophet. Ezekiel was a priest. Daniel was a prime minister. Amos was a herdsman. Matthew was a tax collector, Luke was a physician and John was a fisherman, all written in three different languages and in three different continents with many different perspectives and yet the Bible still remains in unique harmony. Today within a period of hours, news reporters report very different accounts of the same current news event.
Evidence 9
The New Testaments writers abandoned their prior beliefs. Adopted new ones, and did not reverse their faith, even under persecution of death.
Evidence 10
The Bible demonstrates power in the lives of those who obey it. The Bible shares the power of God. Hebrews 4:12 states God’s word is the sharpest two edge sword cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow and it exposes our inner most thoughts and desires. This verse says that God’s word is alive, powerful and penetrating. It reveals the condition of our hearts and communicates God’s message to us.
Evidence of Jesus- if you are wondering if Jesus is real
Evidence 11
Historians and other nonbiblical writers serve as proof of Jesus Christ’s existence and ministry
Evidence 12
Early church leaders support the Bible’s view of Jesus Christ
Evidence 13
The Bible presents eyewitness testimony about Jesus
Evidence 14
Prophecies of the Old Testament have been fulfilled through Jesus in the New Testament
Jesus was heir to the throne of David
Jesus was born in Bethlehem
During the time of Jesus’ birth, babies would be killed
Jesus would have to flee to Egypt and the return from Egypt
Jesus would be rejected by His own people
One would come before him, John the Baptist, announcing Jesus
Jesus would make a triumphal entry riding a donkey’s colt
Jesus would be betrayed by a friend
Soliders would gamble for his clothes
No bones would be broken
Jesus would be resurrected
What are the odds, that one man would fulfill even a handful of these prophesies? A number of scholars have calculated some conservative odds of these events happening to the same man. If we analyze just a few of the more specific prophecies in the Old Testament, that were later fulfilled in the Person of Jesus Christ, we are stunned by the statistical impossibility of such a historical reality. As an illustration, we have inserted some conservative “odds” alongside seven established prophecies (from AllAboutGOD.com)
Jesus would be a descendant of David – 1 in 10,000
Jesus would be born in Bethlehem 1 in 100,000
Jesus would be betrayed by a friend for 30 pieces of silver 1 in a million
Jesus would first present himself as a King 173,880 days from the decree of Artaxerxes to rebuld Jerusalem 1 in a million
Total probability of just this small sampling of those prophecies fulfilled through Jesus Christ is 1 to 10 27th power or 100 billion, billion, billion )
Evidence 15
The New Testament presents reliable information concerning Jesus Christ
Names were important in Jesus’ time as they were revealing the characteristics of a person- Ask we learn the different names, we see they are all in harmony with His works and His Character. The Samaritans, called Jesus savior of the world, Martha called Jesus Messiah, Son of God. Thomas called Jesus My Lord, My God. He was called Immanuel- God is with us. And Jesus called himself, the bread of life- he will meet your daily needs, he called himself the light of the world, he gives us guidance, He called himself the gate- the gate to salvation, He called himself the good shepherd, a good shepherd sacrifices his life for his sheep and Jesus sacrificed himself for us.
Evidence 16
The resurrection of Jesus has significant proofs
One of the facts of Jesus’s life that is undisputed is the fact that His tomb was found empty. The Jewish authorities instead of disproving Christ’s resurrection or proving that the soldiers feel asleep (which was a punishment of death) they bribed the soldiers instead of killing them.
Christ was physically seen, first to more than 500 different people after He rose from the dead. There as many as 12 different appearances of Christ after his resurrection where he was seen and touched.
The Disciples after being in hiding and scared, confused and scattered, saw something that gave these men courage and conviction to die for their beliefs and boldly proclaimed the message of the resurrected Christ.
Jesus claimed to be God and He proved it! He fulfilled the prophecies written in the Old Testament hundreds of years in advance. He lived a sinless life. He performed numerous miracles. He prophesied His death and resurrection and the He accomplished them!
Jesus lived on this earth in a human body, lived a life in complete harmony with God, lived in complete obedience to God’s will and died a physical death. He arose from the grave. He is alive today. He is personally and intimately involved in the lives of those who have received Him into their lives.
There are other religions that accept the fact that Jesus lived and died. What makes Christianity different? Jesus’ entrance into the life of a person changes that person. For the first time, that person is really alive. Before he or she received Christ, he or she was spiritually dead in their sins. After receiving Christ- the source of life- he or she becomes alive or born again. Christians are people who are complete because they have Christ in their lives.
Of all the way’s to God or heaven, why Christianity?
Restaurants encourage us to order our food prepared exactly the way we enjoy it. Coffee shops offer numerous flavors. At this time in history- Choice is king! So what about selecting a religion that is perfect for you? Can we select a religion just like we select our coffee? Do all religions ultimately lead to heaven?
To understand the question. “Are all religions equally good?” we need to first define religion.
The word “religion” comes from a Latin word which means “to bind, to obligate or to bind by fear” The word portrays the idea of working to gain favor with God or binding oneself to a set of rules. All religions give their followers rites to follow, observances to keep, and ways to perform for the purpose of gaining God’s favor. Religion is a man-made way of trying to get right with God.
True Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship – a relationship between an individual and Jesus Christ. It is not a denomination, not a church building, about elaborate traditions or rules. Jesus was persecuted by religious men…he is not about religion.
Religions of this world have each had leaders who were born, lived and died as any other person. They searched for truth, but few claimed to have found it.
Jesus’ stand is extreme contract to other religious leaders, he not only claimed to know the truth, but He stated He is the truth. Jesus said, “….I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” – John 14:6.
Christianity is not based merely on Jesus’ teachings, but on Jesus Christ Himself. In other belief systems, it is possible to be part of a religion and not know the founder. Not so with Christianity. A personal relationship with Jesus Christ is the essence of the Christian faith.
To understand the Trinity of God the Father –God the Son/Jesus– and God the Holy Spirit, you can take an overly simplistic view of yourself, if you are a parent and friend. For example, If you are man, you are a father to your children, you are a son to your Dad and a friend to someone- a comforter and the same for a woman, you are Mother, a daughter and friend, you are three in one. We also see dimensionally, where God created dimension and is not bound by what He created.
(hold up three fingers facing forward and then turn your hand so they only see the single dimension, it helps to illustrate the point)
Christianity teaches a unique view of salvation
Religions teach what I must do to reach God. Christianity teaches what God did to reach out to you.
If God exists, doesn’t he have the right to say who He is and what He requires of us? He tells us in Acts 4:12 page 833.
Christianly uses both the mind and the heart
Jesus created us with the ability to think, learn and reason. And to discern truth. But still some people ask, Is it reasonable, logical, intelligent action to put my faith in the Jesus?
Faith is not about turning off your brain and merely relying on the heart, or squashing reason in favor of emotion. No, Christian faith is about seeking and knowing Jesus with all facets of the human character. It is not a “blind faith” It is a calculated faith, based on a preponderance of the evidence.
It is like using a chair. You examine the chair, and its design and ask yourself it is structurally sound. You analyze if the materials chosen by the manufacturer support your weight.
Most likely, you will pick a chair that you believe will support you. That’s belief! You applied logic, knowledge and experience to make an informed intellectual decision.
Now, sit in the chair. That is faith! At some point, intellectual assent only goes so far. True living requires that we put our beliefs into action. Intellectual belief without actionable faith is hollow and meaningless.
But it is not enough to know the facts about Jesus. More than our minds and our emotions are involved. We must respond to Gods love by believing and receiving Jesus’ death on the cross as full payment for our personal sin. Any person who accepts Jesus Christ as Savior receives eternal life.
When we personally believe that Jesus died for our sins, we repent of our sins and ask God’s forgiveness. We can thank Him for dying in our place and ask Him to live His life in us. By His Holy spirit, He enters our lives and makes us His children. Through Jesus death and resurrection, Gods justice has been satisfied and we have right standing with God. We are free from guilt. It is by grace we are saved, not by our works so that no one should boast – Ephesians 5 6-7 It is not about being good enough in thought or deed.
By Tyler G. Johnson
I was 19 when my dad died in my arms from a sudden heart attack as we were replacing the roof on our house. That was 19 years ago. As of today I’ve spent as many years without my dad as I have with him. Here are a few things I’ve learned, off the cuff.
-Most of us take our parents for granted. We don’t spend as much time with them as possible because we forget that they won’t be around forever. Some of y’all are in your 40s, 50s, even 60s and 70s and you still have parents. I cannot express how incredibly blessed you are, and you don’t even know it. You take it for granted. I’ve learned that humanity lives within extraordinary blessings and never sees them nor is even aware of them. I’ve learned that thankgiving is about becoming consciously aware of what God has already done then aligning ourselves with that wonderful reality, a reality that otherwise we are instinctively blind to.
-Love necessitates pain. If someone loved badly, you don’t miss them when they are gone. If someone loved well, they leave a hole that cannot be filled. There is no remedy as the hole itself is the proof of love that existed at some point. Do not apologize for your grief as it is a unbeknownst gift; Those that have not been loved live in a darker world than you in your loss of love.
-Nobody is going to take care of your body but you. You can’t deal this responsibility off on doctors. You have to take care of yourself. If you don’t, the ones you love will suffer.
-Empathy heals. It heals us because empathy is someone choosing to willingly and sacrificial enter into our pain so that we are not alone in it. But no human will ever understand the fullness of your pain because your pain is unique. In fact, your pain is so deep that no human has the ability to really fully empathize with how you feel. Only God can. Take your cares to Him and be as vulnerable and weak as you need to be. He will always meet you in acceptance, compassion, and gentleness. He always knows what to say to make things right.
-Loss will keep happening. You may think that you already hit the unfortunate lottery jackpot once so the odds of hitting it again in a lifetime are low, so it is quite shocking when losses keep happening. How is this fair? I mean, haven’t you already paid your dues? If you don’t think about it correctly, it can all pile up and tempt you to be a victim and offended with God. Unless you deal with the first initial loss in a healthy way, every subsequent loss feels instantly overwhelming, even when it is not. Dealing with that first loss in a healthy way looks like acknowledging your pain and worshipping God in the midst of it. Total brokenness and destitution mixed with beauty and glory. Faith heals the heart. Once we see the goodness of God again, we have the ability to see that we are not a victim and not somehow attracting more terrible losses to us. We go from feeling cursed to remembering we are blessed. We begin to remember our authority and begin to take a stand again. When we do experience loss, we do not lose sight of God’s love in the midst of it, which positions us to be powerful and effective.
What You Need to Know Before Purchasing an Industrialized Home or Building
The primary differences between an industrialized (modular) home and a manufactured home are:
Determine the zoning of your property. Contact the city zoning department if you are not sure.
Check the deed restrictions on the property. The city cannot prohibit a modular home constructed under this program from being placed in an area zoned for single-family housing, or a modular office building from being placed in an area zoned for offices. However, you must abide by any deed restrictions and subdivision or architectural controls.
Ask for their registration number and either call TDLR or look on the web site (www.tdlr.texas.gov) to verify that they are currently registered and in good standing. Registration as a manufactured housing retailer or installer is not the same as registration as an industrialized builder through TDLR.
Check with TDLR to see if any complaints have been filed. Check with the better business bureau.
Residential modular homes are required to be placed on a permanent foundation. All industrialized housing and buildings are installed according to the manufacturer’s specifications, or to unique site details sealed by a professional engineer or architect and approved by the local authorities. Site work includes the foundation, installation of the modular home or building, and provisions for the installation of utilities such as electric, water and waste disposal. It is also a good idea to make sure the roads to the site are clear for the trucks to deliver the units.
Have in writing what is your responsibility, what is the industrialized builder’s (retailer/installer’s) responsibility, and what is the certified manufacturer’s responsibility.
It is important that you read and understand all warranties. Find out how to obtain warranty service, and learn how to properly maintain your industrialized home or building and its appliances to ensure that your warranties will be honored.
Your new home or building should come with a homeowner’s manual and manufacturer, retailer, and appliance warranties. The homeowner’s manual typically contains important general maintenance and safety guidelines. The manufacturer’s warranty typically covers defects in the workmanship of the structure and plumbing, heating, and electrical systems installed at the factory. Appliances installed at the factory are also covered.
The retailer’s warranty typically explains the terms of the warranty and the services the retailer will provide. If appliances are not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty, they may be covered by separate warranties that include use and care manuals.
While in the factory, an in-plant inspector and a third-party inspector assure that the unit is inspected for code compliance and workmanship. When the unit is brought on site, the city is responsible for all site inspections.
Outside the city limits site inspections are to be performed by a third-party inspector approved by this department, or a licensed architect or engineer. The industrialized builder is typically responsible for assuring that these inspections are accomplished (check your contract). Inspect your home or building thoroughly as soon as you move in.
The industrialized builder (retailer/installer) is required to provide the purchaser the following information:
My peeps. I grew up playing under this tree at the private school I attended for 13 years. As a little girl, I dreamed of having a beautiful loving family such as this…
Thank you, Yaweh! Photo at my parents 50th wedding anniversary celebration this week in Michigan! left to right: James, Christianna (middle child), me, Todd, Andrew (baby), Elisabeth (firstborn) and David.
Where has all the COMMON SENSE gone?
Never did I think I’d witness the majority rushing in begging to be a LAB RAT!
When they find out the truth, they will feel so bad that they let FEAR control them!
It’s truly not their fault!
They have been professionally brainwashed since birth to believe lies and follow the crowd.
People, we must wake up and return to common sense, Truth, Wisdom and most of all to GOD, the only true Savior!
God help the next generation if we don’t wake up NOW!
If you know the horrible crimes F-auc-i and G-ates committed against all humanity and want them to be examples like Nuremberg, drop this emoji ?.
2016 post
Reading love letters from the past, our courtship, engagement and first year together. Wowee, I am so blessed! God is so good to grant us the desires of our heart. We started out strong saving our whole hearts for other and coming together as virgins on our wedding night.
As I look back five years into our marriage, we took a nose dive. Unforgiveness crept in and respect and love faded.
Thank God, now we are experiencing pure romantic bliss every single day for the last 8 months.
What changed besides more forgiveness?
I was a little girl on the day of the royal wedding of Diana ?? ?and Charles. I can’t remember if I shed a tear ? when she died, but I was very sad.
Make no mistake, I will be anything but sad when the queen mother dies. One of the greatest deceptions I’ve witnessed in my lifetime is people calling evil “good”and good “evil”! My eyes are now wide open. I can never be ignorant and deceived in that way again! Never!
P.S. I do believe some we think are dead are alive and some we think are alive are dead. Time will tell if that applies to the above. ???????????????
Please, I beg you to consider what you call good and what you call evil.
Question everything “they” tell you and Search for THE TRUTH as if your life depended on it…
I am so proud of US!
We beat the odds!
Twenty-five years!
25 tests!
25 miracles!
Hearts full of Gratitude to the Miracle Worker!
Two years ago, our plant ? was nearly dead!
Only a few of you knew and you walked through the dark times with us.
We are learning to fight our enemy, not each other.
I am finally learning how to be a team player; the beauty of my femininity; the peace of letting him lead me and the joy of trust.
So many many things I had to “unlearn”.
Our culture programs us to Fail and if we live by default, what hope do we have of winning?
The magic is We must keep growing and learning new skills!
We are relentless about fighting for our marriage And NOT GIVING UP!
Please, even if you’re the only one fighting for your marriage, please Keep. Going. Until…
I promise you, it will be worth it!
We knew there had to be answers and solutions; We just didn’t know where to turn.
The most valuable resource for us came this last year when we were ready to be taught. Our current mentors found here: www.relationshipdevelopment.com.
I cannot say enough about this life-changing content very few people on the planet seems to know, and fewer who live it and even fewer who actually teach others. Their program over the last 8 years and tens of thousands of clients has a 99% success rate. And here’s the most impressive thing: it works with only one willing party.
5 years ago this month [pride month], I came out to my family and publicly as a lesbian. I was convinced. Set in my ways that I was born that way and that no one or nothing could ever change that.
But God. He moved and molded my heart into a sculpture of His grace. Forgiveness. Love. Compassion. Understanding. He used people in my life at that time in the summer of 2016 to show me what He wanted for me, and that what I wanted for myself was leading nowhere good and was not the same.
If wasn’t my sexuality that was my destruction. It was my sin. It was my heart posture. It was my choices in my struggles and temptations. It was my lust. My pride. My feelings as Truth instead of His Word as Truth. I was lost. I was confused. I was mad. I wanted sorrow not healing. I wanted pleasure because I was simply in pain.
I was insecure. I believed I deserved nothing yet wanted everything but was looking in the wrong places. All of them.
But God. He picked me up and listened. And while He listened He healed me. He saved me. And He delivered me. He was always running after me.
Today I live a life that strives to please God and not man. I no longer identify as a lesbian and desire a husband and children. My purpose is to please the spirit and not the flesh. To see the eternal Kingdom plan instead of my own, broken and worldly one. I live dying to my flesh daily. A struggle that I will probably always have. It is not easy. But it is the best decision I ever made so I continue to lean on my father.
He wants you free. He wants you at peace. Pride is the starting root of self destruction. Praise God for His new mercies daily and His deliverance. I serve a God of true love and true forgiveness. Thank you Jesus. He did it for me. He can do it for you. He wants to witness your birth again. Into His arms.