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A song that I like and hear/listen to often enough is “The Goodness of God”. It reminds me of the truth of my life amidst all of my challenges, when I become doubtful and forget that God loves and cares for me more than I even do. I have become so angry with God in the past, that I not only blamed him for the bad things that happened to me, but I even stopped reading or listening to anything about Him altogether. I just didn’t care.

Sadly, there are many around me (on and off CS), who feel that they have not had positive experiences that show God’s goodness towards them. Hence they do not recognize the blessings that they receive every day of their life, as being sent from Him. I have been there. But, I have had many reminders to help me to ‘see’ the truth of His goodness.

During some types of Counselling therapy, a practice is to write down the pros and cons about a situation or a person in order to get a clearer picture of the matter before taking a decision. For example, if a person is dating more than one person and needs to decide who he/she should become exclusive with, it would be beneficial to make a list of the positives and negatives of each person and, based upon one’s own preferences, decide which is the better ‘fit’.

I learnt a long time ago, that making a list had many pluses – it kept me organized, helped me separate what I needed vs what I wanted, showed me how close/far I was from my planned goals, gave me a sense of real accomplishment the more items I could tick off as I completed tasks, reminded of things that had to be done as soon as possible, etc – so I make one as often as I need it (which is quite often these days ). One of the lists that I have made in the past was one itemizing the blessings that I have received from God.

No, not just what I or someone ‘human’ could have provided (e.g. finances, friends & family, a job, a home, etc) but also what only He could give, and still continues to. Here’s a quick look at some things that I claim God’s goodness for:
* LIFE
* (Reasonably) GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH
* (Reasonably) SOUND MIND
* PROTECTION FROM UNSEEN EVILS
* SPIRITUAL SALVATION
* THE HOPE OF LIFE IN HEAVEN
* HIS LOVE & FORGIVENESS

You may count your blessings in a different way, focussing on the physical things more than the supernatural, but that’s a good list too. After all, those things are only possible because of the LIFE that God gave you. So, make a list today. Count your blessings and ‘see’ what God has done.

The FBI said a man in Arizona took a total of 20 "wives," including several girls, one as young as nine.

The claim came in an FBI affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, describing allegations against Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46.

It described him as a cult leader, who had "approximately 50 followers and over 20 wives, many of whom are minors, mostly under the age of 15."

The document and its contents were first reported by The Salt Lake Tribune. Insider also viewed a copy.

Although the document used the word "wives", polygamy is illegal in the US. Marrying under the age of 16 is illegal in Arizona without a judge's permission.

Per the affidavit, Bateman began his relationships in 2020, including with children and the wives of some of his followers.

The document said that one of the girls was born in 2011, making her at most nine years old in November 2020 when she was with Bateman.

He also organized group sex acts some of with them, according to the affidavit.

The affidavit said the FBI has probable cause to believe that Bateman and others trafficked the people "to engage in criminal s*xual activity, and travel in interstate commerce to engage in illicit s*xual conduct with minors."

Bateman, has not been charged with s*xual abuse, the Tribune noted, though he is in jail on accusations of child abuse.

The Tribune reported that earlier in the FBI's investigation, agents took eight girls aged 11 to 16 from Bateman's houses in Colorado City, Arizona, who were taken into state custody.

The Tribune described Bateman as part of a splinter group of the Mormon faith which allows polygamy, known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS).

The mainstream Mormon church has disavowed the FLDS and said that polygamy is grounds for excommunication.

The affidavit said that people began to contact law enforcement about him in November 2020, including a woman who accused him of kidnapping her grandchildren. But the parents in question said they did not object to their children being with Bateman, per the document.

Bateman's attorney did not respond to the Tribune's request for comment, and the Tribune said Bateman did not respond to an email .

I had more fun watching this movie than I have had in decades. It has a great Christmas theme, but also lots of humor, romance and all out violence. It merge the themes of Die Hard and Home Alone and Santa Claus in a unique and refreshingly enjoyable way. I give this one at least 4.5 stars out of 5 for sheer enjoyment and a Director that put the right actors in the right parts. If you do nothing else for yourself this year, go see this movie.

Violent Night
he plot: A large gang of violent, murderous, mercenaries invade a rich woman's estate to murder and rob during a Christmas Eve party. Unknown to them Santa Claus has slipped down the chimney to deliver a gift to a little girl in the house. As his reindeer flee machine gun fire and leave Santa behind the invaders then try to kill Santa and threaten the little girl which unleashes Santa's dark side.

The trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a53e4HHnx_s
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Hello I'm Michael in my first blog we talked about the Antichrist Being Dead!!
Okay So What's really happening??
It's High Time For all of you to know what's really going on!! Let's give everyone the new hope they deserve
Okay the part from all of you that tune in here that are straight Up,. Believing only what the bible says! Are you sure it was not put there so that you would believe ?? Well please play nice with all your comments and please don't shoot the messenger!!
How far back can the human race see?? 2000 years 4000 years 8000years with compleat 100% accuracy let me pose a question to all the people? Could there have been a time in the past that a group and an individual took compleat control of all the facts? Well I would say it started in the burning of the very very first library in Alexandrea when the library was so big that any new ships coming into port there they would secretly board the vessel and remove any books the vessel had but then the library conveniently was burned down how convenient with all that knolage !! Could a group gain compleat control of all knolage even the info in the bible?? A group of Satanic pedofiles Jews that are not really Jewish but call them selves that so they can't be wiped out! And did you know if, I'm not part and your not part and all your loved ones are not part of there once was Group in there Satanic religion then we were all referd to and called "Goium" and there religion said their God created us so they wouldn't be served by beings that also looked like animals , And that it was are purpose to serve the Satanic fake Jews , try and see if you can Google and Locate the covenants of the Jews and read up it's a shocker,
Any way I'm here to say good things are happening I'm not here to bring you down I'm here to give you hope for what's been happening and kept from you! I telling you the truth the 3rd Antichrist is dead !! All the Satanic Covens Parents are dead, all the Satanic Covens broken up!! And the Satanic money sytem The S.W.I.F.T Babalonium money system called the Federal Reserve, only had a 100 year Charter from the time President Wilson signed it in to law in 1913 that's why , Your not going to see dates on any dollar bills newer them 2017 and they asked for additional 5 years to get a new charter and it didn't happen, So bills your going to see are a bunch of new 2013 and a few 2017 and that's it, no 2018-2022 the money system has been taken from the Satanic fake pedo Jews over and now it's called, K.I.M.S.
Key Monitary Money System , soon all will know every one,
So if you have watched any of the History channel program Nostradamus he talks about the bible and the Coming 3rd Antichrist and a blood bath of the human race , well it's not going to happen sorry! What is going to happen and this is why I'm Writing this! All over the world governments are going to fall why. Because they the politicians are all part of the Satanic Pedofile fake Jews , all governments every where are going to be replaced with assembly's of citizens this is already under way and has been for the past two years no matter where you are on earth I hope you find the New assembly by you and get involved with your vote your say because I can't tell you how bad your vote is needed and if there is not one in your area it's time you get one put together for your area, when the Funding starts flowing it will be flowing though the assembly s then your going to see world wide Planet Earth Restoration happening and there will be peace world wide, this has been under way sense the passing of the third Antichrist, and what will you be doing ?? Well that's another reason why I'm here soon people every where will be doing what they have always wanted to do, as long as it's peaceful and in line with the restoration of earth, get the facts at start getting the real News at from all over the world, be a part of it, reporting where your at
United Network dot news

I often read articles about Centenarians celebrating another birthday. In fact, just yesterday, I read about one who finally passed away; she was 113. But whilst some remain vibrant and somewhat active, being blessed with few medical issues, many aren’t so blessed. We know that, like an old car, problems usually arise with our bodies due to years of wear and tear, and poor choices with the quality of ‘fuel’ that we use daily.

How long would you like to live on this earth? Are you interested in living here any longer than you have to? Things are already very bad – war, crime, economic constraints, medical/scientific diseases, etc. It’s not going to get any better, so…?

VSEP (Voluntary Separation Employee Package) was once offered for employed persons to retire early from work (in my country). If God had such an offer, would you consider taking it?

Revelations talks of the Antichrist announcing his power and a blood bath of the human race

Lucifer " his rule in secrecy is over" I hate or glad! To tell all of you is Dead,

Hello are you aware Lucifers is dead to this world 2016 I'm telling you the truth,


He lost his head and his heart in 2016,

And he can't regenerate with out them,
Nano bots would have regenerated him!
Google it, were at infancy of it,
Lucifer was played by the avitar Marduke to this world and can never return now,
Marduke aka Lucifer and the 20 parents that controlled the 20 Covens and now most of the Satanic Covens have been removed of this existence I'm telling you the truth,

From my sources there are only top people left that were part of a Covens,

And those are being watched and there thoughts guarded one evil thought will get them killed removed from this existence,

This what I have told you is 110% truth I'm not joking and I can prove it !!

Assention is just around the corner to have a new body of light, as long as you keep your thoughts pure full of love, not ugly

For those not ready there soul will be put with all the rest and you won't assend to a light body 4D earth is where we're all going fast , most of the evil one cleared from this existsitence,

Okay so let's look for a bit of more truth my contacts say the people like myself it's going to be on us to teach the rest of humanity, what they have been kept in the dark on, first let me say we the people of humanity was looked apon by every one in the Satanic Covens, all 20

Humanity and all that were in it were called goium, Marduke said we were created to serve so the entity's in the the Covens wouldn't be served by pure animals,

Slaves
Money system is going to pieces as we speak, keep in mind the swift money system and now is called K.I.M.S money system they just won't tell you they have lost the war President Bush Was talking about in one of his speeches, So this S.W.I.F.T money system was serviced by the fake Jews of the Satanic Church were talking about the very very top, "PROOF" start looking at your paper money they can't keep the lie hidden Compleatly what your going to see is. Is a bunch of fresh clean printed money with the dates of 2013 mostly and just a few bills here and there, that are Compleatly new but has the date of 2017, some will know this proof and others won't, why do we not have new bills with the correct date, no 2018-2022

You May look this up, what happens in 1912 that was so, that it really put a lock down on controlling dollars in are hands

Look into the Proof #1 Titanic was sank with some wealthy people on it apposed to Federal Reserve Central Banking, well they were delt with,

Google check out Proof of #2 The train ride to" Jekyll Island " 1912 by Central Bankers that had been trying to get there gready hands on are money, so even with all of the power they had they still had to play by some rules, and the main rule any banking charter could only be in effect for 100 years so this is why we have new Bills printed with old date of 2013, well why some say 2017 ?? Because the Bankers got to 2012 and knew they were not going to get a new charter that fast so they asked for an additional 5 years to get a new charter,

Well I will keep trying to add bits of proof you can see in more post

I'm going to give all of you my sources where you can start watching whats happening with are goal now that Mardukes dead and over coming the ugly discusting Satanic group that's bad for a very very long time a tight grip around humanity's throte tune in to,
United News dot Network every Monday , Wednesday ,Friday for News about restoring this planet with a
" Peace Plan " Insted of what we have had was silent Global Marshal Law age tune into by googling United News . Network soon all will have free paid for health Insurance and free Pet insurance on your animals and more Time You Get Involved and with all of us

Watching an interesting video...

So far...not done watching it yet....however...

Basically, every person has a purpose..an inner energy/being...that often times becomes constrained by that person's body. The body facilitates in that energy/being in achieving its purpose. However, the body can also be a constraint or a jail to that energy/being. According to the video: only a small amount of people use the body to achieve the inner energy/being's objectives.

As a side note: I wonder if that is why people develop such mental conditions as depression or addiction. There is a conflict between the inner and the outer.

Our body and hence our inner being/energy live within the confines of human made environments...such as capitalism. I would think in order to develop and manifest the inner being's purpose, the outer being (body) would need to be free of external constrains....thus allowing the outer body to realize the inner being's purpose. In order for that to happen, I think one would need knowledge and resources. Knowledge to know there is an inner being with a purpose that needs to be realized...and resources to allow the body to explore these inner being purposes. I would think it would be difficult to explore this inner being purpose while stressing about how the bills will be paid, stressing about where one's next meal will come from. So money to some extent would allow for the exploration of the inner being...and to allow for enlightenment to shine among whoever. Of course, not wealth to the point where you are obsessed with it.

Another constraint is one's mind. As the video points out, the mind is not the inner being/energy...but it is the connection between the two. So a "clean" mind will help remove constraints. A mind altered by alcohol, drugs, ...addictions in general....could cause one to fail to explore and illuminated the inner being/energy and its purpose.

So...if you have a feeling that something is not in harmony with yourself...a peace...a comfort...a confidence...a clear assessment of yourself, perhaps trying to remove constraints from your inner being/energy and its purpose.

Question, does ANYone know what the first step looks like?
The answer affects every person not just Maori, because every 1st step no matter where u are is exactly the same.
Question how many Paths are there to Heaven?
Yes there is more than one
Why did I mention Maori?
Answer: Because in their culture, answers the two questions above.

From birth, we are innately selfish, and have to be taught how to share and to care about others around us, as we grow. So, it isn’t hard to understand why many of us strive to please ourselves over pleasing others. However, when we love and or respect another person, we sometimes forget ourselves entirely, trying our best to please him/her.

Even when we falter in that regard, we try to make up for it by working harder and doing better. If that person is our mother/father, grandparent/guardian, then as you grew under their care, you tried to do things that would please them. And when they were pleased, you were usually ‘rewarded’…sometimes a smile or praise of any sort was enough for you.

Who is easier to please? Who should we WANT to please more? Mankind or God (our creator)? Physical evidence is usually available for us to tell when we’ve pleased someone, but not so much when it comes to pleasing God. When we do things as though we are doing them because God asked us to, then we would usually do them willingly, and do them to the best of our ability, because we want to please Him…even though we won’t ‘see’ Him smile at us when we do so.

Even when we have to do things that are tedious and mundane at work, in our community, in our family, focus on the tasks as though it was God who asked you to do them for Him. He encourages us to focus on Him whatever we do because pleasing Him brings even more/better rewards to us – the most valuable of these being ‘spiritual’ blessings.

Don’t think that the physical/material blessings are the best; it is the things that money cannot buy that are always the most valuable. Love, joy, peace, prosperity, humility and wisdom, are treasured ‘rewards’ that most of us should want in abundance, and only God is the true source for them. Hence it would definitely be wiser to focus more on doing things as though they are for God. So NOT easy...

Happy Sunday.

I believe the good book is good.

So, if the good book is telling us accounts of times past, and is believed by very many to be true, isn't it time to stop for a second and ask yourself something?

Who...or perhaps even...what, is Jesus?

Somebody who can walk on water.
Somebody who can make the cripple walk again.
Somebody who can make the blind see.

Are these just metaphors? Or, are these real physical acts he performed?

Or perhaps, mistranslations?

If they are real physical acts he performed...as many truly believe. I am not aware of any such human that can perform these feats. Was Jesus human then?