He is Alpha and Omega, He the Source the Ending He,

( Where??? Who will fight with us now? )

I've been thinking about going to San Fransisco.

This wasn't really an idle thought. I've been following my news blogs and the like with my usual sharp eye (maybe a little sharper than usual, since it's summer and otherwise my activities include shooting at and missing beer bottles) but today, I was grabbing a sandwich in town... and I met some very nice Jehovah's Witnesses. Or at least I thought they were Jehovah's Witnesses, but no. They handed me a leaflet on Hannah James.

Yes. That Hannah James. The front of her Ministy's webpage hasn't changed since she saw fit to give us all a rather twisted lesson on the Book of Malachi. There is no LiveBookmark or Feed for her stuff so I have to go check it manually. Long story short...

People are flooding the boards on the site. Claiming healing, from everything from bumps and bruises to stage three cancers. I don't know what to think about that.

So I'm thinking about going to San Fransisco. Even if there's something as wrong with her as I think there is, she can't touch me.

I don't really know what else there is to say in general. Not that I can put up on the internet, anyway. Two of my new friends took off for Washington last week, I can only hope their trip was uneventful but that's not how we roll, is it?.

I think trepidation is a good enough word for the general feeling.

( Written in her personal journal. )

I haven't updated for ages (okay, small update last Monday to say I uploaded some new stuff to my Deviantart, but other than that, nothing), mostly because I haven't felt like updating. I've had a lot of stuff going on recently that there is just no way to talk about, not easily, so I've just been keeping my head down. Oh, and I trucked it to LV where I'm now staying with Stella and Cagey Truck Guy, who is not Cagey but he is a Guy and he does have a Truck, so I guess two out of three isn't so bad.

Today my brother Reece graduated high school, and I missed it but the pictures are probably up on Facebook already if I know my sister.

Other than that... things have been pretty quiet, which shouldn't make me nervous, but it kind of does.

God keep you all. ♥

( Business. )

( Written in her personal journal. )

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. (Proverbs 19:5)

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. (Proverbs 6:16-19)

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44)

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:8-9)


HE DOES NOT ABANDON YOU, YOU ABANDON HIM
Even today there is false testimony against personages and to the wonders of the universe. Some men would rather put the marvel of God's universe to rest, explain and know everything, deny that down to the most insignificant particles of your body that you are a walking miracle.

Break down the universe into pieces if you'd like, like bricks make a building, they are there. But you name everything and try and reduce LIFE and everything about it to just a sum of its parts. The universe is not just planets, stars, elements, cells, quarks, and electric impulses. What you are and the world you live in is NOT an accident, God does not make accidents.

( Written in her personal journal. )

( Excitement - old friends )

I had a really good weekend, all things considered. If I went into details about it you probably a, wouldn't believe me, and b, if you did you would want to know why I would consider that good, but it just was. I feel better than I have in a long time, despite everything.

I even got some XBox time in with Stella and her new friend, who seems better at the game than either of us. That isn't really saying much for me, but Stella is kind of awesome. *hugs*

For those CU students @ Boulder who follow my blog -- and I know there are some of you, I view my stats and quite a few redirect from Facebook! -- this is the last week to sign up for the blood drive. To sign up you can contact Kaylee of Delta Delta Delta or Sara in Kappa Kappa Gamma. This blood drive is an annual event organized by the Panhellic Conference at CU. They are looking to break last year's record of 257 donors, and I believe at last look they were about twenty short. There's still a week to sign up, tell your family, tell your friends, tell your co-workers. Donating blood takes not long at all and is important for hospitals in the area to be able to save lives.

In the wider scope of things, if you remember from my (rather vitriolic, and I'm sorry for that) entry of January 31st, I spoke of a non-traditional preacher by the name of Hannah James who was getting some press coverage for marrying gay couples in Oregon in the face of the state's ban thereof. I got a lot of nasty e-mails myself for that, and maybe it was merited. I said a few things that looking back, may have been unnecessarily harsh but my sentiments remain.

She's at it again, the Sacramento Bee ran a fairly balanced article on her work in their metro area. Now, this time, let me preface what I'm going to say with a few remarks: gay marriage is awesome. I am one of the biggest honking liberals you could hope to meet, and it's not that I am against. I am against her use of the Word of God in the way that she is using it. She takes away from it, she ignores it, she tailors it to her use. But Aster, don't all of the denominations do that, you ask? Yes they do. But Rev. James is not affiliated with any church. I have not been able to find much on her education, any article or news interview where she appears, whenever it comes up she glosses over it. I question if she has ever been to seminary, and I have never seen or heard about so much as an undergrad institution. The Bible teaches that all authority comes from God (Romans 13:1-2), but clearly this does not mean that all men who hold power and authority over others do it in the best way.

Men are imperfect, and you should always be mindful of that. The New Testament speaks repeatedly of false prophets and false teachers, "many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." (Matthew 24:5) This has nothing to do about politics, God doesn't care about the politics of men. This has everything to do with skewing the Word to take people and make them believe they must rely on an earthly authority for their entrance into the kingdom of Heaven when you DON'T. Your salvation does not lie with anyone but YOU.

And now I'm going to lay down before I have to run to class.

( The angel said to me, 'These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.' [Revelations 22:6] )