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Great testimony to the honor of those of few words and mighty deeds. Thankful also to have had parents who reversed the the sins of our ancestors. Everyone who is born by the Spirit knows the battle of this life is prefaced by: “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” – Jesus
Those crying out to be cared for by a government have a misplaced trust. Forfeiting
God’s promises for the illusion of peace and prosperity, free rather than freedom and welfare for wellness.
Communism is alive and well in America and is every bit more infectious than covid19, killing the spirit and the flesh – just as you describe its insidious keep into Montana.
From your post: “Communism is alive and well in America…”
Terribly troubling, and true.
Thank you for sharing the inspirational story of your family. You remind us how important it is to set good and strong examples within our families and communities, and how important it is to tell the stories of family history too. Thank you, thank you!
Everyone needs to read this right now!
Thank you. Look forward to part 2.
Wow. Thank you so much for sharing. I don’t think we can hear enough of your story. I was just telling my children, “There are four generations in our family that have not suffered real hardship.”
Thank you for an amazing account filled with important insights. I have traveled the world as a student and tourist over the past 50 years, and although I was not in the trenches as the author was, I saw enough poverty and misery to understand that there really is no true poverty in America. We suffer from our first world problems of which color shoes to wear with the outfit, or having to wait in a long line at the grocery store, or the doctor keeping us waiting for 45 minutes. On this Good Friday, let’s remember to say a sincere prayer for the truly suffering, truly hungry, truly destitute people of the world. Thank you again, can’t wait to read the follow up tomorrow.
My dad was abandoned by his father and he, his sister and my grandmother struggled through the 30’s without very much of anything. He told me stories of walking the railroad tracks, gathering coal that had fallen off the trains so they would have heat. I asked once how bad it had gotten and he said that one evening the only thing they had to eat for dinner was a can of green beans that they shared. When he was 15 he lied about his age and joined the Merchant Marines as a cook so he would have something to eat. As soon as he turned 17 he had his mother sign the papers allowing him to join the Marines (Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and China) and he quickly volunteered to cook anytime it was needed. He took very good care of us and although we heard the stories, he made sure we never experienced those things. He was a great faithful dad. We really have no idea how difficult things could get. Thankfully, this isn’t all there is and through trust in the finished work of Christ, we can have the confidence of life beyond the grave. Ultimate survival… 🙂
Thank you John S.
It’s testimonies like these that remind me I’m not alone in this struggle for Liberty and Truth. You are spreading Hope.
Readers might consider TREASON: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism by Ann Coulter. The work is well written, and tells the story of the entrenchment of communism in our culture, and in our government (with access to the highest reaches of government including the ear of the President). I am not personally the blind-fan of any political pundit, but I did find this book well written and sourced, insightful, informative, and a “good read” overall.
Remain steady. Be safe. Stay well everyone!
Waking up to this story with a cup of coffee was truly a blessing today. Thank you for sharing your family history of Hardships, Hardwork, Humility, Faith, and Love. You made my day 🙂 Looking forward to part 2.
Thank you so much for this inspirational article. I am at the point now where I can use that inspiration. Our legislature has passed dozens of anti-family laws this year and I made my declaration that I will run against them. I have a tough fight ahead of me, and I feel compelled by the Lord of Hosts to do His work.
None of the liberal media has published my formal notice I am running. My new,
non-pen name personal facebook account was deactivated and blocked. This is only small, irritating stuff however.
As your father showed by his life how the power of the Holy Spirit moved and influenced the world, so all of us need to acknowledge that ‘the same power that rose Jesus from the grave lives in us, lives in us’. We need to live in the confidence of using that power to be His warriors.
It takes a lot of courage to run for office these days if you’re not a lib. Best of luck!
Great article and insight. Made me realize why everyone on the left hates Donald Trump so much and so often.
Thanks for this great article. We need more people like you and your family around. Regarding the link between marxism and satanism I recommend the book Marx & Satan by Richard Wurmbrand, the fonder of Voice of the Martyrs. He suffered tremendously at the hands of marxist in Romania.
Recommendation much appreciated… Will check this out!
My younger brother has a great saying for those that are considering the Socialist route, “How many people have died trying to get out of Socialist countries and into Democratic ones and how many people have died trying to get out of Democratic Societies and into Socialist ones?”
I agree wonderful article! Looking forward to tomorrows part.
A couple of questions that are somewhat “off topic” but definitely needed ASAP. we are expecting severe weather around my area thru the weekend…two power outages last night.
1. What is the best cleaner for kerosene lamp chimneys?
2. Can “lamp oil” mixtures be mixed? ( I purchased several bottles of assorted “lamp oil” over the years and am concerned about using them with lamps that already have kerosene in them or other “lamp oils”)
3. Absolutely off topic but does anyone have a recipe for whole wheat bread (freshly ground red or white wheat) that really resembles store bought stuff (especially for sandwiches) My bread turns out good but I can only slice it in “texas toast style”.
As always, I appreciate the collective knowledge everyone has here. we can all learn from one another.
Stay safe and Happy Easter to everyone!
Depending on the fragility, you can also put the chimneys in the dishwasher.
Lisa
This is the recipe I use to make sour dough bread. It has never failed for me and it is so easy. I mix it in my bread maker and then let it sit in a buttered bowl until it rises, usually overnight, then I put it back in my bread maker and mix for about 2 minutes. I then turn it into a greased bread pan until it rises then I bake it for 40 minutes at 350 degrees. I let it cool a few minutes then dump it out on a cooling rack. I can cut this very thin for sandwiches but it does crumble if you are rough with it but does an excellent grilled cheese sandwich with tomatoes.
https://www.culturesforhealth.com/learn/recipe/sourdough-recipes/long-white-sourdough-loaf/
Lisa in TX…hope you get answers to your lamp oil question from someone who KNOWS and is not guessing since it could well mean your safety.
On the bread, you might just need to let your bread sit overnight or even refrigerate to firm up your loaf for slicing. (I slice the whole loaf at once and keep it refrigerated/frozen so the “un-preserved” loaf gets used.) Make sure to use a just sharpened knife as well and you will be able to slice thinner slices…i don’t have fancy knives but always try to freshen my blade when cutting bread and tomatoes.
Hope this coming week really IS the last of the rowdy winter beast so gardening may commence! My potatoes will wait for the weekend after Good Friday this year…maybe between now and then i will find a truly good way to grow them without using so much space!
Blessed Easter…
Lisa, most lamp oils are kerosene based but even if they a paraffin based there is no problem mixing them. As to cleaning, just use anything you would use to clean any glass surface. Ammonium works great, just a couple of drops on a rag. Vinegar works great too.
Lisa, I don’t think the oil differences will matter if they are both kerosene, but I would avoid mixing two different compounds. You could always pour the contents of lamp 1 into lamp 2 and the oil the now empty lamp 1 with a new lamp oil.
As for the bread, try adding dough enhancer, which is mostly gluten. This will create a less dense loaf.
Very interesting insights, looking forward to part 2. Every time I hear about the Greatest Generation like your father I think we are now a nation of pansies. Seeing the young people in our military and first responder vocations helps but I don’t think we’ll ever live up to their deeds.
Just a note: [Liquid] Paraffin is just a more refined version of kerosene. Most modern lamp oil is paraffin based because it has less odor. Mixing the two will cause your not so smelly lamp oil to smell more like kerosene. In many parts of the world paraffin and kerosene are used interchangeably. If you ask for lamp oil in England it would just be assumed you where asking for paraffin, not so in the Colonies.
TX~Lisa
I’ve mentioned Bonnie (for bread making) before. I’ve bought and highly recommend their grinder. So much so, that I visited their store and was wowed even more. It was the best of both worlds. Bonnie loves baking and her husband who manufactures them is a machinist, who also makes high speed commercial ammo production equipment. I digress.
Back to your question on bread…
Follow this link:
https://grainmaker.com/category/bonnies-recipes/
and you’ll see a recipe for Honey Oatmeal Bread.
I have found that the addition of the oats makes the bread a tad bit softer and it seem to still be a favorite of most people I share it with. A side note; after following Bonnie’s (or anyone’s) recipes for a while & going through many bags of gluten and adding her dough enhancer – I gave in to the basics & use what I have. You’ll figure it out. Sour dough starter and bread of starter, flour, water & oil is our new favorite. Learned these techniques from another MT woman I met at the street market in Missoula. Enjoy
Lisa, I hope you made it through the rough weather unscathed. Perhaps with a couple of loaves of fine bread.
The spring blizzard here has blown itself out, leaving five inches of heavy snow. Being out in it was no picnic. I reckon you had it worse.
Carry on in grace
Thanks JWR and editors for posting. The resurrection of Christ is what our brothers foresaw and hoped for in the Holy Bible. This was the “better things” referred to in Hebrews chapter 11.
I put this essay together very fast, because of the dire times we live in. In another writing, i’ll share the stories of hope, helping many need children in rural villages and more. Hebrews 11 is about many amazing biographies, and their sufferings are listed there. It says they lived by faith. Some did not receive what Heaven promised (yet).
God’s word is what matters most in 2020. What Heaven declares “sticks” in our lives. The opinions of others are often shallow, and sometimes worthless!!! It’s like submitting to what people say vs. what God says. The resurrection day is all about what God says matters…. most.
There’s alarming anti Christian ethics and corruption flowing out of the swamps in our nations capital. This is the mystery of lawlessness and it fits with Communism. They aren’t like believers in Christ who seek responsibility to help society.
The most problematic, clamouring leaders seek sheer power. If you looked at their lives, you’d see them fighting with their neighbors. That’s what happens when power corrupts individuals. It changes them from people into hollow forms of their former selves. They start trashing and thrashing their own citizens.
Their fellow careerists are also not helped. I couldn’t believe the extent that they attacked the Ambassadors career and yet he helped campaign for Pres. Obama. He was the foremost foreign policy advisor before 2013. If you check Google, you’ll see that he’s been scrubbed from everything. It’s like the establishment was saying “We hate Christians. We know he was a valuable public agent for America and helped accomplish much. But we hate people like him.” He’s been scrubbed from nearly everything because the left wing Marxists do exactly that. They blot out the lives of the most effective public servants. They hate transparency, honesty and integrity. They seek raw political power and retaliate in the same spirit.
Kenyan leaders were speculating on why he got axed so fast. Most concluded that he did not attend the post modernist gay rights parade event at the Embassy. That seems to be a possibility.
As i observe the Communism in our government it alarms me. It’s people who have not sought to help America or the patriots. In fact, they’ve attacked nearly all of us. When you look around their lives, you’ll see these destructive patterns. They are a wrecking ball to humanity and America. They are the rulers of the ruins. They run nearly all the low income housing and run down areas in our nation.
Yet, there are STILL great agents and patriots in America. They need our prayers too. I’ll share more in the future about these amazing leaders.
I’d counsel all true leaders to seek responsibility, the kind that helps heal America. I’d forewarn them respectfully NOT to seek power for the sake of.. power. Power corrupts nearly all who seek it.
Communism (at its core) is a bitterness/resentment movement. It’s a hate group operating with a veneer of authoritarianism. It’s sheer tribalism that’s worst than its 3rd world versions. It chooses winners and losers, and often destroys lives. That’s all it really is, and its more popular than it ought to be.
I can’t imagine being an agent with a US flag stitched on my shoulder, but instead of representing the Constitution they are dual agents for Marx. I couldn’t imagine being a hypocrite in my place of official duty. They strike all those who differ ideologically. Marx is a revolutionary philosophy that’s shed the blood of many good Christians worldwide. That’s what they do. That’s who they are. That’s what happens to ALL those who seek power, and not responsibility. You get nasty Arab Spring’s with ISIS beheading and torturing millions of innocent people.
Heaven will have the last word about these bloody leaders in our world. They willfully and knowingly caused wars and sufferings. Someday Heaven will call the curtain on it (see Revelation 11:18). No world leader will escape God’s evaluation about the harm they’ve done “destroying the earth” or destroying innocent people’s lives.
Facets of Communism are pretty much the opposite of Jesus’ Beatitudes in Matthew chapter 5. He also mentions suffering (mourning) and joy in this amazing Gospel chapter. Much of the Word of God is about us learning to be humble enough to seek responsibility (obedience to do the good we know to do, daily). It’s 180 degree opposite of the power-mongering, fear mongering and retaliatory political attacks we see today in the news.
I choose to live by God’s Word about my life and my family. Not men’s opinions or the trendy, ever changing political winds. Jesus also faced insincere leaders and crowds of people. At times they loved him and called Him “king and Messiah.” At other times they yelled, “crucify Him!”
99% of the Christian life is learning to live by God’s word. Not people’s opinions. Lets face it, people will love you when you do what they want. They hate you when they can’t extract what they want from you.
May God bless all leaders who seek the highest responsibility of helping America! It’s a variant of “love your neighbors, as you love yourselves.” I pray that we are all humble enough to do the small things that God puts in front of us. Never seek positions or power but seek responsibility before God (helping others). Loving God really does mean… loving others. It means not being full of self preoccupation.
That’s the essence of effective missions. We’ve lived an amazing journey that most can only imagine. God uses normal, everyday people to accomplish his purposes. He gives the grace and courage. Glory to Christ Jesus!