Enough bashing of Gov. Fallin on Obamacare!

I was reading an article in the newspaper today about Rebecca Ungerman needing surgery, but not having medical insurance. Here is the link http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/health/state-medicaid-rejection-rebecca-ungerman-raising-funds-for-her-surgery/article_12d6352b-2505-5806-ba2f-0fa5432d2b5d.html Now I sympathize with anyone who is in this position. But as usual the writer used this story to bash Gov. Fallin. Gov .Fallin did not accept the MediCare supplement to fund Obamacare because the funding is only for 3 years. After that the state must cover the full cost of coverage. We are already experiencing a major budget shortfall, and by Federal law the state budgets must be balanced. In other words, unlike the Feds, we cannot have deficit spending. So Oklahoma, just like Ms. Ungerman, has to do without what we cannot afford regardless of the outcome. I would like to see a little less criticism and more on ideas on how we as a state can create a funding vehicle so things like this won't happen to fellow Oklahomans.

Standing up for the Word of God!

It's time we stood up with Phil and others like him and took America back in the name of God. Below is a link to Bryan Fisher's blog on this.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2013/12/20/conservative-response-to-phil-carpe-diem#.UrSXnQZpVpY.twitter

We need to use this momentum to our advantage and tell the gays we are not taking anymore of this when we stand up for the Word of God!

the Ten Commandments display controversy

There has been a lot of controversy lately about the 10 Commandments display at the Oklahoma State Capitol grounds. A display of the Ten Commandments or a Christian Cross or a Nativity scene are the outward display of the hearts and minds of the people who put them up. The Ten Commandments and other Christian symbols are a reflection of the society at the time they were erected. In this post modern Christian society we now live in, these are repulsive to most people. Hence the controversy of the display at the State Capitol.

If we want to see these symbols in our government buildings, we must first put God in our hearts, our minds, our lives and our homes. Then we will see the outward representative of these in society. Otherwise we will do nothing but give Christianity a bad name and dishonor God.

Sadly, the ones to blame for this departure from God in our society, are us Christians. We have chosen to remain silent for too long, and to try to confine God to our churches and our minds. It is not the loud protests from the ACLU, secularists or Atheists that gave rise to this controversy. No, it is the deafening roar of Christian silence!

Cold Wind

by Jim Harrison

I like those old movies where tires and wheels run backwards on
horse-drawn carriages pursued by indians, or Model As driven by
thugs leaning out windows with tommy guns ablaze. Of late I feel a
cold blue wind through my life and need to go backwards myself to
the outback I once knew so well where there were too many mosqui-
toes, blackf1ies, curious bears, flowering berry trees of sugar plum
and chokeberry, and where sodden and hot with salty sweat I'd slide
into a cold river and drift along until I floated against a warm sandbar,
thinking of driving again the gravel backroads of America at
thirty-five miles per hour in order to see the ditches and gulleys, the
birds in the fields, the mountains and rivers, the skies that hold our
10,000 generations of mothers in the clouds waiting for us to fall
back into their arms again.
"Cold Wind" by Jim Harrison from In Search of Small Gods. © Copper Canyon Press, 2009. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)

http://bible.com/59/psa19.14.esv Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord , my rock and my redeemer.

http://bible.com/59/mat5.5.esv “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Thanksgiving 2013

Well, my Thanksgiving is off to a roaring start! First off my definetly not a morning person wife Leatrice Virden decides to get up at 4;00 AM and start cooking! Now, to her credit she did not come in there and wake me up, oh no, she just MADE ENOUGH NOISE TO WAKE THE DEAD! So at 6:00 AM I gave up and got up. So I decided to go to Quik Trip to get breakfast and coffee so I would not be in her way and save counter space. I decide to drive her car because it is in the garage and it is warm. I raised the garage door and was looking at the radio when she banged on the window, which pretty much scared the crap out of me! I had forgot that she drove my truck last night and parked in the middle of the driveway, so she ran out to tell me before I backed into it. ( She knows me pretty well ). So I turned off the car and got into the truck and pulled out, when I did I heard a loud noise that sounded like the bed fell off the truck! I got out and the tailgate which we opened last night to unload the bed fell open. At this point I am thinking, who needs caffeine? I am in dire need of some clean underwear! So I am hoping things go smoother at Amanda Adcock's house today for our first Thanksgiving dinner at her house. Looking forward to seeing everyone and wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! That's all for now, any more adventures in Holidays I will keep you posted!