Really Robin

Proverbs 3:1-4 (CJB)

3:1
My son, don’t forget my teaching, keep my commands in your heart;
3:2
for they will add to you many days, years of life and peace.
3:3
Do not let grace and truth leave you -bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
3:4
Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people.

Proverbs 2:16-22 (CJB)

2:16
They will save you from a woman who is a stranger, from a loose woman with smooth talk,
2:17
who abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
2:18
Her house is sinking toward death, her paths lead to the dead.
2:19
None who go to her return; they never regain the path to life.
2:20
Thus you will walk on the way of good people and keep to the paths of the righteous.
2:21
For the upright will live in the land, the pure-hearted will remain there;
2:22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, the unfaithful rooted out of it.

Proverbs 2:12-15 (CJB)

2:12
They will save you from the way of evil and from those who speak deceitfully,
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who leave the paths of honesty to walk the ways of darkness,
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who delight in doing evil and take joy in being stubbornly deceitful,
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from those whose tracks are twisted and whose paths are perverse.

What happened to the day when children were allowed to be children?  Society is taking us backward, or should I say downward, with it’s newest trends.  The saddest part is that parents are not only allowing it, they are PUSHING it! 

Here is a recent ad for the new House of Dereon {Beyonce Knowles} Kids Line:

Read what Michelle Malkin has to say about it here.  Amazing…… 

People will be flocking into the stores to dress their daughters like this.  I guarantee it.  And, yet, we wonder why the age for sexual experimentation and pregnancy just keeps getting younger and younger. 

To coin the soda commercial, 
WAKE UP, PEOPLE!

Proverbs 2:6-11 (CJB)

2:6
For ADONAI gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
2:7
He stores up common sense for the upright, is a shield to those whose conduct is blameless,
2:8
in order to guard the courses of justice and preserve the way of those faithful to him.
2:9
Then you will understand righteousness, justice, fairness and every good path.
2:10
For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will be enjoyable for you,
2:11
discretion will watch over you, and discernment will guard you.

If there was only one thing to be said for this campaign year, it would be that there has not been a single, dull moment. That said, I just read that Bob Barr is launching his Libertarian White House Bid.  You can find out more about him here.

Well, that certainly gives American voters a different choice, rather than the cookie cutters currently being offered!

I’m just saying…..

R.

After watching this video:

I had these thoughts……

51st: State of Confusion
52nd: State of Chaos
53rd: State of Liberalism
54th: State of Hopelessness
55th: State of Frustration
56th: State of Denial
57th: State of Senselessness

And I thought myself soooo witty!

Then I found THIS!!

I guess it’s true - some things are just way too easy!

It left me grateful for three things:

1. My lack of desire to run for President.
2. The fact that I don’t have to make a living with my wit.
3. My ears never being the focus of any cartoonist!

Blogger’s Note: I’m not invested in any political candidate this election, so take this for what it’s worth. I’m pretty sure that what Obama was trying to say is that he has made 57 visits to states during the campaign. There are enough BIG things to be concerned with about the candidates without making much out of little.

Proverbs 2:1-5 (CJB)

2:1
My son, if you will receive my words and store my commands inside you,
2:2
paying attention to wisdom inclining your mind toward understanding
2:3
yes, if you will call for insight and raise your voice for discernment,
2:4
if you seek it as you would silver and search for it as for hidden treasure -
2:5
then you will understand the fear of ADONAI and find knowledge of God.

Relief volunteers are now estimating that tens of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis will begin dying if aid is not allowed in.  As of this morning, the first of US aid has been allowed in, but as I read it is still being turned over to the Myanmar government for distribution.

The Myanmar government does not have the motivation, man-power, or equipment necessary to undertake such a distribution effort and it is imperative that they allow crisis management experts in to do this work!

Please continue to petition God for the people of Myanmar - both the survivors AND those in government.  Many have stepped up to send aid, but only God can truly deliver what these people need.

Father, I pray for those You would draw to You in Myanmar.  I ask that you grant Your mercies on those who have survived this horrible natural disaster.  Soften the heart of government officials stopping the true relief available through human effort.  Move in supernatural ways to show Your awesome way to these hurting people.  May everything that is accomplished in this effort be a true reflection of Your love and mercy.  May all glory and honor be given to You, as it is meant to be given.  Thank You that we may come to You in prayer through Your Son, Jesus.  Amen.

Proverbs 1:28-33 (CJB)

1:28
Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they won’t find me.
1:29
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of ADONAI,
1:30
they refused my counsel and despised my reproof.
1:31
So they will bear the consequences of their own way and be overfilled with their own schemes.
1:32
For the aimless wandering of the thoughtless will kill them, and the smug overconfidence of fools will destroy them;
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but those who pay attention to me will live securely, untroubled by fear of misfortune.”

Proverbs 1:20-27

1:20
Wisdom calls aloud in the open air and raises her voice in the public places;
1:21
she calls out at streetcorners and speaks out at entrances to city gates:
1:22
“How long, you whose lives have no purpose, will you love thoughtless living? How long will scorners find pleasure in mocking? How long will fools hate knowledge?
1:23
Repent when I reprove -I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make my words known to you.
1:24
Because you refused when I called, and no one paid attention when I put out my hand,
1:25
but instead you neglected my counsel and would not accept my reproof;
1:26
I, in turn, will laugh at your distress, and mock when terror comes over you
1:27
yes, when terror overtakes you like a storm and your disaster approaches like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble assail you.

Proverbs 1:10-19 (CJB)

1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, don’t go along with them.
1:11
Suppose they say, “Come with us: we’ll ambush somebody and kill him, we’ll waylay some harmless soul, just for fun;
1:12
we’ll swallow him alive, like Sh’ol, whole, like those who descend to the pit;
1:13
we’ll find everything he has of value, we’ll fill our homes with loot!
1:14
Throw in your lot with us; we’ll share a common purse”-
1:15
my son, don’t go along with them, don’t set foot on their path;
1:16
Their feet run to evil, they rush to shed blood.
1:17
For in vain is the net baited if any bird can see it;
1:18
rather, they are ambushing themselves to shed their own blood, waylaying themselves.
1:19
So are the ways of all greedy for gain -it takes the lives of those who get it.

Proverbs 1:7-9 (CJB)

1:7
The fear of ADONAI is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
1:8
My son, heed the discipline of your father, and do not abandon the teaching of your mother;
1:9
they will be a garland to grace your head, a medal of honor for your neck.

Proverbs 1:1-6  (CJB)

1:1
The proverbs of Shlomo the son of David, king of Isra’el,
1:2
are for learning about wisdom and discipline; for understanding words expressing deep insight;
1:3
for gaining an intelligently disciplined life, doing what is right, just and fair;
1:4
for endowing with caution those who don’t think and the young person with knowledge and discretion.
1:5
Someone who is already wise will hear and learn still more; someone who already understands will gain the ability to counsel well;
1:6
he will understand proverbs, obscure expressions, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Myanmar [Burma] has been a prayer concern for me for several months. This is a nation of people not only bound to physical poverty by their government, but a nation of many bound to spiritual poverty because of their lack of a Savior. Now, with the hit of Cyclone Nargis, there is even more concern.

But God! is always faithful. As He says in His word, all things come together for the good of those who believe and are called in accordance with His purpose. Many prayers have been lifted for the ability for aid to be allowed in for the people of Burma. God is answering that prayer. The government of Myanmar is saying they will lift sanctions in order to allow this. And, even if they drag their heels in this, France has petitioned the UN to force aid to be allowed by invocation of the ‘responsibility to protect’ clause. Now, I’m not much for the UN - but God! can use all things, remember?

For the first time in a long time, volunteers will be allowed in to the country. For the first time in months, journalists and photographers will be allowed in. For the first time in months, the rest of the world will have a glimpse of the fate of these people. It is not going to be pretty, but God! is, as always in control with His divine, sovereign plan.

Father, thank You for what you have planned for the nation of Myanmar. Thank you for those people You will draw to the saving grace brought through Your Son. Thank You, Father that you have already appointed those who will go into this mission. Thank You for the protection You will provide. Thank You for the hearts You have prepared to hear of Your Son. We await Your Will, and look with anticipation toward Your workings. In Christ’s name, Amen.