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  1. Who’s wasting their vote?

    April 18, 2012 by Hannah Jane

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  2. Deadly Red Ties and Other Random Musings

    March 20, 2012 by Hannah Jane

    Pulling into church last Sunday morning, our family was surprised to see multiple police cars scattered throughout the parking lot.  We are currently not attending one particular church and are instead visiting various congregations in the area, so we were not present for any announcements given the previous week.

    Once we reached the lobby area, Mom was pulled aside by an excited church member who let her know that “Newt Gingrich is coming here today!  He’s going to go right through those doors!”  After politely exiting the conversation, Mom slipped over to the rest of us to give us the news.  Our reactions ranged from “Eww! Yuck!” to “Who’s he?”, but we managed to make our way to the balcony without too much commotion.

    Thankfully, the service was not at all focused on Newt, and at the end when the Pastor did mention him, he made sure to state that Jesus was the most important visitor.  Nevertheless, “our” pew was conspicuously still and silent when everyone else was applauding and welcoming Gingrich.  I was deeply disappointed in how excited so many seemed at the prospect of meeting him – if we had been in some place other than church, I would have been tempted to boo or start chanting ‘End the Fed!’.

    Had Obama or Clinton or someone else wearing a blue tie been there instead that day I doubt that they would have received such an enthusiastic welcome – but because Gingrich wears a red tie, no one seems to look twice at the fact that he is otherwise indistinguishable from many liberals.  Ugh.  Red ties are quite deadly, I’m afraid.  So far they’ve managed to do much are harm to our country, and I’m surprised that many continue to be blinded by them.

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    Those of you who aren’t new here likely notice that I’ve changed my background theme. (yet again!)  Hopefully this one is for keeps.  I like it, even thought the html has proved slightly difficult to manipulate.  If any of you note any bugs, flaws, or ugly stuff I’d be thankful if you’d leave me a comment pointing them out.

    In other news, google has discontinued the friend connect gadget for all non-blogger sites.  Since I’ve been double posting to my old blogger blog lately, anyone “following” me there will still get updates in their blogger news feed, although it’ll be more hassle than before.  If you know me in person/know me well enough that you know my full name feel free to “friend” me on facebook, (no guarantees that I’ll confirm, though!) but if not, sorry…

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    It’s been different lately with no real baby around the house.  For the first time in about decade there are no diapers to change, no burp rags to fold, no little one to “fight” over… In a way it’s sort of sad, because unless God sends another sibling, that chapter of our family’s life is finished.

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    My days lately are filled with school.  Trying to finish up twelfth grade and “graduate” from my days of formal schooling has me busier than I’d like to be, but thankfully I’m in the home stretch now.  Sometimes I feel a bit overwhelmed, although I’m a perfectionist and the overwhelm is mostly my own fault, I think.

    I’m also trying to figure out what to do after graduating.   Taking over schooling some of the littles is an option, although right now I think Mom is doing a better job than I would be able to.  I’d also like to find a way to get some sort of income, although I’d prefer for it to be from home or self employed.  Photography is something I really want to look into, although I’d need a better camera than the one I -er, Mom – has.  Heh.

    Anyway, if you’ve read through this far I congratulate you.  Thanks for bearing with my rambling.

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  3. Happy End-of-the-World!…

    October 21, 2011 by Hannah Jane

    …or not.  Apparently Mr. Harold Camping says that today is likely the end of the world.

    Honestly, I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for those who keep trying to predict the end.  I can’t understand why people refuse to heed the clear statements in the Bible which tell them that NO ONE knows the day or the hour.  Thus, trying to guess when it will be is a ridiculously futile practice.

    “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” – Mark 13:32

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  4. 9/10/01

    September 11, 2011 by Hannah Jane

    Re-posted and revised from the archives.

    On September 10, 2001, about 3 thousand innocent Americans were murdered. They had absolutely no say over the matter.  Our nation lost 3 thousand people that day – people who may have found a cure for cancer, or become war heroes or just become one of the ordinary people that make our country what it is. They could have been so much.

    But they were murdered on that day, exactly 10 years ago.

    Tomorrow, almost everyone in our nation will recount 9/11 – the death of almost 3 thousand Americans. Adult Americans, that is.

    What happened on 9/11 was a tragedy.

    But why do we not grieve the innocent babies that are, through abortion, murdered every single day?

    The number is nearly the same.

    The victims are even more helpless then the victims in the twin towers were.

    Since when do those out of the womb matter more then those inside?

    Every day, it seems.

    What if every day was a repeat of 9/11/01?  What if three thousand adult Americans were being murdered every day?  How would we react?  Would it be with callous indifference, or with outrage?

    But ever since 1973 A.D., citizens of America have had this happening to them daily.  Approximately three thousand of their number are wiped out. Every day.  Of every week.  Of every month.  Of every year.

    “Terrorists will kill over 3,000 Americans today, right here. It will not make the news nor trouble most Christians. They’re just babies.” -R.c. Sproul Jr.

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  5. Quotables

    August 9, 2011 by Hannah Jane

    Note: this is a re-post, since the first post was deleted for some reason, along with a couple others.

    The following are all various quotes I like.  They range from my siblings funny sayings to things I have found and like in various books I’ve read.  Some are serious, some are anything but, some are old and some are recent.  If  you are a facebook friend then some of them will be familiar, but not all of them.  Enjoy!

    Abigail, while playing with Joe: “You drive, and drive, and then look right, but turn left.”

    “….there will never be another global Flood—next time the global judgment will be by fire, according to 2 Peter 3 (now that is the global warming that is coming that we can all be sure about).”
    ~Ken Ham

    Joe: “Hannah, lets play Bendeego!”
    Me: “Huh?”
    Joe: “Bendeeeeeego!”
    Me: “Do you mean Stratego?”
    Joe: “Yeah. That. Bendeego.”  (after winning) “Whoo-hooo! Yeah! I kidnapped yo’ flag!”

    Abbie: (After the UPS truck leaves) “Is that an ambulance?”

    Martin Luther:  ”If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ.  Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that one point.”

    Joe: “You have squishy brains. Really. You do.”

    Mom: What do you want the most for your birthday?
    Abbie: Band-aids

    Gary DeMar (in God and Government Volume 1, pg 33): “The Bible is opposed to centralism; whether it be political (United Nations) or religious (World Council of Churches).  The tower of Babel and God’s scattering of those who were involved n its design  were judged because of the potential corruption that s inherent in religious and political centralism…The symbolic purpose of the tower was an attempt by fallen man to unify all creation under a centralized governmental and religious system.  ’Let’s make a name for ourselves’ (Genesis 4:8) was ‘the first public declaration of humanism’ (Francis Schaeffer, Genesis in Space and Time).  Corruption and tyranny would be centralized, along with power and authority.  This was the danger.”

    “Hannah, I can’t believe that you are going to be 17 soon…..you’ll be so ancient and cranky then!” ~Esther Ruth (!?!)

    “You can brush my hair, but watch out for the snores in it.” ~Abbie

    R. J. Rushdoony (in Law and Liberty pg 59):  ”The word government meant, first of all, the self-government of the Christian man, the basic government in all history.  Second, and very closely and almost inseparably linked with this, government meant the family.  Every family is a government; it is the man’s first church and first school, and also his first state.  The government of the family by God’s appointed head, the man, is basic to society.  Third, the church is a government, with laws and discipline,  Fourth, the school is an important government in the life of a child  [an extension of family government].  Fifth, business or vocations are an important area of government.  Our work clearly governs us and we govern our work.  Sixth, private associations, friendships, organization, and the like act as a government over us, in that we submit to these social standards and we govern others by our  social expectations.  Seventh, the state is a form of government, and, originally, it was always called civil government.

    “But, tragically, today when we say government we meant the state, the federal government, or some other form of civil government.  And, more tragically, civil government today claims to be the government over man, not one government among many, but one over-all government.  Civil government claims jurisdiction over our private associations, our work or business, our schools and churches, our families, and ourselves.  The word government no longer means self-government primarily and essentially; it means the state.”

    “Hummer. Nall. Bang! Wood. Peez?” ~Caleb

    “Its so beautiful I could scream my head off!” ~Esther Ruth

    “Covenant theology is inescapably dominion theology”
    ~Gary North (The Dominion Covenant: Genesis)

    Esther: “What?!? Some people actually think that Lincoln was a good guy?!”
    Me: “I used to think that.”
    E: “What! Hannah, how could you?”
    M: “That is what Mom first taught me, since that is was what her teachers and all the textbooks taught her.”
    E: “Poor thing.”

    Gary DeMar (God and Government Volume 1, pg 51):  ”In the area of civil government; it is crucial to understand the question of the source and function of governmental authority.  The authority of any system of thought is the god of that system.  If a national government establishes the will of the people, and elected elite, a law court, or an individual as the ultimate authority, that is the nation’s god.”

    (After watching a movie which included a plane crash)
    Caleb: “Plane broke. Stephen fix it.”

    (While watching me make cinnamon rolls) Abbie: “What are you baking? Waffles or guitars?”

    Gary DeMar (God and Government volume 1, pg 81) : “To deny that there is a biblical system of civil government is to say that God has no standard of righteousness and justice in the crucial area.  If men and nation can pick and choose the system of civil government they desire, man becomes ultimate and God becomes subordinate to mans desires.”

    “Hannah, when you turn 17 you will be like, old. Really old. But then when you turn 18 you’ll be like a kid again.” -Liz

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  6. Some humor for you

    February 17, 2011 by Hannah Jane

    *note:  I noticed at least one swear word in here.

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  7. Psalm 2

    September 26, 2010 by Hannah Jane

    1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

    3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

    4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.

    5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

    6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

    7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

    8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

    9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

    10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

    11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

    12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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  8. Cutting out our debt hole

    December 14, 2009 by Hannah Jane

    The little old Woman had only one blanket for her bed. It was a nice red flannel blanket, but it was full of holes.

    …..said the Little Old Woman….”Maybe if I cut holes out of the red blanket, it will be warm enough for me.” But when she fetched her scissors and cut the holes out of the red blanket, the holes were still there. In fact, they were bigger than ever.   ~The Little Old Woman Who Used Her Head

    Does this remind anyone else of the way too many stimulus packages that are being passed?   (of course, in my opinion one is way too many….)

    Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.  ~Galatians 5:1

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  9. Alabama’s Gubernatorial Candidates

    August 22, 2009 by Hannah Jane

    Last Tuesday  some of my family and I had a opportunity to hear the Republican Alabama Gubernatorial Candidat……

    Go to my brothers blog to read the rest.

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