"You knew I was gonna say it...THANK YOU, JESUS!"

Those were Kurt Warner's words right after the Arizona Cardinals won the NFC Championship game tonight and made it to the Superbowl. Here is an excerpt from an interview with him in an old interview with CBN:

When you stand up and say, 'Thank You, Jesus,' they think you are saying, 'Thank You for being here. Thank You for moving my arm forward and making the ball go into that guy's hands so that we could score a touchdown and win the game.' But, in essence, it is a matter of thanking Him for the opportunity, thanking Him for being there in my life, for being the stronghold, for being the focus and the strength to accomplish all things, to accomplish anything, and to be where I am at, to have gone through everything I have gone through. It is a constant thing in my life. It is not just for something specific He did on the football field to help us win; it is for everything that He has done in my life up to that point and for everything He will continue to do in my life from here until eternity.

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I am rooting for them to win the superbowl because whoever they play (hopefully Baltimore) will be from "our" (Bengals') division and I can't bring myself to cheer for either team...too much rivalry!!!!

Come on, Baltimore...Pittsburgh CAN'T win 6 Superbowls!!!!!!!!!!

Florida QB makes 'John 3:16' hottest Google search

First of all, Congrats, Gators! (Still think Utah...Even Obama thinks college football needs playoffs! {link})



And sorry, Quinton, about the Tide...better luck next year!



So, if this young man inspired thousands of people to Google John 3:16 last night, I say Hallelujah!





A little something about Tim Tebow:

"By all the measures in college athletics, Tebow stands on top. In addition to winning two national championships, he was the winner of the 2007 Heisman trophy, the first sophomore to take home the award. His shelves are now also lined with the 2008 Wuerffel Trophy, the 2007 and 2008 Maxwell Awards and the 2008 Disney Spirit Award." {link to article}



Read entire World Net Daily article here:

And just because I have saved this picture for a long time and had no place to put it before now:

Protester Calls for Jews to 'Go Back to the Oven' at Anti-Israel Demonstration

This only reinforces a couple of earlier posts HERE and HERE. We need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. I can't believe what I heard a woman shout at the Israeli contingent across the street in Ft. Lauderdale last week!

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See the article at Fox news here: Here is an excerpt:

The unidentified woman, who protest organizers said was a Muslim, wasn't the only protester who raised hackles that day. Other demonstrators held signs that said "Nuke Israel," and a number made comparisons to the Holocaust, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.


Here is the You Tube link which shows the whole video.

REALLY...UGLY...WORDS...

But is anyone suprised? Israel has always been hated and will continue to be hated until Jesus comes back to fix the mess the world is mired in! (It is PAINFULLY OBVIOUS politicians aren't able to fix it!)





How anyone can watch the news and see that a country the size of 8000 square miles (Israel could fit into the state of Florida 8 times ...click on the link, scroll down and see how it fits into Indiana!) continues to DOMINATE the news and still not believe the Bible, is just beyond me! (Then again, how anyone doesn't believe we are living in the "end time" is beyond me as well.) God has his hand on Israel. But I just wonder what they are going to have to go through this time.

I pray that the United States continues to support Israel. We are pretty much her only friend and ally in the United Nations...I wonder how much longer THAT will hold up!

Now I realize I am not being very tolerant (at least the Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world wouldn't think so!). As the Rev. Ed Bacon of the All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, Ca. so eloquently said today on Oprah (***stopping to chant "OOOMMMMMMMMMMM" right now***) in defining spirituality...

"It is about our being connected with one another and connected with the cosmos," he says. The Rev. Bacon further says that full, unconditional love is the essence of spirituality. "It's that experience of love that connects you with everyone, connects you with your past, connects you with your future, gives you hope and excitement about going into the next day, going into the next moment." {oprah.com} (He also stated that homosexuality was a gift from God, but that is another post!)

Excuse me? What happened to the name of Jesus Christ? Isn't that how spirituality is defined? Did I miss something? Has the Bible been updated? I must have missed it.



Hang on, Christians...I have a feeling when Jesus said, "You will be despised for my name's sake...", I don't think He was just speaking to the Apostles and/or the Jews...I think anybody who names the name of Jesus will be hated. We are already on the way.

Thoughts? Comments? Feel free!!!

"...Trying to understand the human soul...from the outside, in."

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Has anybody seen this yet?
Freaky. I told Pastor Kris on his last post that I needed to come up with a new invention...This guy beat me to it.

At the end of this video, the commentator says, ..."trying to understand the human soul from the outside, in." I say, what will they try to do next? (Hey, how about we try and build a tower all the way to heaven?)

PS Happy Birthday to ... me. (Is that a weird thing to do on your own blog?). My Mother always told me that when Hank Williams, Sr. died on New Year's Day in 19____ (research needed LOL), that it sent her into labor. I always thought she was only 1/2 kidding when she said it...

Goodbye 2008...

Well, this year is almost over. There are several directions a post starting out this way could go. We could talk about our historic presidential election. Or the economic crisis and financial bailouts. Global warming...true or farce? Summer Olympics in China. Propositon 8. The possibilities are endless. But I have chosen to end my blogging year the same way I started back in the spring...by "Loving His Appearing".

As 2008 winds down, I believe we are seeing biblical prophecy being fulfilled. Anytime Israel is in the news, Christians should be watching what is going on with a biblical slant. Unfortunately, the secular world will see this as just another "Mid-East flare up". I am interested in seeing how the "global community" (MAN, how I despise that term) is going to react. I am fearful that there will not be many who won't ultimately turn their backs on Israel. Hopefully the United States won't be among those who will blame Israel for all the carnage this time. So far, we are still allies of Israel. President-elect Obama has declared that Israel has every right to defend itself from terrorists. I heard a newsman say yesterday that "Hillary Clinton has always been a friend to Israel". I pray this will continue in the future. That is a great stance for our next Secretary of State. Ultimately, only time will tell...God has already written the script. We just have to watch it unfold.

Here is a video that shows Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking about the fighting in Gaza. I am listening to various main stream media sites to see which outlets are beginning to put the blame on Israel. (It amazes me how slanted and biased some networks can be and how some people will just take it as "gospel".)

Remember to "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you." Psalms 122:6




We know not the hour, but we are to watch for the signs...

God bless you all in 2009!

Too Little, Too Late...AKA...I know it was only KC, but DANG, we looked GOOD!

At least, I can go out on a win! Three in a row. WHOO HOOO!!!

It has been 3 years since I have been happy during football season (thank you very much, Kimo the Assassin...) Carson Palmer's first playoff game ended on his first pass. (But in all honesty, even before that game, we played like crap the game before it and lost the bye. Ahhhh, I remember it well...Mainly how poorly Chaddie (Ocho STINKO) Johnson played that day. Haven't had ANY use for him, his antics or his big mouth since!!!)



But I digress...

Well, it would have been nice to have back to back shutouts...(OH, IT WAS SOOOOO CLOSE! Took them SEVEN tries to punch it in!!!)

August seems like a long time ago when my hopes were high and I posted this: At least this prayer WAS answered:



Mike Brown did ONE intelligent thing this year...got rid of one of his "blind mice".



Chuck Bresnahan (at least) got the boot:



This guy has pumped NEW LIFE into our defense!!!!!! Thank you, Mike Zimmer!



Carson had to sit out this season for the most part...banged up...avoided surgery...



But THIS GUY



ALMOST made me forget about Carson... Ryan Fitzpatrick (HAAAARVARD MAN) certainly knows how to move around in the pocket!!! A lot of fun to watch...couldn't find out how many rushing yards he ended up with...but he slides head first, so quite a few breathless moments this year. LOL

Happy Birthday today to this guy, Cedric Benson...made Rudi Johnson's loss less painful this year! (same number...#32)



Now if we can just sign him for next year! (WAKE UP, MIKE BROWN!!!)

Now the big question is who stays and who goes. The saddest part of this season ending is that my beloved TJ Houshmandzadeh may not be coming back. Hard to fathom...Please indulge me just a little while I show my boy off:














So good luck to the Colts! If it can't be the Bengals, let's see the Colts go all the way again. Good luck to Pastor Pink...here's hoping SD beats Denver today to get in. [ETA...I didn't realize the winner of that game tonight plays the Colts! This could get interesting!] Heck, even good luck to the Squealers...hope Big Ben isn't hurt badly! Well, looks like Detroit is winless this year. Hopefully they will leave us a left tackle...

Cincinnati Bengals 2008...4 -11- 1

See ya next year!!!! WHO DEY!!!!!!

Your BEST Christmas ever?

OK, so the festivities are over...



Today is a rainy day. Perfect for visiting "blogland". (The 'best Christmas ever' was certainly not yesterday for me...Let's just say that when I get a chance to ask the Apostle Paul what his thorn in the flesh was, I won't be at all suprized if he answers, "Migraines"!)

Anyway, I was just sitting here thinking about the best Christmas I can remember as a child. (They were ALL good when Lauren was a child and I could enjoy them through her eyes.)

My best Christmas memory is as follows...I was in the 5th grade and all I wanted for Christmas was this:





I remember asking my Mom for it weeks in advance. She wouldn't say, "yea or nay" for awhile. Then one day, she told me something to the effect of, "Sue, farming didn't go very well this year and we just don't think we can afford to get you the chord organ for Christmas." I was disappointed, but surprizingly, for an only child, I think I took it WELL! Totally understood.

Fast forward to that Christmas Eve, which is when we celebrated Christmas. We lived with my grandparents and so my aunt and uncle and their 3 kids all celebrated Christmas with us on Christmas Eve. I remember, as a younger child, after dinner, the "women" would be cleaning up the dishes while the "men" took us kids out in the car to look for Santa Claus. Funny, how every year, he managed to sneak in without the "women" hearing him! When we got back (after spotting him way up in the skies some years, and some years, not) there would be a HUGE mound of presents under the tree. A kids' PARADISE!!!

Well, this one particular Christmas, a great time was enjoyed by all. I wasn't slighted at all, in the gift department! So what awaited me was a complete shock and wonderful surprise.

Yeah, you guessed it. After all the gifts were opened and we were pretty much winding down from the excitement, my Mom said, "Sue, go comb your hair. We are going to take pictures." (Unlike the digital age we live in now, pictures back then had to be staged...You couldn't just delete pictures like today...film and flashbulbs were too precious to waste. Anybody remember these?)









So, I dutifully went to my room to comb my hair and there, sitting on my bed, was the "Red Ryder" gift for me that year...my "Magnus Chord Organ"! That Christmas will always be remembered by me as "the best one ever"!

Thanks for strolling down memory lane with me. I wish I hadn't lost (STILL hoping they are just "misplaced" somewhere!!!) my childhood pictures in our last move. I would love to share the photo of that gift.

Here is an ironic part. At growth group last week, my friend Betty brought her portable keyboard to small group and this topic came up then. Then, later on in the week, I stopped in at Goodwill and there was a "Magnus Chord Organ" for sale in there. Looked like it was in good shape, but I was in such a hurry (ONE evening of Christmas shopping doesn't leave a whole lot of time) that I didn't try it out. Now I kinda wished I had...