The Gospel of John (20: 7) tells us
That the napkin,
Which was placed over the face of Jesus,
Was not just thrown aside
Like the grave clothes.
The Bible takes an entire verse
To tell us that the napkin was neatly folded,
And was placed at the head
Of that stony coffin.

Is that important?
You'd better believe it!
Is that Significant?
Absolutely!
Is it really significant?
Yes!

In order to understand the significance
Of the folded napkin,
You have to understand a little bit
About Hebrew tradition of that day.

The folded napkin had to do
With the Master and Servant,
And every Jewish boy knew this tradition.
When the servant set the dinner table
For the master,
He made sure that it was exactly
The way the master wanted it.
The table was furnished perfectly,
And then the servant would wait,
Just out of sight,
Until the master had finished eating,
And the servant
Would not dare touch that table,
Until the master was finished.

Now if the master had finished eating,
He would rise from the table,
Wipe his fingers, his mouth,
And clean his beard,
And would wad up that napkin
And toss it onto the table.
The servant would then know
To clear the table.
For in those days,
The wadded napkin meant,
"I'm done."
But if the master got up from the table,
And folded his napkin,
And laid it beside his plate,
The servant would not dare touch the table,
Because the servant knew
That the folded napkin meant,
"I'm not finished yet."
The folded napkin meant,
"I'm coming back!"

You Have Heard the Gospel

You have heard the Gospel with pleasure. "Heard it!" You say, "I heard it when a little child." Your mother brought you to the house of God in her arms. You have heard it and still hear it, though it is rather like an old song to you: but is this to be all? I am very grateful that you do hear the Gospel, for I hope that one of these days God may cause it to grow in you and yield fruit. But still a grave responsibility is upon you. Think how favored you have been! How will you answer for this privilege if it is neglected and rendered useless by that neglect? Dear hearers, if we lived in the heart of Africa and we died without believing in a Christ of whom we had not heard, we could not be blamed for that. But here we are in the heart of London where the Gospel is preached in all our streets, and our blood will be on our own heads if we perish. Do you mean to go down to hell? Are you so desperate that you will go there wearing the garb of Christians? If you do persist ruining your souls, my eyes shall follow you with tears; and when I cannot warn you any longer, I will weep in secret places because of your perversity.
  ~ Charles Spurgeon

Health Care Reform

Now that the Senate has passed their version of the bill, (different then the one that was handed to them) those of us that still can't afford or don't want to spend the money on health care; jail would be the just punishment.

How's that 'Hope and Change' working for you?

An American, and Englishman and a Russian all die and go to hell. While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth. The Russian asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he was finished the devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so he writes him a check.

Next the Englishman calls England and talks for 30 minutes. When they are finished the devil informs them that cost is 6 million dollars, so he writes him a check. Finally the American gets his turn and talks for 4 hours. When he was finished the devil informed him that there would be no charge for the call and feel free to call the US anytime.

When the Russian hears this he goes ballistic and asks the devil why the American got to call the US free. The devil replied, "Since Obama became president of the US , the country has gone to hell, so naturally it's a local call."

A History Lesson

Gubbmint and How Gubbmint Works Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies. Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.. Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So They created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, Then hired two people. Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary. Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman. NOW slowly, let it sink in. Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.... during the Carter Administration? Anybody? Anything? No? Didn't think so! Bottom line. We've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency...the reason for which not one person who reads this can remember! Ready?? It was very simple...and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate. The Department of Energy was instituted on 8-04-1977. TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. Hey, pretty efficient, huh??? AND NOW IT'S 2009 -- 32 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE! THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WAS I THINKING?" Ah, yes -- good ole bureaucracy. AND, NOW, WE ARE GOING TO TURN THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY OVER TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT? McFly, Anybody Home?

Marriage

This is how I see marriage as far as scripture is concerned and why I think there are so many divorces.

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
23 And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Interesting thing in the NIV v 24 says 'joined' the KJV has 'cleave'. Cleave can mean to tear or pierce. Interesting because, that tearing (in my mind) is a blood covenant between man and wife to remain faithful to each other for life.

Now the rib protects the vital organs of the body, heart and lungs. The wife needs to be more than a worker side-by-side with her husband, she needs to protect her husband. His emotions, heart, protect against outside influences that would harm the family, and so on... He needs to protect his rib by covering up like a boxer or football player. We don't want the rib broken!! He needs to make sure that she feels protected, consistent income to provide for the family, not leering at other women, answering questions without making her feel like you’re hiding something. She needs to believe that she comes before football, golf, the boys, etc.

They are naked before each other really is how we're suppose to be. Totally transparent with each other.

10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

I know that the context of this is used with pastors being in charge of their own church, but what if husbands use these verses for taking care of their OWN families?? The word ‘life’ in v. 11 means all emotion, intellect, entire character, knowledge, everything thing that is in the husband, he to put into his family. When he does not, he is just like the hireling, selfish and not caring for his family. Football or golf is more important.

I think that if both men and women would put the needs/desires of their own spose before their own needs than there would be less divorces. We end up not trusting each other, because we don't take the time to think or take care of each other as was the custom when we were dating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Kh-xzerjE

Obama is cherry-picking scripture showing his ignorance... especially when he says that America was never a Christian nation... the historical facts prove otherwise... on a Federal Level there was never to be or intended for a totalitarian state to exist; each state has that right to dictate what they will do

1789-1795 - John Jay, first chief justice of the United States: "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."

Lincoln on the Bible:

"In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book. But for it, we would not know right from wrong. All things most desireable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are to be found portrayed in it."

Former President Harry Truman told an Attorney General's Conference in 1950, "The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings we get from Exodus and Saint Matthew, from Isaiah and Saint Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don't have a proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in rights for anybody except the State."

I quoted Truman because he was a Liberal then, and many presidents before and after said similar things... fact.

I realize that I maybe going to far on this, but Thomas Jefferson did have a Koran, which Pres. Obama and Rep Keith Ellingson (MN) have brought up, but not because he thought it was a good religion... NO, he believed that Islam was a great enemy and wanted to attack them... history is getting turned on it's backside today.

Let's not forget the Mayflower Compact and numerous other articles written by our forefathers proclaiming this to be a Christian nation. Facts are facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pres Obama is WILLFULLY WRONG and he doesn't care... I believe that, but he is still president of the United States and deserves our prayers.