Learn a Lesson

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 11:28 p.m. –

I was praying when I had THIS VISION: I saw Sarah Palin. Then it was like when she was younger. She looked very sweet and innocent. Then I saw a dog sitting on top of a building right at the edge. He looked like a statue, but I think he was real. Then a woman was petting him.

Following that I saw images of poor people in villages in foreign countries, like in Africa, India and Israel, etc. Many of them were carrying jars and/or baskets in their hands or on their heads or on their shoulders.

Then I saw a German Shepherd dog barking fiercely, and I shivered. After that I saw the face of Bill Clinton. Then I heard the name “Harry Reid” and Nancy Pelosi’s name naturally followed after. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 35:

The Recabites
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: 2 "Go to the Recabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the LORD and give them wine to drink."

3 So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the whole family of the Recabites. 4 I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God. It was next to the room of the officials, which was over that of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper. 5 Then I set bowls full of wine and some cups before the men of the Recabite family and said to them, "Drink some wine."

6 But they replied, "We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command: 'Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine. 7 Also you must never build houses, sow seed or plant vineyards; you must never have any of these things, but must always live in tents. Then you will live a long time in the land where you are nomads.' 8 We have obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab son of Recab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine 9 or built houses to live in or had vineyards, fields or crops. 10 We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jonadab commanded us. 11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded this land, we said, 'Come, we must go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian and Aramean armies.' So we have remained in Jerusalem."

12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying: 13 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, 'Will you not learn a lesson and obey my words?' declares the LORD. 14 'Jonadab son of Recab ordered his sons not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because they obey their forefather's command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not obeyed me. 15 Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your fathers." But you have not paid attention or listened to me. 16 The descendants of Jonadab son of Recab have carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not obeyed me.'

17 "Therefore, this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.' "

18 Then Jeremiah said to the family of the Recabites, "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'You have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have followed all his instructions and have done everything he ordered.' 19 Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Jonadab son of Recab will never fail to have a man to serve me.' "

Possible related news articles:

US ‘will lose financial superpower status’
By Bertrand Benoit in Berlin
Published: September 25 2008 11:55 | Last updated: September 25 2008 20:28

The US will lose its role as a global financial “superpower” in the wake of the financial crisis, Peer Steinbrück, the German finance minister, said on Thursday, blaming Washington for failing to take the regulatory steps that might have averted the crisis.

“The US will lose its status as the superpower of the world financial system. This world will become multi­polar” with the emergence of stronger, better capitalised centres in Asia and Europe, Mr Steinbrück told the German parliament. “The world will never be the same again”…
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d6a4f3a-8aee-11dd-b634-0000779fd18c.html

Wild day, no deal
By: David Rogers
September 25, 2008 11:58 PM EST

A high-profile White House meeting on Treasury’s $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan ended on a sour, contentious note Thursday after animated exchanges among lawmakers laced with presidential politics just weeks before the November elections.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson came up to the Capitol hours later to revive talks, but House Republicans did not participate, and Democrats warned that the whole process could collapse unless President Bush gets them to come to the table.

“Unless this fourth leg shows up at some point, this could fall off very quickly,” said Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.)…
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=9A9ED2EF-18FE-70B2-A8AFDA0F4F85490F

I Googled a dog statue on top of a building and it brought up the statue (not of a dog) on top of the capital building which some people feel resembles a mythical goddess of the underworld: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Freedom

“… Freedom is a female allegorical figure who holds a sheathed sword in her right hand and a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes in her left hand. She wears a helmet adorned with stars and an eagle's head. A brooch inscribed "U.S." secures her fringed robes. She stands on a cast-iron globe encircled with the national motto, E pluribus unum. The lower part of the base is decorated with fasces and wreaths. Ten bronze points tipped with platinum are attached to her headdress, shoulders, and shield for protection from lightning. The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6 inches (6 m) tall and weighs approximately 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg). Her crest rises 288 feet (88 m) above the east front plaza. Freedom is the tallest statue in the District of Columbia. This is meant to symbolize that there is nothing greater than Freedom…”

I looked up this Greek goddess of the underworld and learned that she was a goddess of Innocence and Receptivity as well as Queen of the underworld: http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/greek_goddess_persephone.htm

I have a sense that this is the “dog” that the Lord was showing me atop the building. A “dog” is a term used in the Bible to describe, in some instances, false teachers.

I believe that everything that is going on in our economy, particularly in relation to this present economic crisis in the USA, combined with our government’s response to the crisis, is heading us toward socialism and that much closer to the one world order, which the people from many nationalities symbolizes, I believe.

I just recently learned about former President Clinton’s Global Initiative which appears to be a good-will organization to help people from all over the world, as best as I can tell right now. I don’t know what his agenda is beyond that.

I do know that in recent weeks he has made several comments supporting John McCain, much to the disdain of many democrats. And, John McCain just spoke at CGI’s session before going to the White House Thursday. And, Bill Clinton has also had kind words towards Sarah Palin. And, I believe in recent weeks that the Lord has also been showing me people moving across the isle and that one side looks pretty much like the other, and that there really is not much difference between them.

I know there is a hidden agenda in our government that will take us to that One World Order status. And, I also know that there is a connection in Washington DC with the underworld.

The Lord is speaking to our nation, and in particular to our leaders on Capital Hill that he has warned them again and again to turn from their wicked ways and to reform their actions, and not to follow other gods to serve them, but they have not paid attention or listened to God; they have not obeyed HIM.

Therefore, he is going to bring his judgment upon our nation in the form of every disaster he has pronounced against us as a nation.

Yet, he is still calling out to those who will listen to learn a lesson from the Recabites who obeyed their forefather’s command and to obey God’s Words.

The Plug Was Pulled

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 11:21 a.m. –

I was praying when I had THIS VISION: I saw a very large person. I saw only the back of the person as he or she was walking towards a doorway. Then, right after this person passed, I saw a very large electrical outlet and a power chord with a plug attached to the end of it that was plugged into the outlet. Then, this large person was with a group of people walking through a doorway into a room and then the plug was pulled out of the outlet. Following that I heard the names Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Ben Bernanke. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 34:8-22:

Freedom for Slaves
8 The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves. 9 Everyone was to free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no one was to hold a fellow Jew in bondage. 10 So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free. 11 But afterward they changed their minds and took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.

12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 13 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I said, 14 'Every seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrew who has sold himself to you. After he has served you six years, you must let him go free.' Your fathers, however, did not listen to me or pay attention to me. 15 Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to his countrymen. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name. 16 But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has taken back the male and female slaves you had set free to go where they wished. You have forced them to become your slaves again.

17 "Therefore, this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom for your fellow countrymen. So I now proclaim 'freedom' for you, declares the LORD -'freedom' to fall by the sword, plague and famine. I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 The men who have violated my covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces. 19 The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf, 20 I will hand over to their enemies who seek their lives. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

21 "I will hand Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon, which has withdrawn from you. 22 I am going to give the order, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, take it and burn it down. And I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there."

Where Are Bush, Reid and Pelosi?
Filed under: General News — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on September 25, 2008 @ 1:47 pm CEST

David Broder notes that something interesting is happening; it seems that George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are not publicly involved - or not the leaders that is - of the bipartisan attempt to save the U.S. economy.

Let’s start with Bush: he’s taking the backseat. The plan is not considered ‘his,’ it is considered the plan of Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson. These two are also the ones who try to sell it to Congress, not Bush. He speaks every now and then about the economy but he’s not present as one would expect from a president.

Then Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi is the Democratic Party’s leader in the House of Representatives, Reid in the Senate. They are their party’s true leaders. But they too are not visibly working on the economic rescue plan. Instead, it is Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Barney Frank who lead the Democratic Party on this issue… http://poligazette.com/2008/09/25/where-are-bush-reid-and-pelosi/

Then, there’s this news:

Bush to Meet With Presidential Candidates, Lawmakers on Bailout Plan: September 25, 2008:

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush summoned Barack Obama, John McCain and legislative leaders to an extraordinary White House summit, warning Americans and Congress on Wednesday night that failing to act on a $700 billion financial industry bailout could lead to "a long and painful recession."

Earlier, Bush bowed to Democratic demands to limit the pay of executives whose tottering companies would be rescued, and appeared to be softening his resistance to Democrats' demand that the eye-popping cost be phased in rather than approved all at once… http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,427642,00.html

Then this was www.excite.com Daily Bible Verse for today: Luke 8:17 (NIV):
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

My Understanding: Our government leaders took an oath of office to protect the freedoms of the people of our nation and now they are going back on their oaths of office and are enslaving the American people once again. So, God is setting a day of judgment for them.

I will let the scripture speak for itself on this issue. The Lord has used this exact passage of scripture in this same context - of oaths of office to protect freedoms but going back on their oaths and enslaving the people again - with our government leaders every time I have read it in the past couple of years, so this is not new news.

I pray that each one of us would go before the Lord in prayer concerning this financial crisis in our nation, concerning our leaders, and concerning the future of America and inquire of the Lord as to how he views all of this and how we should pray for our leaders and nation and how we should act as responsible citizens.

The King of Babylon

Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 8:30 a.m. – I woke from THIS DREAM:

The kids were packing up clothing in some type of wire rack foldable suitcase that, when unfolded, served as a hanger for multiple clothing items. I started to put some of my stuff in there, but then changed my mind and removed the items so that they were accessible to me. The kids had put several dresses in there but they were all bunched up and were getting wrinkled, particularly one dress that had a pleated skirt. So, I removed those, also, so that they were accessible, and I divided them among the girls.

Then, we were in a house and our youngest son’s (our military son) room was to the left off of the living room. When you walked in his room, it was a small room with just one single bed and no other furniture. There was some kind of bulletin board or something across the wall to the right but the room looked empty. On the door and a place on the wall were some spots where it looked as though he had kicked them or hit them with something in anger and the wood and plaster were splintered out.

On the other side of the living room was a hall that looked similar to my son’s bedroom, and it also had some kind of bulletin board across the wall with some educational material on it. Someone decided to go to this hall to read what was on the wall but ended up in my son’s room, instead. I mentioned how I often got lost as both rooms looked similar, but that the hall she wanted was on the right.

Then, I decided that on pay day I was going to get some used furniture for my son’s room from like a Salvation Army or something like that. I regretted that we had given away so much furniture during our moves in the past years or I would have furniture to fill his room, but then I took back that thought and realized that it was better to give it away to people who could use it and to not hold on to it.

Oh, then I went back to my son’s room to assess the situation and then when I walked in the room, it was completely empty, there was a fireplace to my right, and there were wooden sliding doors to my left that didn’t work very well or were partially broken that opened to his bedroom, and this room that had been his bedroom was now some kind of sitting room. So, I opened the wooden doors only to see a room full of furniture with two sofas (one was a sectional sofa), a chair, and what looked like a full-size bed, so I decided I would move the sectional sofa and a chair into his sitting area facing the fireplace.

Ok, now I was at some kind of public location. I went inside a building where there was much electronic and/or sound equipment and there was a ladder to go up on top of one of the pieces of equipment (might have been a gigantic speaker) and I was going to go up there, but then someone came out and told me they were moving to another location. It felt like I knew these people and that I had been there before.

Then I went outside and Bill Clinton was out there. I had on sunglasses, but only on my left eye. The sunglasses were turned sideways, so I removed them and then I saw Bill Clinton to my left. He was connected somehow with these people in the building to my right who were moving equipment and he asked me if they found something he had lost in there or that he felt someone had taken from him. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 32:

Jeremiah Buys a Field
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah.
3 Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, "Why do you prophesy as you do? You say, 'This is what the LORD says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. 4 Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hands of the Babylonians but will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes. 5 He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.' "

6 Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me: 7 Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, 'Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it.'

8 "Then, just as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, 'Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.'
"I knew that this was the word of the LORD; 9 so I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of silver. 10 I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11 I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy- 12 and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and of the witnesses who had signed the deed and of all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

13 "In their presence I gave Baruch these instructions: 14 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Take these documents, both the sealed and unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time. 15 For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.'

16 "After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD :

17 "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. 18 You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the fathers' sins into the laps of their children after them. O great and powerful God, whose name is the LORD Almighty, 19 great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to all the ways of men; you reward everyone according to his conduct and as his deeds deserve. 20 You performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt and have continued them to this day, both in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown that is still yours. 21 You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror. 22 You gave them this land you had sworn to give their forefathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. 23 They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey you or follow your law; they did not do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster upon them.

24 "See how the siege ramps are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said has happened, as you now see. 25 And though the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, you, O Sovereign LORD, say to me, 'Buy the field with silver and have the transaction witnessed.' "

26 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 27 "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? 28 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am about to hand this city over to the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. 29 The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down, along with the houses where the people provoked me to anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

30 "The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; indeed, the people of Israel have done nothing but provoke me with what their hands have made, declares the LORD. 31 From the day it was built until now, this city has so aroused my anger and wrath that I must remove it from my sight. 32 The people of Israel and Judah have provoked me by all the evil they have done—they, their kings and officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. 33 They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline. 34 They set up their abominable idols in the house that bears my Name and defiled it. 35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, though I never commanded, nor did it enter my mind, that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin.

36 "You are saying about this city, 'By the sword, famine and plague it will be handed over to the king of Babylon'; but this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 37 I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety. 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.

42 "This is what the LORD says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them. 43 Once more fields will be bought in this land of which you say, 'It is a desolate waste, without men or animals, for it has been handed over to the Babylonians.' 44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD."

The Policeman

Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 3:59 a.m. – I woke with this song:

Grace Like Rain / Todd Agnew

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see so clearly

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed…

I also woke from A DREAM: A policeman wrote a ticket to someone who was walking along side the street with me. His feet went just slightly over the white line on the edge of the road into the road a time or two, i.e. he “crossed the line” a time or two, so the policeman ticketed him for walking in the street. This was the 4th or 5th ticket or offense on my walking companion’s record.

We asked around about this policeman. Evidently he and his father were both policemen. I asked where we could register a complaint and someone gave me a name of someone. So, I went to that person’s house. They were at the table dining, I believe. I told this person about the policeman and how twice he had ticketed my walking companion over something he didn’t do.

My friend was guilty of at least three of the charges but I did not believe he was guilty of the first or the last offense, i.e. charges against him. I defended him strongly and asked what we could do about this allegedly crooked policeman. END

There was more to the dream that I don’t recall and when I woke up I heard the name “John McCain.” I don’t know what relationship yet he has to this dream.

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 30: Restoration of Israel

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD : 2 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. 3 The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their forefathers to possess,' says the LORD."
4 These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah: 5 "This is what the LORD says:
" 'Cries of fear are heard—
terror, not peace.
6 Ask and see:
Can a man bear children?
Then why do I see every strong man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor,
every face turned deathly pale?

7 How awful that day will be!
None will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved out of it.
8 " 'In that day,' declares the LORD Almighty,
'I will break the yoke off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;
no longer will foreigners enslave them.
9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God
and David their king,
whom I will raise up for them.
10 " 'So do not fear, O Jacob my servant;
do not be dismayed, O Israel,'
declares the LORD.
'I will surely save you out of a distant place,
your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,
and no one will make him afraid.

11 I am with you and will save you,'
declares the LORD.
'Though I completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you but only with justice;
I will not let you go entirely unpunished.'
12 "This is what the LORD says:
" 'Your wound is incurable,
your injury beyond healing.
13 There is no one to plead your cause,
no remedy for your sore,
no healing for you.
14 All your allies have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy would
and punished you as would the cruel,
because your guilt is so great
and your sins so many.

15 Why do you cry out over your wound,
your pain that has no cure?
Because of your great guilt and many sins
I have done these things to you.
16 " 'But all who devour you will be devoured;
all your enemies will go into exile.
Those who plunder you will be plundered;
all who make spoil of you I will despoil.
17 But I will restore you to health
and heal your wounds,'
declares the LORD,
'because you are called an outcast,
Zion for whom no one cares.'
18 "This is what the LORD says:
" 'I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents
and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt on her ruins,
and the palace will stand in its proper place.

19 From them will come songs of thanksgiving
and the sound of rejoicing.
I will add to their numbers,
and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor,
and they will not be disdained.
20 Their children will be as in days of old,
and their community will be established before me;
I will punish all who oppress them.
21 Their leader will be one of their own;
their ruler will arise from among them.
I will bring him near and he will come close to me,
for who is he who will devote himself
to be close to me?'
declares the LORD.

22 " 'So you will be my people,
and I will be your God.' "
23 See, the storm of the LORD
will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand this.

My Understanding: I don’t have an understanding of this dream yet other than I know that the key verses are vv 11-15 (bolded above) and that somehow this relates to John McCain. Lord Jesus, I pray that you will grant understanding of this dream to your servant in your perfect timing. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen!

I do know that Joe Biden came to John McCain’s defense when Obama put out an ad against John McCain that Joe Biden termed as “terrible” but then later on he changed his stance: http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/09/22/biden-calls-obama-attack-ad-terrible/

Sarah Palin also is recorded as having come to John McCain’s defense in today’s news: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080917/D938OOSO0.html

“WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Wednesday that Democrats were out of bounds for criticizing John McCain when he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong...”

Harken, Harken

Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 7:27 a.m. – I woke to this song in my head:

Funiculi funicula / Denza / Turco
http://everything2.com/e2node/Funiculi%2520funicula

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic
And so do I, and so do I
Some think it well to be all melancholic
To pine and sigh, to pine and sigh
But I, I love to spend my time in singing
Some joyous song, some joyous song
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong, is far from wrong

Harken, harken, music sounds afar
Harken, harken, music sounds afar
Tralalala, tralalala, tralalala, tralalala
Joy is everywhere - Funiculi funicula!

I also woke from A DREAM: I was to interview two people for a class project. I sat down at the table with a man who had a PHD. He agreed to allow me to interview him. It was noisy outside the room so I tried to close the door. The PHD man said he wanted it open, so I tried closing it only half-way, but the door was either open or it was closed – there was no half-way.

We began talking, but the man kept getting distracted with other people coming into the room or with music he was playing on a stereo, etc., and we really did not get very far with the interview. A woman supervisor of some kind (maybe a department head) came into the room, saw that I was interviewing him, and gave me some literature to read on his particular field of study.

The PHD guy made some kind of snide remark about the Bible or concerning people with Bibles and yet he acclaimed the great value of worldly knowledge. I was supposed to meet with him and with one other person once a week for six weeks. His supervisor suggested a 30 minute session the next time, which I thought was fine as long as he didn’t keep getting distracted by other people and things.

Then, the next time I met with him, his supervisor was in the room with him. She encouraged him to tell me something, but he was hesitant. The bottom line was that he could not interview with me anymore. They skirted around the issue, but the reality of the subject at hand was that they did not want me because the man saw Bibles in my home.

I walked through the music room on the way out of there and my music teacher offered to allow me to interview her, but I knew someone else was interviewing her and I was concerned she might be overloaded; that it might be too much on her.

In here somewhere I was visiting with my daughter and daughters-in-law and grandchildren somewhere. They seemed to be on some kind of vacation. I was taking care of one of the granddaughters and needed diapers, I think, for her. Then, I was supposed to write her name on a plastic drinking cup as well as on the front page of a coloring book, but I kept writing the name “Rachel,” instead. So, I just added my other granddaughter’s name since I could not erase Rachel’s name. My other granddaughter’s name is Finnish for Catherine.

There was a scene where my husband was the guard in some kind of a building. Something happened in the building – not sure what – but I ended up running into this PHD man again. He had been talking with my husband and he thought my husband was on his side even though he was not even aware that the guard was my husband.

Then we were all together on a floor in the building. My husband and I both called some children by their names, but the man did not catch on that the children were ours until we finally told him and we asked him to be with us in some kind of battle.

Then, I sent out my partially written interview with the PHD man to see if anyone would volunteer to finish the interview with me in place of the PHD guy. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 31: "At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they will be my people."
2 This is what the LORD says:
"The people who survive the sword
will find favor in the desert;
I will come to give rest to Israel."
3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
4 I will build you up again
and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out to dance with the joyful.

…6 There will be a day when watchmen cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
'Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the LORD our God.' "
7 This is what the LORD says:
"Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
'O LORD, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.'
8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.

9 They will come with weeping;
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel's father,
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
10 "Hear the word of the LORD, O nations;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:
'He who scattered Israel will gather them
and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.'
11 For the LORD will ransom Jacob
and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.
12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will rejoice in the bounty of the LORD—
the grain, the new wine and the oil,
the young of the flocks and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,
and they will sorrow no more.

13 Then maidens will dance and be glad,
young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
14 I will satisfy the priests with abundance,
and my people will be filled with my bounty,"
declares the LORD.
15 This is what the LORD says:
"A voice is heard in Ramah,
mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because her children are no more."
16 This is what the LORD says:
"Restrain your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded,"
declares the LORD.
"They will return from the land of the enemy.
17 So there is hope for your future,"
declares the LORD.
"Your children will return to their own land…
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031;&version=31;

My Understanding: Rachel – name used to personify the northern kingdom of Israel. I kept writing the name “Rachel” instead of Kaisa which is Finnish for Catherine, so I just added her name. I believe the Lord is paralleling the northern kingdom of Israel with Finland where this took place this morning:

Gunman opens fire at school in Finland, 9 dead / Sep 23, 8:15 AM (ET)By MATTI HUUHTANEN
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a vocational school for adults in western Finland on Tuesday before shooting himself, police said. Finnish media reported nine people were killed and the gunman was wounded… Clips from the 1999 Columbine school shootings in Colorado were listed among his favorite videos… http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080923/D93CDTGG0.html

Foreign Husbands

Monday, September 22, 2008, 7:49 a.m. – I woke to this song again:

Only Grace / Matthew West

There's only grace
There's only love
There's only mercy and believe me it's enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there's nothing left now
There's only grace

I also woke from A DREAM: There were two or three of us, I believe, who were in a foreign land or at least on foreign property. We were hiding, to prevent capture, behind a series of curtains (maybe they were made of plastic). Yet, we were found and we were captured.

They took away my glasses because their ruler did not like them on their women. I told them I was blind without them; that I could not see without them, but they didn’t seem to care. Eventually they gave them back or they gave me another pair because they assigned me to some kind of fine (intricate) work and I had convinced them that I could not do the work if I did not have my glasses.

Our captors chose us as brides for their men. I was a virgin bride who had never had sexual relations with any man. They paired me up with a man close to my age and paired a younger female with a man relatively close to her age. I believe one of the females was still a child.

Then, the three of us women and our new husbands were on some kind of dome or huge dish that sat on top of a building, but someone was plotting something bad and then it began to quake and it fell off of the building. Not everyone survived, but I believe that my foreign husband and I did. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 29:1-23:

A Letter to the Exiles
1 This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 (This was after King Jehoiachin and the queen mother, the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.) 3 He entrusted the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It said:
4 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." 8 Yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. 9 They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not sent them," declares the LORD.

10 This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

15 You may say, "The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon," 16 but this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David's throne and all the people who remain in this city, your countrymen who did not go with you into exile- 17 yes, this is what the LORD Almighty says: "I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I will make them like poor figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten. 18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth and an object of cursing and horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them. 19 For they have not listened to my words," declares the LORD, "words that I sent to them again and again by my servants the prophets. And you exiles have not listened either," declares the LORD.

20 Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. 21 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name: "I will hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes. 22 Because of them, all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: 'The LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire.' 23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and in my name have spoken lies, which I did not tell them to do. I know it and am a witness to it," declares the LORD.

Tensions Mount over Bail-out
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c89aa3e-8807-11dd-b114-0000779fd18c.html

Last Major Investment Banks Change Status
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080922/D93BN2QG0.html

Administration and FED move to deal with crisis
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080922/D93BN39O2.html

Goldman, Morgan Stanley Bring Down Curtain on an Era
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aoHW3zyqTeAA&refer=home

The Capital of the United States (my dome in the dream)
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/capitol.html

My Understanding: As I have mentioned before, finances is definitely not my forte, yet the Lord has seen fit to have me talk about it in light of scripture. What I believe the Lord is showing here is that one day soon we are going to come under the rule of another, i.e. a One World Order and that all these financial moves within our government in the US and in other countries is one move closer to that global government. This financial move that is taking place this week on Capital Hill is moving our country more toward socialism and government control of private enterprise. Government control is Babylon. Then we become captives of government and we are no longer a free society.

I have a sense that I and my fellow captives represent these companies that are coming under government control and that are being “married off,” perhaps to foreign governments or foreign entities. Some will not survive this “take-over” by the federal government while others will survive.

In the dream, we were hiding behind “plastic” curtains. Then, this is a definition of eyeglasses: a pair of glass or plastic lenses worn in a frame in front of the eyes to help correct imperfect vision (Encarta Dictionary). And, in the dream my captors gave me another pair of eyeglasses, so I was hiding behind plastic curtains and my eyes were behind plastic lenses but my captors gave me another pair of plastic lenses, so they traded one set of plastic for another? Plastic: “debit or credit cards as a form of payment as distinct from cash or a check.” This could be Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs changing their status from investment banks to bank holding companies that will now move from under the SEC to now being under the direct regulation of the Federal Reserve.

Investment bank – Definition: An individual or institution which acts as an underwriter or agent for corporations and municipalities issuing securities. Most also maintain broker/dealer operations, maintain markets for previously issued securities, and offer advisory services to investors. Investment banks also have a large role in facilitating mergers and acquisitions, private equity placements and corporate restructuring. Unlike traditional banks, investment banks do not accept deposits from and provide loans to individuals - also called investment banker.
http://www.investorwords.com/2602/investment_bank.html

Bank Holding Company – Definition: A company that owns and/or controls one or more U.S. banks or one that owns, or has controlling interest in, one or more banks. A bank holding company may also own another bank holding company, which in turn owns or controls a bank; the company at the top of the ownership chain is called the top holder. The Board of Governors is responsible for regulating and supervising bank holding companies, even if the bank owned by the holding company is under the primary supervision of a different federal agency (OCC or FDIC).
http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/Content/HELP/Institution%20Type%20Description.htm

The message from the Lord, I believe, is that we are not to resist this take-over, because it fits in with God’s plan for the end of time and it is God’s will that this happen, so we would only be fighting against God’s will to resist this government take-over. One day the Lord will return and he will rescue us from all of this, but in the meanwhile, this is his divine will for us at this period of time.

Final Semester

Sunday, September 21, 2008, 7:11 a.m. – I woke this morning to this song:

Only Grace / Matthew West

There's only grace
There's only love
There's only mercy and believe me it's enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there's nothing left now
There's only grace

I also woke from A DREAM: I was a student at a college. It was my last semester. I had four more classes to take and then I would graduate. One class was really difficult. It was scheduled last and late in the evening, too, like 11:30 p.m. I thought about taking something else, but I realized I had to take this class in order to graduate. I think it might have been some kind of math class.

When I went to the first class, someone told me there was an office for me near or next to another teacher’s office. Evidently I was not only a student, but I was also a teacher and I was to teach the same four classes I was being taught. I was really concerned about that last class and wondered if, perhaps, I could teach an easier subject for my fourth class.

The first class I taught was a Kindergarten class. The previous teacher had methods I did not approve of, but I was there to learn from him (observe) and then it would be my class. A mom made some homemade banana cake with white icing and brought it in for the teacher and the class, but she (or they) never offered me any even though there did seem to be some leftover that had fallen on its side.

Somewhere in here I misplaced my tennis shoes. I asked my husband if he had seen them. He pointed to a pair of dress shoes, but that isn’t what I wanted. I ended up wearing a pair of black loafers with rubber soles and square toes over my white athletic socks.

Then, I was the teacher of the Kindergarten class. One child needed to use the bathroom. I was concerned if I let her go in there alone that I might lose her. I asked if there was another door out of the bathroom. I don’t recall if I got a response. I remember going in to check on her and there was an older boy in there, too who was from another class. I was helping my student to wash her hands, and I reminded the boy to wash his hands, too.

I went to look for my office with my name printed on the door, but I could not find it. Someone suggested it might be across the hall. I had looked on the left side, so I needed to look on the right for the door with my name on it. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 27:

Judah to Serve Nebuchadnezzar
1 Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD : 2 This is what the LORD said to me: "Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck. 3 Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 Give them a message for their masters and say, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Tell this to your masters: 5 With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. 6 Now I will hand all your countries over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him. 7 All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.

8 " ' "If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand. 9 So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.' 10 They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish. 11 But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the LORD." ' "

12 I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, "Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live. 13 Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the LORD has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying lies to you. 15 'I have not sent them,' declares the LORD. 'They are prophesying lies in my name. Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.' "

16 Then I said to the priests and all these people, "This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, 'Very soon now the articles from the LORD's house will be brought back from Babylon.' They are prophesying lies to you. 17 Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin? 18 If they are prophets and have the word of the LORD, let them plead with the LORD Almighty that the furnishings remaining in the house of the LORD and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon. 19 For this is what the LORD Almighty says about the pillars, the Sea, the movable stands and the other furnishings that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem- 21 yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the LORD and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: 22 'They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,' declares the LORD. 'Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.' "

Excite.com Daily Bible Verse for 9/21/08: John 17:15-17 (NIV):
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

Possible relevant news stories:

$700B rescue plan may not save some troubled banks
Sep 20, 7:25 PM (ET) / By STEVENSON JACOBS

NEW YORK (AP) - A sweeping government plan to buy up to $700 billion in bad mortgages may not be enough to save some banks, which experts say may be forced to absorb big losses if they sell their troubled assets.

The proposal for the government to soak up the mortgage-backed securities would be the biggest bailout plan since the Great Depression, but experts say a critical issue will be how much it actually pays for the troubled assets…
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080920/D93AOEHG0.html

Exclusive: Foreign banks may get help
By MIKE ALLEN | 9/21/08 7:24 AM EDT

In a change from the original proposal sent to Capitol Hill, foreign-based banks with big U.S. operations could qualify for the Treasury Department’s mortgage bailout, according to the fine print of an administration statement Saturday night.

The theory, according to a participant in the negotiations, is that if the goal is to solve a liquidity crisis, it makes no sense to exclude banks that do a lot of lending in the United States… http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13690.html

Shoes/Boots/Sandals: To be alert; a person’s words; prepared to share the gospel (Eph. 6: 15; Ruth 4: 7; Josh. 5: 15; Gal. 5: 16; Luke 3: 16; Ex. 3: 5; 12: 11; Ruth 4: 7-8; Is. 5: 27; Du. 33: 25; Song 7: 1; 1 Kings 2: 5). Tennis Shoes: Running the race; comfort; Spiritually sports minded, like “playing games”; or “staying fit.” Need of Shoes: Mourning. Putting them on: Preparation for a journey. (Source: In a Dream In a Vision in the Night/ Susan Riddle).

My Understanding: The Lord is paralleling these black loafers with this yoke that he asked Jeremiah to put on. And, I believe the Lord is also paralleling this passage in Jeremiah 27 with Revelation 13 and 14:
• First beast given 42 months to exercise his authority – global ruler
• He was given power to make war against the saints; to conquer them
• All inhabitants of earth will worship him – all whose names have NOT been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life
• If anyone is to go into captivity or to be killed, that is where he will go
• This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on part of the saints
• Second beast will force everyone to receive a mark on RT hand or forehead
• No one can buy or sell unless he or she has this mark
• BUT… the saints will have the names of Jesus and God the Father on their foreheads
• They are not to worship the beast; they are not to receive his mark
• They are to continue to obey God’s commands and to remain faithful to Jesus
• They will be persecuted and many will be martyred for their faith in Christ (trading in tennis shoes for black loafers)
• Yet, they are not to revolt against Babylonian rule; they are not to fight against it, because it is God’s divine will
• God has the right to give the dominion of the earth to whomever he chooses
• God has appointed “Babylon” to execute his purpose of judgment
• God is the Administrator in the affairs of the nations
• Our Lord Jesus Christ will return one day and will come to the rescue

Death Threat

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 10:20 a.m. – I woke with this song in my head, but I can’t find it. I know it has the words, “I believe in love.”

I also woke from A DREAM: Someone had a child or two and was playing with them and then he brought in another child and tortured that child (to death?) in front of the other children. This all took place around the trunk of a car. The car was black and looked like a Mafia car. The dream ended with a focus on the trunk of the car. END

I finished recording this dream and then I had Todd Palin in my mind. Then, I turned on Fox News to watch a news special concerning the financial crisis in America and there was a story about a car bomb in front of a Marriot Hotel in Pakistan:

Explosion at Pakistan Marriott hotel kills 40
Sep 20, 11:29 AM (ET)
By ASIF SHAHZAD

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police say at least 40 people have died in a massive explosion that destroyed the luxury Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital.

Senior police official Asghar Raza Gardaizi said he fears there are dozens more dead inside.

He said that the Saturday blast, which reverberated throughout Islamabad, was caused by more than a ton of explosives.

The blast left a crater some 30 feet deep in front of the main building.

Flames poured from the windows of the hotel and rescuers ferried a stream of bloodied bodies from the gutted building... http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080920/D93AHFAG0.html

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 26:

Jeremiah Threatened With Death
1 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD : 2 "This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the LORD's house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the LORD. Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word. 3 Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from his evil way. Then I will relent and not bring on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done. 4 Say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: If you do not listen to me and follow my law, which I have set before you, 5 and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened), 6 then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.' "

7 The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the LORD. 8 But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, "You must die! 9 Why do you prophesy in the LORD's name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?" And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

10 When the officials of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the LORD and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD's house. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, "This man should be sentenced to death because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!"

12 Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people: "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the things you have heard. 13 Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. 14 As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right. 15 Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing."

16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man should not be sentenced to death! He has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."

17 Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly of people, 18 "Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says:
" 'Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.'

19 "Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah fear the LORD and seek his favor? And did not the LORD relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!"

20 (Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim was another man who prophesied in the name of the LORD; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did. 21 When King Jehoiakim and all his officers and officials heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But Uriah heard of it and fled in fear to Egypt. 22 King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan son of Acbor to Egypt, along with some other men. 23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)

24 Furthermore, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, and so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

My Understanding: I suspect this is related to this news of the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan and that these are not literal children but perhaps the “children” are symbols of “the innocent.”

Baby Diaper

Friday, September 19, 2008, 1:45 p.m. – I was praying for understanding of this morning’s dream when I had A VISION: Someone was putting a diaper on a baby and then the diaper was being put on an adult male. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read:

Jeremiah 25:1-14: Seventy Years of Captivity
1 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living in Jerusalem: 3 For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the LORD has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
4 And though the LORD has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. 5 They said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the LORD gave to you and your fathers for ever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not provoke me to anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you."

7 "But you did not listen to me," declares the LORD, "and you have provoked me with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves."

8 Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: "Because you have not listened to my words, 9 I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon," declares the LORD, "and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. 10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12 "But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians, for their guilt," declares the LORD, "and will make it desolate forever. 13 I will bring upon that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."

My Understanding: In listening to the news this afternoon, I realized that this is what the government is doing when it “rescues” these major corporations. They are putting adult diapers on them. The adults who began these companies failed and in a free market society, they should be allowed to fail, but instead, the government is “bailing them out,” which is like a parent rescuing a child all the time from the consequences of his or her own mistakes. When we do that consistently, we cripple the maturing process of our children and we keep them dependent on us instead of teaching them independence.

The Expiration Date

Friday, September 19, 2008, 6:58 a.m. – I woke with this song again:

My Jesus, My Savior / Michael W. Smith

My Jesus, My Saviour,
Lord there is no one like you,
All of my days, I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love.

My comfort, my shelter,
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You.

Chorus:
Shout to the Lord, all the earth let us sing,
Power and majesty, praise to the King!
Mountains bow down and the seas will roar,
At the sound of your name!
I sing for joy at the work of your hands,
Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand
Nothing compares to the promise I have in You.

I also woke from A DREAM: A friend who lives in China (in real life) was sitting in the back seat of a car next to me. She handed me a piece of candy that she told me was old, i.e. past the date of sale, but she said it was not too old. I asked her not to tell me the expiration date, because I figured what I didn’t know wouldn’t hurt me.

Then, we sat next to each other in a classroom right in front of the podium of the teacher, maybe a science teacher. Prior to this, we were at some kind of event where the people were divided right and left. I was in the group on the right and in fact I directed a group of people in singing what sounded like a Christian song of some sort. And, I made it really upbeat. We sang in parts; in harmony and it sounded good to me. Afterwards, though, we were told we could not sing that again.

Then the people on the left had someone playing a classical piece of music on a piano, only the person supposedly playing was not really playing at all but was just pretending to play. Behind him or her was a half-curtain and behind the curtain was the person who was really playing the piano, who eventually was revealed.

Anyway, this song that our group on the right sang was supposed to help us to solve some kind of a mystery or problem, so the people who stopped us from singing basically halted that process we needed to go through in order to make that discovery or to solve that mystery.

Ok, back to the classroom… My friend from China and I were sitting next to each other in front of the teacher when I (or we) told the teacher what happened. My husband, I believe, had already begun to help us and I think the teacher was now going to help us, too. He just had to remember that we were there. He said something like he was not used to anyone sitting in front of him. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 24:

Two Baskets of Figs
1 After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the craftsmen and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD. 2 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
3 Then the LORD asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?"
"Figs," I answered. "The good ones are very good, but the poor ones are so bad they cannot be eaten."

4 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 5 "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians. 6 My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

8 " 'But like the poor figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,' says the LORD, 'so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the survivors from Jerusalem, whether they remain in this land or live in Egypt. 9 I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, an object of ridicule and cursing, wherever I banish them. 10 I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their fathers.' "

My Understanding: I see these parallels between the dream and the scripture:
• My friend and I were being transported in the back seat of a car, and v.1 here speaks of people being carried into exile
• My friend and I sat in front of the teacher and his podium, and v.1 speaks of two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD
• My friend handed me a piece of candy that was past the date of expiration, and v.2 speaks of poor figs (similar to a date) that were so bad they could not be eaten
• There were two groups of people divided right and left and there were two baskets of figs in this passage of scripture

Also, the bit about the person playing the piano being fake reminded me of the Olympic ceremony in China where a girl lip sang while another girl did the actual singing. It also reminded me of how the Lord had previously made a parallel between this incident and Barack Obama, stating that he is basically “lip syncing” the words of another.

I see two possible divisions here: 1) Democrat and Republican, i.e. left and right, or 2) China and America. There could be others.

I also see that these following articles may play into the understanding of this dream:

Morgan Stanley Said to Be in Talks With China’s CIC
Quote from Bloomberg article: Mark Lake, a spokesman at Morgan Stanley in New York, declined to comment.
Mack tried unsuccessfully earlier this week to persuade Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup Inc., to combine their two companies, the New York Times reported today, citing people briefed on the talks. A Citigroup spokeswoman, Christina Pretto, said comments the Times attributed to Mack were ``never stated.''
Mack got a call from Wachovia yesterday indicating interest, said a person with knowledge of the matter. Talks about a deal with Wachovia have ``advanced,'' CNBC reported today. A merger with Wachovia could involve dividing the assets of both companies into two separate entities, a ``good bank'' and a ``bad bank,'' the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an unidentified person familiar with the matter… http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ao0BD9Zuhy3E&refer=home#
Possible financial crisis fix sends stocks soaring http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080919/D939IUFO0.html

SEC bans short-selling http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/19/news/economy/sec_short_selling/index.htm?cnn=yes

Paulson: Congress Has No Authority Here
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/commen...n-congres.html

Paulson Plan Could Cost $1 Trillion
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13602.html

Shark Attack

Saturday, September 20, 2008, 1:29 a.m. – This song is in my head:

Grace Like Rain / Todd Agnew

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see so clearly

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing Your praise
Than when we first begun

I was praying when I had A VISION: I saw clearly the face of Sarah Palin and immediately after that I saw the open mouth and sharp teeth of a large animal of some sort. Then, I saw what appeared to be a shark ready to attack (open mouth with sharp teeth). I inquired of the Lord if there was more and then I saw Todd Palin. Again, I inquired if there was more, but the Lord was silent. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 25:15-38:

The Cup of God's Wrath
15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. 16 When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them."

17 So I took the cup from the LORD's hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it: 18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn and cursing, as they are today; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all his people, 20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod 21 Edom, Moab and Ammon; 22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant places ; 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who live in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media; 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

27 "Then tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.' 28 But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: You must drink it! 29 See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'

30 "Now prophesy all these words against them and say to them:
" 'The LORD will roar from on high;
he will thunder from his holy dwelling
and roar mightily against his land.
He will shout like those who tread the grapes,
shout against all who live on the earth.

31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the LORD will bring charges against the nations;
he will bring judgment on all mankind
and put the wicked to the sword,' "
declares the LORD.

32 This is what the LORD Almighty says:
"Look! Disaster is spreading
from nation to nation;
a mighty storm is rising
from the ends of the earth."

33 At that time those slain by the LORD will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground.

34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;
roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered has come;
you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee,
the leaders of the flock no place to escape.

36 Hear the cry of the shepherds,
the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

37 The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

38 Like a lion he will leave his lair,
and their land will become desolate
because of the sword of the oppressor
and because of the LORD's fierce anger.

Shark: swindler; crook; double-dealer; con artist; loan shark; a ruthless greedy person; a carnivorous fish with a long body, two dorsal fins, sharp teeth, a cartilaginous skeleton, and thick, rough skin (Encarta Dictionary).

I will mention here that Sarah Palin has previously been nicknamed a barracuda: a predatory sea fish with a long body and protruding jaws and teeth. Native to: tropics. Genus: Sphyraen (Encarta Dictionary)

My Understanding: I believe the Lord is showing here that he will come against a people and against leaders and shepherds in divine judgment. And, I believe the due course of time will reveal what God has intended here in this vision.

I remember that in my prayer this morning that I called on God to do the things he had promised; to shake this nation of ours so that its people will turn from their sin and will turn their hearts back to God as their one and only true God. I said that sometimes a “whipping” is the most merciful thing God, as a loving parent, can do.

When I read through the news tonight, I just wept in my spirit at the condition of our nation. We need God to move in America in a mighty way.

SLIME

Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:55 a.m. – I woke from sleep with knee cramps, so I spent some time with the Lord in prayer for our nation, for our government leaders, the political candidates, my family and the church of America.

I remembered reading in the news before I went to bed about Sarah Palin’s e-mails being hacked and then published on the Internet and I was really saddened by this. I could not imagine my private e-mails to people being published for all the world to see. Then, a thought came into my head and so I posed it as a question to the Lord. “Could this have been a political stunt by the Republican party in order to gain sympathy towards Sarah Palin?”

I can’t say for sure that this happened directly after I asked that question, because I prayed over so many things, but then I had A VISION: I saw the top of a car and its front windshield and then I saw a hand as large as the top of the car on the top of the car just above the front windshield, and then one of the fingers of this hand was cut off and then I saw slime on the windshield.

Following that, I saw a man’s head with a skinny snake wrapped all around his head and covering his eyes. The man had dark hair that was cut in a crew cut hair style. END. Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 23:9-32:

Lying Prophets
9 Concerning the prophets:
My heart is broken within me;
all my bones tremble.
I am like a drunken man,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the LORD
and his holy words.
10 The land is full of adulterers;
because of the curse the land lies parched
and the pastures in the desert are withered.
The prophets follow an evil course
and use their power unjustly.

11 "Both prophet and priest are godless;
even in my temple I find their wickedness,"
declares the LORD.
12 "Therefore their path will become slippery;
they will be banished to darkness
and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
in the year they are punished,"
declares the LORD.
13 "Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal
and led my people Israel astray.

14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen something horrible:
They commit adultery and live a lie.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his wickedness.
They are all like Sodom to me;
the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah."
15 Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets:
"I will make them eat bitter food
and drink poisoned water,
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has spread throughout the land."

16 This is what the LORD Almighty says:
"Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions from their own minds,
not from the mouth of the LORD.
17 They keep saying to those who despise me,
'The LORD says: You will have peace.'
And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts
they say, 'No harm will come to you.'
18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD
to see or to hear his word?
Who has listened and heard his word?

19 See, the storm of the LORD
will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand it clearly.
21 I did not send these prophets,
yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
yet they have prophesied.

22 But if they had stood in my council,
they would have proclaimed my words to my people
and would have turned them from their evil ways
and from their evil deeds.
23 "Am I only a God nearby,"
declares the LORD,
"and not a God far away?
24 Can anyone hide in secret places
so that I cannot see him?"
declares the LORD.
"Do not I fill heaven and earth?"
declares the LORD.

25 "I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!' 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship. 28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD. 29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

30 "Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.' 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the LORD. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the LORD.

My Understanding: I found it interesting that this passage of scripture began with Jeremiah expressing this emotion concerning the lying prophets: “My heart is broken within me.” That is exactly what I was feeling when I read about Sarah Palin’s e-mails being hacked and then published on the Internet.

A car is often a symbol of a person’s life, a ministry, a church or some type of grouping of people. The hand on top of the car, I believe, symbolizes the power structure (v. 14) over this person or grouping of people, so it could be church or government leaders or the RNC or the DNC. The broken off finger, I believe, is a symbol of adultery (broken off wedding finger). I felt repulsed (v.13) when I saw this wedding finger cut off of this hand. And, this power structure is using their power unjustly (v.10). “Therefore, their path will become slippery” (v.12), i.e. slime.

I saw these characteristics of the “lying prophets”: 1) they fill people with false hopes, 2) they speak visions from their own minds – symbolized by the snake wrapped around the eyes of this man, 3) They say “you will have peace” and “no harm will come to you”, 4) They do not turn people from their evil ways, 5) They think their dreams will make people forget God; forget His Name, 6) They steal from one another words supposedly from God, and 7) They lead people away from God.

I also see this skinny snake wrapped around the head of this man as going along with v. 19 where it says that the Lord will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads (like this snake wrapped around this man’s head) of the wicked. V. 20 then states, “In days to come you will understand it clearly.” I read several commentaries on this verse, and it is not clear what this “whirlwind” is, but that it is a judgment of God. And, God does use our enemies (snakes) against us.

A head is a symbol of authority or rule as well as hair symbolizes a covering over a head. A “crew” is a “team” or a “group,” so I believe the Lord is pointing here to not just one person in authority but to a team of people; a grouping of people in authority, which would then point back to the RNC or the DNC, potentially.

The car’s windshield was prominent in this vision, but when the hand’s ring finger was broken off, then slime covered the windshield so that it became slippery. The purpose of a “windshield” is to shield you from the “wind,” and v. 19 talked about a “whirlwind” of judgment coming down on the heads of the wicked, so the windshield will not be any protection since it is covered with slime.

BORKED

Sunday, September 14, 2008, 3:18 a.m. – I woke from THIS DREAM:

I was working a crossword puzzle. I had a six letter word that ended in “ed” but I only had five spaces. So, I asked if I could fill in just the first five letters and to leave off the “d”. I did, and then a person said to me, “Oh, you’re just trying to make sure I win,” or something like that. I said, “No, I’m not.” Then, I turned the puzzle around and the name that was filled in represented a win for this person’s opponent as though somehow by me writing that name I ensured his or her opponent’s win. END

I was praying about this earlier and then the word “voted” came into my mind, less the “d” on the end would be “vote” which is how we decide candidates, yet that was a five letter word reduced to four letters, and even though I sensed there was an application here, I continued to seek the Lord. Voted says “I’ve made my choice,” but “vote” says the choice is still up for grabs. I had a sense that there might be a disparity between the person “I” was helping to win and the person I actually would vote for. It made me think I might be representing Hillary Clinton again.

I had the sense in the dream that the word was a person’s name, like Obama, and that the “ed” and the end meant some type of action associated with that person’s name, like if someone “Obamaed you,” what would that mean?

Then, Sunday evening I watched a news special on the life and career of Joe Biden and learned the term “borked.” Evidently, he had led the charge in denying a Senate confirmation to Judge Bork and Bork did not become a Supreme Court Justice. Thus, the term “borked” resulted from that and has stood the test of time.

Borked: to deny Senate confirmation of a nominee, especially for a U.S. Supreme Court or federal judgeship, by use of sustained public disparagement.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DA1331F93AA35754C0A961948260

So, “borked” less the “d” at the end would be “borke.” I thought, “What is ‘borke’? Then I sounded it out as borkee and immediately I thought “lessee” which is a person that leases a property from another. So, to get “borked” means to be denied a public office of some kind by use of sustained public disparagement, so the one who does the “borking” would thus be the “borke”.

So, in the case of this dream, the “borke” is the name I fill in on the crossword puzzle and that name represents the person who gets voted in by the use of “borking” his or her opponent.

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Jeremiah 16:

Then the word of the LORD came to me: 2 "You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place." 3 For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers: 4 "They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like refuse lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth."
5 For this is what the LORD says: "Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity from this people," declares the LORD. 6 "Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut himself or shave his head for them. 7 No one will offer food to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console them.

8 "And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink. 9 For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

10 "When you tell these people all this and they ask you, 'Why has the LORD decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the LORD our God?' 11 then say to them, 'It is because your fathers forsook me,' declares the LORD, 'and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law. 12 But you have behaved more wickedly than your fathers. See how each of you is following the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying me. 13 So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'

14 "However, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when men will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,' 15 but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' For I will restore them to the land I gave their forefathers.

16 "But now I will send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks. 17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes. 18 I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols."

19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress,
my refuge in time of distress,
to you the nations will come
from the ends of the earth and say,
"Our fathers possessed nothing but false gods,
worthless idols that did them no good.

20 Do men make their own gods?
Yes, but they are not gods!"

21 "Therefore I will teach them—
this time I will teach them
my power and might.
Then they will know
that my name is the LORD.

Presence (My Heart’s Desire) / Newsboys

I lift up my voice to The King, The King of glory
I hold out my hands to The One who is worthy
I long for Your presence
I long - Lord, I need Your touch

I long to be washed in the well of Your mercy
I long to be warmed by the fire of Your glory
I long for Your presence
I long for Your healing touch

Come oh Lord and fill up my life
With the light of Your presence
This is my heart's desire
Oh Father, come and let Your spirit abide
I long for Your presence
This is my heart's desire

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 8:40 p.m. – My husband corrected my grammar on “borkee” tonight. He said that a “borkee” would be someone who was the one being borked rather than the one doing the borking. I asked him for an example, and he said like a payee is the person being paid, so “borkee” would thus be the person being “borked.” Either way, I see the main point as the fact that our candidates are voted in based upon who says the worst things about the other. And, it keeps getting worse and worse.