Open Doors; Right To Believe Campaign; Aasia Bibi; Pakistani Christians to protest on Christmas Day to repeal blasphemy law; Asia Bibi 'can be killed at any time' says Pakistani priest; Islamic Extremists Protest Efforts to Change Blasphemy Laws and Free Christian

Right to Believe


DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS AT THE UNITED NATIONS: a threat to religious liberty

This year in 2010 the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), linking 57 countries with majority or significant Muslim populations, once again introduced a Defamation of Religions Resolution in the United Nations.

If the Resolution became the basis for law, it would allow governments the power to determine which religious views can and can't be expressed in their country, and the right to punish those who express 'unacceptable' religious views as they see fit. So, in effect, it would makes persecution legal.

It aims to criminalise words or actions deemed to be against a particular religion, especially Islam. It has the effect of providing international legitimacy for national laws that punish blasphemy or otherwise ban criticism of a religion. It was voted on in the UN General Assembly on 21 December.

Many countries have backed this Resolution in the past, but this year some changed their minds. Although the Resolution was not defeated, it passed with the narrowest margin to date - just 9 votes. Thousands of people from the UK and Ireland and across the world helped to acieve this by their prayers and their signatures on the Open Doors' Right to Believe petition.

- Open Doors

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The 'Defamation of Religions' Resolution has been voted on by the United Nations General Assembly


The UN General Assembly in New York voted on the Defamation of Religions Resolution on 21 December. It was passed with 76 votes in favour, 67 countries voting against and 40 abstaining. In all the years of voting on this issue this is the narrowest margin to date! The trend of declining support is clearly accelerating. The gap between the YES and NO vote narrowed significantly, and the total number of NO votes, plus the abstentions, far outweighed the YES vote. We believe that every signature on the petition has played a small but significant part in this.


Further details can be found at http://www.opendoorsuk.org/campaign/RTB.php

The Defamation of Religions Resolution is not about to become law. Support for the concept is decreasing. And in 2011 the petition signatures will still be a powerful weapon as the discussions continue. Open Doors will be working to build on all that has been achieved with the support of so many around the world.

When a Christian woman such as Asia Bibi can be sentenced to death over a charge of blasphemy in Pakistan, it is vital that the United Nations should be looking for ways of further protecting the rights of all people of faith.

Open Doors will continue to campaign for the Right to Believe. In 2011 we will highlight the widespread level of concern indicated by 428,856 signatures on the global Right to Believe petition. We will continue to pray, to prompt, to campaign privately and publicly. We will do all we can to ensure that our brothers and sisters who currently face persecution for the sake of Christ will one day have the Right to Believe, in freedom and without fear.

Thank you for all you have done in campaigning action and prayer in support of persecuted Christians in 2010.

Wishing you a Christmas full of the joy and peace of Jesus Christ.

Alice J
Advocacy Manager
Open Doors UK  and Ireland

- Aasia Bibi

- Pakistani Christians to protest on Christmas Day to repeal blasphemy law

- Asia Bibi 'can be killed at any time' says Pakistani priest

- Tense Christmas Weekend Ahead in Pakistan

- Islamic Extremists Protest Efforts to Change Blasphemy Laws and Free Christian

Aramaic; Christ's endangered language gets new lease of life in Oxford; Aramaic/Proto-Hebrew alphabet; History of Aramaic

It is the language that Christ spoke, but is regarded as "endangered" with ever fewer scattered groups of native speakers.

But in Oxford, Aramaic has been flourishing again, with a course in the ancient language drawing people from as far afield as Liverpool and London. There are now 56 people learning Aramaic at the university, including three classics professors, solemnly completing their weekly homework tasks and regularly attending the free lunchtime lessons, more than the numbers studying Greek.

Their first lesson might have surprised the writers of the books of David and Ezra in the Bible, and of the Talmud, both originally written in Aramaic: the scholars pored over a translation of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

- Christ's endangered language gets new lease of life in Oxford

- Aramaic/Proto-Hebrew alphabet

- History of Aramaic

A.D.H.D.; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Untangling the Myths About Attention Disorder;

...“Attention is a really complex cognitive phenomenon that has a lot of pieces in it,” said Dr. David K. Urion of Harvard, who directs the learning disabilities and behavioral neurology program at Boston Children’s Hospital. “What we’re specifically talking about in kids with attention deficit is a problem compared to age- and gender-based peers in selective attention — what do you glom onto and what do you ignore?”

Moreover, the disorder occurs along a broad spectrum, from mild to extreme. Boys are more likely to be hyperactive and impulsive, girls to be inattentive. (One reason many girls don’t get an official diagnosis is that those with the inattentive form may be well behaved in school, but still unable to focus.)...

- Source

The Israeli Source of the Pathan Tribes; Lucknow Pathans have Jewish roots?; Sunni Muslims; Afridi Tribe; Dr. Zakir Hussain; Taliban may be descended from Jews;

As children, we heard from our parents, who come from Afghanistan, stories about the Ten Tribes who were lost during the destruction of the Temple, about meetings with the country people with whom they had contact in trade matters, about Jewish customs and names – and it all sounded inconceivable and fascinating. Like all children, we enjoyed hearing about tribes of Israel preserving their forefathers’ tradition, bearing arms and awaiting the day of redemption.

From Mr Yisrael Mishal, who lived in Afulah and was formerly President of the Afghanistan Jewish community, I often heard unusually fascinating quotations and stories uttered repeatedly and Mr Mishal gave live examples of his meetings with Pathans who dwell on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

- Source

- Taliban may be descended from Jews
- Lucknow Pathans have Jewish roots?

Dr. Zakir Hussain: - "I love Israel, for my forefathers were most probably Israelites"

- Medieval Persian References to the Israelite Origin of Afridi Pashtuns/Pathans

- Pakhtun, Afghan and Pathan

Kim Longinotto; 'Rough Aunties'; Operation Bobbi Bear; A documentary about very kind and tough women in Durban, South Africa, who work with the victims of child rape and sexual abuse.

Watched a really heart warming and heart breaking documentary about the work of an organisation in Durban, South Africa that works with the victims of child sexual abuse.

The documentary is called 'Rough Aunties' and the organisation is called 'Operation Bobbi Bear'.

This documentary really puts a face on the small victims who are so viciously abused and ill treated by adult members of society.

I myself cannot imagine what goes throught the mind of an adult male/? father as he sodomises his small son and then rewards him for services received or a grandfather who rapes his mentally retarded granddaughter.

May God richly bless these brave women for the light they shine in a very dark world.

Feel free to donate to a very worthy cause.

- Kim Longinotto: 'Film-making saved my life'

Asia Bibi; Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to Death on accusation of Blasphemy; A Christian woman has been sentenced to hang in Pakistan after being convicted of defaming the Prophet Mohammed; Maulana Yousef Qureshi:Cleric offers Rs500,000 for Aasia’s execution; Pakistan Christian Congress Files Petition in UN to release Asia Bibi

Lahore: November 9, 2010. (PCP) A Christian woman named Asia Bibi was sentenced to death by District and Session Courts after year long trial on accusation of blasphemy filed by Muslim villagers of Ittanwali, where she was residing from generations.


While working in farms with other Muslim women, Asia Bibi was dragged in religious dialogues on June 19, 2009, when Muslim women termed her an “Infidel” and Christianity a “Religion of infidels” and pressed her to embrace Islam.

Asia Bibi who is married and have two children, defended Christianity with her little knowledge and told Muslim women that Christianity is only True religion on which Muslim women made a roar and accused her defiling Prophet Mohammad.

- Source

- Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan 'for blasphemy'

- Keep giving to Pakistan, says GFA

- Pakistan Christian Congress demands immediate release of Asia Bibi

- Christians and Muslims issue joint statement condemning Iraqi church attack

- Pope’s appeal for Bibi is wonderful, hope for a quick ruling

- A campaign by AsiaNews

- Family waits to see if mother, accused of blasphemy, will be hanged

- Pakistani woman's blasphemy death sentence appealed

- Zardari may pardon woman sentenced to death for 'blasphemy'

- Pakistani woman facing death for blasphemy may be pardoned

- Aasia Bibi, Pakistani Christian, will get clemency or pardon: presidential aide

- Blasphemy case : Zardari warned not to grant pardon

- No mercy petition, no presidential pardon

Imam Maulana Yousuf Qureshi: - Blasphemy case: Cleric offers Rs500,000 for Aasia’s execution

Shahbaz Bhatti: - Pakistan minister condemns reward for killing Christian woman

- Pakistan Christian Congress Files Petition in UN to release Asia Bibi

- Continued

Oral sex linked to throat cancer; Oral Sex Cause of Throat Cancer Rise; Men at throat cancer risk with oral sex; BBC documentary to tackle oral sex cancer risk; Jaime Winstone

A virus contracted through oral sex is the cause of some throat cancers, say US scientists.


HPV infection was found to be a much stronger risk factor than tobacco or alcohol use, the Johns Hopkins University study of 300 people found.

The New England Journal of Medicine study said the risk was almost nine times higher for people who reported oral sex with more than six partners.

But experts said a larger study was needed to confirm the findings.

HPV infection is the cause of the majority of cervical cancers, and 80% of sexually active women can expect to have an HPV infection at some point in their lives.

- BBC

- Oral Sex Cause of Throat Cancer Rise

- Men at throat cancer risk with oral sex

Jaime Winstone: - BBC documentary to tackle oral sex cancer risk

Video: - Possible Oral Sex Cancer Risk

- Infection risk and oral sex

- Myth: if  you get the HPV shot  you're safe from cervical cancer

Cancer; Dr. Dennis Slamon: The Search for a Cure for Breast Cancer; 'Living Proof'; Herceptin; Anthracyclines with Herceptin/heart problems

Today I watched the very inspiring movie about Dr Dennis Slamon's battle to get funding for research in finding new treatments for breast cancer.

I have great respect for his wife who encouraged him to fight for this cause even though it put a strain on her marriage and family.

Cancer has no respect for gender or age!

The world needs more dedicated researchers and  generous donors to help fund the research.

- 'Living Proof'

- Herceptin

-Herceptin: A wonder drug, but not a miracle

C.S Lewis; From atheism to theism; From theism to Christianity; C.S. Lewis explains Narnia;

C.S Lewis seemed to have had the same problem as I had!

Unlike him I always believed that God 'was' but I could never really figure out how Jesus fitted in.

- Who Was CS Lewis?

- From atheism to theism

- From theism to Christianity

- C.S. Lewis explains Narnia

Neil Diamond; The Very Best of Neil Diamond; Hillbrow

Feeling nostalgic so am posting the links to some of my favourite Neil Diamond songs.

They remind me of the time I used to hang out with my uncle Clive in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.

He's passed on since but his ghost hangs about in the music. 

- Kentucky Woman

- Cherry Cherry

- Cracklin' Rosie

- Solitary Man

- Longfellow Serenade

- Hello Again

- I Am...I Said

- Neil Diamond Song Lyrics

Aaron Keyes: My Soul Finds Rest - Psalm 62

This hymn is so inspiring in a dark world.

- VIDEO: My Soul Finds Rest - Psalm 62 - Aaron Keyes

*** Lyrics..

My soul finds rest in God alone, My Rock and my salvation,

A fortress strong against my foes, And I will not be shaken.


Though lips may bless and hearts may curse, And lies like arrows pierce me,


I’ll fix my heart on righteousness, I’ll look to Him who hears me.


Chorus: O praise Him, hallelujah, My Delight, my Reward;


Everlasting, never failing, My Redeemer, my God.

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Find rest, my soul, in God alone


Amid the world’s temptations;


When evil seeks to take a hold


I’ll cling to my salvation.


Though riches come and riches go,


Don’t set your heart upon them;


The fields of hope in which I sow


Are harvested in heaven.

Chorus:

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I’ll set my gaze on God alone,


And trust in Him completely;


With every day pour out my soul,


And He will prove His mercy.


Though life is but a fleeting breath,


A sigh too brief to measure,


My King has crushed the curse of death


And I am His forever.


O praise Him, O praise Him, hallelujah, hallelujah,


O praise Him, O praise Him, hallelujah, hallelujah,


O praise Him, O praise Him, hallelujah! hallelujah!


- About Aaron Keyes

Story Behind The Song - Aaron Keyes - Not Guilty Anymore

Bob Dylan, 'Christmas in the Heart', What does 'Judeo-Christian' mean?

'Christmas in the Heart':
I received this AWESOME album from my 'old man' even tho' he's anything but a Dylan fan. ( Of course I requested it because I am a Dylan 'fan-atic! )


The tracks on the album are a mix of carols and fun songs..all well-known and loved..and sung in Bob's best and raspiest voice. The background music and vocals are also great.


I don't celebrate the consumerism and greed that tend to dominate this traditional time of year but I grew up with the carols and the songs and it's 'in the blood' so to speak.

I have followed the life and times of Bob Dylan since 1965 and I'm really overjoyed that there is a chance of us meeting in the next phase because it seems that he follows Judeo-Christianity as I do.

So a BIG 'thank you' to Bob Dylan/Zimmerman for making this album, making Christmas 2009 my finest yet and for donating the proceeds of the album to a good cause.


- Bob Dylan's Christmas Album: Is this a Joke?

- What does 'Judeo-Christian' mean?

- FFOZ Blogs : Bob Dylan: A Messianic Jew

- 'Christmas In The Heart'
    Free listening

- Bob Dylan: Official Website


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Struggling with personality disorder.

We like to see the world in black and white: a landscape of villains and victims; good and evil; right and wrong.



These labels allow us to make easy moral judgements about others, to apportion blame and sympathy. It seems to be an involuntary human response. Who has suffered? Who is at fault?


Indeed, many of the stories in today's news are about the process of allocation: the Iraq War Inquiry; reports of crimes and the courts; response to the credit crunch.


We extract complexity and nuance until we have distilled events to the point where their human constituents can be placed in monochrome boxes marked "saints" and "sinners". Every narrative becomes a morality play.

Take the heart-rending story of Baby P. The toddler we now know as Peter was a tragic victim of abuse - torture which ultimately led to his death.

- Source

- Baby P: Abused and murdered

Echinacea Purpurea, Anti-viral properties and mode of action of standardized Echinacea purpurea extract against highly pathogenic avian Influenza virus (H5N1, H7N7) and swine-origin H1N1 (S-OIV)

Background



Influenza virus (IV) infections are a major threat to human welfare and animal health worldwide. Anti-viral therapy includes vaccines and a few anti-viral drugs.

However vaccines are not always available in time, as demonstrated by the emergence of the new 2009 H1N1-type pandemic strain of swine origin (S-OIV) in April 2009, and the acquisition of resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors such as Tamiflu(R) (oseltamivir) is a potential problem.

Therefore the prospects for the control of IV by existing anti-viral drugs are limited.

As an alternative approach to the common anti-virals we studied in more detail a commercial standardized extract of the widely used herb Echinacea purpurea (Echinaforce(R), EF) in order to elucidate the nature of its anti-IV activity.

- Source

- All About Echinacea

Bruce Springsteen, My Lucky Day, Jamming with Dylan, Clapton, Jagger, Harrison, Young, Petty.

Today I discovered this video clip of a really amazing song.

- My Lucky Day.

I have been a fan of Bruce Springsteen for simply ages and always seem to be finding songs of his that I've never heard.

In this clip one can see how he builds the song in stages.

The lyrics are strong and romantic, I think.

Long live 'the Boss'!!

Another great song and especially because where I live we are all sun-starved..

- Waitin' On A Sunny Day.

Then after the sun comes the darkness..

- Dancing In The Dark.

Finally we have many heroes 'singing' together..very different tones!

- Forever Young.
- My Back Pages.

Doug Batteson: Artist, Musician, Poet, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Bohemia; Batteson history

Doug Batteson:  Artist, Musician, Poet and Brother

My brother Doug Batteson, aka Dougie Batterson or Douggie McAlpine, grew up drawing and painting.

I remember him sitting under the kitchen table in our home in the town of Randfontein, South Africa, drawing airplanes.
He was around 5 yrs young and I around 7.

Sadly he and I did not get along too well in the world as the case often is between siblings.
I was the bossy elder sister and he was, in my eyes, Mommy's little pet.
(The fact that he suffered from severe eczema and had frequent asthma attacks didn't improve matters either.)

Needless to say I went out of my way to get him back for this 'injustice' and he, being a bro with a hot temper, fought back valiantly.

Not only could the laddie draw, he could sing and taught himself to play guitar.
Another reason for 'older sis' to be annoyed and jealous!

Because of his artistic talents, ( taking after our maternal grandma who apparently painted beautiful pics ) Mom tried to get him enrolled in art school in Johannesburg.

Bro, however, joined a Bohemian crowd and decided to try for fame his own way.
It was music or nothing.

- The Market Theatre and Café Tribute - Part 2

He rented a pad in Hillbrow, which is a suburb of Johannesburg and was, in those days, a very cosmopolitan and 'hippy-type' place.

I was a nurse trainee at the time and lived in Pretoria.

On my off days I often travelled to Jo'burg to spend the night at bro's place.

To be continued...

Part 2

Besides being a musician and artist, Doug Batteson is also a poet and script writer.

One of his poems called 'Leonardo Stravinski' was included in the  collection "A Season Of Flowers" that was published in America a few years ago.
He has also played bit parts in movies.

Besides all these accomplishments he is a mean motor mechanic and is still driving and repairing our Dad's old 1974 Ford Cortina.
He has also built fiber glass boats in his time.

- Doug Batteson Art

- Safari Rock Twins

- Animals 'In' Africa

Part 3

October 2011

These past few months have been dedicated to clearing out closets and cupboards because both offspring have moved out and I need space.

Imagine my great surprise on discovering 4 reels of 8mm film ( 3 small reels and 1 large reel ) shot by both parents and ranging from around 1958 and into the 1970s.


I had brought the films with me to Sweden in 1989 with the intention of having them redone on video tape but had put them away and forgotten about them until the moment I found them in a laundry cupboard a few weeks ago. 

Well seeing as video tapes are 'no more' so to speak, I sent a small reel away to be put on a DVD.
The result was awesome to put it mildly!
I saw part of my history 'live' and it was exciting and weird at the same time!
Here I was at the ripe old age of 67yrs looking at myself..and a good-looking woman I was..running around and playing with my 2 little dogs, Hamlet and Twinkle, 40 yrs earlier in Walvis Bay, Namibia where I lived for 2 yrs after I was married the first time around.

The next chapter of this amazing story took place at the local 2nd Hand Shop where I work a few hours every week.
Someone handed in an 8mm film projector which I happened to notice.
I took it home to test before buying it but sadly it was not in working condition.
I received another projector to test and it was the very same make my Dad used to show us the films so long ago.
Eumig it's called.

Well this projector worked after a few minor repairs and I got to see 2 more reels of film with more history on them.
It was like going back in time and some of the things I saw revived rather bad memories!
In general though it was a great experience and I was grateful to my folks for leaving behind this legacy for bro and me and our children should they be interested.

One big reel was left and I had no smaller reel to rewind part of it on to.
The big wheel was too large to fit on to the front pin on the projector.
So I asked for help and lo and behold my friend at the 2nd Hand Shop produced an even more modern and automatic version of the Eumig projector plus a smaller reel which was actually able to hold all of the film.
In that film I was transported back to the time when I was about 16yrs of age and my bro was 14.
It was amazing to see relatives long dead and a cousin, who is now about 45 yrs old, as a babe in arms.
I saw snippets of holidays spent in Margate, Natal ( now called KwaZulu-Natal ) and my entrance into the nurses' home at the Andrew McColm hospital in Pretoria where I trained as a general nurse.

I am now going to put all that film on a DVD because it's easier to cart about but I'll keep the projector in case I want to use it again.

Thanks Mom and Dad 8)
After seeing all that film footage I understand that we were loved!

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Bro n me around 5 n 7 yrs



Bro n Me around 8yrs n 10yrs



Hamlet and Twinkel 1970/Walvis Bay


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Part 4

January 2014

Since I last wrote anything on this page I see that 2 years have gone by! :o

Quite a lot has happened since I last put pen to paper, so to speak, and so in this new year of 2014 I have decided to continue to write about the past and present. The future will, no doubt, take care of itself as it usually does!

Since the last entry I have become a Grandmother at last! 

On 12th May 2013 little Alice Mary Elizabeth came into the world in quite a hurry and is now 8 months old and thriving.

Becoming a Mom twice was an experience never to be forgotten, but becoming a Grandma is the absolute icing on the cake of life. This year, 2014, I will turn 70 on July 21st if the Good Lord spares me and ♥ Alice will have turned a whole year old! 

The world as it is today is in a dreadful mess so I do wonder and 
 worry as to how it will treat her into the future and after I've moved on.

It would be comforting to think that I could watch over her from wherever I go but, even though I strongly believe in an afterlife, I doubt that this will be possible. All I can do is trust that our Creator will be merciful and give her the courage to face and deal with whatever is sent her way.

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A while back my bro sent me pictures of our maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather. Sadly we never knew either of them or our paternal grandmother. 
We never did much research into their backgrounds either so what we know is, to say the least, very sketchy :(

It seems that our paternal grandfather was called Herbert Charles Trollip Batteson and he married Mary Ann Ridgard in 1907 and they had three children named Hazel, Malvina and Douglas. I don't know in which order they came but my dad could have been the youngest child. 
Our ancestor from Derbyshire in England was called John Batteson..born 1815.
He was a chemist and..as I have it..served as a ship's doctor during the time of the British East India Company. On his way home the ship ran into trouble and sank off the Eastern Cape coast as it rounded Africa and he and a friend made it to land. They liked it there and decided to stay. He later settled in Molteno and acted as both doctor and veterinarian to the farmers in the area.
He married Sarah Pierce Pinnock in 1850

My maternal grandma was, as far as I know, Johanna Greeff and she married a Botha who may have died seeing as she later remarried my maternal grandfather, John/Jack Hartman.
Her family apparently owned a farm in Taba N'chu in the Free State which was sold after her death in probably 1920 in the flu epidemic. 
She had three children...May Botha and Joyce and Helene Hartman.

She was apparently an artist and many of her paintings were lost when the farm was sold on auction.

Our Maternal Grandmother



1st Nov 2014

After my offspring and granddaughter, my next 'soft spot' is my nephew Kyle who lives in South Africa.
Last time I saw him he was 7 yrs old so it's high time we meet up again before I move on!

Kyle is also musical and plays the guitar. He is also into developing games and has sent me a link to his first effort which one can download and try out.

Download Game

More art by Dougie Batteson..
To see his mural of the Odin Bioscope Music Hall Of Fame scroll down the page at the following link..

Odin Bioscope Music Hall Of Fame

13th Feb 2019

It certainly has been a long time since I updated this page! :o

I now have 2 grandchildren and the latest..who I will say is a boy..arrived in September 2016 and is called Robin. What a dear little chap he is and highly intelligent for his age.

He and his sister seem to get along rather well ♡

Much has changed in this, my adopted, country and not all is good news by any means!

Since 2015 we have been experiencing crime such as I never thought possible since leaving South Africa in 1986.

South Africa too is in bad shape it seems and so I'm hoping to have teamed up with a Brother there in order to form a Prayer Group to pray fervently for God to pour out His Spirit

on both Africa and Europe and to draw more believers to Him through His Son, Yeshua/Jesus Christ.

Atheism, Humanism, Secularism and Political Correctness rule in Europe for the most part and in Africa we still have Tribalism and Corruption which keeps the whole continent impoverished.

Then we have 'Racism' which is the tool being used to generate hatred and vengeance in order to destabilise countries and this can only be combated by promoting Brotherly Love for all races as we who believe in our Creator, know that He loves us all regardless of skin colour.

The eventual Body of Christ will be made up of people from every nationality in the world whom the Father has called and who follow Yeshua/Jesus Christ.

Should you wish to add your prayers please feel free to do so.

To make a difference we need to become an army of Prayer Warriors ♡

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2nd April 2020

Seeing as the world is in virtual
lock down due to the Covid-19 Virus attack, I decided to do a little update here today!

My take on all this is that out of all evil, good comes!
God Himself does not send evil but He allows it to bring arrogant mankind back to humility!

Mankind has changed himself/herself into 'itself'!
At this moment in time much of mankind regards itself as godlike in its own right and so has thrown out God, the Creator and Source of all things!
Mankind wants to change the very nature of the Creator's creation by ma

nipulation of His codes found in its dna!
Mankind commits murder of babies on a daily basis because it has been deceived into believing that it is its right to do so!
Mankind believes that the basic pillars of society, namely morals and ethics, do not pertain any more..neither to it nor to its offspring!
Mankind is self seeking and worships only the self and its lusts!

Power at all and any cost and greed are the key words in the language of fallen society!
We are living in the times of Lawlessness!!

That said then let me say that Paul warns in 2 Thessalonians 2:11..

"For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie
12..and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness"

Psalm 91 tells us that those who love and trust God will be protected from the deadly pestilence..
Psalm 91: 3-8

The 'good' that will come out of this evil is that many will and are seeking God and are repenting of their evil ways!
Many secret followers of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach are becoming courageous and speaking out about their faith!
Jesus' Hebrew name is Yeshua which means 'Salvation'!
Many Jews are accepting Yeshua as the Messiah/Anointed One spoken of in the Scriptures
Jesus said to the Pharisees in Matthew 23:39..
" You will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD' / Psalm 118:26
('LORD'= YHWH in Hebrew/יהוה)
 
And so as we go through this very 'unexpected' trial sent to test out faith and trust we need to remember that God/YHWH has His plan for mankind that not even Covid-19 can thwart!! ♡


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6th Feb 2023

I see that soon it will be 3 years ago since I last did an update on this page!

The Covid curse is still hovering around but not as strongly as before it seems 🤔

Many have been vaccinated and are either suffering post vaccination 'evils' or not..

I myself had 3 top-ups after deciding to walk the plank..as it were..and can't really say that I'm in a worse state than I was before having them. The only ailment that could have been negatively affected is my rheumatoid arthritis!

Today there was a major earthquake in Turkey with many lives lost but nowhere near the waste of life that is ongoing as Russia wages war in Ukraine!

What one sees on tv and video regarding the total destruction of cities and disregard for civilian lives tells us just how low we have sunk in our daily desire for fame and fortune at any cost!! 😞

Even the weather around the world has been negatively affected and floods and unstable temperature changes are causing major problems in many countries.

I myself do believe that we are living in the 'latter days' which are predicted in the book that few people actually read from beginning to end..namely 'The Bible'!

The Word/Yeshua/Jesus Christ predicted these events as we can read in Matthew 24

There is vitually nothing left of love and respect for fellow man and all we get fed via the media is perverse sex and corruption of children's minds from a very early age so that they will regard this abuse as the norm.

There is a time when the Creator will bring all this to an end and that time is getting very short!

So..with that thought in mind and the false idea that 'believers' will be whisked away before the Great Tribulation starts..my advice is to bury that hope and to face the fact that all who are alive at that time will be involved..

We have all fallen short and have thrown out God and His Laws!

The rest who have died will have to face the Creator on the great day of Judgement when the books will be open..

In the meantime keep praying for peace and a great awakening to occur before the end comes! God is merciful and hears and answers heartfelt prayer from the humble!

We are mere spec's in the universe and it's high time to realise this fact..imho ♡

Changing The World By Our Lifestyle And Commitment..

This is a message that will make alot of us rethink..I hope!

- Video

Yoga Facial Toning

I read about these exercises a year or so ago and did them regularly for a while.

I had no video program to follow and so wasn't sure if I was doing them right but my face did feel good afterwards.

Today I read about the video and am posting it for readers' interest.

I myself will be getting back to doing them myself..of course 8)






Yoga Facial Toning

John Denver: 'A Song For All Lovers'

- Mardie Murie

- 'A Song For All Lovers'

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John Denver's Last Song

'ON THE WINGS OF A DREAM'

Yesterday I had a dream about dying


About laying to rest and then flying


How the moment at hand


is the only thing we really own

And I lay in my bed and I wondered


After all has been said and is done for


Why is it thus we are here


and so soon we are gone

Is this life just a path to the place


that we all have come from


Does the heart know the way


and if not, can it ever be found


In a smile or a tear or a prayer


or a sigh or a song

And if so, then I sing for my father


And in truth you must know I would rather


He were here by my side


We could fly on the wings of a dream


To a place where the spirit would find us


And the joy and surrender would bind us


We are one anyway


Anyway we are more than we seem

There are those who will lead us


Protect us each step of the way


From beginning to end


For each moment, forever each day


Such a gift has been given


It can never be taken away

Though the body in passing must leave us


There is one who remains to receive us


There are those in this life


who are friends from our heavenly home

So I listen to the voices inside me


For I know they are there just to guide me


And my faith will proclaim it is so


We are never alone

From the life to the light


From the dark of the night to the dawn


He is so in my heart


He is here, he could never be gone


Though the singer is silent


There still is the truth of the song


In the song

Yesterday I had a dream about dying


About laying to rest and then flying


How the moment at hand


Is the only thing we really own


And I lay in my bed and I wonder


After all has been said and is done for


Why is it thus we are here


And so soon we are gone


Oh, why is it thus we are here


And so soon we are gone

John Denver In Memoriam; Nuclear War; God Remains In Control; The Soul Remains Free.

John Denver's music has always inspired me and takes me out of myself into God's vast and magnificent creation.

In 'Eagles & Horses and 'Calypso' we experience both the power and might of our Creator as well as the height and depth of His great majesty.

At this time the planet is plagued by wars, natural disasters, famine, intolerance and greed.

'Nation is rising against nation' and governments threaten opponents with nuclear war.

John Denver's music and texts remind me that we who inhabit the planet are mere specs in the universe in spite of our lofty ambitions and that God is and was and always will be in control.

He reminds us that tho' we are bound in the body..

'My spirit will never be broken or caught
For the soul is a free-flowing thing
Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
To rise up on glorious wings'

This is very comforting because, at the end of the day, our hope is that we will be united with our Father and Creator and that we will be able to explore the universe freely in all its glory.

Thank you John Denver for the gift of your music to us and know that even tho' you have moved on, you are never forgotten.

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October 18, 1997

Of John Denver, the Man and Musician

John Denver was remembered today not only for his music, but also for his many humanitarian passions in life, including music, flying, children and the environment.

''His good work transcended all faiths and all countries,'' said Hal Thau, Mr. Denver's business manager and a longtime friend. ''He was the folk poet of our times, and we have lost a national treasure.''

The 53-year-old Mr. Denver, known for such 1970's hits as ''Sunshine on My Shoulders'' and ''Rocky Mountain High,'' died on Sunday when the light plane he was piloting crashed off the California coast near Monterey.

At the Faith Presbyterian Church in Aurora, a Denver suburb, Mr. Thau spoke to about 2,100 mourners who had waited in the bright sunshine under a clear blue sky for several hours. Mr. Denver's mother, Erma Deutschendorf, is a member of the church, and several years ago Mr. Denver sang ''How Great Thou Art'' to her on Mother's Day here. Also at the church were Mr. Denver's first wife, Annie Martell; their two children, Anna Kate and Zachary; his second wife, Cassandra Delaney, and their daughter, Jesse Belle.

''John left much sooner than he should have,'' President Gerald R. Ford wrote in a letter that was read by a friend today. ''Our common love for Colorado created a bond between us.'' Mr. Ford and his wife are part-time residents of Colorado.

Mr. Denver's love for Colorado and nature, which he expressed in many songs and particularly in ''Rocky Mountain High,'' drew people to the state over the years, and today many came from far away to pay their respects. Some had driven straight from Los Angeles, others from Utah and elsewhere.

''It was just pure instinct to come,'' said Sean Huber, who was with her friend Denver Nevaar, who had driven all night from Laurel, Mont. Mr. Nevaar said he had had his name legally changed in the 1970's because he felt a connection with the singer.

John Bennett, Mayor of Aspen, where Mr. Denver was a longtime resident, said: ''For whatever reason, John captured the spirit many of us felt in the 70's of getting away from the city.''

A candlelight vigil was held in downtown Aspen this week. There is to be a memorial service for Mr. Denver this weekend at the Aspen Music Tent.

During today's service, officiated by the Rev. Les Felker, a large portrait of Mr. Denver was surrounded by fresh flowers onstage. Friends and family members spoke of trying to celebrate Mr. Denver's life and work.

An associate at the Windstar Land Conservancy Project, Jeanie Tomlinson, asked that Mr. Denver's lyrics from ''On the Wings of a Dream'' be used to remember him:
Though the singer is silent
There still is the truth of the song
Such a gift has been given
It can never be taken away.
The first line of the song is, ''Yesterday I had a dream about dying.''

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