Posted on 06/06/2025 6:33:59 AM PDT by Rev M. Bresciani
There are many things in this world I will just never understand. For example, how is it that I can’t seem to grow a simple patch of grass in my back yard no matter what I do? I can prepare the soil, plant a variety of grass seed, fertilize it, water it, fence it off to avoid traffic, nurture it for months, and yet still end up with a barren patch of dirt.
Meanwhile, the tiniest crack in the concrete of my driveway will yield a steady crop of healthy grass and weeds, no matter what I do to stop it. It laughs at my use of weed killer, digging it out by the roots, and filling the crack with fresh concrete. In a day or two, the grass and weeds spring up again, mocking me; saying derisively, “you can’t stop me!”
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The first year we went, I counted no less than 40 floats in the parade sponsored by churches — some of their signs read “God thinks you’re fabulous,” and “God loves gays.”
it’s time we grow a backbone, stand up and start telling them the truth, rather than “loving” them straight to hell.
The church can’t give what is doesn’t have.
and it is not the institutional church it is the individuals that make up the church.
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Why is it so hard to start a campfire and so easy to start a wildfire?
Shows the power of Mother Nature, doesn’t it?
And that she trumps all efforts to try to contain her.
I fought the grass wars for years - weeds, brown areas, maintenance - until I came home one day and my husband had pulled it all up, doing us a huge favor. I now have a “natural” front yard with native plants, shade trees, flowers, etc. - yard is now full of native birds, bees and butterflies like the endangered Monarch.
Best to go along with Mother Nature rather than try to fight her. You won’t win.
I will not ever believe a church is needed to enter the kingdom of God. The hypocrisy surrounding almost all churches is astounding. Rich portfolios, fabulous buildings, fancy cars and jets, yet, crime and poverty rates are at an all time high.
The so called “churches” will not even attempt to mention to its “members” the importance of electing and employing moral leadership!! They are more worried about an agency without teeth than the sinful nature of man.
I reside in Florida. I use plugs to get grass to grow in a different area.
Mal 3:16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said. In His presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared Him and always thought about the honor of His name.
What is fear? You are flying in an airplane and it drops 5,000 feet. You are driving down the highway and a semi crosses the center and is headed strait toward you.
The common features? You life is on the balance and you are not in control. That is an encounter with God.
Note, one does not live in that fear, but it is the proper beginning. And needs to be visited more often than not.
Agreed. Stopped going to a physical church years ago with the era of rock and roll shows and going on mission trips to exotic places when you can drive no more that 5 miles from any church and see those that need help or introduction to the Word.
In the LA area, lantanas are sometimes used to cover small front yards.
I turn all the clothes right side out before washing. How come half are inside out when I get them out of the dryer?
THE Church is the assembly of believers spread far and wide. YHVH will call them to assemble when his time comes, not ours. I will add in, that Israel is not who they say they are nor are they “THE regathering” of Gods people. They are a false “congregation”. When the houses of Israel are brought back, it will include all of the tribes, excepting one. Ephraim is spread far and wide, Judah is but one of those, and only God knows who and where they are located.
WHEN I HAD A BLACKTOP DRIVEWAY THE WEEDS DROVE ME NUTS.
A guy who worked at the nursery said:
Get a couple of containers of Morton’s SALT, Use the POUR SPOUT, wet the cracks. Pour salt into the cracks.
BE PERSISTENT
IT IS VERY CHEAP & IT WORKS
GREMLINS
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