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Aprropriate for many.

Following the Truth: Are You Worried About The Future? Read This…
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Following the Truth: Avoiding Advent Pitfalls
Following the Truth: The Year Of Faith – 10 Things You Should Know [Catholic Caucus]
Following the Truth: One Way To Be Sure You’re Following God’s Will… [Catholic & Open]
Following the Truth: Don’t Take The Our Father So Personally! [Catholic and Open]
Following theTruth: 5 Facts That Must Be Ignored Before Accusing Catholics Of “Mary Worship”![Cath & Open]
Following the Truth: Empty Churches – Where Should We Draw The Line?
Following the Truth: Listening To Mary’s Voice – Part 7 (Her Final Words) [Catholic Caucus]

Following the Truth: Listening To Mary’s Voice – Part 3 (Submission) [Catholic Caucus]
Following the Truth: Listening To Mary’s Voice – Part 2 (Humility)[Catholic Caucus]
Following the Truth: Listening To Mary’s Voice: Part 1, Confusion [Catholic Caucus]
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Following The Truth: Hurry Up, Lord…I’m Waiting! (Catholic or Open)
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So does this mean I should not be prepping?

What happens happens. I really don’t think we can stop it from happening at this point. We can only be prepared to try and survive and do God’s will when its over.

Possibly start over with a clean slate when its over.

I am very guilty of this, like from 2:00 - 4:30 last night:

"What's going to happen when we lose our health insurance? ...How can I possibly take care of my mom if she falls and breaks her hip...Even though we have two years of food preps the kids will go nuts with no hamburgers after one day...et. al.".

Guilty as charged.

“Have no fear for what tomorrow may bring, the same loving God who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day."

I'll try.

He will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.

I don't know if this is always true even among devout Christians. But I do believe there are tremendous graces available even if not strictly true.

If so, just join the Citadel!
http://iiicitadel.com/index.html

In a word, no!

1. I survived the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2. I survived an air base-wide fire involving Cape Cod national Forest.
3. I survived being in a passenger cAr that was ‘t-boned’, with me in the impact point seat.

4. I survived traveling cross country in blizzard conditions in the winter of 1966.

5. I survived being shot at, as a passenger on an east-bound train, as the train traveled through the major cities of the north-central United States, when stupid people were rioting and burning and shooting at anything, in 1968.

6. I survived my last two years of high school, at Sen. Joe Leiberman’s high school alma mater, which included gang fights in the hallways (no guns, yes chains and knives); two separate bombings; three fires; three separate incidents of rape and murder in the building during classes - one was my best friend).

7. I survived three years in SouthEast Asia, including just leaving a coffee shop in Bangkok, where the Thai Muslims demonstrated their ‘peace and love’ by blowing it to shreds.

8. I have been sober since 1988. I did this WITHOUT a nanny program.

9. I have NOT had a reason to even consider a credit card, since paying off my AmEx card in 1988. I did this WITHOUT A ‘DEBT RELIEF’ SHAM.

10. I am a colorectal cancer survivor, with three ‘re-do’ surgeries, since the original in 2000.

11. I am a survivor of Hurricane Katrina. I did not own a car; all my friends had their friends in their cars; and Greyhound stopped at noon on Saturday, 24 hours before the storm struck, so I hunkered down, and got out of town three days after it struck.

12. Every day I live, is another day that ticks off the Communist Lefties in this country, (whom IMHO should be pogromed, yes, I said it!), because I am STILL of SOUND MIND (with even being a ‘Viet Vet’), and am constantly and rationally defending the U.S. Constitution, the basic foundation principles of this country, am NOT a Republican NOR Democrat, exercise MY 2A, do NOT follow Moochelle’s dietary dribble, and doing this all on MY “paid for forty quarters, with my own tax money” Social Security and my veteran’s disability, and shall never bend my knee to a stinking human who thinks that they can me submit. Just remember that fancy hand spin demonstrated by John Wesley Hardin to Wild Bill Hickok!

Long Live The Republic!