Today post is not a fun one for me, and posting a picture that is not becoming of the beautiful lady I was blessed with for 29 years also hard to do. But I want to use it to make a point, about GOD, and Country and Personal salvation through belief in HIS Son Jesus Christ. Those statements may end the visit for a a few here, but for the most of my good friends it will not, and recently I recieved yet another Notification from the Alliance Defense Fund that over a year after her death money is still being given because she asked people to do so in leiu of flowers in her obituary and at her funeral. The latest being Marine Boot Camp buddy Don DeWitt and his sweet wife Beverly.
The significance of her picture and why I needed to post it shows her on the phone calling her 4 favorite Christian Ministries, just 18 days before her death. She told each of them of her plans to have an evening service that people could attend and not be working, and about 400 did. She told them her pastor had assured her that her service would be one of joy for her and a good salvation message, and he assured her he would also throw in some humor now and then like he is so good at as Linda said "to make them laugh". And last but not least she told them each to send out 100 copies of their best literature about their ministry to be displayed and picked up at her funeral and that she would ask that they donate to her four favorite ministries in leiu of floweres that would just shrival and die. She said this way God would be pleased and much better served.
It is all almost a blur for me now but I do remember UPS trucks frequenting our drive way just the week before her passing. They each left a big box that I did not open as I knew what it was and just was not ready for it yet but I did assure her when each one came that what she had asked for had arrived. I think the last came just a couple days before she may have not understood but probably she did, she was now ready for her final act of dieing well....The good pastor came at 6 on April 12th, the family gathered around for prayer and before the Pastor had cleared the drive way she took her leave.......
But we as Christians know she instantly went to be with the Lord that day. I like the thought that business must have picked up in heaven of late, and he just needed a pleasent lady that could flash a cute dippled smile as a greeter and I think she is on that job today happier than anytime ever in her life here. That is our hope that the scriptures are GOD inspired and that as stated, by true belief we also will one day share in God's plan.
OK one of those ministries to me has kind of risen to the top of the heap and deserves a "pat on the back" and that is what this post is really about, but I wanted to lay the ground work as painful as it was, to bring you to follow the path of one of "Linda's favorite minitries" to now one of My favorite and appreciated ministries. For the last 30 years at least the ACLU has caused a lot of havok for our land. They have been unchallenged and have intimidated many a city, county and states goverenments, to passing laws grating special treatments to some, at the expense of others. Since unchallenged they won a lot of court cases that they should have not won...Everyone was intimidated by lawyers who wanted God out of everything not for just themselves but for everyone.. Below is the first ammendment to our constitution.
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
A few years back a few strong Christian leaders realized we needed a new sheriff in town, that the towns had been kind of taken over by bullies, and people were frightened and intimidated. Thus was born the Ministry of which Linda knew was happening and followed it to the point of her death. She shared it with me I did not share the keen interest she had in it, I have to be honest but I do today. For Alliance Defense Fund, this nation needs to be thankful and appreciative, as they have taken back the towns for the most part, they are currently in the process of taking back the campuses across our land. They have given courage to many and offer support when ever Christian ideas that the first amendment does guarantee (or prohibiting the free exercise there of) to us all...we kind of lost track of all of that when this ACLU the last few years were on the rampage of intimidation, of anything with God connected to it, or promoting and making special certain life styles. Well the pendulum swang a little too far and good men and women everywhere said "enough is enough". ADF has actually won hundreds of cases dealing with religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and marriage and the family since we started in 1994. (In fact they win well over 75% of every case they litigate to a conclusion, including 34 wins at the U.S. Supreme Court.) Recently ADF has an undefeated streak specifically with cases that are on the public university campuses, that continued with our latest win last month (the 40-0 that I mentioned).
They have given city and county and state government new hope that the peoples representatives will set policy for the people, and not a group of ACLU lawyers. God bless them in their work, I will support them at least for a few years and I hope that you will consider also supporting such a cause as we have not seen for a long long time. Type in the name into a Google Search on your computer and you will see an array of heading describing the good work they do below I will list their address also
Alliance Defense Fund - Defending Our First Liberty The Alliance Defense Fund is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth, through strategy, training, funding, and litigation.
www.alliancedefensefund.org
here is site http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx that will take you to their home page where you can look them over sign up for email updates etc.
Also will give you below an address and a gentleman who would be glad to accept any donations you have in Linda's honor if so led...Of all the four minisitries they have been by far the most grateful even featuring Linda in the monthly news letter last August with her picture telling how results of her efforts keep coming to them.
Maybe a couple more will come also...
Kyle Hawkins
Constituent Relations Manager
(800) 835-5233 x 8127
(480) 388-8127
(480) 444-0025 (fax)
khawkins@telladf.org
www.telladf.org
ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND Attn Kyle Hawkins
15100 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260
While not necessary as her presence in heaven is assured but you can tell them Linda sent you if you like....
One more point related to the good work of the ADF, is the empowerment that our state legislator have had the last few years. A boldness that resulted in the issuing of this beautiful current 08 License plate. And the ACLU did recently challenge this plate in court and were sent packing by a judge that told them that the legislators elected by the people did not violate any law in offering this plate to those that wanted it.... And a different plate to those who did not...
So all in all good things are happening and this ADF has to be credited with the battles they have waged to defend our First Amendment right...they are warriors worthy of your support....
Jack
Comming tomorrow I will offer some advice to ADF and all the Christian Ministries that I know of about good steward ship of our funds and our time...
One final thought on The Alliance Defense Fund......
When you bring a new Sheriff into town and he cleans up crime and keeps it out it is worth something, you should all know that....It takes a lot of money to hire even part time attorneys stand up for the rights of the First Amendment...That is why I know it is important, you stop paying a Sheriff and he gets another job guess who comes back to town....think about it...JL
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