Help in the time of trouble
Talking with some friends from church, I feel a little better about our financial turmoil, but I know we are suffering the consequences of unwise choices. It's going to take some damage control, and I'm so glad they've given us avenues we can take to better the situation.
Don't bank with Wells Fargo. They're greedy. I never did well with them. I've had a few bad experiences with them, but we had no decision in them buying this contract from Rainbow. The Rainbow vacuum is great, but it can be complicated at times to use. There was a time someone withdrew money from my Wells Fargo account. They had to go into the bank I'm told and identify themself as me, and pull out $500.00. Now I've only heard about this stuff, but never thought it would happen to us. We closed out our account with Wells Fargo, but they couldn't give us an explanation. We found out the lady was someone that lived in the Phillipines, and the guy's name was in some country near Africa. Somehow they obtained our account records, and it was set up through Wells Fargo to withdraw this money from our account on a certain date. I don't know how they obtained the info. A girlfriend of mine said maybe through keyloggers. Anyhow, I pray it's over. As for the legal situation, we tried to give them the vacuum back and they wouldn't take it because the guy is on vacation. The legal department was closed. This lady wants blood. She wasn't nice at all. So, I guess we keep it for now.
Don't get into credit card debt. It is a trap. If you do have one keep it a small balanced one, and pay it off right away. If you cannot, don't charge it. Discipline, discipline, discipline. It really does make you feel like you're in bondage.
Well, I'm rambling. Good night.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Financial Strain
I think financial strain is one of the worst things to be under. Hubbo is on vacation this week, and the financial strain we are under is great. For the first time we had someone file a small claims court against us. We tried to call them to understand our position, but what do they care they want their money. We cannot pay what they want, so we need to give them back the property because it's our only recourse we think at the moment. If we don't pay, they want the full balance due, which we don't have either. It's embarassing. It's scary. And, it's all over a dumb vacuum we can't even use because my son cracked the water container, and it's $65.00 to replace which we cannot afford at the moment.
Our car needs to be looked at. There's various things wrong with it. The front end, steering, it squeels. We still need to have the wires and nuts part of the tune up replaced. Oh the list goes on. I try and think of things I can do, but I already am maxed. My husband talks of getting a second job, but there's no guarantee of when he can get off work for someone to have a 2nd job. We need the flexibility which we have with my job. As I wrestled in my bed the Lord brought songs to my heart, and verses to my head. For a few seconds, I will have rest, and then it starts up again. Tossing and turning and thinking of these debts, and crying out to him my assurance verses: Proverbs 3:5-6, 1 Cor. 10:13, anything I can grab a hold onto. Still I ask the Creator to help me sleep as it is late in the morning. The mind continues to bring all the creditors we owe, the house we rent and fuel on the house to pay, fuel to get to work, the kids we're responsible to feed, and it all makes you sick to your stomach. Lord, I can barely make it through. Lord, I know you will help us overcome this, as I know in the history of my life, you have been faithful. If I count the number of answered prayers they are as many as the stars........the sand on the seashore.
So, I get up out of bed, grab my promises book, and I open it to God's promises for handling financial problems. Tell me that wasn't God. The words rebuke, comfort, and give me hope. Thank you seems so small, yet it is all I have to offer.
Luke 12
42 And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
43 Blessed is that servant[a] whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.
God will give us food at the proper time. He will supply every need. Father, strengthen our faith to get through this trial. I want to have a strong faith now, and when you return to take me. I love you.
I think financial strain is one of the worst things to be under. Hubbo is on vacation this week, and the financial strain we are under is great. For the first time we had someone file a small claims court against us. We tried to call them to understand our position, but what do they care they want their money. We cannot pay what they want, so we need to give them back the property because it's our only recourse we think at the moment. If we don't pay, they want the full balance due, which we don't have either. It's embarassing. It's scary. And, it's all over a dumb vacuum we can't even use because my son cracked the water container, and it's $65.00 to replace which we cannot afford at the moment.
Our car needs to be looked at. There's various things wrong with it. The front end, steering, it squeels. We still need to have the wires and nuts part of the tune up replaced. Oh the list goes on. I try and think of things I can do, but I already am maxed. My husband talks of getting a second job, but there's no guarantee of when he can get off work for someone to have a 2nd job. We need the flexibility which we have with my job. As I wrestled in my bed the Lord brought songs to my heart, and verses to my head. For a few seconds, I will have rest, and then it starts up again. Tossing and turning and thinking of these debts, and crying out to him my assurance verses: Proverbs 3:5-6, 1 Cor. 10:13, anything I can grab a hold onto. Still I ask the Creator to help me sleep as it is late in the morning. The mind continues to bring all the creditors we owe, the house we rent and fuel on the house to pay, fuel to get to work, the kids we're responsible to feed, and it all makes you sick to your stomach. Lord, I can barely make it through. Lord, I know you will help us overcome this, as I know in the history of my life, you have been faithful. If I count the number of answered prayers they are as many as the stars........the sand on the seashore.
So, I get up out of bed, grab my promises book, and I open it to God's promises for handling financial problems. Tell me that wasn't God. The words rebuke, comfort, and give me hope. Thank you seems so small, yet it is all I have to offer.
Luke 12
42 And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
43 Blessed is that servant[a] whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.
God will give us food at the proper time. He will supply every need. Father, strengthen our faith to get through this trial. I want to have a strong faith now, and when you return to take me. I love you.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Cherish Your Parents
I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all Your works and consider what Your hands have done. ~ Psalm 143:5
After 40+ years of establishing their lives in California, my parents are moving to Arizona. They came from Samoa to CA with four kids, and had four more in CA. They also raised 4 grand-kids, and were active in raising a few great-grand children.
This one's for you Mom and Dad. I thank God for you, for what you have done in my life, and all that you mean to me. May God continue to shower you with His amazing love and blessings.
I wish I was there to see you off. Another new chapter has opened in your lives.
God's best to you.
I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all Your works and consider what Your hands have done. ~ Psalm 143:5
After 40+ years of establishing their lives in California, my parents are moving to Arizona. They came from Samoa to CA with four kids, and had four more in CA. They also raised 4 grand-kids, and were active in raising a few great-grand children.
This one's for you Mom and Dad. I thank God for you, for what you have done in my life, and all that you mean to me. May God continue to shower you with His amazing love and blessings.
I wish I was there to see you off. Another new chapter has opened in your lives.
God's best to you.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Appreciate Your Kids
Yesterday the girls went to a sleep over. My son stayed home from camp. It was one of those rainy days all day with construction being done across from our house that you just wanted to stay curled up on the couch with a good book, cup of hot chocolate and blanket.
It was an opportunity for us to appreciate our girls, and our son. You forget with the daily rat race of how precious they truly are with the pressures of the home and work. This was my 3 yr. old baby girl's first sleep over. I think that was the hardest. She's too young, but she's 3 going on 20, lol. Usually I prefer to wait until the kids are older, but this was a special night for the girls. I guess the other part too, is getting a prayer request the same day of a 4 year old girl who swallowed a pen cap and punctured her lungs. They were unsure if she would make it. My son cried for the girls, too. He really missed them, but he didn't miss their noise, lol. He is quite the brother. :)
My parents had 8 kids, and we did no sleep overs. They were overly protective, and I've appreciated that with the way the world is today. I also see where it was unhealthy. As parents you're in a position sometimes where you are pressured by your kids. I am by my son almost daily for the playstation game. We try to do privileges as a gift after priorities. Sometimes you've got to pick your battles, and allow the privileges ahead for those rainy days like yesterday. There's also the battle of 'did I seek God, do His will, etc.
So, I do what I usually do when the kids are out. I go into their room and clean it up or re-arrange it, wash their bedding, and let them come home to a room full of love. A home and heart filled with love for them. It's good to have the separation to appreciate them, but now I'm ready for a Squirrel and Squeaker hug! :) It also allowed me to get refreshed, and have a perspective of wanting to arrange/organize my house better.
Thank you for the joy these children bring to our home, Lord. Help us to continue to raise them for You.
Yesterday the girls went to a sleep over. My son stayed home from camp. It was one of those rainy days all day with construction being done across from our house that you just wanted to stay curled up on the couch with a good book, cup of hot chocolate and blanket.
It was an opportunity for us to appreciate our girls, and our son. You forget with the daily rat race of how precious they truly are with the pressures of the home and work. This was my 3 yr. old baby girl's first sleep over. I think that was the hardest. She's too young, but she's 3 going on 20, lol. Usually I prefer to wait until the kids are older, but this was a special night for the girls. I guess the other part too, is getting a prayer request the same day of a 4 year old girl who swallowed a pen cap and punctured her lungs. They were unsure if she would make it. My son cried for the girls, too. He really missed them, but he didn't miss their noise, lol. He is quite the brother. :)
My parents had 8 kids, and we did no sleep overs. They were overly protective, and I've appreciated that with the way the world is today. I also see where it was unhealthy. As parents you're in a position sometimes where you are pressured by your kids. I am by my son almost daily for the playstation game. We try to do privileges as a gift after priorities. Sometimes you've got to pick your battles, and allow the privileges ahead for those rainy days like yesterday. There's also the battle of 'did I seek God, do His will, etc.
So, I do what I usually do when the kids are out. I go into their room and clean it up or re-arrange it, wash their bedding, and let them come home to a room full of love. A home and heart filled with love for them. It's good to have the separation to appreciate them, but now I'm ready for a Squirrel and Squeaker hug! :) It also allowed me to get refreshed, and have a perspective of wanting to arrange/organize my house better.
Thank you for the joy these children bring to our home, Lord. Help us to continue to raise them for You.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Lights out!
I really enjoy closing the house down for bed. I usually do it since hubbo can miss some of the lights. I think I've done it most of our life together; making sure the doors and windows are locked, curtains down, kids in bed. Thanking God for my children and the joy they bring to our home even if I don't feel like saying it; I know without them there would be something missing. They're cute because they want to keep talking after we prayed, and kiss goodnight. It is a moment you can't miss with big smiles, and just pure tenderness in their tone and expression. I would not miss it for the world.
When you were little did you ever get the creeps of your house? Certain noises and bangs you'd here in the night. Shadows and shapes look funny, or seem like they're moving or dancing. Well this house is sometimes like that in the early morning or late at night. A cat allowed us to see him dissect a mouse one morning. Ewwwww. He was nice enough to leave the guts on the lawn. Bleh. My sister told me she went through that with her house, but after a year they got used to it. You can hear something hit the door or keep tapping on it, but no one's there. Ever watch Sylvia Browne? I wonder if it's spirits trying to tell me something, lol.
One night, I forgot to drop off my insurance payment, and realized late at night I still had it and it was suppose to be there that evening. When I went outside to drop it off, it was like walking in pitch darkness. There was the noise of the street, but there is no lighting outside. Spooky. I could not figure how to turn on the outside light. I had hubbo's small flashlight that would light pretty well, but only the space you pointed to with it.
Sometimes our lives can be so dark that only Jesus can light up the space you have the light on.
Good night.
I really enjoy closing the house down for bed. I usually do it since hubbo can miss some of the lights. I think I've done it most of our life together; making sure the doors and windows are locked, curtains down, kids in bed. Thanking God for my children and the joy they bring to our home even if I don't feel like saying it; I know without them there would be something missing. They're cute because they want to keep talking after we prayed, and kiss goodnight. It is a moment you can't miss with big smiles, and just pure tenderness in their tone and expression. I would not miss it for the world.
When you were little did you ever get the creeps of your house? Certain noises and bangs you'd here in the night. Shadows and shapes look funny, or seem like they're moving or dancing. Well this house is sometimes like that in the early morning or late at night. A cat allowed us to see him dissect a mouse one morning. Ewwwww. He was nice enough to leave the guts on the lawn. Bleh. My sister told me she went through that with her house, but after a year they got used to it. You can hear something hit the door or keep tapping on it, but no one's there. Ever watch Sylvia Browne? I wonder if it's spirits trying to tell me something, lol.
One night, I forgot to drop off my insurance payment, and realized late at night I still had it and it was suppose to be there that evening. When I went outside to drop it off, it was like walking in pitch darkness. There was the noise of the street, but there is no lighting outside. Spooky. I could not figure how to turn on the outside light. I had hubbo's small flashlight that would light pretty well, but only the space you pointed to with it.
Sometimes our lives can be so dark that only Jesus can light up the space you have the light on.
Good night.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
24 hours
24 hours seems like a lot, but it's really not when you're a wife, mother, and employee. Usually I get about six hours sleep. Eight if I'm just dead tired on a Saturday and the kids will let me stay in bed longer, but that's rare. It's usually if I've pushed myself too much physically. Other than that I'm up 8 or 9am, not going anywhere. I'm an early bird and a late nighter, lol. Let's see:
6 hours sleep
6 hours into chores
4 on the kids (schooling), hubbies needs
2 or so on the board
12 hrs spread out in the week for work outside the home
No wonder I'm getting nothing done, lol. Seems like the things we do are repetetive as my son would say, but they are necessary. Goes in cycles like the laundry. An's on 3-digit multiplication and single digit division. Em's on 3 digit subtraction and addition. El's doing what we have on her schedule. She's left handed. She is writing, and wants to work like her siblings.
I need to organize my time better as school is next week and the kids have been doing year-round since our Spring/Summer was busy. The board has needed my attention more the past few weeks, but with school coming, I can't afford to be there as long. Realistically, I'd do better just checking in and out, moderating.
I'm usually up at 7am to say good-bye to hubby, or 6:30am to take him to work. Usually we make devotion and school a priority, then home/errands. Sometimes it seems like it's going on all day because you're in the home and you're not getting much done because you're always using it.
This weekend everyone's got something going on.
I'm more concerned with getting the garage cleared for Winter and the car fixed. It's shaking past 55mph, sounds like it's in high-gear, the heat isn't working strong in the front, the window hasn't been completed. We also need to replace the tires, lube it in September, and finish the tune up (wires, nuts replaced).
The garage is getting there. About 4-6 hours left, then maintenance. It's all getting tossed in another room which won't take long to get it there, just to get through it and organize it. I'm just writing this down to mostly get out of my head; not worry. I need to figure out where I'm going to put the bikes. It's a wonder the stuff you accumulate in a house.
I also want to dedicate myself to ministry more, and finally learn guitar. Plus my landlord gave us a keyboard, and it would be cool to learn how to play it. Ministry we truly enjoy.
I'm sure you will help me sort it out, God. Nothing is to difficult for Thee.
24 hours seems like a lot, but it's really not when you're a wife, mother, and employee. Usually I get about six hours sleep. Eight if I'm just dead tired on a Saturday and the kids will let me stay in bed longer, but that's rare. It's usually if I've pushed myself too much physically. Other than that I'm up 8 or 9am, not going anywhere. I'm an early bird and a late nighter, lol. Let's see:
6 hours sleep
6 hours into chores
4 on the kids (schooling), hubbies needs
2 or so on the board
12 hrs spread out in the week for work outside the home
No wonder I'm getting nothing done, lol. Seems like the things we do are repetetive as my son would say, but they are necessary. Goes in cycles like the laundry. An's on 3-digit multiplication and single digit division. Em's on 3 digit subtraction and addition. El's doing what we have on her schedule. She's left handed. She is writing, and wants to work like her siblings.
I need to organize my time better as school is next week and the kids have been doing year-round since our Spring/Summer was busy. The board has needed my attention more the past few weeks, but with school coming, I can't afford to be there as long. Realistically, I'd do better just checking in and out, moderating.
I'm usually up at 7am to say good-bye to hubby, or 6:30am to take him to work. Usually we make devotion and school a priority, then home/errands. Sometimes it seems like it's going on all day because you're in the home and you're not getting much done because you're always using it.
This weekend everyone's got something going on.
I'm more concerned with getting the garage cleared for Winter and the car fixed. It's shaking past 55mph, sounds like it's in high-gear, the heat isn't working strong in the front, the window hasn't been completed. We also need to replace the tires, lube it in September, and finish the tune up (wires, nuts replaced).
The garage is getting there. About 4-6 hours left, then maintenance. It's all getting tossed in another room which won't take long to get it there, just to get through it and organize it. I'm just writing this down to mostly get out of my head; not worry. I need to figure out where I'm going to put the bikes. It's a wonder the stuff you accumulate in a house.
I also want to dedicate myself to ministry more, and finally learn guitar. Plus my landlord gave us a keyboard, and it would be cool to learn how to play it. Ministry we truly enjoy.
I'm sure you will help me sort it out, God. Nothing is to difficult for Thee.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Angels in Our Midst
You don't know how it happens, but it just does. You're on your last meal. The fridge is empty and your cabinets are bare. You don't know how you're going to feed your family of 5. Payday is still a week away. You only have enough gas to get to work for the week and back. You cry out to God, 'you don't know, you don't see, but you just trust'. Your family is looking at you like the birds died (btw, we don't have a dog), and you're trying to figure out what to feed them. They think you have nothing. You know you have nothing and then bam! God gives you a revelation. You start putting things together and you find out that you have egg salad sandwiches and hot dogs for the day. You continue to trust.
You know you can't afford NOT to tithe, and you just give, and live and trust, and the next day you're faced with the same circumstance again. The same family looking at you. The same demands..... wondering how you're going to make it. Eyes up, hands held out. 'Lord, what can I do. You promised you would provide. You say not to worry. You will supply all our needs.' Then in a few minutes, you're cooking up a feast of chilli spaghetti and muffins for the day. Praise God! The chilli was able to last a few days.
The next day hubby refuses to eat the chilli because it was moose meat and sausages. Normal sausages. It's funny because when I was growing up you ate what your parents gave you. No questions asked. Here we are with possibly our last meal, and he's got to turn down moose meat. Stubborn is as stubborn gets, lol. I was saving the chicken for the next day, but because I had a fussy eater, I had to cook it a day early. Still trusting God, we had the left over chicken today, and a tuna helper meal.
It's funny that when you're out of food, food is your focus only because you have the responsibility of three small mouths to feed. When you have food, it's not a big deal, you don't give it much thought. Anyhow, we only had enough for today. I'd really be struggling tomorrow with rice, and canned vegetables, I thought. I figured I would borrow the car after taking hubby to work, and see what I could do about getting a food box from the Food bank. I hate doing that because sometimes the food is rotten, it's a damper on your pride, and well, you get 4 for the year, but you just don't know if you need it for another urgent time.
Then this evening, what happens. An angel from my church shows up. Her name is Julie. She tells me she's leaving for the lower 48 for three months and she has 3 bags of food for me and the family. I just about died. First of all, I thought it was my landlord. Second, when I saw her at the door (which she's never been to my place), I was surprised, and couldn't imagine what she'd want. [sobs] And, she came to bless us. [more sobs]
I can't tell you the number of times God has done that in my life. More times than I can count. Lord, you are beautiful.
f you're reading this, pray for her, and her family. Her husband is in Iraq. Lord willing, he will return to her in December with the rest of the brigade. What an angel.
God bless you, sis!
Monday, August 14, 2006
Words Carry Weight
It appears some have the stance that their words are merely opinion and carry no weight. However, when used in a manner that brings a person down, instead of accepting responsibility for the action, and trying to help the person recover, we say things like 'get over it', etc.
Countries have gone to war over facts not being straight.
People say or do things without their best actions in mind, and consequences incur.
People are killed over mistakes done or said.
It's so important to think things through.
To speak thoughtfully.
I ought to know, I've eaten quite a number of my own words, and still trying to get my shoe out of my mouth.
It appears some have the stance that their words are merely opinion and carry no weight. However, when used in a manner that brings a person down, instead of accepting responsibility for the action, and trying to help the person recover, we say things like 'get over it', etc.
Countries have gone to war over facts not being straight.
People say or do things without their best actions in mind, and consequences incur.
People are killed over mistakes done or said.
It's so important to think things through.
To speak thoughtfully.
I ought to know, I've eaten quite a number of my own words, and still trying to get my shoe out of my mouth.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Seashells
Being born in California and of Samoan decent, I don't know if that is how my fondness for the sea and seashells started. Ever since I was little I loved going to the beach. I enjoyed the sand, playing in the water, watching the surfers, and walking on the beach. My parents took us to the beach often in San Francisco. When I was a teenager, I remember my brother took us out late to fish on the pier. The smell of salt in the air, the wind blowing in your face, and the fog in the air was one of the coolest memories of being out there. I felt free despite feelings of unworth I struggled with as a teen. That was also the first time I caught a baby shark! It was the coolest. I needed help pulling it in, and it was a pretty good size. We had to throw it back in the ocean. I remember my parents loved seafood. Fish, crab, lobster, shrimp - even octapus, but I would not touch that, or squid, lol. When I worked for a filipino dentist they got me hooked on catfish.
When Rich and I married in CA, we lived in a one bedroom apartment across the beach in Pacifica, CA. It was such a pleasure to walk across the beach to Linda Mar and go out there. I had some really good walking times there on my own with God. I remember some very beautiful sunsets as well. Three of my neighbors were from my Christian body at church. One of my neighbor's would go out early in the morning and collect the trash on the beach. She gave me a deeper appreciation for the beach that I too started to make sure it was kept clean.
I collected seashells. If you were lucky before anyone else got out, you could find sandollars on the very far right end of the sand. I remember one time during one of my many ignorant moments in life, I found some starfish way up off the shore. I grabbed them and took them home to dry out on the roof. I can remember the terrible dead fish smell when Rich and I opened the window, roflol. I thought that was how they did it when they made the pretty seashells sold in the store, lol.
I also remember having the windows open and hearing the ocean waves early in the morning or late at night. I really miss that town and my home church. What great memories I have of our first home. Thank you, God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Beach_(San_Francisco)
http://www.pedropoint.com/pacificacam/
http://www.absoluterealtime.com/webcam/webcamMain.html
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Blackhawks
These are the coolest helicopters I have seen.
I saw eight of them lined up together on a base one time, and they were looking mighty sharp.
I wouldn't mind having one of these bad boys. There's something about them. The color, what they do, the build, what they represent that sends a chill through my veins.
I'm enjoying watching them when I do get to see them. I've wanted to get a picture myself, but I heard military frown on stuff like that from hubbo. I did try at one time to take a pic, but the pic didn't come out because I was driving at the same time, and trying to get a pic with the digital camera from the side. Hubbo would've yelled at me if he was with me, lol. He will probably after he reads this, lol. I don't know why, as these guys post their pics everywhere on the world wide web. So, what's a harmless pic going to do for my own personal drooling, hehehe.
The people that fly these things must be having fun with them.
So, I can have a pic, too.;)
The ten of them are flying over the Chugiak Mountains headed for Iraq. Ooah!
My prayers go ahead of you.
Monday, August 07, 2006
When life stinks!
I don't care to pro-long my life. I'm just here for my kids. Then it's all over from there. I do appreciate information on how to live a better life, but I'm so ready for the world to come.:( That sounds so selfish when there are so many other people that need salvation. Being dead to yourself is not living. Real living is trusting God with the results. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil. Your rod and Your staff are with me. Your love Oh God goes beyond circumstances.
From the book Intimate Allies by Dan Allendar hope comes in brokenness. It comes with forgiveness and a desire to cancel debt and to love boldly. Hope comes through grace, which gives us a taste of the glory to come. We learn from Romans 5:12-14 that sin came into the world through the act of one man, Adam. He was "our" representative in the Garden of Eden, and when he sinned, we all were guilty. Jesus Christ is the one that can stand for the many. The gift is not like the trespass. The gift of God is not like the result of one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in the life through the one man, Jesus Christ --John Murray
Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. Romans 5:15-19
Through Adam's sin came death and condemnation. Through Christ's righteous act came grace and life.Jesus Christ is the only firm foundation for a successful marriage. The only source for hope and joy in marriage is in the gospel.The gospel gives us a pattern for living in relationships in a sinful world. We must be people who know our own sin as we also forgive the sins of others (Matt. 7:1-5). We are to encourage eachother and help each other discover and deal with sin in our lives (Luke 17:3, Gal. 6:1, 1 Tim. 5:20). Proud judgements are prohibited - a judgement that does not allow me to recognize the sin in my own life, a proud judgment that allows me to use my husband's sin to crush him rather than build him up. I must know that my sin is greater than my husband's sin. Only then can I approach him with an attitude that will win him to Christ rather than drive him away from me and possibly the faith.Jesus is the one who gives the grace that allows us to acknowledge our own sins and also to forgive the sins of our spouses.
A Complete Marriage
A marriage relationship is built over a lifetime. There are four kinds of “love” needed to make a marriage relationship complete. They are AGAPE, PHILEO, STORGE, and EROS. All are essential in a marriage.
The highest form of these types of love is agape. Agape love is an unconditional love. It loves when all other types of love quit, and cares when there is no apparent reason to care. This love comes from God into a person when they ask Jesus to come into their heart and to be their Lord and Savior. God is our example. He “...demonstrates HIS OWN LOVE [agape] toward us, in that while we were STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US” (Romans 5:8). He likewise commands all husbands to “...love [agape] your wives AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER” (Ephesians 5:25).
People make friends with others according to the kind of car they drive or what kind of clothes they wear, or their status in society. The agape love of God goes past the surface, enabling us to look deep into our mate’s heart and love them for who God has made them to be despite their faults and shortcomings.
Phileo love is the kind of love that makes agape love enjoyable. Phileo love is having tender affection toward your mate. Most friendships are built on phileo love. Phileo love is that “something” that you see in another person that draws you to be their friend. It’s one thing to unconditionally love (agape) someone who you don’t like to be around because they irritate you. It’s quite another thing to unconditionally love someone who is tenderly affectionate (phileo) toward you. THE TENDER AFFECTION OF PHILEO LOVE MAKES THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF AGAPE ENJOYABLE. It’s the joy of the friendship!
It has been said that phileo love is a human love. If that were the case, then why does God the Father, who is NOT a human, but a Spirit, phileo love Jesus His Son and us? Jesus said, “For the FATHER HIMSELF LOVES (phileo) YOU, because you have loved (phileo) Me…” (John 16:27).
God’s desire for the husband and wife is that they tenderly love (phileo) each other while they overlook each other’s faults and failures (agape).
Another kind of love needed in a marriage is storge. Storge is a physical show of affection that results from a pure motive. It may be a hug, a kiss, or another expression of genuine affection. Because males are different than females, the wife usually needs this kind of love more from her husband. It is important for the husband to set aside his need of companionship and meet his wife’s main need, which is affection.
Eros love is needed to make a marriage. Eros is the fulfillment of the physical sexual desire that a husband and wife show toward each other. It’s when “...the two ...become ONE FLESH” (Matthew 19:5).
When all four types of love operate in a marriage, the marriage is complete. A picture of a complete marriage is a husband and wife who lay down their life for each other (agape love) no matter how many times the other offends them or causes them to have ill feelings. They both have tender affection toward each other (phileo love). They enjoy each other’s company because they’re best friends. Because they enjoy each other so much, they hug, kiss, hold hands and do nice things for their mate (storge love). Because their hearts are filled with agape, phileo and storge, a warm passionate desire arises within both of them to enjoy each other sexually (eros). Now, that kind of God-centered marriage will weather ANY storm.
We must nurture and protect ALL of these different kinds of love in our marriage. Negligence of any kind of love leaves a gaping hole in our relationship. To show you the significance and impact of this on our relationship, let’s remove one type of love at a time and see how incomplete the other three are alone.
The Missing Link
Let’s take out the highest form of love first, agape. Since agape love is unselfish the thing that will be prevalent, is selfishness. Human nature in itself is very selfish. Agape love influences and dominates all the other types of love. Selfishness will dominate phileo love. The friendship of the relationship will have a predominate undertone of “how can the friendship satisfy ME.” “If I act a certain pleasing way, I can get this.” Storge, that physical show of affection will diminish because “self” does not see it as important unless IT wants something. Eros, the passionate desire for sex, becomes one sided.
When phileo love is missing, the caring and unconditional love will still be intact, but there will be a lack of friendship in the marriage. That gooey show of affection of storge will not be as prevalent. The need for sex of eros love will be more out of honor or duty.
Storge, that physical show of affection, is normal when phileo and agape love are intact. Storge love is usually missing because of emotional or psychological problems. The wounds that were inflected from trauma, neglect or some other issue of the past must be worked through; otherwise, one partner may feel a measure of rejection because they believe that their partner does not want to be affectionate to them. It’s not that they don’t want to, but that their heart will not give them the liberty to express it. This, of course will affect the eros love. The couple’s sex life will diminish. Most likely sex will be a result of need, rather than the passionate desire that arises from the affection of storge love.
http://www.divorcehope.com/marriageloverelationship.htm (http://www.divorcehope.com/marriageloverelationship.htm)
Agape love is without expectation of return. [sobs]
I don't care to pro-long my life. I'm just here for my kids. Then it's all over from there. I do appreciate information on how to live a better life, but I'm so ready for the world to come.:( That sounds so selfish when there are so many other people that need salvation. Being dead to yourself is not living. Real living is trusting God with the results. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil. Your rod and Your staff are with me. Your love Oh God goes beyond circumstances.
From the book Intimate Allies by Dan Allendar hope comes in brokenness. It comes with forgiveness and a desire to cancel debt and to love boldly. Hope comes through grace, which gives us a taste of the glory to come. We learn from Romans 5:12-14 that sin came into the world through the act of one man, Adam. He was "our" representative in the Garden of Eden, and when he sinned, we all were guilty. Jesus Christ is the one that can stand for the many. The gift is not like the trespass. The gift of God is not like the result of one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in the life through the one man, Jesus Christ --John Murray
Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. Romans 5:15-19
Through Adam's sin came death and condemnation. Through Christ's righteous act came grace and life.Jesus Christ is the only firm foundation for a successful marriage. The only source for hope and joy in marriage is in the gospel.The gospel gives us a pattern for living in relationships in a sinful world. We must be people who know our own sin as we also forgive the sins of others (Matt. 7:1-5). We are to encourage eachother and help each other discover and deal with sin in our lives (Luke 17:3, Gal. 6:1, 1 Tim. 5:20). Proud judgements are prohibited - a judgement that does not allow me to recognize the sin in my own life, a proud judgment that allows me to use my husband's sin to crush him rather than build him up. I must know that my sin is greater than my husband's sin. Only then can I approach him with an attitude that will win him to Christ rather than drive him away from me and possibly the faith.Jesus is the one who gives the grace that allows us to acknowledge our own sins and also to forgive the sins of our spouses.
A Complete Marriage
A marriage relationship is built over a lifetime. There are four kinds of “love” needed to make a marriage relationship complete. They are AGAPE, PHILEO, STORGE, and EROS. All are essential in a marriage.
The highest form of these types of love is agape. Agape love is an unconditional love. It loves when all other types of love quit, and cares when there is no apparent reason to care. This love comes from God into a person when they ask Jesus to come into their heart and to be their Lord and Savior. God is our example. He “...demonstrates HIS OWN LOVE [agape] toward us, in that while we were STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US” (Romans 5:8). He likewise commands all husbands to “...love [agape] your wives AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER” (Ephesians 5:25).
People make friends with others according to the kind of car they drive or what kind of clothes they wear, or their status in society. The agape love of God goes past the surface, enabling us to look deep into our mate’s heart and love them for who God has made them to be despite their faults and shortcomings.
Phileo love is the kind of love that makes agape love enjoyable. Phileo love is having tender affection toward your mate. Most friendships are built on phileo love. Phileo love is that “something” that you see in another person that draws you to be their friend. It’s one thing to unconditionally love (agape) someone who you don’t like to be around because they irritate you. It’s quite another thing to unconditionally love someone who is tenderly affectionate (phileo) toward you. THE TENDER AFFECTION OF PHILEO LOVE MAKES THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF AGAPE ENJOYABLE. It’s the joy of the friendship!
It has been said that phileo love is a human love. If that were the case, then why does God the Father, who is NOT a human, but a Spirit, phileo love Jesus His Son and us? Jesus said, “For the FATHER HIMSELF LOVES (phileo) YOU, because you have loved (phileo) Me…” (John 16:27).
God’s desire for the husband and wife is that they tenderly love (phileo) each other while they overlook each other’s faults and failures (agape).
Another kind of love needed in a marriage is storge. Storge is a physical show of affection that results from a pure motive. It may be a hug, a kiss, or another expression of genuine affection. Because males are different than females, the wife usually needs this kind of love more from her husband. It is important for the husband to set aside his need of companionship and meet his wife’s main need, which is affection.
Eros love is needed to make a marriage. Eros is the fulfillment of the physical sexual desire that a husband and wife show toward each other. It’s when “...the two ...become ONE FLESH” (Matthew 19:5).
When all four types of love operate in a marriage, the marriage is complete. A picture of a complete marriage is a husband and wife who lay down their life for each other (agape love) no matter how many times the other offends them or causes them to have ill feelings. They both have tender affection toward each other (phileo love). They enjoy each other’s company because they’re best friends. Because they enjoy each other so much, they hug, kiss, hold hands and do nice things for their mate (storge love). Because their hearts are filled with agape, phileo and storge, a warm passionate desire arises within both of them to enjoy each other sexually (eros). Now, that kind of God-centered marriage will weather ANY storm.
We must nurture and protect ALL of these different kinds of love in our marriage. Negligence of any kind of love leaves a gaping hole in our relationship. To show you the significance and impact of this on our relationship, let’s remove one type of love at a time and see how incomplete the other three are alone.
The Missing Link
Let’s take out the highest form of love first, agape. Since agape love is unselfish the thing that will be prevalent, is selfishness. Human nature in itself is very selfish. Agape love influences and dominates all the other types of love. Selfishness will dominate phileo love. The friendship of the relationship will have a predominate undertone of “how can the friendship satisfy ME.” “If I act a certain pleasing way, I can get this.” Storge, that physical show of affection will diminish because “self” does not see it as important unless IT wants something. Eros, the passionate desire for sex, becomes one sided.
When phileo love is missing, the caring and unconditional love will still be intact, but there will be a lack of friendship in the marriage. That gooey show of affection of storge will not be as prevalent. The need for sex of eros love will be more out of honor or duty.
Storge, that physical show of affection, is normal when phileo and agape love are intact. Storge love is usually missing because of emotional or psychological problems. The wounds that were inflected from trauma, neglect or some other issue of the past must be worked through; otherwise, one partner may feel a measure of rejection because they believe that their partner does not want to be affectionate to them. It’s not that they don’t want to, but that their heart will not give them the liberty to express it. This, of course will affect the eros love. The couple’s sex life will diminish. Most likely sex will be a result of need, rather than the passionate desire that arises from the affection of storge love.
http://www.divorcehope.com/marriageloverelationship.htm (http://www.divorcehope.com/marriageloverelationship.htm)
Agape love is without expectation of return. [sobs]
Friday, August 04, 2006
His Love, Not Ours
By Mary Wilder Tileston
Taken from Joy and strength
Web Page: http://www.backtothebible.org/devotions/print.php/joy/216
In His love and in His pity He redeemed them. --ISAIAH 63:9
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. --PSALMS 103:13
GOD only knows the love of God:Oh, that it now were shed abroad In this poor stony heart;For love I sigh, for love I pine;This only portion, Lord, be mine, Be mine this better part. --CHARLES WESLEY
DON'T measure God's mind by your own. It would be a poor love that depended not on itself, but on the feelings of the person loved. A crying baby turns away from its mother's breast, but she does not put it away till it stops crying. She holds it closer. For my part, in the worst mood I am ever in, when I don't feel I love God at all, I just look up to His love. I say to Him, "Look at me. See what state I am in. Help me!" Ah! you would wonder how that makes peace. And the love comes of itself; sometimes so strong, it nearly breaks my heart. --GEORGE MACDONALD
He does not love us because we art so lovely, but because He always loves what He pities. --ELIZABETH PRENTISS
Thank you God that your mind is not like ours.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts”. Isa. 55:8-9
“Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts towards us cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered." Psalm 40:5
“How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand." Psalm 139:17-18
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace (wholeness, well being, health, blessing) and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jer. 29:11
“But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.’ Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls (your dwelling, your life) are continually before Me.” Isaiah 49:14
By Mary Wilder Tileston
Taken from Joy and strength
Web Page: http://www.backtothebible.org/devotions/print.php/joy/216
In His love and in His pity He redeemed them. --ISAIAH 63:9
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. --PSALMS 103:13
GOD only knows the love of God:Oh, that it now were shed abroad In this poor stony heart;For love I sigh, for love I pine;This only portion, Lord, be mine, Be mine this better part. --CHARLES WESLEY
DON'T measure God's mind by your own. It would be a poor love that depended not on itself, but on the feelings of the person loved. A crying baby turns away from its mother's breast, but she does not put it away till it stops crying. She holds it closer. For my part, in the worst mood I am ever in, when I don't feel I love God at all, I just look up to His love. I say to Him, "Look at me. See what state I am in. Help me!" Ah! you would wonder how that makes peace. And the love comes of itself; sometimes so strong, it nearly breaks my heart. --GEORGE MACDONALD
He does not love us because we art so lovely, but because He always loves what He pities. --ELIZABETH PRENTISS
Thank you God that your mind is not like ours.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts”. Isa. 55:8-9
“Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts towards us cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered." Psalm 40:5
“How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand." Psalm 139:17-18
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace (wholeness, well being, health, blessing) and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jer. 29:11
“But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.’ Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls (your dwelling, your life) are continually before Me.” Isaiah 49:14
Thursday, August 03, 2006
What's going on in our schools today?
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many parents and educators as possible by forwarding it to family, friends and educators.
The National Education Association: What Kind Of Organization Is This Which Sets The Agenda For Our Children In Public Schools?
Dear R,
Normally when we send out an email we try to make the message as short as possible and still make it easy for individuals to understand and take action. However, this email cannot be short. It deals with the National Education Association, the organization responsible for setting the agenda for our children in public schools.
Since we are talking about the future of millions of our children directly affected by the NEA, we hope you will study the material available in this email carefully and forward it to others. Every person, especially every parent of children in public schools, needs this information.
When we learned about the NEA plans to approve homosexual marriage, we alerted our supporters. Following our making the resolution public, the NEA promptly removed it from their web-site. Our efforts upset NEA president Reg Weaver so much that he attacked AFA in a speech to the 9,000 delegates at the convention.
Background On The NEA
To understand why the NEA is more interested in pushing a liberal social agenda than making sure our children can read, write and do math-and why public education is in the mess it is in-please read some background by clicking here.
Here are a few of the actions which the NEA approved at their meeting in Orlando.
a.. NEA overwhelmingly passed a resolution (B 10) endorsing gay marriages and adoptions in states where they're legal. Click here and read the first three paragraphs.
b.. NEA recommended that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues be required content for teacher credentialing. (Teachers would be forced to undergo sensitivity training concerning homosexuality before they could be certified to teach.) Here is the wording of the resolution: "That NEA advocate for the inclusion of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender issues in the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) teacher education program review process." NEA has already contacted NCATE about this.
c.. NEA voted to replace the word "tolerance" toward homosexuality with "acceptance and respect" in union policies. The author of New Business Item 52 used this rationale: "We should teach acceptance and respect, not tolerance, of those who are different from us wherever appropriate." (The NEA is saying that "tolerance" of the homosexual lifestyle isn't enough, that homosexuality must be accepted and respected.) Click Here for more information.
d.. NEA refused to pass an amendment (I 24) designed to protect students against sexual misconduct by teachers. The amendment read "To protect the rights of all students, the Association believes sexual contact between education professionals and minor students is unacceptable." The NEA refused to pass the amendment and referred it back to the Resolutions Committee. Many feel that the NEA refused to pass the amendment in order to protect teachers who have sex with students. Click Here and go to the bottom of page 3. Read the section "Resolution I-24 Floor Discussion Vote.
NEA Being Less Than Honest
The NEA has been less than honest in dealing with this situation. Andy Linebaugh, a spokesman for the NEA, told Cybercast News Service that "leadership of the NEA has no interest in advancing a position on same-sex marriage." To see the entire news release, click here.
NEA president Reg Weaver, in a release posted on the website of its Kansas affiliate, said the AFA had engaged in a "malicious e-mail campaign distorting the facts related to proposed amendment changes." Like Linebaugh, he added that "the NEA has no position on same-sex marriages, and leadership is not seeking to establish such a position." On the NEA homepage on July 19, there was a message pertaining to the NEA's support of homosexual marriage.
"A smear campaign launched by the American Family Association asserted that the National Education Association was set to 'endorse homosexual marriage' at the 2006 Representative Assembly. Either the group is intentionally misleading the public, or didn't bother to check their information, but NEA has no plans to endorse same sex marriage and never did."
However, just weeks before the statements by Linebaugh and Weaver denying that NEA had taken a position, the NEA was a signatory on a letter to U.S. Senators strongly opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment. To see the letter, click here. On the third page you will find where the NEA signed the letter opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment. So when Linebaugh and Weaver said that the NEA has taken no position, they are being less than honest. The NEA opposed the constitutional amendment making marriage legal only between one man and one woman. That is their position as indicated by signing the letter.
The California Teachers Association, NEA's largest state affiliate, endorsed homosexual marriage in 2004. Click here to see their endorsement.
For more information of NEA's support of the homosexual lifestyle, click here to see background material from a delegate to the NEA convention.
For more information on NEA finances and the left-wing causes they support with gifts, click here.
NEA Running Stealth Campaign Again Public School Reform
Here is another example of how the NEA works. Shortly after the convention in Orlando, USA Today in an article (July 11, page 9D) reported: "The nation's largest teachers union has spent more than $8 million in a stealth campaign against President Bush's education reform law, paying for research and political opposition in an effort to derail it, according to a Washington think tank that supports the law...the National Education Association (NEA) has given at least $8.1 million to education, civil rights and policy groups that have opposed or criticized No Child Left Behind, Bush's far-reaching and controversial effort to reform public schools."
Many members of the NEA are not aware how the NEA is using their dues to promote leftwing politics. They can drop their membership in the NEA and secure many of the same benefits by joining other professional organizations which offer the same benefits. The Association of American Educators is one. You can visit them on the web at http://www.aaeteachers.org./ Also, Christian Educators offers many of the same benefits. Their website is http://www.ceai.org./
Take Action 1. Send your email to the NEA.
Express your disappointment that they are putting a political agenda ahead of the education of our children. Click here.
2. Please forward this to other parents and educators so they will have this information.
3. If you are a professional educator and a member of the NEA, here is what you can do. Click Here.
Click Here to Email the NEA Now!
If you think our efforts are worthy, would you please support us with a small gift?
Thank you for caring enough to get involved.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
Please help us get this information into the hands of as many parents and educators as possible by forwarding it to family, friends and educators.
The National Education Association: What Kind Of Organization Is This Which Sets The Agenda For Our Children In Public Schools?
Dear R,
Normally when we send out an email we try to make the message as short as possible and still make it easy for individuals to understand and take action. However, this email cannot be short. It deals with the National Education Association, the organization responsible for setting the agenda for our children in public schools.
Since we are talking about the future of millions of our children directly affected by the NEA, we hope you will study the material available in this email carefully and forward it to others. Every person, especially every parent of children in public schools, needs this information.
When we learned about the NEA plans to approve homosexual marriage, we alerted our supporters. Following our making the resolution public, the NEA promptly removed it from their web-site. Our efforts upset NEA president Reg Weaver so much that he attacked AFA in a speech to the 9,000 delegates at the convention.
Background On The NEA
To understand why the NEA is more interested in pushing a liberal social agenda than making sure our children can read, write and do math-and why public education is in the mess it is in-please read some background by clicking here.
Here are a few of the actions which the NEA approved at their meeting in Orlando.
a.. NEA overwhelmingly passed a resolution (B 10) endorsing gay marriages and adoptions in states where they're legal. Click here and read the first three paragraphs.
b.. NEA recommended that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues be required content for teacher credentialing. (Teachers would be forced to undergo sensitivity training concerning homosexuality before they could be certified to teach.) Here is the wording of the resolution: "That NEA advocate for the inclusion of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender issues in the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) teacher education program review process." NEA has already contacted NCATE about this.
c.. NEA voted to replace the word "tolerance" toward homosexuality with "acceptance and respect" in union policies. The author of New Business Item 52 used this rationale: "We should teach acceptance and respect, not tolerance, of those who are different from us wherever appropriate." (The NEA is saying that "tolerance" of the homosexual lifestyle isn't enough, that homosexuality must be accepted and respected.) Click Here for more information.
d.. NEA refused to pass an amendment (I 24) designed to protect students against sexual misconduct by teachers. The amendment read "To protect the rights of all students, the Association believes sexual contact between education professionals and minor students is unacceptable." The NEA refused to pass the amendment and referred it back to the Resolutions Committee. Many feel that the NEA refused to pass the amendment in order to protect teachers who have sex with students. Click Here and go to the bottom of page 3. Read the section "Resolution I-24 Floor Discussion Vote.
NEA Being Less Than Honest
The NEA has been less than honest in dealing with this situation. Andy Linebaugh, a spokesman for the NEA, told Cybercast News Service that "leadership of the NEA has no interest in advancing a position on same-sex marriage." To see the entire news release, click here.
NEA president Reg Weaver, in a release posted on the website of its Kansas affiliate, said the AFA had engaged in a "malicious e-mail campaign distorting the facts related to proposed amendment changes." Like Linebaugh, he added that "the NEA has no position on same-sex marriages, and leadership is not seeking to establish such a position." On the NEA homepage on July 19, there was a message pertaining to the NEA's support of homosexual marriage.
"A smear campaign launched by the American Family Association asserted that the National Education Association was set to 'endorse homosexual marriage' at the 2006 Representative Assembly. Either the group is intentionally misleading the public, or didn't bother to check their information, but NEA has no plans to endorse same sex marriage and never did."
However, just weeks before the statements by Linebaugh and Weaver denying that NEA had taken a position, the NEA was a signatory on a letter to U.S. Senators strongly opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment. To see the letter, click here. On the third page you will find where the NEA signed the letter opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment. So when Linebaugh and Weaver said that the NEA has taken no position, they are being less than honest. The NEA opposed the constitutional amendment making marriage legal only between one man and one woman. That is their position as indicated by signing the letter.
The California Teachers Association, NEA's largest state affiliate, endorsed homosexual marriage in 2004. Click here to see their endorsement.
For more information of NEA's support of the homosexual lifestyle, click here to see background material from a delegate to the NEA convention.
For more information on NEA finances and the left-wing causes they support with gifts, click here.
NEA Running Stealth Campaign Again Public School Reform
Here is another example of how the NEA works. Shortly after the convention in Orlando, USA Today in an article (July 11, page 9D) reported: "The nation's largest teachers union has spent more than $8 million in a stealth campaign against President Bush's education reform law, paying for research and political opposition in an effort to derail it, according to a Washington think tank that supports the law...the National Education Association (NEA) has given at least $8.1 million to education, civil rights and policy groups that have opposed or criticized No Child Left Behind, Bush's far-reaching and controversial effort to reform public schools."
Many members of the NEA are not aware how the NEA is using their dues to promote leftwing politics. They can drop their membership in the NEA and secure many of the same benefits by joining other professional organizations which offer the same benefits. The Association of American Educators is one. You can visit them on the web at http://www.aaeteachers.org./ Also, Christian Educators offers many of the same benefits. Their website is http://www.ceai.org./
Take Action 1. Send your email to the NEA.
Express your disappointment that they are putting a political agenda ahead of the education of our children. Click here.
2. Please forward this to other parents and educators so they will have this information.
3. If you are a professional educator and a member of the NEA, here is what you can do. Click Here.
Click Here to Email the NEA Now!
If you think our efforts are worthy, would you please support us with a small gift?
Thank you for caring enough to get involved.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association
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