Andrea Mitchell interviews General Petraeus.
The General wastes no time in making his positions crystal clear..now only if the media would listen.

While the Democrats attempt to jockey for position to take credit for us “winning” in Iraq, (we all know it had to be that pressure they put on the President), their steady drumbeat [...]

There is little doubt that there are many suffering in this country these days. Lay-offs, cut backs and business closures have affected families from coast to coast.
Foreclosures are mounting. In many cases this is not due to those unscrupulous mortgage lenders nor those who signed loan papers on a home they could, [...]

The past two weeks have been very draining on me emotionally, which then causes physical exhaustion such as I have never known before.
People in my family are sick and my phone has been popping with someone calling me about something important while I’m speaking to someone else about something important.
My step-mother has had major back [...]

The headline on this Fox News website front page is “Time to Start Praying”.
The story is about the floods in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the damage being done to property and lives.
“We’re just kind of at God’s mercy right now, so hopefully people that never prayed before this, it might be a good time [...]

No, this post isn’t about Hillary Clinton although the advice is good for her, but her ego probably won’t allow her to accept defeat gracefully and she’ll continue to fight until her last breath for the Democratic nomination for president.
This is a personal story.
I had been visiting a blog based in France a couple of [...]

On Tuesday I told you our daughter in law had been taken by ambulance to the hospital for a suspected aneurysm in her brain. After sending emails to our church list and to prayer warriors on my email list we were so relieved to get the answer in such a short time. She [...]

Please keep ~J~ and her dear hubby in your thoughts and prayers today.
Thanks!
From ~J~ In case you are wondering what is up, my husband has had blood found in his digestive tract and the doctor is doing an endoscopy and colonoscopy to find the cause of the bleeding.

Gospel music lost one of the greatest writers today in an automobile accident. Dottie Rambo went home to be with the Lord.
Dottie has been in severe back pain for several years and her voice wasn’t as smooth as it used to be, but listen to her sing “Sheltered in the Arms of God” with [...]

I was sent the following video in an email and it disturbed me so much I thought I’d share it with any readers who may care to watch it.

So, when Oprah was about 27 years old she went to church early one morning and listened to a very charasmatic preacher. She was caught up [...]

Video HT: johnny dollar’s place

As I was saying my prayers before going to bed last night I asked God why He was always so kind to me? A child who wasn’t special, a teen and young adult who was ordinary, a wife, mother, career woman and now grandmother who was nothing. But I always had Jesus.

I hope [...]

“There’s No Separation, we’re one nation under Him“

No matter your religious preferences, this statement by Mike Huckabee should be enough to make you take a step back and ask if you can support someone who would not be a President to all, but rather to those who have only his Christian beliefs.

Thanks to Rob at Say Anything for providing the video.
He [...]

Here are the simple words to the song:
Without Him I could do nothing
Without Him I’d surely fail
Without Him I would be drifting
Like a ship without a sail
Oh Jesus, oh Jesus
Do you know Him today
Please don’t turn Him away
Oh Jesus, my Jesus
Without Him how lost I would be
Without Him I would be dying
Without Him I’d be [...]

After writing the post below this one I just had to find Eva Mae LeFevre singing “I’ve Got a Mansion”.

Thank you, Lord, that you have a mansion built just for me.

Death of a loved one is the saddest thing a human can endure. Separation from that loved one. No more will you hear his/her voice, see his/her smile, smell his/her scent. Emptiness follows in your heart for a long, long time. Sometimes even until we ourselves die.
That’s all natural, but the [...]

For the story go here.

Late last night I was reading a story written about an interview given by Tony Blair in which he said his faith helped him to make hard decisions when he was Britain’s Prime Minister. He said if he had mentioned it the people in Britain would have thought he was nutty.
This shouldn’t strike me [...]

This hymn has special significance to me.
When my grandmother lay dying, in a semi-coma, we somehow were the only ones in the house. I sat next to her bed and held her hand and told her “They tell me you’re going to leave me in a few days. I want you to know [...]

Father, I have sinned against you tonight due to anger brought on me by someone else. I ask your forgiveness because if not, I cannot face the world. Cover my sin in the blood of Jesus and cleanse me till I am white as snow. In Jesus’ Name, Amen

I just finished reading this op-ed written by Shmuley Boteach, in the Jerusalem Post.
It started me thinking of something I have thought of a lot in the recent past.
We have the Orthodox Jews, of which Mr. Boteach seems to be one, the radical Islamists and dedicated followers of other religions who believe so strongly [...]

I ran across this article today, and my soul is aching.
A claim by President Ahmadinejad that Iran has 3,000 working uranium-enriching centrifuges sent a tremor across the world yesterday amid fears that Israel would respond by bombing the country’s nuclear facilities.
Military sources in Washington said that the existence of such a large number could [...]

Just a couple of pieces I found interesting and thought I would share:
I wonder how this father would have felt if it were his child that was affected by the actions (or lack thereof) of this daycare center.
One parent said the center’s owners gave a good explanation for Tuesday night’s mishap.
“That was just a big [...]

Gospel music is my favorite genre of music. I love Lynda Randle because she has such a beautiful voice, and because her key is one I can sing.
Listen to this beautiful song of praise, “I’m Free”:

When my mother died I wanted “Peace, Be Still” as sung by Candy Hemphill Christmas to be played [...]

Sometimes I just think this world is going to hell in a handbasket, and I long for the day when I will be in God’s Eternal Kingdom and no longer have to worry about what’s going on in this world.
I feel that God has begun to withdraw His blessing from our own country and yet [...]

I was distressed to read that Israeli Vice Premier Haim Ramon wants to cede part of control of Jerusalem to the Palestinian Authority.
“The government does not have a majority (to support) Haim Ramon’s opinions on anything to do with Jerusalem,” Pensioners Party Chairman Rafi Eitan said Tuesday following the exposure of the vice premier’s letter [...]

First of all I don’t understand why a school would have 15 valedictorians in the same class, but I digress.
Erica Corder was one of 15 valedictorians at Lewis-Palmer High School in Colorado in 2006. They each got 30 seconds to speak and when it came her turn her speech was to encourage the audience [...]

Reuters writer Ed Stoddard has written an article titled “Religion and culture behind Texas execution tally”
Great eye-catching headline there, Mr. Stoddard.
Like his predecessor, Governor Perry is a devout Christian, highlighting one key factor in Texas’ enthusiasm for the death penalty that many outsiders find puzzling — the support it gets from conservative evangelical churches.
This [...]

The Anchoress has tagged me to tell you five things I love about Jesus.
1. Because He first loved me a nobody, who was a somebody to Him. Even the hairs on my head are numbered, and when He was on the Cross, I was on His mind.
2. Because He is God and there is [...]

From Friday’s Omega Letter:
I was reading the comments posted by readers of the Huffington Post in response to a column posted by Max Blumenthal about the “Christians United For Israel Tour” Washington summit meeting, hosted by San Antonio pastor John Hagee.
The column was entitled, “Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United For Israel Tour.”
Blumenthal’s [...]