Zuerst der junge Wilde mit TC und Trainerin, dann nach einer halben Stunde mit mir und Trainerin.

Er ist sehr willig und eifrig beim lernen. Am besten gefallen ihm die Leckerlis, die es als Belohnung gibt. Naja, wenn Hund auf Diät ist, ist er für jedes Häppchen dankbar ......

Ich dagegen musste mich doch etwas anstrengen, um Schritt halten zu können. Vor allen Dingen bin ich immer so aufgeregt .....

Gelernt haben wir, daß der Hundeführer bestimmt, was wann wo gemacht wird und nicht der Hund!

Sobald er an der Leine zieht ... geht es in die andere Richtung. Nur wenn er aufmerksam ist, d.h. Blickkontakt hält gibt es ein Leckerchen. Sitz & Platz kann er sowieso, ablegen und entfernen geht auch. Die Trainerin sagt mir, welche Übung ich machen soll, beobachtet das ganze, wenn der Hund es richtig macht, klickt sie und sofort muss ich ihn belohnen.

Nach dem Einzelunterricht gingen wir noch mit in die FUN-GRUPPE. Das waren 10 Teams die bei einem Spaziergang im Gelände verschiedene Übungen machten. Ich merkte wieder einmal, wie entspannt ich mit dem jW arbeiten kann, weil ich keine Angst haben muss, daß er andere Hunde angeht! Soetwas käme ihm nie in den Sinn! Das war beim Herr Dux gaaanz anders .... da musste ich auf alles gefasst sein und oftmals sehr massiv werden!

Die letzte halbe Stunde wurde auf dem Dressurplatz geübt und dann durften die Hunde dort miteinander spielen (also die, die sich vertrugen!)

Das war wohl das schönste Highlight des Tages für den jW. Danach war er platt!!

Ich glaube so gut hat er schon lange nicht mehr geschlafen!! Den ganzen Nachmittag war er verschwunden ....

Von diesem Unterricht und der Art wie die Trainerin an die Sache rangeht bin ich sehr angetan! Ich freue mich schon auf den Ferienkurs, den ich gebucht habe. Am 21. Juli geht es los!

Von dieser Hundeschule habe ich schon sooo viel gutes gehört, daß ich es kaum glauben kann.

Am Freitag hatten wir ein Vorgespräch mit Frau H. und ich war angenehm überrascht. Geschlagene 3! Stunden hat sie sich Zeit genommen unsere Fragen zu beantworten und ihr Konzept zu erläutern! Damit hätte ich nie gerechnet.

Und diese Trainerin weiß wovon sie spricht! Sie bildet Rettungshunde aus (sie gehört zur Rettungshundestaffel Zweibrücken), bringt Problemhunde wieder in die Spur und arbeitet spielerisch mit Welpen ab der 8.Woche. Es gibt verschiedene Kurse und wenn man mag, darf man die Kurse mit Prüfung beenden, ist aber nicht zwingend vorgeschrieben (was meiner Prüfungsangst sehr entgegen kommt!).

Das Gelände ist ideal, direkt am Waldrand gelegen.

Wir beide (der jW und ich) werden ab 21.7. den Ferien-Grunderziehungskurs mitmachen, d.h. 10 Tage (außer Sa/So) täglich von 10-11 Uhr Kurstraining und anschließen Fun-Stunde (Spiel&Spass für die Hunde im Trainingsgelände). Die Gruppen sind bewußt kleingehalten, damit individuell auf jeden eingegangen werden kann.

Meine Bedenken, daß ich da körperlich nicht mithalten kann, teilt Frau H. nicht, weil es bei ihr nicht auf Tempo oder möglichst viel in kurzer Zeit ankommt.

Hoffentlich ist der Einsatz von Geld, Zeit und körperlicher Arbeit für den jW und mich nicht für die Katz!!!

Por enquanto, é isso. Agende-se! Aproveite também para participar do EducaCamp, uma desconferência entre blogueiros professores, pais e interessados, organizado pelo Desabafo de Mãe, Cybele Meyer e Lúcia Freitas, que acontece no próximo sábado, dia 28 de Junho. Onde? Adivinha no Gafanhoto. Como chegar?

Reincarnation sucks, on the account of 3 very simple points:
1. Stupid soul function assignment; like a surjective function. Consider for example, how many people maintain to have been Cleopatra, this obviously makes no sense; unless they're deceiving themselves, of course.
2. It's pointless on itself; like infinite recursion. Consider that if it's primary reason of being it's for oneself to learn something, why wipe out a previous memory assignment; ie, wouldn't be more effective to continuously evolve to a higher order, plane, 'god communion' or whatever, by building upon your previous experiences. It seems to me more like a setup for infinite failure to begin with.
3. And more importantly, because it's counter-proponent to the all love and fairness 'god' of exit resultant reincarnation; it just seems the opposite, an unjust and self perpetuating 'hell'. Wouldn't it be more objective if you were actually judged by your factual life deeds?

Also, if before we came to earth we were so spiritually pure, then why aren't we all saints? If the most exalted one given always wind up getting an ass soul whip, then what's the point? Besides the obvious suffering and torment. Why is so important to debunk RI? 'cause it is at the heart of eastern doctrines and NA movements; permeated into every aspect of gnostic enlightment. It was one of the main reasons I had to discard gnostic christian beliefs, if there can even be such a thing.

On a side note; I have lots of remorses and regrets; so I can understand the desire to do over certain things, to believe there is a possible RI let-out; but the more I think about it, the more I realized that it wouldn't matter very much, either way. And on another one, I can't relate; let alone understand; how there can be people who say 'I have no regrets' or 'I have no remorses', isn't that nearly equating yourself to a psychopathic killer or a sociopath?

There are other minor issues, like who are we really, energy, population, animals, aliens, etc. For instance, there is more people living nowadays that there have ever been, which implies that most people should be 'new souls', yet most people claim a history of past-life experiences! And in case you are wondering; I don't believe in religions, I do believe that a personal experience and relationship with God is the most important thing, what truly matters, independently of religion. Ie, fuck dogmas and rituals! Skip the middle-man (except maybe for JC). Or alternately, there is a church, but it is not an earthly one, inasmuch as a spiritual one. Religious institutions are all about power, fear, control, isolation, divisionism and money; especially money, so avoid them like the plague. So anyhow, to me not only are there mayor holes on RI, but on all other eastern pseudo-religions for that matter. Simply put, read the bible and carry on accordingly; especially the NT, which you should start with.

Explaining more gets a little thornier (to say the least). To begin with, Creation, there are tree basic exegesis:
1. A literal interpretation. This is the fundamentalist view; this is also very obviously wrong.
2. Role inversion. Instead of being the serpent the liar, it's the schizo Jehovah the one, and furthermore, he's also the conceptual Satan; whilst the serpent it's the one and only all loving god. This implies that our universe was made defective to begin with by this nut-job lesser god, whilst the other one offers true spiritual salvation. This is the GC belief.
3. Classical view. A long time ago, in a spiritual realm far, far away, all there was well; it was perfect, literally. There was only God, then he probably got kind of lonely and tired of talking to himself for eons, so he decided to make other beings to worship him and to chat with. Since he didn't want them to be mindless automata he gave them free will, that way they would have not come up with lousy conversational topics. One of them rebelled wanting all that worshiping for himself, so one day said to God something like "You suck, you're such an unfair G-O-D, they should be workshipping me; you have no right, since I'm so high and mighty, and shit; and I'm so much better, and you're old and fat, and my halo is bigger than yours!"; then God must have said something like "Hey you ungrateful @$#%, I'm not twisting anyone's figurative arm, so @%#% off!". So this mofo made a big revolt out of nothing, until there was inevitable conflict amongst the other spiritual beings and finally he got his ass kick out of there ASAP; along with his cheering squad of course. By the way, at that time supposedly 'cause there wasn't enough room up there and things were getting too noisy already, God decided to make the Earth and it's inhabitants. So with nowhere else to go, he decided to wreak havoc on little material paradise.

Well that's my take anyhow. The bible is not very clear on details, so that leaves a lot to be inferred upon, and even more to be imagined! To make matters even worse, translations are biased and inaccurate, with some parts being downright contradictory. The GC being worst in the sense that there are other chapters (books) and you have to keep guessing which references of the 'True' god and the 'False' one are and have to invert and which ones to maintain. Even though the aggregation of more books is a good thing in a consistent redundant check way. Being all said and done, I choose to lean more on the third one, of course.

The rest of the OT can pretty much be summarized as jews misbehaved, God punished them; gentiles misbehaved more, God punished them harder; repeat until NT. But the main issue arises, is it fair to begin with to hold them to such a high standard, one that he'd knew very well they could've never measure up to? Well, I think that's precisely the whole point, the cycle repeats indefinitely as a perpetual learning lesson that by ourselves is pretty much impossible.

Yet, is still fair to inflict such draconian punishment? As the almighty creator it was within his right to establish not only the rules, but the price for infringement, for that their lives truly belonged to him to begin with. Look at it this way, we have laws that punished criminals, even death penalty for less that of what was going on back then; isn't it 'just' to punish the hardened criminal, isn't that the precise reflection of what we call justice.

Unless you're an 'A' class prophet, God won't speak directly to you; think about it, most communication on his behalf to his servants was done in dreams. Do you really believe that the most powerful being in the universe is going to show favoritism by talking to you over menial tasks like 'Marry Gazzy', 'Eat a taco', etc. He's going to have a damn one good reason, and most likely involves turning you into one. If you hear voices, you're probably either nuts, or talking to an inferior spirit.

What about the son of 'Zimmy', isn't it filler crap? Well, yes and no. It was predicted that the Messiah would come from a very specific linage; in order to establish the validity of it, registers were kept; books similar to a collection of birth certificates. Jesus was challenged on many grounds; that was not one of them, since his birth record was flawless. Of course nowadays it's pretty much useless, and furthermore, since there are kept no more; from that perspective; any one individual can claim to be the messiah, old or new, depending on his target group.

What about Near Death Experiences? Their name says it all; a near death is not the same as an actual death. Even though there are similarities, some are leaned towards your beliefs, even some are non present altogether! Eg if you believe in hell, you're more likely to experience something archetypical; even if you don't, your mind might as well be making it all up, or that you're being influenced by some spiritual being other that your chose one. But 'I was brain-dead'; well, to me you still seem to be. I rather listen to the guy who actually passed thru it (JC).

I was raised as a devoted roman catholic, I was even an altar boy; no molestation on their behalf, fortunately. Again three things bothered me the most:
- The anguish mass; boring, repetitive, stupefying, dull and senseless; truly, hell on earth. Evangelical services are pretty much the same but with a different approach, the opposite overkill. I had one of those as a neighbor biz for a few months until the 'preacher' left without paying a single month of rent; the noise part, I mean the rock concert part, was unbearable, you could hear that shit a block and a half away, loudly clear! So much for the golden rule I guess; needless to say this was not my kind of 'party'.
- The Trinity. I just never got this one, is it like a cocktail made of three ingredients; what gives? Isn't it the one almighty god we're talking about here? Are they contained within one another like a super set relation? I don't know; case and point, what about the triads of ancient lore? Are they the lesser being personifications of the true godly trinity? Or is it the trinity itself a reflection of the mispersonification? Well, that's just me, I need an explanation that actually makes sense.
- Image worshiping. Including the saints and the virgin Mary; as if were not bad enough you had to pray to the obvious wooden figure. And yes you pray directly to them; they've rephrased their lingo nowadays, but still in practice you do. Like, some may say the figurines intercede, reply or put on a good word to god on your behalf. Just always remember who the bible says is the only valid one, the only one you need.

There were lots of other things like confession and their evil crooked history, but those were the most specific and relevant to me. I realized now that this is starting to become patterned, and perhaps I should entitled it as the book of three times three or something; just to honor The Matrix, TLOTR, or The Trinity itself!

People are stupid, they can't see things for what they really are, their thoughts so nearsightedly small, so limited. How they look for their paternal government to give them everything. Doesn't the bible says "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" (Matthew 6:26 [New International Version]) Can't blame them too harshly though for being too powerlessly meek, we need to be ruled upon, after all who doesn't long for paradise restored, even if it's a lie.

Why I am telling you all this commonsense specifically? 'Cause people can believe the most far out shit. Look at the Morons, I mean the Mormons, wasn't your god aware of the english meaning maladaptation, perhaps he was, and just was being ironic. Most of these people doesn't even know the true history of their religion, or the 2nd level initiation belief that you're to become a god on some other planet. Ignorance is bliss... I think not.

You think it can't get worst? Oh my! Check out the demonic sci-fi birthed Scientology. You have some sort of spirit alien 'thetannus' that only they can get rid off with their silly shit; and all this is part of an interstellar battle between them and some operational Cthultu ripoff Xenu thing. It is almost embarrassing to mention; but it's better to be told 'dumb-ass' now, that by yourself latter on.

Perhaps, like them, I should charge you a thousand bucks for further commentary and a nice print-out book; but even then I wouldn't charge you a penny. That's how you know, how you can tell, I am legit.

You walk around; you found and open a chest; you use the 'Tome of Knowledge' within; you leveled-up! It's now time for a more clever and subtle scheme. The Jehovah's Witnesses appear at first glance as innocuous model individuals; just selling some cheap magazines. Their talk's bible based and 'christiany' enough. You may even think they are of some odd christian denomination, far-fetch, but still within conformant parameters. They are in fact, as an organization, a mind controlling sect with a MB dollar publishing empire. Masonic in origin, medium guided, doctrinally unstable, false prophetizing, etc.

When you buy a mag from one of them, all of the money goes to the WTS. The poor gal/guy sees nothing; becoming the ideal worker, one who works harder, a lot of time, for free. This is virtually enslavery. Consider of the helluva lot printed, what's actually sold, if even only a small percentage is, that's still a very big number, and assuming they are not that greedy, an infinitesimal fraction of a penny is earned per mag; now check the order of magnitude of the aforementioned amount multiplied by the fractional penny and you'd quickly realized that it is most likely in the order of millions.

Yes, the enslaved grunt is made poorer whilst the church honchos are made much richer. In the end, all the 'sheepeople' have to account for is the belief in the good faith of their leaders; for without an external audit, those quantities would have to remain uncertain. Now I think they're so massive as to afford giving them 'away free', or the poor gal/guy pays for it, either directly or as added contribution; anyhow, read below for the true cost.

To contravene their shaky history they've rewritten it accordingly, acknowledging some of the more 'undissable' incidents to a certain extent. They've also under-defined 'sect' to their advantage; in factual psychological terms, they have all the traits of a sectary cult. And this is the more dangerous facet of the 'zect'; once a family member leaves, or anybody else for that matter; they are told out of 'love' to hate them; well, not exactly, they're conveying the idea, without actually saying so; since nowadays they are way more careful. See, they've had some hard earned lessons in the matter of end of the world date setting, and it shows.

The BTS had a mayor scandal on that regard in 1975. Some very zealous, but not very bright people sold their houses and belongings in the anticipation of that event. Did they read more to it that it really was? I don't think so, consider that they can barely think on their own, let alone take a mayor doctrinal decision without the consent of The Society, or alternately, those ideas did not just pop out of their heads just by themselves. Most of the current members are new to it and are barely aware of it as a downplayed important, even funny, sidenote; if any.

It was very heartless to leave them out in the cold, for an organization that's worth billions of dollars in real estate alone; that is. But I understand, had they financially done anything they would have exposed themselves for what they truly are. They have to use this strategy every once in a while, before the older folks lose interest, and start to realized they are being had; ie, the earth's not going to pass. They'll be losing their more experienced, largest, more loyal and best sales force, but it is a risk calculated cleansing move. Those nearly did destroy them, but they always managed to come out on top somehow; just like the true corporate juggernaut.

The understanding knowledge in the bible can be compared to a dimming light that progressively shines brighter on a room over time. I can accept changes over it as long as it is the light and not the objects within that are the ones being changed! As an illustration consider their doctrine of organ transplantation, this is similar to the blood one, but can be replaced by any other for that matter; at first were ok, then were not, then and currently are ok again. People died because of this, and they hardly flinched. As a responsible adult that would've been my choice, yet, if I would had any kids died during the banned period, I certainly would not be as understanding, let alone, forgiving.

That 'free' study is sure as hell going to cost a lot more mentally and emotionally as you try to liberate from their grasp. In despite all of their negative aspects, I must admit that the two most logically sound, that I know of, are the GC and the JW ones. As always, the worst is not knowing for sure, regardless of how much 'faith' you think you have, in the bitter end, you just can't tell for certain.

Can a crooked stem grow straight? Well, it obviously depends on how well enough you define 'straight'. Case and point, take The Worldwide Church of God. In general I suppose it's possible but highly unlikely. I know, it's hard, and that doesn't leave a lot left; but I guess it should be possible to find a decent EC, you know; one that's not selling a good time, pseudo-miracles, blablism or evil transic self-harm. The probability being near zero. Saving souls just isn't very good business practice.

Finally, in case you're wondering, three are my greatest fears:
3. I'm afraid of not having the strength to carry on.
2. I'm afraid of death, dying and the likes.
1. I'm afraid of God distancing from and rejecting me. The dark time, the time away from God when my love won't be enough to save somebody; heck, it isn't enough right now to even help myself.

Rochester is steeped in a rich brewing history with legendary names like Bartholomay, Cataract and Genesee. This proud heritage springs from an era when horse-drawn packet boats brought prosperity from New York City to Buffalo and beyond by way of the Erie Canal. It was a time when the mighty Genesee River was harnessed to power the grist mills that famously made Rochester "The Flour City". It was a time when Central New York was the largest hop producing region in the world.

Today, the exceptional family of JW Dundee's Ales & Lagers is caringly crafted in the same brewing tradition that began over 125 years ago.

The core of the JW Dundee family is Honey Brown Lager, American Pale Ale and American Amber Lager.

The Dundee family began with Honey Brown Lager in the early 1990's during the height of the craft brewing resurgence. Introduced by then brewery head Jack "JW" Wehle, Honey Brown was a full bodied lager brewed with natural honey provided by Wixon's Farm in the Finger Lakes town of Dundee, New York. The brand was an overwhelming success that defied definition as a style and grew to tremendous acclaim, garnering several medals at the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival.

In 2004, Pale Ale and Amber Lager were added, making the JW Dundee name a true craft brewing family. By 2006, a variety of seasonal styles were introduced including an award winning Pale Bock, an American style Hefeweizen, a boldly hopped India Pale Ale, a robust Porter and a hearty holiday favorite - Festival Ale.

To enjoy a quality crafted JW Dundee's ale or lager is to truly experience a brewing tradition.

He absolutely LOVEs his new Cowboy hat and boots. The shorts finish the outfit!

Then we got silly!

Luke 24:39
"Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.''

Acts 10:36
The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ He is Lord of all...

1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

Hebrews 1:8
But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom".

Acts 20:28
"Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Suggest all JW's read the corresponding Scripture without the bracketed "[]" words that the Watchtower organization has so conveniently added in order to hide the truth from you.

May God bless you and guide you as you sincerely make a careful investigation of the revealed truth in Scripture, and not the bias mistranslations given by the WT.

Was the Kingdom established on earth in 1914? Is the WT the voice of this Kingdom?

The WT teaches that Christ returned in 1914 (invisibly) so as not to be seen by everyone, in order to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.

What does the Word of God say about this?

IT WILL BE A UNIVERSALLY WITNESSED EVENT

Matthew 24:27-30
"For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be".
"For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together". Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the
powers of the heavens will be shaken. "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then ALL THE TRIBES of the earth will mourn, and they WILL SEE the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Did the following happen in 1914?

Luke 21:27-28
"Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory". "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption DRAWS NEAR.''

Is the Kingdom established yet, or is it JUST NEAR?

Luke 21:31-32
"So you, likewise, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom
of God IS NEAR". "Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means
pass away till ALL things are fulfilled".

What does Scripture say about people that prematurely proclaim Christ has already returned?

Matthew 24:23-34
"Then if anyone says to you, `Look, here is the Christ!' or `There!' do not believe it. "For false Christ and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect". See, I
have told you beforehand. "Therefore if they say to you,`Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or `Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it". "For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so
also will the coming of the Son of Man be". "For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together" Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken".

"Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other". "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and
puts forth leaves, you know that summer is NEAR". "So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is NEAR, at the very doors". Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till ALL these things are fulfilled.

The WT has made the claim that the Kingdom of God returned in 1914, but the Word of God said that when these "signs" happen, the Kingdom of God will be NEAR, not ESTABLISHED. Therefore the WT is making a false claim about the return of Christ and the establishment of the Kingdom of God and is therefore a false prophet just like the ones spoken of in the Bible.

1John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

Who is the one that is true? = It states that the "one that is true" is also the same one that we are in.

Who are we in? = Jesus Christ

Who is this one that is true and which we are in? = True God and eternal life.

1John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; = (GOD) and we are in Him who is true = (GOD),
IN His Son Jesus Christ. = (IF WE ARE IN CHRIST, WE ARE IN GOD) This is the true God and eternal life.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true

(The "ONE WHO IS TRUE" is revealed to us as GOD)

and we are in Him who is true

(Who was just revealed to us as being "HIM WHO IS TRUE"? = GOD and we ARE IN HIM (GOD))

in His Son Jesus Christ.

(If we are in God we are therefore in Christ, if in Christ, then we are in God)

This is the true God and eternal life.

(Having this understanding, we now know the true God which has been revealed to us and eternal life.)

Have you ever thought of water?

From the same body of water we can have:

Liquid = Drink it, swim in it but don't try to breathe it
Steam = You can breathe it, but you can't swim in or drink it
Ice = You can't drink it, swim in it or breathe it. But you can build a house with it (igloo).

Tremendously different manifestations of the same exact compound.

Father, Son, Holy Spirit = All the same God revealed to us in three manifestations (personages) Not 3 "gods" but 3 manifestations of the ONE God. Not 3 different bodies of water, but one body of water manifested in 3
ways.

Acts 5:3-4
But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?" While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own
control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.

Prayer is no doubt something that is to be very personal and this model prayer is only to be used as a guide to enter into a very personal time with your heavenly Father.  Immediately in the beginning we are to make known exactly who it is we are speaking to.  This is not our earthly father.  No matter how frail or how great our earthly fathers where or are, we are still speaking in this moment with our most perfect parent of all...our heavenly Father.  He will never let us down.  He always loves His own.  He will carry us as an earthly father carries his own child.  We can count on our heavenly Father no matter what the circumstance we are in.  Do not think that He will spoil us, but He will give us exactly what we need and when we need it.  He never gives us too much or too little...it is always exact.  He listens to His children when they pray.  He longs to hear from us in this most intimate way...prayer!

After doing my early research on these words of Jesus a very personal and intimate prayer flows out from the text of verses 9-10 something like this:

"My dearest heavenly Father in all eternity, Your name is the holiest of all.  May Your royal kingdom come here, may Your pleasure be fulfilled here in my world as it is where You live in all eternity, the abode of heaven."

The "abode" of heaven is a place elevated above all other places.  It is a place of dwelling in continuance.  This is where our self-existant heavenly Father lives...our God lives on high.  He has always been and always will be.  He lives in a place that has continued always without beginning or end.  Our heavenly Father right now is longing for the time in the future when He will share all eternity with His chosen people...this will be in the New Heaven...that is another subject by itself.  Think of your heavenly Father like what I have described above.  He is not a tyrant looking for someone to pounce on.  He is not an old judge without grace.  Our God is full of grace, mercy and love.  Our God is a "just" God.  He loves His chosen people and did so to the point He was willing to sacrifice His only Son on the cross for our sins.  Our heavenly Father is longing to be with us forever, but time is not an issue with Him, so He waits for His elect to accept Him.

In the meantime we have this beginning of Jesus' model prayer.  I will continue later with the latter part of this prayer.  For now, just meditate on Matthew 6:9-10...these two verses alone once you understand and take into your mind the full meaning of Who you are praying to should be enough to leave you in awe of our wonderful heavenly Father.  Pray with great intimacy to our God in heaven.  He is waiting for His children to call upon Him.

In Christ,

Scott 2008

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2 Pistols - Blinded
(Blinded by the light!)

when you think you are on the same page about important things, serious issues you thought were already worked out... and to find out, by accident, in other words they thought you would not find out but a mutual person unwittingly told you in passing, not knowing it was a big deal, very blase' actually......

 wow.

and you tell yourself, well, they are entitled to do what they want. how judgemental can you be, feeling so betrayed.    and
it is in their nature, you knew it was.  so what were you thinking, trusting like that?   what, did you think they were really telling you the truth this time?   did you think they actually valued you above that shit?

yea, you did.  

This just in from a senior member at JWD Forum:

I couldn't help but get a kick out of it. I lived in fear of that word for too long and now it is a tribute to time and a lot of support over the years that I can actually post this and laugh about it!

Many thanks to the creator (of the image).

May be found at: (www.Jehovahs-Witness.com)

"Carl Sagan, in Pale Blue Dot, wrote: "How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths"...

...Some people have views of God that are so broad and flexible that it is inevitable that they will find God wherever they look for him. One hears it said that 'God is the ultimate' or 'God is our better nature' or 'God is the universe.' Of course, like any other word, the word 'God' can be given any meaning we like. If you want to say that 'God is energy,' then you can find God in a lump of coal.

Weinberg is surely right that, if the word God is not to become completely useless, it should be used in the way people have generally understood it: to denote a supernatural creator that is 'appropriate for us to worship'...

...One of Einstein's most eagerly quoted remarks is 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.' But Einstein also said,

It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it..."

Please read more for yourself at RichardDawkins.net or better yet, if you can get your hands on a copy of his book you will find that he systematically discusses virtually every argument that a JW will raise to deny evolution and prove their god is god. It is a fascinating read and one that I highly recommend to anyone who has a mind to consider differing opinions.

'Watchtower Comments' Profile on YouTube.com
and was really impressed by the content of his videos. 'WTcomments' addresses a number of controversial subjects relating to Jehovah's Witnesses while for the most part allowing the Watchtower Society to speak for themselves. Please enjoy his series of videos, I've posted his first here, and I encourage you to visit his channel on YouTube to view the others.