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Man says, Id rather beat a child to death then love him to life, and his bible taught him that. PRV 13: 24 Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. My wife and I were discussing the hardships of rearing children today verses in our day. The conversation began from one she had with an elderly lady at the nursing home that raised five boys, two of which became preachers. She told my wife that her boys learned to respect at the end of a switch, and they were all good boys. As a child I remember that kind of rearing also, but when I became a parent I tried to whip my kids into obedience and I found myself more beat then them. I finally said if it hurts me to do it then it is wrong, and I broke from the past and probably was too lenient of a parent in both there and my eyes. As a boy I remember my last whipping. I was caught smoking and dad took his belt off and laid three whacks on my ass, and when he was done I turned and looked at him with the same steely eyes he had seen from his dad that beat him without mercy. MY EYES WERE GLASSY, but shared no tears, and he said I will never whip you again, and I knew that to be true. My father had learned from a razor strap all he knew about raising children, and the best he could he past that on to his sons, but he married an Angel that held onto his wrist as he swung, and he raised three boys that couldn’t weld a whip without a tear, and we raised a village that only knows love. Tomorrow ill be babysitting the next generation of love, and I can assure you that if there is a welt on his ass it will be because he chose to pee in itchy weed with pawpaw saying don’t pee there. He is four years old, and there will never be days in his life that he will hear from someone he loves say ill never whip you again, because the chain of love continues to grow. We all need to learn the truth of life and it can bite, but it’s better if the teacher has a bottle aloe then a whip in his hand. It’s better if the teacher is teaching LOVE in an itchy patch of weeds then to beat an incent mind into the shadows of mans woods. I know the young parents are saying that I am too old to understand, and the world they want for there young is in the heart of love that they know, but I know, you wont beat, plead , kowtow, scare, or convince the next generation that man is the ruling power of truth, because they have heard the lies too well, but unless they know the path of truth is only by love they will wonder in a meaning less trail of confusion pissing in itchy weed till someone touches them with the aloe of TRUE LOVE. http://youtu.be/9muzyOd4Lh8

It’s been a while since I have even looked at this site. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I was lost and scared. I just had to go and figure out how to move on through this world without my Dad. You know, it is pretty tough growing up and what I have learned is that we never really ever stop growing up. Growth is a continual process. I really find some serious beauty in that. I can’t wait to see what comes next with each new person I meet or place I go. You never know what is around the corner. It keeps things moving. It keeps me learning.

It was rough letting go and relying on myself to figure this one out. I always turned to my Father for help. I always relied on his wisdom to get me through tough times and I didn’t know where to go. I felt like a kid at K-Mart who got lost and was wondering around the store scared out of her mind. I was use to driving over to Richmond where I could go see that simple look I needed in my Father’s eyes. He could always open my heart and my mind. He always had a way of helping you find in yourself just what it was you were looking for… Most of the time your inner strength could be found. I remember thinking “what the hell am I suppose to do now?”

When I was going to Church I was suppose to rely on the Lord to get me through the rough times. I was supposed to rely on the lord to show me the way. “The Lord” never did anything for me and the Church just scared the shit out of me. I chose to rely on my Dad to help me find my way and when he died I realized that we can rely on each other to a certain point, but ultimately, we have what it takes to find our own way. There is always Love that lives inside of us. I have met so many wonderful people. Amazing people that never had a father or a mother to rely on and yet they found their own way. For me it took losing my Father for me to realize that I can find my own way and if you wanna get biblical I am the way, I am the truth and I am the light…we all are.

I see that out of the ground a flower will grow. I also know that I can have my body turned to ash and the earth will absorb it back into that very same ground that the flower grew out of and in the beautiful cycle of life my BEAUTIFUL body will help the next flower grow. That flower serves some sort of purpose on earth and so do I and so does every other living thing. It is so easy to quit fearing death. We can’t change it and it is going to happen. I will die having no regrets and having no shame. I was made exactly the way I was meant to and no one can control that. I can hear the Beatles singing now…”We are only waiting for the moment to arrive.” Some of us are waiting to die and some of us are living to die. I choose to live so that I can die.

Put your bibles down and dip your feet in the water. Lay back on the grass, enjoy the cool water and just be. Live for the day.

We have not gone away but are still here!!!

Redemption is free to mankind and it has been bestowed on ALL Mankind for all of time and eternity. Redemption is of the spirit that part of us that will return to the God of all who created us all. Redemption is given and is of benefit to all who accept it and to all who reject it. Redemption requires nothing of us. Neither a yea or a nay. And it is my belief that this Redemption came through the man Jesus The Christ.

Salvation on the other hand is NOT A FREE GIFT. Salvation is not of the spirit as Redemption is. Salvation is of the soul i.e. the mind, the will and the emotions that are in the here and now. Salvation can be permanent (lifetime) or it can be temporary and lost on a moment by moment basis.

So what is the price and cost of Salvation to the soul i.e. the mind, the will and the emotions?
The cost is the faith you have in your personal faith. The price is the belief you have in your belief. The only way Salvation of the soul i.e. the mind, the will and the emotions can be permanent is if you give up believing and trusting in your faith and belief in God! You must come to the end of your personal faith and belief in God in order to find real faith and that is not of yourself but of Christ. The requirement for you to believe and have faith ended at The Cross. And as well it should have because as Jesus said if you faith was only as big as a mustard seed you could tell a mountain to throw itself into the ocean and it would obey. The church teaches that Jesus wanted us to have our own faith. The truth is He was teaching us that we had NO FAITH AND NEVER WOULD!!! He at the Cross ENDED the requirement to believe and included ALL in Redemption. And when we know without a doubt that our Redemption is sealed and that all of mankind’s Redemption is sealed then we can come to the point of saying with confidence, " I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN MY BELIEF AND I NO LONGER HAVE FAITH"! And we will be saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD NEWS

Selah
Geo

Quit Looking Up Your Ass For That Which Is In Your Heart

I am sitting quietly in my Dad’s office. I am listening intently to the voice of my Father that now only resides in my spirit. I patiently hope for just a whisper, but know that the whispers are gone. I can’t begin to tell you how much I miss and long for his voice, his words, his wisdom… so I won’t, but I will have to admit that today was a difficult day. It was one year ago today that we found out he had cancer and his time on earth was shorter than what we had all hoped for. The pain of that day will forever live in our hearts and I don’t care what anyone says…the pain of his absence will live forever and that I am sure of. My only hope is that we will see his sweet face again someday.

In a moment of weakness Me and my sister Tammy had decided to go into his office and rummage through some of his things which is something that is still very hard to do and of all the days to do it it just so happens that today we stummbled upon a treasure that he had left for us to find!! Dad had started a book! I want so badly to share with the world what he had started, but I can only bring myself to pleasure you with a small part in hopes that one day we could finish his book for him and give the rest to you.

He was an amazing man. He was filled with such great hope and love. He wanted everyone to know how perfect they were and that God loved them unconditionally. He wanted to shout it from the roof top and I think that is where this book came in to play. It was a way for him to shout it out.

I want to share with you his introduction.

INTRODUCTION

I do not know if this book will be of interest to even a single soul, but I am still driven to write it in defense of the power of people dedicated to loving each other for a lifetime.  I see so many young people wanting to love, and facing so much negative discouragement from this world in which we live.  Someone must let them know that they can face every storm.  They can endure every trial.  They can suffer all sorts of difficulties, and still remain people of love. And this “Love for a Lifetime” is not dependent on how much money they have, or how successful they are, or what title is in front of their name.  “Love for a Lifetime” is the product of realization, decision, dedication, and desire.  This book is not only for the young who desire love, but even for those who seem to have lost sight of a life of love.  No matter where you are now in your relationship to this powerful word “Love”, stop, and ask yourself the simple question: Is it possible to Love for a lifetime?  All that is needed is to start there, and as you move toward that goal you will realize that it is a goal worth working for.  You will find an inward peace and happiness that can come only from building a lifelong relationship with the only thing that truly lasts.   I was fortunate to witness my parents love each other passionately for a lifetime, revealing to me something more powerful then their love for each other, but the real power was their love for love itself, and to see the glory of that love which could not have been purchased with all the gold in the world.  I am also fortunate enough to continue with their example, and I fully expect to love my wife and to be loved by her for my entire lifetime.  This book is a “Can Do” book to encourage all my fellow travelers on this earth to make love a priority.  Not only in marriage, but also in every relationship you have.  It is even possible to love your enemies, because the more you love, the more you want to, and finally there can be no room in your heart, except to love.

At the end of this life when we are at the door of being reborn and we have one foot in this world and the door is opened with the other foot on the other side…we turn and face the tears of those that we are leaving behind and without shedding a tear we are filled with all of the answers we have ever wanted to know and that is that all of the money in the world didn’t matter. None of the knowledge of politics or religion mattered. None of the judgements mattered and we realize in that very glorious moment that the only purpose we had and the only thing that mattered was the knowledge of Love and I truly believe it is the only thing we take with us in the next life. 

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Peace

Geo

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Peace
Geo