Honoring Native American Heritage Month - Spotlighting Manny Monolin Moreno, Ongoing Contributor, and Shout-Out to Lakota Man!

Note: I included this book, because I want to also acknowledge our historical past!

I will be reading and later reviewing...

My brother (adopted) Manny has become an important part of my life... And, maybe many of you also! You will find him on Facebook, sharing about his daily life, his concerns, fears, and sometimes worry about where his next meal will come from... But, mostly, he thanks his Ancestors, and moves forward each day, striving to talk about his life, and share the treasure-trove of pictures of his family that had been recently given to him. Manny is a poet, a writer...

an artist, photographer, but more, he is an Elder, who strives to participate, whenever possible, in those celebrations that will bring Native Americans together in love, loyalty and honor... How I would love to travel across America and sit with him during these special times... or just walk with him, and "maybe" even taste cactus! Manny has become a wonderful photographer. I love the "rockface" of an ancestor, perhaps?

Tu'i yokoria

Buenos dias

Good morning

Thank you.

As the sage burns, I give thanks for another day to live. Let it be a good one for all of us.

Have a blessed day with much healing.

Uttea si emo jipue.

Being connected to my ancestors, makes me want to walk daily in a good way. Because they watch me. Not perfect without challenges,

but the best way I can.

The reason I like to drive out into a remote place by the water, and spend time there, is because there are no disruptions but the movements and sounds of nature. I'm not judged but welcomed as a relative. My thoughts stop being chaotic and all out of whack. The world creates all of this and nature welcomes me back into reality, free of human precepts and laws and confusion and fear. Listening to the water and wind and animal relations talk, cleanses my soul.

It is where my heart and spirit can hear in a kind of silence, the voice of spirits and Creator.

I don't feel alone.

Enjoy your afternoon.

Tu'i yokoria

Buenos dias

Good morning

Thank you.

I watched the sun rise again. The same sun I see from here, is the same sun you see there.

I'm moving slow and easy. No hurry. Homie grubbed and now rests up against me. The cat was abandoned three years ago and ended up looking for a home here. A good friend now. Nice and plump and guardian of my place.

Have a blessed day with much healing. Grandfather loves us.

It Was A Good Day!

On the other hand...

Shout Out to Lakota Man!

It seems on "X" Lakota Man was "partially" shadow banned...whatever that means! I wrote that he was fading, fading, fading...almost like the white men did to indigenous people hundreds of years ago... I recommend you go over and follow him if you are a loving, giving, person who recognizes truth when we see it... Hey, maybe I'll be fading out soon too... NOT!

White squaw not allowed to speak in front of rich white men? Hey, sorry, folks, I didn't plan to end this post this way...BUT it is our reality now! Or is it? Yes and No?

Do you seek, speak and shout We Want Truth! We want Freedom! We Want our Democracy! All are equal in America under OUR Constitution!

God Bless America! LAND OF THE FREE!

We must fight Hate, Prejudice and Violence with Truth...and God's Love for all Who He Created!

A Final Thought...Many who are of a different heritage have been treated unfairly most of their lives...as was their ancestors... I believe that while Hate runs rampant through America--the World--that this is the Time For Those Who KNOW God's Truth, God's LOVE...to speak out, act...

We see who the haters are, we see what they are doing...Speak Out and Disagree! For, maybe the first time in your life, do not let white men say that We Are Not United Under God! Created In His Image...The Image of ALL Beings! If you believe that Hate does not have a place in America...SPEAK YOUR TRUTH AND ACT OUT YOUR TRUTH IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. GOD DOES NOT SUPPORT HATE AND DIVISION.

Manny and Lakota Man are out there letting us know...We Are Still Here, Even Through Hate and Violence... We Are Still Here! God Bless Those Americans who He placed on land here in America, long before all of us even existed... Think about that, and try to explain just why many Native Americans are living day to day, sometimes having to beg for food and shelter...

THIS IS NOT RIGHT!

You all know that I believe in Jesus who died for us...so that there would be no more violence...Only His Love...

Jesus is Weeping...

This White Single Christian Woman

Cries Out - Love Your Neighbors

All of our Neighbors

White men once came and killed to take this land

Do You acknowledge our History?

Don't let white men now change our history

Instead Rejoice in Our Diversity

LOVE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS

AS WE LOVE OURSELVES

THIS IS OUR COMMANDMENT...

    Whew, I have to say that I didn't plan this last part of the post. Spirit seems to have taken over... Do you Listen to Spirit--that Spirit Who Speaks of Love? I try... Will YOU try too?

Is Religion behind all of this?

A Single Christian Woman is Searching for Answers

GOD IS LOVE

Do you consider your god a god of violence and hate?

Better Start Considering; You Just Might Be Wrong...

Matthew 18:2-5

2He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me."

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I Am About My Father's Business - Searching for Answers - Accountability - Sharing the Word of God

Good Morning Everybody! It's almost 6AM... Time to Arise for some of you? I awoke about 3:30, again...Once I get up, visit the bathroom, I pull out my reader to check the time...and, since, I have it in my hand, I normally read a little...or a lot...

This morning, after starting yesterday, I was reading a little of a new fiction novel and am finding it drawing me into the story, plus getting me away from so many different non-fiction books... Keeping my thoughts straight is important these days... But, I find the more I am listening, the more I'm finding clarity... Thank you, Lord...

Then I opened up my new eb00k of the Bible and found Acts 13. Actually, I had highlighted a portion, and knew I would be using it in some way, but just didn't know when or how...but I took the time to go back to the chapter beginning and read again, the Words...

1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed toCyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant. 6 And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus; 7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith. 9 But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him, 10 and said, 

O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou song of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

For Many of us who have been watching, wondering, waiting, to see if there will ever be any accountability for our former president, I find I've become somewhat impatient, although as we know that, often, God does indeed force us to wait for His time... I was led to use this scripture that I'd marked about a week ago... In fact, I think it was close to the day I was also awakened about 3 and was led to write out all the questions that I had in relation to the Political Seduction of the Church book, which I've talked about. The urgency seemed to be placed on me so I had written a request to have Dr. Brown visit here to answer my many questions... It was removed from the AskDr.Brown Facebook page, I later discovered. So, I thought, well, maybe an acknowledgment or a response would be sent...I haven't received it.  However, I did see a list on that page related to what I thought was perhaps a plan of action...of concerns for the future...

Ok, I had to ask... What About Accountability? Brown had used the issue often in his book... Now I wonder, was that, too, a rhetorical philosophical question" So...full disclosure here, LOL, I went this morning, after receiving the nudge I needed to use the above scripture (I think it is a rebuke, if I'm reading it right) since I was hoping, somehow, more Evangelical Christians would be openly willing to discuss what has and is happening...

Check out those earlier actions at the bottom. It includes the comment I made to a post there... I just looked and not only was there no  response to my comment, I also saw that there was, as far as I could tell, no responses back to any who commented. Are there rules about how to ask Dr. Brown a question, I'm wondering... Was it the requester/commenter's job to search him out? Yeah...I'm disappointed, to say the least...

In any event, I woke this morning with a single thought. There really is NO relationship between our relationship with our God...and the government. Yes, we have a role to play, but that does not require any type of total merge or suppression or, worse, as we are seeing now, a possessive attempt to claim that God is over the government, so we Christians should rule all of the government, because...well...just because.....! NOT!

"Render unto Caesar" is the beginning of a phrase attributed to Jesus in the synoptic gospels, which reads in full, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" (Ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Θεῷ).^{[Matthew 22:21]}

This phrase has become a widely quoted summary of the relationship between Christianity, secular government, and society. The original message, coming in response to a question of whether it was lawful for Jews to pay taxes to Caesar, gives rise to multiple possible interpretations about the circumstances under which it is desirable for Christians to submit to earthly authority.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar

I have always thought of the "Render Unto Caesar" scripture when I consider the separation of the church and state...but today I went out to actually read more... You may want to too...click link above. It's an interesting story about taxes (you know, like trying to find out more about Trump's taxes and whether he was paying what he should.) No, it isn't about Trump, but it is about Jesus clearly saying, at least as I read it, that we Owe God Our Lives, even though we may owe the government some of our money and our allegiance.  For me, that about splits it evenly using the 80-20 split that usually is used to show any type of comparison... You know, we owe God 80% of our love, our time being about His business...and about 20% dealing with taxes, government issues, voting...and... accountability...

Only, of course, as we all know, right now, much more time than we should be spending, is because of the lack of accountability by the former president and his supporters...and the church, for their support/guidance(?) of these actions...

As a professional, I had to, sometimes, hold people accountability for failure to do what they agreed to do as part of their employment... I never liked it, little on, enjoyed it... Firing somebody is not easy for a person who cares... I cared...but, oops, wait, that's a story for another page (which I'll try to do in the near future while I and you, my readers, are thinking about it.

Just to close out this article, I will not be proceeding with any further discussion on Dr. Brown's book. It is a good book, but it does not do anything... Literally, it does not have any suggestions on what readers, (other than fellow church leaders) want to know about and see what is to be done... We need action now... I believe Hart's book can provides some of what we need, to at least get started...and make us think...carefully...about... accountability for the previous government administration.