Time moves like lava...

Have you seen world reality lately?  There is a coronal hole in the sun right now, and spot number 2715 is in progress, expect more earthquakes for sure.  Also, there are at least 40 volcanoes that have erupted or have spewed ash and gasses this month, you can find the list here: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
 
Do you believe the list?  What is it that you believe is true?  Did you see the news about the Japan volcano and earthquake?  As far as I know, there are 2 erupting volcanoes that I have seen, Kilawea and Fuego, I have also seen the smoke coming out of the Popocatepetl in Mexico City, so for sure I have seen 3 with my own eyes   In any case, all that ash and gas will take a long time to dissipate, the earth will cool down instead of heating up, as the global warming cult says.  Maybe it doesn't matter and I don't have to prepare for what is coming.  I'm just saying.

Did you know that there is a volcano that erupted in the Galapagos Islands?  From TeleSur: "Lava flows and a gas column spanning about two to three kilometers high have been a feature of the eruption. Reports are that a flow has already reached the sea.  No humans living there but 'there are some species (of animals, obviously) that could be affected, however, being a flow (of lava) that is in only one direction, on only one side of the island, the possible impacts that there would be would not have a significant impact on biodiversity,” director of the Galapagos National Park (PNG), Jorge Carrion, assured.

I came back from Mexico about 3 weeks ago, and 3 weeks seem to me like a very short period of time that has passed away very fast; 3 weeks have been like a blinking of an eye.  I think about the passing of time often , is not that I want to think about it, it is just that I realize often that time passes away very quickly and very slowly at the same time.  Time it's one of the paradoxes of my life, I perceive time almost as an elastic substance that permeates everything I see in my world.  Sometimes it is thick and slow, sometimes it is thin and fast.  Very much like the lava river coming out of fissure 8 in Kilawea.  Very strange.  Am I time sick?

Anyway, volcanic eruptions will surely increase, I believe, due to the sun going into one of its down cycles, i.e. 'solar minimum', there have been many mini 'ice ages' caused by solar minimums in the past, so we are entering into one of those, and it is going to be a bad one for all I can see,

This, the current solar minimum, is one of those events that will affect my kids and grand kids for a long time, so I think I have to tell them about it often and keep it in the front of their thoughts so they can prepare; the real issues are going to be the problems related to the food chain supply, in some places it is going to be a nightmare; children and the elderly will be the ones who are at the most risk, as always.  There are numerous reports of hail storms that are causing havoc in Europe and Canada, as well as the northern part of the country, Australia and New Zealand are experiencing one of the coldest periods in a long time, it is still snowing, in June.  Just google it and you will see; some places report tennis-ball sized hail rocks, like this ones that damaged 250 Lexus cars in Colorado: LINK. 

Here is another story: Tennis ball sized hail.

Anyway, enough of that.  I am very grateful to God for the beautiful location I live in, we had some sunshine this morning and then it got cloudy all afternoon; the temperature is very close to perfect: 64 Degrees Fahrenheit, or 18 Celsius. I could not ask for anything better than that, really.  I wonder how long it will stay like this.

Enjoy it while you can, and have a great day.


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The fan....

I never published this one, so here it is: (as a side note, I just remembered that when I went to the ER on December 25th last year, I saw the same cop in there, no kidding, Rex was in the ER, he didn't see me though, I called his name but he didn't hear me, I told my mom about it, she is my witness; she eventually took care of me and nursed me back to life)

August 15, 2017

I just heard the lady across the street yelling very loud, I looked out the garage door window and saw her standing outside her home screaming, so I opened the door and came out.

She was yelling obscenities at some guy who had just broken into her home.  Are you ok? I asked; she told me she found a guy laying down on her couch, "what the f... are you doing in here?" she had yelled to the guy, so he got up and ran out the front door, but not before she had beaten the guy with her oscillating pedestal fan.  When I got to her she was standing on the front of the house holding the window screen in her hands, and was still yelling "you mother f'ing piece of s..t!!".

"I cut my hand", she said, I grabbed the flashlight attached to my keys and looked (it was 10:30 at night), she had a small cut in the web of her right hand.  I asked he if she had called the cops, and she said no, so I said 'we better call the police'; "oh no, I don't want to put up with that right now"; I called anyway.  I went to my garage and got a band aid and some alcohol pads to patch her up.

I could tell she had been drinking, she smelled like alcohol, as I was talking to the police dispatcher she went inside to change from her pajamas to her day clothes.

Her name is Donnita.  'Donnita, let me see that screen', the screen frame was bent, and the screen itself had been pulled out of the retaining groove on the frame; as I was trying to unbend the frame the first cruiser showed up, then another one pulled up behind it.  A few moments later, an SUV pulled over across the street, moments later, an unmarked car with two cops showed up as well.

Soon I was surrounded by 5 police officers, still holding the screen in my hands.  The thought crossed my mind "let go of that dude", but I didn't.  The questioning began.

Donnita described the scene inside her house, then Rex (the young cop taking notes) said to another cop "she's tough", she had just related how she grabbed the pedestal fan and beat the crap out of the guy, it turns out that the guy was a young man, who appeared to be drunk, and whose name was Nicholas.

I guess the dude had broken into the house and was so drunk he had to lay down on the couch.  The cop asked Donnita if she had a gun, he said " you could have killed him", she replied, "oh no, not with the fan", to what he replied "no, I mean, you could have killed him", implying she could have shot the guy and she would be in the clear.  We have the right to shoot an intruder on sight, it appears.

After they verified that I was not the intruder, the cops left after 15 minutes, only Rex was left behind to take notes.  He actually helped me put the screen back into the rails on the window.  "So you live around here?"  'Yeah, I live right across the street, where the garage open is', I said while I pointed with my finger across the street.

 "Is that a bike in there?", Yeah it is. "what kind is it?"  Oh, that's a Honda 919, you wanna check it out?  "Sure".  So we walked across the street to my house.  He inspected my motorcycle: "So you have an HK?" (Heckler and Koch firearms)  Oh no, I used to have one, I don't anymore.  "You on the NRA?"  Yes I am.  "Are you some kind of ex military"  Not really, I'm just a gun enthusiast, I have a hand gun in my bedroom, and a rifle in the garage (which is half true, I have 2 rifles in the garage, loaded).  "Ok, cool", he said.  It is obvious I like guns, I have an H&K sticker on the tail of my bike, and an NRA sticker on the front.

We talked some more, he asked a lot of questions, and he listened intently to my answers, I asked him what his name is, "I'm Rex", I was glad he was there actually.  I also asked him a lot of questions, I ended liking the guy a lot.

We have very nice police officers where I live, this is the second time they have been in my street in the last two weeks; last week I called them because a group of Mexican kids had been throwing rocks at my garage door, I didn't catch them but I called the police, and they came to my house.  At this point my neighbors must think that I am some kind of police informer, they have been at my house 3 times in the last year, so be it.

Anyway, when Rex was asking Donnita what had happened when we were at her house, I saw the pedestal fan with blood all over it, she had cut her hand with it as she beat the guy down.  Good thing she has a fan.

Nothing happens by coincidence in this world, that has been my belief since I was a young boy.  What is God showing me in all this?  I have no idea.  Maybe He is trying to tell me to clean my guns and make sure they work.

On the other side, I realize that my lady neighbor has no one to protect her, I mean physically; no one comes to visit her that I have seen, I don't know much about her but she actually hugged me, "you are my hero" she said while squeezing my rib cage,  she was so grateful I was there to help her.  She made me think about my mom.

I'm going to Mexico City soon, my mom is selling a parcel of land in the state of Guanajuato; she is planning to sell her house as well, and eventually move to Kansas where my brother is.  The plan is that I will be going there too.  I think we are going to end up in Missouri, the houses there are a fraction of the cost of houses here; while I was there two months ago, we saw houses that were valued at around 180,000 dollars and are mansions; 4 or 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 2 acres of land.  It is really a no brainer.

The only problem is that my grand kids are here, but there is no one else that can take care of my mom, and to tell you the truth, I don't see us placing her in a home by herself.  She is already by herself in Mexico City, and that place is turning into a nightmare quick.  There is a cartel war going on right now, I read the news and it scares me, there are gun battles in the city very often, lots of corpses.

I am going anyway, I have to help my mother.  Someday I will be the one in need of someone to care for me I guess, I really hope I don't have to go through that; but if I do, I really hope I have a fan...and a gun.

Have a nice one.

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Thank God for the Remission of Sins and Peace of Conscience

 Thank God for the Remission of Sins and Peace of Conscience:

I bless You for the redemption I have through Christ’s blood, the forgiveness of my trespasses, according to the riches of Your grace, which You have lavished on me. Ephesians 1:7-8(NASB)
That You have pardoned all my iniquities and healed all my diseases; Psalm 103:3(NASB) and it is You who have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. Isaiah 38:17(NASB)
When You brought me into the wilderness, there You spoke kindly to me, and gave me my vineyard from there, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. Hosea 2:14-15(NASB)

 The word of God is just beautiful, loaded with peace for our troubled souls, just like streams of water in the desert; what can be as refreshing as knowing all my iniquities have been forgiven and all my diseases healed?  Nothing equates to that peace of conscience, not even chocolate ice cream.

Have a peaceful day.

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Pray for the Grace Needed to Die Well

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I must pray for grace to deliver me from death* and to carry me well through my dying moments.

Lord, make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; let me know and consider how transient I am, that my days are as handbreadths and every man at his best is a mere breath. Psalm 39:4-5(NASB) My days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. 1 Chronicles 29:15(NASB)
Lord, so teach me to number my days, that I may present to You a heart of wisdom, Psalm 90:12(NASB) and make me to discern my future. Deuteronomy 32:29(NASB)
Lord, make me always ready, dressed in readiness with my lamp lit, Luke 12:35(NASB) because the Son of man is coming at an hour that I do not expect. Luke 12:40(NASB)
Keep me all the days of my struggle, waiting until my change comes; and then You will call, and I will answer. Job 14:14-15(NASB)
Bring me to my grave like the stacking of grain in its season; Job 5:26(NASB) satisfy me with life, whether it be long or short, and let me see Your salvation. Psalm 91:16(NASB)
And when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, be with me, that I may fear no evil; let Your rod and Your staff comfort me. Psalm 23:4(NASB)
Let goodness and lovingkindness follow me all the days of my life, and let me dwell in the house of the LORD forever; Psalm 23:6(NASB) mercy and truth be with me. 2 Samuel 15:20(NASB)
Redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, and receive me; Psalm 49:15(NASB) guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me into glory. Psalm 73:24(NASB)

 That came from Matthew Henry and his Method of Prayer, if you like it you can get it for free, just look it up.

"Let me know and consider how transient I am"; that sums it all up, we are transient and very small, and God has our lives in the palm of His hand.  I like that, God reigns, it is my glory, knowing that He reigns; it brings me peace and joy.  There is no more fear of death, and the absence of fear brings peace.

This last December I almost died, I actually think I died but I'm not sure; they couldn't wake me up and I wasn't there to be awakened, it was very strange; then the pain got to be so insane that I started doubting there is a God who cares.  Yeah, there is that kind of pain, and it makes one doubt the existence of God; eventually the pain subsided.  After 10 days, I had lost 36 pounds, I was so weak I couldn't walk; my flesh clung from my bones.  I was so skinny that I could not sit straight without feeling my spine rub against the chair, it was not fun at all.

I am grateful for my family and my friends, seeing their faces brought me great relief during that time.  I thought about dying a lot after I woke up, one night I watched my heart fibrillate on the monitor for a long time, the nurse didn't know what to do, everyone was (or is it 'were'?) running around like chickens, while I lay there, unable to speak with a tube in my throat.  I thought about dying again but it didn't happen; I am grateful for that.

It has been a long time since I wrote anything, things appear to change very fast and they take a long time to change at the same time; I am in a very privileged position, it is almost as if God has pressed the pause button in my movie, and I am observing how blessed I am.  I am a blessed man for real.

I'll be coming back little by little, it is nice to be back; soon it will be nice to be home forever, after I have been given the grace to die well.

Have a nice day.

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