Looking for God in a complicated World

 

I turned 40 years old a few weeks ago, I live in Scotland, a very Catholic or Protestant place, in-fact the West of Scotland is at War with itself over God

I have a relationship with MY God, a God I have seen perform things I could only attribute to God, there was no other thing that it could have been, I asked, it happened, so my God is good and I live my life as best I can to the 10 commandments, I believe if we all did it would be a better world

But let me share a few stories where the confusion starts for me

I have been blogging a few years now and I speak to many people from all over the globe, all corners and I love everyone I speak with as friends. Many are religious; this is where I get lost. A good friend of mine Bishop Eddie Tatro http://bishoptatro.wordpress.com/  gave me this to read http://www.biblestudytools.com/vul/ we started with Job and slowly we will take it from there, Eddie never preaches, if I don’t mention God or Religion we don’t discuss it, he doesn’t preach

Turn the coin around I had many chats with very preachy people, I do try and say “Please, in my own time, please don’t throw it down my throat” as I feel some can put people like me backwards in search of Jesus and a religion. I mean no disrespect, I ask for answers when I say this, Religion for me causes division. I see it at home here in Scotland and I see it all over the World. I spoke in Skype once with 3 others, one was Christian the other 2 were Catholic. I was raised Catholic, but as I got older I turned away, choice I called it. My Mum was not happy, but she respected my wished and knew I still spoke to God

Where I get lost is Jesus and all the things he is said to have done. For me it would take UTTER blind faith to believe in what he is said to have done. I am very scientific minded and proof is high up on my list; the reason I have God is I have what I call proof. For me to believe in what Jesus did or who he was would be a lie to myself and to God, so I can’t do it, it is a leap of faith at this stage of my life I can’t see, and when people say “If you don’t you will go to hell” and other stupid sayings, it puts me 2 steps backwards if you understand.

With Religion all I see is conflict, should someone reply to this article with anger, my point, for me would be proven. Why? Because I am showing love and compassion, why would anyone get angry? Sadly some do and when they do I take many steps back.

I see a World at War over the same God, just in a different name. So where does one start, what bible do I read? There are way too many for me, one Bible, one God and I truly believe we would have a better World. I have heard Catholics seriously offend Protestants and Christians have a real go at Catholicism, there are 10’s of thousands like me, and we are all in the same boat, we see division and War and hatred over God, why does Religion do this? If this makes you angry to read, am I now proving my point? Why be angry

I hope I can get discussion here and maybe, just maybe find an answer

More love, less hate

Shaun

When a loved one passes, we get to keep something, I kept this

 

 

When people die people often get asked if they want to take something from the house to remember the loved one, this could be family, friends, whatever, something my family have always done

Like many families we have greedy bastards who go for money or gold, I don’t care for money

When my Mum’s mum passed away around 19 years ago now, I was 21 or so, all the grandkids got taken into the house and were asked “What do you want to keep to remember Nana”

I took the above. Some took a TV, Video player, HI-FI, Gold, money, whatever

For me, this was the best thing she had. When we stayed overnight, my cousins and I we would all get thrown into two double beds in the spare room, sometimes 10 to a bed, pretending I am not. My Nana would say this “Childs Prayer” to us all and we would say it after her and with her

For me this has more meaning than money or gold, I still have it as you can see

Before I had my Daughters I hung it above the Boys room’s right in the middle, now I have 4 kids in three rooms as the girls want to share a room, I positioned this to the millimetre the same distance from each room. It means more to me that most things I own, it is old, battered and all tatty and bent, it is gold plated but is priceless to me

I would like to thank Faye @ http://blueeyepictures.co.uk/ for bringing this idea to blog to my mind, Faye did a blog (If you go visit her site) about how we keep things from childhood and this got me thinking

Some things have love value and meaning in a way we can’t describe. At night, for the last 21 years I have walked out of my kids rooms, touched this picture and blessed myself and thanked God for keeping my kids safe

The small things in life to count

More love…

…Less hate

Islam, Muslim trouble re-starts in France, it threatens the World

Muslim woman (Some we can see their whole face, Ironic huh?) Protest in France against the banning of Muslim face veils, live in France, abide by FRENCH LAW!

France is a country that stated woman in a burka is illegal and ANY Muslim stands with French Law if they commit a crime, same as a French born person, this for me is right, http://tinyurl.com/Link-to-Trouble Before anyone starts on me, I have Muslim friends, they just don’t have extremist views and actually hate how many Muslims misread the Quran and do wrong. Muslims, real Muslims are VERY relaxed people and very polite and just normal people to be fair, living in Europe you see a different view, sadly out Media, Europe and State side pain a scary picture about Muslims to the point my Son when he was 16 got off a Bus if someone resembling a Muslim came onto the Bus with a back pack on. This was wrong of my Son and I told him so, but ASK PLEASE! Where does this thinking come from? Who plants this fear in us? The Media do, the Irony is the USA gave (I think)  $3 Billion in Aid to Muslim countries mainly for (WAIT FOR IT) Medical Aid, so Obama is helping his Muslim friends with Health but not the American people. I research as much as I can, if I am wrong, please call me on this, this is what I see, read and am told. Shocking huh!

France took the steps to say “Come to our country, you adhere to our customs and our ways” something I am sure Australia also do or tried to do or are trying to do. I live in the UK and in parts of Oldham in England it is “Almost” Sharia law, I hear stories of brutality and deaths and honour killings that are almost protected by a foreign law, and I must say, I think this is wrong. This is the UK, if you commit any crime, same as the Catholic priest who admitted having sex with boys as young as 8 and was protected by the Vatican and sent to another Church in the middle of nowhere to “Think about what he did” It is my belief both should be dealt with it if it was a UK born citizen as it would be, I find it SHOCKING that Muslims can come into the UK and hide behind their laws that don’t exist in the UK.

http://tinyurl.com/TROUBLE-IN-FRANCE-LINK-HERE

I know many will have mixed feeling and opinions over this, but if, for example a UK or Australian, USA born person, Man or Woman was to commit a crime, or something deemed to be a crime in a Muslim country, they would be brought to task. In one Muslim Country there are several UK citizens in jail awaiting DEATH for being “Accused” of carrying drugs, one I know about was carrying enough Cannabis in a Muslim Country, enough for 1 joint is looking at being killed.

So why is it we, UK, USA, Australian, German etc born people go to Muslim Countries and are held to task for their laws, Muslims come to our Countries and hide behind laws and tradition and religion, for me this is a disgrace and needs looked at now, one of the two men who beheaded soldier Lee Rigby in London is being protected in a safe wing of a prison due to his religion, I am sorry he should be in general population and have to deal with what anyone born in my country should deal with had they committed this atrocious act against Humanity

France have been very honest and said “You come here, you abide by French law” I only with Westminster (London Government) could put their fear of upsetting a rich oil producing nation to one side and treat them as people who are born in the UK, as I say, it disgusts me when Catholic Priests are protected after raping young kids by religion, why is this? I am not being disrespectful but care not a jot if I offend anyone; I am speaking the truth, what gives anyone the right to be safe from UK law because of their laws? I am asking, anyone?

Maybe more countries should follow France’s lead and forget powerful oil giant Countries and just set the law to all who are Human, respective of religion, colour, gender race whatever and jail them and charge them with the same laws I must abide by.

We all remember the Danish newspaper that did a cartoon having a joke at the Prophet Mohammad http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/books/20cartoon.html?ref=danishcartooncontroversy&_r=0 threats were sent to the newspaper and Danish flags were burnt in Muslim countries. I ask how far this will go, how bad will it get and should more countries take the French approach?

The infamous Cartoon that caused the Muslim World to almost put a jihad (mujahid) on the entire European continent for a CARTOON, How can they be offended over this to the extent they almost killed Jens Julius who did it!

Abu Hamza the man with the metal hand (Picture below) failed bids to stay in UK cost the UK £1m (One Million Pound of Tax Payers money in the UK! Outrage, he should have been dealt with and deported to the USA Immediately, Legal cases involving hate preacher Abu Hamza cost taxpayers almost £1million.

Living my country, we give him FREE money and pay his rent, free medical care and a free hand! All true, joking aside, he is shit at Hand puppets 

The hook-handed extremist, who was finally kicked out of the country last month, benefited from almost £680,000 in legal aid money from the public purse.

In addition, the Home Office spent nearly £250,000 on lawyers in its efforts to get him out, he was eventually put on a plane to the USA late 2012 to face terror charges, good I say, he stood on the streets of the UK spewing hate and death speeches to his radical idiots while the UK paid him disability benefit and housing benefit! I wish I was making this up, I am not, Disgrace, the UK should stand up to these Radical bastards the same as France as I can see this getting worse, we seen a Soldier beheaded in a UK street, what next? The UK becomes a half Muslim State? This is the risk we run and as someone who wants Scottish rule, I will ALWAYS be part of the UK as the Queen will always be part of Scotland

Charges: Imam Abu Hamza al-Masri, pictured addressing his followers near Finsbury Park mosque, north London, in March 2004, now faces terror charges in America

si vous ne l’aimez pas, vous pouvez sortir 

 

I will share some pictures showing what is coming to the UK, USA, Europe, Australia, it is coming, they want to kill us, we get jailed, they don’t, for me the Islam faith is a real worry and a danger to us all, wherever you are, and we get arrested for defending OUT cities from Immigrants 

ON UK STREETS!

 

ON UK STREETS!

ON UK STREETS!

Police know these are Men, ON UK STREETS! Do something!

THE USA IS HIGHER ON THE LIST!

ON UK STREETS! THIS “IS” THE NEW WAR COMING

ON UK STREETS!

If we are not careful, our Children will be slaves to Islam (RADICAL ISLAM)

TURN THE COIN AROUND THE PEOPLE OF THE UK ARE FIGHTING BACK, SAME AS THE FRENCH DID!

English Defence League are growing in HUGE numbers, this is going to get bad for us all, even YOU!

Our Laws in the UK are too weak!

This is the start

Why is this not on my nightly news? So others won’t join in, that’s why!

Could it be?

The Young, the old and middle aged are concerned, we are not racists or bigots, we stand in peace and DEMAND our Government act!

This HAS to be a Worry

Time and time again, I only see people born in the UK being arrested, angering everyone even more

It is coming, 100% Islam is coming to us all

 

Was this man right?

The Man who was the Prime Minister of Britain during WWII, Was he right? Was Enoch Powelll right?

 

MANY say he was right

 

The Hold up (With Audio) with my Radio show, advice welcome

The Hold up…

Eddie http://bishoptatro.wordpress.com/ and I are still talking HARD about getting this up and running. With my pain and Eddie moving home and being in Hospital this wasn’t really the hold up. The hold up I am feeling is – What day and  time to do this 1 hour a week, to start with, Radio Show. I have it all set up and ready to go here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/lifeandtimeschat < PLEASE FOLLOW!

For anyone who want’s to call in the Skype add is shaunsradio I have 30+ people added and ready to go, I have the software and all installed on 2 machines, my main room PC and the Kitchen Laptop and even my Samsung Tablet 🙂 But I can’t host from there. Also I am in Scotland, where rain was invented

So the QUESTION IS “WHAT DAY, WHAT TIME OF DAY” I am GMT 0, I am 5 hours behind New York and 8/9 hours behind California, so I am STRUGGLING to find a suitable day and time. I would be DELIGHTED if I could get feedback from people who just may listen, wherever you are in the World. This will be going out to American audience at their time as this is what was planned. I am an Owl as it is, so a 2am start here in the UK would be fine (9pm Eastern Sea board USA) Also being ideal for people from Australia and South Africa. I am thinking Saturday, Sunday would be hard with Eddie being a Bishop and with his Church duties, I don’t know if late Sunday would be ok. so still talking to be done as you can see

Any suggestions would help Eddie and I.

Remember:

To follow and get email notifications from a DAFT SCOTSMAN, Follow here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/lifeandtimeschat

Add shaunsradio to Skype if you think you may call in. all lower case as it is. If I don’t accept in a day or two please don’t worry, you can add me here also shaunyg1973 This is my personal Skype for anyone who just fancies a chat. I DO NOT DO VIDEO THANKS TO A DIRTY WOMAN AND A BANANA WHEN MY KIDS WHERE AROUND!! Yeah…So Audio only 🙂

And follow this page http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/shauns-radio-show-coming-soon/ (It is on the top of my blog) for updated, I am HOPING before the end of the Month. I think the hold up is helping as it is getting the word out. But it is frustrating. I will be host, Scottish accent and all, Eddie is a Bishop from the USA so my hope is we can talk anything from God to string theory to ghosts and ufo’s to corporate greed in our World and all in-between. It is frustrating, but I am DETERMINED to get this going. I have all the programming done, pingbacks for nuisance calls and have tested it here, 5 minute system test

 

Please hang in there, I am CHOCKING to get this going, really exited, I love my own voice and will debate/discuss anything, within reason. I just needed to put a 5 second delay on live shows in-case any idiots call in, you know the story 😉

Any help, debate, ideas would be helpful

More love

Less hate

Shaun (And Eddie) 🙂

 

 

George Carlin – The Ten Commandments

 

No disrespect to anyone, I am in AGONY and need something to laugh at and I am ALL out of funny pictures for now, so here is some George Carlin, my favourite truth teller, don’t be offended, I am on my fucking death bed here. Allow me to laugh and smile while my body burns up like a meteor burning up through the atmosphere, I don’t ask for much, just a small laugh.

Great Bloggers/Friends #8 – Patty @ http://petitemagique.wordpress.com/

Patty, she does these pictures for her poetry and blogs

This is my Friend whom I love like a sister, Patty, she is from Holland in Europe (Lucky Sod, Joke some will get) Patty has the biggest heart I have seen from anyone, or as big as any I have seen. Sadly her Brother passed away a few days ago, Patty told me he was ill then a few hours later told me he had passed

Her Brother is living in the USA and the funeral service is today, so Patty and her Husband and family in Holland are having their own private service to pay respects and find a way to move on. I hope this goes well Patty x

Patty today is grieving, but took time out of her pain to re-blog my blog today for a friend of mine who is in hospital http://petitemagique.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/please-take-a-second-to-keep-bishop-eddie-my-friend-in-your-prayers/ This is the Patty I know and love as a friend. Her heart is as big as it is amazing

Parry does all her own artwork for her blog and is a BRILLIANT poet. Some of her blogs are amazing, I will share a few below this, I will first share the blog she did for her brother that passed away. It is touching and the way Patty blogs is very unique in the way she sets them out, her blog is superb and I please urge you all to follow patty here http://petitemagique.wordpress.com/ I can tell you that you will come across a wonderful woman with a heart of gold. We cried together earlier this morning when we spoke and I just gave her the only advice I could, but she is a very strong woman, she can hold her own in a debate or discussion, but she also listens and if she needs advice she will ask, if she thinks I need advice she won’t even ask, she will just tell me

Patty also has a brilliant sense of humour. I was down one day, a few weeks ago and she did a blog JUST FOR ME. She created the The Semper Fidelis Award and Awarded it just to me, again showing her passion for having fun and caring at the same time. Sometimes she can have me in fits of laughter, sometimes she can have me in tears through reading her amazing blog. As I have now done a few more of these Great Bloggers/Friends blogs http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/category/blogger-friends/ the better I know people, the more I will do

Patty, this is for you, I love you dearly as a friend, you amaze and astound me with your heart and humour, and I am HONOURED to call you a friend. I will share a few blogs if that is ok, this is for her brother who has passed x

 

 

 

I want to follow you…

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I am drowning today, drowning in my tears…

I am in pieces today, pieces of my shattered heart…

I feel cold today, cold and I feel like I will never be warm again…

I feel dark today…

I feel lost today…

Please, let me fade to black

The following poem is written by my sweet brother, Shane.

Lost with the Moon

Cold is cold and the air forever chokes me as the moon is my Light

Shivering darkness I repel and try to ignite

Stars are flashlights and the sky is a compass that leads me home Tonight

Bashfully mistaken I am Lost today

I always get lost stumbling around trying to find my way

If only my mind could stop wondering, I Beg it to stay!

deceit is here and so is deafening fear

If only I had the Moon’s glow with me here

My Journey mite be saved and I Could shed this burdening Puppeteer

Listen closely as Strings get cut and blasphemous whispers get screamed into my ear

Please go away for I can’t stay

Agony holds to me tightly today

Are you listening to the winters blues

Southern tones echoing so loudly they just might bruise

Even though I am Lost My heart blackening with frost

I would never stop now no matter what the cost

Is anyone Listening I know not where to cross

I no longer see the bridge and even if i did

I wouldn’t use it for the easy route I forbid

I am on my own and that’s what I prefer

I am addicted to Pain I am a Lost connoisseur

I Hear nothing at all My own thoughts I ignore

I don’t want to be standing here in the cold, I don’t want to be Lost anymore

– William Shane Ellis –

*Of course you are allowed to reblog. But Shane’s poetry will always stay his and property of his family*

Keep his love in your heart and keep his memory alive forever.

As you can see, Patty puts a LOT into her blogs, one blog I did like was this one, it was fun and showed us all who “Patty” IS 

Just a thought…

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Every month I will do a post for ‘Bloggers for Peace’. To share the love, let people think or just to support peace in general.

“Peace is not something you wish for, it something you make, something you do, something you are, something you give away.”–Robert Fulghum

In an effort to actively do something to create more peace in the world in 2013, I am dedicating a number of my posts specifically to peace. I invite you to join me. We can call ourselves “Bloggers for Peace.” Everyone is invited to join. The requirements are simple and flexible.

You can join by clicking right HERE  Peace is something we all crave for!

There are a lot of people out there who have a serious cause of ‘Judgementality’ and there is no real medicine for that. Luckily, I don’t have that condition. Honestly.

I don’t care what the color of your skin is, I don’t care if you love boys or girls, I don’t care if you are rich or poor, what kind of family you come from, what your believes are, where you are from. I just don’t care.

What I DO care for is if you are loyal, honest and a true friend. And if you are good at heart.

All of the rest… seriously, I couldn’t care less. If you are my friend, you are my friend. If I love you, I love you. And if I don’t like you (because that can happen too)  I just don’t like you for who you are.

I am sorry for people who are judgemental. They miss out on a lot of fun and love. ❤ 

Lots of love,

Patty

For you Patty, with love and a hug on a hard day for you and your family, my thoughts are with you today, Shaun x x 

Patty did this for her Brother x

Things I am thankful for, no pain for a second, things I am happy for

I need to thank my good friend Linda over at http://lindafrindt.wordpress.com for this, at the bottom of every blog she writes what she is thankful for, so I am going to stop winging about pain for 10 minutes and be thankful for what I have instead of what I don’t. Thank you Linda for inspiring me to do this,  I love you dearly as a friend x

1. Dawn, she saved me from a certain criminal life or death, I guest blogged it here: http://deliberatedonkey.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/murder-and-more-through-the-eyes-of-a-child/

2. My 4 kids, Dean (21) Ryan (19) Courtney (4) and Chloe (2) They make me smile every day and give me reason

3. Being able to walk, even though it hurts, I can, if it is a long walk, I need to take the car and walk around and drive home. But I am thankful I can sometimes

4. I may be in pain, but I am never ill. The last time I was ill was well over 10 years ago, strange how the pain is there, never ill, I am thankful

5. I am thankful for having my Dog Lisha to walk with when I can walk, she has came into my family home and fitted in so well.

6. I am thankful for the home I have in the place it is and the neighbours I have, it really is a dream place to live. I worked hard for this

7. I am thankful for being able to sit at the PC and meet thousands of wonderful people every day  and express my feelings

8. I am thankful I have God in my life, I will keep looking for Jesus and religion I think will remain an enigma to me

9. I am thankful for the Parents I have. They are supportive and caring. I love them both

10. I am thankful for my 3 sisters and brothers. Davie, Debra, Linda and Meghan. Due to my mum and Dad divorcing only one has the  same 2nd name as me.

11. I am thankful for the friends I have, Scotland can be VERY harsh for lads like me who show emotion, but they know I would beat them up (LOL JOKE!!)

12. I am thankful for the roof over my head, food in the cupboards and the money Dawn and I have, money I hate, but we need it. Security helps

13. I am thankful I woke up this morning and breathed another day. I am thankful my Disability won’t kill me any day soon

14. I am thankful I can cope with what life throws at me, really, nothing phased me. I may blog often things do, in reality, not a thing .

15. I am thankful for the Health of my kids. My oldest son suffers seizures, but since he was put on epilim he has been ok

16. I am thankful I can email 300 people on here and get help or a Skype call when I am down, I am thankful for you all

17. I am thankful for Word Press and all the amazing people I know. I don’t un-friend anyone, only 1 had un-friended me. So thank you

18. I am thankful that even thought I can’t do football (Soccer) any more I can still go and watch Celtic Football Club in a comfy seat

19. I am thankful for what life has given me, everything I have, all I own, the life I have, I am thankful for it all

20. Most of all I am happy I can smile through the pain. I tried to take my own life a few times, I am thankful I failed.

21. I am thankful I can come onto places like this and help people, through my past and pain I can help and I do, and people help back, thank you

I am just truly thankful for the life I lead and for everyone in it, I am a blessed man. 

I once did a poem for my family of 6, here it is http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/a-poem-about-my-family-of-6/

Jeremiah 25:31- Want to talk God and Scripture?

This guy, I think he is a pastor or a bishop from Canada, I am not 100% sure, he cleverly got his friend to get all the noises ever heard and play them all at once. WOW!

I have been listening to these sounds coming from all over the world for a few years now, I have blogged about it before, to no avail, because nobody know what it is, so I researched, HARD on the matter, and I found a piece of scripture that matches these sounds.

Now if you are unaware of this, like totally, prepare to start scratching your head an asking if this indeed scripture. I hear about God every day and how he will come and save me and take away my pain, so ok, I will now tell you, this is Gospel, this is scripture, and this is coming from all ends of the world. I heard this myself, it is like a huge trumpet noise, and it is a disturbing noise

Here is a collection from around the world

Maryland – Feb 2012

Queensland, Australia

England

WorldWide again

So what do you think? If someone likes this within 5 minutes I WILL SLAP YOU! lol What is this? God is blamed for much and we pray to him and we ask him to his divine intervention, we pray, we say he will help, we are 100% sure he is there. So, if you believe he is, have I given you enough information, through WEEKS of research to say, is this Jeremiah 25:31?

PLEASE LISTEN.. Don’t deny ignorance! You have Google!! Go look, go listen! Please

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Jeremiah-25-31/

http://www.biblestudytools.com/jeremiah/passage.aspx?q=jeremiah+25:31-38

Open google and see for yourself, here for yourself. I tried to get this out here. Your turn to decide I guess

 New International Version (©2011)

The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword,'” declares the LORD.
New Living Translation (©2007)
His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth, for the LORD will bring his case against all the nations. He will judge all the people of the earth, slaughtering the wicked with the sword. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”

English Standard Version (©2001)
The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, declares the LORD.’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
‘A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the LORD has a controversy with the nations. He is entering into judgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the LORD.”

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a case against the nations. He enters into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, He hands them over to the sword– this is the LORD’s declaration.

International Standard Version (©2012)
A tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the LORD is bringing an indictment against the nations. He judges all flesh. He has given the wicked over to the sword,’ declares the LORD.

NET Bible (©2006)
The sounds of battle will resound to the ends of the earth. For the LORD will bring charges against the nations. He will pass judgment on all humankind and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.’ The LORD so affirms it!

GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The sound is echoing to the ends of the earth because the LORD has brought charges against the nations. He will judge all humans. He will kill the wicked, declares the LORD.’

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, says the LORD.

American King James Version
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, said the LORD.

American Standard Version
A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The noise is come even to the ends of the earth: for the Lord entereth into judgement with the nations: he entereth into judgement with all flesh; the wicked I have delivered up to the sword, saith the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
The noise shall come to the end of the earth: for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations, he entereth into judgment with all flesh; as for the wicked, he will give them up to the sword, saith Jehovah.

English Revised Version
A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith the LORD.

Webster’s Bible Translation
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

World English Bible
A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh.

Young’s Literal Translation
Wasting hath come unto the end of the earth, For a controversy hath Jehovah with nations, He hath executed judgment for all flesh, The wicked! He hath given them to the sword, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Great Bloggers/Friends #3 – Fr. Eddie Tatro @ Bishop Eddie Tatro’s Study

With me now blogging about the Amazing people on Word Press I have met who have had a huge impact on my experience here and also in my life, I am doing my 3^rd one today. I have done 2 before

1. http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/great-bloggersfriends-1-one-mans-journey-through-life-dealing-with-fibromyalgia/

2. http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/great-bloggersfriends-2-mer-knocked-over-by-a-feather/

I now turn my attention to a Man of the cloth and an amazing man at that. Reverend Eddie Tatro, here is his blog http://bishoptatro.wordpress.com/

Eddie and I speak a fair bit on Skype and will be doing “when we get there” The Radio Show with the good man himself. http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/shauns-radio-show-coming-soon/ When I decided to go ahead with the Radio Show I honestly did not have to ask Eddie for help, he offered it. That is the kind of man he is. Bishop Eddie is one of the most honest, caring men I have met in my life. We speak about God a lot; Rev. Eddie also has a background in Science and also worked at a Hospital as a Nurse, so his knowledge is huge, so when we start this Radio Show this year we hope, lol, it will be two guys, one of religion and science and more and myself who can talk about anything stupid. But in saying that, Eddie and I have had 4-5 hour chats on Skype Audio and he will say himself we have talked about everything from God, Outer space, String Theory and everything in-between, Rev-Eddie can hold a conversation well, a very clever man, so the Radio Show will be interesting.

I have spoken to Eddies beautiful Wife also and Eddie has spoken to my Partner Dawn also, we are very close. Eddie has also spoken to my Aunt here in Scotland who is also very high up in the Church. But our friendship is not all about God or Religion it goes way past this. Eddie also suffers from Chronic Pain, and this for me makes the man more remarkable, he once after a short time in Hospital came onto Word Press to say sorry for not doing his daily sermon as he does. Eddie was doing a daily video sermon; This is the kind of Man he is,  here is one of Eddie’s blogs

The Long Awaited Devotions.. Are Back!! 🙂 

Eddie was doing one of these every day, and I watched them all. As I have said, I believe in God, I just don’t get religion. My belief is you can have a relationship with God without organised religion. I spoke about this with Rev. Eddie and he simply said “As long as you are happy” or words to that effect. He does not throw God at anyone, he does not preach to people, but if you ask, he will give his time to anyone. I have got close to many people on Word Press; Eddie is one of the people I have got closer to than others. Sometimes Eddie can blog so simple, but so profound at the same time, like this one below, where he is saying sorry for not being around as he moved home a week ago, how cool is that!! I beg you all, please get following, he is a remarkable chap as we say here in the UK

 

All Is Quiet On The Eastern FrontI will apologize now…As most of you know we are relocating to Connecticut in less than a week.  After this Friday we won’t have Internet until we are settled in the new Parsonage/Rectory.  I’m not sure how long it will be before we are back on the net. I will miss you all very much.  I will try to post from my mobile if I can.  Of course I will be putting up pictures or videos of our adventure.  Please do contact me via email which can be found on the Contact Page. The two emails I respond quicker to are my Gmail and Me.com accounts. Remember God Loves You and so do I!

 

As you can see, Eddie is all loving, caring and knowing. He is a brilliant friend to me and very popular with many on Word Press and getting more popular as the days pass, he is reaching out to us all with his loving devine hand to help us all, to care for us all and to be there for each of us. This may be Eddie’s Job as he has his own Church, but it is in his nature to look after people, this is what he does. He cares, he loves, he is in pain, sometimes his pain is bad, but he still does his job, he is all love, the man IS Love

Eddie is a very special person to me, I love him a Brother from another Mother as we often joke and I am his “Mate is a skirt, From Scotland” also. We are friends, we both care, but Eddie  will care for you, he will take you in and keep you, he will be at your side when you need him, he will put his pain to one side to make sure you are ok.

If you are going to follow anyone today, I beg you to follow Eddie. I ask God you all see what I see in the man and that you take Eddie to your Heart. Today he will be speaking to his Church and giving his guiding hand and wisdom to others, when he is on Word Press, nothing changes, what you see is what you get.

For my friend Eddie. I love you Bud, friends are easy to find, harder to keep

Eddie once posted a song, a deeply personal song for his Daughter, and I loved it, I play it to my Daughters and sing it to them also.  It is my honour to share it with you all, the reasons for this song are personal to Eddie, but I had a tear in my eye when he told me his reasons. So much love from a man I am PROUD to call my Friend for life

Hope you are good Ed.

 

To Sleep or not to Sleep, that is not the question

Tonight as I sat with one eye opened trying to write my 2^nd guest blog of the day as I am very famous and in such demand, it dawned on me as I sat there.

I am an idiot. It was one of those profound moments when you “Just know” it comes to you like a headache in the shower with soap in your eyes. I fell asleep for an hour at my Kitchen table half way through replying to someone on Facebook. I woke up when I heard Dawn say “Are you awake”

Yeah the same kind of question you ask to a lion “Are you Hungry” as you sit next to it. I have a strange existence me. I am SHATTERED right now but this throbbing pulse from my left knee is like getting ice cream thrown down the back of your t-shirt, it just is annoying

Strange it is, tonight I feel I could just go to bed and crash “sleep” very easily but I can’t as the Ice Cream feeling is hitting me. There is no ice cream; I am using the ice cream as a metaphor for something that keeps me awake.

I could have used the “A cat taking a shit on my face” but I didn’t want to lower the tone you see, I mean I am a nice person, and the last thing I want to be speaking about is cats taking a shit on my face. It smacks of desperation for seeking attention, and this man-child here is not the kind of lad to say things to get attention, it is just not my style. I have never had a cat have a jobby on my face, although I have had a cat pee in my football boots once, I went to football and I was mortified, as people were looking at me as if I had just taken a shit myself in their Mothers handbags due to the cat pee smell. Anyone who knows me well knows I am not the kind of guy to even make funny jokes like this; they lack taste and a certain respect towards my friends Mothers and their hand bags. And I am a GOOD friend.

The worst think I have even done to a friend was spit in a condom and leave it in his jacket pocket a week before he got married, he got beaten slightly, but once I owned up I then got beaten slightly also, and told never to visit again, and I wish I could, I left my watch at their house 😦

See life is all about respect, like respect for Dolphins, as a species, I do not feel us humans show enough respect to the Dolphin. I knew a brilliant Dolphin once called Gary, he was BRILLIANT at Golf, he had a handicap I think it was 9, not bad for a Dolphin.

Anyway, we need to respect things more in this world. Even Spiders and bee’s, I am not saying we should respect wasps as they are just nasty bastards. Bees give us honey and Spiders help keep fly movement down in the home.

Life is all about respect people. We should think about this more often, my friend Keith below is respectful of all things and likes to find things out for himself. I respect him for it, he challenges life to the MAX you know, when things need done, KEITH IS THERE! No messing around, no fake stuff, no farting about, he just gets the job done