JESUS WEPT

I just had an ephony about this verse. When this happened as most of you know Jesus was at the tomb of His best friend Lazarus. I always thought it was because He was sad for His friend. But tonight it dawned on me that it was not Jesus feeling sorry for Himself or even for Martha and Mary. It was for the disciples. They never understood why Jesus did what He did. He wept because He knew what would soon happen but they still would not understand. I used to not know why this was, but I would forget I knew the ending and they did not. I cannot recall ever hearing that it was His disciples that he wept for. Maybe I had and it went over my head at the time. I have never seen it in a movie though and as I said I do not remember a sermon that said this. I got it tonight after watching the Chosen Lazarus scene for the 4th time. Let me know your ideas about this good or bad. I can take it.

BEN C.

First, this is not directed to anyone I know.

Probably everyone knows Trump was shot today. The killer is supposed to have been killed. I am not accusing any group, FBI, or Secret Service of doing anything wrong. It is just too bad that he wasn’t taken into custody alive because now there will be a lot of conspiracy talk that will last for years.

I am not blaming the people or saying they had anything to do with this horrendous act. But I do hope everyone who publicly said they hoped President Trump would be shot will be questioned by the FBI, no matter who they are. This means anyone on the View, radio, and TV, who has even hinted at this will be grilled as would be criminal and shamed in front of the world. All should be fired this weekend.

No Trump supporter should go after any group no matter what they say publicly. The people who say they are glad it happened will be in front of Jesus someday. They will receive their due punishment.

The next few months are very important for this nation. It will show what we are made of. Will we be disciplined or will we act like terrorists in South America? It will show whether we will be free or have fallen to a third-world status. I will not answer any comments on this.

BEN CALVERT

The Days We Are In.

It is hard to write about anything like this because it affects us all so differently. I may not choose an issue that you think is important but it is not on purpose, but I do have things I must or feel I must write down.

This country started with a few people who wanted some freedom. They came over in small ships and it took weeks to get here. I am sure quite a few never made it. Many died once they got here, disease, famine, wild animals, or just going crazy because they could not live in the conditions that they were in. They set up churches, villages, and stores, and they tried very hard to live in harmony. We also have to remember that they came from many different countries and cultures. Dutch, English, German, French, and many others over the years. Well, those days and times have long past. It seems more and more we make our differences things to put a fence up, avoid at all costs, and if they dare get too close to attack them in some way or another. It happens every day. We see it on FaceBook, YouTube, and TikTok. Whether it be a karen, or a darren in someone’s face, a person using their auto as a battering ram, to someone being killed because they thought someone was going to hurt them. These are no longer rare cases and no longer funny in any sort of way.

Even churches are more divided than ever before. I am not talking about Baptists and Methodists disagreeing about what salvation is but churches not even agreeing on what sin is and if they believe the Bible is true or not. That used to be just an atheist idea but no longer. Maybe we need hard times to show us what is really important.

One last thing before I stop for the night. I never thought our government and many in our nation would turn on Israel. It is a disgrace for our nation and what it once stood for and it disgraces the Word of God. I guess very few care anymore. What can we do, number 1 is pray, 2 is pray harder, and 3 find a person that needs prayer and pray for them, no matter what race, ethnicity, or religion they are. Give a few dollars to those on the corner. It matters nor what they do with it. You will have done what God has told us all to do. I need to work on this myself.

Good Night.

Christmas 2023

This Christmas may be the most different in my lifetime. All of my older siblings are no longer with me. They are with Jesus. My Christmas will not be different because they are not here it is me knowing that they will no longer be able to be a part of Christmas in my life. I have 2 younger brothers that are still around but they are not around. Neither are truly a part of me and haven’t been for years. That is something I do not feel I can change. But I know that is a part of life. Life happens and life must go on.

I am happy that this year I got back into a relationship with Melvin. He makes me happy and will always be my friend. I wish we were an hour apart instead of 5 hours. But again life is what it is. I must deal with what is given to me. It is not just the past that makes us like each other but the joy of being with each other now and sharing the lives we have now.  

I am happy that Mike is close and that our friendship is still very good. We both have health issues we will always have to adjust to. He is worse off than I am, meaning I am more mobile than he is. I can not feel sorry for him because he would hate that. Lynn has been the greatest friend and asset he has. She always is strong even when I know she is being pushed to her limits.

I am happy that Hannah is still in my life. She has such struggles in her life. It has never been easy for her even though she has good times and love all around her. She says she knows God and I must believe that. God has worked in her life many times and she knows that in her mind but I wonder if she knows it in her heart. She still wants to be in charge and her temper can explode in a millisecond. But I will always love her and pray for her. I must be the one to love her no matter what happens. Please God work in her life so she can see the power of your Holy Spirit.

I dearly love my church and not because they accept me but because many let me into their lives and they accept me with my short commings. They let me express my joy and sorrow even when they all do not know why these are happening. But my biggest joy is sitting next to Ed and Marijo and feeling the Holy Spirit come upon me, whether I laugh or cry or just shout out to God.

I love helping at the Literacy Council. I love to help Charly and love the ways she always supports me and others. I love the student I have now and all those in my past. I do not remember any that I did not get along with. It too has helped me grow and learn to love everyone no matter how different we are.

The biggest week and most joyous week I have is with my friends Jerry and Roxie Kaldor in Duluth MN. Their love for me is deep and always comes through. It is my second home now. We fish and have caught a lot of fish, and have been skunked but it is always good times. I can talk about whatever is on my heart. Their children accept me and the grandkids do too. I can drive around and find my way home. I love going to the canal and seeing the big boats come through.

I can say honestly I would not change where I live or what I do in life. I wish my body was whole and all workable but I can walk, talk, drive, fish, and hunt. I still laugh and have great times and I still feel the Holy Spirit hovering over me. Thank You Trinity for always being with me.

Values the past and today.

Wesley Hunt is a black senator from Texas. He is 42 years old. He is a classy man and I say that with respect. He was talking about crime and guns I think last week. After his opening about how the left wants to blame crime and death rates on guns but not the criminals. He then talked about values that have been lost in this country. He was raised in a home with a mother and a father. He went to church with his brother and sister and learned good morals while there. He went to school and learned at an early age education was a valuable thing to have. He and his brother and sister all attended West Point. They have 60 years of service between them.
He then began to talk about values in America, past and present. He began with these stats. In 1998 61% of all blacks were married, today the % is 30%. Those that Patriotism was important in 1998 were 78% and those opposed were 38%. Religion, 1998 62%, today 39% and having children 59% thought it was important, 30%. Of those that thought community was important 64% and not important 27%.
I would have gone back to 1960 but I am sure Sen. Hunt thought that was ancient history. He was making this point. That values that were once very important in are America is no longer considered so important. I am sure most of the very liberal Congress people in America would agree that these things are no longer high on their list of what is important. Then they wonder why hate is high, intolerance is near zero and we are asked to agree to things that would seem implausible to our parents. It is not the man with the AR-15 that is dangerous is the person that is supposed to be on medication but is not. It is the person that no longer cares about who he or she hates. This has nothing to do with Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, Trump or Biden. We must make decisions on our own. We can do the right thing or get carried away with rhetoric that is harmful to us and others.
I am a conservative, I have guns to hunt with and target shoot with my friends. I do not consider myself as dangerous to anyone. My guns do not want to hurt anyone. Guns are dangerous when the person holding them is dangerous. Since Columbine mass shootings at schools and many other places have risen. That is the truth. But if you would go back and look closely you would find demented lives, people that had or have psychological problems, and people with hate in their hearts, both liberals and conservatives.

Ben Calvert. you can comment if you believe I am right or wrong. I will not get mad at anyone.

Jesus Revolution

I saw this, this evening [March 2nd] and I truly enjoyed it. It was the best movie I have seen in quite a while. Before I get any deeper into this I also saw earlier Quatumania. As usual, Marvel messed up a good franchise. The first 2 Antman movies were funny and entertaining. This one was a bore and was not funny. But no surprise really. I think they have messed up every hero as they made more movies about them. Stan must have had a sick, warped mind.

Back to the good movie. From the previews, you really don’t get to see much of the story and that is a good thing. I am not going to spoil the movie here. Please go see it. I was in high school at the time the movie is about. All of the songs brought back memories and I caught myself singing the songs under my breath very quietly. I am not going to lie and say I saw myself on the screen or that I experienced the same things these people did. I did see people that did have these experiences and trials though. By the time I made it to college, this movement was hitting Arkansas. I was saved in the Prairie Grove Methodist church. That movement was the Lay Witness Mission going through many churches in the early 70s. About 6 months later I received the Holy Spirit and that put me even deeper in faith and love for Jesus. In my second year in college, Ark Tech, I met a group of people that was very similar to what was shown in the movie. All from different backgrounds, hippies, former drug addicts, people that were raised in a church, and many that had never been in a church. The one thing we had in common was that we all loved Jesus. A couple of years later we decided to start our own church in Russellville. I haven’t the time and you would not read all the stories I could tell but we had our growing pains. Some left but more came. Preachers thought we were a cult for a long time and I think many parents did also. Mine were not sure about what I was doing until I brought some friends home with me. But we had parents’ days, opened up to other churches, and joined church leagues for softball.

The church is still going strong in Russellville and it is huge. I do not know how it ranks in attendance to other churches but before COVID they were having 3 services every Sunday.

Well, I am ending this and I hope I made sense. I love to think back and I love to share those days with people. I still have a deep love for that church and will always be bonded with many that run deep onto my heart.

BEN C.

My opinion about overall elections.

I am sure many of you are stunned by the lack of Republicans winning last night. I am also but I have my opinion on why they lost. I thought Kari Lake and Dr. Oz would be shoe-ins. I thought Houchal would lose to Zeldin. For Lake and Zeldin it was being too much like Donald Trump and having his backing. We have to understand that many people will not vote ever for anyone like Trump. We also must realize that there are more democrats than republicans. We must understand that there are more people living in cities now than in smaller communities. There are minorities coming to realize that there are democrats that do not care about them but at election time. But the Republicans must work harder to get more minority voters out for them. They will have a very hard time with Trump running the party. Right now the Republicans cannot dump Trump but we do not have to have him run in 2024. Yes, we must find people that will have Trump’s ideas but we do not have to have him. Desantis would be a good candidate right now. These are just afterthoughts right now. They may be quickly forgotten or you may totally disagree with me. Fine, I can handle it. I just ask you to think about why the red Tsunami never happened.

End of America as it once was.

Most of you will know the name, James Dobson. A doctor and child psychologist That has written many books on raising children and how to promote and affirm children, from birth to late teens. One of the things he has said many many times, society will break down as we know it when families break down. When fathers leave the home and do not help the family in any way. When either parent does drugs or is an alcoholic. When a child is abused by either parent and is not put in a safe place. He also said the influx and the willingness to accept the LGBTQ way of life is another attack on the family. Many scoffed at Dr. Dobson and thought he was a bigot and fraud for saying these things. But if you take a close look at society as a whole you will see that the good doctor is correct. Many in America are trying to destroy our American society as we know it. They are attacking children and parents. This is not a few whackos but school boards, teachers, Governors, and even doctors and hospitals. There is a law that is trying to be passed in California that says minors should be able to get vasectomies even before puberty. Governor Newsom has said He would sign the bill. A teenage girl was traumatized when a 13-year-old boy masturbated in front of the class. When the mother brought this up before the school board the principal said this was common and that he thought it was okay. I think this was in Indiana. In Boston Ma. at the Boston Children’s Hospital they and now going to cut off the breasts of young girls as young as 9 or 10 if they say they want to be boys. They also want to give boys and girls Hormone blockers. Medicine that the FDA has not approved as safe for minors. In Virginia, there is a female lawmaker that wants to make it a crime if parents disapprove of schools that support pronouns that the children want to use but the parents may severely disagree with it. They want to make it either a misdemeanor or even a felony. That the parents could lose their jobs for disagreeing with the child and the schools. This is happening in Virginia. The governor is a republican so he is totally against such bills. We have heard about the CRT school agendas and how warped they are. We know about how the Federal government is tracking mothers and Fathers and some have been labeled as terrorists and arrested for speaking up at school board meetings against what is being taught to their children. If this doesn’t settle your mind on who to vote for they fall the I am not sure what will.

A horrible Speech

Biden’s speech last night was the worst ever speech given by a sitting president.

He did not mention anything that is wrong with the state of America. He never mentioned the rampant crime we have across America now. He has no crime prevention ideas. He mentioned that police needed to be funded but that is not what he said in 2020. He has no deficit plan in the works though he keeps saying that is one of his goals. All he did last week was add another 30 billion dollars to the DEBT.

The latest number I have found is that we are 26 trillion dollars in debt. But those numbers may be low. He never mentioned what he was going to do about the onslaught of immigrants at the border of Mexico. Since he has been in office more than 4 million people have entered. I think I heard 7 million last week but I might be wrong about that. Most have walked in

the border patrol checks out what they are carrying and asks them where they are headed. That is all they are supposed to do. No real vetting of anyone. No Covid vaccinations are needed or provided. Thousands of pounds of fentanyl have been found. But of course, a lot gets through because there is not enough help at any of the crossings. That does not include the thousands of pounds of other drugs. There are still child traffickers trying to get through, some are caught but I am sure many make it across with the children and women they are bringing with them.

No Biden complained about anyone and everyone that is a conservative. For him, anyone that does not support him is a fascist Trump supporter. Those are his words, not mine. I have stated several times I am not a Trump fan but I will never vote for any democrat on a state or national level. He took aim at even Christians that stick up for their values and rights. My Christian values outweigh any American law that may come about. I will try to be good to everyone I meet no matter if they are homosexual or some strange gender. But I will never support their ideas in any fashion.

I am not asking for anyone to change their views because of what I have put down but I do want everyone to look at what is really important to this nation and where it is heading. Trump is the least of all the problems we have going now.

Ben C. you may comment but I will not get into a debate with anyone.

Worst Speech Ever

The worst Speech ever by a sitting President.

Biden’s speech was the most irritating Speech I have ever listened to. He never once mentioned anything that is truly wrong with America now. He failed to mention the American debt which is at 30 trillion dollars. That is enough dollar bills to go around the earth.

Last week he added 30 billion dollars to the debt by slicing away debt that people voluntarily wanted. He never mentioned the crime rate that has risen since he has been in office. Fellow Democratic mayors and governors are a big part of this problem. In 15 major cities crime has risen to double-digit numbers. 14 are run by democratic mayors and the other has a Democratic governor. Several have defunded the police force in their cities.

He never mentioned the overflow of immigrants coming into the country. Since 2021 over 4 million have entered the USA. Most of them just stated their names, where they are from, and where they are going. The border patrol checks all baggages that came through? The Border Patrol has caught more than 7 thousand pounds of Fentynal alone that is not counting the thousands of pounds of other drugs. They are not checked for any COVID vaccines, nor are they given any.

The biggest problem he came up with is anyone that who does not like what he is doing is a fascist Trump supporter. So he called every Christian conservative a fascist. He called everyone that did not support abortion a fascist. He called everyone that thinks homosexuality and these so-called strange gender ideas a sin is a fascist. Everyone that has ever voted for Trump is a big fascist.

I do not like Trump but until someone else is nominated by the Republican party I will vote for him over any and all Democratic nominees. BEN C. you can comment but I will not debate anyone.