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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
Ours and Yours
THE GEORGIA POST 4
The should haves
How many times do we
run our course of life and
then look back and say,
“I should’ve... been more
patient, been
kinder, been
more attentive,
or been happi
er?”
You may be
saying that you
are who you are.
More times than
not, we choose
who we are, and
how we will live
our lives, howev
er. Don’t let Satan
fool you. You can change
your “should’ves” to no
regret.
And your own life will
become better.
I don’t know how
many homes are bro
ken, with no chance of
retrieval because of deci
sions people make.
I can assure you, I
have not always been the
perfect wife or mother. I
can look back with many
“should’ves” especially
when it revolves around
patience. When I want
something done, I want
it done immediately.
I begin working on a
project when I really
should’ve waited for
Roy’s help.
And for kinder and
attentive, I’ve missed
the boat, at times, there
too. I get self-absorbed
just as much as the next
gal, but God is faithful to
tap me on the shoulder
and point me in the right
direction. He will lead
and guide us when we
slow down long enough
to listen.
Many people have
it all... a great family,
enough money, a beau
tiful home, a job that
others would die for, life
at it’s finest, but they end
up wasting it all.
Where are you
in life? Have
you chosen to be
happy with the
blessings God has
given to you?
Don’t wait
until tomorrow
to look back on
today and regret
the fact that you
“should’ve” chosen
to be happy, or at
tempted to make some
one else happy.
If you find yourself in a
precarious situation right
now, look to Jesus. For
only He can take away
the should’ves and turn
them into blessedness.
But be patient; for
years of should’ves,
could’ves, and even
would’ves are difficult to
overcome.
But in God’s timing,
you can find peace and
joy, if you give your life
to Him, be more patient,
kinder, more attentive,
and decide to be happy
with what you have.
Talk to Jesus about
your should’ves today
and He will point you in
the right direction.
Then let go of the
should’ve and get on
with life - with joy, hope
and peace. Only God
can make it happen! So
trust in Him and His
power. And put away the
should’ves forever.
NANCY GIBBS is an
author, minister’s wife and
motivational speaker. Contact
her at nancybgibbs@aol.com
Nancy
Gibbs
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Let’s develop a Biblical view in these times
I struggle daily with keeping
my perception as a journalist
and my Christian perspective
in line so that I do not cross the
line into a worldly view. The
struggle is real because as a
journalist, as you who read me
regularly know, I do have strong
opinions.
But first and foremost is
my walk with Christ and not
causing anyone to stumble and
to always be Chrisdike in my
responses and posts on social
media. I fail many times and it’s
usually because I don’t wait on
God to give me the words I need
to say. I’m getting better but the
noise around us keeps trying to
drag you back in and to speak
without thinking.
During all of this, I have tried
not to delete anyone on my
friend’s list because I believe
everyone is entitled to their
opinions and I hold no ill will
against anyone who disagrees
with me. However, there are
very few people in the world
that feel that way anymore.
They want to take you task, just
want to argue and could care
less what you think unless you
agree with them. It’s a sad fact
of life these days which grieves
my heart.
However, God has shown
me that if people are stealing
your joy in Him, you need to
let them go. Your strength is
found in the joy of the Lord
and you shouldn’t let anyone
or anything happening in the
world steal that from you. It’s
something the enemy, the great
deceiver, satan, uses to get us
distracted. We are at war with
unseen forces and though we
have to put on the armor of God
daily, we have to realize God
has our back and He will let us
know when we need to act.
I’ve had several conversations
lately about the silent majority.
We are in the fix we are today
because of the silent majority.
There is a time to be silent and
there is a time to speak up and
we have gotten those mixed up
for many reasons.
We want to be peacemakers,
don’t like conflict and don’t
want to agitate people. This has
gotten us nowhere
and I believe it’s past
time for the silent
majority to speak up.
But we cannot do so in
anger or hate, we have
to do so with love. If
you ask Him and trust
Him, God will give
you the words to say.
As long as you cave
in or don’t speak out
about injustice, it con
tinues and things get
worse. As far as cave in
I mean to the radical
craziness going on. We
don’t apologize for who we are,
we don’t change our stance be
cause we are afraid or because
we get threatened or someone
calls us racist for whatever opin
ion they choose to use against
us. We have to trust God. I’m
sorry but if you call someone
racist, I would have to say you
need to check yourself.
We are letting mainstream
media divide us further and we
don’t have to let them.
Having just returned from
visiting the Ark Encounter and
Creation Museum in Kentucky,
it was confirmed to me what I
have always said, we are all one
race, one blood — the human
race. It’s just our skin pigmen
tation that is different because
of melanin levels. Fact is, we are
all related, we are descendants
of Adam and Eve, every one of
us.
Racism is a consequence of
sin in a fallen world infused
with evolutionary thinking.
The consequences of racism
on a personal and social level
are huge. The word “race” is
often used to classify people
based almost solely on physical
characteristics. If you buy into
evolution ideas, these so-called
races descended from different
ancestors separated by location
and time. But, based on biblical
history, the term race must be
incorrect. We are all one race
(“one blood” in Acts 17:26), the
human race, descended from
two ancestors, Adam and Eve.
Therefore we all have
sinned and need God’s
grace and the salvation
He offers. All humans are
equal before God. We
have been programmed
to look at skin color;
exterior instead of the
inside of a person. We
need to look at people as
God sees them.
It is only when we stand
boldly and confidently on
God’s Word, we correctly
understand the unity and
diversity of the human
race. We became separat
ed with different languages at
the tower of Babel.
People migrated from Babel
and as the different groups be
came isolated from others, they
most likely married within their
language group so they could
communicate with each other.
As they intermarried, certain
characteristics, determined by
their genes, were carried within
each group. These character
istics would begin to dominate
due to the small pool of genes in
the group. As time passed, dif
ferent people groups displayed
distinct physical characteristics.
Such as Asians tend to have
almond-shaped eyes and dark
skin, whereas Europeans have
round eyes, fair-colored hair
and skin.
Even within our own families
we can see subtle differences.
Statues only offend you if you
allow them too and if you erase
history, it will be repeated.
When you look at each of the
statues from all eras of history
you have to know it’s not about
racism at all. It’s a systematic
cleansing of our history.
Fact is, we’ve done enough
talking about racism and
fanning its fires. It’s time for ac
tion, especially from Christians.
We need to do away with the
word “race” when talking about
different groups of people in
the world. Even scientists agree
there is only really one biolog
ical race of humans. We make
skin tone a major issue, mainly
because we have been taught
that way by the world view.
The Bible does not use the
word “race” when talking about
groups of people. It describes
all humans as being of one
blood in Acts 17:26. So if the
Bible, nor God uses the word,
we shouldn’t either. We should
treat all humans as if they are
family, because in reality they
are. But we as people need to be
reprogrammed. Only by allow
ing God to do that reprogram
ming and standing on His Word
is that even possible because of
all the years and years of propa
ganda and nonsense we’ve been
taught.
The church has fallen down in
keeping to the true word of God
and even pastors spout words
of hatred and don’t try to solve
the issue. They try and sugar-
coat things. As I discussed with
a friend recently, when pastors
started getting paid enough they
did not have to work another
job, many began to only preach
about things that tickled their
congregation’s ears so they did
not worry about being replaced.
It happens slowly, but it does
happen time and time again.
Used to be that all pastors were
called to preach. Even our theo
logical colleges and seminaries
have watered down the gospel
and focused too much on telling
you what and how to preach
instead of letting God take the
lead.
We cannot just read God’s
word, we have to be students
of the Bible and do research
and constantly ask God what
He wants us to learn and what
we can do to be more Christlike
and not add to the racism issue.
It begins with each of us and
we have to let God show us the
way. Blessings.
VICTORIA SIMMONS Is a columnist,
author, motivational speaker, minister
and publisher of The Georgia Post/
Byron Buzz. Contact her at: vsim-
mons54@gmail.com
Day At
ATime
Victoria
Simmons
COVID-19 in small doses
Viruses, bacteria’s, fungus
es and germs in small doses
help keep our immune system
strengthened and in tune with
our surroundings. Vaccina
tions in controlled doses can
be very beneficial to a person
whose body
is not strong
enough to
last as long as
the immune
system needs
before it can
sequence and
then get rid of
the problem.
A few
questions:
doesn’t small
exposure to seemingly nasty
things also lightly vaccinate
us? Are not viruses, bacteria’s,
funguses and germs age-old
life designer vaccinations? We
keep hearing about the dangers
If the answer is
no, be careful
what your
mind is being
conditioned to
accept...
of asymptomatic exposure,
but is it possible that symp
tomatic exposure might lightly
vaccinate others in an
asymptomatic fash
ion? Could this be the
reason so many people
have
blood
test
showing
they
had
YOUR HEALTH
Wade Yoder
COVID-19?
We know that
vaccinations give us a light
dose of a virus or disease to get
our immune system woke to it
and producing antibodies that
can target it, so how is light
exposure to the virus so differ
ent? Might light exposure yield
the same result as vaccination?
Have you ever felt like you got
sick after having got
ten the vaccination
injected in you?
What benefit is it
to pharmaceutical
companies when
people get a large
portion of their
immune protection
from life’s light
exposures? Do they
benefit by everyone
depending on them
for immunity? How
pharmaceutical com
panies leading the vaccination
and drug protocol charge for
COVID-19 are tightly inter
woven with a few primary
decision makers throughout
the FDA, CDC, NIH and World
Health Organization?
When power and financial
incentive (turbo boosted by the
power of fear), is controlled
and harnessed by a small
consolidated circle of decision
makers, policy formulators,
just exactly how much crony
capitalism gets to be shaped
right in front of our eyes before
we recognize what is happen
ing?
Is it possible that pharma
ceutical companies want us
to live in a sterile bubble so
they can sell the world on the
idea of vaccinating us against
the dirty world we live in? Do
you want to be on a worldwide
mandated vaccination con
trolled by a few people? If the
answer is no, be careful what
your mind is being conditioned
to accept...
WADE YODER is a Master Trainer
and Fitness/Nutrition Specialist. Con
tact him at wadeyoder@icloud.com;
Phone (478) 955-1999
Do you know about Old Glory ?
Our United States Flag has
a rich history. Here is a brief
one: An act of Congress in
1818 provided for 13 stripes
and one star for each state to
be added to the flag on the 4th
of July following the admis
sion of each new state. An
executive order from President
Taft established the propo-
sions of the flag and provided
for arrangement of the stars
in six horizontal rows with a
single point of each star to be
upward. President Eisenhower
provided for the arrangement
of stars in seven rows of seven
stars each, staggered hoizon-
tally and verically. He also
provided the arrangement of
stars in nine rows staggered
horizontally and 11 rows stag
gered vertically.
Today the American flag
consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, seven red, alternating
with six white. The stripes
represent the original 13 colo
nies, the stars represent the 50
states of the Union.
• Red symbolizes Hardiness
and Valor.
• White symbolizes Purity
andlnnocence.
• Blue represents Vigilance,
Perseverance and Justice.
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