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Teaching: The Canon of Scripture: How the Bible was “made,” formed / came to be, The Codex

Karen

Every Sunday I provide videos and valuable links to the Truth or Tradition teachings. We’ve been following the Truth or Tradition teachings for many years now and they have truly blessed our family. We have found peace and happiness through our beliefs and we walk confidently for God. My hope, by passing on this information to you, is that what you find here, or on the Truth or Tradition website, will guide you to a better, more blessed and abundant life.

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Youngest Son Loses the Braces – or alternatively titled – No More Orthodontist Trips!!

Karen

We’ve been going to this one orthodontist on and off for about … ten years now. Dude first went to him when he was in third grade because he had too many teeth and not enough mouth – so we stretched his upper palate and MADE room. He was in braces for a year. We then had to take him back when he started high school and put him back in braces for another three years.

Now he has a mouth full of pearly whites. (Well, they could be whiter).

Jazz’s teeth, on the other hand, weren’t that bad. He had room for all of his teeth and they weren’t really crooked enough to justify braces, (we thought at the time), but he had a pretty noticeable overbite – think bunny bite.

We took him to the dentist. He took a mold of his mouth and showed us what needed to be done – Jazz’s teeth were a little worse than we initially thought.

So, we put him in braces in November 2009.

Braces for Second Son

He was only supposed to have braces for two years … it ended up being two and a half years.

They finally took the braces off yesterday.

I left work and went to his orthodontist’s office so that I could participate in the “embarrass the teenage boy” ceremony. The boys’ orthodontist always plays the “Celebration” song by Kool and the Gang, lines up, claps and makes the kids wear funny hats whenever they have their braces removed. It’s quite the fanfare.

A chance to embarrass my teenage son?!? I wouldn’t have missed that for the world. I told the gals at work I was leaving to witness this momentous occasion and to bite my ass if they didn’t like it. (Okay, I didn’t say that last part, but I meant it because HELLO, family first, ya’ll).

Braces Off!

Jazz was happy to see me. I hammed it up and danced along with the song and that only added whip cream to his embarrassed pie. Ha!

He’s happy. He’s happy to have them off. He’s happy to have pretty teeth. He’s happy because he doesn’t have to feel self-conscious about his smile. And I think he’s really looking forward to showing off his pearly whites to his band friends … his GIRL band friends.

I don’t even want to know.

But you know what Jazz told me was the best part about having his braces off now? He could eat popcorn again!

It’s all about priorities, you see.

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Audio Teaching: The Idiom of Permission

Karen

by John Schoenheit
God is love. However, there are things God is said to do in the Bible that seem to be clearly unloving. For example, even though God wanted the Israelites to go free from Egypt, the Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart so he would not let Israel go (Exod. 9:12). The answer to many difficult verses in the Bible in which God is said to do something that seems against His nature is that the Semitic languages, such as the Hebrew of the Old Testament, often use an active verb (like “hardened”) idiomatically. When God does something that elicits a response from people, God is often idiomatically said to actually produce the response. In the case of Pharaoh, God righteously asked Pharaoh to let Israel go, and in response Pharaoh hardened his heart, but idiomatically in the Semitic languages God is said to be the one to do the hardening. In this teaching, John Schoenheit explains the “Idiom of Permission” simply but thoroughly, revealing that God is the righteous and loving God we know Him to be.”

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Can We Talk?

Choices … You Has Them

Karen

At least … for now.

This came from Facebook. And I’m amazed at the comments …

It all depends on the situation others put you in.

My parents both were physically abusive while I was growing up.. can someone tell me how the hell that’s my fault?

Unless you’re murdered or raped..or had your life savings stolen by some greedy teach… I mean wall street fat-cat… then it’s Obama’s fault.

As usual, people are looking for excuses to get out of responsbility, or making tough choices. I’m not saying life is easy – for some, it downright sucks – what I’m saying is, it’s HOW you react to those crappy situations, it’s HOW you CHOOSE to deal with that situation and HOW you CHOOSE to live your life after that crappy situation that’s important.

We all get placed in situations we don’t like and don’t want. We can choose to leave it or accept it. Regardless, we always have a choice how we behave and respond while we are there.

Crappy childhood? Move past it and put yourself in a situation where you can help other children in crappy situations.

In a crappy relationship? Get out of it. Of course it’s not easy … nothing worth having is easy – get over that mindset right now. You want something, whether that’s a better relationship, a new job, a better place to live, more opportunities, then by golly, make it happen. There’s always a way – always. The problem is, do you have the balls to FIND it and then PURSUE it??

Stop whining – make better choices. Take responsibility for your own life.

Unless you’re happy with someone, or some ENTITY (i.e the government) making your choices for you – then whatever. It’s your life. If that’s what you CHOOSE – if you CHOOSE to allow someone, or some ENTITY, to make your choices for you – FINE – stop whining about it; that was your choice.

You CHOOSE your own path. Don’t like it? Change it.

Otherwise, leave the rest of us alone who CHOOSE our own paths.

Yo.