I've Had Writer's Block

...I'm really not sure what's been up with me lately because as far as the never endingstory and ongoing saga of my sometimes tumultous life...I am just about to share one of the single most important events in my life!!!

...You would think I would be excited to spit it out and the words would literally be dripping off the page or ooooooozzzzzzinnnnnggggggggg out of the monitor screen, LOL...

...Probably another symptom of this manic depressive roller coaster ride I can't seem to get off of...

In the powerful wonderful beautiful precious eternal awesome NAME OF JESUS...I COMMAND AND DEMAND THE FORCES OF DARKNESS TO RELEASE ME AND MY MIND AND EMOTIONS.

...NO WEAPONS FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER BECAUSE I OVERCAME THEM THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORDS OF MY TESTIMONY!!!!!

...HALLELUJAH JESUS I AM FREE AND FREE INDEED!!!

...NOW, THAT FEELS BETTER!

...Everybody knows I am nuts now for sure...As if there was ever any doubt...

...Let me see...The current news is that I am experiencing a lot of anxiety over my Brides health issues and before you even think it or say it, I am fully cognizant of what the scriptures has to say about it...

How does that go?

..."BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD, AND THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS!"

...I am certainly not perfect though and the human side of me wants to fret and conjure up all kinds of dark scenarios, while God's Spirit continally reminds me That...

..."GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT A SPIRIT OF POWER, OF LOVE, AND A  SOUND MIND"...

...On the financial front,  We are still under attack and being assaulted by the IRS...

...Recently I had a letter published on the OP/ED page of the KALAMAZOO GAZETTE, that may shed some light on that subject...

...Let me copy and paste the textual contents of that letter  to shed some light on that subject......

Mailbox brings another round of bad news


My wife is the sole bread winner in our household. She receives a monthly stipend check from the state of Michigan for $320 and change for her services as a live-in chore provider and home nurse for my invalid widowed mother. This amount represents an annual income of less than $4,000.

On March 5, she went to the mailbox to retrieve her only income for the month and instead of a check she received a form letter from the IRS telling her they had seized her entire earnings and would continue to do so until a long-time disputed tax debt of somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,500 was satisfied.

A few months back they seized last years stimulus check for $600 for the same reason.

The original tax debt that the IRS contended we owed them was only $1,000 and change but now, after they have seized more than $900, they say we are still indebted for an amount that exceeds the original debt.

Everyday all we hear about is money, money, money, bailout, bailout, bailout.

Well, guess what? Who is bailing us out?

The government just seized every dime of what little income we have to survive on and, to add insult to injury, promised us that they intend to continue seizing our $320 a month for the next four months as well.

I'm not sure how much more of this kinder, gentler government my wife and I can stand.

We are not deadbeats or usurpers of the system and its resources.

This new century has not been kind to us. We lost our dream home in Louisville, have had to close two separate businesses, have both been put on the unemployment line and exhausted those benefits several times because of a bad economy and the companies we were working for closing their doors forever.

For two years now we have been promised new hope and better times ahead and how our president was going to change things for the better. It is now as bad as it can get.

No income, no health care, and no hope for bailouts from Uncle Sam here. Just a swift kick in the groin thank you very much.

Michael Bowling

Kalamazoo
 
...In Response to that letter being in the paper an Amazing thing happened...
 
...I like to call this...
 
..."PAYING IT FORWARD"...
 
...Flag this messageLetter to the EditorMonday, April 20, 2009 9:43 AMFrom: "Beth Bowling" View contact details To: ajohnson@kalamazoogazette.com
 
My husband, Michael and I being a family of faith are thanking God for our benefactor that blessed us with a much needed gift of $100.00 that was passed to us through the Kalamazoo Gazette Op/Ed staff Ms. Adrian Johnson in response to a recent Letter To The Editor that was published on Tuesday April 14th.


This blessed gift represents our only income for over 2 months now..

We have no other way to personally Thank this person for their generosity as it was done anonymously. But it sure came at an opportune time as our Spirits had been cruelly crushed just a few days prior when the mailbox brought us another round of bad news for the second month in a row.

Now morally, it doesn't seem right that our new and supposedly friendlier government under the New Obama Administration would condone such strong arm tactics against those who can least afford it???

Is it even legal to levy a families entire monthly income, or are they only allowed to collect a certain percentage it?

I'm sorry for getting off point here...

My real intent is to thank the lovely person in the only way we can at this point for their incredible act of generosity and compassion. It is a restoration of ones faith in humanity when a complete stranger so selflessly reaches out to a fellow traveler in their time of need. May our Heavenly Father richly reward and Bless you and yours for your act of kindness. Now we too, when able, will Pay It Forward

Mrs. Beth Bowling

105 East Walnut

Apt. 2313

Kalamazoo, Mi. 49007

(269)344-4952


...The next round of good financial news is...
 
...I am Starting back driving for Yellow Cab again which I have to assume is a good gift from God for now...
 
..."EACH AND EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMETH FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS, FROM WHOM  THERE IS NO VARIABLENESS NOR SHADOW OF TURNING"...
 
...I always said that every Minister of the Gospel should have to do at least one year of an internship driving a Taxi as an insight of sorts into the Humanities and a study of Urban Dynamics...
 
...The trick is to not get killed or crippled in the process...LOL...
 
...Well I guess This going to be about as good as it gets for now with this writers block and all.  Hopefully I'll get back to telling the best parts of my story...  A D...My life after Christ real soon!
 
...UNTIL THEN...
 
..."MAY THE PEACE AND POWER OF GOD ALMIGHTY THROUGH CHRIST JESUS HIS SON RULE AND REIGN SUPREMELY IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES DAILY, MOMENT BY MOMENT UNTIL HE RETURNS OR UNTIL WE SHED THIS MORTAL COIL!"
 
BARUCH HASHEM ADONAI
 
BROTHER MICHAEL

April is a Blessed month and our youngest's 1st Name

MANY OF GOD'S RICHEST BLESSINGS IN OUR FAMILY'S HISTORY CAME IN THE MONTH OF APRIL AND IS OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTERS FIRST NAME!

APRIL 16, 2009...

...HAPPY 32nd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MISS BETH!..


... There are so many great things that occurred in the month of April in mine and Beth's life as well as our entire family.  The two greatest things that ever happened to me personally, happened in April!   I Married my Soul Mate and I was Reconciled to my God and Creator...After That God Blessed us with A Family Of Our Own!!!

...1.  I married the Bride of my youth, Beth Ellen Edmonds on April 16, 1977!..


...2.  I was born again on April 12, 1981 @ 12:05 PM...

...3.  I was Baptised April 26, 1981...

...4.  Our First Child, and first Daughter, Aimee' Beth Bowling was born on April 5, 1979...She was most assuredly the Apple of her Mothers eye, and her Fathers Pride and Joy...God's Spirit and Anointing has always been apparent in her life, even up until this very day.

...5.  Our second child, my first and only son Michael DeWayne Bowling the second {REPEAT} was born on April 9, 1986...{Take note that he was born 7 years after our first child. The number 7, God's number of perfection and of great Spiritual Significance}...He is Definitely Momma's Boy
 and his Father's Son For Good and Bad But He Too will soon have to answer God's call on His life Just like His Father and become a Great and powerful Minister of the Gospel Of Jesus Christ...

...6.  Our third and last child, second Daughter April Danielle Bowling was  Born on March 9, 1988 by Ceaserien Section because of Pre-Natal Medical complications a month early...She would have  most probably been born in April also if Birth would have have been natural and therefore because of all the special things that had occurred in our lives up until that point we decided to name her April...And She has proven herself to be an exceptional and very special Child. And all of heaven and Earth are holding their collective Breath awaiting for her to Become That awesome Angel on Earth for the Glory of God's Kingdom!...

All of our Children, their Soul Mates, and their children, and childrens children have been blanketed in prayer with a covering so wide and strong that their entire lives have been covered and set apart for a special anointing of God's Grace and Power...It is their destiny and History will declare it as it will be revealed  in the fruition of the fullness of time...




Just wanted to tell you, my precious family, my children, their Soul Mates, and my grandbabies today that I love you very much and that you are never far from my thoughts and my heart...

...Enjoy your 30's they were the most healthiest physically out of my entire life...You are in your prime at that age if you keep yourself in good physical shape...

... Always be on guard that Satan doesn't use your good health and beauty to cause you to stray off of God's chosen path for your life...


...Satan's strategy will come in the form of causing disatisfaction with your relationship to your soulmate and will breed discontent towards your husband or wife...

...Oftentimes our own flesh, with the help of satan and his demonic hordes will try to get us to entertain thoughts of possibilities of secret encounters and rendevous and even entire new relationships with someone other than the one that we have covenanted with and vowed before God Family and friends to invest our entire life and future with...

... Do not fall for it or even entertain the possibility of it "EVER"!!!!

...IT IS A TRICK AND A LIE! AND YOU CAN NEVER TAKE IT BACK ONCE YOU CROSS THAT LINE! TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT I KNOW THIS UNFORTUNATELY BY EXPERIENCE.



Recognize it immediately when the lies of inappropriate flattery begin to find their way into your awareness...You will know or should know and recognize this demonic player when it appears...



...The test is when you feel that you have to hide or conceal this flattery from your beloved because you know that they would certainly take offense and consider the remarks to be out of bounds.



Many a family has been hurt and damaged and some never recover and are destroyed when these sneak thieves are introduced into the family dynamic!



This time in your life and in your marriage and with your young children can be the best years of everyones lives and that is why our enemy devotes so much time and energy to try and cause these feelings of dissatisfaction and discontent he trys to get us to focus on all of our struggles and the the things we feel that we dont have rather than the things we do have...



Family is one of God's greatest gifts and blessings that He bestows on us and instead we find ourselves focusing on all of the things that can never meet our needs and bring us true happiness and joy like Money and our lack of it or our insane pursuit of riches and wealth and the accumulation of all things material and Temporary...



Gods richest commandments and the ones that bring us the most joy and satisfaction are wrapped up in giving and how much we give not in the getting and how muich we keep and horde...



I am only sharing these wisdoms and beliefs as a matter of experience and observation and revelation that can only come with age and divine understanding tried and true through the crucible of pain, loss, and failure...



remember that old saying, "THAT IF I ONLY KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW"?



Please dear loved ones, learn from my mistakes and do not repeat them...



"EVERYDAY GOD GIVES US IS A GIFT...NOT A PROBLEM OR DILEMMNA THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED!


A HUMBLE AND UNDESERVING SERVANT OF THE ONE AND ONLY, TRUE AND  LIVING GOD!

MICHAEL  SR.