...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"
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
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