Many people who do not believe that Jesus is our Savior still celebrate Christmas. It's easy to celebrate by exchanging Him for Santa Clause or keeping Jesus a little baby and making it into a great big birthday party.
But Jesus did not come to stay a child, but to teach and to become a sacrifice for us, to be our Savior.
We cannot keep Jesus a baby in our lives, or we will remain babies in our faith. We cannot grow and represent Him and fulfill His purpose for our lives until we accept Him for everything He was and is. A baby born of a virgin, God come to earth as a man, the Creator of the Universe and our individual lives, the angry man who cast the money changers out of the temple, and the forgiver of the sins who dined with tax collectors and prostitutes, and the One who meets us after we die and sends us to the left or to the right. and the One who understands we can never do what He asks of us on our own and therefore does it for us, through His Holy Spirit.
Mary knew. Everything about Jesus' life was pre-planned from the beginnings of the earth. Everything about Jesus was prophesied in the Old Testament.
Did Mary know who this incredible, miraculous baby was? Mary knew.
Do you?
Heather J. Kirk
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Let #Jesus Grow Up After #Christmas
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The Christmas Highway - Does it ever arrive at my heart?
How do we get ourselves ready for Christmas?
From Isaiah 40:3 "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God," Reverend Tim Smith suggests we "Make a highway for Him into your lives. Your Deliverer comes." (http://www.waterfromrock.org/2012/12/03/monday-december-3-advent-devotional-2012)
It makes me wonder about the path to my own heart.
Is it an open highway or a narrow winding pathway. Or, I must consider, is it an impossible maze or littered with obstacles and debris?
Heather J. Kirk
Monday, December 3, 2012
California Prop 37 Opponent Funders inadvertently have labeled their own foods as GMO for us!
Here is the list of the top donors that opposed labeling:
E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. $5,400,000
PEPSICO, INC. $2,145,400
GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION $2,002,000
BASF PLANT SCIENCE $2,000,000
BAYER CROPSCIENCE $2,000,000
DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC $2,000,000
SYNGENTA CORPORATION $2,000,000
KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL, INC. $1,950,500
NESTLE USA, INC. $1,461,600
COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA $1,455,500
GENERAL MILLS, INC. $1,230,300
CONAGRA FOODS $1,176,700
KELLOGG COMPANY $790,700
SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. $683,900
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY $674,100
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY $598,000
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
#Healthcare Workers in #Colorado dont want #Mandatory #Vaccines
"Flu Shot Being Forced on Health Workers"
See article at : http://healthfreedoms.org/2012/10/19/flu-shot-being-forced-on-health-workers/
Heather J. Kirk
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
My thoughts on #Arizona 's #Propositions. Remember #Constitutional #Amendments make it really hard to get rid of bad ideas!
Source: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment10/01.html#2
Prop 121: No – While two party system may not be perfect, it at least provides people of both parties a chance in unbalanced districts for both parties to be represented. This proposition pretty much eliminates this possibility. It seems to actually reduce, instead of improve, the democratic process and opportunity for a minority group (of any kind) to make it onto the final ballot. It is actually happening right now in California and people are not very happy about it.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Fans' love for #PrinceRoyce #Unconditional / #Incondicional
Fantastic concert last night by Prince Royce at Arizona State University. Though I have to confess I did have to plug my ears a few times...the eruption of thousands of girls shreiking at his entrance was possibly the loudest noise I've ever heard. (Not even Romeo's female fans were louder, but my guess is that Prince Royce's female fans are even younger.)
https://azstatefair.com/event/prince-royce
Video of my favorite song by Prince Royce: Incondicional
Heather J. Kirk
Sunday, October 21, 2012
#Sugar Beets are #GMO too? I had no idea and I think I've been had...
I wish there was a way to know if it was made from cane sugar instead of sugar beets. Pepsi Throwback (my poison of choice) uses both, so I'll never know. Wish I could quit!
Heather J. Kirk
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
We have "Truth in Advertising" laws. I suggest that we create "#Truth in #Politics" laws.
We have "Truth in Advertising" laws. I suggest
that we create "Truth in Politicizing" laws. If a candidate or PAC
lies about a candidate during a debate or a commercial, they would have to 1)
pay for a commercial on which 2) they say they were wrong (I lied, I misquoted,
I misunderstood...) about 'x', 3) but the truth is that my opponent...
Maybe then we would not have so much garbage going around
and so much spinning in a way that it could hardly be called the truth anymore.
Take it out of their campaign funds!
Heather J. Kirk
Saturday, October 6, 2012
#MittRomney Can't Put #PBS or #BigBird Out of Business - Even as President...Unless Listeners Stop Giving
Will Mitt Make Big Bird Disappear? Turns out cuts in federal
funding would hardly make a dent. But why do so few listeners and watchers donate?
I don’t have the answer, but let’s take a look at a few of the facts and a real
life example.
Heather J. Kirk
Monday, October 1, 2012
The image says "#New York Times" at the top and has a quote that discusses "#Veterans' Jobs Bill Block in the Senate" on #Facebook
Facebook is a great way to share information with friends
- but can also end up passing on false or partial information. Therefore, just
like e-mails, I encourage people to check things out!
The image says "New York Times" at the top and
has a quote that discusses "Veterans' Jobs Bill Block in the Senate".
Since at first blush, it does not seem to be a good move politically for Senate
members, I got curious and decided to find and read the article it came from –
and why they would not pass a bill to help Veterans.
It appears that things like Snopes, Fact Check or Truth
Team are not as unbiased as they used to be. So it's good to go directly to
articles quoted, bills discussed or full context of quotes.
I use this example because it is very current and I have
seen it many times and decided to do a little research..
#1: It appears to be from a blogger on NYT on-line site.
Though not just a random person but a regular NYT blogger, this TruthTeam quote
comes from a combination opinion piece /news piece blog. It’s important to
understand that blogs and editorials are created for opinions to be expressed,
based on the news and current events, but not necessarily unbiased news
reports.
#2: It’s always good to read things in context, and get
opposing views. So here is a link to the article.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/veterans-jobs-bill-blocked-in-the-senate/
The overall tone is not a whole lot different from the
quote, but according to the article, Republicans voted against it specifically
because the $1 billion bill was not funded. There does appear to be an expected
source of funding, but possibly not attached to this bill. Also saw that the $1
billion would be to create up to 20,000 jobs. That's a minimum of $50,000 to
create each job - not even the actual income veterans would receive.
My goal: To
encourage people to not just pass along little snippets that sound good.
Instead to get involved in the political process by educating and informing
themselves. This is just one example of how I chose to do that.
Heather J. Kirk
Friday, September 28, 2012
We know your vote counts - make sure it's logical too!
We know your vote counts - make sure it's logical too!
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Metal Prints and Chicken Soup Finalist...
An essay of mine titled "Thin Places" about my experience in the Dominican
Republic, and the need to live by faith, has made it (so far) to the final round
for an upcoming anthology titled Chicken Soup for the Soul: Finding
My Faith. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Find new image "Dominican Cigars
Being Made by Hand" in the Poster Prints Gallery or directly here:
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Do "all things" really work together for good? Even the tragedies we cannot see our way though?
Just tonight I prayed with a friend going through an extended difficult trial, the familiar verse: Romans 8:28 "
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." I try to be careful with this overused quotation, unless I have already explained to someone my own interpretation...that God does not cause bad things to happen just so He can turn around and make them come out 'good". We live in a world that falls (very far) short of perfection and bad things happen. But in spite of those things, God has the ability bring some elusive, and sometimes even amazing, good thing out of it.
Monday, April 30, 2012
#Insanity – The #FitTest and then trying to get off the floor
Insanity Fit Test: My numbers were not too bad. Fairly close (though less than) what the actors said their first week's numbers were - that is until I got to the upper body, push-uppy kind of things.
See those guns on me?? Looks like my arms would have a t least a little strenght, right? All bark and no bite. Worthless! I actually wrote "10 LAME pushups". 'Lame' means that I did not dip more than one inch - seriously. Hopefully on my next fit test I can remove the lame, even if the number count is lower.
The fit test was so incredibly exhausting that I could not get up off the floor afteward for 20 minutes. Perhaps I never would have gotten up off the floor, except that the incredibly repetitive music that plays over the intro screen to each Insanity DVD would not stop unless I crawled at least to the remote control.
Shower. Bed. We'll see what comes next.
Heather J. Kirk
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Remembering #HenrySantos concert in Scottsdale
I attended a fantastic concert on April 21, 2012, at Ocean7 in Scottsdale, Arizona, by Henry Santos and band (all of them fantastic musicians). As you can tell by the photo, all the men were relegated to the back rows as the women pushed to the front and tried to get a touch of Henry.
Henry obliged, touching and kissing hands, waving and smiling, telling anyone who yelled out "Te amo!" - "I love you too." And while sweet and flirty and allowing people up on the stage for various reasons - he kept the women under control, but happy, with chaste little kisses and one pretty-sexy bachata dance. Although he teased about taking off his shirt (it had been 100 degrees that day and still pretty hot on stage at midnight), he never obliged the screaming masses on that one.
Which reminds me - no one was able to understand my mom's comment on the video I posted of the Romeo Santos' concert. What she said after Romeo's third wardrobe change was, "I had hoped he'd take more clothes off, not put more on!
Getting back to my point… Henry is a consummate performer and I am glad to have been able to attend the concert. Blessings Henry - I'm looking forward to seeing you do more amazing things.
Content and Photos copyright by Heather J. Kirk