The Amanda Cook Band performing “Magnolia Wind”.
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Magnolia Wind
Songwriters: Guy Clark and Shawn Camp
I'd rather sleep in a box like a bum on the street
Than a fine feather bed without your little ol' cold feet
And I'd rather be deaf, dumb, and stone blind
Than to know that your mornings will never be mine
And I'd rather die young than to live without you
I'd rather go hungry than eat lonesome stew
You know it's once in a lifetime and it won't come again
It's here and it's gone on a magnolia wind
I'd rather not walk through the garden again
If I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind
Well if it ever comes time that it comes time to go
Sis' pack up your fiddle, Sis' pack up your bow
If I can't dance with you then I won't dance at all
I'll just sit this one out with my back to the wall
I'd rather not hear pretty music again
If I can't hear your fiddle on a magnolia wind
If I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind
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8.] When Fasting Turns to Feasting [Death to Life]
The Prophet Joel often focused on
“the Day of the LORD”… a day where
the LORD would set things straight.
The hope for YHWH’s return & the fixing of this
broken world is a thing worth praying & fasting
for: Joel 1:14-15 Consecrate a fast [tsom],
proclaim a solemn assembly; gather the elders
& all the inhabitants of the land to the house of
YHWH your GOD, & cry out to YHWH.
Woe for the day! For the day of YHWH is near, &
it will come as destruction from the ALMIGHTY.
Joel 2:12-15, 18 “Yet even now,” declares YHWH,
“Return to ME with all your heart, & with fasting
[u-v-tson], weeping, & mourning; and tear your
heart & not merely your garments.” Now return
to YHWH your GOD — for HE is gracious and com
-passionate, slow to anger, abounding in mercy
& relenting of catastrophe.
Who knows, HE might turn & relent, and leave a
blessing behind HIM, resulting in a grain offering
& a drink offering for YHWH your GOD.
Blow a trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast [tson],
proclaim a solemn assembly…& YHWH, zealous
for HIS land, will have compassion for HIS ppl.
This was the meaning of fasting… be sincere &
turn your hearts back to YHWH and you will be
rewarded with a lifetime of HIS compassion &
mercy.
But we fail, as GOD’s children, all the time.
It is part of being human.
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Fasting was a way to re-dedicate ourselves to
our Creator, but fasting was not meant to be a
never-ending sacrifice.
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In YHWH’s Garden Kingdom there would be no
need for fasting & no place for it either.
The Table in YHWH’s Kingdom was always full:
Revelation 22:1-5 Then the Angel showed me a
river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flow
-ing from the throne of GOD — and of the LAMB
down the middle of the main street of the city.
On either side of the river stood a tree of life,
bearing twelve kinds of fruit & yielding a fresh
crop for each month;
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& the leaves of the tree are for the healing of
the nations. No longer will there be any curse.
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The throne of GOD & of the LAMB will be within
the city, & HIS servants will worship HIM. They'll
see HIS face — and HIS name will be on their
foreheads.
There will be no more night in the city, & they will
have no need for the light of a lamp or of the Sun.
For the LORD GOD will shine on them
— and they will reign forever & ever.
In the final garden scene YHWH provided the water
of life & a continual feast of fruit.
There would be no famine & no fasting in YHWH’s
Garden Kingdom. The curse of death had no place
there—and so there was also no place for fasting.
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𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 of our
mortality, because we would no longer be mortal.
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In other words, in YHWH’s House we are to eat—
drink & be merry… & you'll never be hungry again!
Disclaimer and post-script: Fasting should only be
practised by those who are healthy & have sound,
#established, eating habits. I would also suggest
𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽, so you can be
accountable to each other, and watch out for each
other’s health & safety.
In fact, you may opt for the alternative “fasting” of
Isaiah 58, which is not about giving up food, but is
instead about the giving of yourself to others…
feeding, clothing, and housing those in need. I am
recently widowed, & this past week I was hit hard
with Covid-19.
As a result, my friend did this alternate “fasting”
for me. She brought part of her meal that she had
made for herself and left it at my door.
I was in need and she fed me… that’s the “fasting”
that GOD encourages us to do. Thank you, Doris,
for bearing GOD’s image to me & to all who are
blessed to have you in their lives. Shalom!
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Comment: Linda | August 12, 2022 @8:14PM
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Thank you so much for all the work, that goes into
teaching us GOD’s Word so clearly; just discovered
your website & I am so grateful for your hard work
I am so terribly sorry to hear of the loss of your
husband. May our GOD of comfort be there to
give you HIS love and help you to get through
this terrible time. [Deuteronomy 31:6]
Source: Hebrew Word Lessons
Tsum/Tsom: Fasting P,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | Sarah E. Fisher [1 Kings 21:8]
Mercy: Death to Life | Amanda Cook [Mark 13:24-27]
Brave New World
My past embraced
My sin forgiven
I'm blameless in Your sight
My history rewritten
My past embraced
My sin forgiven
I'm blameless in Your sight
My history rewritten
'Cause You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
I know that You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
Oh love, great love
Fear cannot be found in You
And there will never be a day
You're uncertain of the ones You choose, yeah
'Cause You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
I know that You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
Yes, You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgment
Know You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
It's new every morning
So I will wake
And spend my days
Loving the One who has raised me up
From death to life
From wrong to right
You're making all things beautiful
Yes, I will wake
And spend my days
Loving the One who has raised me up
From death to life
From wrong to right
You're making all things beautiful
Yes, I will wake
And spend my days
Loving the One who has raised me up
From death to life
From wrong to right
You're making all things beautiful
Yes, I will wake
And spend my days
Loving the One who has raised me up
From death to life
From wrong to right
You're making all things beautiful
You're making all things beautiful
You're making all things beautiful
You're making all things beautiful
'Cause You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
Know that You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
Know that You delight in showing mercy
And mercy triumphs over judgement
Songwriters: Steffany Dawn Gretzinger / Amanda Lindsey Cook
Mercy lyrics © Bethel Music Publishing
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Over one year on from Dobbs, please remember the victims of abortion bans in America. These are just the ones that made it to the news:
Marlena Stell
Amanda Zurawski
Mylissa Farmer
The 10-year-old from Ohio
The 16-year-old from Florida
The 15-year-old from Florida
Nancy Davis
Elizabeth Weller
Anya Cook
Kelly Shannon
Jessica Bernardo
Kierstan Hogan
Taylor Edwards
Kylie Beaton
Gabriella Gonzalez
Samantha Casiano
Lauren Van Vleet
Austin Dennard
Lauren Miller
Jaci Statton
Kristina Cruickshank
Tara George
Kailee DeSpain
Deborah Dorbert
Mayron Hollis
Kristen Anya
Heather Maberry
Melissa Novak
Kayla Smith
Lauren Christensen
Beth Long
Anabely Lopes
Christina Zielke
Kaitlyn Joshua
Lauren Hall
Carmen Broesder
Jill Hartle
Brittany Vidrine
Jane Doe from Massachusetts, who had an ectopic pregnancy rupture because a pregnancy crisis center told her it was viable
The Jane Doe had an ectopic pregnancy rupture after an anti-abortion pregnancy center told her she had a normal pregnancy
Emily Doe, whose fetus had lungs that wouldn’t develop and had no kidneys. The pregnancy had the potential to endanger her health…but it wasn’t endangering it yet. So she had to flee Missouri for an abortion.
Victoria Doe from Louisiana, who had to go to Oregon
Ashley Brandt
Anna Zargarian
Reverend and Doctor Love Holt
Michelle Mitchenor
Brooke High
Ashley from Mississippi, who was raped and forced to give birth to her rapist's baby. She's 13.
Nicole Blackmon
Allie Phillips
Jennifer Adkins
When we do win back our right to bodily autonomy, forced birthers will forget these people. Some have absolutely no idea who these people are. But when you tell them you hope what they force on others gets forced on them, they gasp and say you're evil. Because they recognize that what they force on others is wrong, and they think they deserve better than their victims.
If you think the "abortion debate" is merely a difference of opinion, you haven't been paying attention.
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