Fear God?

"The Point" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-   I remember when I was just a small child the first time I heard the phrase "God Fearing" and I could not understand it.  I love God and He loves me -how could I be afraid of Him?  He will ALWAYS do me good - He loves me and I love Him.  He will put me where I belong - How could I be afraid of that? If He puts me in Hell then I know that's where I belong and because of that I will go there with joy in my heart.

And the Spheres Move Still!

"Fancy Hill" by Drew John Tankersley

  Happy sez-  Here we are - time to think about thinking about sandals, shorts and summer!  It may be cold still but the spheres are moving through the heavens and time is moving through our lives and so comes the time of happy summer warmth!  Now we just gotta get through these frightful storms! 

Fear of God

"Mountain of Power" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  As I mentioned in an earlier post God is always there, it's up to you whether or not you are, indeed the times in my life when things do not go well, the times when I screw up are the times when I do things that I know in my heart, in my gut are not right but I somehow always justify it and go ahead and listen to my ego instead of listening to God, listening to my heart.  God is always there and God always loves you. When I was very young and innocent I would hear people talk about the "Fear of God" and I never understood, how can anyone be afraid of one that gives you total and unconditional love?  God is not mean nor vengeful, nor will He ever hurt you, so how could one be afraid?  It is only when one gets away from God, when YOU leave Him, when YOU lose sight of his love that fear can grip your heart, that indescribable loneliness of being without God.  That is the real fear, not the fear of God but the fear of not being with God.   God will always love you and care for you, He will put you where you belong and will bless you with the challenges and rewards you need.  They may not always be what you want but they will be what you should have, and these, no matter what they are you should accept with love as they were given with love.

Season of Rememberance

"Psychedelic Cabin" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  Now that the winter with it's cold and short days are here so it is a time to remember all the people and friends we know and have known, and all our family far and near.  Many of us are busy searching for a gift, writing card and making phone calls - but if none of that gets done the main purpose this season is remembering, remembering and thinking of each of them, of their personality and presence, their essence - but of course this is the season  most of all to remember God and Christ.

No Regrets

"Through the Barrier" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  Always take the high road.  Always do what YOU feel in your gut, in your heart is right.  You may have regrets in things that happen to you in your life but you'll never regret how you lived your life

There Still There?

"Fancy Hill" by Drew John Tankersely

Happy sez-  Take the time today to go outside and look at the sky and think about how far it is to the other end and how long it would take to get there.  Would there still be a there when you got there?


Here is an interesting link:

Relativity

Beginnings and Ends

"Electric Sleigh" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy Sez-  With Halloween gone and Thanksgiving almost here fall is fast turning to winter. It's time this year especially to gather with family and friends and realize what a blessing they are. Life like the seasons quickly flows, a never ending cycle of beginnings and ends.

Yvonne

Today we remember a wildflower in the meadow of life, 

a flower of innocence.

a flower of kindness,

a flower of sweetness

a flower of God

 Yvonne

Big Weekend

"Vibrant Earth" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy Sez- Labor Day, big weekend coming up and kids already back in school - lots going on in our society with the change of seasons - let's all try our best to have a good season - a season of reason and a season of hearth, truly a season to be happy.

Here's a link:
Labor Day history

What God Is

" The Lamp" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  That's what God is - Life, Light and Love.  Have a blessed Sunday!

 

Off We Go

"Summer Breeze" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  With summer still in full swing there is still time to swing across the ol' swimming hole on a rope and tire - dropping with a cool splash into the water below.  It may be hard to think of now but in many places in the country in about five or six months that swimming hole will be used for ice skating.  The constant cycles of nature are producing patterns among which fall follows summer and winter follows fall each day a little shorter than the last and each night a little longer than the last and so it goes until the cycle repeats and the pattern repeats.  So off we go following the cycles and patterns of our universe and our lives and off we go to being forever blessed with renewal and rebirth.

Nothing Easy but Trouble

"Cindy's Afternoon Storm" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez- Ever notice how some people seem to go through life always hitting the green lights and getting the best parking spots? Me either.  I guess some people live a charmed life but I don't know too many, if any that do.  There are times when some people seem to have it all and enjoy it but if you look deeper I think you'll find that most everyone has their troubles and problems.  That doesn't mean life is not full of joy, love and beauty - it is but that also doesn't mean that most important things come easy.  Years ago when in collage I worked for some nice folks who had a LOT of money and two young sons a little older than I.  These guys seemed to have it all- they were nice guys, rich, beautiful cars, boats and girls around them all the time and didn't seem to have a care in the world.  Years latter I stopped by one of their old businesses and asked about them, one had died of  a bad liver at a young age, the other committed suicide. Just goes to show you nothing in this world comes easy but trouble.

It's Still Turning

'Mitisos" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez- The world is still turning the last time I looked out my window and I haven't fallen off yet even though I've had a pretty loose grip at times.  Summer now is in it's prime but I notice the days are getting a bit shorter so we know the promise of fall will be fulfilled at it's appointed time.  Now is the time however to enjoy the hot, bright, sunny days and long soft evenings before the leaves turn and the long soft evenings turn to a short twilight and the quite peace of night.

Here's a link:

livescience.com

The Freedom of Anonymity

"Bright Comet Night" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez- A friend and I were talking the other day about the difference of living in the city and out in the country away from a town.  I have lived in both settings and their is a lot of things different; some aspects of city life are good and some aspects of county life is good - they both have their good and bad sides like most everything else.  Their is one thing that is different that most people don't think of and that is anonymity.  When you live in a small town or out in the boonies you still have to go into a small town to do business and people in a small town or people out in the boonies will always know what is going on around them including who is doing what where and to whom.  In a city no one knows who you are or cares.  In a way,  that is kind of cold but in another way there is kind of a peacefulness in being anonymous, a freedom in not having to worry what people will say or think.  The concern that people have for you in a rural setting is a wonderful gift and blessing and it is I think, for the most part, real but it is not always and that can be more hurtful than someone who doesn't know you and don't care.  Country or city - those that love you will love you in either setting and those that don't  won't.  In either case God is there because He is always with you!

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Truth - Society's Cleaner

" Stormy Night" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  .  It is nice to talk about happy things, colors and times yet in life the talk can not always be happy if it is truthful and now is the time for truth.  We are blessed with a nice summer this year, a time of happiness and joy but it seems we are taking those blessings and ignoring them so we can pursue our human ambition of self destruction.  We as individuals and as a species lie and cheat, hurt and destroy, kill others and disrespect our creator all for the lust not of money but of power, the power that some feel they must have over their fellow man and our universe. As like seems to attract like so does it seem bullies attract one another and begin to form bonds that will eventually turn into a government then into tyranny. Unlike a God given right which is granted to us individually and directly from God the illegitimate and false power of a bully does not come from God and is not a right that they have been granted as many bullies in the form of Pharaohs, monarchs and rulers have claimed.  The only way to have a society and government that is moral and does not turn to tyranny is that the people that make up that society to be truthful, honest and moral for  tyranny cannot live in a moral society  Truth to a bully is like sunshine, soap and hot water is to something that is dirty.  Our society is filled with the politically correct lies of bullies and in order to be free and remain free we MUST stand up to and clean out those bullies with the truth.

Thank God and Have a Happy Fourth of July!

"Bright Comet Night" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  As I said last year today we celebrate one of the happiest days ever for the human race -  the birth of AMERICA !!  This is a day the whole of the human race can stand proud and hopeful for it was on this day 240 years ago that a group of people proclaimed that they did not need a king to give them their rights - as their rights, indeed all rights, come directly and individually from God.  It was because of this extraordinary realization that people are created free and equal that was the reason the United States was founded and that realization is perhaps one of God's greatest Graces.  Thank God and Have a Happy Fourth of July! 

Here is a important link: 
lexrex.com

Ugly Dogs and Bad Women

"The Swell" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  With the summer here and the time of short shorts, bathing suits and long evenings I'd like to take the time to remind everyone ( especially the boys ) of one of Ol' Happy's favorite and true sayings - God never made a bad dog or an ugly women, but he sure made some ugly dogs and bad women!  Enjoy the season!!

Here's a link, a bit of nudity both dog and human but amusing:

Hound and Human Kind

Happy Traveling!

"In The Grain" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  The beautiful, hot summer is here - a time when things grow and a time to go, to go and see what's over that hill and around that bend.  Each day when we travel through the time our life is lived in we see a new sight, we go up and down the hills and around the bends in our lives, but in the summer, with it's long days and soft nights travel across the land our lives are lived in is not only easier but  I also find that with the new scenery that summer brings comes new roads in my mind. Happy traveling!

Here's a link:
travelandleisure.com

Yes Has No Power

"Color Lightning" by Drew John Tankersley

Happy sez-  It's seems of late that a lot of topics I am posting about are not the happy, light topics that are fun to talk and think about, but the world is made up of a little of everything, some of which are fun and some of which are serious.  One consolation is that if we talk about, pay attention to and take care of the serious side of life then we will be able to devote more of our time to the fun things!  The other day I heard someone on, I believe the radio, say something the I thought was profound yet obvious once it is pointed out. The subject was the bureaucracy and reasons why all the massive and burdensome rules and regulations before you can do the simplest thing.   I wish I could remember who said it and give them credit for it, if any of my readers know who originally said this I would love to know so please leave a comment and let me know! It might have been a person running for office, perhaps on a local level. The reason is quite simple -  there is no power in yes.  Power is only created by and brought into existence when someone has the ability to tell someone else no. No has power, yes does not - really quit simple.  That is why governments and especially bureaucracies grow not only in size but power.  That is why they cannot stop growing, almost like a progressive cancer left unchecked it will grow and progress until that is the only thing left, until all else is chocked out.  Not a pleasant subject, cancer - either in your physical body nor in your body politic but like a medical cancer early detection is best, the sooner you are aware of it the sooner you can cure yourself.  And that is a Happy Thing!