Are we alone out here, navigating through the often dangerous and unpredictable seas of life all by ourselves?
When disaster strikes, and we know it will at some point, many of us anticipate that no one but ourselves and those closest to us will be there to provide help when we need it most.
When we’re at our weakest, when all hope is lost, and when survival seems impossible, Divine Providence may well intervene and come to our aid.
Whether you believe in God and guardian angels or not, there is ample evidence from thousands of stories from people around the world that suggest what we think we know about our existence is very limited in scope – and that there is more out there than we’ll ever understand.
A small Missouri town is looking for a man not suspected of a crime but, rather, a miracle.
“I think that this time I’ve actually witnessed a guardian angel at work,” Jeremiah See of the New London Fire Department told ABC News.
An unidentified allegedly drunken driver hit Katie Lentz, of Quincy, Mo., head on Aug. 4 while traveling on Route 19 near Center, Mo., pinning the 19-year-old in the front seat of her convertible. With her vital signs failing fast, she asked rescue crews to pray with her.
That’s when first responders say a man who looked like a Catholic priest seemed to appear out of nowhere, despite a 2-mile perimeter blocking the scene.
“He began to pray and use the anointing oil,” New London Fire Chief Raymond Reed said. “There was a calmness that, to me, seemed to come over the entire scene.”
But that’s not the only seemingly divine detail.
Firefighters say their equipment kept failing until the mystery man showed up.
“The words were to remain calm, that our tools would now work,” Reed said. “Instantaneously, at that moment, our neighboring department arrived with fresh extrication tools.”
Lentz survived, but the man vanished before crews could thank him.
ABC News via Steve Quayle
A sketch artist’s rendering of the “mystery priest:”
Watch Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Adair, who was first on the scene, relay his story:
I never saw how he got there. The road was blocked off for quite a few miles… two or three miles. I don’t see how he could have driven up in a car because he wouldn’t of been allowed past the other emergency responders that were blocking the highway. And, it was way too far for an ordinary person to walk there. Then he was gone. I don’t know how mysterious that is.
But his actions gave hope and faith to the emergency workers.
Before he had arrived the fire chief had stepped back and had come up to me and said that he was concerned because he was out of options…
What happened in Center, Missouri on August 4th is debatable.
What we know is that a man – a figure – came out of nowhere in an area that had been cordoned off for miles by emergency personnel. A 19-year old woman was clinging to life, perhaps even stepping from this world to the next. This mysterious priest, dressed as such and witnessed by numerous people at the scene, blessed the woman and prayed for her while standing next to her mangled car for 20 minutes. He told emergency crews to remain calm and that their tools would work, at which point reinforcements arrived and were then able to extract her from the vehicle and save her life.
Whatever the case, this was not a ‘normal’ event.
Prepare as best as you can for the difficult times that will inevitably come to all of us, and understand that sometimes it’s in the hands of a power we may never comprehend while living in this world.
Amen..
possee
I’m waiting for my Bucket O’Chicken to show up….. “Surfin’ Up The Web Right Now Dudes!”
How about not being such a negative jerk Peterson!
Simmer down James…. Simmer down……
Like yourself – all I am doing is hanging out waiting for KFC to come by with another awesome cut and paste news story…. AWESOME isn’t it? Maybe you and me will luck out and get some free sides of mash tators with our bucket of barf today….. what do you think?
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
– Proverbs 15:2
A KFC Special… “Cut & Paste” straight from the Bible today I see….. should have saw that one coming. I figured it would have been from Christian Mingle DotCom or something. Good thing I didn’t bet any of my silver coins on what you’d do today… maybe tomorrow.
You ever start up your own site yet? You could pay this place to have your ad over there on the right… instead of riding around over here for free.
Peterson, f#$% you! You back off from KY Mom right now! KY Mom, AMEN to you, ma’am. Get him! Get him! braveheart
While almost everyone is pre-occupied with other matters, the U.S. is pushing Russia into a deep corner again with Syria. Iran must protect Syria and Hezbollah. China must protect Iran’s oil to them, over 25% of their oil comes from Iran. U.S. is likely using the Syrian crisis to save the petro dollar. Russia desperately wants to save their own monetary interest by not allowing Syria to fall into western hands and build gas pipeline to bypass their gas monopoly to europe. All about money and land, that leads to war faster than anything.
In 1983 the Doomsday clock was at 4 minutes to midnight, right now it is 5 minutes to midnight. Reagan was president 30 years ago, today it is BO. Need I say more. Here is a nice song from 1983 that better fits 2013 than 1983. Maybe higher intervention is the only hope. 🙁
Lyrics to 99 Red Balloons by Nena:
You and I, and a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we’ve got
Set them free at the break of dawn
‘Til one by one they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, “Some thing’s out there”
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic lads, it’s red alert
There’s something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine decision street
Ninety-nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we’ve waiting for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine knights of the air
Riding super high-tech jet fighters
Everyone’s a super hero
Everyone’s a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify, to clarify and classify
Scrambling in the summer sky
As ninety-nine balloons go by
Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine dreams I have had
Every one is a red balloon
Now it is over and I’m standin’ pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go
I’ve been at this survival shit LONG before it turned into being this trendy hobby that we see now in America. 98….. 99 somewhere in there. Bought and read some Kurt Saxon, back when a cheep WASR AK was 250 bucks… and a case of a 1000 Russian rounds for it was like 45 dollars…. bought, read, and studied every book written by Ragnar Benson….. how long have you been at this KFC? How did you get started into the SHTF view on life?
1998 or 1999
Hahahahahahahaha LMAO.
How about when 7.62×39 was six cents a round. AK’s were $250.00 and a Norinco SKS was $69.00 and the prices were lower if you brought more than one.
Real Chinese copper wash steel core and a Chinese Polytech, “Legend” AK with three mags was $300.00 Still have some dated 1972 in a tin. I think that was 1985 or so.
My date or year probably still kills everyone elses….
Some are probably Googling Saxon and Benson right now trying to figure out who the hell they are and what they have handed us…. LOL Dummies are still chasing round’ Bucket O’Chicken. Maybe someone will thank me for the heads up on those books…. doubt it! LMAO!
Peterson, I’ve been at this longer than you have. Ever listened to any shortwave radio programs like Radio Liberty with Dr. Stan Montieth? His program was the beginning of the alternative media as we know it today. How about Radio Free America with Tom Valentine? Or Freedom Call with Bo Gritz? Or the Hour of the Time with William Cooper? Ever read American Survival Guide magazine? these things all predate the internet. Not as many sources for good info back then as there are now. I was into prepping to some degree before you were even born. braveheart
Peterson…
Ur funny… Crying about how long Youve been prepping… Good job dude. Ur still in the same boat as everybody else. Just sitting on an island waiting for the tsunami roll in. Hope ur coconuts are nicely in a row. See an ak47 is currency. Ur fiat dollars Were previously worth more… Not so much now. That’s the difference, prepping since 1863 won’t stop a hellfire. Silly goose go back to your mothers basement. U must be original right? Like a recipe… From KFC.
…. damn greasy chicken anyways.
read less useless news stories…. load up your damn mags and get ready for — THE SHIT — That’s what this place is all about!…. Freedom Bitches!
… and yes that was me you bunch of sissy’s!
“I’ve been in this SHTF business longer than anyone! And I have read books too!”
What a bunch of useless crap.
Let me tell you. All the freezed dried/canned food, all the guns in the world, all the ammo you got, acres and acres of land, all the books you have read, is frikkin worth shit, unless you have some combat skills. Because when it comes right down to it, if you don’t have those basic combat skills, you are just a well stocked zombie with guns, fighting other zombies with guns who may not/or are not, as well stocked as you.
OR. You are just a well stocked zombie up against a well armed and trained bad guys who are going to kick your untrained zombie ass.
Of course, some of you are not going to like that, but there it is. The truth.
Yeah. I know. You’ll just hide out in your bunkers until hell freezes over.
Bet your not the real Ragnar Benson. Trekker Out.
KY Mom, you just made a very appropriate description of the good people on this site and the trolls who come in and have nothing worthwhile to contribute. braveheart
You follow her on Facebook? That’s what you guys should do….. she can spend all day long hunting down news stories.
MAYBE I can cobble together me an article for SHTFplan…. I’ve heard enough first hand accounts of what war is like from the guys at work….. I have read a shit ton of books… I know where the good videos are at on YouTube….. huh? What do you guys think???
Always up for reviewing user article submissions P — so feel free to send one over… Just don’t be hatin’ 🙂
Hell YA Mac!!!! That’s what I’m talking about! HELL YA BITCH! You wanna hear some frontline shit from the trench…. i’ll spill it!
(im really not gangster…) How do I go about it this shit! Email?
Good article Mac. And it is good to remember that we are not in this alone.
But they way I see it is that our nation is like that girl in the car. We are pinned in by all those who seek to do evil to this nation and it’s people. They seek to control/dominate and don’t care about the cost or pain they cause to others. They brainwash our kids with school lessons that teach that nationalism and patriotism are bad, that families are dispensable, that wealth and power and drugs and feeling good are what counts. The violence they are doing against the minds of this nations people with their Madison Avenue and Hollywood dressed up lies is their worst violence because they get into our heads and steal our values and our own thoughts and replace them with their crafted messages. And they know how to craft an attractive message. The movies, songs, “news” are all being used. They are using a Trojan Horse to wage their war and it is working. Values, morals, work ethic, neighborliness, charity are no longer taught, learned, exercised or valued. We are pinned in the car and our life force is fading. The manmade tools we have used in the past are not working to get us out. Will we lose? Remain calm. Anoint yourself with prayers and fasting and hold on. Have faith. Bigger tools will come to get us out. Be calm and pray out loud. (And fast). God Bless.
Mac I know you dont know me as well as others on here,but I just caught wind of China troops engaging in military exercise drills and are preparing for for take over do to the fact that we owe money to them.We are to serve them as slaves because of this fact and could you research this for all of us please.Sorry to get of topic.
Hey Peterson , dont you have a job or something you could go do and leave the grownups alone . Go mow the lawn or take the trash out or better yet barrow dads car and go for a long drive . You are old enough to drive right ?
……. how awesome is that?
Whether this priest was a real human or not, does not matter, divine providence was still at work in this scenario.
If you look back on your own life, you will undoubtedly remember times when your back was to the wall and you had no options, sheer anguish was your main thought and fear of what may happen to you or your loved ones. Behold, things did seem to change for the better and somehow you made it. Divine intervention and divine providence is there for those who believe in the Lord and each human who does believe has a guardian angel, engulfing them with protection and love.
When you think you are walking this earth alone and have no one to hold your hand, remember your guardian angel and you will feel the warmth of their love.
When it is your time to leave this tortured planet you should have lived your life in a way so that those who cried with joy when you were born, will cry with sorrow when you leave. Believing in God is the most comforting part of my life.
The old saying, (listen to your gut) is in my opinion, the same as saying (listen to God), he is your gut, he will tell you when to truly batten down the hatches, of that I am certain. He will also provide you with the things that you will need, just believe with all your heart. You won’t be disappointed.
Swinging on stars,……one morning I was fixing to walk out th door , heard a voice that said “Turn on th TV ” !! I thought WHY , it’s 10:30 or so in th morning and nothings on. (antenna TV)SO I stopped and turned it on,there’re was a plane crashing into a building!! I thought ‘IT’s too early for a movie , WHAT is THIS !?? So something is working to INform us about what’s going ON !! And I have NO ideal what it IS !!!
What you are doing is called “fetishization”, you punk masturbator. Concentrate all the things you fear and cannot control into one harmless image, fetish, or talisman. Then shoot that down and you’re done. What you are showing all of us here on SHTF is that you are a quivering, quaking, spineless jellyfish of a coward who can’t resist attacking someone you don’t know, who you have labelled “KFC”. We are not your psychiatrist. If you resent having to take ten anti-psychotic medications every day, if you can’t resist cutting yourself with razor blades, if you’ve had too much bathtub meth, then you should consider checking yourself into one of the many fine state-run clinics for the criminally insane. They will show you many happy, happy clouds and little squirrels playing in the yard.
What is the matter with you?
Peterson, you will get yours one of these days. Mac, how about blocking this idiot?
Ohhhh…. I’m not even being that bad so calm down!
You Ninnies need to calm down and stop being so sensitive for Pete’s sake.
Peterson,
It is very sad that you have to resort to such juvenile behavior for attention, I believe you need God in your life and you need to ask yourself why you get such perverse pleasure out of shocking and insulting your fellow man.
Some cant build themselves up unless they drag others down,
Respect, one of the biggest things missing from our society today.
Amen Kulafarmer. And add to that: charity towards your neighbor. Assume they mean good even if you don’t understand them exactly.
because he is paid to
Are you able to block his IP from posting privileges? I’m not much for censorship, but he refuses to add value and is quite the irritation.
Prepperpah, i have to agree. Trolls are retarded and never have anything good to contribute. braveheart
It is amazing how quickly this forum has become a little family. I have posted from time to time and have had some very big swings in my thumb directions.
That said, I saw in a previous thread that Peterson said something negative about Kentucky mom and was flamed into a lump of charcoal.
The slams and the slurs against him are unwarranted and make me think that you are all a bunch of ‘think as we do’ hypocrites. You don’t like his messages and thus demand his banishment from the site.
name calling and childish behavior is committed in the name of calling him a child. Is this how you will behave when the SHTF.?? All thinking alike, all shunning the different one, all doing as our leaders are doing now.
Ignorehim, fine. But, at least allow him his right to think and say what he wishes. Remember, the first amendment is there to not only protect popular but unpopular speech.
Lighten up and enjoy life. He is not the only one sick of her cross site posts.
Be well, and stay safe .
Thanks Doc!
“…you are all” [hypocrites, inbred hillbillies, irrational, sheep, and oppressors]. By your post, you have demonstrated that you are either 1) “Peterson” (though your thinking process seems more senile than juvenile), 2) a hopeful pervert who smells “young male”, or 3) a sentimental drunk who cannot even communicate in writing. And you summarize by saying “lighten up!” and then “sick, sick, sick we are of her posts!”. You pose an impossible contradiction and then say “Be well, and be safe”?
Was it the mushrooms in tenth grade, or were you hit by a wrecking ball in the head at work?
Last thing anyone needs here is another news story…. unless its anchored from SHTFplan that is. You’d have to be pretty darn stupid to not understand that things aren’t looking….. right? If you haven’t thought out in your head how you are going to try to make it, and thought that you are probably going to die a miserable death from one thing or another… you probably should be here. So what good is another news story that has been ripped off from another site going to do for you? NOTHING!!!
*****Breaking NEWS*****
Peterson reports….”You are screwed!!!”
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I show up here because this place is (or was anyways) full of pirates and rotten militia men like myself, fighters. Plus there is a lot of freedom here, and whats written is pretty darn good and grime and true stuff…. I like it a lot! KFC is free to do as she pleases…. im tired as hell of seeing her crappy cut and paste ripped off reports every day….and all the nancy’s sucking up to her – but not a lot I can do but make fun of it cuzz it isn’t doing shit to help anyone out…. more BS to shovel out of the way. LOL
BTW…. if you live in a highly populated area like KFC does… I suggest you pack up your shit and move or have a damn good way to leave the country once the bullets start flying. Cuzz if words hurt your feeling… you aint gonna have a lot of fun when we all really turn into pirates. Im gonna go buy some beer Bitches!
Whew! He didn’t mention Redneck. ;0)
🙂
well well well jimmy boy you must not believe in our first amendment right guaranteed by OUR FUCKING CONSTITUTION!!!!!
AWESOME… that’s the way I feel also!
Thank You!
Just ignore him and he will go away. Trolls just want a reaction. DON’T FEED THE TROLLS! It’s simple!
Didn’t take long for predecessor to get 34red thumbs
hate auto correct should have said peterlesson
Peterson, time for you to peter your stupid ass away from our site. I’ll give you a bucket of shit, no chicken. braveheart
Kind of losing it there, me boy.
dude that is ace!!
People should just pipe down and have a laugh. It’s not like the world is gonna end tomorrow.
And even if it did, oh well we’ll talk about that tomorrow.
I hope we’re not just some extra-terrestrials
hobby ant farm under a cosmic microscope.
There are good samaritans that arrive when we least expect in this life.. the guardian angel tuned out to be a priest..great…
Perhaps in their desperate attempts to save the young girl..he arrived amongst the confusion unnoticed..
Anyways..a happy end to it all..
For once..some good news..
possee
I agree, possee.
Some good news. Actually there have been more and more reports of the supernatural at work over the past couple of years than probably the last twenty put together.
Our Creator is getting fed up with the evil that has taken over the governments and financial systems of the world and ruining peoples lives with their “agenda”.
The angelic realm is opening up to show proof of God’s existence.
The sightings and encounters will get even stronger, i believe. When a world, that won’t follow the laws of the divine King, has turned off to Him and turned on to themselves and the politicians; then it will get really serious. I think we are just about there.
Thank God for the angels that have been present in my life. Hopefully, many more will get the first line of defense up and running, if they haven’t already. It has to be priority “one”, in order to handle what is coming down the pike; to keep one from going totally nuts.
Here’s one more opinion, nothing more: What is going on today is a POLARIZATION of character. Whether you want to say the good from the not-good, the sheep from the goats or whatever, it appears to me there is a shearing away of humanity. The good seem to be trying harder than ever to make things right and the other team is digging in to maximize their interests.
There used to be more subtle differences but now, I’m not so sure. It just seem good and bad are more clearly defined, and we can choose which road we will take.
Re the topic of this column, I am a extremely practical person and believe I am objective in my thinking. When I look over the vast body of literature of all times and cultures, and the profound experiences of other dimensions than the material Earth we see, it seems to be quite clear there is a lot more to Being than just this life. Anyone who criticizes believers as those who trust in a “sky fairy” as I’ve seen it described seems to have quit examining religion at the age of 12 and never went back for an adult examination of it.
There is a lot more here than meets the eye. Be open to it and it is more likely to manifest in your life.
The guardian appeared in the form required by the lady. She asked people to pray for her; what common form would have been more fitting?
Stuff like this doesn’t surprise me any more. God is and God answers. I had to nearly die to believe it. Now I can’t deny.
If anyone wants to know more, http://www.oberf.org has thousands of accounts from those who have died and returned. The most exceptional accounts are here: http://www.nderf.org/NDERF/NDE_Archives/Exceptional%20Accounts.htm
*edit: Sorry, the site is http://www.nderf.org. The other site (www.oberf.org) is for out of body experiences.
I had an NDE after a motorcycle accident, in 1980. Two things I can tell you for certain:
1) You are a Soul Being, having a human experience.
2) When you cross over, it will be nothing like you expect.
“2) When you cross over, it will be nothing like you expect.”
How so? as in emotion, visual, etc?
Every aspect of the event, will be nothing like you expect.
There are many “classic” crossing stories, “tunnels of light”, etc. Your expectations will both temper your crossing, and, be unlike you expect. It will be a very personal experience. If I were to describe my experience, it would’nt mean much to you, because your crossing will be personal.
After the experience, I read other people’s experiences, all the “expert” atheist, and religionist explanations. Until you cross over, you cannot know, said “experts” know nothing.
I wish I could explain it to you, but I’m sorry, I can’t. Just try to be patient knowing the Soul is real, and lives on. If I were to explain the event, and what I learned, it would only upset some people.
I would have to agree with you 110% JustMe. Having crossed over briefly myself after a horrible car accident, it was an experience you just can’t explain and expect someone to understand that hasn’t gone through it personally.
Out O’Time’
Thank you. Glad you Survived.
“Just try to be patient knowing the Soul is real, and lives on.”
amen.
I don’t mind being upset. I am eager to learn. There is much to know and to learn, and you have knowledge that is important for others to understand. You can email me directly if you wish.
http://Urantia.org…….that should answer some questions for those who actually care?
Angels are not men…….sorry.
There is definitely a cosmic power greater than ourselves, all that is needed is to have faith in that power.
I know in my life that power has carried me even when i did my damndest to screw stuff up.
Faith and prayer along with a conscious effort to always do what is right even when that isnt clear.
A merciful and loving higher power.
We are but men!
Don’t forget the book of the 4-year-old’s account of heaven in “Heaven Is For Real’.
I agree possee, “for once some good news”.
The supernatural is showing up more and more in people’s lives. From all reports I’ve seen, maybe more in the last couple years than the past twenty.
As times get worse and evil becomes more prevalent, the supernatural realm opens up more to this dimension. For every negative there is a positive, and God is fed up with all the evil that has taken over in governments and financial centers of the world. He is giving us proof of His existence.
I thank God for the angels that have been present in my life over the years. Hopefully, many more preppers will accept the obvious and accept Jesus in order to have the first line of defense set up for the coming storm. Otherwise, it will get very rough and tuff.
I love stuff like this, happy endings seem more and more rare these days
ewwww. lol
LOL, the thumbs down are from people that didn’t get it.
He must have been an Angel if the cops made no attempt to pepper spray him for all of 20 minutes. Proof enough for me.
Just saying. 🙂
Good one. Yes, and those Taser prongs went right through him. Needless to say he left when they started trying to apply restraints since he was of course daring to interject Christian beliefs into the government workplace.
Actually, I am glad at least some people from the left refrained from mocking the Christians who believe this was a visitation of some kind. Whatever happened, I think some divine providence intervened.
Happens all the time but most people just never realize it for what it is.
It is really irrelevant who this man may or maynot have been. And it’s irrelevant what your belief is pertaining to God or angels. That man did not save her life. All the Glory goes to God, He did not see fit to take that young ladies life at that time or she would not have lived. Yes prayer does work. And they do walk among us. Interpet that how ever you like. Trekker Out.
@MountainTrecker…I totally agree with you. I will share with you all that my sister had an experience 20 yrs ago…while driving to work on a major hwy, her car ran out of gas….a ‘cube’van driving behind her slowed traffic somehow so that she could ‘coast’ to the side of the hwy.
He stopped behind her, asked if he could drive her to the gas station,(he had a gas can….she didn’t)….when they got back to her car, she told him that was so kind of him, he told her he hoped someone would do the same for his wife…..
She got in her car, started it then when to stick her head out the window to thank him BUT there was no van there and none in sight?? I believe in Angels! take care, CC.
Amen. What an awesome thing to happen! PTL
The priest has been identified. He was driving to another town to perform a mass.
here’s the interview..
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christophers/2013/08/video-father-dowling-speaks-to-abc-news-about-ministering-to-crash-victim-katie-lentz/
Link?
Actually he said he was driving home from mass.
From Fox News website:
The “angel priest” who appeared at the scene of a Missouri car crash, anointed and prayed with the teenage victim, then vanished has been identified as Rev. Patrick Dowling of the Jefferson City Diocese.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/12/mystery-solved-angel-priest-identified/?test=latestnews#ixzz2bsbk6UZf
I just read this on Drudge, and I don’t buy it. Still can’t explain why in over 70 photos taken, he does not show up in one single one….according to original article?
Plus I don’t totally trust Drudge do to the fact that Drudge is stuck in the right left paradigm, a cleverly designed paradigm of satan
No pope here No pope here! you be wise now!
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:6-10 Because popery precheth another gospel
and popery is that new world order whore of Revelation 17 & is the manipulator behind the zionism banksters & the united nations she as the image describes has rode on every political & economic system known to man. The jesuits are the founders of the iluminati (ilumbros)
It’s too bad that the guy in question came forward to claim the prize (in my opinion). The idea of a miracle taking place was so much more powerful until that point.
Don’t agree. This priest is honest, and you have just proven yourself not to be.
Why? He didn’t take the credit, he directed it towards God
@ Jim
The priest did a kind thing, no doubt, but in coming forward when it wasn’t necessary to do so betrayed the potency of the miracle. Even if he directed the credit towards God, it still diminishes the weight of the gesture as it stood.
God is love, humbleness, charity, and humility……God isn’t vanity.
Truth betrays nothing.
Don’t you see ? It was a miracle. The guy just happens to be on the same road at the precise time he was needed. Some poor hurt kid needs some reassurance and comfort and a Priest shows up ? Sounds like a miracle to me. OK so he didn’t pop up in a cloud of smoke with a halo and wings but really who cares? MNonkeys didn’t come flying out of his butt and he didn’t just poof dissappear. Maybe just maybe all the star wars special effects makes us disbelieve that a simple act of compassion between strangers with no alterior motive is anything less than miraculusious in this crazy screwed up world. For me I’ll believe that it was a miricle.
Justice,
You are so right, well said.
What many of us fail to understand is miracles happen every day, every hour, every minute.
Notice the hummingbird on the porch?
AAAhhh, a miracle.
One doesn’t have to look far to see hundreds of them.
@ Justice…ditto. a guardian angel does not mean a supernatural phenomenon. It is a miracle none the less. He was in the right place at the right time, for the good of another person.
Haven’t you all seen the video of basketball players in white or black jerseys, and you count the number of times the guys in white jerseys pass the ball. It’s only on the replay, after being told that a bear strolled through the group, that you realize it was there. The rescuers were focused on equipment problems, and this priest calmed their spirits so that they could continue to focus on the task at hand so as to not give up.
I believe in miracles.
So, the priest should have created a lie by making it seem as though he was a spirit of some type??
Agreed.
Lies, even the comfortable ones, are what has gotten us all in this jam to begin with.
The Lord works in mysterious ways. Amen.
those that dont believe, believe everything/fate is always just chance.
but i am sure if people actually thought thru things, they could not deny that something is there for them.
how many times can you count in your life when things had no order and everything looked like it was going to go really wrong and things all came together and everything worked out ?
or how many times could you count that you went to a church service in a real fit of your life and somehow the sermon totally changed everything for you and was almost like it was written for you ?
those who think its all chance are pretty ignorant. we have how many millions of asteriods in the asteroid belt and in the 5,000 years that modern man has walked around; not one has gotten knocked lose and headed toward earth; right its all chance.
yep, some things are just way beyond chance or coincidence.
The mystery priest who recently showed up at a crash site, anointed a victim and then vanished has been identified — and he came forward by posting his identity in the comments section of a Catholic news site. The story began on Aug. 4, after Aaron Smith, 26, struck Katie Lentz, 19, in a head-on car crash. In the days that followed, the tale of a faith leader who disappeared went viral.
But now the individual, who brought calm upon the situation and who rescue workers have been hoping to find and thank, has been found. A press release provided to TheBlaze from the Diocese of Jefferson County confirmed that the Rev. Patrick Dowling, one of the priests who works with the diocese, is the individual whom they have been seeking.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/12/mystery-priest-who-showed-up-at-crash-scene-then-vanished-is-identified/
Dave, are you Vinnie and Ricky’s’ little brother ?
excellent story (Fact) and the turn of events leave alot to be understood in this WORLD. Wish her the best in recovery and hope the priest gets his also. This is a moral lifter if ever there was one.
The mystery priest has come forward. I knew it wasn’t an angel anyway. Angels appear, help people, and disappear again. Praying with someone is not something angels do.
(Heb 1:14 NIV) Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Don’t expect angels to help if you’re not a Christian. America has murdered 50+ million unborn babies. God’s wrath is about to be poured out on America.
Amen and Amen my brother! So very, very true. Well put.
I call BS on that one. God left America a long time ago.
@ ChrisAZ
No Chris, America left God a long time ago. You just proved yourself to be a troll.
aren’t there any smart people left in AZ?
We’re not alone because God is with us. We shouldn’t focus on angels. We should focus on the one who created them.
Thank you Lord Jesus.
Off Topic:
Rattlesnake Logic
After the Boston bombing the news media has spent days and weeks trying to determine why these men did what they did. They want to know what America did to make these brothers so angry with us. They want to know why these men were not arrested before they did something so terrible. The media is in a tizzy about this new era of home grown radicals, and about why they could live among us and still hate us.
A friend of mine from Texas explained it all to me:
“Here in west Texas I have rattlesnakes on my place, living among us. I have killed a rattlesnake on the front porch. I have killed a rattlesnake on the back porch. I have killed rattlesnakes in the barn, in the shop and on the driveway. In fact, I kill every rattlesnake I encounter.
I kill rattlesnakes because I know a rattlesnake will bite me and inject me with poison. I don’t stop to wonder why a rattlesnake will bite me; I know: It will bite me because it’s a rattlesnake and that’s what rattlesnakes do. I don’t try to reason with a rattlesnake…I just kill it. I don’t try to get to know the rattlesnake better so I can find a way to live with the rattlesnakes and convince them not to bite me…I just kill them. I don’t quiz a rattlesnake to see it I can find out where the other snakes are, because (a) it won’t tell me, and (b) I already know they live on my place. So, I just kill the rattlesnake and move on to the next one.
I don’t look for ways I might be able to change the rattlesnake to a non-poisonous rat snake…I just kill it. Oh, and on occasion, I accidentally kill a rat snake because I thought it was a rattlesnake at the time. Also, I know, for every rattlesnake I kill, two more are lurking out there in the brush. In my lifetime I will never be able to rid my place of rattlesnakes. Do I fear them? No!
Do I respect what they can do to me? Yes! And because of that respect I give them the fair justice they deserve…I kill them….”
Maybe as a country we should start giving more thought to the fact that these jihadists’ are just being like rattlesnakes, and act accordingly!
In God We Trust!
Keep the FAITH
Watchman
Best analogy of the threat of Islam ever!
Great job Watchman!
CATI
islam is a political ideology, masked as a religion.
Just me – TRUTH!
Zionism is a political movement organised by Satan masquerading as Judaism. (Have the good fortune to meet a true jew, and you’ll find them to be a humble, kind human being grateful for the creator’s blessings not power hungry warmongers constantly trying to control their fellow man.)
Wahhbism or “radical islam” is a political movement organised by Satan, masquerading as Islam. (Have the good fortune to meet a true Muslim, and you’ll find them to be a humble, kind human being grateful for the creator’s blessings not power hungry warmongers constantly trying to control their fellow man.)
Just recently my mother has been translating the New testament from the ancient Greek of it’s origins.
It’s been very interesting to hear her then compare the growing spirituality and social impact of the Eastern Orthodox Churches of the former USSR, with those of the Western “Evangelical, gimme a TV preacher” new Churches.
As Christians we have to be careful:-
1/ Not to let ourselves fall for the same manipulations of Satan we spot so easily corrupting other faiths, but for some reason miss in our own midst. Sometimes faith should not be “blind”.
I’ll not turn on another nation or person without damn good cause. If the elite want endless wars, then let them donate the lives of their own sons and daughters! I have no personal beef with families residing in poverty on the other side of the planet. The mothers there worry for their sons, just the same as I worry for mine.
2/ To appreciate the spirituality and inherent goodness in individuals whatever their “badge”. Compassion and kindness should be universal traits of advanced civilisations, composed of rational adults capable of taking responsibility for their own actions.
3/ To remember judgement is reserved in the final instance for GOD, not us. So often I see “Christians” with incredibly narrow minds unable to extend a hand of kindness to help an old lady onto a bus, or to give little time to babysit for the mother with four children, worried sick about the 5th in hospital etc. It’s those little actions spread over a lifetime that will add up at the end, not the grand gestures so beloved of Jesse Jackson, Billy Graham and all those fancy smancy smooth talkers.
4/ Not to be ashamed of our own spiritual side, it is what separates us as human beings from the reptilian predator lurking in the swamp. I’ve always felt that honest prayer, straight from the heart and sent with pure intentions is far more powerful than the ruling elite ever want us to realise.
Excellent commentary ! Easy to understand, great logic and sound advise. Thanks. Perhaps one of the most spot on analogies on this site. Ever thought about running for Office ?
Good analogy. There’s too much political correctness in Gvmnt, needs to be a clean sweep and replace with tough, courageous, honest, god fearing Constitutionalists with
that rattlesnake logic.
Coming from another “Texan” who has killed, and eaten more than a few Crotalus atrox, if he ever decides to catch one alive, this is the method I would use.
Step one: Piss the snake off to the point he coils up and is ready to strike.
Step two: Bad mouth his/her mother and hiss alot.
Step three: When the snake strikes out of sheer anger/frustration…put your index finger between the “coming fangs” and use the thumb on the same hand to push down and close the mouth. (yeah, you need “Jedi” reflexes)
Side note: While I have killed/eaten these critters, I cannot personally vouch for the credibility of this procedure. An “Old Timer” told me this along time ago…if I remember right, he was rather “relaxed” on beer/tequila and laughing continuously.
sounds like a story my pops would tell. He loves to catch snakes, though not the venomous variety.
My father grew up in Witchita Falls, (1920-30s) and told me a story of a man who bet a bottle of whiskey, he could let a rattler bite him, and not get sick.
He made a bunch of “bread balls”, and threw them at the rattler, who bit them. The man knew the rattler was draining it’s venom. After a long period of this, he pulled up his pants leg, and kneeled in front of the rattler. He took the risk, that the rattler would bite his kneecap. He got his bottle of whiskey…
True story or not? Don’t know, just what I was told.
As for eating rattlers, no matter what anyone tells you, they do NOT “taste like chicken”…
No, they do not taste like chicken…and even in the best of culinary circumstances, there is a “froggy, lizardy, reptilian aftertaste.
A “healthy shot” of Agave nectar does clear the palate.
I guess the “survival point” is, they can be eaten. My suggestion, a stew, chili, or better yet, a “Watchman” recipe…hint, hint.
While eating it, maybe knowing it was a rattler made it taste like a rattler. It was lean, dry and chewy, but yes, edible…
@JustMe, The “story” actually has merit. A rattlesnake rattles to “warn” and prevent wasting “prey venom” in a defensive confrontation. Fangs with little/no venom is analogous to a gun with “blanks/no ammo”.
LOL. was his nickname Lefty?
Watchman,
Reminds me of the times when we used to take care of Petersonsnakes. We found they had big mouths, ate rats, slithered back and forth, were not poisonous and pooped a lot.
Y’all Beware! One day they were gone, don’t care why nor how.
Men are not snakes. Your logic to kill based on only a stereotype classifies you with the likes of Stalin and Hitler who also used similar logical reasoning to justify the killing of millions. What is even more scary is to see the 37 little green thumbs after such a pure evil and ignorant post as yours
True Story—
Having had an accident and actually, clinically died for a few minutes, I can assure most of you that there is something else beyond our comprehension, and beyond words to describe it. I actually recall floating in white light, and the peaceful sensation of it.
I also clearly recall the ringing in my head and the refocusing of my eyes on the EMT who had been performing CPR above me. Everything seemed to flow back through a tunnel, almost exactly like they portray it in some movies. The EMT was surprised when he noticed my eyes were open and looking at him, he’d been simply following resuscitation procedures for another probable DOA. I was relieved, because he stopped crushing my chest.
I wasn’t very religious back then, but whether you believe in God or not, you can know that death itself, is not painful and that there really may be “something” after you die.
Sixpack, there are many such accounts of “near-death-experiences”, well-documented! I know they are true. When you go into deep meditation, you experience similar event. I’ve read many books about this and love to read them! Basically, they give a glimpse of God… very inspiring.
Most people who have these experiences, come back and are inclined more toward Eastern Religions. Even former atheists, Catholics, Christians, etc… they tend to believe in Eastern Religions (who, by the way, follow Christ’s teachings more closely than so called American Christians). (American “Christians” miss half the points.)
what do you mean by Eastern Religions? I hope you aren’t referring to Islam, Hinduism, or Budahism.
Any religion without Christ,the cross, and the resurrection at the center of it, is a false one according to my KJV. That is the only religion that will get a person into Heaven. Actually it isn’t a religion, it’s a belief and a way of life; because without it, a person isn’t really living.
Jewish people do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader
of the Christian faith.
Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store.
I read somewheres that Protestants are just Baptists that can Read and Write.
this makes no sense…if you said protestants were just catholics that can read and write that would be funny and accurate. Baptist are just slightly reformed catholics, (that’s why they called it the reformation) and there is precious little difference in the two organizations. As well as Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians, whatever denomination you want to name, there are over 40,000 alone in the US. Each a misguided stepchild of the greatest whore mother of them all, that takes southern European pagan heathenism and superstition then dresses it up with Christian sounding names and events to make it seem palatable to the sheep. All denomimations are just slightly reformed versions of that. Oh sure we might have changed the priest and called him a pastor or we morphed the mass into a worship service, but little else has really changed. If you sit in a pew at an appointed time on an appointed day and listen to the same man drone on endlessly for years on end, you are being enslaved into the worlds system of religion that robs you of your natural birthright in Christ. We were meant to be free from all that stuff.
@ jay
As a long time believer, since about 1965, i am inclined to agree with you. I took every baptist preachers/teachers word for truth as i grew up and into my adult years. It wasn’t until about ten years ago after i prayed for guidance and truth, did I start to see the lies and traditions of men flowing like milk and honey from the pulpits. A lot of the lies came directly from the seminary schools and the rest from ignorant pastors that followed “traditions” of men.
The Roman Catholic Church has propagated many falsehoods thru religion while clinging to the Christianity mantra.
Very few see as you and i, and most don’t want to face that they have been wrong all along. Will it lead to a death of the soul? That isn’t my call; but, it will deprive a person from receiving blessings.
Not that all people are bad, for following all the many different religions, it’s just sad that they don’t spend the time to read God’s word and research, thru the better translations of the original manuscripts (Hebrew & Greek) to get to the truth. After finding that truth, make a stand for it, and call out the lies being propagated by church leaders.
I took a long hard look many years ago and separated myself from organized religion. With a clear and empty mind about the Bible, i started over. It was only then that i started learning without influence; and God showed me how to rightly divide his written word and accept the symbologies He gives to better get to the truth.
Christianity began in the east…just look at the map! What began as a revolution in Jerusalem spread to Greece and became a philosophy, it spread to Rome and became an organization, it spread to Europe where it became an institution and finally to America where it became an enterprise.
we banter about miracles, it’s funny, but my bible’s description of such events were dramatically different from todays watered down blather. Jesus never gave anyone glasses or crutches or hearing aids. If that “priest” performed a real miracle that girl would have gotten up, brushed herself off and drove off in her restored car. what we blithely pass off today as a miracle is an example of how far removed we have strayed from Christianity’s true purpose
Amen!
Not that there “may” be something after you die, but that there “is” something else after you die. Been there too man. It changed my life here on earth. “No Fear” really isn’t just a saying to me.
Silverround, thanks for sharing that. The nice thing about this kind of experiences is they are universal, have an impact of the world view of everyone, and cannot be prevented from happening. There might be attempts to control the knowledge, but one cannot prevent the real knowledge from pouring into the world. It’s just so great. It’s a natural law that the truth shall be prevail eventually. I also put the knowledge coming from seers into this category. I used to be a firmly believing Christian but I was changed after getting a glimpse of God by myself.
Off topic – (Received this in an email.)
The Mayonnaise Jar
A philosophy professor stood before his class on the first day of the semester. As class began, without a word, he picked up a large, empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. As he shook the jar lightly, the pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked again if the jar was full. The students again said it was. He then took out a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand fit in the crevices. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “yes.”
He then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured their entire contents into the jar. The students laughed.
“Now,” said the professor, “this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things – God, your family, your spouse, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions – things that, if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else – the small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first”, he continued, “There is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important.
Pay close attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Take your wife out to dinner. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Maybe even play another 18. There’s always time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
One student raised her hand to inquire what the coffee represented. He smiled and replied, “I’m glad you asked. It just shows that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.”
“Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.” – Proverbs 4:26
KY Mom
What I take from this is a reminder to enjoy what we can even as we prepare SHTF.
I have seen this story many times and it is always a positive reminder of what is important.
The post from a few days earlier on home invasions brought out the Internet Rambo in a lot of posters.
How bad they would be when the government came storming into their without a good reason.
I live in the real world and I prep because I have concerns about an uncertain economy, governed by many who are imperfect and some cases evil.
I do not look at the people in Massachusetts who let “hit teams” look for the greatest threat in my opinion an Islamic tool as cowards or fools but a community working to stop a “real threat” the best they could under the circumstances.
I realize this view is contrary to many on tis site who think all or nothing about the people in government and the economy.
This has not been my observation though in the real world. If I have fire I will still call the fire department, if I see I crime I will still call the police. I will also enjoy the fact that I can say these things because I still can in America.
CATI
Dick…..our government views American citizens as “the enemy” and that’s where the problem really is and they view us as the enemy because we don’t agree with their approach to solving problems. Why do you think the NSA is spying on us….because they trust us? I don’t think so!
I don’t think the people in Boston are fools, but they were fooled by the government and the governments agenda!
Dick- you have two choices in a home invasion. Either lay on your belly pleading for your life and pray they don’t kick the dog shit out of you just for general purpose or get nervous trigger fingers.
Either way they’ll write it off as “resisting arrest” or “perp had a weapon”. The situation will be reviewed by law enforcement “professionals” (thin blue line brotherhood). Meaning your word against a blue brother’s. Your word does not mean squat. So enjoy the ass kicking or being carried by 6.
You seem like the kind of guy that will take the ass kicking and/or death and say “more please?”.
JP and unknown suspect
There is smart and then there is smart ass.
The difference is a smart ass thinks he is a badass and throws out crap that can’t backup.
In contrast a real badass is smart.
If you think you are going to be able to win ( meaning protect your family and yourself from all harm and be able to proceed from the operation ) when these guys bust in your home “for no reason” and survive picking up a weapon you are not smart.
I will survive the ass kicking, I will make note of who came and why. Then deal with what is the best recourse by picking when to fight for me.
Regardless of what anyone thinks the government hits the right house well over 99% of the time.
You may not agree with the legality but there is a purpose.
In those me
In those encounters where they do make a mistake the bad ass protecting his family doesn’t get killed because he gets overwhelmed. If that is rolling around on your belly asking for more so be it. These guys are operating with all of the advantages attacking that is not expecting them. Talk all the shit you want if you grab a gun you will not be of any use to your family anymore.
I am ok with getting my ass kicked if I can still handle my responsibilities. I have had my ass kicked a number of times and though it sucks I survived. At the same time if it appears more than a simple mistake I still can go down in a blaze of glory but I will strike when I can get the most bang for my buck. I am not Superman and don’t have anything to prove. Waking to people with a gun in your face is not the time to be a smart ass but to be smart.
Dick- there is being dumb and there is being dumbass. I think you’re going for the latter.
Dick- while you’re being smug about your decision to not resisting, let me share my experience with you of those that did not. When I was young, I had the opportunity to live in Germany for an extended period of time. Every weekend was filled with a trip to whatever we could possibly see. One of those trips was to Dachau. Back then you would walk up and around the ovens. They still had a faint smell of burned chicken feathers in them.
They incinerated those that died horribly because they did not resist. The same that did not resist as they were prodded into boxcars at muzzle point, going to the camps. Those that did not resist were treated like animals. Their government told them they were being relocated to a better place and to trust them.
Sounds like something our government would say…? Trust us..? We’re here to help…? You’ve nothing to hide if you’re not guilty..
You had best get a reality check.
I read of what was said to be a true story of a teacher or professor who to try and prove his point of how most people are very suggestive and will do something without really thinking first just because it was suggested they do so……He did a class experiment where he wrote an Ad and had it placed in the Local newspaper Personals ad’s section.
His ad said “Hurry! You Only have 10 more days left to Send in your Dollar” and then it included a PO box adress to use for sending in one dollar bill. The professor guy figured hed get a few dollars sent in and prove how gulible some folks can be.
His ad ran 10 days in a row, every days ad only changed in the number of days left.
Example: 2nd days ad said “hurry you only have 9 days left to send in a Dollar.
Each days ad lowered the days left untill on the final day ad. it said “Hurry! This is Your Last day left to send in a dollar! as this ad will Never be repeated by Me again”….
Acording to the article I read of this class project “ad” it said that the ad brought in Over $200,000 in one dollar bills to his PO box at the local post office!
If its really a true story? I have no way to know, but it was in some city newspaper aprox 20 yrs ago when I read of it…If it is true there sure are alot of Stupid folks out there wiling to send a Total Stranger’s ad a dollar bill eh. I guess they feared not sending the dollar in if his ad will never be repeated again and they will lose out.
Excellent story KY Mom and thank you for sharing it!
KY Mom, keep those wonderful stories and article links coming. I’m one of your fans for life. braveheart
even though this mortal came forward, I still believe they walk among us. he was guided there by a force he doesn’t control
Beautiful story! IMO, more and more people will experience these type of events as TSHTF… mainly, because it will be such a stressful time, people will automatically reach out to God. And doesn’t the Bible say, “knock and it shall be opened… ask and ye shall receive”?
Knees will bend like in the old days, when the storms came and people were afraid, no where to go except to God.
Forest: What it says is usually never said by preachers in full context. IE: ask and you shall recieve…
It really says “Whatsoever you pray and Ask for in MY name(jesus christs name) shall be given to you, “IF” it is ALSO the Father in Heavens Will to do so”
Most tv pastors today leave off that final part of “IF its also Gods will to do it He will”!….That type of Misleading teaching by so many preachers has most folks believing as if somehow They can say a fast prayer and TELL God what to Do on their behalf, and God cannot refuse what they pray for because pastor said its in the bible and therefore God cannot refuse you.
And if you think thats bad how so many pastors mislead folks today?….Wait till you see the Falshoods the same preachermen teach about Israel and Jewish folks and issues!!!
Them Guys! Have you had the chance to see the “Greatest Story Never Told” ?? Sorry Folks a little off topic but great view!!
Thinker: The title sounds familiar…Don’t think I seen it cannot say for sure as I do not always remember the name of a movie I saw. Can you give me a brief description of it please?….Thanks
Them guys its a you tube video about the greatest lies ever told about Hitler! Its very long but very informative !! More Truths!
Here is a link.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wthIgM-YYY
Thinker: WOW! almost 6-hour long Movie Documentary! Thanks for that Link to it. Yes I now recall seeing parts of the main theme of it all. I am trying to view it entirely now. So far am 45 min into it, and it is so well done and made, if it was downloaded to a disc and played on a liv room tv set, you would Swear its a finely crafted Top notch hollywood or History chanell documentary movie. Superb actual old era footage and film with a great voice over telling the story.
Every poster person here needs watch this since it contains the Untold story americans have never prior seen. Some is whats been allowed to americans to see before, like orig black and white footage and news reels we all have seen in many various movies on WWII etc.
But 45 min into what is a Six Hour long total and I can already tell it contains much we never yet seen. Or stuff we did see, but which when translated to english by Hollywood or MSM tv news was kinda sorta “Changed” to reflect the beliefs They TPTB desire that we believe as facts or truth!….I can’t believe how well done and well made this video is for just a “Yutube” free video.
Thanks again Thinker! I hope more than a small few here take time to View it and LEARN what they have been Deprived of knowing all their lives by msm-govnt-hollywood-public school Fake history textbooks etc.
America Needs a President who can rally american folks to act as One nation of folks and take care of Our America today even more so than during the 1929 depression eras. One cannot but help to wish for such mass unity of the nations peoples when seeing the massive transformations from total devastated folks searching for Food in garbage cans everywheres, to less than 5 yrs later, total revival and Prosperity like nowheres eles ever in history.
While the Entire rest of western world nations of europe and america were deeply Mired down in the midst of the worst great deperssion ever know to exist. What a contrast to watch as germany goes from Number one worst of all nations devestation, to less than 5 yrs later Top most Prosperous worldwide!….Over 7 Million germans Unemployed, Hyperinflation from wiemier republic era, and in hitlers First year in elected office…Over 3.2 Million Back to work and taking Paid vacations Abroad while rest of world is stuck in FDR/Banksters great depression mode due to fdr=Kommie and bankster=Jewish Zionist kommies= Bad for all folks but the top eliets!
No wonder the TPTB and Elietes worst Fears are Nationalisim and Patriotisim Combined in America or Any other nations.
How do you spell End the Fed and crook banksters and swindler polititions?…National Patriotistic Party!
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There are 123 variables which had to occur together for life on earth to happen. The chances of them happening “By Chance”, are too great to have happened, yet here we are.
Example: If the earth is 100 miles closer to the sun, we get fried, if we are 100 miles further away, we become popsicles.
Do the ants in your backyard know how your lawn mower works? Yet both are real. Have you ever seem the bottom of the ocean, yet you believe that there is one don’t you?
According to modern “String Theory” there might be an unlimited number of dimensions that we are unaware of. Just like the ants, we are dealing with concepts and truths which we are not designed can not fully comprehend.
Take a look at DNA, also called our genetic code. It is very similar to computer code. Can computer code write itself?, neither can genetic code.
It takes more blind faith to believe that the human eye came about by chance than to believe that their was a designer of it.
If you take all the parts of a 747 jet and dump them in a big pile, how long will it take for the parts to assemble themselves…..Never without a Great Designer and Assembler, The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
As Jesus said, “Before Abraham was, I AM!”
Be the Angel you wish to see in this World. Love and help one another at every opportunity and you will always be among friends. Peace be with all of you!
Pray, Prep, and enjoy your life
The fact that the Priest was on his way to another event is alone providence. That priest was supposed to have the day off and was filling in for another Priest. Things happen for a reason. When you have faith in the Lord you give your family hope that they will be looked after. You give them a moral base. You give them stability. And upon your death you give them hope that you are in heaven and that they will see you again. Hope will sustain you when it looks like there is no way out. Hope and faith give you the grace to endure almost anything. Have faith in the Lord and enjoy the peace.
BE INFORMED once again on track. 6.7 south of Panama!
Miracles:
#1-2001:My 2nd son was born with major birth defects-spina bifida, cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus requiring a VP shunt & his prognosis was not even 2 wks-Well, he THRIVED for 11 years.
#2-2006:He was in respiratory distress with pneumonia, diagnosed with central hypoventilation & had to be placed on a vent and oxygen 24/7- Doctors told us they don’t know how he lived 4&1/2 years without a vent and how in the world he avoided respiratory illnesses as he did.
#3-2008:He had another pneumonia (fully engulfed both lungs), was septic, and kidneys had already shut down. He had two cardiac arrests due to potassium sensitivity and was put on an oscillating vent and we were told to call family in to say goodbye. Well, within 3 days he was back on the regular vent (unheard of-only 10% of normally healthy people come off those when put on for illness)and within a week and a half was back home and better than ever.
#4-2012:He passed on his terms in his sleep at 11 years old, with no pain after a very happy, active period the week before. The bittersweet Miracle here is the strength that had to come from above for my husband and myself to stay with him for 2 days after pronounced clinically brain dead and wait on the green light for the organ donation recipients approval (hoping the docs were wrong-but I knew in my heart they weren’t.) The strength to walk with him to the surgical doors for the harvesting surgery, knowing we would never hold him again, never again hear his laugh, and never again feel the warmth of his cuddles once we said goodbye.
There are many more smaller, everyday miracles that have happened and as you can see, we have always gotten our miracle for him, some might say more than our fair share, and I would not change one bit of his life and what he taught us through his eyes for anything. Don’t take anything or anyone for granted, they could be gone in an instant.
I’m glad to hear you got those extra years to know his spirit. We that are blessed by the presence of kind souls during our lifetime are richer for it.
Peace and blessings, to you and your family, C TX Mom.
Ecc 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Just have comfort knowing he is with a loving Father.
ky mom, the Lord tells us death is sweet for those who love him. I have been with all of my family when they passed and they were at peace. God bless you.
Central TX Mom, my condolences for your loss. Nobody here can know the grief and hell I went through after losing my beloved mrs. braveheart. On Dec. 15, 1981, she was crossing the street from the hospital to the employees’ parking lot after finishing her shift at the hospital. A refugee from Haiti who was extremely drunk ran over her while she was crossing the street. he was driving so fast she had no chance of avoiding it. Back in those days, the courts were very lenient on drunk drivers. he only had to pay a fine and did no jail time whatsoever. 6 months later, he got his reward when he was struck head on by another drunk driver. both were killed on impact. poetic justice, you might say. mrs. braveheart was a nurse and a refugee from Cuba. braveheart
oooooooooooo THAT ARTICLE IS A LOAD!!!!
A nice story,many times folks seem to appear out of no where and help folks out,have been on both ends of that situation,cops gave me verbally citizen of the week award after being a first helper in a bad car wreck(and gave me back my switchblade had to cut seat belts with!),was hit with a friend as a pedestrian when kids,though we were basically ok first to come by as driver took off was a off duty paramedic who basically stabilized us and had hospital ready with our current medical conditions.I hope folks lead a uneventful life but always willing to help any in a emergency need,yes,even when SHTF,see no point in surviving trying times otherwise.Live for today,prepare for tomorrow.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this was infact a real priest, Father Patrick Dowling. I’m sure if you googled his name then you would find out as well.
Or it was just a priest helping someone in need. Good for him I love the good things that can come from religion and that it makes people happy. I can’t believe however people actually believed it was an angel lol.
http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/update-mystery-priest-comes-forward
@HickoryPrepper…so are you saying that Angels do not walk among us each and every day? Please don’t take offence, but I beg to differ. take care, CC.
You are correct in me saying that, I do not believe angels even exist. I’m not a religious person in any way. So we definitely disagree on that. You take care as well and I hope your prepping is going well. Good luck with whatever comes!!!
Hi Mac,
SO glad you posted this article!
Very glad, in fact.
And no one has yet attacked you like they did me when I mentioned Guardian Angels in a few recent posts. I guess it’s easier to attack a poster than the Site Owner. Where’s their courage now? I think this all shows how scared they are that there IS Divine Providence and there ARE Divine Interventions.
Christ told Maria and Leary [see site links below] that He would work great miracles in these End Times and on that note yes, I do believe in Divine Timing and in God utilizing priests such as this fine person.
Speaking of End Times, in short, the world will NEVER ‘end’, it will be Transformed. What is truly scary for me is that the Messages tell us that not only is the Antichrist here and about to come to prominence, but they also spell out in detail and other specifics the great evil the Antichrist will subject all of God’s children to.
The Messages are also VERY clear that God will NOT permit the Antichrist to RAVAGE God’s children and that means there will be some Final Battle, some Grand Finale, if you will, coming up that “This generation” will witness in our lifetime that will make ‘Star Wars’ seem like stick figures on a child’s piece of paper.
[Jesus said that the Antichrist has two primary targets: Jews and Christians. In fact, the Persecution referenced in the Messages has already begun but that’s a story for another day.]
Each reader here is free to believe what they want or do not want to believe, I have no issue with that! But the Messages reiterate that when Martial Law is declared, Christ will prompt us to leave for Refuge Places; when we receive that “prompt”, we are then to invoke our Guardian Angel who will then appear to both protect us and keep us nonvisible to evil doers, but also guide us to a Refuge Place. I’m against gun confiscation (remember how Hitler did that in Nazi Germany as a prelude to slaughtering millions?) but if I have a choice between an AK-47 and an Angel, there’s no question I’ll side with the Angel!
I’ve seen plenty of HUMAN Guardian Angels in my time– in fact some have saved my life– but I’ve never seen an Angel as described in the Bible. I hope I’m not freaked out when I DO get to see one, but I also expect that I will just be in AWE of God’s INcomprehensible Power to send the Antichrist and all evildoers to Hell before His Son’s Second Coming– which is also when Heaven literally merges with Earth and we will see our deceased loved ones!
It’s all mind-blowing.
One thing is very very very very very very clear in these Messages. Between sinister groups who have:
– modified God’s perfect seeds/food in order to kill other humans with cancers (Monsanto’s employees do not eat their own genetically modified food in their company’s cafeteria);
– put viruses and cancers and stuff that causes autism in both global and national vaccines;
– desecrated the Constitution of the United States;
– set up an unfathomable surveillance grid (that I call “NSA-Net”) to scapegoat anyone who defends Liberty and Human Dignity by changing God’s command to “Love thy neighbor” to “BUG thy neighbor”– how disgusting!;
and MUCH MUCH more,
GOD HAS HAD ENOUGH!!, and, will PROTECT HIS CHILDREN!!
But God also helps those who help themselves!!! and THAT is why both this Site and reading these Messages are SO important if we are going to survive both the coming Martial Law and the Persecution.
http://www.thewarningsecondcoming.com
http://www.johnleary.com
– The Lone Ranger
I say stop worrying about what others think of your beliefs – they are your beliefs after all. I honestly could care less about who is scared of what. My opinion on gun control is the same – I don’t care what laws they pass. I will fight against them tooth and nail. Should I fail, I do not fret – just another law I do not plan to obey…not in this life time.
Ranger: But you are trusting some strangers at a website and seem to believe whatever They say Jesus told them to tell You and others. Yet their so called messages from Jesus are very different from what the Bible verses the Real Christ actually spoke.
Especially that “will make You Invisible to the enemy govnt etc parts”!…That sure sounds very Cultish mambo jambo to me and is nothing remotely like true bible prophecy etc..
2nd when you state them “Prophet” folks or some maria chick said antichrists two main people hes after is christians and jews?….Have You ever read what Jesus Christ himself and also John the apostle wrote regarding “jews”?….Check out REV. ch 2 vs 9 and rev ch 3 vs 9….Then read John ch 8 vs 44 for some good Truth and Actual Biblical verses written by John and by Jesus Himself about “jewish” folks.
It sounds like your pals who hear voices must not be in tune with the True Christ as His biblical vesres differ greatly from Their “voices” .
ps, theres quite a few other verses dealing specifically about “Beware of False Prophets and False teachers” and how Many shall arise in the later days. One could even say that Today there are so Many such false prophets and teachers, that they number akin to cockroaches…They seem to be everywheres at once, especially when its Darkness time.
I’m not a Christian – I follow the Old Ways. And I believe in miracles, in people or spirits or animals or a sign coming into our lives when we need them. It doesn’t happen every time, but that young lady somehow reached out, in all her pain and fear, and that priest found his way to her. No doubt the emergency workers were praying too, each in their own way. In some of my darkest days, some kind of spirit has come to my aide. Not always, because sometimes the answer to a prayer is “no” I truly believe there is something greater than ourselves, whatever you choose to believe, or to call that faith. There are angels everywhere, but in this hectic, loud and glaring world, we’ve forgotten how to listen and don’t think to look. And we need to, because dark days are coming; we can’t avoid it and the angels won’t be able to stop the tide. They may be able to help us cope and change and survive. And on a purely personal, irrelevant note, how cool is it that the priest was Irish?! Misneach, fianna.
Thank you, Celtic Nana.
off topic~~i’m glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I just skimmed Drudge headlines. It would have sprayed out of my nose:
John Kerry: The internet “makes it much harder to govern”
Really? I think it just makes it harder for politicians to hide their dirty little secrets.
BTW did you see the “obama clown” has been banned for life? I didn’t like bush or clinton, but their faces were all over the place in parodies, etc. Just another double standard. I hope they house all the homeless non-violent drug felons in the obama white house. I’m not making any sense now. I need a break…..
Bovine feces. One, the priest has come forward and been identified, nothing supernatural about him. Two, why does “God” operate in these relatively minor events when he could really show his stuff by overtly stepping in during large events like superstorm Sandy. This is nothing more than delusionals seeing what they want to see and what is actually there.
” Two, why does “God” operate… ”
If one cannot explain why God does something, does that negate his existence?
“This is nothing more than delusionals”
Don’t you believe in progressivism and govt provided “freedom”?
ncjoe, what would you know about God or anything else in real life? you’re the one who is delusional.
Maybe God had a purpose for the Sandy Hurricane..to wake up many to prepare for disasters??
To make many aware of their gifts and treasure them?
To make many aware that God will touch you regardless of your race, social background, marital status, etc.??
What is the old saying, God helps those whom help themselves. When this happens and SHTF and buries the population in nose deep, those can depend on a higher force or the government to bail them out. God would be far more likely, as the government has a price tag on it like some devil. Still is far better to prepare now and everyday thereafter.
In retrospect to a divine force helping someone, yes I think it happens, but in many cases it does not. I can’t figure this one out. Cynical people will say it is just dumb luck. Others will say that those people that died anyway were not deserving. I look at it this way, IF you are stuck in a bad situation either though your own doing or just being in a wrong place at the wrong time, it doesn’t hurt to ask for some higher force to help. It may or may not happen, but perhaps asking and you will receive. Maybe it has to do with believing. I will allow the philosophy experts to handle this one.
Most people are mistaken about what life in the physical universe is about, so base thier opinions on what they have been brought up to believe.
Good evening, BI, and I can personally testify to what you’re saying. In September, 1982, I moved back to TN from FL after losing my wife. I lived in a mobile home for 2 months when it caught on fire one night. I made it out of the trailer in time. All i lost in there was some clothing; nothing of any real value. The situation made me homeless, but only temporarily. My temporary home was a 1972 Dodge cargo van that i brought back from FL while i was saving up money for another place. I spent a week in that van; at the time it was November and it was already starting to get cold. On my 8th day on the streets, i ran across an old friend who i grew up with. she asked about my situation and i told her. She then reached into her purse and offered me enough cash to get another place I was checking at the time but was short on the amount I needed. I told her, no thank you, I never ask for handouts, i could not possibly accept it. She told me I better accept it or get my ass kicked. I knew her as a fighter in her younger days, so I reluctantly accepted the money, thanked her, and got into that other place the same day. i never saw or heard from her again afterward. She was my guardian angel; she saved my bacon that day. That 1 week i spent living in that van was a bitch, BUT I SURVIVED IT! Someone was definitely looking out for me at that particular time. braveheart
A guardian angel person that won’t back down when her friend needed help, and would shove that help down your throat if you didn’t accept. What a mega cool lady. I am sure glad she forced help to you. She could have been the difference in your entire life forward from that one point. So often people feel that they are undeserving of help, and learn to regret this deeply. When someone, when anything offers you help without some strings attached, just because they want to give you a chance, some hope, a break, only four words need to be spoken. Thank you very much.
BI, thanks for that song you posted earlier. it fits 2013 to a T. braveheart
Mystery priest has been identified.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/mystery-priest-in-missouri-rescue-comes-forward/
Whether angelic or not, the important point is that God provided what was needed at the time.
according to the local newspapers yesterday, the prienst/angel has in fact been identified and has come forward. but that does not mean he is not an “angel” for intervening in giving aid/help/and prayer when it was needed most.
I know I wake up every morning and thank God for another day… I go to sleep thanking God for what I have, good or bad… Sometimes I ask God for things that are possible through my hard work and a little luck… I notice that the more I help others that deserve it, the more I get in return. I won’t like killing people and surviving on tree rats, so I ask God to help us with all that may cause it…
My teenage daughter (in a small car) was hit by a huge motor home. All the witnesses stated to the police that my daughter was lifeless and not breathing. A young man in a garage-mechanic uniform with name patch of BEAR ran up to her, pushed her back into her seat an started mouth-to-mouth. My daughter gasped and slowly came to…and then he left, swallowed by the gathering crowd…never to be identified. When the policeman told me all this I KNEW that my daughter’s guardian angel had been that man because my daughter’s most favorite stuffed animal as a baby to today (she is now 27) was called: BEAR.
The Sun’s Wrath: Worst Solar Storms in History
http://www.space.com/12584-worst-solar-storms-sun-flares-history.html
the storm of Oct 28 2003 was an X45
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero 42B.C.
Keep the FAITH
Watchman
Rattlesnake Chili
1 large onion, chopped
3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 red bell pepper, chopped
3 jalapeno peppers, chopped
1 28 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 15 oz. can tomato paste
1 28 oz. can chili beans
1/4 cup chili powder
2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
2 lb. rattlesnake meat
juice from 1/2 lemon
Simmer rattlesnake in water and lemon juice for 1 hour, remove and separate meat from bones.
Combine de-boned meat with the rest of the ingredients in a crockpot and slow-cook for 6-8 hours, or bring to boil in large cooking pot and simmer for 2 hours.
Rattlesnake Stew
1 large onion, chopped
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 bag baby carrots
3 celery stalks, chopped
4 white potatoes, chopped
handful fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 15 oz. can whole tomatoes, punctured
2 bay leaves
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
3 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. thyme
1 can beef broth
2 tbsp. corn starch or flour
1 tsp. ketchup
1 tsp. steak sauce
2 lb. rattlesnake meat
juice from 1/2 lemon
Simmer rattlesnake in water and lemon juice for 1 hour, remove and separate meat from bones.
Combine de-boned meat with the rest of the ingredients in a crockpot and slow-cook for 6-8 hours, or bring to boil in large cooking pot and simmer for 2 hours.
Keep the FAITH
Watchman
I should have known, YOU would answer “the call”. Now I know what I will be doing with next one! You da man!
Sounds like starting EVERYTHING with the “Rattlesnake cocktail” is the first, best step!
Peterson, your IP Address is from Prison, you must me the guy who killed his wife and child, and dumped them into the bay, in northern California….
Scott Peterson…..
Now we know why you don’t have a life, and still want to kill others ambitions and actions…
get a life and hang out at this website instead!
http://www.peeweehermanshe_man.com
I could be wrong, Yeah its happened before..lol
but I was under the impression that prison inmates don’t have access to internet for these types of things, possibly only for research for an appeal and S. Peterson isn’t getting an appeal
can Anyone can shine a light on the availability of the internet to Lifers, or even general pop. inmates?
is it really possible to trace an IP address, (im not a comp. guru)
If so where am I? just interested by pure curiosity
VRF,keep in mind in many prisons inmates work at computers taking info. for airlines/company orders ect.!So yes,they have access,how good security is not sure but any system can be beaten,the upside is prisoners have folks addresses/credit/debit info. ect.!
Rattlesnake Cilantro Soup
1 large onion, chopped
2 large garlic cloves, mince
6 celery stalks, chopped
2 carrots, minced
1 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. marjoram
2 tsp. black pepper
3 bay leaves
3 cans chicken broth
4 cups water
1 cup rice
2 lb. rattlesnake meat
juice from 1/2 lemon
Simmer rattlesnake in water and lemon juice for 1 hour, remove and separate meat from bones.
Combine de-boned meat with the rest of the ingredients except for rice in a crockpot and slow-cook for 6-8 hours, or bring to boil in large cooking pot and simmer for 2 hours. Add rice in last 3 hours of slow cooker or last 45 minutes of stove pot.
Keep the FAITH
Watchman
BAKED RATTLESNAKE
1 rattlesnake carcass
1 cup half n half or milk
1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 limes, sliced thin
1 tsp. basil
1 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. rosemary
Cut snake into 3-inch sections and place in a large baking dish. Cover with cream or milk and add the mushrooms, limes, basil, pepper, and rosemary. Cover tightly.
Bake in 300 degree oven for 60-70 minutes or until done.
ROASTED RATTLESNAKE
Cut snake into 2 inch pieces. Place pieces on a skewer and roast over glowing coals, keeping the skewer constantly turning. When the meat quits sizzling, it is done.
SOUTHERN FRIED RATTLESNAKE
1 egg
salt to taste
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. seasoning salt mix
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp. pepper
flour
1 rattlesnake
Cut snake meat into 4 inch lengths. Beat egg and milk. Mix spices with flour in a separate bowl. Preheat deep fat fryer with cooking oil. Dip snake into egg mixture and then in flour mixture and place it in hot oil. Cook until golden brown and crispy like fried fish. Serve with french fries.
Rattlesnake Cocktail
1 1/2 oz whiskey
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 oz. Southern Comfort
1 egg white
1 tsp. sugar
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve with a cherry.
Keep the FAITH
Watchman
@ Watchman,
You’ve got more receipes than Carter has little liver pills. Sorry, only the older generation gets it.
Some sound really good. Have you compiled them into a book? Could be an interesting little business.
The timber Rattler I ate had a squirrel in it’s belly.
I wonder if that’s why i kept trying to keep my nuts covered for the next week.
Off topic:
Napolitano Stresses Need For Cooperation Between Feds And Local Authorities highlights DHS Secretary Napolitano’s keynote speech at the National Fraternal Order of Police convention in Cincinnati, where she emphasized the importance of Federal cooperation with local law enforcement. Napolitano told around 4,000 police officers, “You are often in the best position to first notice the signs of a planned terrorist attack or a threat to our communities. … And because of that, our homeland security work must be interwoven with your work at the local level each and every day.” Napolitano said national Fusion Centers are continuously opening to allow “for better flow of information between local law enforcement and various federal agencies,” as well as acknowledged DHS’ need to improve local agencies’ access to protected information by improving the security clearance process. …..
And our brief today included a foot note that people who are amassing large quantities of ammo an firearms could be considered dangerous. Everyone in the room busted out laughing due to the fact that the person giving the brief has lots of both…..
Where do I get a mask. I want to be a rodeo clown. Will their health care be the same as mine. Will their pension be leak free. Makes me want to go out and tail gate a Prius with a train horn/off road lights with the Pope riding shotgun. I guess I’ll just buy a little bit more Au.
Dead Kennedys…
Fnord is that which isn’t that which isn’t (fnord isn’t).
Fnord is why ducks eat trees.
Fnord is neither a particle nor a wave.
Very Life Affirming Mac. Great Comments Too (except for the few pathetic trolls). Thanks.
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/74vzei0r9/Mystery-solved-Angel-Priest-Identified.htm
Hey Braveheart.
Talking about Survival Mag, how about when Shotgun News was about an inch thick with stories and advertisements. Also you have me by a few years ;0)
Getting old!
All ‘dat preppin’, combat experience, an army’s arsenal, or a dump truck load a yella aint gonna do any of ya any good. You’re all Davids up against Goliath, and would need Gods help as well. You’ll either get your ass handed to you by trained Russians who are already here and ready for deployement, or you’ll get a patriot missle up yer arse via gpa coords the obummer administration paid people to document, if you prove to be more than the standard hassle. Exec orders allow them to take all yer food and water too. Living in a cave would be your best bet, but then again, who would really want to live in the Luciferian New World Order anyway?
I have witnessed intercession.
Several times.
I call it that because my vocabulary lacks an explanation for the inexplicable.
After a few times, you feel silly for worrying.
Peace.
Scott
I once read a book telling about unexplained events during WWII in Finland. In the book, there are many stories about how people were being helped in supernatural ways.
One story goes like this. There was a team of men laying in foxholes on a little hill, guarding the position. The teller of the story heard a silent voice in his ear, telling him to retreat 10 meters or so backwards, to their back-up trench. He thought he was just hearing things and didn’t believe what he heard. A little moment after that, the voice said again, retreat a little. Again, he didn’t believe it. Then after a little moment he heard the voice again, this time the tone of the voice was very sharp and imperative. Now he finally rose up and started moving to the back-up position. At the same time he rose up he saw the other men rising from their foxholes all at the same time, doing the same as him.
And there are many more stories like this in the book.
Actually, my grandpa had a similar kind of experience himself in the same war. He had been laying down and resting, leaning on a stone. At some time, he had felt an urge to change to the other side of the stone. Some time after he had changed to the other side, a grenade hit near the place where he had been laying just a while ago. He got wounded as he got a fragment of grenade to his back. Had he been on the other side of the stone the stone wouldn’t have been there to protect him and he would have died. My grandmother used to tell us it was an angel who guided him to change side.
I myself have asked if there ever was danger of life to myself, I would receive guidance and protection. No reason to not help myself, though.
Whoa, forgot to say about the retreat event… right after the men had reached their back-up position, there was a big grenade attack launched, and the grenades dropped right to their original foxholes and exploded there. So the guidance the team received saved the lives of all of them.
I have a month’s supply of food and a backup electrical supply. I had also hidden food that will not spoil and would say it would last us about a year. I’ve learned a few lessons when the power was off for a week. Everything in the freezer and refrigerator spoiled.