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I’ve just re-released my book under the new title “Israel’s Treasure.” It has been re-edited and re-written in the hopes of making it a much better read. It is available from Amazon as a Kindle book and soon from Apple Books (iBooks).

Smashwords – Israel’s Treasure – a book by R H Clark
— Read on www.smashwords.com/books/view/1095097

Two Pharmacists—Two Different Fates – Liberty Counsel
— Read on lc.org/newsroom/details/210917two-pharmaciststwo-different-fates

I grew up on the Gulf Coast, not far from Padre Island and sandy beaches. We used to play a game by standing still in the shallow surf and allow our feet to sink down into the sand, usually no deeper than our ankles. Some of you may have seen this type of phenomenon before, but did you know that if you left a vehicle in such a spot it could disappear completely. I’ve seen several local news stories about such an occurrence. I believe that is happening to us now with COVID and all of the government mandates being forced upon us.

First of all, we were told to wear masks in public places, then it wear a mask every place, and next it was ‘double-mask’ for everyone’s protection. These weren’t suggestions, they were orders issued by mayors and governors upon threat of a fine or of jail time. I’m sure almost everyone has seen a person in their car alone wearing a mask. Of course, it’s for our protection because the rights of safety of the many outweighs the rights of liberty of the few, but, folks, that’s a dictatorship. It’s the same reasoning that led to the internment of the Japanese Americans during World War II.

Instead of worrying about the ‘boot on the neck’ approach of the Biden authoritarianism, citizens are blindly lining-up to get the ‘vaccine’ and many are demanding the booster shot, even if it’s too early. Adding to the furor, false data is being pumped out the media that blames the unvaccinated for all COVID hospitalizations and for spreading the virus. Actual records show the majority of cases in hospitals are actually vaccinated patients and when tested, vaccinated individuals have a much higher viral load than the unvaccinated. Our local news reports ‘COVID-related deaths’ every evening, but never explain what that means.

A study performed of 50,000 VA hospital COVID admissions showed a dramatic statistic, “The study found that from March 2020 through early January 2021—before vaccination was widespread, and before the Delta variant had arrived—the proportion of patients with mild or asymptomatic disease was 36 percent. From mid-January through the end of June 2021, however, that number rose to 48 percent. In other words, the study suggests that roughly half of all the hospitalized patients showing up on COVID-data dashboards in 2021 may have been admitted for another reason entirely, or had only a mild presentation of disease.”

“Given the prevalence of hysterical headlines about hospitalizations, this is important information indeed!”

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scottmorefield/2021/09/13/the-atlantic-scoop-almost-half-of-covid-hospitalizations-are-exactly-what-you-suspected-they-were-n2595832?fbclid=IwAR0BaQsQa1UOFylOXn4YXjLQ0_9UdD1wBkHEObtnRCVZ9Nk_V_VJvsYMHns

There’s the link, check it out for yourself. I agree with their conclusion statement, “Given the prevalence of hysterical headlines about hospitalizations, this is important information indeed!”

I would suggest, with the high number of adverse event reports our so-called medical experts are misleading us when they go on the record to say that adverse reactions are rare. Percentage wise, this may be technically true. However, in the 1960s, we completely banned saccharin as a diet sweetener due to a report of potential of causing cancer in rats given ten times the average human lifetime intake on a daily basis. No actual link to cancer in humans was ever established. Frankly, I believe we’re over-looking a huge problem.

In spite of all this, the government leaders are making vaccination mandatory in every way they believe they can get away with it. Loss of benefits, exhibition of power through prosecution, and at times bribery are used. I saw an add in the news today offering free tickets to a hockey game if you got the vaccination. We are slipping deeper and deeper into the sinking sand of totalitarian dictatorship. And may I point out, you are still to wear a mask after you receive the vaccine. If that’s the case, what good is it?

I, for one, am unconvinced about the mRNA method or that the benefits out-weigh the risks. However, receiving the ‘vaccine’ is your choice and should remain so, but the converse is also true. If you don’t want the vaccine, that is your choice as well.

Ultimately, my primary concern is not medical or political, it’s my Christian belief in the sanctity of God’s creation and man’s actions in the field of ‘Trans-humanism’. Many argue over whether the mRNA enters the human DNA or if it is removed from the cell by natural processes. In all my efforts to research this particular point, I have not found any reliable data to answer the question. All I find are unsupported statements by the likes of Dr. Fauci saying the mRNAs don’t enter the DNA at all and that the bodies on system rids itself of the mRNA. That’s suspicious.

There is no doubt, we are playing with something we do not fully understand. We can perform genome sequencing and see all of the proteins involved, but that doesn’t tell us the consequences of injecting foreign RNA into our bodies with the intent of creating immunity to a specific protein instead of to the entire virus. Maybe that’s why variants are slipping the nets of protection.

In the first “Jurrassic Park’ movie, the character Malcolm says, “The scientists are standing on the shoulders of the researchers who came before them and are using these discoveries with no actual knowledge of the research that took place. They only ask themselves, can we do this, not should we do this.” Our medical community is doing exactly that.

My answer is, “We shouldn’t do this.” “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26) With the mRNA within us, we are no longer in God’s likeness.

It’s the question so many of us have been wondering ever since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic over a year and a half ago. Just how many of those
— Read on townhall.com/tipsheet/scottmorefield/2021/09/13/the-atlantic-scoop-almost-half-of-covid-hospitalizations-are-exactly-what-you-suspected-they-were-n2595832

Over Hospitalization for Mild or Asymptomatic COVID Cases

ABUSE

Suffering abuse is like being in prison. It’s time to parole yourself.

https://ronclarkcom.wordpress.com/2021/09/12/abuse/
— Read on ronclarkcom.wordpress.com/2021/09/12/abuse/

I wrote this lesson a number of years ago when it became obvious that numerous people in our life group had suffered from some form of abuse in their lives and were suffering the consequences. Abuse of one form or another is a much bigger problem than we like to believe. If it helps one person, then it was well worth the labor.

Starting Point:  Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him, and that He has the power to help me recover.

  Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4

Healing Power:  We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

  For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.  Philippians 2:13

In past weeks our lessons seem to apply to making bad decisions in our lives which led us away from a relationship with God.  It’s easy to see that trying to control our lives and being in denial is an issue.  But what about those broken lives where physical or emotional abuse has occurred?  What about someone who has suffered abuse by inattentive neglect for their needs.  I know abuse comes in many forms, but we must start some where.

First let me say, if you are in an abusive relationship, you are a victim.  There are three very important issues that you need to know and we call them the three C’s.

C number one; you didn’t cause it.

Maybe you made a bad choice because you had reasons to be concerned about the character of your boyfriend or future spouse.  It may not be the first time you have been in an abusive relationship.  So what?  No matter our age we are still naive about “love” because we expect love to change people and their behaviors.  Besides, promises for change were made and perhaps even kept until after the relationship was formed.  Then it wasn’t long until the abuse began and one common feature in abusive relationships is the abuser’s accusation, “See what you made me do!”  Then comes the remorse and more promises while trying to load you down with guilt because “you don’t love them.”

Just remember the old joke, “The only way you’ll every change that person is if they are wearing diapers!”  

Perhaps you suffered abuse as a child and it was at the hands of the very ones who should have protected and cared for you.  Again, you didn’t cause the abuse; the cause is inside the abuser.  Right now I’m not concerned about what makes an abuser what they are, that’s a lesson for another time.  Right now I’m only interested in the victim and if that’s you, I am so sorry for what you’ve suffered!  

By now you probably believe you are unworthy of anything else, but that’s not true.  Remember John 10:10 where Jesus said, “My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.”  If that’s the purpose of Jesus, who are you to argue?  I repeat, you didn’t cause the abuse and you don’t deserve it.

C number two; you can’t cure it.  We’re back at being powerless to control or correct the situation.  You do not have the power to reach into the abuser and heal all of their fear, anger and pain.  Only God has that power and He will only do that when that person is ready to accept healing power.  Write it down.  Only when that person is ready to be healed will they change.

To support this statement I remind you of the woman who had bled for 12 years.  She wanted healing and in faith she reached out and touched Jesus for healing.  What did Jesus say?  “Then he said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you.  Go in peace’” (Luke 8:48).  She was ready to be healed.  So don’t think that you can cure an abuser, you don’t have the power to overcome their will.

Do you believe that if you forgive them and make-up that the problem can be healed?  We are called upon to forgive others, but please do not expect your forgiveness to make a difference in another’s life or behavior.  Sometimes it happens but most often they continue doing what they have always done.  At His crucifixion, Jesus forgave the Sadducees and the Pharisees and they kept doing the same old things, telling lies and abusing the followers of Jesus.  

C number three; you need to be and will be cared for.  As a group we cannot fix the problem for you.  We are here to support you, pray with you, and lend the strength we muster through Jesus Christ.  In Luke 12:6-7 Jesus tells us, “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?  Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.  Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”  That is a promise of care from God in Heaven.  To receive care, you must make the choice to receive it.  That means stop the denial and stop trying to fix it on you own.  

Then start praying for guidance and strength through Jesus Christ.  Then make the choice to follow His guidance. It is a choice, a choice that you must make to be healed. If you don’t exercise faith in God by following His guidance you are turning off the connection with His power that can give you a new life.  

Can we agree that it’s OK to seek safety even if it means leaving the relationship? It may be scary but listen to Psalm 4:8, “I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord make me dwell in safety.”  God wants you to be safe and when you are safe it is easier to make good, Godly decisions for your life. You can’t cure it, but you can find safety so that you can heal from all of the hurts you have suffered.  The Good Samaritan left the injured man at an inn where he would be safe and could heal from his wounds.  If you are afraid, there are safe havens in this very city.  Don’t reject this opportunity.  

You didn’t cause it, you can’t cure it, and you need to be cared for.

I could stay on this topic all night but let’s move on to abuse by neglect.  Sometimes, in spite of the best intentions you can be a victim of neglect.  Your family can make many sacrifices to serve others and yet not look within the family to see that you are hurting and need help.  Sometimes, like Solomon, we can’t apply our wisdom to caring for our own families.

God gave us families to love, support, and comfort us and for us to comfort them.  Paul tells Timothy “….learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family…”   How foolish we are for not honoring our responsibilities to our own families.  Again, we are not discussing what causes this kind of neglect, we are addressing the victims.

You did not cause this.  A loved-one’s lack of wisdom caused the problem.  If you tried to communicate your problem you may have been miss-understood, ignored, or perhaps told that other’s needs or feelings were more important.  I call this being sacrificed on the alter-of-the-greater-good. When your needs are seemingly ignored you act out to get attention.  Now you’re the problem in everyone’s eyes, and your problems are now covered up by your misdeeds.

You are and were powerless to cure the problem so you just denied your feelings and kept acting out.  I know it hurts, but it’s time to concentrate on forgiveness.  Jesus has no reservations about forgiving you for anything you did during this time and He wants you to work on forgiving those who harmed you.  Forgiveness does heal all resentments.  

Right now let’s concentrate on caring for you.  Pour out your pain to someone you trust then pour out your heart to “…God, who comforts the downcast…” (2 Cor. 7:6).   Let the pain from your past be healed by faith then accept the new life that is promised to you.  It’s time to take action in caring for yourself or finding a place where you can be cared for.

Please don’t leave here tonight believing that the abuse is your fault or blaming God.  There are three wills working in this world.  The first is God’s permissive will where He grants us free will.   As God granted us free will, man’s will is the second will in this world.  The third will is Satan’s will.  You don’t have to think too hard to decide which one causes abuse.  It’s also Satan’s will for you to take the blame for the problem.  Don’t do it!

Remember the three C’s.  You didn’t cause it, you can’t cure it and you need to be cared for.  In closing I’m taking the liberty of adding a fourth C.  The fourth C is choice.  The choice is yours to continue doing the same thing or to accept the healing power and guidance of Jesus. 

Biden Violates Federal Law with Shot Mandate – Liberty Counsel
— Read on lc.org/newsroom/details/090921-biden-violates-federal-law-with-shot-mandate

Hey guys, let’s talk about our most important earthly relationship; our wives.

I know most guys like to quote this scripture, Eph. 5:23, “For the husband is the head of the wife…” and “…wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” That sounds really good, but don’t get carried away thinking this gives you all kinds of power over your wife. It does give you authority, but with authority comes a ton of responsibility. Every time you decide what is right for you and your wife, you must decide what protects your wife from any harm.

Being selfish with this authority is a sin of the worst type. First you must remember they stayed with us for longer than anyone would expect, and if we’re honest, each one of us married up. If they bailed on us it’s because there was just too much pain and danger for them to tolerate. Many, however, are still standing by us no matter even if their family and friends are calling them crazy. They just won’t give up on us. They see something in us worth saving and they are determined to save us from the trash heap.

Proverbs 31:10 says, “A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.” That’s what God knows and wants us to learn. It’s time to open our eyes and see our women, our wives, as God sees them “…woman is the glory of man,” 1 Cor. 11:7.
God says that they are our glory, can you imagine, they are seen by God as our glory and, “she brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life,” Proverbs 31:12. We need to treat them with respect and protect them.

God leaves us no wiggle room when he says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…” Eph. 5:23. Stop loving yourself first and start loving your wife before yourself. That’s a tall order, but we should all strive for that goal. We can show this best by considering what is best for our wives in every decision we make and obeying the word of God.

Our wives want to be proud of us, but we make it very hard when we act like the whole world revolves around us and everything needs to please us. We may be guys, but we don’t have to act like it.

If we honor God through Jesus Christ, we will be honoring our wives and the love they have for us.

I presented this lesson to the inmates at the Tom Greene County Jail in 2014.