I know a lot of people who refuse to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge or donate any money for research because they are against Embryonic Stem Cell Research. I totally understand because I am also against Embryonic Stem Cell Research. I have just uploaded a video blog to let Christians know that there are medical research institutes that do not use embryonic stem cells and how they can help find a cure for ALS and promote research without the use of embryonic stem cells. I also talk about Iraq and helping out people in other countries.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
ALS, Love, War, and Helping Others
I know a lot of people who refuse to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge or donate any money for research because they are against Embryonic Stem Cell Research. I totally understand because I am also against Embryonic Stem Cell Research. I have just uploaded a video blog to let Christians know that there are medical research institutes that do not use embryonic stem cells and how they can help find a cure for ALS and promote research without the use of embryonic stem cells. I also talk about Iraq and helping out people in other countries.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Rioters don't love
I have come across a lot of liberals who support the rioters in Ferguson, MO. Don't tell me that they are protesters and have the right to protest either. The people who are stealing, destroying property, and hurting people are not protesting. They are rioters and they don't care about Mr. Brown at all. They hate the people in Ferguson, MO and hate everyone who doesn't think like they do. They only are about one person and that is them self. Anyone who supports riots, hates their neighbors because this type of action takes away other people's rights. The people who is having their things stolen and destroyed has nothing to do with the officer who shot Mr. Brown.
Listen, I am all for peaceful protests. Even if I don't agree with what you are protesting, I will always stand for your right to protest PEACEFULLY. But the minute that you start taking away other people's rights, you will become my worst enemy. I can never support hate towards other people and that is what rioters are doing.
Take care and God Bless,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
Co-host Political T&T
Saturday, July 26, 2014
A wife's day off
Greetings in the name of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. How are y'all doing? I pray that this blog finds y'all in good health and spirits. Things are going good here at the Jones household. I miss the cooler weather that we had last week, but I am grateful that the summer hasn't been as hot as last year.
Today, my wife got a day off from the house. She left for the day to do whatever she wanted while I took care of the kids and the things around the house. It is something I have been wanting to for my wife for a long time but have never had the opportunity. I know that being a stay-at-home mom is the hardest job in the world and it is a job that doesn't offer a day off. You don't even get a sick day when you are a stay-at-home mom. The problem is, with our lifestyle, Saturdays is the only day that I have to be able to get the thousands of projects I have piled up done. But this weekend offered a perfect opportunity for me to tend to the kids and my wife to have a day off. I did have a few things that I wanted to get done, but I would be able to do them while the kids played outside. Lol, yea right. Well, my wife left the house this morning after breakfast and I kicked the kids outside. I got a few things done but nowhere near what I wanted. Normal children are high maintenance, but an autistic child is very high maintenance. But you know what? It did turn out to be a great day after all. After lunch I tried to do some laundry and my daughter wanted to get the slip and slide out. I was getting irritated because I knew I would have to stop doing what I needed to do to help her. Now for those who don't know, we do laundry by hand. So it isn't like I can put the laundry in the washer and than help her. But she promised that she can set it up herself. I knew she couldn't but I said OK. Sure enough, she didn't know how to set it up and I had to stop the laundry and help her. After it got set up, she started ... kind of slipping and sliding. I had to laugh. My daughter would run and then gracefully fall onto the slip and slid. This made it so she couldn't slid very far. While this was going on, my autistic son was wanting me to push him on the swing. I was getting nothing done. But my heart was softening and I started thinking, 'What is more important?' So I teased my daughter about how she slides and decided to show my daughter how it's done. So I started slip sliding with her. Than my son started to join us. Oh, he was having a time of his life. It really turned out to be a good day.
As parents, we often let our busy schedule and busy days take over our life. Our families lifestyle really keeps us busy. The only electricity we have is two solar panels to charge our cell phones and our laptops. We do everything the old fashioned way. This does take more time. But we do need to keep in mind what is important and make sure we always make time for it. There is nothing more important than family. We need to make sure that we set time aside for family and just have fun. Even if it means to set a chore aside for later.
Well, it is getting late and my wife has returned from her day out. It is time for me to make time for her. Y'all have a great day.
Take care and God Bless,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
www.twitter.com/oktomcat
An amazing speech by an amazing woman.
Here is an amazing speech by an amazing woman of great faith. Everyone should listen to this speech and sharing it with others. If you have a child going through rough times, sharing it with them.
What she says in this speech is 100% true. God puts us where we are for a reason and He uses our flaws and weaknesses to help others and glorify Him. It is easy for someone who looks great and has no problems to say, "God is great." We don't pay much attention to them when they say how God did great things for them. But when a person who struggles through life talks about how great God is and focuses on the great things He does for them and encourages us to put faith in Him, we tend to listen. Here is a person who has gone through so much hurt and pain. How can they be so strong, positive, and happy? When they reply, "I am not. What you see is God's strength in me", that is powerful. Doesn't that make you want that strength? That is one of many reasons why God uses the weak.
If you are picked on because of a weakness you have, let it go. Know that God created you for a reason and He is using that weakness for good. Know that you are cherished and loved by Him and He is in control. If this woman can get through life by relying on God, so can you.
What she says in this speech is 100% true. God puts us where we are for a reason and He uses our flaws and weaknesses to help others and glorify Him. It is easy for someone who looks great and has no problems to say, "God is great." We don't pay much attention to them when they say how God did great things for them. But when a person who struggles through life talks about how great God is and focuses on the great things He does for them and encourages us to put faith in Him, we tend to listen. Here is a person who has gone through so much hurt and pain. How can they be so strong, positive, and happy? When they reply, "I am not. What you see is God's strength in me", that is powerful. Doesn't that make you want that strength? That is one of many reasons why God uses the weak.
If you are picked on because of a weakness you have, let it go. Know that God created you for a reason and He is using that weakness for good. Know that you are cherished and loved by Him and He is in control. If this woman can get through life by relying on God, so can you.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Remodeling our house
We live in a very old house that needs to be remodeled. I plan to make a video of some of these projects that I will be doing and posting them. My wife wrote a big titled, "Frugal Remodeling" that talks about the remodeling we will be doing. It is going to be a lot of work but will be well worth it. The part I will love is that I can customize our house and even get a little creative if I want.
Please take the time to read my wife's blog and I will keep y'all updated. Take care and God Bless.
Love,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
www.twitter.com/oktomcat
Sunday, May 11, 2014
An alternative to the Affordable Care Act
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. - Psalm 139: 13-16
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. How is everyone doing? I pray that this blog finds everyone in good health and spirits. Things are going great at the Jones family household. Things are working out great for us. I am no longer an Over The Road truck driver. I now drive in the Shawnee, OK and Oklahoma City, OK area for Ball Pipe and Supply Company in Shawnee, OK (http://www.ballpipeandsupply.com/). So far, I like the job. The best part is that I am home every night and on weekends and my checks are about the same every week.
My wife and I had to make a very difficult decision when the Affordable Care Act took affect. Do we go against what we believe is a sin and keep our insurance or do we give up our insurance and become uninsured. Insurance itself isn't a sin. The problem is that under the Affordable Care Act, everyone has to pay for birth control pills and the morning after pill through their insurance. Everything that Paula and I have read in the Bible says that birth control pills is a sin because birth control pills can cause embryonic abortions and we believe that life begins at conception. The bible is very clear that we are not to endorse sin in any way shape or form. This includes paying for things that are wrong.
The biggest thing we had to look into is how to pay for medical costs. Something we came across is Healthcare Sharing Ministries. This isn't insurance, but members of the ministry help pay for medical bills. There are a number of them out there. After looking them over, we decided to join Samaritan Ministries ( http://samaritanministries.org/). An added benefit to Healthcare Sharing Ministries is that they are exempt from the Affordable Care Act and we will not have to pay the penalty for not having health insurance (Sec 1501, page 148).
We really love Samaritan Ministry. First, we will not be paying for other people's birth control pills, morning after pills, accidents due to drunkenness, or any other non-Biblical lifestyles or actions. The other thing is that the money we pay actually goes to another person's medical bill. One month a year, we send the money to the organization to cover operation costs. The other 11 months, we send the money to a person who needs money for medical costs. It feels good sending money directly to an individual who needs it rather than to a corporation. We are also given the opportunity to pray for the person in need because we have their name and the problem they are having. This is what Christians should be doing, helping one another out personally. We should not be looking to the government or companies to help out those in need. We should be united and help out people our self.
When Obamacare was first made law, I didn't see any good in it at all. But once I joined Samaritan Ministries, I saw how God can take something bad and turn it into something good. If the Affordable Care Act was not made law, I would have never thought of joining a Healthcare Sharing Ministry. Discovering Healthcare Sharing is a true blessing and I recommend that every Christian look into it. If you are interested in finding out more about Healthcare Sharing, goto http://www.healthcaresharing.org/hcsm/.
Well, I have to go for now. Take care and God Bless.
The Oklahoma Tomcat
http://twitter.com/oktomcat
The biggest thing we had to look into is how to pay for medical costs. Something we came across is Healthcare Sharing Ministries. This isn't insurance, but members of the ministry help pay for medical bills. There are a number of them out there. After looking them over, we decided to join Samaritan Ministries ( http://samaritanministries.org/). An added benefit to Healthcare Sharing Ministries is that they are exempt from the Affordable Care Act and we will not have to pay the penalty for not having health insurance (Sec 1501, page 148).
We really love Samaritan Ministry. First, we will not be paying for other people's birth control pills, morning after pills, accidents due to drunkenness, or any other non-Biblical lifestyles or actions. The other thing is that the money we pay actually goes to another person's medical bill. One month a year, we send the money to the organization to cover operation costs. The other 11 months, we send the money to a person who needs money for medical costs. It feels good sending money directly to an individual who needs it rather than to a corporation. We are also given the opportunity to pray for the person in need because we have their name and the problem they are having. This is what Christians should be doing, helping one another out personally. We should not be looking to the government or companies to help out those in need. We should be united and help out people our self.
When Obamacare was first made law, I didn't see any good in it at all. But once I joined Samaritan Ministries, I saw how God can take something bad and turn it into something good. If the Affordable Care Act was not made law, I would have never thought of joining a Healthcare Sharing Ministry. Discovering Healthcare Sharing is a true blessing and I recommend that every Christian look into it. If you are interested in finding out more about Healthcare Sharing, goto http://www.healthcaresharing.org/hcsm/.
Well, I have to go for now. Take care and God Bless.
The Oklahoma Tomcat
http://twitter.com/oktomcat
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
GOVERNMENT CAN AND SHOULD GET OUT OF MARRIAGE
Oklahoma Considering Separation Of Marriage & State (VIDEO): http://tiny.cc/140218d
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. How is everyone doing? I pray that this blog finds everyone in good health and spirits. I am currently in Winfield, KS on my way to Abilene, KS. I just got back on the road after taking three wonderful days at home. Monday was the anniversary of Paula and my wedding. We have been married eight wonderful years. It is so hard to believe that we have been married that long. It feels like we just got married. Loving her is so fun and easy. I love her to death.
Today, I want to talk about marriage. I have asked people many times, "Why get married?" "What is marriage?" and many other questions like that and it is amazing that no one has been able to answer it. Here is a better one, "Why should government be involved?" I have posted on facebook, twitter, and even briefly blogged that government should be out of the marriage business. I was so happy when last month, Oklahoma law makers started talking about getting state government out of marriage. I back this idea 100%. Marriage is a private and personal matter. Who is government to grant people permission to marry anyway? Are they some kind of moral compass when it comes to marriage? What does it matter anyway if the government tells a couple they can't marry? If two people wants to live as a couple, they will do it with or without the government. So, it isn't like the government is stopping anything. Government has hurt marriage by making it a public and legal matter. Today, most people look at marriage as nothing more than a contract or a way to get more benefits. Because of this, people get married for the wrong reasons and end up getting divorced. There is absolutely no reason government needs to be involved in marriage. People can and should get married in their own way using whatever ceremony they want and having whoever they feels has authorization to marry them.
To make my point about government making marriage nothing more than a legal matter, I heard someone making the case as to why marriage has to be regulated by government on the radio today. I guess this issue has gained in popularity nationally. The person said that if two people get married without government, has children, shares money, and gets a divorce, who gets the children and the money if one person is a Catholic and the other becomes Atheist? They were both Catholic when they got married but now the other has changed to atheist. Everyone, raise your hands if you know two people who live together, have children, and then separate. What did they do when they separated and didn't agree on money, house, or kids? Go to court, right? Why can't that happen when two people get married privately? There really isn't any difference now between a legal marriage and two people who live together as if they are married. Those of you who are playing house and have children, if you two separate, you will have to go through the same thing as two people who divorce. So really, we will not have to change anything when it comes to divorce if government gets out of marriage. The only difference is that people will not have to ask for the government for permission to divorce because government will not recognize the marriage.
When it comes to benefits, government shouldn't be promoting marriage in any way shape or form. People shouldn't be rewarded by the government for getting married. Marriage should be personal and the reward should only be the marriage. If a couple is only getting married for the financial or other physical rewards, they shouldn't be getting married at all. They shouldn't even be living together because that isn't true love. Married people shouldn't be treated differently by the government than single people either.
If you support government getting out of marriage, please contact your repressentatives in Washington and in your state. If you have any questions, feel free to comment the questions in this blog, on facebook (oktomcat), or on twitter (oktomcat). Take care and God Bless.
Love,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. How is everyone doing? I pray that this blog finds everyone in good health and spirits. I am currently in Winfield, KS on my way to Abilene, KS. I just got back on the road after taking three wonderful days at home. Monday was the anniversary of Paula and my wedding. We have been married eight wonderful years. It is so hard to believe that we have been married that long. It feels like we just got married. Loving her is so fun and easy. I love her to death.
Today, I want to talk about marriage. I have asked people many times, "Why get married?" "What is marriage?" and many other questions like that and it is amazing that no one has been able to answer it. Here is a better one, "Why should government be involved?" I have posted on facebook, twitter, and even briefly blogged that government should be out of the marriage business. I was so happy when last month, Oklahoma law makers started talking about getting state government out of marriage. I back this idea 100%. Marriage is a private and personal matter. Who is government to grant people permission to marry anyway? Are they some kind of moral compass when it comes to marriage? What does it matter anyway if the government tells a couple they can't marry? If two people wants to live as a couple, they will do it with or without the government. So, it isn't like the government is stopping anything. Government has hurt marriage by making it a public and legal matter. Today, most people look at marriage as nothing more than a contract or a way to get more benefits. Because of this, people get married for the wrong reasons and end up getting divorced. There is absolutely no reason government needs to be involved in marriage. People can and should get married in their own way using whatever ceremony they want and having whoever they feels has authorization to marry them.
To make my point about government making marriage nothing more than a legal matter, I heard someone making the case as to why marriage has to be regulated by government on the radio today. I guess this issue has gained in popularity nationally. The person said that if two people get married without government, has children, shares money, and gets a divorce, who gets the children and the money if one person is a Catholic and the other becomes Atheist? They were both Catholic when they got married but now the other has changed to atheist. Everyone, raise your hands if you know two people who live together, have children, and then separate. What did they do when they separated and didn't agree on money, house, or kids? Go to court, right? Why can't that happen when two people get married privately? There really isn't any difference now between a legal marriage and two people who live together as if they are married. Those of you who are playing house and have children, if you two separate, you will have to go through the same thing as two people who divorce. So really, we will not have to change anything when it comes to divorce if government gets out of marriage. The only difference is that people will not have to ask for the government for permission to divorce because government will not recognize the marriage.
When it comes to benefits, government shouldn't be promoting marriage in any way shape or form. People shouldn't be rewarded by the government for getting married. Marriage should be personal and the reward should only be the marriage. If a couple is only getting married for the financial or other physical rewards, they shouldn't be getting married at all. They shouldn't even be living together because that isn't true love. Married people shouldn't be treated differently by the government than single people either.
If you support government getting out of marriage, please contact your repressentatives in Washington and in your state. If you have any questions, feel free to comment the questions in this blog, on facebook (oktomcat), or on twitter (oktomcat). Take care and God Bless.
Love,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
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