But I don't have time to prophesy . . .
I just completed writing our 2nd unit evals and now we have a mid-year consultation committee. More writing, more deadlines. In the midst of it, I hear the Lord speaking on various topics. None of His topics have to do with my little career or writing requirements for my job at the moment.
I feel the fire shut up in my bones and I'm going mad without enough time to develop what He has placed on my heart. He is telling me to use the internet to explore local barter-economy options to help His people. It will be set up like a Country Market, but instead of homepages, folks will have booths. They can display their homemade goods and services with posts and pictures. They can even throw in a little garage or attic cleaning as long as it remains free or barter and local. I was chatting with an old high school friend last night, (I had a crush on him and took him to Turnabout) and one of his software engineer buddies is into this kind of stuff. Yes Lord, here I am.
I happened to be on Facebook, with that old friend, because God had brought me there for another topic. Returning marriage to the church. I started a petition. The issues of gay marriage would cease if the government would just get out of the business of marriage. Marriage is sanctified by God in the church. If the government wants to regulate households and the rights of joint ownership and survivorship, that is their right. They can have a system of legal unions at the courthouse. If a couple wants both marriage and legal inheritance rights, they should go to both places and face the proper authorities. Each church can then hash it out internally, rather than every church battling with the government to take sides with them.
I feel the fire shut up in my bones and I'm going mad without enough time to develop what He has placed on my heart. He is telling me to use the internet to explore local barter-economy options to help His people. It will be set up like a Country Market, but instead of homepages, folks will have booths. They can display their homemade goods and services with posts and pictures. They can even throw in a little garage or attic cleaning as long as it remains free or barter and local. I was chatting with an old high school friend last night, (I had a crush on him and took him to Turnabout) and one of his software engineer buddies is into this kind of stuff. Yes Lord, here I am.
I happened to be on Facebook, with that old friend, because God had brought me there for another topic. Returning marriage to the church. I started a petition. The issues of gay marriage would cease if the government would just get out of the business of marriage. Marriage is sanctified by God in the church. If the government wants to regulate households and the rights of joint ownership and survivorship, that is their right. They can have a system of legal unions at the courthouse. If a couple wants both marriage and legal inheritance rights, they should go to both places and face the proper authorities. Each church can then hash it out internally, rather than every church battling with the government to take sides with them.
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In Texas, things may be somewhat different than in your home state. You can just file a paper at the courthouse saying you're married. You can also enter into a business contract without worrying about a marriage license and assure the same rights of survivorship and ownership, Divorce is a little tricky though, with or without a license.