this note bears the image of andrew jackson, 7th president of the us, 1829-1837. as president, he got congress to pass a law that evicted all native indian tribes from all territory east of the mississippi river to the west.
the cherokee tribe living in the state of georgia chose to file suit against the us government instead of going on the war path.
the case went all the way to the us supreme court.
I highly recommend reading Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. I picked it up this summer while traveling through South Dakota. It can only be read in small pieces at a time, imho. It is so heartbreaking to read of all the autrocities that was done to the native americans.
as if i wasn't already completely stressed out about my daughter's upcoming brain surgery, not to mention being executrix of my mother's estate (and she left a lot of debt), i just learned the day before yesterday that my father-in-law has colon cancer, and now today.... today i learned that my 35 year old nephew, my deceased sister's only living son, is suffering from congestive heart failure.
the cardiologists have told him he only has 10% function left.
they cannot even perform a catheterization to see whether or where arteries are blocked or valves are diseased.
One simple point I liked in Karen's book about the history of God was that El was the name for god. Thus Bethel now makes sense. There was no "jah" in that word. So "house of god" is house of el.. . . Bethel.
And Moses would learn the "I AM" since none of his ancestors knew him as such. Jehovah was one of the 70 sons of EL and thus the Isrealites got to know Jehovah instead of El.
my son, jackson, was admitted to the hospital on monday.
he has asthma and had a severe enough attack that his lips began to turn blue.
at any rate, he hates hospitals, more to the point he hates ivs (can't say i blame him) as well as being awakened at 2:00 a.m. just to have blood pressure checked.
.... therefore, i want to devote the last years of my life (i am 72)to more positive, upbuilding activities such as giving a testimony to my faith through manifesting the fruits of the spirit, attempting to minister to the widows and orphans in their affliction, and to giving a positive witness through my writing.