I Just Can't Keep Quiet On This One: Especially for Memorial Day

I need to warn you---you are either going to totally understand, or roll your eyes and think, here she goes again.

I am the girl that cries when Neil Diamond's America plays. I devour history books and although I've never served in the military, for years I've had this burden to write to soldiers if nothing else, just to say thank you. I've never left North America and yet there is something in me that understands we are a blessed nation.

And I get pretty agitated when contemporary "intellectuals" try to re write history. I hate that my schooling never once mentioned creationism. I'm peeved that children today are to think that the Bible really has no place or memorial as a cornerstone of history.

What?

That is why the American Patriot's Bible needs to be in your hands.

I'm not kidding, I got choked up picking up the book. Just looking at the cover, it just is a gorgeous book for subject matter and artistic mastery. It made me think even further back in history when people died trying to print Bibles, and how carelessly society today treats the Bible in recognition and touch.

This will be our family Bible for a lot of reasons.

I enjoy the translation, New King James Version. I thought the font was easy on the reads for all ages, I even tried to imagine a senior citizen veteran perhaps, picking this book up. I think it would be very special to them.

There are also amazing features:

Full color presentation page and family record section

48 full-color insert pages, presented in 12 four-page sections

1,632 pages including illustrations, two-color Bible pages, 254, articles, and 66 book introductions.

I wanted to review this book right away for Memorial Day and because I was so excited. This book exceeded my high expectations. There are even text boxes that highlight Scripture that US Presidents used for their inaugurations. I loved that.

The profiles on founding Fathers, people throughout American history who used the Bible and believed in it, amazing profiles I did not know about. It is obvious a ton of research and editing went into this endeavor. From Patrick Henry to the crew of Apollo 8, it gives great information that stirs a patriotic feeling from head to toe.

I can't say I always tell readers to read the foreward, introduction and anything precluding a beginning chapter, but in this case, I'm begging you to. In a day where God is trying to be removed from everything, I relished reading the Seven Principles of Judeo-Christian ethic. The Call to Action page is impressive as well.

There is also a map of the United States, a list of each state and when it joined the union. There is a map at the back regarding the journeys of our patriarchs and a comprehensive concordance and subject index.

Are you sold yet? Summer is so much more than baseball and picnics--to me it's a season above all to really celebrate our country and all she means. If you are looking for a family Bible, a gift for a soldier, a veteran, a history lover or even a gift for yourself---look no further.

Book Description:
THE ONE BIBLE THAT SHOWS HOW ‘A LIGHT FROM ABOVE’ SHAPED OUR NATION. Never has a version of the Bible targeted the spiritual needs of those who love our country more than The American Patriot’s Bible. This extremely unique Bible shows how the history of the United States connects the people and events of the Bible to our lives in a modern world. The story of the United States is wonderfully woven into the teachings of the Bible and includes a beautiful full-color family record section, memorable images from our nation’s history and hundreds of enlightening articles which complement the New King James Version Bible text.

A You Tube video featuring The American Patriot's Bible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjHaNCre6do

You can buy here!






Julie Arduini knows the call on her life is to write and encourage others. She maintains a personal blog, The Surrendered Scribe, which reveals her writing resume. Her next published work will be a quote in Kathy Vick's Howard/Simon and Schuster gift book, Run Like a Girl. This will release July 7. She's also working with an awesome group of ladies at Christian Women Take Root who are journeying through The Love Dare. This is ongoing, so there is no wrong time to join!

With One Week to Go

I received this as an e mail forward.
Please specifically pray mercy, grace, and that as a nation we would prayerfully consider the next 40 years, not just the next 4.

And then let's all remember this! (Me, most of all!)


Top 10 Predictions No Matter Who Wins the Election


1. The Bible will still have all the answers.
2. Prayer will still work.
3. The Holy Spirit will still move.
4. God will still inhabit the praises of His people.
5. There will still be God-anointed preaching.
6. There will still be singing of praise to God.
7. God will still pour out blessings upon His people.
8. There will still be room at the Cross.
9. Jesus will still love you.
10. Jesus will still save the lost when they come to Him.

AND GOD APPROVES THIS MESSAGE!

ISN'T IT A GREAT REMINDER TO KNOW WHO IS REALLY IN CONTROL !?!?




Julie Arduini is a surrendered writer with her own blog, The Surrendered Scribe. A graduate of the Christian Writers Guild, she also blogs for the Christian Writers Forum Sundays as the mommy blogger. She is active with FaithWriters and has several writings ready to publish in different books and anthologies in 2008-09. One of the books will be a quote in Kathy Vick's Simon and Schuster/Howard's gift book, "Run Like a Girl."You can also find Julie the third Wednesday of each month over at Take Root and Writewith her columns, Finding Freedom through Surrender and Marriage: Striving for Oneness. She facilitates groups by the same name at the sister social networking site, Christian Women Take Root.

The 24 Hour Difference

Image from Classroom Clipart

You can also find this post at The Surrendered Scribe

As you know, I'm originally from Upstate NY and that's where I was on September 11. That day is so seared in memory that I don't even need to tell you the year, you know. You remember exactly what you were doing that day.

I lived far enough away from NYC (in fact in OH I'm the same distance away pretty much) that the terror of that day affected me like most of the world. Shock, grief, sadness, the gamut of emotions associated with loss. Yet because I was far enough away, I did not lose any family members or loved ones as thousands did.

The day changed me though, I bet it did you too. How many of you refer to September 10? Do you remember what you were doing that day? I know I don't. I remember after the 11th thinking about how I had been in the Big Apple two weeks before. I didn't give a thought about my safety then. Now anytime I see a plane in the sky I pray for their safety. What a difference a day makes.

I know of one family that changed their lives because of the 11th. They didn't want to keep taking life as they did on September 10. They realized life is short and you are not promised the next day, yet boy, do we take it for granted.

I'm a deep thinker, maybe too deep I suppose, but I wondered and still do about choices. How many people on September 10 started a rebellious relationship? Ended one? Found out they were pregnant? Ended a pregnancy? Forgave someone? Held a grudge? Started over? Kept the same routine thinking, I'll change tomorrow? Had another drink, or went to another casino when bills were due and family was concerned? How many on September 10 said I'm starting this--or---I'm ending it?

I pray, truly pray there is not another day ever like September 11 for any country. I often think of Israel where that thought is daily for them. They lived with strict travel and military a lot longer than we ever have because they had to. But again, we are not promised a second. Is there anything today that if you knew tomorow would change everything for everyone, you'd do different?

I'm just asking, you don't have to answer.

If you have questions though, my hope is like that family that switched things around in their lives after the 11th, that you seek a Bible believing and reading church, a clergyperson with the same foundation as that, grounded in Christ. Maybe a Bible study, many YMCA's are treating the "C" in YMCA as it was always intended, about Christ. If you want to take a private step for now, I always encourage people to get a Bible they are comfortable with (I suggest NIV only because I truly can not grasp formal language like King James and was intimidated by it as a seeking person) and read the book of John. Take a chapter a day and each day for a month, ask God to show Himself to be real (oh, He will, I promise) and to give you the tools to make whatever changes you feel are necessary.

Wake up September 12, Lord willing, with no regrets.

And let's not forget the people who gave all so we could have another chance at another day.

Julie Arduini is a surrendered writer with her own blog, http://thesurrenderedscribe.blogspot.com/. A graduate of the Christian Writers Guild, she also blogs for the Christian Writers Forum Sundays as the mommy blogger. She is active with FaithWriters and has several writings ready to publish in different books and anthologies in 2008-09. One of the books will be a quote in Kathy Vick's Simon and Schuster/Howard's gift book, "Run Like a Girl."You can also find Julie the third Thursday of each month over at Take Root and Write with her column, Finding Freedom through Surrender. She facilates a group by the same name at the sister social networking site, Christian Women Take Root.