We will this year [2012], gather celestial fruits on earthly ground, where faith and hope have made the desert like the garden of the Lord…

“They did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.” Joshua 5:12

Israel’s weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling wilderness; they came to the land that flowed with milk and honey, and they ate the corn of the land.

Perhaps this New Year – 2012, beloved believer, this may be thy case or mine. Joyful is the prospect, and if faith be in active exercise, it will yield unalloyed delight. To be with Jesus in the rest which remaineth for the people of God, is cheering hope indeed, and to expect this glory so soon is a double bliss.

Unbelief shutters at the Jordan which still rolls between us and the goodly land, but let us rest assured that we have already experienced more ills than death at its worst can cause us. Let us banish every fearful thought, and rejoice with exceeding great joy, in the prospect that this year [2012], we shall begin to be “for ever with the Lord.”

A part of the host will this year tarry on earth, to do service for their Lord. If this should fall to our lot, there is no reason why the New Year’s text (above) should not still be true. “We who have believed do enter into rest.” The Holy Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance; He gives us “glory begun below.” In heaven they are secure, and so are we preserved in Christ Jesus; there they triumph over their enemies, and we have victories too.

Celestial spirits enjoy communion with their Lord, and this is not denied to us; they rest in His love, and we have perfect peace in Him: they hymn His praise, and it is our privilege to bless Him too.

We will this year [2012], gather celestial fruits on earthly ground, where faith and hope have made the desert like the garden of the Lord. Man did eat angel’s food of old, and why not now? O for grace to feed on Jesus, and so eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan this year, [2012].

Sheriff G Ali

Our 2012, New Year’s Prayer - Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name!

Bless the Lord O my soul: and all that is within me bless Your Holy name. I adore You and make known to You my adoration and love this day.

I bless Your name, Elohim, the Creator of heaven and earth, Who was in the beginning. It is You who made me, and You have crowned me with glory and honor. You are the God of might and strength. Hallowed be Thy name!

I bless Your name, El-Shaddai, the God Almighty of blessings. You are the Breasty One who nourishes and supplies. You are all-bountiful and all-sufficient. Hallowed be Thy name!

I bless Your name, Adonai, my Lord and my Master. You are Jehovah – the Completely Self-Existing One, always and forever. Hallowed be Thy name!

I bless Your name Jehovah-Jireh, the One Who sees my needs and provides for them. Hallowed be Thy name!

I bless Your name, Jehovah-Rapha, my Healer and the One Who makes bitter experiences sweet. You sent Your Word and healed me. You forgave all my iniquities and You healed all my diseases. Hallowed be Thy name!

I bless Your name, Jehovah-M’Kaddesh, the Lord my Sanctifier. You have set me apart for Yourself. Hallowed be Thy name!

Jehovah-Nissi, You are my Victory, my Banner, and my Standard. Your banner over me is love. When the enemy comes in like a flood, You lift up a standard against him. Hallowed be Thy name!

Jehovah-Shalom, I bless Your name. You are my Peace – the peace which transcends all understanding, which garrisons and mounts guard over my heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Hallowed be Thy name!

I bless You, Jehovah-Tsidkenu, my Righteousness. Thank You for becoming sin for me that I might become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Hallowed be Thy name!

Jehovah-Rohi, You are my Shepherd, and I shall not want for any good or beneficial thing. Hallowed be Thy name!

Hallelujah to Jehovah-Shammah, the One Who will never leave or forsake me. You are always there. I take comfort and am encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm – I will not fear or dread or be terrified. What can man do to me? Hallowed be Thy name!

I worship and adore You, El-Elyon, the Most High God, Who is the First Cause of everything, the Possessor of the heavens and the earth. You are the everlasting God, the Great God, the living God, the merciful God, the faithful God, and the mighty God. You are Truth, Justice, Righteousness and Perfection. You are El-Elyon – the Highest Sovereign of the heavens and the earth. Hallowed be Thy name!

Father, You have exalted above all else Your name and Your Word, and You have magnified Your Word above all Your name! Your Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and His name is Jesus! Hallowed be Thy name!

Sheriff G Ali

In memory of the fallen who served so that we can live free!

Seana Arrechaga kneels beside her husband as he lies in his coffin. Sgt. I st Class Ofren Arrechaga was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan eight days earlier.

Perhaps, just perhaps, in times of reflection we can take a page from the life of Seana and Ofren Arrechaga and learn how to set aside Political party affiliation that divides us and be Americans first, with the profound knowledge that “together we aspire and together we will achieve,” but divided we will fall!

Commit oneself with a 2012 resolution that “you would not allow Sgt. Ofren Arrechaga indispensible sacrifice to be for naught!” Vanity produces wantonness and wasted lives, for “vain are the sharp swords of infernal malice and the perpetual battles of the serpent seed, for in the midst of the Church, the lame take the prey and the feeblest of warriors are crowned.”

Sheriff G Ali

Funny Mustache Cartoon-Man John Bolton, one of the idiots who got us into the Iraq war, criticizes Obama’s Foreign Policy!

The truth of the matter is that John Bolton, Ron Paul, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Haas, Michele Bachman, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and others; they belong in – “The Institution for the Stupid,” and former President George W. Bush belong in “The Institution for following the Stupid!”

These people that are always espousing; God, Country and Patriotism and at the same time criticizes the extension of Tax Cuts for one hundred and sixty two million Americans and the extended Unemployment Insurance for the many who has come upon hard times, they disgust me!

They denounce President Obama for brining the Troops home from Iraq that has cost so many lives and a trillion plus dollars thus far, but yet they have no heart for the 98% of Americans that have and continues to have a most difficult time, subsequent to former President Bush’s and the Republican Controlled Congress eight years in office, (2001-2008) that tossed us into the “abyss!”

It is my hope that in the upcoming 2012 election that the 98% that are continually disavowed by the Republicans, remember the duplicity of whom they voted for in 2010, and before!

Sheriff G Ali

CHRISTMAS! “Jesus Christ [is] the condescension of divinity and the exaltation of humanity!”

Modern science has enabled us to identify fossils existence dating back millions of years and allowed us to research and gain knowledge over the years. And it is that same science that allowed us the privilege of knowing the approximate year when documents were written. In the ancient days Scribes penned history and modern science through the testing of the “ink” on Scrolls, provided the timeline to identify that the Book of Isaiah was written approximately 650 years BC.

Just imagine that 650 years before Christ was born the Prophet Isaiah wrote;

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah Chapter 7 verse 14. (Immanuel means – God with us)

The best ending of Christmas day is to wash anew in the cleansing fountain. The precious blood of the Lamb (Jesus Christ) slain removes the guilt, and purges away the defilement of our sins of ignorance and carelessness. Believer, come to this sacrifice continually; if it be so good tonight, it is good every night. To live at the altar is the privilege of the royal priesthood; to them sin; great as it is, is nevertheless no cause for despair, since they draw near yet again to the sin-atoning victim, and their conscience is purged from dead works.

“Gladly I close this festive day,

Grasping the altar’s hallowed horn;

My slips and faults are washed away,

The Lamb has all my trespass borne.”

Immanuel, God with us in our nature, in our sorrow, in our lifework, in our punishment, in our grave, and now with us, or rather we with Him, in resurrection, ascension, triumph, and Second Advent splendor.

Sheriff G Ali

REPUBLICANS DEFEAT THE TAX CUTS for the “needy,” but yet they espouse God and Christianity at every twist and turn!

In 2001 and 2003 when President George W. Bush and the Republican Controlled House and Senate voted for the massive tax cuts of over ONE TRILLION DOLLARS that benefited mostly the upper 2% of Americans, The Republicans never questioned or even attempted to find a way to pay for it; the tax cuts were just added to our National Debt.

On the other hand when it comes to the 160 hard working Americans, the Republicans is demanding cuts in social services that “actually” helps the poor in our society; adding the Keystone Pipeline to the Bill, and shamelessly pretending that they care about the average American. “They have shown their true colors in defeating the temporary Senate Bill that was implemented by a vote of 89 to 10 in favor of the tax cuts.

I wonder, just wonder, “Does the American people ever remember what President Bush and his Republican Party did to them from 2001 through 2008? I asked that question because it was the votes cast by the American people in 2010 that ushered in the “do nothing but obstruct,” Republican House of Representatives. More often than not, we reap what we sow.

Sheriff G Ali

Sheriff G. Ali – In the midst of my circumstance!

Beyond this world of wrath and tears….

In the clutch of pains that follow me

From my head down to my sole,

I wonder what life holds’ for me?

In the darkness of my world

Despite the pangs I would not complain

Even when I pine,

And though at times I feel disdain

I know, I am wholly Thine

Beyond this world of wrath and tears

Looms, but the Heavens’ above,

With freedom from pains or fears

And the bounty of my Father’s love

So, in the midst of my circumstance

In this blessed evening shade,

I’ll live by faith and not by chance

Strong in heart and unafraid!

© Sheriff G Ali – May 9, 2011

Perhaps the DRONE that Iran got is a “doctored version” that would take us into areas in Iran where we can’t otherwise see or go!

Some Republicans seeking their Party’s Nomination for the Presidency have suggested that we should go to war over the Drone. They are so blinded in their hate mongering for everything about President Obama, that these fools would initiate another war over the Drone, when it may very well be, that the CIA that are conducting Intelligence Gathering about Iran’s Nuclear ambitions, may have had the Drone doctored with high-tech gadgets to see and hear inside of Iran’s sealed off military areas, where it is impossible for us to otherwise do so.

I do not hesitate for a minute in regards to what I suggested above because it is this same President that spent much time with his Military Advisors, in the planning of the invasion that killed Osama Bin Laden. And to The Obama’s Administration credit, it was one of the most protected information that even the News Media was totally unaware, until the Operation was over.

The Republicans are masters of “permeating narcissistic poisonous deluge!” In the final analysis, they are no different than the lunatics that blow up innocent people in the name of God, which is a manifestation of hate. There is a small step from fear to hate, and I am afraid that these people, “the extreme conservatives,” have already taken that step!

I am not a “yes man” for Obama or anyone else, but this is a President who has had a handle on Foreign Affairs, far different than his predecessors.

Sheriff G Ali

I am Newt Gingrich and I will create the “Master-Race,” that my friend who blew his brains out on April 30, 1945, failed to do!

This is what Newt Gingrich said about President Obama:

“What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together his actions?” Gingrich said. “That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior.”

Gingrich added, “This is a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now President. I think he worked very hard at being the person who is normal, reasonable, moderate, bipartisan, transparent, accommodating – none of which was true. He was authentically dishonest.”

Then on Friday December 9, 2011, Gingrich in a Television interview said; “The Palestinians are an invented people.”

GOP LOST-CAUSE – NEWT GINGRICH

Newt Gingrich can’t help himself when it comes to being self-righteous and conceited. If he wasn’t educated I wouldn’t call him “stupid,” but the fact that he is educated, he is stupid and then some. The Hebrew Lexicon has a word for Newt; “NEBAL,” which means “FOOL.”

The Republican’s lack of any "meaningful candidate” that could possibly be a challenge to President Obama is self evident. The GOP is only good at one thing and that is: “Permeating Narcissistic poisonous deluge!”

People that use phantasmagoric rationales and internecine propaganda as a means to a deceitful end, result in tragedy. Do good and good will follow you; Do evil and evil will follow you to the grave!

The GOP must remember that people often doubt what you say but they always believe what you do! And yes, the American people are fully cognizant of what former President George W. Bush and his cronies did to our country, financially and otherwise! I do believe that former President George W. Bush found his conscience during the last two years of his Presidency.

Sheriff G Ali 

THE HEAVENS, OUR HEREAFTER!

Usurp I may be, out of life’s door

And sorrow may soon arrive,

But my love for you is forever sure

Even if I don’t survive

Despite fighting for countless years

Life is a burning ember,

And even through the pain and tears

How I wish my time was longer

Fate is a predestined mark

Far out of our control,

And like a momentary spark

All that's left is the soul

I can already see that far away land

With shouts of joy and laughter,

In perpetuity, where life is grand

The Heavens, our Hereafter!

© Sheriff G Ali December 5, 2011

Author’s Comment

I must go back a little way to the choice mercies of yesterday; and though all may be dark now, I must light up the lamps of the past; they shall glitter through the darkness, and I will trust in my Lord, till the day break, and the shadows flee away.

THE POTTER’S CLAY HAVE DRIED

Live life to the full this day

In spite of what tomorrow may bring,

Don’t look back at yesterday

Today, shout and dance and sing

Our yesterdays cannot be redone

The Potter’s clay have dried,

Tomorrow hasn’t yet come

Today, breathe a breath of sigh

We were blessed with memory

For the next bridge that we cross,

Forgive and be no longer sorry

Times past is already lost

Be strong for the next grief

For soon it will be here,

Don’t live life in disbelief

For your soul would just be bare!

© Sheriff G Ali 2011

BLUDGEONING PEOPLE OF EVERY RACE!

Poverty permeating the world today

Bludgeoning people of every race,

I lift my voice to the Heaven’s and pray

Grant them sustaining grace

Man’s advancement in technology

And medicine for every ill,

Yet life for many is a tragedy

And mundaneness of a myriad hill

Few have garnered the world’s wealth

Protected by Government’s of every creed,

While there are so many with flagging health

And children they cannot feed

So, in the midst of this reality

For us who have in excess,

Our trigger mechanism of generosity

Should bestow unto those we can bless!

© Sheriff G Ali 2011