Starlight's Ramblings

               It seemed good to me, since I have a perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you  most excellent Theophilus, that you might know about the things you were instructed.  In the days of Herod King of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias and his wife of the daughters of Aaron named Elisabeth, who were righteous before God and walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the LORD, blameless.  They had no children because Elisabeth was barren and they were now both up in years.             While Zacharias executed his office before God in the temple, there appeared to him an Angel of the LORD, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.  When Zacharias saw him, he was troubled and very fearful.  The angel said to him,  "Zacharias, have no fear for your prayer has been heard, your wife Elisabeth will bare a son and you will cal...

          Hello, my name is Connie James, my husband is Ricky (Rick) James of Coweta, Oklahoma. Rick is the second child born to David "Gene" James and "Judi" Jewel Alice  Thomasson. His youngest brother and the youngest child of seven, is Darrin Adam James. He was born March 13, 1971 in Tulsa, Oklahoma .  He grew up and attended the Coweta Public Schools, graduating May of 1989. In 1977 when Rick and I got married, Darrin was 6 years old. I n 2004, he was living in Tulsa, and had been diagnosed with stomach cancer. His doctor was a Doctor Taylor. I could never find a doctor Taylor  in the Tulsa area.                In about 2010 I found him on Face Book. I sent him a friends request and we became friends. He was now living in Texas.  He had first visited Austin, Texas and like it, later he moved to San Antonio. He was living with and working for an Outreach Ministry and was attending an Orthodox...

          The biblical Garden of Eden location is described in the book of Genesis.  It is said to be located where four tributaries of water come together.  The four rivers that run through the Garden are:  Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and the Euphrates.  In Genesis it also mentions the Land of Cush, translated Ethiopia. The Greeks called the Pishon the Ganges and the Gihon as the Nile.             In Genesis 2:10-14 describes the location:  and a river went out of "Eden" to water the garden.  To me this says the garden was outside the city of Eden, and from there the river parted into four heads.  The name of the first is Pishon, that compasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; there is bdelluim and onyx stone.  In the Tables of Nations there are two individuals named Havilah and they are decedents of Noah.  The name also appears in Genesis...

OUR BEGINNING :   The Church of God (Seventh Day) grew from the efforts of dedicated followers of Christian living in western Michigan in 1858 called the Church of Christ, joined by a church in Iowa, established in 1863 called the Church of Jesus Christ.  The influence of the Church of God (Seventh Day) began to expand into eastern and central United States, due in part because of the publication of a magazine, "The Hope Of Israel".  This publication created an interest in the Church's "distinct" doctrines such as the seventh-day Sabbath as the day of worship.     Unified around these unique doctrines, the General Conference of the Church was officially organized in 1884 and incorporated in Missouri in 1899.  The offices of the General Conference were located in Stanberry, Missouri, until 1950, when they were moved to Denver, Colorado, where they remain today.  Over the years, the "Hope of Israel" was moved from Michigan to Iowa, then to Miss...

            The following information on the history from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia.  I hope you enjoy this latest entry in Starlight's Journal.           North Cascades National Park is a national park in the state of Washington.  At more than 500,000 acres, it is the largest of three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Complex.  The North Cascades National Park consists of a northern and southern section, bisected by Skagit River that flows through the reservoirs of Ross Lake National Recreational area.  Lake Chelan National Recreation area lies on the southern border of the south unit of the park.  In addition to two national recreation areas, other protected lands including several National forests and wilderness areas, as well as Canadian Provincial parks in British Columbia, nearly surround the park.  This National Park features the rugged mountain peaks of the N...

          This is only a story.....Riverbrook, Oklahoma does not exist.....two sisters in their late 20s, Eleanor and Margaret Ashcroft disappear from their family property...... The following narrativ e has been pieced together from fragmented sources, local newspaper clippings from the Riverbrook Gazette, police statements, personal correspondence between family members that surfaced decades later.....              In the summer of 1921, the disappearance of the Ashcroft sisters sent shockwaves through Elmore County, Oklahoma.  This story began as a missing persons case, but would unravel into one of the most disturbing documented incidents in the state's history.            According to police reports filed on June 19, 1921, on the evening of June 17, the sisters had gone on their customary evening walk.  When they failed to return for supper, their father Thomas Ashcroft, a respected ...

          The definition of the Godhead: deity, divine nature, and essence of God.  God is a title not a name.  The Godhead is not physical, but spiritual.  There is a scripture that says the Father and the Son and the holy spirit are one.  That is a true statement, but they do not live in one body, God.  God is a spirit.  We are to worship him in spirit and in truth.  No where in scripture will you find that the holy spirit is another entity of God.  The Holy Spirit dwells in us through Jesus Christ, it guides us in our spiritual walk.  After Jesus was crucified and risen the third day and was about to return to his father in heaven, he told his disciples, Where I go you cannot come, but I will ask my Father to send you a comforter in my place.  I will never leave you comfortless.  The Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts (feelings) and our minds.            In the New Testament t...