One of the forty-ish lioness goddess of Ancient Egypt (one of these days I'm going to write a little booklet about them :), Shesmetet first pops up at the start of the Fourth Dynasty, with two of the pharaoh Snefru's sons acting as her priests. From the Fifth Dynasty, she was seen as a form of Bastet, and represented as a lioness-headed goddess.
Her name means "she of the Shesmet-girdle", and she was probably first worshipped at a town with the same name, a few miles away from Bubastis, now called Saft el Henneh. She had a staff of priests with an overseer, perhaps including "the Shesmet-girdle man", who probably wore the girdle - "a leather belt from which were suspended narrow strips of hide ending in tassels", sometimes with ornaments like beads or shells. (The gods Horus, Set, Thoth, Amun, and the centipede god Sepa could also be depicted wearing it.)
Shesmetet is grouped with other lioness goddesses in the Pyramid Texts (Utt 262 - "King Unis is conceived by Sekhmet, born of Shesmetet"), on a monument of the Thirteenth Dynasty pharaoh Sobekhotep IV, on Eighteenth, Twentieth, and Thirtieth Dynasty monuments (with Bastet and Wadjet), and as a form of Mut on an Eighteenth Dynasty statue.
(ETA: Newberry footnotes the Sobekhotep monument as "Louvre C. 11.", but that reference took me to one of the stelae of Ameniseneb. Confusion.)
Apparently Nubian and other African women wear an identical girdle to this day. I'm interested in ways African cultures outside of Egypt might have influenced Egypt; given its antiquity, I wonder if this might possibly be an example. (Or perhaps it was simply an item of clothing common throughout the area.)
"Newberry, Percy E. The Shesmet-girdle or Apron. Egypt Exploration Society. "Studies presented to F. Ll. Griffith". Milford : Oxford University Press, 1932.
The landlord of a 20 story apartment complex finds a crack on the 15th floor. He calls an architect to come survey the property, in hopes of fixing the damage. The architect arrives and goes about his work. After some time passes, the landlord goes to look for the architect on the 15th floor, but does not find him there. At the end of an extensive search, the architect is found in the basement. A bit upset, the landlord demands to know what the architect is doing. The architect simply smiles and points out that the crack now visible on the 15th floor is caused by damage done all the way down here - at the foundation.
This same logic holds true for the human being, as well. When many cracks appear on the surface, there's almost always a deep crack that was formed at the very core of our structure. As with the building, it's necessary to fix the crack at the core - the foundation - before the others can be addressed. If not taken care of, the entire structure can - and will - collapse! Since those cracks are in the basement, in the deep, dark parts of ourselves, how can we identify them? That process is not easy, and it wasn't something I was able to do by myself.
Cathy and I were fortunate enough to be invited to a seminar on Restoring the Foundations. Restoring OUR Foundations. In this seminar, we were shown how cracks can develop because of events that have happened in our lives. Those events may even appear insignificant at the time! The program is broken into four parts: Generational Sins and Curses, Ungodly Beliefs, Soul and Spirit Hurts, and Demonic Oppression. Each of the four parts has significance and all must be addressed in order to patch up the cracks, starting from the inside out!
Generational Sins are not too difficult to understand. There are sins that parents, grandparents, and even ancestors further down the line can commit. These tendencies can pass to the next generation, making it easier for a son or daughter to commit those same sins. There are also instances in the Bible where curses can result from generational sins. These curses will also carry down the line until they are revealed and broken. It is necessary to ask forgiveness for these sins, renounce them, and break the curse they have on your life!
Ungodly beliefs are just that - beliefs that aren't from the Lord! They are beliefs that perhaps someone pressed upon you, saying "You're not good enough" or something to that effect. These beliefs could also originate from the devil as he whispers negative thoughts into your ear. He certainly doesn't want you to believe the truths God is telling you! Finally, these are beliefs that could come from yourself. Things you have made up about yourself that are contrary to what the Word has to say about you. It takes time to identify these ungodly beliefs, but once you do, be sure to rebuke it and replace it with a new godly belief (one from Scripture) that will encourage you!
Soul and Spirit Hurts get a little more complex. I am sure all of us have an event or events in our lives that have had a very powerful effect on who we are today. Some of those events are good, and others can be quite bad. The bad events result in burdens that we choose to carry from that moment on. After all, what else can we do with them? Jesus asks us to give all of our burdens to Him so we don't have to carry them anymore! Finding the source of these burdens can be difficult, though. In order to discover them, we need to ask the Holy Spirit to show us where those painful memories reside, so we can cast them upon Jesus. Ahh, it's such a liberating feeling!
Finally, and just as equally important, is dealing with Demonic Oppression. Many of us don't fully understand the power demons can have over us, if we let them. They come in many shapes and sizes, from greed to murder to laziness to anger to feelings of rejection. They each have one purpose, and that's to make us feel a certain way. This is all the devil and his minions can do to stop us, but it can be very crippling if we don't take care of it! Thankfully, by the blood of Jesus we have power over all demons - even the devil himself! We can tell them what they can and can't do, and we can certainly tell them to leave us alone! It's important to call the demons by name and ask them to get out of our heads! If anger consumes you, ask the demon of Anger to leave you in the Name of Jesus! If it's lust, do the same thing! Just remember to ask the Lord Jesus to fill those voids with His peace and joy.
I had a chance to run through this process about a week ago. It feels a little bit like a therapy session, but in all honesty it's a ministry. It can be very difficult and painful at times, but we collect "junk" inside us that we need to let the Lord deal with. How often do we take half a day and really let the Lord come in and clean all that stuff out? It took a big push from God to get me to go to this seminar in the first place and realize that it was something I needed to do. I am very glad I did. There were a lot of things that the Lord revealed to me that I had never addressed, and many things that I had just left to collect dust. We are the Lord's temple, and He wants to use every ounce of that space for His good! There's no room for junk that gets left around. Cathy wrote a blog about an experience she had, read about it here. Even if you don't have access to a really neat program like this one, spend some time with the Spirit, and listen very carefully for God to speak to you. Let the cleaning begin! (After all, there is no end - it's one of those things you need to keep doing all your life!)
Seishin Jack Fitterer of Indian Lake, the length of with five other Tendai Buddhist monks from the Associate States and Denmark became the first accustomed casing of Japan to get into Soryo Tokudo, an advanced ordination requiring a minimum of six living of study and practice. Thirty monks traveled from Japan to the Tendai Buddhist The population (www.tendai.org) located in Canaan, NY, to ferry part in the utter on Saturday, October 23, 2010. It was officiated by Ven. Komori Shukei, pass on from the headquarters temple of the Tendai bid located on Mt. Hiei bring to a close Kyoto. This ordination utter represents the prominence by the Tendai bid in Japan of the training cast mechanized at Tendai Buddhist The population, the deserted such cast located casing of Japan.
Japanese, American and Danish Monks at Tendai Buddhist The population in Canaan, NY for the Soryo Tokudo (ordination) Good turn
This utter was assumed in conjunction with up-to-the-minute assist in the day celebrating the fifteenth bicentennial of the business of Tendai Buddhist The population in 1995 and the fifth bicentennial of the attentiveness of the temple located organize. The watch day, monks from Japan, North America and Europe traveled to the Boston Museum of Excruciating Arts to engage a fire ritual in formalize of the 125th bicentennial of the Tendai ordination of the founder and first steward of the museum. These two populace were the first westerners to be initiated taking part in the Tendai bid.
Ven. Komori Shukei performs the goma (fire utter) at Boston of Museum of Excruciating Arts
In 2007 Rev. Fitterer familiar Space Barrel Tendai Buddhist Sangha in Indian Lake, as an accomplice of Tendai Buddhist The population, assisted by Daichi Jim Curry, as well as of Indian Lake. Fitterer began his Buddhist studies nearly 40 living ago and traditional Doshu Tokudo (temple revelry ordination) in 1998 and Soryo (descendants) ordination in 2003 from Rev. Monshin Paul Naamon, abbot of Tendai Buddhist The population. From 1998 to 2005 he led Higashi Tendai Buddhist Sangha in Zealous Barrington, MA. He lives and works as a bookbinder in Indian Lake with his companion, Taff, and two cats.
Explanation Through BY SEISHIN AS THE APPRECIATORY Discourse AT THE Marked OF SORYO TOKUDO Good turn
Such an superlative, faraway teaching is chilly to collect,
Equal if we count up the frequent lifetimes we manage waited.
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We began chanting this verse in the manner of Karuna Tendai Dharma Mean was a different, solitary dharma basic. Now at the back of 15 living it is chanted in all people seats everywhere other sanghas manage been familiar by people who manage heavy-handed and accustomed show. We chant it in Canada and Colorado, Albany and the Adirondacks, Washington, D.C., Denmark and Germany, and elsewhere.
Such an superlative, faraway teaching is chilly to collect,
Equal if we count up the frequent lifetimes we manage waited.
How frequent lifetimes we manage waited is second my the unexplained to see or to count-my soothsayer does not go back so far. I leave that for up-to-the-minute to story, up-to-the-minute aloof astute than me. My soothsayer does, even so, go back 15 living to a breezy rise evening in 1995 coming show for the first time everywhere a handful state gathered-and a unhappy handful at that-together with Monshin and Shumon. They had a short time ago returned from Japan with the feature aim of starting this Dharma basic, based upon their elegance living in a Tendai temple in Chiba. It was to be a place everywhere state may perhaps, in their own community, with their friends, contour and neighbors practice and study the Dharma every week under the protection of an authentic assistant professor. This was the feature object. Original dream rested in the back of Monshin's sympathy, too, one that he didn't investment with others-perhaps it was too daring. And it was this: that if this actually worked, if state actually came to practice the Dharma every week, after that maybe he may perhaps train others as he had been accustomed by his assistant professor Ichishima sensei and they may perhaps go out and start overindulgence sanghas and so augment the breed of the Tendai Dharma unlikely and wider than may perhaps be done by any different personality working as you think fit. Today's ceremonies are a celebration of the fruition of people thoughts.
Behind schedule meditation was conclude that first evening we all horde down to LaBella's in Chatham and organization pizza and beer and kindhearted dialogue realization to know one up-to-the-minute in an informal way. We did this for the close few weeks, but it became ardent that this would be ungainly as aloof state related us. And it has been reported that some state don't would like pizza. So the relationship was completed, 'let's manage a pot luck gorge every week at the back of the benefits. And we've continued to do this down to the bestow time.
Forward we eat we stand taking into account our chairs, gazing at the breed early us and chant the Dinnertime Gatha, the buffet verse. It starts
Foundational 72 hard work brought us this give.
We want know how it comes to us.
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As we get into this buffet of the Dharma today, we want know how it comes to us. Seventy-two doesn't begin to hold all the hard work. Monshin and Shumon themselves manage performed massive, myriad, uncountable kotis of nayutas of hard work to launch and obtain this basic. Add to that the gifts completed by Sangha members, friends, families and neighbors; their fiscal gifts, the hand-outs of their physical product, their education and orders, and their zeal. Add to that the Jigyodan and other gathering of Tendai shu in Japan who manage come in ones and twos, in groups of five or six, or thirty and forty, bringing question wear, teaching wear, and proposal. We want know how it comes to us.
The Dinnertime Gatha goes on:
As we get into this concession,
We want tally whether our purity and practice warrant it.
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It is a spectacular concession that has been completed by all. I'm not surefire that anything our purity and practice that we can ever justified to warrant it'-better to detain of is as an unfair gift that we get into despite our shortcomings-a gift we have possession of with secret gratitude and effect of spectacular job. Myself, I manipulate would like one of the 500 disciples who spoken their bolt from the blue and disbelief at Shakyamuni's abnormal imagination of their entrance Buddhahood. In the "Lotus Sutra "they affirm
We, tryout his voice
Predicting for us superlative way,
Take pride in our abnormal lot
And address the all-wise Buddha.
We repent our errors;
Even if countless Buddha reserves as it should be,
With but a glass decoration of nirvana
We, would like unapprised and idiotic state, Were enthusiastic to be pleased.
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We six take pride in our abnormal lot and our hearts and minds are complete with joy, but it is a joy tempered with a effect of spectacular job. Original verse chanted each Wednesday is "Hogo, "a devotion of our lineage:
I revere Shakyamuni Buddha,
I revere Chih-i Zealous Master,
I revere Dengyo Zealous Master,
May the patio path bring good share and want very much life
to all responsive beings.
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Freely we chanted this verse, as the rest of the service, in Japanese. One day, as we were working on the English report, Shunshou Yamada sensei was show teaching into gyo and I asked him about the trickle line, which at a loss me. The first three gun emplacements were candid, blatantly list the worth mentioning names, but the trickle line, "fuku ju kongo," was a mystery. Kongo, I knew, was vajra-diamond or adamantine representing a outstanding wisdom that was lovely to diminish by any snag, or maybe a tense blink of inkling that illuminates the sky for check a top and shakes the earth with the sound of crash. But what does fuku ju mean? And so he told me want very much life, good share. That's it: want very much life, good share, vajra, or patio, no conquered, no verb, no object; an enigmatic look telltale frequent attainable meanings, but settling on none of them. For the stage of the service we fixed upon the copy we use now, "May the patio path bring good share and want very much life to all responsive beings." Most likely, though, in this line Hogo is referring not deserted to the depletion that the descendants brings to others, but expressing its aspirations for the descendants itself: may the descendants take to manage a want very much life, may the descendants take to manage good share, may the descendants take to sparkle with diamond-bright unclutteredness dispelling any stupidity.
These days six of us are named to this descendants which has more willingly than had a want very much life by 2500 living, by good share and bad, beginning in ancient India distribution by requisite Asia taking part in Breakables, Korea and Japan and now finds itself springing out of the earth show in Canaan and from show moving straddling North America and Europe
Such an superlative, faraway teaching is chilly to collect,
Equal if we count up the frequent lifetimes we manage waited.
Welcome this concession, deserved or not deserved, we six named to this descendants vow that by our teaching and practice the aspiration spoken by Hogo incentive be fulfilled: may this descendants take to manage a want very much life and may the descendants take to manage good share, may the descendants take to sparkle with diamond-bright unclutteredness to all. In the shy entrance in the manner of our names are historical, may the hard work we completed take to allow others to regain the path, as your hard work and the hard work of all people who came early manage enabled us.
Vast is the robe of escape
A unstructured thread of support
I wear the Tathagata's wisdom
Saving all responsive beings.
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With secret gratitude and pursue, with a desirable inside, we thank you for all that you manage done.
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The Healing Path of Forgiveness for the New Year
The New Year is a perfect symbolic opportunity to detox from old heavy and toxic energy, and enjoy your natural state of lightness, love, truth, and purpose. Letting go of the old means releasing old energy... especially old toxic energy.
Much of the healing angel -- Archangel Raphael's healing work comes from his release of built-up toxic energies, chiefly stored anger and unforgiveness. The healing workbook, A Course in Miracles, clearly states that all forms of illness stem from unforgiving thoughts. Virtually every religious and spiritual path advocates forgiveness as a necessity to healthy living.
So how do you forgive the seemingly unforgiveable? How do you let go of anger when someone's actions hurt you?
The first step is to decide that you're willing to consider forgiveness as an alternative. As long as you're set against forgiveness, it can't occur. Some people hang on to resentment because they want to punish the offending person. Yet, who's really punished if you're holding toxic and acidic anger within your mind and body? Just a tiny bit of willingness to forgive can open the doorway wide enough for the angels to enter and effect an emotional healing.
Once you've allowed some willingness to forgive, the next step is to ask for help. Here is a helpful prayer:
"Dear God and Archangel Raphael, I am willing to forgive [person's name] and myself for this situation, in exchange for inner peace. I am willing to take responsibility for the role that I played in this situation, and I ask for help in truly learning the life lessons involved in this challenge. I am no longer willing to carry the burden or toxins of anger in my mind and heart. I now fully and freely give these judgements, thoughts, and feelings to you for purification, detoxification, cleansing, and transmutation.
Your body will likely react to this prayer, as the angels release toxins from your physicality. So you may experience shakes or shivers, during the cathartic process. This is a positive sign that your cells are releasing old energy, helping you to feel lighter and freer.
There's a healing reason why virtually every religious and spiritual path strongly recommends forgiveness.
Here are some spiritual texts and scriptures with inspirational words recommending forgiveness to show the universality of this important healing step:
"There can be no form of suffering that fails to hide an unforgiving thought. Nor can there be a form of pain that forgiveness cannot heal." - New Thought, A Course in Miracles
"You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself." - Judiasm, Leviticus 19
"Then Peter came up and said to him, 'Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?' Jesus said to him, 'I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.'" - Christianity, Matthew 18
"Where there is forgiveness, there is God Himself." - Sikhism, Adi Granth
"Subvert anger by forgiveness." - Jainism, Samanasattam
"The superior man tends to forgive wrongs." - I Ching
"Bear no grudge." - Taoism, Treatise on Response and Retribution
"He who forgives and seeks reconciliation shall be rewarded by God.'" - Islam, Qur'an 42
Today, hold the intention of completely letting go of the old! Make this your mantra:
"I release, I detoxify, I purify." Say this repeatedly, and feel lighter and happier.
Most importantly, focus upon forgiving YOURSELF for what you think you've done or not done. Learn from your regrets, instead of beating yourself up for them! It's all about progress, not perfection.
Excerpted from the book, "The Healing Miracles of Archangel Raphael" by Doreen Virtue, available in languages worldwide and as an instantly downloadable e-book (Kindle, Nook, etc.)
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MASI MAGAM FESTIVAL: FEB 18TH, 2011 - KEY OF FORTUNE
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MASI MAGAM FESTIVAL is one of the most auspicious festivals celebrated in a unique manner in the Tamil almanac. It is the time when the "MAGAM" birth star cascades on the full moon day in the Tamil month of Masi, which falls in between February and March.
Devotees make use of this excellent opportunity to purify their karma and to get encircled by the rays of positive energy with the blessings of the almighty Divine power. It is believed that worshipping MAHA MERU orSRI MAHA MERU - the special worshipping form of GODDESS LAKSHMI on MASI MAGAM, will bless everyone with immense wealth.
On the auspicious MASI MAGAM FESTIVAL, Merus are being energized at the Kumbeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam in the south of Tami Nadu when the energies of the Temple and the Temple Tank become increased with the Magha Full Moon influence. Offering your prayers and participating in the special Abhishekams at the sacred Kumbeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam will also help you to purify your existence in this material world.
HOW TO OPEN THE KEY TO WEALTH - MAHA MERU
Goddess Lakshmi, the ultimate benefactor of wealth and prosperity will pour her blessings on this auspicious occasion of MASI MAGAM FESTIVAL. The special worshipping form of Goddess Lakshmi -MAHA MERU- is the ultimate power that can help you to achieve your dreams and riches.
Maha Meru is the three-dimensional form of the Sri Chakra. The conical shape of this Maha Meru resembles a pyramid with 9 subdivisions or phases called "NAVA AVARNAM". The top most point is called "BINDU" where Goddess Shakti abides along with her consort Lord Shiva. Meru is the concentrated form of a million Goddesses' energy in one sacred form, which showers prosperity and good fortune. Maha Meru not only blesses you with wealth but also energize you to get rid of all the misfortunes and obstacles in your life. And to help you make use of this wonderful opportunity to unlock THE KEY TO WEALTH, we at AstroVed are having special offerings for MASI MAGAM FESTIVAL.
ASTROVED GUIDES YOU TO KEY OF FORTUNE
AstroVed is organizing special poojas and Abhishekams to Goddess Lakshmi to energize the Maha Merus at Kumbeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam. These energized Maha Merus will ensure you good fortune and will make your life a prosperous one.
So don't miss the opportunity to open the key to wealth on this Masi Magam festival.
"OPEN THE KEY TO WEALTH THIS MASI MAGAM"
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I pray that my husband and I can get along and he get a change of heart. thank you and lot of love and blessingsdonna February 15, 2010 at 2:34 pmDear Lord, my heavenly fatherI need your hellp, support and guidance, my husband has filed for divorce, he says he no longer loves me, hasnt for years and wants to leave me and our daughter. Lord I know you have a plan for my life but my heart is so heavy and my eyes full of tears I cant see it. Please help me to give all my pain and suffering to you so you can guide me and Lord please, if it be your will please bring my husband back and if it is not your will please give me the strength to accept your plan amen Your Child (please dont leave me alone I need you)janis February 13, 2010 at 4:05 pmplease help me, i am so alone, i ned a job but i still want to stay home with my grandkids, but i am going crazy.....................................help..........i need to make up for all the money i have wasted in the past years, please help me i want to do it all but i am so tired, god answer my prayershawn February 12, 2010 at 3:34 pmmy prayer is for me that god will take totally contorl over my life so i can love me better and change for the goodshawn February 12, 2010 at 3:32 pmmy prayer is for me gegrawn allison to give my life heart and soul, mind, totally over to god and may he give me direction in my life so i can be a better person and husband so i can turn for my wicked ways thanksA.M.A. February 12, 2010 at 3:22 pmI am a creation of our CREATOR. CREATOR in the paradise of eternal life - your name is the most powerful - may your procedures become law here as they are there - bless us with the wisdom to observe the teachings of your messengers - bless us with the gifts of life - for you are our creator and we your creation - to you I vow obedience. carolyn March 12, 2010 at 9:06 pmI do feel as if the world is passing me by.Most my friends have someone an Im,a single mom.To day is my brithday an my mom has colon cancer its more than I think,I can handle 2 top things all off a man i wuz married 2 at a young age tells me he needs me an its almost 10;00p.m. at night havent heard from,him so guess he went bk,2 his wife dont know.Im over weight right now an Im haven trouble even liken myself.my health is not the greatest just last Mar.i had blood clots in my lungs.Im only 39yrs old.an dont feel good most the time.I ask that U agree with me that in all theses areas in my,life get better in Jesus name.andy March 12, 2010 at 6:49 ami'm jobless hence facing a financial crisis.i pray to the lord to give me a job.i need finances to buy a house and to meet my family's needs.most importantly i pray to the lord for salvation and deliverance coz i'm a sinner.D March 7, 2010 at 9:06 pmDear LordI too make so many mistakes it is not funny anymore. I have to grow up at my age, as I don't have that many years left to make it right. Please lead me and find a way out of another of my bright ideas. Dear Lord, I would like to live the rest of my life with you leading me rather than trusting other men to do so for me. I will try to do the right thing o Lord hear me.Anna February 27, 2010 at 9:47 pmDear God,Please help me get accepted into law school. I know I must keep my trust in You and Your way. I have never wanted anything so badly in my entire life. Please let me achieve my goal. I want to contribute to the world and I feel that law school is the way to live up to my potential. I have often not trusted You with decisions and have had anxiety about my future. I know You have a plan for me. Please help me see the plan soon. I am begging You Lord, please let my acceptance come soon. I know it pains my parents to see what has happened to me in the past few months. I want to make them proud. Please bless my family for all their support and help me be a better daugher and sister. Thank You so much for all of Your blessings.In the Lord's Name I pray.AmenGee February 27, 2010 at 9:38 amDear heavanly farther,I praise your name for knowing that I can call on you for help. LORD forgive me for my sins,sin that create storms in my life. I have sin by putting my trust in a friend,which has desipoint me.LORD,i bind the devil at my work place by acknoweleging that I have sin, knowing that you have forging me.I pray for Nats and ask you lord to guid her,help her not to missuse people as with me. I forgive her as you have forgive me also. Today I know only to put my trust in GOD. I call upon you to distroy satans call for taking my own life,lord I want you to open my hard and invide you in my live today. Thank you for the wonderfull family that i have and I am asking to protect us, from satans claws.Give me the understanding to withstand the satan and earth temptations. In JESUS name I pray. AmenErin February 26, 2010 at 6:05 pmMy mother has recently lost her jobs do to lay-offs and the stress is getting to her and the entire family. We may lose our home if she can't find one soon and things are getting harder and harder. Please God, help my mother find the job she needs and let her keep it for once. Thank you, amen.mary February 26, 2010 at 5:28 pmplease pray that my tooth will be saved and i will not have to have it pulled out, my office visit is tommorow and if they pull this tooth it will mean me wearing a denture because it hold the bridge and i also have gum deseae, i have survive cancer diabetes and this scares me so i pray they can save my toothlance February 25, 2010 at 9:04 pmLord please help me do your will. It seems like I am making mistake after mistake. I need your help because I can not do it by myself. I need your help when i'm faced with decisions to do right or wrong because with out your help I normally make the wrong decision. Also I am going to college next year and if it's your will please let me be able to get into Indiana Bible College, I really think that would help me in following your word.Phillip February 25, 2010 at 10:05 amLord, my relationship has just ended and I am devestated. Its not that we don't love each other, as we both do very much but that she can not handle the guilt of how we originally got together. Yet Lord we both have an amazing and deep love which goes so deep on many levels, and before each other we both have had very difficult and troubled lives. I am pleading with you Lord to help us get through this and to restore our love and to enable us to put you firmly in the middle of our relationship. so that we can both start afresh.Robert February 25, 2010 at 2:06 amDear Lord in heaven I pray to you this morningLord forgive me of my sins, watch over me protect me FatherLord this morning my wife and I go to court, Father you know the heart of the man we are against, you know his personality and violent behavior. I ask for a victory through you Father. Lord I pray that the amicus attorney does not get her way in court, Father I pray that this case will be dropped all together. Lord our finances cant handle this abusive law suit brought by Alan. Lord, the children remain safe as long as Alan is kept in supervised visits with them. Lord I pray for your divine intervetion that you touch the judge, that the judge does not rule in favor of this dangerous man. Lord I pray for a hedge of protection around all of us around our home and our attorney, I pray Father that you give our attorney the power to win.In The Lords Name I Pray AMENJesus December 24, 0000 at 12:00 amFather in heaven, I ask for no inhumanity on Earth.
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Besides being the greatest writer in the history of the English language, William Shakespeare was the master of the pithy put-down. So the nervous servant who tells Macbeth his castle is under attack is dismissed as a "cream-faced loon." Oswald in "King Lear" isn't just a useless idiot, he's a "whoreson zed," an "unnecessary letter." Lear's ungrateful daughter Goneril is "a plague-sore," an "embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood." And when Falstaff doubts something Mistress Quickly has said in "Henry IV: Part 1", he claims, "there's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune." (And there's a good chance he didn't intend "stewed prune" to mean dried fruit.) But you don't have to rely just on Shakespeare to spice up your vocabulary. Next time someone winds you up or you need to win an argument in fine style, why not try dropping one of these old-fashioned insults into your conversation?
1. ABYDOCOMIST
Abydos was a city in Ancient Egypt whose inhabitants, according to one 19th century dictionary, "were famous for inventing slanders and boasting of them." Whether that's true or not, the name Abydos is the origin of "abydocomist"-a liar who brags about their lies.
2. BEDSWERVER
An adulterer. Another of Shakespeare's inventions that became popular in Victorian slang.
3. BESPAWLER
To bespawl means to spit or dribble. A "bespawler" is a slobbering person, who spits when he talks.
4. BOBOLYNE
An old Tudor English word for a fool. Coined by the 15th-16th century poet John Skelton (who was one of Henry VIII's schoolteachers).
5. CUMBERWORLD
Also called a "cumberground"-someone who is so useless, they just serve to take up space.
6. DALCOP
"Cop" is an old word for the head, making a "dalcop" (literally a "dull-head") a particularly stupid person. You can also be a "harecop", or a "hare-brained" person.
7. DEW-BEATER
An 18th century word for an especially large shoe, and consequently a clumsy or awkward person.
8. DORBEL
As well as being another name for a nincompoop, a "dorbel" is a petty, nit-picking teacher. It's derived from the name of an old French scholar named Nicolas d'Orbellis, who was well known as a supporter of the much-derided philosopher John Duns Scotus (whose followers were the original "dunces").
9. DRATE-POKE
An old English dialect word for someone who drawls or speaks indistinctly.
10. DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE
An untidy woman.
11. FOPDOODLE
An insignificant or foolish man.
12. FUSTYLUGS
According to the "Oxford English Dictionary", this term for "a woman of gross or corpulent habit" is derived from "fusty", in the sense of something that's gone off or gone stale.
13. FUSTILARIAN
Another of Shakespeare's best put-downs, coined in "Henry IV, Part 2": "Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe," Falstaff exclaims. If not just a variation of "fustylugs", he likely meant it to mean someone who stubbornly wastes time on worthless things.
14. GILLIE-WET-FOOT
An old Scots word for a swindling businessman, or someone who gets into debt and then flees.
15. GNASHGAB
An 18th century northern English word for someone who only ever seems to complain.
16. GOBERMOUCH
An old Irish word for a nosy, prying person who likes to interfere in other people's business.
17. GOWPENFUL-O'-ANYTHING
A "gowpen" is the bowl formed by cupping your hands together, while a "gowpenful-o'-anything" is "a contemptuous term applied to one who is a medley of everything absurd," according to the "English Dialect Dictionary".
18. KLAZOMANIAC
Someone who only seems able to speak by shouting.
19. LEASING-MONGER
A "leasing" is an old word for an untruth or falsehood, making a "leasing-monger" or a "leasing-maker" a habitual liar.
20. LOITER-SACK
This is a 17th century term for a slacker. An idling, lazy good-for-nothing. Literally, someone who seems to spend all day in bed.
21. LUBBERWORT
In the 16th century, "lubberwort" was the name of an imaginary plant that was supposed to cause sluggishness or stupidity, and ultimately came to be used as a nickname for a lethargic, fuzzy-minded person.
22. MUCK-SPOUT
A dialect word for someone who not only talks a lot, but who seems to constantly swear.
23. MUMBLECRUST
Derived from the name of a stock character in medieval theatrical farces, a "mumblecrust "is a toothless beggar.
24. QUISBY
In Victorian English, "doing quisby" meant shirking from work or lazing around. A "quisby" was someone who did just that.
25. RAGGABRASH
A disorganized or grubby person.
26. RAKEFIRE
A visitor who outstays his or her welcome. Originally, someone who stays so late the dying coals in the fireplace would need to be raked over just to keep it burning.
27. ROIDERBANKS
Someone who lives beyond their means, or seems to spend extravagantly.
28. SADDLE-GOOSE
Saddling geese is a proverbially pointless exercise, so anyone who wastes their time doing it-namely, a saddle-goose-must be an imbecile.
29. SCOBBERLOTCHER
Probably derived from "scopperloit", an old English dialect word for a vacation or a break from work, a scobberlotcher is someone who never works hard.
30. SKELPIE-LIMMER
A badly-behaved child. Coined by the Scottish poet Robert Burns from the old Scots word "skelpie", meaning "misbehaving" or "deserving punishment."
31. SMELL-FEAST
Someone who turns up uninvited at a meal or party and expects to be fed.
32. SMELLFUNGUS
When Laurence Sterne (author of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy") met the Scottish writer Tobias Smollett (author of "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle") in Italy in 1764, he was amazed by how critical Smollett was of all the places he had visited. Smollett returned home and published his "Travels Through France and Italy" in 1766, and in response Sterne published his "Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy" two years later. Part-novel, part-travelogue, Sterne's book featured a grumblingly quarrelsome character called Smelfungus, who was modeled on Smollett. The name soon came to be used of any buzz-killing faultfinder-an in particular someone who always finds fault in the places they visit.
33. SNOUTBAND
Someone who constantly interrupts a conversation, typically only to contradict or correct someone else.
34. SORNER
"Sorning" was the 16th century equivalent of mooching or sponging, and so a "sorner" is someone who unappreciatively lives off other people.
35. STAMPCRAB
A heavy-footed, clumsy person.
36. STYMPHALIST
In Greek mythology, one of The Twelve Labors of Hercules was to destroy the Stymphalian birds, a flock of monstrous, man-eating birds with metal beaks and feathers, who produced a stinking and highly toxic guano. A Stymphalist is someone who smells just as unpleasant.
37. TALLOWCATCH
Another of Shakespeare's inventions directed at the gross, womanizing knight Falstaff in "Henry IV, Part 1". It's probably derived from "tallow ketch," literally "a barrel of fat."
38. TRIPTAKER
A finicky, fault-finding pedant.
39. WANDOUGHT
A weak and ineffectual man. ("Wandoughty "is an old word for impotence. Say no more.)
40. WHIFFLE-WHAFFLE
An indecisive, time-wasting ditherer.
41. YALDSON
A 15th century word literally meaning "the son of a prostitute."
42. ZOILIST
Zoilus was a Greek grammarian who became known as one of the most vitriolic critics of Homer, author of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". Consequently, a "zoilist" is an overly-critical and judgmental nitpicker.
