Mama Always ~ L.A. Brown, Author

I know that in the past that I have said that I'm not an alarmist, but I'm going to change my position on that one. With the rumblings going on in the Middle East, the chemical attacks on Syrian women, children and innocents and the threats from Russia and China, I think its time to be an alarmist. While I try to stay away from politics in general, there's another thing that I want to touch on. While I am certainly no fan of our current POTUS, I understand that he was allowed to be put in power by God. Each and every person that has been allowed into power, according to Scripture, is allowed there for whatever reason by God. Yes, God is omniscient, so He knows what is in the person's heart, what this person will do with his/her power, and the outcome of the administration on its people. It is very difficult for us as human beings to wrap our brains around the evil that some of these (I hesitate to use the designation because animals seem to have a higher brain functi...

I've been reading a lot lately on the way  that our economy is going. Its said that by the end of 2015 we will have 5.00 a gallon gas prices. If you think that boggles your mind, just think back to 2008 when we complained about gas prices hitting 1.80 a gallon. That's a big jump from 1.80 to 5.00 a gallon. The thing is, if gas prices do go up as they are predicted to do, that means the cost of living will climb as well, but our paychecks may not. We could see food shortages, gas shortages, rolling black-outs and water rationing like we've never seen before. This is pretty scary. The other things that I have been reading about, if any of you follow my pinterest board, you will see a lot on canning and DIY. Yeah, I'm working on food storage. After Ike came and knocked out power to our little section of Texas for two weeks, it became abundantly clear that if we experienced anything worse than that, like on the scale of the tornadoes earlier this year in Oklahoma, then a ...