Uplifting Words from the Lord

As I read Candy's words today at www.keepingthehome.com: Uplifting Words from the Lord I easily applied them to the work that we have done here at Visits to Candyland.


This post is dedicated to those wonderful bloggers out there that stand for God's Word and for Jesus Christ and the Truth. When you do such, you will be under the attack of the enemy. ("Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" -1 Peter 5:8)

This is very true. In fact I have been personally attacked on this blog with my personal information being revealed by Candy herself on KTH!

But I would also say that blog READERS who stand for God's Word and for Jesus Christ and Truth will also be attacked by the enemy. They will be attacked in com boxes, or they will be silenced and censored.




One of the enemy's attacks is to launch out forces of talebearers (gossipers). Many of us are used to that attack now, and refuse to visit such froward, talebearing websites. However, for those who are new to the attacks, I'd like to share with you some words that the Lord has shared with me.

And some of us are use to the attacks and have continued to stand up to them anyway. This blog is an example of not backing down in the face of persecution from Candy and others who felt that we should never question or challenge the lies that Candy has told about our faith or about us personally. This birth was born from the deliberate lies Candy told about me personally. We have persevered.


Here is what the Bible tells you to think:

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." -Philippians 4:8

Don't visit froward gossipping websites. Don't watch froward TV shows. Don't surround yourself with frowardness. Surround yourself with as many things godly as you can, and think upon the things of God.

Candy is clearly not pleased with the other sites that are calling her on some of her misrepresentations. I on the other hand, am happy to see the balance, and especially the support from other Christians for us Catholics. Christendom is not as Candy has presented it, with her theology and views as true and central and the rest of Christianity revolving around it! In fact I think our blog and the others have helped to put the information out there that the Gospel according to Candy is just that - her view. It is not the shared view of the majority of Christians world wide. It is just peculiar to her small part of it.


Here are some scriptures the Lord has shown me. I pray they will be a help and blessing to you:
23 The Lord detests double standards;
he is not pleased by dishonest scales.
"A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter" -Proverbs 11:13

Christians are called to rise above gossip, and not to partake in it.

Other translations refer to keeping a confidence. But I submit that on this blog we did not break any confidences. In fact we mainly focused on trying to correct misinformation and some downright lies. I would also say that the impression given by Candy about me on her blog was that I was a mean spirited evil stalker. She has lied about me and misrepresented things that I have said many times.

Candy might do well to take a look down at verse 16: "A gracious woman gains respect."
23 The Lord detests double standards;
he is not pleased by dishonest scales.
"He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips." -Proverbs 20:19

The proverbs also say:
23 The Lord detests double standards;
he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

Candy is crying the victim here when she has been the perpetrator. It is only just that other blogs have popped up to expose this.



Don't talebear - don't gossip. We know the Golden Rule. We know that we wouldn't want to be lied about, slandered, picked on, or gossipped about, so we should not do so to others.

Bingo Candy! So stop lying about other people's faith and misrepresenting their e-mails or changing their comments or their links!! (It might be nice if you refrained from putting the Google maps of their homes up on your site as well! Getting the screen shots out of your Photobucket might be a good idea too!)Don't be so mean and hurtful.

Here is a Psalm that the Lord gave to me this morning, for all those bloggers who boldly proclaim the Word of God and fall under the attacks of gossipers:

"Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up he fighting daily oppresseth me. Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?" -Psalm 56

Every line of that I could apply to the bloggers here and the many readers who have solace here and at the other Candyland blogs. In fact, it is appropriate enough for me to put in OUR side bar. We will not let Candy and her lies oppress us.










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