NO I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE RESTROOM WITH YOU

Its amazing how society has now come to such a point where any thing goes, and is accepted, that we are pushing for transgender restroom integration. This puzzles me because we are so worried with offending the side of those who are apart of the LGBT community, that we are forgetting the rights of those who are not.

Is it not natural to go to a private place like the restroom, and be comfortable knowing you're among those who share the same gender makeup that you do, not just that they identify with? To be truthful, no matter how many times you put on a dress, use extensions/wigs, or even take hormones to change the physical make up of your body, you were still born with the XY chromosome. This makes you a man. There is no way you can go into every cell in your body to change that.  The same goes for women.  No matter how often you cut your hair, tape down your breast (or not), put on men's clothes, and take hormones to change the outside, or even deepen your voice, there are still those XX chromosomes built into each cell of your body.  This makes you a woman.

The bottom line is this, men are still men no matter how many operations you've undergone to change that fact, and women are still women.  God does not make mistakes, if you had been meant to be born a member of the opposite sex, He would have made it that way.

Personally, as a member of the heterosexual community, I want to be the one to speak up and say that I don't want to be joined in the restroom by someone who used to be a member of the opposite sex, or may still be a member with different clothes on. Do my rights matter?  How far will we push the envelope on the matter of equal rights?  Yes, I do believe equal rights should be given to all, but since there are already bathrooms built to suit the sex you were born with, and no one is stopping members of the transgender community from using the restrooms period, why is it that we need to change what is natural?

The Power in Faith

Ever wonder why when so many people were crowded around JESUS, surely there to witness all the hype they'd heard, were never healed of their 'issues' like the woman w/the issue of blood? Being in a crowd that thick I'm sure JESUS was touched more than once, but she, who was considered unclean and should have been sitting outside of the city gate, in her faith, touched Him and was healed. I think that was the key. There were a bunch of faithless gazers so-called 'star gazing' at JESUS,  and only one who truly believed.

I wonder if Jairus had the same faith when they came and told him that his daughter was dead? I wonder if he looked past all the mourners who mocked JESUS in his house and saw that HE was preparing for a resurrection, not a funeral?

Its amazing the amount of faith we see in the Bible and some of its characters. I'm left to wonder if I were in those same situations, would I have the same type of faith?  I can only hope, because it was their great faith that moved JESUS so much, the power flowed right out of HIM and smothered infirmity and death until they were no more. 

The Fate of America

Its amazing that this so-called "great nation" we have has a front runner for president who can't tell the difference between decorum and impropriety.  Have we come to such a point of desperation that we would support an 'any thing goes' (out of his mouth) type of candidate like Donald Trump? Are the mental capacities of the present voters so fickle that they can't rationalize the detriment they may be putting their country in?

Eight years ago the United States was ready for change.  Although, there was an historical change that took place with the first non-Caucasian face to represent a nation that is an ethnic melting pot, the change the people wanted from one person seemed to shift with the wind.  It was as if they expected this one person, President Barak Obama, to be able to force the delivery of their wants onto a house that was not cooperating with his efforts to make a difference. So today, we citizens say we want yet another change; never mind the fact that Osama Bin Laden has been found and disabled indefinitely; never mind that the status of unemployment in many states has gone down drastically; never mind that the country has brought home many of its troops deployed for war that has been long since over due to be finished; never mind that there is now medical car provided to those who would not otherwise be able to afford it.  The list continues to go on of the good that has come in these last eight years, yet there is also a list of negatives that clearly mark these same years with a big red X.

Personally, there is no preference for me on what party I'd like to join. Democratic, or Republican, they are all just political crime families, gangsters who force you to choose a side based on what they claim to believe in the public eye. In regards to voting, I make the best attempt I can give at being open to hear what all candidate have to say, and where they stand on issues that concern me, but I think the bumper sticker that I read just last week, on the back of a car sums it all up, "No one 2016."

The Real School Bullies

I'm watching the news last night and am floored by the gall of Alief ISD.  They are railroading this African family who decided to make use of the Due Process offered them whenever they feel their child is not being treated fairly in public education.

Kenneth Chibuogwu, who's child is autistic, came to America in search of a better life, and free education for his children, but what he got in return was a reverse lawsuit filed on him for court fees the district had to come off of when they paid attorneys to fight the case brought against them by the Chimbuogwus.

Apparently this "free education" didn't include fair treatment, because the mother went to go and observe the child during school and found that he was crouched in a corner, distressed, and being ignored by other students, and whats most petrifying, the teachers too.

Instead of taking the initiative of responsibility for the mistreatment of this child, Alief ISD decided to bully them into removing their case from the courts.  This after a judge ruled that Alief ISD was in the wrong, but guess what they did?  They decide to take it to another court, for yet another decision, and recoup the over $100,000 in tax-payer dollars they spent from the Chibuogwu family.  Now the family is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, all in the name of defending their child.  Isn't that a shame?

Another Letter to The President

Dear President & Mrs. Obama,

I recently wrote you a letter asking for you help in my efforts to put prayer back into schools.  Since then I have done a little research in this matter that, hopefully, will help my appeal.

It is my understanding that praying in school does not go against our rights as citizens under the Constitution of the United States.  As a matter of fact the First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of a religion, or prohibiting the practice thereof…”  Yet in 1962, the year prayer was removed from school, the government seems to have done just this.

I have also learned that the “Separation of Church and State” is also not in the U. S. Constitution, and since we have done this the pregnancy rate for teenaged girls has gone from 5,000 to 27,000 per year, with numbers possibly steadily increasing.  As important as education is to you and your wife, you should also know that SAT scores have dropped drastically, and the drop-out rate is spiraling out of control; not to mention the increase in violence and drug use.

There are approximately 80% of Americans who claim to be religious and pray, yet we have taken the flawed morality of the minor few and incorporated them into our system.  I am not afraid to call out the enemy, who is trying to destroy our nation where its leaders are being trained to lead.

Though the Constitution does not uphold the ban on prayer in our schools, I do understand that the law does prohibit our educational systems to mandate standard prayer.  This is why I feel there should be a freedom of choice, even inside the walls of the school.  If prayer is allowed, it should be an individual’s choice to participate.

As a substitute teacher,  there have been many times that I wanted to take a child who I knew was a Christian, just as I am, and pray with them.  They were suffering, or in trouble, but my hands were tied because it was not allowed.  Prayer changes things Mr. President, I know that you know that.  My prayer, joined with the prayer of many others, is why we have the privilege of your leadership in this great country today. 

The backbone of our society, in its inception, was built on the Bible and its teachings, and the Bible says, “Do not be anxious about any thing, but in every thing BY PRAYER AND PETITION, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.” (Phillipians 4:6).

I appeal to you Mr. President, and I appeal to Congress, please, can we put prayer back into the school system where it belongs?

Sincerely,

Tonya D. Bernard

A Letter to The President

Dear President and Mrs. Obama,

My name is Tonya Bernard, and I am an American citizen concerned about the state of the educational system in our country.  It is a concern that is not what I would say was traditional, or even popular by today’s standards, but I feel it is one that bears tremendous weight.

I address you and your wife because I am impressed by both of your spirits and devotion to change this world we live in.  I want to do that too, yet I am just one person; a wife, and a mother, with one voice.

This country was built on “One nation under God,” but it was this country who allowed one woman to take away the spiritual foundation on which our fore fathers built this great nation on, Madelyn O’Hare.  At no time were some of the nation’s greatest leaders hesitant to pray for guidance and give reverence to the God who gave it to them during the era where this country was being built.

Just this morning I mentioned  to my husband how it took that one woman to come into our schools and take prayer away; why could it not be one woman, me, to come in and do just the opposite?  Our schools are where the nation’s next leaders are being trained to do battle in the place we call the real world.  We rely on these places to shape the minds of our most impressionable, but yet take away the one thing that should be impressed upon them, the power of prayer.

My husband reminded me, in our talk, that this was a free country and no one can force people to participate in something they don’t believe in.  I believe that’s true, but I also believe that my duty as a Christian is to walk in the light, no matter where I am, and to guide the lost into salvation by the life that I lead.  One of the gifts that God gives us is a direct line to Him, and while I recognize that He also gives us the freedom of free will, this is the very reason that I believe that those who pray to Him should, and those who don’t shouldn’t be made to participate. This country Democracy is very much a Hypocrisy if they take away the rights of some (believers) to give to others(unbelievers).

Our children are in school for the most part of the day, so are the teachers.  Should these people who share the same faith be deprived of their right to come together and pray on a regular basis?  I don’t think so.

What I’m asking you is, where do I start?  How can I get pray back into the schools that our children attend?  Please help me.

Sincerely,

Tonya D. Bernard

Women

Some times I sit back and think, trying to remove myself from myself, as if I were on the outside looking in, whenever I get into an argument with someone (namely my husband).  I must admit that it is during those times when I think: "Why do I, as a woman, have to be the victim in this situation?"

I'm a work in progress, of this I'm sure of, but the nagging and complaining thing is getting kind of tired, and I don't want to be apart of it any more.  I'm trying to be apart of the rare breed of women who can humble themselves and admit their faults when the situation calls for it, not play the innocent when I know I'm wrong.

Proverbs 31 is a hard goal to attain.  I read it and immediately wrote it off as unrealistic.  But if we all call ourselves getting on the road in the right direction, what better place to start than putting one foot in front of the other?  Without striving to achieve the unrealistic our world would be void of some of the greatest leaders it has ever known.  How many are going to stand up and walk with me?