Raised Angry

David Allen Brown

Christian writer


Lovenotes from Above"

"Breaking down the walls to Heaven

“Raised Angry”


Okay, take a deep breath and we’ll go over this calmly. Repressed anger turns into rage so it must…be …dealt …with, Did you notice the chapter name this time.?.Not “Raised ON Anger” But “Raised Angry” because that’s what happens to emotionally neglected people. They are raised BY angry parents who pass the angert onto their children and they pass it onto their children and so on and so forth.

The worst part of this whole raised angry thing is that unless someone like this gets help , they will never be capable of giving or openly receiving unconditional love. They can’t conceive of it because they’ve nevr experienced it or seen it displayed in a way that is true or genuine to them.

There have always been conditions tied to love and acceptance. For insttance, what if a parent projects these emotions to a child? “I am proud of you when you make an A but if you make a “B” and Michael gets an A, then he becomes Daddy’s new favorite. It’s sad but true how competition for Daddys approval can last until the bitter end even amongst older siblings.

These unfortunate souls have a twisted, dellussional, skewed view of what real love is. These people need our understanding, our compassion and our mercy. It isn’t their fault that they are missing out on something so wonderful. What can they do to change ?

They must reprogram the way they perceive love but they need good role modelss. They have to completely change the way they feel about what is important in life and how they relate to an emotionally giving person or they will never learn to give or receive true love. ‘

As someone once said to me “David..I think I finally got it right”, but they hadn’t because the conditional programming was so engrained in their minds after so many years that it was going to take time to make it stick. It doesn’t take much to send them right back over the edge if the don’t watch out.

Anyone who has ever gone to a chiropractor knows that when you get your back realigned it will continue to pop back out under new stress. In time it adjust to its new positioning and eventually it stays where it should, even under stress. The same goes for reprogramming your thoughts. You can make them stick but it takes dedication and commitment and you must stay disciplined long enough to let the changes set in. Then you can make the change. It is possible. It can be done Continued

Thank God for what you don' t know just happened

Lovenotes from Above David Allen Brown

Todays Blog was inspired by one of my readers . Who notices the things that God does, that don'tever happen? These are the events that he intervenes in that we never knew that He intervened in because we perceived that nothing ever happened? God steps in and stops something bad from happening.....and we never realized it. It's a shame because God never receives the credit he deserves for stepping in and helping us but he always seems to get the blame when He doesn't...Dave


God doesn’t hurt us. He loves us and yes sometimes he prevents bad things from happening to our loved ones, yet we rarely notice it when God saves one of us from death, pain, misfortune or tragedy. We don’t notice know when God makes us turn right and not left. We don’t notice it when he keeps a ladder from falling over or a car from sliding out of control and killing someone we love. Thank God for what didn’t just happen.

Every day God prevents tragedy …He saves us from untold horrors and yet we never notice, because they never happened. It rains in Southern California and saturates the ground. Mountain sides become unstable and mudslides take homes and take lives. Why did it happen last week but it didn’t happen this week when the ground was even more saturated?

What we do notice is when he doesn’t save someone or he doesn’t prevent something bad from happening. It’s always the same question, Why God? Why?

I noticed it when my Dad died on that plane as he flew off for his work in Fort Lauderdale on that Monday morning in May of 1988. If he gone on to live another 30 years would I ever have known that God had spared him? No, how could I?.

I would have just gone about my life and assumed that everything had happened as it should have and I would never have been the wiser. Look around you. Everybody you love, everybody you know is here by the grace of God. Be thankful and tomorrow morning when you wake up, don’t forget that God holds your life in the palm of His hand. God Bless,Dave

Prevailing Attitudes Part 2

"Lovenotes from Above: Breaking down the walls to Heaven"

Christian Author/ Writer , David Allen Brown

You are used to getting your own way and setting As long as you break no laws and you don’t hurt anyone, you are pretty much left alone to do and live as you please. The rules that you do follow, you grew accustomed to so long ago that you don’t even think of them as rules anymore.

We have rules that gauge our morality, rules about paying bills, rules about acceptable and unacceptable behavior, and so on. The thing is, if you choose to accept God’s plan for salvation, then when you leave this place, you have to obey a whole new set of rules and adapt to a new way of living again. We are transitioning from one life to another. The fact is that some people accept change easier than others. The really great thing, though, is that you are accepting the rules of a father who loves you.

I am grateful to have the opportunity to accept a free gift from a God who is not a psychotic, maniacal, pain‑inflicting madman. Think about how blessed we are that the being that comes to meet us in the hereafter is a wonderful Father who wants to love us and take care of us throughout the rest of eternity, not like his counterpart, Satan. How spoiled have we become that accepting a gift like that is difficult for us to do?

God has one non-negotiable and no compromise law that applies to us all. It’s called salvation, and we all need it because it is the one and only way to receive redemption for the way we have lived our lives.

When people reach the gates of Heaven, those who are not card-carrying members of this club are simply turned away. This place known as Heaven is God’s home. Do you go to other people’s homes, knock on the door, and then force your way in? No, of course you don’t!

We can either observe and respect their rules to gain entry, or we can simply turn around and walk the other way. It’s called free will… again. You hear that one a lot; don’t you? We live by it now, and we will answer for it later.

We are given a choice to decide if we accept this gift or reject it. If we turn it away, we are basically saying, “No, I won’t respect your rules or your authority in your home,” so we choose to walk away. Fine. No problem. You won’t even get an argument. It’s not that God doesn’t care. He cares more than you’ll ever know. It’s just that He’s not going to force it on you.

Hell does exist. It was created for Satan and his angels as a place of exile for rebelling against God. It’s also the place where non-believers go to spend their eternity if they choose not to spend it with God. You will notice I used the word choose because that’s what you do. You choose. That way, in the end, if you choose not to accept Christ as your Savior, then you have no one to blame but yourself, so choose wisely.

Make a negative decision toward God, and it’s this man’s opinion that you will spend eternity in hell. I’m not just pulling this out of thin air. It talks all about hell in the Bible, so you can either bury your head in the sand, or you can pay attention and do something about it. It’s a horrible place, and I would not wish it on my own worst enemy. You are also entitled to your point of view. I’ve simply given you my point of view.

Jesus said unless we approach Him like little children——come to Him in total faith and belief, we cannot enter into Gods kingdom. He’s asking you to believe in something that would be surreal to most of us. You won’t be able to. Faith is believing in something that you can’t see, touch, or feel, but you know that it’s real...just because you know, God Bless, David Brown

Prevailing Attitudes Part 1

David Brown LoveNotes from Above" "Breaking down the walls to Heaven"

PREVAILING ATTITUDES AND THE GIFT OF SALVATION/FROM WALLS OF PRIDE TO DOORWAYS OF HUMILITY


Ding ding…and now, for our main bout this evening. In this corner, we have pride, and in this corner, we have arrogance. Both walls have undefeated records only because neither wall has ever admitted to be being topped by the other.

You are probably used to people who either come on with an “I told you so” attitude or the ever popular “It’s my way or the highway” blow-back. Neither one are God’s intention or His preferred method. He knows and I do, too, that no one wants to have someone in our faces preaching at us. I’m here for you, and I want to reach you.

Most of the atheists or agnostics I have met are basically the same kinds of people that born again Christians are. They just have a few more unanswered questions, or they’ve had an experience or two that has turned them off to Christianity.

Well, just a couple more walls to knock down, and then everyone should be on the same page. Right? I guess that all depends upon your past, doesn’t it?

Now it’s easy to get on the defensive toward people who believe differently than you, especially if those people knock you or attack you simply because they don’t see things the same way you do.

It’s safe to say that if you put an atheist and a devout Christian in a room together, then there are going to be sparks—two bulls butting heads, as it were. That is the entire basis of this book. What can we do to change that? How can we get these two groups to listen to one another without going to war? How do you take the wall known as a defensive stance and take the kick out of it.

If you are an atheist or even an agnostic, it’s important not to let a few bad eggs turn you away from God. These holy rollers that turned you away from Christians with their ”we are better than you are” attitudes are not what God is all about.

You can get pulled over by a cop, and odds are that you will encounter a respectful human being, but there’s always the exception—the one that will power trip and talk down on you as if you are a child or as though you are less than human. Well, Christians are people, too. A devout Christian can be like a overzealous guard dog when it comes to protecting their master. It’s bite first, and act Christian-like later.

You can always encounter a holy roller or a holier than thou Christian that talks to you like you are dirt on their shoe. They leave you with such a bad taste in your mouth that now you don’t even want to hear about God, let alone give yourself willingly to Him. I’m here to tell you that God is like the warmest, most loving and caring Father you could ever imagine.

God certainly loves the atheist and agnostic as much as He loves the saved Christian. We are all from the same family. We are all the children of God. Those of you that have children of your own know what it’s like to have one kid that’s always getting in trouble. It doesn’t matter that the other kids act like perfect angels. You still love the one that gets in trouble just as much as the “good” kids.

There are non-believers who let a defensive stance shield them or wall them off from receiving the truth. A non-believer might be more prepared to defend their objections than they are to take in a truthful answer to a legitimate question.

The longer you are an adult, the more you become used to getting your own way. You live a good and respectable life. It’s easy to forget that when you pass from this world to the next, you are starting all over again.

Who is welcome here? Everyone is welcome here...

David Brown.
non-fiction Christian writer

"Lovenotes fromAbove: Breaking down the walls to Heaven"

It has been roughly 4 months since I started this Christian and faith based site and tonite I wanted to reiterate why I am here in case it's not clear already. I am here for two reasons. One is to give EVERYONE a place to rest and unburden their souls.

I don't care if you are a Christian or an Atheist. You will NOT be judged here. I am most definitely here to spread God's word and His love but we understand that Christian or not ,we all experience life's worst at times. We can talk about Life without God on Monday and about your drinking problem on Tuesday.

If you are a hurting Christian who has a wordly nature like we ALL do then let it out here. God forgives us. We are looking for forgiveness and unconditional love and acceptance. I ACCEPT YOU as you are. God does too..

I will discuss anything that is a problem in anyones life. We can talk about sex,drinking, drugs, divorce, bad marriages, breakups, pain of any sort, anything that any one of us encounters in our daily lives and need to talk to someone about.

We are here and we are your brothers and sisters. We all need help and you can seek it here.

The second reason I am here is to give you Godly advice straight from the Bible. I am always open to constructive criticism on what I have to say but my reason for being here is to open my arms and extend a hug to anyone who needs one, and to offer sound doctrine to anyone seeking help. God bless you all. Unconditionally.

God Bless you all.,David Allen Brown Author/writer

Jesus is the reason for the season

Jesus is
the Reason for the Season!
*Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all
through our land,*
*Not many Christians were praying*
*Nor taking a
stand.*
*See, the PC Police had taken away,*
*The reason for Christmas
- no one could say.*
*The children were told by their schools not to
sing,*
*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*It might
hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*
* December 25th is just a
' Holiday '.*
*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*
*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*
*CDs from John
Groban, an X-Box, an I-pod*
*Something was changing, something quite odd!
*
*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*
*In hopes to sell books by
Franken & Fonda.*
*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*

* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was nowhere to be found.*
*At K-Mart
and Staples and Penny's and Sears* *You won't hear the word Christmas; it
won't touch your ears.*
*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*
*Are
words that were used to intimidate me.*
*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now
Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*
*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !*

*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*
*To eliminate
Jesus, in all public matter.*
*And we spoke not a word, as they took away
our faith*
* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*
*The true Gift
of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*
*The reason for the season,
stopped before it started.*
*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your
'Dream Tree'*
*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*
*Choose your
words carefully, choose what you say
Shout
MERRY CHRISTMAS , not Happy Holiday !
Please, all Christians join together
and
wish everyone you meet
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Christ is The Reason'
for the Christ-mas Season!
If you agree please forward, if not,
simply delete.

God is Love

Jesus Christ :He'll meet you where you are.

Christian Author

David Allen Brown

"LoveNotes from Above; Breaking down the walls to Heaven"



It is said that we grow and gain strength through painful events but how do horrible twisted trainwrecks turn out to be a positive in our lives?

It is only through suffering that we learn how to endure tough times but how much do we have to endure before God calls it enough?

Is it God that brings hard times into our lives and then chases them away again or could it be something much more simple? Could it be US that brings difficulties into our own lives? Our own actions? It can be such a hard thing to try and help someone through, especially when you don't have the answers.

During rough patches , even though we can't feel anything but numbing pain and anguish at times, the question comes up in your head. How much is too much?

The Bible says that God will never put more on us than we can bare...any more than we can deal with so what do we do when we know in our heart of hearts that even one more toothpick on the enormous load we are carrying will do us in? It's time to call on our brothers and sisters in Christ and plead if we have to, for a shoulder to lean on, for a lap to cry in, for a body to hold onto and then grit our teeth and say to ourselves, this too shall pass.

I feel and hear these dark and heavy pains everyday from people who are experincing lifes very worst and I reach out to help them as best I can but there is only one who can shoulder a burden of such enormous weight. His name is Jesus Christ.

Eventually no matter what your situation is, the sunny days will reappear. It just takes a little while so in the meantime have faith in the one who is bigger than your pain and hang on. He promises to meet you half way. Further than halfway if need be. He will reach out and meet you where you are.