HARD TO KILL! BELIEVE IN THE MAGIC OF DOWNTOWN BILLINGS! FUN SHOPS, FUNKY NAMES: BUMPS & BUNDLES, STIRRUP COFFEE SHOP, HOOLIGANS SPORTS BAR & CASINO, DAISY DUKE'S SALON, WALKER'S FINE WINES & BEVERAGES, INDIAN NATION TRADING POST, VELVET CRAVINGS: CAKES, CUPCAKES, PASTRIES, BROADWAY DELI & CAFE' . . . SHOP LOCAL! PARTY LOCAL! THE ROYAL RULE OF LAW AND THE ROYAL BLOODLINE OF JESUS CHRIST: (1) IT IS 14 GENERATIONS FROM ADAM TO KING DAVID; (2) THEN IT IS 14 GENERATIONS, FROM KING DAVID TO JOSEPH, THE EARTHLY FATHER OF JESUS, "GOD WITH US" . . . THE THING THAT IS FASCINATING ABOUT THE BLOODLINE, IS THAT THE ROYAL LINE, CAME THROUGH, BATHSHEBA, WHOM KING DAVID, COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH, SENDING HER HUSBAND URIAH, OUT INTO THE BATTLEFIELD, KNOWING HE WOULD DIE. I THINK, THAT CHOICE OF LINAGE, COMING THROUGH BATHSHEBA, RATHER THAN ONE OF THE LEGITIMATE WIVES OR CONCUBINES, IS THE FACT, THAT (A) GOD WANTED TO SHOW THE WORLD, THAT "HIS SON'S GRACE" IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO COVER MURDER AND ADULTERY, TWO OF THE WORST SINS YOU CAN COMMIT; AND (B) THAT JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD, ROYAL LINAGE THROUGH MARY CARRYING HIM IN HER WOMB, BEING CHOSEN OF WOMEN, AND HIGHLY FAVORED OF THE LORD, BUT, HE WAS ALSO, ROYAL BY THE STANDARDS OF MEN AND THEIR LINAGE, THROUGH, HIS EARTHLY FATHER, JOSEPH! GO ALL OF YOU, CHRISTIAN ATHEISTS, THE GIFT OF GRACE, IS DEEP AND WIDE ENOUGH, TO COVER ALL SINS, NOT JUST THE ONES, YOU PICK AND CHOSE TO FAVOR OR NOT! NOTHING, WILL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD, UNDER THE CONDITION WE ACCEPT HIM. SO WE HAVE COVERED THE ROYAL LINAGE, NOW WHAT WAS THE "ROYAL RULE OR LAW?" I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS TERM, WHILE BEING WELL FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT AND THE SCRIPTURE, KNOWING OF THE IDEA, THAT WE SHOULD LOVE, ONE ANOTHER, AS JESUS LOVED US . . . NO GREATER LOVE, HAS A MAN, THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND! A COP CAR, JUST DROVE PAST THE LIBRARY, RIGHT AT THE TIME I SAID THAT . . . AND WE, ESPECIALLY, I, HAVE TO REMEMBER, THAT COPS PUT THEIR LINE, AS DO FIREFIGHTERS, EVERY DAY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THEIR TOWNS, CITIES, COUNTIES, STATE, NATION AND OVERSEAS, AS DOES OUR MILITARY! SHEDDING SOME NEW LIGHT ON SOME, GODLY, PROFESSIONS. YESTERDAY, AS IS NORMALLY THE CASE, I WATCH THE YOUTUBE GOD'S RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT ARE PRIMED BY MY KEYWORDS, IN MY BLOGS . . . THERE WERE TWO INTERESTING MOVIES, THAT I WATCHED, WHILE ENJOYING THE PEACE, CLASS, QUIET, DIGNITY OF THE BILLINGS CLINIC, WITH THE SLOGAN, "THE ART OF HEALING": (1) HARD TO KILL, WITH STEVEN SEAGAL; AND (2) WILNO MURDERS: WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW--FIFTH ESTATE, TRUE CRIME SERIES OR NEWS OUT OF CANADA . . . RIGHT AFTER, THE NEW PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU, WAS ELECTED, OR SOMETIME IN 2015, LATE IN THE YEAR, ONE MAN MURDERED, THREE WOMEN, IN THE SAME DAY, IN THE WORST, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KILLINGS IN CANADIAN HISTORY . . . TWO OF THE WOMEN, THE MAN HAD LIVED WITH, BUT WAS NOT MARRIED TO, AND ONE, HE WAS WORKING FOR, AND SHE REJECTED HIS SEXUAL ADVANCES. THIS INCIDENT, MADE THE MINISTER OF HEALTH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, DECLARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE A PANDEMIC IN CANADA, WITH 1 IN 3 WOMEN, BEING BEATEN BY THEIR PARTNER OR EX-PARTNER, BOYFRIEND, HUSBAND, ETC., AND A WOMEN MURDERED, EVERY 5 MINUTES . . . THEY DIDN'T ELABORATE, ON IF THAT WAS CANADIAN STATISTICS, OR IF IT WAS WORLD STATISTICS, BUT THAT SURE AS HELL IS NOT LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR AS CHRIST LOVED THEM, NOR AS OTHER SCRIPTURES STATE, A MAN WHO HATES HIS WIFE, HATES HIMSELF, AND HE IS TO LOVE HER, LIKE CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH, AND IN RETURN, SHE IS TO "RESPECT" HIM! I WOULD SAY, THAT IS WISE ADVICE, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING, MEN WANT, IS TO BE RESPECTED, AND WOMEN, I KNOW, WE ARE NOT GREAT AT THAT . . . SO, THE LORD KNEW WOMEN, BUT HE ALSO REALIZED THAT THIS IS A GOOD WAY, IN A RECIPROCAL WAY, FOR WOMEN TO GIVE WHAT MEN NEED, AND IN RETURN, MEN TO GIVE WHAT WOMEN NEED, AS A GENERAL RULE, BEING THE WEAKER SEX, NEEDING PROTECTION, BUT ALSO, TO BE PRESENTED TO THE LORD WITHOUT WRINKLE OR BLEMISH . . . IF A MAN USES HIS STRENGTH TO CHERISH, THE WIFE, AS HE DOES HIS OWN FLESH, BECAUSE, THEY ARE TO BECOME "ONE FLESH" IN MARRIAGE, HE WILL DO NOTHING TO HURT HER, AND HE WILL DESIRE HER . . . ANOTHER SCRIPTURE, LOVE THE WIFE OF YOUR YOUTH! HUMAN NATURE, HAS NOT CHANGED IN THOUSANDS OF YEAR! A QUICK NOTE, TO PUSH, A LOCAL ART DISPLAY AT THE YELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM . . . "RIDE "EM: THE ART OF WILL JAMES! THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE HAS THE ART OF CHARLES RUSSELL, AND THE EASTERN ANSWER, IS, WILL JAMES, ACTUALLY, BORN IN CANADA, RAN INTO SOME TROUBLE WITH THE LAW, TRIED CATTLE RUSTLIN', WENT TO PRISON, GOT OUT, CAME TO BILLINGS TO FULFILL HIS DREAMS OF BEING AN "AMERICAN COWBOY" AND FOUND HE WAS A BETTER ARTIST THAN COWBOY, AND PAINTED SOME AMAZING STUFF! I LOVE COWBOY ART! ROUGH AND TUMBLE, ROWDY AND RAW . . . JUST LIKE I LIKE MY MEN! LOL!

AND IN THE BEGINNING, WAS THE WORD!

Okay, so yesterday, I included the references, to the Royal Rule, to me, the Royal Rule of Law, for the Bible and its verses, are statutory in nature, and the basis for the American, Judeo-Christian base for the United States Constitution.  And, just like, you would with, statutory interpretation, in con-law, or constitutional law, you, (1) look at the plain language of the statute or law, and if it is plain, or the understanding is clear, from the plain words, in the verse, then that is as far, as you need to go, to figure out what, God in this sense, not the founding fathers meant . . . and I find, he is brutally clear, on most things, leaving his children, little, by way of interpretation, and we get into trouble, if we wander too far, from the plain and precious words, in the rule or the law of God; (2) if it is fuzzy, you can go on to look at the intent, of God, what is consistent with his other doctrine and admonitions, look for consistency, and integrity, and don't try to come up with some bizarre interpretation, or make God in man's image, because, you will only get yourself in trouble that way . . . God's ways are NOT, man's way, and man is an enemy of God; therefore, we all may have to take a few lickin's and beatings, and we most likely deserve it, because, God chastens or corrects those he loves, just look at is all as tough love! and (3) you can go on, further, to the historical prospective, to give you some insights, as in the fact that, the Jews were looking for a political leader, in Jesus, this promised Savior, who would deliver them from Roman rule, and laws; however, that is not what Jesus's mission was, it was spiritual salvation, from the chains, and shackles of death, and sin, that he came to set man free from.

In the study of law, we had this little acronym, and I can remember the last, or the "T" in the simple way to look at the law, but it was, F.A.C.T., first you have the facts, of the case, or your situation, or what is going on in your life . . . then you apply those particular, set of facts, to the law, either of the land, or of God, and then, you move onto the conclusion, giving you some indication, of what you should do in that situation.  Let's say, you hate your co-worker, they bug the shit out of you, those are the cruel hard facts, and let's say, that you know, or I am going to quote you the Royal Rule, not the Golden Rule, to be distinguished, as different, and you are to love, one another as, Jesus has loved you.  In conclusion, what do you do, in this work, situation . . . would that, suggest, to leave them out of your lunch invite? gossiping about them at the water fountain or in the bathrooms, sabotaging their desk or chair, trashing them to their boss?  NO!  You are to love them, and I have found, some of the people, I didn't think I liked, I actually, really liked them, when I took the time to get to know them.  In that dream I had, on me just hangin' and chillin' with the cops, while they were washing their squad vehicles, I awoke from my dream, with the thought, that you would like them, if you knew them, and they would like you, if they knew you!  And, most likely we would, and we would all have war stories to tell, that, this select group of public servants, could all relate to . . . like trashing judges!  LOL!  But, I have to include them in the category of the co-worker!  I can't invite them to lunch, but, I could refrain, from judge bashing and respect, their position, even when I don't agree with them, nor their conclusions.

With that introduction, here is the actual scripture, the statutes of God, on the Royal Law . . . and hopefully, you are not singing that song, "We will never be royal . . . " because, this suggests differently, royal is, as royal does, we are all joint heirs to the Kingdom of God:

James 2:8

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scriptures, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;

I guess, I should read the word, again, before going off, half cocked, changing it to my interpretation!  LOL! I thought, I don't need to look up the reference first, because, I got this one, but, so, given the same facts, and much like the Golden Rule, but a bit different, Love your neighbor as yourself.  The Golden Rule is to do unto others as you would have done to you.  I think I am right.  This one is based on love, and the other one, on doing, which can entail, love.  So, we have to assume, that we all love ourselves, therefore, in doing so, we will not take any actions, that would injure, or hurt, another person, just like we would not injure ourselves, causing them no harm, and if you don't love yourself, work on it!  YOU SHOULD!  This next, set of scriptures, takes the 10 Commandments, and makes them easy, if you love people, you either will or will not do these things to them!

Romans 13:8-10

8.  Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

9.  For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal" "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

10.  Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

I love this Gideon Bible, because, of the great list of scriptures and headings, broken down, into general subject matters, so rather than me, searching and trying to find the scriptures, I would highlight, or try to teach to you, and myself, there is this ready and handing list at the front of the Bible, so cool, and very handy dandy . . . thanks, Gideons!

This is Pretty Self-Explanatory, That If We Love People . . . We Will Not Commit Adultery, Murder, Steal, Bear False Witness, Covet, Etc.

We all know, the two great commandments, are: (1) to love the Lord our God; and (2) to love others as we love ourselves . . . and all other commandments, hang on these two!  The other day, in my blog, I made reference to Bill Maher, the political satirist and comedian, so, of course the YouTube, gods, pulled up, more of Maher's stuff on religion, and his comments, and he is really taking this doctrine to the floor of our religious beliefs and slamming people, who don't love others, by way of targeting them for political reasons, or for performing abortions, or for doing this or that, for even not voting, the pure, Republican, or Tea Party way, and some are just as guilty on the left or in the Democratic Party . . . he jokingly, or really, seriously, states, that Jesus, kind of really did this hippie thing, of loving people, of turning the other cheek, of refraining from doing evil, to those who do evil to us . . . and he really did, free love, is to be distinguished, from free sex, because, he had very strong feelings on that, but you CAN'T give too much love!  Again, in the psychology of God, this stuff makes sense, but it is so foreign to the philosophies of man, and in our churches, families, political parties, we need to refrain, from, taking scriptures out of context, and turning them completely contrary to the teachings of the man, who first gave this revolutionary knew set of rules and thoughts, basically unheard of to man, before, what, if a man, wants my coat, give him, my cloak too?  What the fuck is up with that, if he wants me to walk or carry his stuff, carry it two miles?  WHAT?

There are also scriptures in the Book of Romans, that state, those with the law, will be judged by the law, but those without the law, will not be judged by the law, but there are many, who have not the law, and they are better than those of you with the law!  A loving attitude is a fairly simple, attitude to cultivate, there are not exceptions, to this rule, it is like carpet bombing your life with love, for everyone!  And like everything else, the more you practice living this way, the more and more natural, loving others becomes, and magically, like many of Christ's principles, you start loving yourself more and being less critical, and hard on your own shortcomings!  Anyway, this is not hard stuff, but the impact of it is immense and will change your life, and make you a more god-like man or woman, teen or child!

All We Need Is Love . . . --the Beatles 

I brag on other people, so I can brag on myself for a minute, before I head over to the HUB for a free meal, no one should go hungry in MONTANA!  But, in the fifth estate, Canadian new show, on Wilno Murders, there is a part, where a long haired, yeah, hippie looking dude, working with men who have anger issues, and while he is sitting in his group session, if you look behind him, there is a circular graphic, that I designed, way back in 1996, for the domestic violence and sexual assault manual, I wrote as an assistant attorney general, in Utah, getting an award, from President Clinton, under the Violence Against Women Act, and that was an original, piece of work by me, a former, graphic artist, for the state of Utah, back before I was married, giving me the graphic skills, teaming with the legal and insights into domestic violence, being one of the leaders in the state, but that same graphic, that, as a recipient of the grant, that funded the manual, you release all claim to your work, which I did, and anyone can use it, and no sources, or credit is given, but, that same graphic, is also used by the Department of Justice, in their manual, or it was, used, in their training, on human body trafficking, comparing an abuser, and they come in both sexes, but, Johns and pimps, in the sex and labor slave business, worldwide, tend to demonstrate, very similar tactics and behaviors, as that of an abusive spouse, that is what the graphic was depicting.  I was thrilled to see, our Canadian neighbors, up in Ottowa, Canada, using my work, and on a subject that I fought long and hard, to try to stop!

The interesting thing is, in all the work, that domestic violence workers, communities, churches, hospitals, cops, courts, prosecutors, and such, I have not seen a ton of changes, but, as, in the case of the cops, and me, perhaps, the words of God, to be loved and feared, we make more of an impact, that all the programs, slogans, and such, that, I can say, have had some impact, but not enough.  Another symbolic, name, and I should, love, but, one of the main people on the episode, had the name, Barbra, and she looked like my sister, Shelley, who after I was poisoned, was allowed to take credit, not only for my work, but also, got to pretend to be me, with the Utah State Bar Association . . . Bar giving the Tits and Ass, or Bra, access, use, and privilege to my name, my law license, and my work, as an assistant attorney general, all the way to the Untied States Supreme Court, along with the money . . . some of this shit, is really tough, and hard to let go of, to forgive and to love . . . I guess you pray for their change, if she loved me, she would never, as a sister, felt good about taking over being ME!  I am a work in progress, she is not a graphic artist, nor creative, nor an attorney, nor, ever worked on domestic violence, until she became me . . . she was, however, a VICTIM!  Sorry, I want to skin her and others alive, pour acid, on them, and turn, poisonous ants, on top of honey, over their bodies . . . so, I doubt, that any of you, have harder things to forgive of, other than murder, and big time crimes, which, I have been the victim of!  I WILL OVERCOME!

We are all works in progress . . . God has started a work in us, and he will finish his work on us!  I am changing, but, in devotional, this morning at the Rescue Mission . . . I am very raw, STILL!

PRACTICE LOVING ONE ANOTHER!

P.S., that movie with Steven Seagal, in it, Hard to Kill, is perfect, and if you can take, Mason Storm's, character, as a cop, with a city prosecutor, having aspirations of being a senator, catching the attorney, working with the mob, to kill, the current senator, on tape, then, having the cops, in your own department, taping, eavesdropping and wiretapping your conversation, with, the only guy in the cop shop, you trust, learning of the plot to kill the senator, and then having all the cops, turn on you, framing you for some scandal, killing your wife, and taking you out of commission for 7 years, with only one person you can trust, and then having your own, guys, go after you again, you will start to get a handle on what happened to me!  I love Seagal's movies, and they get kicked up a lot, as I write my blog, because he is dealing with situtations that are very close to some of the ones I have been involved in, and without even one other person, there to support me.  But his boss, O'Malley, when he hears Storm is dead, and one of the dirty cops, denegrades him, grabs him, and shoves him up against the wall, and says, he is the most honest cop, he had ever known!  

I would hope, that, once all the bull shit is cleared up on me, being framed, also at the bottom and understanding of similar political plots, and scandals, that, someone, will defend me, and either say or admit, many of these guys, knew me, worked with me, saw me in court, were bosses or co-workers at the Utah Attorney Generals Office . . . for what does it profit a man, if he wins the world, and loses his own soul?  I love the scriptures, they have been my comfort, my rod and my shield, putting on the full armor of God, trust in no man, or arm of flesh, but only in God . . . and that has been, the only one on my side!

Valentine's Day . . . 3 Days Away!  Celebrate Love!