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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday for an abducted 9-year-old boy who was taken from his home in south Bakersfield around 10:30 a.m., police said. Police said Zane Anthony Newton, 9, may have been shot and kidnapped. According to police, Newton was playing with another 9-year-old boy outside his home at Halfdome Way and St. Helens near Pacheco Road and Hughes Lane, when the boy said a black-looking Honda-type vehicle with a white driver-side door pulled up. Police indicate the boy said a man got out of the car, shot Newton in the shoulder, then grabbed and kidnapped him by putting him in the car. According to police, there was no blood at scene and no steel casings, so the shooting has not been confirmed. One neighbor said she heard muffled noises and a possible shot coming from down the street, but didn't think anything of it. Police said they're looking for a white male wearing black clothing, a possible black mask or dark face make-up. They're also looking for a black four-door compact Honda-type vehicle with a white driver-side door and green license plate that was heading toward Highway 99. Police said they're using all available assets to locate the vehicle and have issued an Amber Alert. Zane Newton is 4 foot, 3 inches tall with brown hair and weighs 75 pounds. He was last seen wearing a grey shirt, denim shorts and black shoes. Neighbors have said they don't know why anyone would hurt or kidnap Newton and that he's a great boy. ABC23 will have more information as it becomes available |
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Sorry- short attention span and not paying attention contribute to my lack of knowledge. I no longer can see anyone's photo on my computer and I would like to add some music and thingy majigs (that's the technical term) to my page. Oh yeah....and I would like to see it (giggle)
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If you are a jerk just like me clap your hands. (Clap Clap) Sing this to the tune of 'If you're happy and you know it".
My name is Kepi and I am a jerk. It has only been 24-hours since I last acted like a jerk.
Well because I am cogniscent of my "jerkiness" I asked Jesus to come into my heart and clean me up. Well, at LEAST tone me down a bit. Funny thing is that as soon as invited Him in my I am WAY more aware of my jerk-like tendencies. OUCH!
GREAT! Before I was walking along blissfully ignorant of my obnoxiousness NOW I have to live with myself! OH HAPPY DAY! (Blog disclaimer: Jerks frequently tend to yell during internet transmissions, instant messages and cell phone text messagse, known as "typing in all CAPS" may cause cause eye-rolling, loud sighing and other obnoxious tendencies. Please excuse writer as she is currently under further construction ) Now I constantly hear, "Kepi, apologize." and "Kepi, lower your voice." and my favorite "Kepi, the other driver in that car cannot hear you!" and "No, you may NOT return the "sign language" back to the other driver." As I drive by with my "Please be patient, God isn't through with me yet" (gag me) bumper sticker. How nice of me, to require patience of you while I openly admit I have none! Whatta JERK!
Today I was wondering how Jesus used jerks in the bible. Stay with me people! If he can use a donkey, he can use me.I even know a sweet little donkey I like. Yeah, I know he used broken people (Sorry jerk-like tendencies trying to come out) but what about the REAL jerks? I welcome an open discussion of this question and please be nice as even jerks have feelings. ( We tend to hide them under sarcasm and obnoxiousness to avoid being hurt first.)
I have to believe there is hope for me! Okay. Your turn. Name a big jerk God used in the bible. (Isn't that just like a jerk...to make you read this blog and then assign you homework!) Have fun!
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I am very ashamed to say that I have not been listening to any debates or keeping up with the presidential election as I do not watch a whole lot of television. I did listen to the govenor's state of the state address on public radio. (I am a real party animal...sorry no pun intended). After looking at some of my spelling errors in this blog, I am thinking I should back a canidate that stands strongly for education. I digress.
So I have prayed that God will help me fill out that ballot, hopefully and prayerfully I will watch the next debate, but all this pondering on a mere man or woman as the next president of the United States has me thankful that according to Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
I am glad God cannot be elected in or out. He does not change. No matter who sits in the oval office He is still on the throne.
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Forgiveness is a beautiful thing… especially when you are on the receiving end. But when you have to extend forgiveness sometimes it can be like swallowing nails! Now if you are one of those “perfect” people then this is not the blog for you. God has mandated that we must forgive as He has forgiven us. For me this is easier said then done. I have been praying and praying for Him to give me a heart of forgiveness like some magic sprinkly dust (that is my made up word) was going to come down from Heaven and all of a sudden I would be speaking in sugar coated tones like Glenda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz and bestowing kisses and hugs to those who basically kicked me in the teeth. But if you are like me, sitting between bitterness and blessings then read on. I attend Valley, I read my bible, I pray and I have been harboring bitterness. Bitterness has been my companion. I have been done extremely wrong. God knows it, I know it and anyone who will sit down and talk with me for a few minutes will invariably hear how I HAVE BEEN DONE WRONG! I did nothing to deserve it, I did not see it coming and it broke my heart. People I loved and thought loved me hurt me. They let me down in ways that people close to you should never let you down, or so I thought. My trust was violated, and the actions that took place were compounded by lie upon lie. (Gee, I wonder who this sounds like? Think Garden of Gethsemane). I have been carrying around this big ball of hurt, torment, guilt and shame. What have the people who hurt me been doing you ask? Well…err…nothing but going on their merry way! Oh yeah, someone said sorry to me a couple of times and then kept on doing what they were doing to hurt me in the first place. Trust me, they are not sitting around thinking, “Gee, that was probably wrong of me to do that? I really hurt her.” No, I am thinking they are probably chalking that knot in the pit of their stomach up to gas. When Jesus said, “Father forgive them, they know not what they do.” He meant it. They truly have no idea! They don’t know how deep they hurt me or they hurt you. I know this. I have drawn up diagrams, documented events, and gotten character witnesses…THEY STILL DON’T GET IT! The Lord and I have been going around and around on my need to forgive or fore-give, meaning give them forgiveness as He has given me. I need to do it before they ask for it. Release them, because Jesus forgave me. How many of you are willing to admit that you are thinking, “Yeah, well I am not Jesus!” Well, I just gave you a reason to thank God, because the good Lord knows that if WE had been in Jesus’ sandles that day, everyone would be going to hell. Everyone would’ve eaten white hot lightening bolts that day. The nerve to eat his fish, drink his wine and receive his healing and then nail him to a cross, what a betrayal! Then his friend ran and hid denying even knowing him. Ouch! That had to hurt. But Jesus in his perfection prayed for them. Why because they (the fish-eating, wine-sucking sinners) were not His God. God was still on the throne and Jesus knew that what the devil meant for harm He will turn it for good…for those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. Not only was Jesus going to save the ones who persecuted from eternal damnation, but we all know how the story will end. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords is going to get his props! Every doubter of his Lordship as God’s only begotten son will be kneeling and confessing it. Do it now or do it later it’s your choice! EUREKA! I FINALLY GET IT! By not forgiving those that hurt me, I am placing them on the throne as my god! I want them to make up everything they did to me AND THEY CAN’T! EVER! God is still on the throne. Everything that someone has done to me, I have to trust that He will make it right for me and use my forgiveness to His glory! Trust me, anyone who knows me, knows that it is only by His grace and mercy that I am forgiving. I JUST stopped praying for them to be stricken with head to toe rashes…(just joking… kinda)! I am a work in progress…pray for me. I need forgiveness too! Father, I ask that you forgive me for harboring unforgiveness against __________. You are my God, not them. They are just like me. Sinners in need of forgiveness. I thank you that while I was so busy looking at them you were focused on me, loving me through my sin. I repent. I trust that you will fix the mess left by this devastation caused by their actions and mine. You will rebuild the waste places and restore what the enemy has taken for your glory, not my glory, not their glory but your glory alone. I thank you most of all for setting me free! For whom the son has set free is free indeed. I thank you for restoring love in my heart again and peace and lifting that burden of unforgiveness that had caused me depression and heartache. I truly love you and acknowledge that you alone are God, worthy of all praise honor, glory, dominion and power both now and forever! And thank you for sending my dear friend in Christ, Renee, who tells me not what I want to hear but what your word says and who told me in love, “Get over it!” (Wink) in Jesus name, Amen.
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