I found a big green carp windsock in a sack behind the couch.It was 
something Grandma bought and stored. I hung it up in the backyard where I could 
see it from the kitchen window. It really looked out of place. I have had this 
cough for a week and feeling somewhat out of place, so that windsock reminded me 
of how I was feeling out of sorts. It is difficult to make plans when under the 
weather. Just after taking this picture there was a knock on the door and two 
ladies stood with watchtower tracts. I was glad that they came, I was able to 
share about Jesus as Lord who left behind the Comforter,(John 14:26) the Holy 
Spirit to give us power and truth and peace, (John 14:27). He is a person, not a 
force, not an it. There is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit that are the one 
God.The lead woman said that she had been a Catholic but now she was in the 
truth. I told her that we never have all of the truth and that she needs to keep 
reading the Bible on her own. She agreed that Jesus is Lord of Lords , King of 
Kings, but that the Father is greater. I said in authority the Father was 
greater, but the father gave all authority to Jesus. She said but he is in 
heaven now, yes, but he gave his authority to his witnesses and the power of the 
Holy Spirit. It was through the blood of Jesus that we are redeemed. She 
somewhat agreed. They left, but I was feeling I still had a reason and purpose. 
I was not hung out to blow in the breeze like that carp windsock. We are here to 
be witnesses of his truth.
About that Carp windsock; it is from Japan and used for a traditional calendar event 
called Koinobori, Children's Day. This takes place on May 5 when landscapes across 
Japan are decorated with koinobori from April to early May, in honor of sons and 
in the hope that they will grow up healthy and strong. May our sons and 
daughters grow up healthy and strong and may they be true disciples of the Lord 
Jesus Christ.


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