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Sunday, July 18, 2010

MY LATEST THOUGHTS

WELL IT'S JULY 18--2010 AND MY BIRTHDAY IS THE 20TH OF JULY. I WILL 54 YEARS YOUNG. I'VE HAD AN INTRESTING MONTH AND THINGS ARE PICKING UP IN THE MINISTRY. IVE BEEN SINGING MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. I SING AT THE BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION EVERY 2ND SUNDAY NIGHT AT 630 PM. I SING SPECIAL SONGS AT THE TROPICANA MOTEL ON UNION AVE. ON THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH AND PARTICIPATE IN A FOOD GIVEAWAY THERE ALSO. I ALSO VOLUNTEER FOR MY CHURCH'S FOOD GIVEAWAY ON THE THIRD WED. OF EVERY MONTH . I DO WHATEVER THEY NEED ME TO BUT MOST OF THE TIME I BUILD CARDBOARD BOXES FOR THE MINISTRY TO PUT FOOD IN FOR THE GIVEAWAY. IT GIVES ME SUCH A GOOD FEELING INSIDE TO HELP OTHERS THAT ARE IN NEED.THE LEADERS THAT RUN THAT FOOD GIVEAWAY ARE ZACH AND CONNIE TOOTEN THEY ARE THE HARDEST MOST DEICATED COUPLE AROUND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOOD GIVEAWAY FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS. ALSO THE COUPLE WHO DO THE BAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRY KEVIN AND KIM REEVES ARE FANTASTIC FOLKS AND I LOVE SINGING FOR THEIR MINISTRY TOO. I WILL SOON BE SINGING ONCE A MONTH OR TRY TO AT CALVARY FULL GOSPEL ON CIRCLE DR. IN OILDALE, CAL. SO YOU SEE I STAY BUSY OR AS BUSY AS I CAN FOR JESUS.PLUS I HOLD DOWN A FULL- TIME JOB MON.THRU FRI NIGHTS, BUT ONLY BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST.I MAY BE SINGING SOON FOR SOUTHGATE REDEMPTION CENTER IF GOD WORKS THAT OUT. I AM FINISHING WORK ON MY FOURTH PUBLISHED POETRY BOOK. OH BY THE WAY CHECK OUT THE AUTHORS CORNER AT THE KERN COUNTY FAIR THIS YEAR I HAVE SUBMITTED 4 ENTRIES INTO THE POETRY CONTEST. LAST YEAR I PLACED THIRD IN THE CONTEST WITH A POEM CALLED "ERNIE'S DOGGIE DELIMMA'. IT'S A FUNNY POEM ABOUT RAISING WIENER DOGS FOR SALE.

(CHECK OUT THE POEM THIS IS IT DIRCTLY BELOW)----

ERNIE’S DOGGIE DELIMMA

THIS IS THE STORY OF ERNIE,

A WIENER DOG BREEDER HE WOULD BE,

SO HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST DOG FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS,

AND GAVE HIM THE NAME DOOGIE.



HE SAID TO HIS WIFE I HAVE AN IDEA,

TO MAKE MONEY BEYOND COMPARE,

SO ERNIE BOUGHT DOOGIE A FEMALE,

SO DOOGIE HIS LOVE HE COULD SHARE.



SO SNUGGLES THE FEMALE GOT PREGNANT,

AND I HAD DOLLAR SIGNS IN MY EYES,

BUT THEY WERE SO CUTE WHEN THEY WERE BORN,

MY WIFE COULDN’T SELL THEM TO MY SURPRISE.



AT FIRST I OWNED TWO NOW I OWN FOUR,

THEN DOOGIE DID IT ONCE MORE,

SO NOW I OWN FIVE,

AND YES I AM WIENEE DOG POOR.



NO MORE, NO MORE THE DECISION WAS MADE,

I HAD THEM ALL NUTERED,

I HAD THEM ALL SPAYED,

WITH MY POCKETS ALL EMPTY,

I CAN’T PAY MY DEBTS,

CAUSE ALL OF MY MONEY BELONGS TO THE VETS.



WRITTEN BY--
 
ERNEST TRUSSELL
 
 
HAVE A BLESSED DAY I WILL POST SOME MORE LATER-----
 
GOD BLESS YOU ALL---
 
ERNIE TRUSSELL

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

THANKING GOD FOR MY BLESSINGS TODAY

HELLO ALL--THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY DAY BUT IM HERE TO TELL YOU IT ENDED GREAT. FIRST MY KITCHEN SINK BROKE DOWN SO I TOOK IT APART AND WAS GETTING READY TO FIX IT WHEN I REMEMBERED I NEEDED TO FIX MY AC FILTERS AS WELL. SO I HEADED OFF TO FLOYDS A HARDWARE STORE HERE IN TOWN. NOW THE NIGHT BEFORE MY WIFE AND I DECIDED WE WOULD TRY TO TRADE OUR 2007 FORD TAURUS FOR A BETTER AND BIGGER CAR. BUT FIRST WE WENT AND BOUGHT OUR PARTS FROM THE HARDWARE STORE. WE THEN DECIDED TO GO TO A CAR DEALERSHIP HERE IN TOWN  BUT I  WILL LEAVE THE NAME UNMENTIONED. NO MATTER HOW THEY TRIED TO HELP US WE COULDNT GET THE DEAL TO WORK OUT. BUT WHILE WE WERE THERE MY BUDDY DAVID MARTINEZ CALLED ME AND ASKED ME WHERE WE WERE AT. WE TOLD HIM AT A CARLOT TRYING TO TRADE IN OUR CAR FOR A BETTER CAR. HE SAID IF THE CARLOT YOU ARE AT CAN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY WE HAVE A FRIEND BY THE NAME OF JR AT BAKERSFIELD JEEP AT THE AUTO MALL. WE ENDED UP NOT BEING HAPPY WHERE WE WERE SO WE WENT TO SEE JR AT BAKERSFIELD JEEP. WELL RIGHT WHEN WE DROVE UP WE WERE MET BUY A MAN WHO INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS JOE-- MAN WAS HE TALL 6FT 7 INCHES BUT REALLY FRIENDLY. MY WIFE WAS POSITIVE AS USUAL AND I WAS A BIT UPSET COMING FROM THE OTHER CARLOT. BUT MY WIFE STEPHANIE AND I PRAYED FOR GOD'S WILL AND ASKED GOD TO STEP IN AND OPEN THE RIGHT DOORS AND CLOSE THE WRONG DOORS. AND IF IT'S YUR WILL GOD LET US PLEASE CUT A GOOD DEAL WITH SOMEONE. WELL JOE WAS SIMPLY AWESOME THE BEST CAR DEALER I'VE MET IN A LONG TIME. WE WENT THERE LOOKING FOR A USED CAR AND ENDED UP GETTING A 2010 JEEP COMPASS. WOW ARE WE EXCITED. EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE AND WE WERE TREATED LIKE FAMILY THERE. SO I'M TELLING YOU IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW CAR OR JUST ANOTHER CAR BAKERSFIELD JEEP AT THE AUTO MALL IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. IS THE PLACE TO GO. JOE WAS SO NICE AND GOD KNEW THE RIGHT DAY FOR US TO BE LOOKING FOR A CAR IT WAS MEMORIAL DAY AND FOR ONE DAY ONLY THEY WERE OFFERING GREAT REBATES AND WE WERE ABLE TO CUT AN AWESOME DEAL. AND AS I SIT HERE WRITING THIS BLOG I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE AWESOME GOD I SERVE AND FOR HOW HE BLESSED US TODAY . AND I'M TELLING YOU ANYBODY WHO READS THIS BLOG IF YOU WILL BE A PERSON WHO PUTS GOD FIRST IN YUR LIFE AND GIVES GOD HIS TITHE REGULARLY HE WILL BLESS YOUR SOCKS OFF CAUSE THERE IS NO WAY NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY CAN YOU EVER OUTGIVE GOD. I LIVE  A BLESSED LIFE AND TRY TO BE A BLESSING TO EVERYONE, ANY CHANCE I GET. YEA GOD  AND THANKS FOR THE COOL NEW CAR TODAY ANDS I ALSO GOT MY SINK FIXED AND MY AC FILTERS TOO!!!! UNTIL LATER GOD BLESS EVERYONE---ERNIE TRUSSELL

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

HOW MY POETRY BOOKS CAME ABOUT

I GUESS MY STORY REALLY BEGAN IN 1990 I WAS INJURED IN A TERRIBLE OIL- FIELD ACCIDENT ON A PRODUCTION RIG. I WAS CRUSHED BY A SET OF BLOCKS WHILE WORKING DERRICK ON A RIG. I WAS CRUSHED IN THE AB AREA REALLY BAD.I HAD SEVERAL INTERNAL INJURIES I HAD 5 TEARS ON MY ABDONIAL WALL AND THE FATTY TISSUE PULLED AWAY FROM MY BOWELS. THEY HAD TO DO SURGERY AND REPAIR THE DAMAGE. I WAS OFF WORK FOR 12  WEEKS THEN I WENT BACK TO WORK FOR THE SAME OPERATOR BY THE NAME OF TROY RANSOM.I FORGAVE HIM LONG AGO FOR HURTING ME. I CONTINUED WORKING FOR HIM AND SEVERAL OTHER OPERATORS FROM 1990 UNTIL 1995. THAT'S WHEN THE REAL TROUBLE BEGAN BUT IT WAS ALL GODS DESIGN. WHAT THE DEVIL INTENDED FOR HARM GOD TURNED INTO GOOD.IN 1995 I HAD A VERTIAL HERNIA DEVELOP ON THE SURGERY SITE IT RUPTURED AND WHEN THEY DID SURGERY ON ME AGAIN THEY DISCOVERED I HAD THREE HERNIAS INSTEAD OF ONE. WELL THEY TOOK ME OFF OF WORK FOR 5 YEARS. EVERY TIME THEY REPAIRED A HERNIA ANOTHER ONE WOULD RETURN I WENT THROUGH 4 HERNIA SURGERIES IN THAT SPAN OF 5 YEARS. BUT PRAISE GOD  DURING THAT DISABILITY I DISCOVERED A  LITTLE STORE CANNED FOOD WAREHOUSE WHERE I WAS WALKING THRU ONE DAY AND SEEN AN ADVETISMENT FLYER LOOKING FOR LOCAL POETS TO SUBMIT POETRY TO A LOCAL POETRY PUBLISHER BY THE NAME OF JIM DURIGA WHO OWNED A COMPANY NAMED SENECA- SECOR BOOKS. I CALLED HIM AND SPOKE TO HIM AND SUBMITTED 5 OR SO POEMS. AT THAT TIME I ONLY HAD WRITTEN ABOUT 21 POEMS TOTAL. IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AND I HEARD NOTHING SO I CALLED JIM BACK AND HE SAID HE HAD LOST MY POETRY AND MY NUMBER AND AS AN FORM OF APOLOGY I RESUBMITTED MORE POETRY. ABOUT A MONTH LATER HE WAS GETTING READY TO PUBLISH THE BOOK SANDSTONE AND STARSHINE AND NEEDED MORE POEMS SO I TURNED ALL I HAD OVER TO HIM A TOTAL OF 21 POEMS. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE BOOK THAT SUBMITTED CHRISTIAN POETRY. WELL JIM SAID CHRISTIAN POETRY WOULD NEVER SELL BUT I TOLD HIM  YOU DONT KNOW ME AND I SOLD 100 BOOKS FOR 5 DOLLARS APIECE THE FIRST MONTH. NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WAS QUITE IMPRESSED. WELL JIM THEN OFFERED ME THE OPPURTUNITY TO WRITE MY OWN BOOK. I ASKED HIM HOW MANY POEMS DO I NEED TO DO A BOOK AND HE TOLD ME AT LEAST 150 OR MORE. I SAID WELL THEN LET ME PRAY ABOUT IT. I ONLY SHARED MY PRAYER WITH MY WIFE STEPHANIE AND NO ONE ELSE. I ASKED GOD IF I AM TO DO THIS I NEED LOTS OF POEMS AND REAL FAST IN THE FORM OF ONE BIG MIRACLE. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER TWO WOMEN IN MY CHURCH CALVARY FULL GOSPEL SPOKE TWO DIFFERENT PROPHECIES OVER ME, AND MIND YOU THEY KNEW NOTHING OF MY PRAYER SO I KNOW IT WAS GOD USING THEM.THE FIRST LADIES NAME WAS PEARL PATTERSON SHE SAID GOD WAS GOING TO DUMP SO MUCH MATERIAL INTO MY MIND THAT I WOULD HAVE ENOUGH POETRY FOR SEVERAL BOOKS. I SAID PRAISE GOD WOW! THEN THE NEXT LADY SPOKE OVER ME HER NAME WAS DONNA JOHNSON AND SHE TOLD ME I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO SLEEP UNLESS I WROTE 5 POEMS A DAY, AND TWO  WEEKS LATER IT BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I WAS WOKE UP AND STARTED WRITING AND BY NOON THE NEXT DAY I HAD MY FIRST FIVE POEMS WRITTEN FOR THE BOOK. AND FOR THE NEXT 9 MONTHS MY FAMILY THOUGHT I HAD LOST IT BUT I WROTE ENOUGH POEMS FOR MY FIRST BOOK 150 IN TOTAL AND 75 PERCENT OF BOOK TWO. GOD ALSO GAVE ME TITLES FOR BOTH BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK WAS TITLED THE CHRISTIAN POET-- THE SECOND WHEN FINISHED WAS TITLED " A FISHER OF MEN". THE FIRST WAS PUBLISHED IN 1997--THE SECOND BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1999. MY BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP ENDED WITH JIM DURIGA AROUND 2002 0R SO. I CONTINUED WRITING WHILE WORKING AND REALLY STARTED WRITING TOWARDS MY THIRD BOOK AND COMPILING ENOUGH MATERIAL UNTIL 2009.IT TOOK NEARLY 4 YEARS TO FINISH THE  BOOK MY THIRD BUT I COULDNT FIND A PUBLISHER UNTIL I FOUND PUBLISHAMERICA.COM ON THE INTERNET THEY PUBLISHED MY THIRD BOOK WHICH HAS ABOUT 270 POEMS IN IT. IT IS TITLED "IN MY SAVIORS HANDS". IT HAS BEEN QUITE A RIDE AND NOW I AM PREPARING NEW POEMS FOR MY NEXT BOOK NUMBER FOUR NO TITLE AS YET. A LONG STORY BUT I PRAY IT INSPIRED YOU THE READER OF THIS BLOG ALWAYS REMEMBER NEVER LET GO OF YUR DREAMS GIVE THEM TO GOD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YUR HEART IF YOU SERVE AND FOLLOW HIM.  GOD BLESS UNTIL LATER----ERNIE TRUSSELL

Sunday, May 16, 2010

POETRY AND MINISTRY INSIGHTS

WELL HI EVERYONE ITS ERNIE AGAIN. I JUST RETURNED FROM A CHRISTIAN MENS RETREAT AT HARTLAND CHRISTIAN CAMP. OUR CHURCH HAS A GROUP TITLED THE BAND OF BROTHERS. OUR SENIOR PASTOR JAMES RANGER HAS SUCH A HEART FOR LOST SOULS AND THE MEN IN OUR CHURCH. OUR SPECIAL SPEAKER WAS DR. TED ROBERTS HE WAS INSPIRING AND HE REALLY MOTIVATED ME. I REALLY ENJOYED HIS TEACHINGS. HE  WAS A RETIRED VIETNAM FIGHTER PILOT WOW THE WEEKEND WAS GREAT I AM SO GLAD I WENT. I ALSO CROSSED PATHS WITH A BROTHER BY THE NAME OF WILLIE  THAT I HAD LOST CONTACT WITH FOR OVER 12 YEARS, SO IT WAS QUITE AN INTRESTING WEEKEND TO SAY THE LEAST. THE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE BAND OF BROTHERS WAS JUST SO AWESOME I HAD A GREAT TIME. AND AS YOU ARE READING THIS BLOG REMEMBER IF YOU ARE A MAN OR A WOMAN REMEMBER  FELLOWSHIP WITH YOUR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS IS SO IMPORTANT AND IT IS YOUR LIFELINE FOR A HEALTHY CHRISTIAN WALK AND SO NEEDED FOR SPIRTUAL GROWTH. ALSO OF COURSE READING YOUR BIBLE EACH DAY AND PRAYING TO YUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND YOUR SAVIOR EVERY DAY. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEP THOSE COMMUNACATION LINES OPEN. JESUS I  LOVE  YOU MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY AND I ASK YOU TO ALLOW SOMEONE EVERY DAY TO COME INTO MY PATH THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO WITNESS TO OR LEAD TO THE LORD BY LOVING THEM INTO THE KINGDOM. GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO READS THIS BLOG AND PLEASE BECOME A FOLLOWER AND PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS BLOG TOO--UNTIL LATER GOD BLESS YOU ALL---ERNIE TRUSSELL SIGNING OFF FOR NOW

Friday, May 7, 2010

TODAYS INSIGHTS

GOOD DAY ALL WELCOME TO MY BLOG! TODAY STARTED LIKE MOST I SAID GOOD MORNING JESUS, BLESS MY DAY CLEAR MY PATH GUIDE ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION PUT THE RIGHT WORDS IN MY MOUTH TO SPEAK TO THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW MY SAVIOR NEVER CONDEMN ALWAYS ENCOURAGE NEVER TEAR DOWN ALWAYS BUILD UP KEEP AN OPEN MIND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A CLOSED MIND CONCIDER EVERY PERSON I MEET AS AN OPPURTUNITY TO LEAD SOMEONE TO JESUS AND ALWAYS BE AWARE OF MY WITNESS AS OBSERVED BY OTHERS KNOWING EVERYONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING WHAT I DO AND SAY EVERYDAY. ASKING GOD TO LET MY LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN AND WOMEN.AKSING GOD TO ALWAYS GIVE ME IDEAS FOR NEW AND EXCITING POEMS. THANKING JESUS FOR ONE MORE DAY AND FOR MY HEALTHY MIND AND BODY AND SPIRITAND ALWAYS PRAYING GOD WILL RENEWAND INCREASE MY FILLING OF HOLY GHOST POWER