SB-031 The Banning of Bobcat, Mountain Lion and Lynx harvest.

SB-031 The Banning of Bobcat, Mountain Lion and Lynx harvest.

I am writing to oppose SB22-031, which seeks to ban the harvest of any wildcats, with a limited number of exceptions. 

I support science-based wildlife management. This type of management involves integrating scientific information to help achieve the goals and objectives set by our fish and game agencies. By monitoring, science can help set the baseline by recording the abundance of fish and game through time. Hunting, fishing, and trapping provide wildlife biologists with much-needed data. 

I support ethical hunting and trapping.  Science-based management that includes hunting, is partially responsible for the successful reintroduction of certain species such as the Lynx.  Banning ethical hunters would become a missing tool of science-based wildlife management.

I oppose SB-031 because banning the harvest of wildcats would take away the monitoring of ethical sportsmen. Outdoorsmen's reasonable harvest over multiple decades has prospered all species.  SB-O31  moves away from a scientific means of conserving Colorados' wildlife.

SB-O31 would ban the ethical harvest of the Bobcat, Lynx, and Mountain Lion. From the Colorado Parks and Wildlife website; "Reintroduced lynx have been monitored by the CPW for over a decade to track the population’s progress toward reaching these benchmarks. As of summer 2010, all benchmarks for successful lynx reintroduction have been met. "  This success was accomplished in part by hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.  At what point in the banning ethical harvest of certain species, does the funding of the outdoorsman cease?  As there is less introduction to the natural world through fishing and hunting, how long before we regress into ignorant and harmful practices to bio-diversity?

I oppose SB-031 because of the bills' punitive and unreasonable penalties. A person that violates the bill is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $500 to $2,000 or up to one year in jail, an assessment of 20 hunting license suspension points, and civil restitution of $700 for a mountain lion or bobcat and $1,000 for a Canada lynx.  Upon conviction, the commission may suspend the person's hunting license for up to 5 years.  Is this reasonable in a state that has legalized pot and is very lenient in its bail and sentencing laws?

Roger Miller

979 Bayfield Way

Colorado Springs, Co 80906

Fullfill all righteousness!

What is meant by; To fulfill all righteousness? Several concordance notes on Matthew 3:15, refer back to Ezekiel 18.  Ezekiel 18:4,5 NASB states, "Behold, all [c]souls are Mine; the [d]soul of the father as well as the [e]soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die. But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, " The Torah had only one standard of righteousness, perfection!  As Paul would later state, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

This is why John the Baptist in verse 14 states; "But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”  Burton Coffman, "This was equivalent to saying, "Yes, I know I have no sins to be repented of and that I might claim an exemption from this duty proclaimed by the authority of God and binding upon all men; but, since this is God's ordinance, I wish to honor it anyway and am delighted to do so by obeying the commandment now.

The writer of Hebrews 10:1; "For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very [a]form of things, [b]can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near."  John the Baptist was the movie trailer of the good things to come, righteousness for all!  But this was the start, not the end!  So both John and Jesus humbly submit to baptizing and being baptized. There will be many more steps; the Temptation of Christ in the desert, the garden of Gethsemane, the Cross, the empty tomb, and eventually Revelation 22. As Joel asked us; "are we willing to do today, what it takes to fulfill God's righteous restoration of His creation?"

Jesus is pointing to a greater righteousness that transcends and exceeds the written law of the Torah - He is describing a righteousness not from without but a righteousness that God creates within us that is planted and becomes innate by a miracle of the Holy Spirit - a change of heart and attitude. It is described in various ways such as "the mind of Christ", the law of love", "the law of Christ", etc. (https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/48395/what-is-righteousness-in-matthew-315)

Be God's  Roger Miller

Morning Prayer 2022

So I have been asking; "how will I become more like Jesus this year?"  Jesus is many things but He is Israel! Jesus grew up Jewish. Jesus wrote, mastered, and fulfillment of God's promises.

Jesus is also the head of the Church, Jesus is bond of peace for the great cloud of witnesses, and Jesus is this world's only hope. 

Jesus will destroy all evil.  Jesus will restore Eden! Come, Lord Jesus! Come Quickly!

I am seeking Jesus by learning more about His Jewish roots. I am practicing Jesus by worshipping in the great cloud of witnesses. The next three posts will be the daily prayers to begin this journey

Morning Prayer 2022

Shema

Cover your eyes with your right hand and say:

Sh'ma Yis-ra-eil, A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu, A-do-nai E-chad.

Whisper:

Ba-ruch sheim k'vod mal-chu-to l'o-lam va-ed. (https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/282822/jewish/Transliteration.htm)

Torah (https://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/torahreading.htm)

Prayers for Others

Charge Prayer of St Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy. 

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive, 

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, 

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.

Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on 

earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we 

forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 

Amen.

The Daily Dose Of God December 31

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 22:12-21  Proverbs 31

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.  (Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game)

O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (Contemporary Collects, Book of Common Prayer, 1979 version, Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA)

The Daily Dose Of God December 30

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,  to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 21-22:11  Proverbs 30

A weary world rejoices--still weary, still wounded, still waiting--but awake to the promise of coming redemption, restoration, and rest. (@KaitlynSchiess)

Lord, with your coming, our lives have a greater demand placed upon them. Help us learn the art of active, consistent service while maintaining enough silent spaces to hear your call. Amen. (Commonprayer.net)

The Daily Dose Of God December 29

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 19:11-20  Proverbs 29

God became human and poor for our sake, to raise up our flesh, to recover our divine image, to recreate humanity. We no longer observe distinctions arriving from the flesh, but are to bear within ourselves only the seal of God, by whom and for whom we were created. We are to be so formed and molded by -Jesus that we are recognized as belonging to his one family. If only we could be what we hope to be, by the great kindness of our generous God! (Gregory of Nazianzus)

Lord, your coming is still miraculous. Your joining the family of the poor and displaced still baffles and convicts us. Keep us by your manger until we learn the way of love. Amen.  (Commonprayer.net)

The Daily Dose Of God December 28

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 18-19:10  Proverbs 28

This Advent we look to the Wise Men to teach us where to focus our attention. We set our sights on things above, where God is. We draw closer to Jesus… When our Advent journey ends, and we reach the place where Jesus resides in Bethlehem, may we, like the Wise Men, fall on our knees and adore him as our true and only King. (Mark Zimmermann)

Let the just rejoice, for their Justifier is born.

Let the sick and infirm rejoice, for their Savior is born.

Let the captives rejoice, for their Redeemer is born.

Let slaves rejoice, for their Master is born.

Let free people rejoice, for their Liberator is born.

Let all Christians rejoice, for Jesus Christ is born.

Amen. (Augustine of Hippo)

The Daily Dose Of God December 27

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 17  Proverbs 27

There are two ways, one of life and one of death, but a great difference between the two ways. The way of life, then, is this: first, you shall love God who made you; second, love your neighbor as yourself, and do not do to another what you would not want done to you. (Didache)

Lord, it sounds so easy to follow you because you only call us to love. But love is too much for us! Overwhelm us with your love so that our song of praise might continue in patient kindness and generous support of our neighbors throughout the day. Amen. (Commonprayer.net)

The Daily Dose Of God December 26

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 15-16  Proverbs 26

Like the jester, Christ defies custom and scorns crowned heads. Like a wandering troubadour, he has no place to lay his head. Like the clown in the circus parade, he satirises existing authority by riding into town replete with regal pageantry when he has no earthly power. Like a minstrel, he frequents dinners and parties. At the end, he is consumed by his enemies in a mocking caricature of royal paraphernalia. He is crucified amidst snickers and taunts with a sign over his head that lampoons his laughable claim. (Harvey Cox)

Lord, help us live so foolishly for you that we draw onlookers and those who would deride us. And while they watch and mock, change all our hearts that we might learn to laugh at the foolishness this world calls normal and run away with the circus that is real life. Amen. (Commonprayer.net)

The Daily Dose Of God December 25

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 14  Proverbs 25

God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men.  (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Oh, God-With-Us, 

For so long you have promised 

forgiveness, peace, salvation. 

Now in my heart, I am filled with joy 

because of your coming.

Thank you for your promises
and for the way I can trust in you.
I feel a new freedom in my life
and a courage I have not known before.

I know you came to save me and bring new life
and I am so grateful to you.
Let me show my thankfulness
with my life.
You have brought me through the darkness
and into the light of your saving grace.

Guide my feet on the way of peace.

(https://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Advent/Daily-prayers-4.html)

The Daily Dose Of God December 24

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 13  Proverbs 24

God gives God. That is the gift God always ultimately gives. Because nothing is greater and we have no greater need, God gives God. God gives God, and we only need to slow long enough to unwrap the greatest Gift with our time: time in His Word, time in His presence, time at His feet.  (Ann Voskamp, The Greatest Gift)

Oh, king of us all. 

I find myself standing before 

your strength and splendor 

watching, waiting 

and filled with total joy. 

You have lifted my mind in hope.
Now help me to open my life
to the coming of the Spirit.

I want to be like Mary, your mother.
Her wonderful courage and strength
inspire me to do the same.
She simply said Yes
and the impossible was done.

Thank you for this Advent journey.
The anticipation has filled my life
and made me long for
a closer relationship with you.

My life gets so busy that I forget to focus.
Thank you for guidance.
Thank you for the quiet moments
when I have felt your love.

Nothing will be impossible with God.

(https://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Advent/Daily-prayers-4.html)

The Daily Dose Of God December 23

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,  to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 12  Proverbs 22:17-23

The whole point of what -Jesus was up to was that he was doing close up, in the present, what he was promising long-term in the future. And what he was promising for that future and doing in the present was not saving souls for a disembodied eternity but rescuing -people from the corruption and decay of the way the world presently is so they could enjoy, already in the present, that renewal of creation which is God’s ultimate purpose —  and so they could thus become colleagues and partners in that large project.  (Bishop N. T. Wright)

Thank you, Lord, that your promises are not for some distant future but are to be claimed right now today. Teach us what we must do and say in our local communities and in our larger world to participate in your promise. Amen. (Commonprayer.net)

The Daily Dose of God December 22

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 10-11  Proverbs 21-22:16

Openness to God demands our growing acceptance that we cannot create blueprints for our own lives. Though God’s character is unchanging, the ways of God are unpredictable, and there is a difference between arbitrariness and unpredictability.” 

(Enuma Okoro, Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent)

Our Gracious Father, We praise Christ who is the first and last, who was dead and is alive. He delivers us from the tyranny of fear and limits the time of our testing. If we are faithful until death, Christ will give us the crown of life. Open our ears to hear Your Spirit that we may receive grace to overcome. We bless You in Christ's name, amen. (Adah Hutchcraft)

The Daily Dose Of God December 21

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 8:6-9  Proverbs 19-20

I don't think it's very nice to burp the baby Jesus," she whispered, "as if he had colic......Do you suppose he could have had colic?" I said, "I don't know why not," and I didn't. He could have had colic, or been fussy, or hungry like any other baby. After all, that was the whole point of Jesus--that he didn't come down on a cloud like something out of "Amazing Comics" but that he was born and lived ... a real person.  (Barbara Robinson, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever")

Our Gracious Father, We praise Christ who is the first and last, who was dead and is alive. He delivers us from the tyranny of fear, and limits the time of our testing. If we are faithful until death, Christ will give us the crown of life. Open our ears to hear Your Spirit that we may receive grace to overcome. We bless You in Christ's name, amen. (Adah Hutchcraft)

The Daily Dose Of God December 20

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 7-8:5  Proverbs 17-18

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (Luke 2:14 KJV)

God,  Even when my life feels chaotic, I can experience Your peace because of what Jesus did on the cross.  Thank You for making this possible by sending us Your Son!  He has made a way for us to know and experience You!  

Peace is evidence that You are with me, and love me! Even when life feels out of control, I can cling to the truth that Your peace Isn't based on my feelings or circumstances- but on Your character and faithfulness!

When I don't feel at peace, please make Your presence known to me. Remind me that You're are in control. Give me Your strength and comfort when the world feels unsafe.  Protect my heart and mind from the weight of my feelings and thoughts.

Allow me to sense Your presence, and to live with confidence that You are always near.  Let my life be an example of Your peace that surpasses understanding.  In Jesus Name,  Amen!

(You Version New Dawn @olumideki)

The Daily Dose Of God December 19

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 6  Proverbs 15:30-16

A lowly Babe lies in the lowly cradle of a lowly town, the offspring of a lowly mother. Look again. That child is the eternal 'I AM.' He whose Deity never had birth, is born 'the woman’s Seed.' He, whom no infinitudes can hold, is contained within infant’s age, and infant’s form. He, who never began to be, as God, here begins to be, as man. And can it be, that the great 'I AM THAT I AM' shrinks into our flesh, and is little upon our earth, as one newborn of yesterday? It is so.   (Henry Law)

O Lord, in whom is our hope, remove far from us, we pray, empty hopes and presumptuous confidence. Make our hearts so right. With your most holy and loving heart, that hoping in you we may do good; until that day when faith and hope will be abolished by sight and possession, and love shall be all in all.

Amen.  (Christina Rossetti)

The Daily Dose Of God December 18

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 4-5  Proverbs 15:1-29

If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the just for the unjust, there would not have been a spark of hope for us. There would have been a mighty gulf between ourselves and God, which no man ever could have passed. (J.C. Ryle)

Father, forgive us for the role we have played that cheapens innocent life and glorifies violence. Bring justice like a roaring river to sweep away attitudes that unjustly take innocent life.  Establish the justice that hates what is evil and clings to what is good. Amen (REM)

The Daily Dose Of God December 17

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 3  Proverbs 14

This is the homely heart of Incarnation, this meeting of God in man with men and women, this simple face of divine graciousness in ordinary life rather than in the hymns of church fathers or in the dry elaborations of theologians.” 

(Eugene Kennedy, Joy of Being Human)

Try as we might, Lord, we cannot carry the full load of another’s burden. Only you can take on our burdens in a way that frees us to walk upright and confident in our future. Help us learn to trust you even as we continue to lend a hand to others. Amen.(Commonprayer.net)

The Daily Dose Of God December 16

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 2  Proverbs 12-13

Advent is the time of promise; it is not yet the time of fulfillment. We are still in the midst of everything and in the logical inexorability and relentlessness of destiny.…Space is still filled with the noise of destruction and annihilation, the shouts of self-assurance and arrogance, the weeping of despair and helplessness. But round about the horizon the eternal realities stand silent in their age-old longing. There shines on them already the first mild light of the radiant fulfillment to come. From afar sound the first notes as of pipes and voices, not yet discernable as a song or melody. It is all far off still, and only just announced and foretold. But it is happening, today. (Alfred Delp, Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons And Prison Writings 1941-1944)

Jesus, may this day, we focus on the Power of You.  Many are the hardships, illnesses and the decaying of physical bodies. Many are the hits upon us from the enemy.  But, Jesus, You are the genuine Power in each of us, Your people.  We do not bow to the enemy or the hits.  We may get knocked down, but we will not bow.  For, we know that for every knocked down, You will reach out Your hand and pull us up.  So for all the souls that feel powerless this day, may they focus on Your hand reaching out to them, and may they grab hold and be lifted up.  Amen (Prayers Cross)

The Daily Dose Of God December 15

Memory Verse; But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4,5 

Revelation 1:9-20  Proverbs 10-11

Into this world, this demented inn

in which there is absolutely no room for him at all,

Christ comes uninvited.  ( Thomas Merton)

Advent Prayer

In our secret yearnings

we wait for your coming,

and in our grinding despair

we doubt that you will.

And in this privileged place

we are surrounded by witnesses who yearn more than do we

and by those who despair more deeply than do we.

Look upon your church and its pastors

in this season of hope

which runs so quickly to fatigue

and in this season of yearning

which becomes so easily quarrelsome.

Give us the grace and the impatience

to wait for your coming to the bottom of our toes,

to the edges of our fingertips.

We do not want our several worlds to end.

Come in your power

and come in your weakness

in any case

and make all things new.

Amen. (Walter Brueggemann, Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann)