Evil Incarnate

He is imploding our Nation from the inside out. He is destroying foreign and domestic relations, our environment, racial relations, our economy, our financial security… He is pompous, arrogant, vain, vulgar, self-serving, vengeful, unjust, deceptive, unholy in all his behavior… one would say Evil with a capital E. He threw out decorum. He trampled on our traditions. He has devastated our White House, our economy, our financial security. He has created so much chaos, (hate) division and destruction that I can’t even begin to list it all and it isn’t over! ******************************************************************************************************************************** Christians, and/or those that profess themselves to be, have trumpeted his ‘glory’ and trusted him. (I must say that I didn’t vote him in. I saw him for the thing that he is.) They have overlooked the obvious signs of his nature such as hate, vanity, selfishness, greed and the like. And he has shown his true colors to us all, at this point. Even those that opposed him verbally, have signed up with him to be at his side and join in on the destruction of this country. (and NONE of them should EVER be elected to run in this country again… if we ever get a choice after he is through. EVERYONE who sold their soul to Trump, will do the same to the false prophet and anti-Christ. He is raping our country for everything that he can before his reign is through and he ushers in the one(s) who comes after him. We will be so starved by peace that we will not see it coming. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO REPENT.*********************************************************************************************************************************** Christians, or those who profess to be, are supporting his reign of terror on people. They support his use of our Homeland security to violate our Country’s laws, abuse people’s rights, torture and kill those that they target (illegal immigrants or not) simply by calling them different. They cheer him for his abuse of power, his finger to the world, his threats of war, his trampling on other Country’s land, laws and relations. ********************************************************************************************************************************** Wait, what? Do you mean that you ARE Christian? Oh, I am sorry. I guess I missed the part in the bible that talks about being haters of people and using unrighteous condemnation to destroy the world. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO REPENT. Listen: ******************************************************************************************************* 1 John 4:20: “If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” ************************************************************************************************************** Ruminate in this for a moment. By the time he is through, we will be so very desperate for a ‘peace loving’ person to take his place, to restore relations and this country to its former state… or better. I mean, I have been at that state before he even started his second reign. We will be so desperate that we, again, will overlook the obvious. ********************************************************************************************** I strongly suggest that you READ your bible. Use the internet for something other than begging for attention and watching insane posts. Research, from trusted sites, the bible and what it says. This is just a small sample of what is available to you: ***************************************************************************** https://www.amazingfacts.org/study/ ******************************************************************************************************************** https://www.davidjeremiah.org/age-of-signs?srsltid=AfmBOoqlhG_xW6p_Ig8dnFjgn250fZwPxFYGXiYWeB545I0uunHnPV3D ************************************************************************************************************************ https://www.openbible.info/topics/ **************************************************************************************************************** https://www.gotquestions.org/ ************************************************************************************************************** https://ltw.org/read/article/end-times-questions-will-christians-be-deceived-by-the-antichrist/ ******************************************************************************************************************* Matthew 24:4-14: "4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. 9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” ***************************************************************************************************************************************** Now, all this being said, I am not saying whether he is the false prophet, anti-Christ or some in between character that just moves us towards the end. I AM saying that you need to see the writing on the wall. WAKE UP! OPEN YOUR EYES! SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND LISTEN! I long for you to repent and save your souls. ***************************************************************************************************************************************** This is foretold, people. It CANNOT be stopped any more than the crucifixion of Christ could be stopped. It was foretold. However, you can prepare yourself. You can determine, in the end, what side to take. The winning or the losing side.

We The People

We the people of the United States of America are being held, in disdain, by a tyrannical and ineffective government. Most of us do not condone, in fact have a repulsion for, the actions of the current president (lower case intended). Those in government who do not stand with him are either afraid for themselves or ineffective at what they should be doing to rescue us from the psycho-president’s regime.********************************************************************************** He has violated almost every law, policy and sacred oath with absolutely no shame. He has misled, no, he lied, to get into this position and has failed to keep his promises to John Q Public, while shamelessly increasing the advantages of the wealthy. He has committed crimes against international law, US law, and humanity. He has sought power, wealth and allies to this countries detriment, leading us on the brink of war.*********************************************************************************** He has claimed the title of Christian and used it against the unwitting non-discerning christians in a manner that the bible explains, exactly how the anti-christ would do, making them fall prey to his wickedness. Yet he runs this country with hatred, division, and disdain for our morals, values, traditions, decorum, allies, and propriety. He holds himself above the law, as well as anyone who agrees to support him. He is followed by minions for what they can get, in fact, many who opposed him now serve him for what they can get in notoriety, money and power… just as it would be with the anti-christ. *********************************************************************************************************** We are hostages in our own country. I cannot tell you how many times I have looked up how to become an ex-pat. Unfortunately, I am unable to be a refuge accepted on my own merit in a country of my choice. As well, I would want to take my extended family with me. Leaving is too complicated: The rules and requirements of Germany are too many. We have family in Germany and would be perfectly happy being safely in the arms of my German family who hold dear the kindness, morals, values and discernment that we have not had here in a long time. But alas, I digress into fantasy. **************************************************************** God helps us, every one, to get through this without war, famine, death and any more destruction than is necessary.

And We All Fall Down- My Challenge

I see people stumble and fall, including myself, on a daily basis. You see, the odd thing is that people think that they don’t sin, or they think of sin as BIG sins like murder or violent crime or drug abusers or, yes, alcoholics. But I am constantly reminding people that we sin when we are hateful, lustful, jealous, vain, greedy, selfish, or mean…and the list goes on. Our first sin is how we think about things. ***************************************************************************************************************************************** What the bible means by sin is (loosely stated): “missing the mark, transgressing God's law, rebellion, lawlessness, or failing to do what is right, stemming from a deep-seated human condition of falling short of God's glory, which separates people from Him.” ******************************************************************************************************************************** We battle against sinful thoughts almost constantly. I dare you to say otherwise! (Well, you can say otherwise but it isn’t true.) You see, the world would have us believe thinking and talking the way that we do, or they do, is normal and just the way it is. But I say, and the bible says, that our biggest fight against making wrong choices is in how we think, or our stinkin’ thinkin’. ********************************************************************************************************************** Mat 5:28: “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” **************************************************************************************************** Mark 7:20-23: “And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” *************************************************************************************************************** To prove this, try what I tried. Wear a rubber band around your wrist (not tight mind you) and every single time that you have a negative or sinful or uncharitable thought, snap it. You just see how long you can stand correcting your thinking by aversion therapy, which is what you would be doing. ***************************************************************************************************************************** Furthermore, every time you snap the rubber band on your wrist, I dare you to rebuke the bad thought and replace it with something nice… or better yet, with a scripture of how you should think. You will quickly understand how easily we are contaminated by the world’s idea of ‘normal.’ ***************************************************************************************************************************** Phil 4:8: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” ********************************************************************************************************************* It is not easy. We surround ourselves with people who are like our worldly selves or more negative and toxic than we truly want to be. One of the reasons why the bible tells us to be “equally yoked” with whom we choose. But also, why our center (Adult & Teen Challenge) guides students to relinquish the environment and people who trigger them or encourage their substance abuse, alcohol use or bad behaviors. It is one of the things that people truly struggle with: recognizing or ‘discerning’ people who are bad for them. *************************************************************************************************************************** Television, commercials, movies, social media; they inundate us with sexual, hateful, laziness, vengeful, lustful, vain, toxic, images constantly… and would have you think, from its frequency, that it is acceptable and normal. We desensitize to it and begin to believe that this is the way it is… but it doesn’t have to be. *********************************************************************************************************** • We think it is funny to watch videos about “Karens” who rant and rave and people who out them. This is considered normal. **************************** • Or girls and women dressing provocatively with their duck lips, liposuction and permanent make up on social media and television, desperate to get your likes. THIS is the world’s normal. **************************************************************************** • Normalizing sexual deviants ************************************************************************* • Deceitful business practices that are considered normal; like deceptive marketing, bait & switch, hidden costs, unfair pricing, worker exploitation, data misuse, retaliation against whistle blowers, subornation of perjury, sexism… intentionally marketing a knowingly dangerous product until they are sued/caught. ***************************************************************************************** • Bigger and better (greed)************************************************************************ • Destruction of our forest and environment for ‘mankind” (an oxymoron if I ever saw one MAN KIND) **************************************************** • Putting algorithms on our software and websites designed to be overstimulating and addictive: just look around at how many people have to have constant stimulation with the phone in their face and can’t watch a whole movie anymore. They want ‘shorts’. ************************************************************************************************ I won’t go on. I could… but no. The world is FULL of darkness and misinformation about what is good and normal. ********************************************************************************************************************** The students in our program who chose to stay want to help others, yes, but they also see what the world is truly like and they desire a peaceful, God filled life where they are fairly safe from all of the ‘triggers’ like these in the world. I mean, the daily pitfalls and inundation of unappreciative bosses, hateful or totally sexualized music, people who have to vape, smoke cigarettes, curse every other word, drink alcohol, neglect their kids or overindulge, smoke weed or do drugs at every function or in the privacy of their homes, to feel normal. ******************************************************************************************************************************* Students who do graduate and choose to leave often aren’t prepared for the world as it is. They are forewarned but it is always the “not to me” comments where they think they won’t fall prey to the world. They forget that they must be self motivated to stay on their path, hold tight to the Word, steer clear of all of the people who could hurt or trigger them. It is especially hard when those people are family. ************************************************************************************************************************* Romans 1:28: “Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.” ******************************************************************************************************************* The only way through this is God, people. You will not understand if you are not chosen. You will never discern the Truth if you are not meant to. And many will fall prey to the lies and darkness in the end of days, even Christians, so one can only stay vigilant and ask for eyes that see the truth. Lean into those who are like minded and help you along the way with love and encouragement. I encourage you to ask for discernment and seek peace. ******************************************************************************************************************** Merry Christmas

Trump’s Judgment Day

We look up and see that our people are deported,************************ The truth of the matter is under reported, ************************** You bomb other human beings claiming they bring in drugs, ************************** But the truth is you bomb them because you are thugs,************************ Lies are the norm with sarcasm and threats,************************ Revenge, legalese and denial your best,************************ So many are angry and broken, it's true,************************ They want to see God in the things that you do,************************ They overlook your anger, hatred and spite, ************************ THEY aren’t hurting yet, so I guess its alright,************************ Watch you tear up this country, our freedoms, our rights,************************ Let you terrorize States because you want to show might,************************ Watch you brutalize people who don’t look like you,************************ While you sexualize your daughter, and say it is true,************************ Send our soldiers to remove those who came to be free,************************ Shame our country with tantrums, and tariffs and greed,************************ Let our people go hungry while you go to the ball,************************ Tear apart our white house while we all watch it fall,************************ We the people are suffering for their ignorance and your greed,************************ And you best know its coming, you better take heed,************************ This country has softened by free milk and honey,************************ They have left God to pursue self-interests and money,************************ They forget how to recognize evil, and fight,************************ But we will NOT go silently into the.night,************************ We are made of more stuff, with our faith and our heart,************************ We will over throw you and make a new start,************************ We will rebuild everything that you have shattered,************************ And not rest til your roaches and you have all scattered,************************ There is nothing you do that God will not repay,************************ So just know that you all have to face Judgment day.************************ 2 Cor 4:8-10: "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted,a but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body." You are not a King, Only one sits on the throne, You have minions around you but you are so alone, Yet those who serve you serve satan as well, And it wouldn't surprize me if you all go to Hell, You hide your sins by weilding your power, You pay your enemies to live in your tower, You cause sinners and saints to live in fear, but not all will bow when you are near. Epstein was a monster and you lived his sin, Right now you can hide it but you will not win, Darkness is ruling with you as a pawn, But we know how this ends when the dark will be gone. 2 Timothy 4:2-5: "Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." ***************************************** Do you understand the depths of our rage and sorrow? What you have done to decorum, stewardship, statesmanship, humility, and justice.... You never had it and they voted you in anyway********************************** You can't call yourself Christian and speak hate. ******************************* Proverbs 6:16-19: "There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers." ************************************ I get that you are a ten year old spoiled rich kid throwing temper tantrums, who never reached a level of emotional intelligence, so none of this will matter to you. If you even understand it. Your response would be juvinile and destructive like everything else you do. I cringe knowing that someone like you is making decisions for this once powerful nation. We are put to shame for our ignorance (not mine, mind you) for putting you in our cherished White house. I cannot fathom how the intelligent powers of other Countries can even converse with someone who spouts his own self-importance, takes credit where it is not due, while they are trying to make life changing decisions with integrity and clearly self-control. ****************************************************** No one can TRUST you. You are unstable, unhinged, incompetent, selfindulgent, immature, ill equipped, incapable. Do you understand how vulnerable that you are making these United States? You align yourself with whoever can feed your ego the best. They play games with you like a cat bats around a mouse. You put this Country to shame and in grave danger from the inside and out. *******************************************************

Just Like Us

Just like our choices and experiences morph into who we become; just like our consumption morphs into our physical state; just like our thought life morphs into how we see the world and each other; our sins morph into our spiritual darkness; our lives lead inevitable to the death that we deserve. ******************************************************************************************************************** An example, regarding cause and affect, could be: I stay out in the sun too long without protection. I end up burnt to a lobster red a couple of times in my life. Ten years later, or so, I end up with precancerous cells. The way that I see it, being a non-medical person, my skin cells get deformed from the over exposure to the sun’s rays and, though it takes years, I slowly develop deformities, one bad precancerous spot after another, until my cells accept that deformity as ‘normal for me’ and continues to produce it. ***************************************************************************************************************************** I don’t really notice it right away. Not being aware enough about such things, I ignore the ‘age’ spots developing until I can’t. And once I do get seen by a doctor, and they are removed, I end up having to go back because I keep getting those precancerous cells… even where the sun don’t shine, so to speak. My body accepts it as ‘normal for me.’ My end could easily be from melanoma due to my life choices. *************************************************************************************************************************** But to add to that, since I am ignorant to the affect of the sun, I raise a family and don’t prepare them for it either. I don’t make them drink water enough. I don’t make them wear sunscreen until it is their habit also. I don’t make them wear a hat, cover their bodies or arms, prepare for swimming; I do nothing much to teach them about something that I know nothing about. (Ignorantly thinking, but not directly, what is good for me is good for them too.) But it ain’t. Is it? ****************************************************************************************************************************** Now we could be talking about sunscreen. We could also be saying the same thing about drinking alcohol, drugs, lust, sex, gambling, swearing, vanity, appropriate dress, hate talk, comfort eating, anorexia, condemnation, immoral business practices, thieving, murder, what we watch, how we act and who we do what to. Literally everything that we choose, or have chosen for us in this life, can form a pattern in our lives that ALWAYS has consequences. ************************************************************************************************************************** From a very infantile age, our children copy what we do and say. They hear us cuss and they say ‘damn’ and we think it is so cute initially. They hear us say some mean things about our ‘friends’ who just left and they start mimicking us. If we never learned how to parent properly, how will we teach the next generation? They see us in abusive relationships crying to keep the peace but staying to be beat another day and what do you think they choose? We scream instead of talk; what do they learn? We shout at them to do better but don’t take time to teach them what that looks like. How does that help? We bully. We brag. We yell. We curse. We drink or party. We cheat. We lie. We use. We manipulate. We overindulge them to try to bury our inadequacies. THEY WATCH AND LEARN. Our words, our guilt, our anger, our insecurities, our thoughts, our tone, our brokenness, our hate, our love, our sins, our spirit or lack thereof. WE aren’t the only ones that have consequences. Our children, their children and so forth… generational curses. I can point to mine; can you point to yours? *********************************************************************************************************************** If I could show you, in advance, from the day that you are born, how this world and everything in it has a cause and affect on who you will become, how you will parent, how your children will develop and how, in turn, your future generations are affected... by EVERY SINGLE thing in that first paragraph, I would. If I could guide you rightly, as I was not, I would. If I could turn back time and correct my choices, experiences, consumption, thought and spiritual life… I surely would. **************************************************************************************************************************** Inevitably, it would be ideal if we could live in a commune type place where people love one another, raise crops and animals and share with each other. Teach each other about God, to love and live in harmony with the elements that we are stuck with in this world and with each other. But when I imagine it, because of how I see this world now, I imagine it turning into the “Walking Dead.” I see the sins of humanity walking into our communes along side the humans and ruining it all… very quickly. ******************************************************************************************************************** It isn’t hopeless... if your children are young enough to learn and you can get right with God and show them the right way. We could raise up a generation of believers who can ward off evil with God’s help. They could have a shot at living a clean peaceful life in the world until they are called home. Wouldn’t that be lovely? But in the end, you have to lead by example and therein lies part of the problem. Doesn’t it? You can’t teach what you don’t know. You can’t learn if you don’t go. ****************************************************************************************************** Just thinking. In the end, I think more on what I failed to do right, than what I may have actually done. I wish I had been thinking a lot earlier in my life. I wish the same for you and yours. That’s all.

Poor in Spirit

I walk up to the church, being looked at out of the corner of their eyes. As my eyes meet theirs they smile in that Christian manner and turn back to their conversations. We file into the church and, for the most part, everyone goes about their business finding their seats and greeting their friends. I stand back because I know that I don’t really have a designated spot. I am new here. Once again, some people walk by me and notice that I ‘don’t fit in’. You see, I am not dressed appropriately and I know it. I am wearing what I normally wear around the house. I am most comfortable in my sweats and comfy shirt. At home I would have on my slippers, but I chose outside tennies today, for obvious reasons. To say that I am a bit uncomfortable would be an understatement. To say that others are put out of sorts over it is also understated. However, this is what it is and it is important to all of us. They just don’t know it yet.********************************** I take a seat in back so that I am not too conspicuous and so that I do not detract from the service and worship. Soon enough, they will forget about me and praise Him that sent me. And soon enough, they will see His plan.******************************* As the worship team closes their songs and announces the pastor of the church, everyone sits. You see, people tend to stand to praise Him in this church. The pastor runs through his announcements and makes one final announcement. Today, we have a special guest speaker, and he announces my name… only. I stand at the back and everyone turns to me. Some look confused, some smile a plastic Christian smile and some are genuinely pleased and welcoming as I move my way to the front. I begin.********************************************* The sermon would be about loving your neighbor before yourself. Taking care of the poor and downtrodden. Having compassion on the broken. And not judging a book by it’s cover. You see, man has the expectation of how one should dress for all things church related, whereas Jesus accepted everyone as they were. He just wanted them to come to Him. Obviously, I didn’t dress down and go to preach, but I should. I think it is too late, and would take a miracle, for people to stop dressing to impress, and just come as you are. There would always be those that think ‘decorum’ and ‘status’ in this life is critical to uphold. Even I would have a hard time convincing myself to pull such a ‘prank’ on the church. And you see, it would be a ‘prank’ because I wouldn’t normally dress that like either. *********************************** But imagine if we did…. More people, the people Jesus chased, the broken, poor and hurting people, would feel comfortable coming through those doors. More importantly, they would learn what Christian love is supposed to look and feel like. Because we would be sacrificing our egos and comfort for the sake of others. Imagine if we didn’t look twice at someone dressed differently in church. Imagine if we welcomed everyone and sat beside them and couldn’t wait to talk to them and hear their story.************************************* Matthew 25:41-43: “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ “ *********************************** James 2: 1-9: “My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a] you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers”

We Are Starving

We are starving. I see it everywhere. In a nation of plenty, and a world of means, we have little of what we need and more of what we do not. We are starving and we don’t even see it for what it is. We fill our emptiness with a trillion other wants and ignore the most basic human needs. Part of it is that we, the proverbial, not the literal, are no longer equipped to seek and obtain what we must have to survive wholly. If there ever was, and I contest that there is still, a “dumbing down of America”, we are surely in the midst of it.******************************** We are starving for love, attention, affection, approval and acceptance. We are devoid of love in the most meaningful way. By that I mean, the kind of love that compels us to think of others before ourselves. The love that breeds patience and kindness and compassion. (1 Cor 13:4-8) We crave the kind of love and understanding that couples used to share before we lost our ability to cuddle up and express our heart’s desire without obsessive whining or defensive backlash. Have you ever watched people trying to get their point across? When did we start to compete for it? When did our need for love and attention become a competition; where either we get what we need or we become resentful and yet... those words never even enter the conversation. People are fighting about the dishes when it is really about the desperate need for love and respect.********************************* The worst part is that in our turmoil and drama, in our emptiness, in our desperate search for others to notice us and give us love; attention, affection, acceptance, approval and sympathy…. we publicize our drama, our desperate need for attention, on public forums but to most of the world it is obvious that we are crying out for love from the pit of our souls. It is like a never ending starvation for ANYTHING to fill that void. Much like Munchhausen’s disease, our desperate need for love and attention is never satisfied. Because of this we CREATE situations that require or compel others to respond with some sort of reaction, even if it is negative. Just like children, we continue to poke and prod until someone responds. ***************************************** We fill the void with everything but what we need. We slather makeup on our face, pump botox into our bodies, get boob jobs, hair implants, fake nails, better cars, cooler clothes, bigger jobs, better friends, more money, more notoriety, etc…. But we are still empty inside. ************************** We have lost our ability to communicate. We have been on a fast track to the dumbing down of America since the advent of broadcasting, television, telephones, cell phones, ipods, stereos and tablets. To date we text in abbreviated form, and adopt the abbreviations and literal words; some of which are in the dictionary and some of them likely will be. Most would rather text than talk on the phone or in person because there is less accountability and more deniability if they play it right. We DO NOT know how to have a civil conversation or how to discuss an issue instead of debate it. (If you don’t believe that look at what our elections have become.) We are incapable of communicating with others on a meaningful level because sometimes WE don’t even know what we are truly upset about. Trust me, it isn’t the dishes. Worse, we emulate what we know from our parents and loved ones. *********************************** Now, knowing this... LOOK at the world and tell me what it looks like to you?! Brokenness. We have forgotten the face of our Father (Dark Tower), so to speak. And yet, He…. His Word, the Bible, is how we know what TRUE love looks like.********************************** When did we turn away from Christ? WHY did we turn away from Christ? When did He become a catch phrase or a passing phase? When did we start blaming God for what people do and don’t do? When did we stop feeling the need, because let’s face it, we DESPERATElY DO need Him still, but when did we FEEL the need to cast Him aside and break our bonds with the church?! When did we ever stop and think, “I can do this alone.” Or “Hm, my kids don’t need to know the creator of Heaven and Earth.” Or “It isn’t really important that we teach our children how to love others as they love themselves, about forgiveness and sin.” Especially when did that damn phrase, “Do as I say and not as I do” come into this world?? That is STRAIGHT from the devil himself, that is! The epitome of hypocrisy and completely ineffective in parenting.******************************* The Cain syndrome is alive and thriving today. (If you read the bible, you know what I am saying. :-) We feed it and nurture it and discuss it in front of our children and families until they adopt it too. Think KKK, Arian brothers, human traffickers, cults, gangs, mafia, serial killers, school shooters, rapists, child molesters, lying politicians, shady businesses, prostitution, drug dealers, unethical corporations and the like. The VILE nature of violent crimes against other human beings, especially innocent children, is beyond the scope of any decent person’s understanding. And yet...******************************************** Look at our failure to parent properly. One only needs to know and talk to a teacher or parent to see our refusal to take accountability for our own wrongs (as parents) teaches our kids they don’t have to either. Our lack of biblical principles in rearing and educating our children is creating a literal nightmare for our children’s teachers. Kids in elementary school are sexually molesting other kids, verbally assaulting them, physically abusing them, bullying, stealing…. Killing them. There are consequences in school. They are suspended. They cry and lie to mom or dad and instead of supporting the school, the parent ‘fights’ for the kid. The same parent who probably screams at the kid at home (or worse) is raising that kid NOT to treat others how you want to be treated, but to demand the world bow to the kid’s every whim even when they are wrong. And we wonder where we went wrong when the children’s natural ability to hate others so badly makes them decide to go out and kill. They learned hate and entitlement and control. They are not being taught the biblical principles of being able to LOVE, COPE, HOPE and FORGIVE.************************************** That being said, don’t worry about it. Let them skip school if they have a hang nail or are being picked on. Just feed them fast food and give them a cell phone as soon as they can walk to keep them quiet. Sit them in front of the tv with ramen noodles and a coke. Don’t worry about the chores, you can scream and smack them in the head for not doing it in a week, when you notice. Meantime, let’s give them that party they wanted and pay for all of their friends and carry on like the best parent ever. Oh and make sure they have the best clothes, the newest cell phone, the trendiest hair style, the coolest fake nails, and hey, they will be just fine. Teach them how to be melodramatic to get attention; How to post duck lips and provocative poses; how to manipulate others to get the wrong kind of attention and sympathy. Don’t teach them how to cope with life’s chaotic moments. Teach them how to post about it for attention.********************************************** Look … don’t starve. Don’t teach your kids to starve. Teach them to fish and they will eat. I know how you can be eternally fed with manna from Heaven. Please…. I am not kidding. Get connected. Get hooked up to His word and His people. Yes, His people are flawed, but that is the whole ‘free will thing’ that I talk about in other blogs. Just because we as humans mess up, doesn’t mean that there isn’t true healing, peace and guidance in that beautiful book. Feed your children. Teach them how to fish. Show them the love of Christ and parent in a way that protects them from themselves. We are our own worst enemy. Don’t let them be.********************************